My uncle lives in a little village in the mountains. It is a very pretty village, about five miles form the main road.
            "Let us go and visit your uncle in his village," said my father one day, "and breather some fresh air too."
            We were very happy and thanked our father. Early one morning my brother and sister and I wen out with father and mother and boarded a bus. After having traveled some way my father said, "here we have to get off. It is about five miles from here to your uncle's village, and we can only reach there by foot."
            We got off the bus, and then my brother and sister and I ran ahead so as to arrive at our uncle's house sooner. We ran some distance but we didn't come to the village. So we decided to wait for our parents. We waited a while but they didn't come. We had lost our way. However, much we ran this way and that, still we couldn't fin the village. After all that running about we were tired and very thirty. We couldn't walk any more. We sat down exhausted, hungry and thirsty. We were almost crying and dying of hunger and thirst. Then we prayed to Allah to help us.
            An old man riding on a donkey came around the hill. He got down form his donkey and gave us water from a jug he way carrying. Never did water taste so tasty! We were revived The kind old man brought out a large napkin in which he had some food. It was bread and cheese. We ate some bread and cheese and we recovered our strength. What delicious bread and cheese! The old mad had cheered us up, had restored our strength and spirits. Now we were able to walked and talk. It was then that I appreciated the value of food and water. We thanked the old man.
            "Dear children," he said, "thank Allah Who has created food and water for us. How could we stay alive if there was no food and water? How could we walk and work? We must thank Allah, appreciate the value of His blessings and follow His commands."
            Then the old man put us on his donkey and took us to our uncle's village. We thanked him and ran as fast as we could towards the house of our uncle.

            Allah is very kind and has given us many blessings.
            He created air for us to breathe.
            He created water for us to drink and to wash ourselves.
            He created trees and plants for us to eat their sweet and tasty fruits and to make good foods.
            How could we live if we didn't have air, water, trees and plants? Who could have created such good blessings for us, other than Allah?
            Allah is very Merciful and Kind to have created for us these blessings.
            So we love Allah and thanks Him. We follow His commands so as to live in happiness in this world and in the Hereafter. We help the poor and deprived, and work hard for the happiness and prosperity of all Allah's servants.

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