Star of Light

Hamid rubbed the light from his eyes and looked again. He was not dreaming; it was his stepfather!

The man watched Kinza as a snake might watch a baby rabbit at play, waiting for the moment to strike. And for one breathless moment Hamid was sure that he would reach out and snatch her away. Hamid does not want his little blind sister, Kinza, to be sold to a beggar by their stepfather, so he decides ...