Extensive Reading

Group 8 :

- (210502500002) Sri Iin Febrianti Achmad

- (210502501014) Riska Amalia
- (210502502004) Ummul Maesyarah
- (210502502017) Safira Mawaddah

Into the Heart of a Family in Casablanca

What the writer likes when he travels: strangers he often meets who can amaze him. Like
bringing a beautiful surprise, a simple kindness that makes your heart calm.

At seven o'clock in the morning in Casablanca, the author and his friend Miguel will visit
Abdelatif, a young man they work with and 10 others on a volunteer project in Kenitra, an
industrial town on the Moroccan coast. Abdelatif waited for the writer to arrive in Casablanca,
because he didn't have a telephone, he just wrote down the address and told us to come.
Abdelatif said his mother and sister were always at his house. When the plane arrived in
Casablanca the next day, they left early so they could spend a long time with Abdelatif.

Apparently the address Abdelatif wrote for us was difficult to understand. Finally, with
the help of a policeman and then a small child, we were taken to a house on a winding road.

Then, a girl around sixteen years old appeared from the house. Surprisingly, he did not
resemble Abdelatif at all. We waited in the courtyard, everyone greeted us with warm care. The
mother told us in French that Abdelatif was out, but would be home soon.

After an hour had passed, many family members emerged from the inner room. Again I
was struck by the fact that none of them looked like our friend. After two hours had passed with
no sign of Abdelatif, when I asked what time he would arrive. Finally, Mother said that Abdelatif
was here.

In the end they entered the house, and met with Abdelatif, they took the time to say hello.
However, they felt that there was something wrong with the person he met at that time. The one
he met wasn't his friend Abdelatif, he was very different. Then, they were about to leave the
place, but the uncle said it's okay if you don't meet the abdelatif, we invite you to join us for
dinner.

She felt so burdened by their kindness that her tears flowed. But he still asked for help to
find Abdelatif's real address. They apparently recognized the owner of the address abdelatif and
promised to bring it to the house. Finally they found the real Abdelatif's address and the real
Abdelatif's.