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“We ask you to remove your shoes while in the cathedral,” the guide said as the crowd approached. “Your shoes will be safe. When you get to the other side, one of the shoe keepers will have them waiting for you.”
The tourists slipped off their shoes. Tekley took a pair of shoes belonging to a tall man with a very pale face and reddish-brown hair. The shoes were new and looked expensive.
As the crowd prepared to enter the cathedral, a boy about Tekley’s age turned to him. “Do you speak English?” he asked.
“Yes, a little,” Tekley answered, “We learn in school.”
Tekley set down the shoes. It wasn’t polite to hold shoes while talking to a ferengi.
“These cathedrals—why were they carved down in the rock like this? ” the boy asked.
“Your guide will tell you more about the buildings.” Tekley said, “More than 800 years age. Christians were being attacked all across North Africa. The churches were built into the rock so they could not be seen by the enemy.”
The boy glanced toward the cathedral.
“I’d better hurry.” He said, “My parents will wonder where I am.” He followed the last of the tourists as they disappeared inside.
Tekley stooped down and picked up the shoes. He stared at the pair in his hands. Black with laces.
These aren’t the right shoes, he thought. Mine were brown. He looked around frantically. All the other shoes and shoe keepers were already gone.
One of the other shoe keepers must have taken my shoes by accident. Tekley thought. Tekley knew such a mistake could cost him his job.
“Jesus,” he prayed, “I need Your help. I must find the right shoes. Please, please help me.”
Tekley needed this job to pay for school. It had been difficult to become a shoe keeper. He had worked hard to be on time every day, and he never kept a tourist waiting. He couldn’t fail now. He had to find the right shoes before his tourist came out of the exit door.
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