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Eli’s Diary
Hello, my name is Eli. I live with my family in the South and I’m in third grade.
The volunteers at the center asked me to write about myself so they can help more children like me.
Thank you, Eli.
This is me. The thing I like to do most is play soccer. I also like to pretend that I’m in karate class. I practice karate with my friend Oren in the playground behind my apartment building.
Oren and I have the biggest collection of marbles in the neighborhood.
I love donkeys. I like to ride them and feed them, and sometimes I go to the hills to look for them. Once I found a donkey and brought him home, but a Bedouin came and said it was his, so I gave it back.
On Shabbat I go fishing in the lake with my friend Oren. We don’t have a fishing pole like people with cars, so we make a net out of a can with holes in it, and we put bread inside for when the fish come. I’d like to get a fishing pole for my birthday, but my parents don’t have any money for presents.
I love the Betar Yerushalyim soccer team. I know about them from the radio. I hope I can see one of their games sometime. Here’s a picture of Betar Yerushalyim.
I have a little brother and two sisters. We all live in our grandparents’ house. I love my dad a lot and wish he could work in a bus. My mom works all day and night, and also takes care of us. The thing that makes me saddest is when my mom fights with my grandfather. Then she cries all night. My older sister is always taking clothes from her friends and then she shows off in front of the mirror. We never get new clothes, not even on the holidays.
The most fun thing I ever did was when we went to the amusement park in Tel-Aviv with the counselors from the center. It was the first time I ever left home, and I saw so many people I didn’t know. I’ll never forget all the colored lights and the music. I remember that I didn’t want to go home on the bus. I was sad and cried all the way home.
I’m adding a composition I wrote in Hebrew class:
Gili was the best soccer player in the neighborhood. He’d score five goals in every game. Gili had a dog that would always wait for him next to the gate. Gili always played barefoot. He told us that’s how he liked to play, but we knew that his parents didn’t have enough money. One afternoon Gili came to the game with new shoes. He was really happy and he scored seven goals. Gili told us that a man came to the school and asked the children what they want. Gili told the man that his dream was to go to football class, so he signed him up for the class at school and also bought him new shoes. I think that in a few years Gili will play for Betar, and maybe also in the Israeli National Team.
I ask you to help kids like me get things that will help them learn better.
Thank you,
Eli
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