Hamad in the Prison
By
Al Hosni
By
Al Hosni
Once upon a time there was a village ruled by a very oppressive Imam. He was
unjust and very greedy. He always took villages’ products and treated his
villagers very oppressively. The Imam would send anyone he disliked or did
anything wrong to a big prison that he built in the mountains. That prison had
many rooms and in each room, which only can host for three inmates, he crowded
six. That led the inmates to feel uncomfortable and to suffer every minutes
they spent in the prison. Yet, the guards of the prison were human giants who
never slept and had the power of thirty men. The giants were faithful to the
Imam because the Imam had a ring that controlled them. Now, in the village,
there was a brave boy who laughed in the face of danger and no one could
surpass his wit. That boy was an orphan and the villagers raised him. His name
was Hamad.
One day, Hamad was wandering in the Wadi. That day, the Imam was on a trip with
his family in the Wadi and they were enjoying themselves. Hamad saw some people
swimming. The curiosity bothered him; he walked slowly to have a glance. He
walked as if he were a lion preparing to prey. As he was observing, the
guardians saw and caught him. The Imam ordered the guards to throw him in the
prison.
Hamad entered the prison and he saw how the giant warders of the prison treated
prisoners badly. Hamad was angry because he felt that he was a victim of
injustice.
In the prison, Hamad started to make friends with inmates and realized that most of the inmates were innocents too. Hamad helped prisoners in many different ways such as, sharing them his food, giving them some space to sleep and sometimes tacking the thrash instead of them. One day, Hamad gave an old man his food and did not sleep from hunger. The old man approached him and gave him a cap that made him invisible whenever he wore it, a “khanjer” and a small black rock. So Hamad decided to break out from the prison to defeat the oppressive Imam.
Hamad made a plan and chose nine powerful and strong inmates he befriended. That night he and the nine friends started to break out from the prison and the giants-warders saw the escapers. Then, Hamad wore the cap and became invisible. One of the nine inmates ran in front of a giant to distract him and threw around the giant’s neck a rope from the roof of the prison where he was standing invisibly and strangled him. Also, three of the giant fell in a pit full of boiling oil that was dug by the prisoners and they died. At dawn, Hamad and his friends managed to beat the giant-warders and break free from the prison, fortunately, with all the prisoners who fought bravely with Hamad.
The news spread quickly and reached the Imam. Hamad went directly to the Imam’s fort with the inmates. The Imam prepared his army to face Hamad. In the fort, the Imam put in every tower of his fort a one-eyed sharpshooter who never missed a shot.
Hamad did not want to jeopardize his friends and villagers who wanted to help him and decided to go alone. He wore the invisible cap and went to the fort alone. He entered the fort without being noticed and cleverly chose a place that made the sharpshooter facing each other when they saw him. Hamad took the cap out and became visible. The sharpshooters saw him and shot the arrows at him. Hamad wore the cap and ducked as fast as he could, which made the flying arrows kill the opposite sharpshooters.
Then, Hamad moved toward the Imam’s room. The Imam wore a coat that nothing could penetrate. Hamad took off the invisible cap to confront the Imam to fight with him man to man. As the Imam took his sword out, Hamad took the “khanjer’ and slashed the Imam’s coat into two pieces. The Imam felt defenseless and ran toward the door but Hamad tackled him and sat on him. Hamad remembered that there was a magical ring made anyone who wore it enchanted. So, with the black stone he hammered the ring that slipped from the Imam’s finger. The spell was ceased after the ring had been broken. The Imam returned to his conscious. He thanked Hamad, apologized to his people and rewarded his people a good life. Hamad got married to the Imam’s daughter afterward became the Imam of that village and lived happily ever after.
In the prison, Hamad started to make friends with inmates and realized that most of the inmates were innocents too. Hamad helped prisoners in many different ways such as, sharing them his food, giving them some space to sleep and sometimes tacking the thrash instead of them. One day, Hamad gave an old man his food and did not sleep from hunger. The old man approached him and gave him a cap that made him invisible whenever he wore it, a “khanjer” and a small black rock. So Hamad decided to break out from the prison to defeat the oppressive Imam.
Hamad made a plan and chose nine powerful and strong inmates he befriended. That night he and the nine friends started to break out from the prison and the giants-warders saw the escapers. Then, Hamad wore the cap and became invisible. One of the nine inmates ran in front of a giant to distract him and threw around the giant’s neck a rope from the roof of the prison where he was standing invisibly and strangled him. Also, three of the giant fell in a pit full of boiling oil that was dug by the prisoners and they died. At dawn, Hamad and his friends managed to beat the giant-warders and break free from the prison, fortunately, with all the prisoners who fought bravely with Hamad.
The news spread quickly and reached the Imam. Hamad went directly to the Imam’s fort with the inmates. The Imam prepared his army to face Hamad. In the fort, the Imam put in every tower of his fort a one-eyed sharpshooter who never missed a shot.
Hamad did not want to jeopardize his friends and villagers who wanted to help him and decided to go alone. He wore the invisible cap and went to the fort alone. He entered the fort without being noticed and cleverly chose a place that made the sharpshooter facing each other when they saw him. Hamad took the cap out and became visible. The sharpshooters saw him and shot the arrows at him. Hamad wore the cap and ducked as fast as he could, which made the flying arrows kill the opposite sharpshooters.
Then, Hamad moved toward the Imam’s room. The Imam wore a coat that nothing could penetrate. Hamad took off the invisible cap to confront the Imam to fight with him man to man. As the Imam took his sword out, Hamad took the “khanjer’ and slashed the Imam’s coat into two pieces. The Imam felt defenseless and ran toward the door but Hamad tackled him and sat on him. Hamad remembered that there was a magical ring made anyone who wore it enchanted. So, with the black stone he hammered the ring that slipped from the Imam’s finger. The spell was ceased after the ring had been broken. The Imam returned to his conscious. He thanked Hamad, apologized to his people and rewarded his people a good life. Hamad got married to the Imam’s daughter afterward became the Imam of that village and lived happily ever after.
AHS
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