Plasticine

Aunt Mary

Ehud Verona very loved to visit their aunt in Tel Aviv. Not so much because the aunt who stick their fat wet kisses and adopts them into the big chest with such force that they could not breathe, not so much because the ice with Uncle Morris thick glasses was planted regularly in his favorite armchair reading a newspaper or watching the television news, but by Amir. Ehud Verona ran to him immediately after the escaped hug aunt's ribs breaking up while yelling at Uncle "Hello David live." Uncle Chaim nodded as if to say 'I saw you but I am busy adult's important things. "
Amir, their cousin, studied architecture at university and always tinkering with something interesting. Today, for example, he stood near a large table on which the figures Weir plywood plasticine people. "Can I help you with plasticine?" Rona asked big sister and was always spoke first. Fact is usually the most talked the talk because she loved to talk and Ehud was a bit shy.
Amir turned toward them with a smile, bent and embraced them with elbows so as not to stain it with your hands full of clay. "This is a project I'm doing school. You can use the clay Ulachyr what you want." "No." Rona said "the most fun is to do with you." Ehud just shrugged. "Tell us what you do." Rona added, acting like an adult even though she was only eight years old. Amir smiled "Well, I had to design a building to use the Hall of Peace, so I Machyr images of Arabs and Jews live together in peace and harmony in the building." Ehud took a clay figure he carefully examined it carefully. The figure was perfectly molded detail. "It looks like a small person." He said admiringly, "Put it back!" Scolded his sister "is just a clay doll and you're too big to play with dolls." Ehud looked at her with his big "I never was playing with dolls. I'm not a girl, but this ..." Stuttered and then repeated what he had said "It's just like a little man." Amir Ehud little bent to gently took down his statue Plasticine "Leave it to Ronald, it's really flattering that he thinks I did a similar statue small person."
Aunt Mary called from the other room "Ehud Verona late you have to go to sleep." Rona rebelled "Oh, I've been great and it should go to bed so early. I want to stay with Amir." Amir turned to the children "should you go to sleep you know Aunt Mary, she will not give you the bedroom. I promise you that tomorrow spend together, now I finish the job here." Ehud Amir smiled shyly "Can you finish the Ahplstlinim bring these little ones in our room so we can see them tomorrow?" Amir kissed them good night and promised to bring their room the Plasticine figures Ehud already called them 'Plstlinim.
Ahplstlinim

Ehud awoke in the night hearing loud voices of the weak but because the table in a row. Ehud stood quietly so as not to wake the Rona and went to the table.
On the table and saw two small figures of many Plstlinim them. Long as he looks closer to him one small figures, dressed elegantly, moved closer to him. "Anna save us these human animals." Now Ehud noticed that there are two groups of Plstlinim. One with the other oriental clothing western clothing. Ehud returned his gaze to the small "I did not know you Ahplstlinim things can move."
"Why are you calling us 'Plstlinim'?" She replied indignantly figure
"You might plasticine, so how do you want me to call you?"
"You Verona made of meat. You want to call you meat?" Ehud did not know what to say except Mlgmagma Sorry, the little figure pointed to the other characters dressed Shlrashm coercion and added a tone of insult "I do not care if you call them Plstlinim. We have names." This figure reached a little and said "My name is Samuel, and to it before." Now Ehud noticed a small female figure bent her head toward him. He touched the outstretched hand carefully in order not to crush it and muttered "Very moving, very moving."
"So what? You're going to save us or not?"
"Save you from what?" Ehud over rebellious curl away from his eyes.
"Them. Amaplstlinim!" Ehud Amir recalled that the project was set up at the Hall of Peace Shrine why he thought the characters must live in peace.
"Why did you fight? You are not supposed to live together in peace?"
"Yes, certainly, but say it live person you call them Plstlinim, quarreling over there." Small figure who called herself 'Samuel' Gerda stretched her neck up to look for Ehud, Ehud very intrigued
"You know what they were fighting?"
"They are many who would crush us shapeless blocks of clay and paint." Jemima replied to Samuel's place, with a hint of panic.
"Oh, stop well with your panic, they fight each other just a color scarf they strap on Mtaniam."
"Now I do not understand anything," said Ehud surprised at himself that he could even speak with clay figures. "What's so important what wear?" 'I have to wake up the rune, he thought, also, Rona talking all the time about how I do not understand clothes. She must understand that. "
Jemima impatiently explained what was obvious: "Well. Some of them think he should wear a red keffiyeh others think of anyone who does not wear a Green Fairy is a heretic should die."
"Wait for me here a moment." Ehud said Rona went to wake up.
Rona makes order

"Rona comic" Ehud rock the Rona to wake her. Rona eyes opened a crack, "Ehud Why do you bother me sleep?"
"Let's see Ahplstlinim." Urged Ehud. Ronan turned the other way trying to avoid harassment by Ehud go to sleep. She just was in the middle of a nice dream and wanted to continue it, but Ehud did not give up Verona have had to get up. "Well come and see." Ehud took her and Bill that it was the plywood table with the characters that Amir Weir. Ronald turned to Prime Minister Ehud raises her eyebrows as she saw the question of their mother does. "Many Ahplstlinim them." Ehud explained.
Rona looked Plasticine figures. "How can plasticine characters fight? You sleep."
Ehud stammered "I saw ... the many." Pointed to a number of characters. He was ashamed to tell who had spoken with other characters and told him about the fight. Ronald knew that you can not convince Ehud even if what he says is just his imagination, and should 'flow' with him. Half there is separation between the characters they Ehud voted "Well now they are far apart and can not fight, now come to bed with no excuses."
But Ehud could not sleep. On the one hand he heard the quiet breathing of the old Rona, on the other hand weak heard voices calling his name. "Ehud, Ehud came to save us!"
"Rona you sleep?" Rona woke up and thought it was a stupid question. If the old can not answer the question and the answer is always positive, but she kept her eyes closed and made herself an old, perhaps Ehud really give up and let her sleep. But Ehud did not give up , Verona, with a sigh she learned from her mother, got up and went back to the table. Plstlinim many characters dressed coercion Turn the characters with a Western outfit Samuel Ehud called them days. "beautiful images again touched Amir worked on them so much." Rona accused Ehud, and separated gently the figures, "Now do not touch them and do not wake me again." she ordered, and returned to sleep.
"Thank you liked, if you had not come when they would lynch us." Said Jemima. "Do not exaggerate," scolded her Samuel, they just shouted at us in frustration. "
Ehud looked at them in amazement "why do not you talk about when Ronan was here, now she thinks I'm just imagining that I moved the Ahplstlinim." Samuel muttered as explaining the meaning Ilya "adults over age 6 can not see anything. Probably because of how they learn in school. "
"How can you show co-existence in peace, if you Vahplstlinim already many only because of Bush?"
"That's what I'm saying all the time!" Said Samuel taste the excitement of his American accent. Jemima did not stay must: "have two to tango!"
Ehud see the debate heating up and rushed to say "How can I help you?"
They approached him and said almost in unison "We thought about it really." Thus began the great adventure of Ehud.

Ehud came to help

Samuel's plan was that he will mediate between them and Ahplstlinim and make peace. Jemima's plan was more simple. "We built a wall to protect us from Ahplstlinim." The problem was implementation. First, to obtain clay "All good color." Samuel said with resignation, Jemima actually hoped that the wall will be red. "It is also protect us and be easy on the eye." Girls always more important than form and color, even one sister Rona, he glanced at the Rona. Ok. She was still asleep. Quietly opened the door a crack and peered out. Bright light dazzled him and he heard voices laughter from the living room below. "How the hell did sneak into the office of Amir to clay? He thought. He longed to be beside Sharon. Rona always knew what to do. For a moment he thought might awaken the Rona and ask you to help him, but Sharon has been recalled in the second grade and will not understand the problems of Ahplstlinim. Suddenly he felt tingling in his hand, "Jemima What are you doing here ? "," I jumped from the table to help you, but first you need to correct me. " Ehud raised the days and examined it well, indeed, her legs were crushed by jumping high off the table. Gently, he tried to fix the feet, but lacked the skill of the Amir. "You know what," he said "You do not have to go, here I'll hold you in my pocket." He said, opened the door. "Warning!" Cried a muffled voice that sounded Jemima out of pocket. "There's no need to risk." He replied and walked toward his room Ehud Amir. "If they catch you say you got to go." Offered before. "Girls have always excuses ready, Ehud thought, but it's really very handy excuse. Now he quietly opened the door of the Amir. "Who is it?" A voice filled with sleep. Ehud froze. Amir turned on his side and soon was heard snoring Amir's famous. 'Well now where he holds the Plasticine? Currently guessed his problem. "Look in the closet across the street."
'Now she's giving him orders. It's as if Ronald is here. " Ehud did not like the orders of Ronald and did not like the orders of days, but he still went quietly to the closet. 'The most annoying they're right all the time. " Thought when he opened the closet. He took the Plasticine and closed the casket. "Hey! What are you doing? "Amir's voice out of bed. Ehud ran out instead of answering. Came to his room and lay down in bed, taking care to cover the humming pocket containing the days. The door opened and imposes a narrow band of light from the hallway. Limited through the eyes of Ehud made himself an old saw Amir's head peeking inside. Minute of stress and Amir decided to give back to his room.
Ehud thought for a moment just forget about it until the heard a muffled scream. "Get me, I can not breathe!" Ehud took off the blanket gently days back to the table.
"Too bad you did not ask Amir to fix it." Samuel said.
"Sure, Amir did not even think to correct me, he loves more than the Ahplstlinim than us." Jemima said a bitter voice.
Apparently it's an old argument between them that Samuel immediately answered impatiently: "Do not be silly man Amir is like a most peace loving."
Days immediately fired the answer: "Yes? So why did he made so many Plstlinim only two of us? "
Samuel responded raising his voice: "Because this ratio of power, stupid extreme."
Ehud saw an ugly fight evolving debate changed the subject: "Well, we have clay. Where do you want the wall?" They approached him. He noticed their faces turned red with anger, but later recovered and occupied pointed to the plywood center. "There!"
"Are you crazy? Actually the center to annoy all Ahplstlinim?" Turns Ehud pointed to the southwestern corner. "We should build the wall where it will be a separation between us and our Ahplstlinim tension decreased, this wall will not disturb them in the future it will be possible to live in peace each side instead. "
Ehud see Samuel & Jemima do not agree on anything. 'I have to decide alone, he thought. Removed the plasticine from his pocket, and built high and wide circle like a wall, placed the wall as a compromise between the two approaches, the center of the west side of the plywood where the days and Samuel, now did not talk to each other, inside. He even built them a small house in the wall, maybe if they live in the same house, they complete each other. Jemima thanked him but he would also request confidential wicket in the wall so they could escape. "The whole idea of ​​the wall is that it will protect you, we escaped into the wall and the wall out." Samuel mocked her. Ehud turns formal voice said "I must say that the wall was built contrary to my opinion, a wall between us and Ahplstlinim perpetuate the separation and keep the peace. Jemima did not stay must" should not be peace and live than to kill us 'peace' as they say in public. "Ehud was tired and fed up a wrangling between Jemima and Samuel too many arguments reminded him of his Aunt Mary and Uncle Morris on every little thing. He built the gate secret disguise him from the outside like that guided him done, feels he did his duty to protect them went back to bed and fell asleep quickly.
Lecture by David Morris
Ehud morning last up unusually. Perhaps his activity and perhaps guilt night at his aunt's soft bed, but when he opened his eyes were already All but Amir has always extended sleep, downstairs in the kitchen busy traditional breakfast. He rubbed his eyes, remembering the events of the night and jumped out of bed to see what happened Lflstlinim. Nothing happened. Plasticine figures lay two wall built in the rest of the figures were around. The door opened and Amir enter.
"Good morning, Ehud, congratulations for your birthday. I see you are still marveling at the characters."
"Morning Light Amir, I had a strange dream."
Amir studied silence, the characters, embraced Ehud said, "So that's why my dream goes into the night and take clay to build a wall?"
"Yes. I had Jemima and Samuel danger."
"So now these characters have names. Gave the names of other characters, too?"
"No. I talked only with Jemima and Samuel."
"Came from. Go for breakfast and tell me your dream after I wake cup of coffee."
Ehud followed him obediently, he knew that normally can not talk with Amir only after he drank the cup of coffee in the morning.
David Morris was a senior official of the Communist Party and active in the Histadrut. Today is a wealthy retiree, age and property not softened his views solidity. It was still going, seated party, a participant in the protests very loudly, expressing a firm opinion against the Fascist government, he believes the appropriate description for a government in Israel. In his opinion the government is not doing anything for the workers, paying their own tax money for religious settlers at the expense of the oppressed Arab Israeli citizens. David Morris made do with four hours sleep a night. He was up at dawn and breakfast was enough to finish reading his favorite newspaper Ha'aretz, all what it says includes obituary. Poor Aunt Mary must always get the paper he throws on the floor after he finished, to prepare the table for breakfast. Breakfast is his favorite stage to speak to family members read the newspaper accounts. This morning was no different and the momentum was already speaking when Amir came with Ehud. Ronan made a mouth compared Ehud express her opinion to the daily boredom. Aunt Miriam felt Ehud stranglehold grip hugs him while shouting "Who is the love you Ehud? Evening we will celebrate your birthday." "Good morning to you too Mom" ​​said Amir.
David Morris's lecture lasted as long as breakfast, when Aunt Mary interrupts her attempts ventriloquist's two children, needs to eat a lot to grow. Normally no one listened to and certainly not interrupted the lecture, because any question or comment extends the lecture was boring, but today, Ehud troubled events of the night, interrupted his Uncle Morris "So why the Arabs want to kill us?" David Morris stopped screeching halt. Silence amazed. "Arabs are right will kill us because we oppress them."
"Samuel did not oppress them. He does favor so why they want to kill him?"
Everyone looked Ehud. Aunt Mary asked "Who is Samuel?" Amir said instead "one reads that Ehud Sachyrti Plasticine figures." He added protecting Ehud "He had a strange dream."
Rona Ehud kicked under the table she hissed in a whisper "You promised to behave better." Amir was happy to break the boredom of daily contact Ehud "Tell us the dream."
"It was not a dream, really talked to Jemima and Samuel." Rona pushed Ehud now open. "Do not tell 'imaginations. Plasticine figures can not talk. "Ehud recall Samuel & Jemima danger. "I need to get out." Said run.
Ehud ran up the stairs to the attic where, in their bedroom is a plywood panel that looked at Amir Weir shuddered the Plasticine figures. The wall was a prostitute who built the house he built - devastated. Jemima and Samuel were the only mass of clay daubed on plywood. His eyes began to tear and he felt very sad.
Amir put a hand on his shoulder and said softly, "Do not cry Ehud I Aachyr them again." But Ehud knew Jemima and Samuel are gone, and outside it is now already six years old and children aged six is ​​already too large to talk with plasticine figures.