That morning we arrived in the narr

That morning we arrived in the narrow mud lane off Haji Baba Road in our usual procession of
brightly painted rickshaws, sputtering diesel fumes, each one crammed with five or six girls. Since
the time of the Taliban our school has had no sign and the ornamented brass door in a white wall
across from the woodcutter’s yard gives no hint of what lies beyond.
For us girls that doorway was like a magical entrance to our own special world. As we skipped
through, we cast off our head-scarves like winds puffing away clouds to make way for the sun then
ran helter-skelter up the steps. At the top of the steps was an open courtyard with doors to all the
classrooms. We dumped our backpacks in our rooms then gathered for morning assembly under the
sky, our backs to the mountains as we stood to attention. One girl commanded, ‘Assaan bash! ’ or
‘Stand at ease!’ and we clicked our heels and responded, ‘Allah.’ Then she said, ‘Hoo she yar!’ or
‘Attention!’ and we clicked our heels again. ‘Allah.’

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Sing esuk kita teka ing lane lendhut panah mati Haji Baba Road kirab kita biasanipun saka
rickshaws dicet kerasa, sputtering asep diesel, saben siji crammed karo lima utawa enem bocah-bocah wadon. Wiwit
wektu Taliban sekolah kita wis ana tandha lan lawang Kuningan hias ing tembok putih
tengen saka yard woodcutter menehi ora Petunjuk apa dumunung ngluwihi.
Kanggo kita bocah-bocah wadon sing lawang kaya ngleboke gaib kanggo donya kita dhewe khusus. Kita Mlayu
liwat, kita matak mati endhas-scarves kita kaya angin puffing adoh mega kanggo nggawe cara kanggo srengenge banjur
mlayu helter-skelter wiwitan langkah. Ing sisih ndhuwur langkah ana sing jogan mbukak karo lawang kanggo kabeh
kelas. Kita mbuwang ransel kita ing kamar kita banjur padha Déwan esuk wonten ing
langit, mburi kita marang gunung-gunung minangka kita ngadeg kanggo manungsa waé. Siji prawan dhawuh, 'tamparan Assaan! 'Utawa
'Stand ing ease!' lan kita diklik tumit kita lan nanggapi, 'Allah.' Dheweke banjur ngandika, 'Hoo dheweke yar!' utawa
'waé!' lan kita diklik tumit kita maneh. 'Allah.'