Chapter 1 In the Beginning H I I’m Jordan Jordan Gavrieli I live in Israel You’ve heard of it right It’s a thin strip of land between the Mediterranean Sea Egypt Jordan Syria and Lebanon I live in a village called Kfar Keshet Keshet means rainbow in Hebrew the language we speak here Miss Sara the founder of our village named it that be cause a rainbow is a sign of hope Miss Sara’s hope is that through careful training we the children of the village will develop skills to defeat our enemies It’s a long story I’ll tell you about it sometime Kfar Keshet is a great place to live It’s in the north of the country above the city of Tiberias We have a dam and (cid:68)(cid:3)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:78)(cid:72)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:75)(cid:68)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:71)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:53)(cid:76)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:193)(cid:82)(cid:90)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:74)(cid:75)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:82)(cid:90)(cid:81)(cid:3) from the Golan Heights that plateau at the southern end of the Lebanese mountains We can see the mountains to the north of the village You haven’t heard of the Jordan River There’s a song about it that everyone knows The Jordan River is deep and wide dah dah dah Anyway in Hebrew we call the river Nahar Yarden When Miss Sara named me she named me after the river I don’t think too many kids in 9
