A spellbinding world

This alluring oasis was called the weekend. Following a long stressful week filled with the essential blocks of academic nourishment and the spiritual pursuit of enlightenment, the bell had rung following religious class to indicate that it was Friday afternoon and the weekend would now be paying a visit.

The early mornings waking up for school and the stresses of eluding the deliverances of "Barakat bibi" had taken a toll. For those of you not in the know, the aforementioned "Barakat bibi" was the neatly trimmed stick, used to mete out punishment to a waiting and petrified hand when one had not learned their religious lessons diligently enough.