"It is his first day out," Dad fumbled.
"Cheer up," the monk said to me. "You are becoming a man."
"I am hungry," I told him.
"That is one way of becoming a man," he concluded."/>

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" Suddenly, it seemed to me an eternity since I had last seen Mam, and I cried.
"What is wrong with the boy?" the monk asked.
"It is his first day out," Dad fumbled.
"Cheer up," the monk said to me. "You are becoming a man."
"I am hungry," I told him.
"That is one way of becoming a man," he concluded. "

Nega Mezlekia , The God Who Begat a Jackal: A Novel


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Nega Mezlekia quote : Suddenly, it seemed to me an eternity since I had last seen Mam, and I cried.<br />"It is his first day out," Dad fumbled.
"Cheer up," the monk said to me. "You are becoming a man."
"I am hungry," I told him.
"That is one way of becoming a man," he concluded." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>