Habeeb and his beloved sister Hazbee, lives in the nearby city outside virginia of the united state.They came from an average family and their parents could not afford the best school every kid in the city dream of. However, even as life is hard for them, they did their best and enroll them into Hill High Academy. As it is the best average school in the city. Every morning, their father will dress them up for school while their beloved mother is preparing their food after bathing them.Habeeb takes very good care of his little sister at school. He never failed to protect her from bully kids, guide her to always wash her hands before eating with her right hand. And making sure she sit in a clean place no to dirty her uniform. Hazbee and her beloved brother are the best in their classes, and were loved by virtually all the teachers especially ustaz Bilal and Ahmad, the form master to basic 4 and 2 respectively. Life became harder for Alh. Aliyu and Haj. Fatima. As they struggle to hide it from the kids, Habeeb has long observed and notice how they struggle to pay their tuition fee and put food on a table. During the weekend, their mother decided to do the kids laundry before preparing the launch when she noticed that the washing soap has finished. She didn’t want to miss her schedule and decides to prepare the meal now and do the laundry later, hopefully her husband would be back by then. When she tried to turn the gas on, she remembered that her husband left early this morning to look for money for gas refill. She was depressed and frustrated resting her back on the kitchen wall. She felt like crying but hold back her tears for the kids are home. While going through all of this, the young boy habeeb was watching her from the room. After a moment, he reluctantly walked to her and calls out Mom! Mom! Mom! She couldn’t hear him because she was deep into thought. So he tapped her tight slightly looking up to her. When she looked down and saw her son looking at her in that state, she became confused for her kids were the last people she wanted them to find out. As she was trying to pretend and shake it off, she suddenly heard him saying take mom and he was holding a couple of dollars in his hands. She collected them and asked. Where did you get this money? Who gave them to you? Did you take them from someone? He said no. It is my savings. Every time you or dad gave us pocket money, I only spend half out of it and most time, I only eat my food and bring it back home to save. While replying his mother, he was innocently playing with his fingers. When she counted it, to her greatest surprised, it amount to $15. She was overwhelmed with joy and lowered herself to his level, then hugs him. Those tears that she was holding back few moments ago began to roll down her cheek. And as she is thinking to herself that Habeeb is only 7 years old and he could do this, Alhamdulillah! $10 will refill their gas cylinder, $3 is enough to get them detergent and the remaining $2 will be for emergency, behind Habeeb is her husband watching how tears are oozing out of her eyes. He was disheartened looking at himself as irresponsible. On his way home he was thinking of how to explain to his wife that he got nothing and now this. But when she told him everything, he was pleased and relief a bit. They hug him tight, prayed for him and thank Allah for blessing them with such a child.As they kneel and hug him in the kitchen, Alh. Aliyu felt a little soft tender and fragile body rested on his lower back. He knew it was his little princess Hazbee. He grab and turn to her smiling from ear to ear and then said good morning little one. I am sorry I forgot to get you gift on my way home especially your favorite pencil because I know you lost them almost every day at school. Wait a minute I don’t remember buying you pencil for the last two weeks. Hazbee on the other hand innocently reply by saying no daddy. I only lost two pencils last week and later found one inside my book. Now I even have extra. The parents were surprise and coincidentally asked how? Together, are you now a big girl? tht on't loseses pencil at dcschool? She then said, Yaya Habeeb always told me to take very good care of my books and pencil every time he gave me new one, because you no longer have much money. So, I used to put it inside the text book in my bag before going to play.Alh. Aliyu’s spirit went down a bit as he lower his head thinking to himself their situation is not longer a secret to their kids. His family looked at him compassionately but could not alter a word. A moment later, he raise his head and hug is family.The next morning when they were about to have their breakfast, their father’s phone rang and he received the call. and it was from a contraction company calling to congratulate him for wining a $4 000,000 contracts. They were over joy and live happily after.
