WHEN I GROW UP…

KarabakhOpen
06-04-2007 11:46:18

Sevak is 5. He was born and lives in the village of Norashen,
Hadrut. He says he likes his village because everything is new
there. He dreams of growing up to go to school like his sister. He
has friends with whom he plays football when it does not rain. Sevak
could not say the names of his friends. "They are too many," he said.

When Sevak was 2, the doctor said he had a problem with his heart and
needed surgery. However, his father had only two cows and could not
afford to pay for the operation. The members of the Armenian General
Benevolent Union helped Sevak who calls them the Americans.

He is only 5 but has already undergone three operations. He remembers
only the last one. "They took me to the hospital in another city,
there were people in white clothes, they gave me candy, chewing gum
to go to sleep. When I woke up, Mom and Dad gave me candy. I had so
many candies I could give to sister and brother," Sevak said.

He does not like the city because nobody knows him. In Norashen
everyone shakes hands with him. Sevak’s dreams start with "when I
grow up…" When he grows up, Dad will take him to the far away city,
and he can go to the forest alone.