FINDINGS

by Ursula K. Le Guin

I look now at my daughter, that strong little woman who sits huddled in a chair for a moment before she gets up again to do more than can be done. I look at her with pity, with admiration, with rage. How beautiful she is! She is as beautiful as my mother was and her daughter will be.
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JUSTIFIED

by Vivian Rinaldo

I wanted one of those cereal bars, so I took it. I put it in my pocket and when the coffee was done, I went back to my office and ate the cereal bar with my coffee. Simple. No big deal, and I'm sure if I had asked, the nun would've been glad to give me one. I didn't ask. Do you get it? I wanted it, and I took it. No one would ever miss it, it had practically no value, no one got hurt by my taking it, so I took it. That's how it works.
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WELCOME TO HAWA'S

by Semia Harbawi

We allowed little to impinge on our happy routine. We closed ranks and grappled with our predictable lot, content to plough ahead with no major problems to dim our collective cheerfulness, until the day Afeefa's dotty mother took it into her head to marry her daughter to her sister's son, Hafedh. He had a mild look about him; he did not seem the assertive type. At least, not in the beginning.
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