Abeer had not left his house for four months now because of the disease outside. Finally today he was going out for a walk with his parents because they said it was now OK to go out for a walk. Stepping out after four months the first thing that he noticed was that the sun was brighter. Mumma explained that because all the cars, trains and factories had not been running for so long the air was cleaner and because of that the sun looked brighter. Papa said it was brighter also because Abeer was out in the open after a very long time and his eyes needed to adjust to the brightness again.
They got onto the walking track in front of home and walked till the bakery. To Abeer it felt as if the bakery had moved far away. Papa said it was still exactly where it had been four months back but appeared far because he was walking so much after a long time. Abeer was pretty sure that the road had grown longer and the bakery had moved farther away. At the bakery there was a socially distanced queue which they joined. Abeer got a donut for his good behavior and for walking happily.
When they got back home Abeer washed his hands and feet properly and then they all sat down to enjoy the donuts. It was nice to be able to go out again everything looked like it was all new and beautiful. The birds and squirrels had also seemed very friendly. Hopefully the virus was going to go away for good and school too would reopen soon.