The Drawing

By Jamila Eoukich

If a great idea made you famous, despite everyone saying it was wrong, would it change your life forever?

Saif is just like any other 10-year-old boy: he loves his family, friends and going to school. One day, the students are assigned homework by their schoolteacher to describe their daily lives and worries.

Later that day, Saif sees his father preparing a work presentation about “conflict management theory” where he uses animals to represent different people’s personality traits. Saif is captivated by this incredible idea and decides to use this same method for his homework assignment. Over the next few days, Saif observes his classmates and assigns them to different animal ‘types’ depending on their behavior.

When Saif proudly submits his homework, the teacher and the school discredit his work and think that it is offensive to compare people to animals. Things then get even worse for Saif and this unfair treatment could have lasting consequences.

However, when his misadventure gets picked up by the media and his sad but inspiriting story goes viral, things become even more complicated for him.

Will Saif’s innovative work and “can-do” attitude capture the hearts of the world? And will he get the credit he deserves for creating such a unique idea? There’s only one way to find out!

“The Drawing” is heartwarming fictional short story for children 10+ that will teach them about love, acceptance, and perseverance. The charming story and easy-to-understand language make this book perfect for any beginner or middle grade readers.

You’ll be captivated by Saif’s unique story and will be desperate to keep flipping the pages, eager to find out how it all ends and if Saif will get the redemption he deserves.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jamila Eoukich
• Release date: Aug 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9789920922111

Jamila Eoukich

Jamila Eoukich is a Moroccan writer. Her work is available in English and French, and she lives in Casablanca with her husband, their two children, and a cat named Milo.Despite her background in science and her graduation in Process Engineering, Jamila has always loved reading and writing. In 2001, she was one of the laureates of the Short Film Screenwriting Residency Competition organized in Morocco by the Department of Cooperation and Cultural Action. She has also participated in scriptwriting workshops organized by the French Institute of Marrakech and in Tunisia for a cartoon series as part of an Euromédiatoon project.Jamila is constantly thinking of new ideas for next storylines, so stay in touch to be notified on her latest releases.Her previous novels, published in French, are as follows:- La Tombe du Houjal, adventure novel, published in May 2017.- Mon ami, le destin, romance novel, published in August 2017.Her latest releases, published in English, are as follows:- Estrella’s adventures – Lost in the forest, Children book, published in July 2021.- The drawing, short story, published in August 2021.- The COVID19’s patient, Contemporary romance, published in June 2022.

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THE DRAWING

A short story

By

Jamila Eoukich

Copyright 2021 Jamila Eoukich

All rights reserved.

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously: Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Illustration: Digitalhandart

Cover design: Ahmed Moghazy

Edited by: Papertrue

Interior design & layout: Muhammad_2020

Ebook EPUB ISBN: 978-9920-9221-1-1

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to my readers for their interest in this book. Thanks for finding the time to read the story and for your reviews. I would be delighted to get your feedback. Would you please not hesitate to share your thoughts?

Thanks to my family and friends for their encouragement, trust, and continuous support.

Thanks to Fiverr beta readers Taiba Yaseen and John Jukes, and Papertrue editors for consulting on this piece.

Contents

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER TWELVE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CHAPTER ONE

Monday. The 21st of October.

I will never forget that day. I was ten years old and was still in primary school. Mrs. Karima asked us to write an essay describing our class, student life, and worries. At first, I found it annoying and saw it as just another homework to complete, but everything changed when I went home and found my father working on a management presentation.

I didn’t understand very well what he was doing or explaining to me. Only one thing