Article June 1, 1998 Issue

for kids

Armed and ready

By Yvonne Joy Prinsloo

In the foothills of the majestic Drakensberg mountains of South Africa lies a choir school for boys. Michael had been admitted to this special school, and he really looked forward to becoming a member of the choir. The choir had plans to tour throughout the country.

Michael loved to sing, and he quickly made some special friends at his new boarding school. But, something was constantly bothering him. He did not enjoy being a boarder at the school because he was homesick and missed his family, who were very far away.

"I am the most unhappy boy in the whole world!" he wrote in a letter to his mother.

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