Cock-a-doodle-doo crowed the rooster Engineer Ari opened his eyes and yawned He looked at his pocket watch and jumped out of bed
There was only one more day until the Passover seder with his engineer friends Jessie and Nathaniel And before then Engineer Ari had to drive one last train to Jerusalem and back He dressed quickly and left the house taking long quick strides towards Jaffa’s train station
Engineer Ari had tucked a seder shopping list into his pocket roasted egg charoset parsley horseradish shankbone matzah But the spring air was sweet and he didn't want to rush As he bent down to pick a flower his watch fell on the ground and reminded him of the passing time I better not dawdle he sighed
