“Aiiieeeee….!” came a screaming noise from the stairs, as Ali came rolling down like a ball. Everyone ran to see what had happened. Ali was wearing a long cloth cape, swaying a wooden sword in his hands, pretending to be Ertugrul Ghazi. He had just tripped over his long cape.
As Mom leaned forward to check for any serious injuries, Ali jumped up energetically: “There is no sword better than Dhul Fiqar and no man braver than Ali (rtam) on earth!”
“Ya Allah…” Mom held her head, smiling, “Ali, you have watched the Ertugrul series for so long that you have even memorized the dialogues!”
“A real hero is the one who stands right up after falling down,” came another one of Ertugrul’s lines from Ali’s mouth.
“But why are you wearing a cape?” asked Omar, who was watching all this with twinkling eyes. “Ertugrul never wore a cape. It was the symbol of the crusaders army,” he explained to his friend.
“Batman, Superman, Spiderman and all these heroes always wear capes. Isn’t cape for heroes?” asked Ali innocently.
“Muslims are recognized by their valour and bravery, not by their costumes. If your heart is pure and clean, no evil power can overcome you,” Samrah Apa replied with another one of Ertugrul’s lines. She had also been watching the series with Ali enthusiastically.
This is an excerpt from the print issue.
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