Short narratives

                         Only my son!
                                By
                             Ahmed al-Najjar
                                   Arabic writer

Any man of us, however peaceful and faithful, may very well turn into a monster of a breaker and a volcano in a single moment if he is subjected to an intolerable and irresistible position.
It happened with Hassan's friends, that quiet, quiet man who attests to him in the best of his character and good origin and quiet voice, which rarely rises or fades whatever happens. All his neighbors knew his calm nature over time and understood that he wanted to live with his family. , He is a simple man who works as a guard of a large investment bank, and he has nothing of the ruins of the world other than his sons, and did not disturb the life of his neighbor but the Baltaji criminal Atris, who decided to punish Hassan because he is a human being!
The criminal Atris was always directed at him with insulting, sarcastic words whenever he met him to prove to everyone that his goodness was not
Just fear and cowardice!
One day, Atris objected to him on his way to work and ordered him not to walk down the street.
Hassan tried to discuss and know the reason, but Baltaji Atris pushed back strongly and threatened to kill if he thought of passing from the street again, and neighbors intervened to defend their neighbor good and asked him to walk in another street to prevent problems.
Hassan went to work and is sad, he feels insulting to his neighbors and his family!
At the same time, Baltaji's hatred of Atarias and his resentment against his neighbor was compounded by the fact that he saw the love, respect and sympathy of the neighbors.
Hungary decided to continue Hassan's terror, and he blocked his way one day and ordered him to pay fifty pounds a month. The man asked him why he was good.
Hassan refused to pay the sum, warning Atres that his patience had run out and that he would not tolerate further harassment!
The days passed and the family of the Baltagis Atris increased in their persecution of the good guard and his family.
One day the mother of Atris poured dirty water on Hassan, and tried to write her and remind her neighbor's rights, but the cursed mirror hit him with reasons and words of prey, leaving the man and went to work without the response to the insult!
After he finished his work at the bank, he returned to his home and was surprised by neighbors and passersby gathering around two bodies he did not know at first. When he approached, he discovered that they were his brothers!
Oh God ... what is this? !! ​​... Why ..?!
It was known from the neighbors that the family of the Baltaji Atris ran on his brothers severely beaten until a dead body fell on the ground!
And that Atris is on his way home to abduct his only son !!
Hassan thought that he was in a terrible nightmare and did not believe his ears and eyes !!
Did not feel himself racing the wind to his home to save his son from the killer Atris, and indeed found the criminal holding his son and child screaming and urging his father to save him from the grip of the bully!
Hassan rushed towards Atris to save his only child, but the Baltaji threatened to kill his son if he moved one step!
He begged him to leave his son and kill him, so he fired Atris
A loud laugh and he says: he does not want to kill him, but wants to humiliate and he sees his son slaying his imam and he can not protect him and save him !!
Atris continued in his provocations and put the sword on the head of the poor child and walked slowly and blood bleeding profusely!
It was a terrible situation for me the custodial father!
Reasonable this?. !! .... Have we become living in a real forest?
Father sees his son slaughtered before his eyes and can not save !!!
Hassan immediately pulled his gun and threatened to kill him if he did not leave his son!
At the same time rushed towards Hassan or Baltaji and his brother are trying to paralyze his movement and grabbed the father of the Baltaji Baltljp raised to the top to hit by Hassan !!
Hassan moved quickly and strongly and the instinct of fatherhood and the love of survival and self-defense, and fired a bullet at the Baltaji and another shot on the father of the Baltaji before hitting him Balbalta and then two more bullets on the brother Baltaji and his damned mother !!
Hassan defended himself and his innocent child from the brutal bullying aggression and his cursed family!
He acted right and right in time
Perfectly fitting!
As they say in the popular proverbs: iron only iron, these bastards do not know the language of force and blood, and had to be discussed in the language they understand!
Um al-Baltaji and her son were killed on the spot and the criminal Atris and his sister were seriously injured!
The courageous companions Hassan was brought to an urgent trial in which all his good neighbors testified to his good morals and injustice and the cruelty of the family of the criminal Atris. Hassan was a good man, peaceful and did not deliberately kill but was in a state of self-defense.
The judge's just verdict on the acquittal of the brave father Hassan of all the charges against him, because he is not a sinner but a victim of it!

  AHMED ALNAGAR