The scorpion

Author: Saad Al-Badr Publication date: 2023 Book classification: Short story and novel Publisher: Book Land Number of pages: 202 Format: Paperback Summary of the novel: Yusuf completed his second year of age and his crying caused us torment and destroyed our nerves, me and his father, whom I suggested this matter to after I heard it from a neighbor who went through the same experience and it bore fruit for her. He initially refused, but under my insistence, he agreed, and indeed I threw him into an old building whose outer yard was used as a dump for collecting trash. During that, a stray dog attacked him, so he fled in fear, leaving Yusuf alone. When he felt safe, he blamed himself and reproached himself for his cowardice and how he left the child like that, so he returned quickly, and found Yusuf in the basket as he was, but he was different.