Lahat ng Kabanata ng Ayesha : The Queen of Fire: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 3

  “Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, happy birthday! Happy birthday to you!”   “Go make a wish and blow your candle dear Ayesha,” Mama said while smiling after she and my papa sing to me a Happy birthday song.   It’s my 16th birthday today. And I was beyond blessed. We may not have a lot of food on the table, but seeing my parents healthy and happy is enough for me.   I looked at the flame on the tip of the candle. The way it flickered from my sight amazed me. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. But since I was a child, I have always been fascinated with fire.   I closed my eyes and wished.   I wish my parents to live longer with good health and always be happy.     I smiled and opened my eyes and blew the candle on my cake in front of me. Happy sweet sixteen to me!      “Happy birthday de

            The days had passed in a blur and it was already the month of the wheat harvest.         In a year we have two seasons for harvest. The first one was the harvest during the middle of the year. And the second and busiest one took on the end of the summer during the last part of the year.        To everything, there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted…’ That was what the priest preached last Sunday.         I almost fell asleep during his preach. Well, honestly, I always felt sleepy during Sabbath Day.         The fire in the forest was also preached during that time. I couldn’t help but stiffen and bow my head because I was so guilty.