Day 7

Dear diary

I'm so angry! Why should my family leave our house just because the stupid government found out about mum's secret school. The government here is so unfair. My mother just wanted the kids here to have a proper education but the goverment didn't allow that. Therefore, mum started a secret school. She wasn't in the wrong! The government was! I could see that dad was so sad when he looked at the oven that has been passed down in his family for generations. However, when I looked at my painting of me scoring a goal in the World Cup final, I felt slightly more courageous.
Suddenly I am determined to find a way to make us stay.

Day 8

Dear diary

Today, I have finally got a new plan to let me and my family stay in in my house! While I was watching soccer from Yusuf's grandfather's satellite television, I thought of a new plan and I finally got it! I will get so good in soccer that I will inspire the government to star a new national team and help the do really well in the World Cup. That way the government will allow us to stay! I'm so excited! However, if I want my plan to work, I need practice.