دُكَّانُ إِصْلَاحِ الْأَحْذِيَةِ

هَذَا دُكَّانٌ صَغِيرٌ لِإِصْلَاحِ الْأَحْذِيَةِ. الدُّكَّانُ فِي الْكُوَيْتِ. فِي الدُّكَّانِ رَائِحَةُ الْجِلْدِ قَوِيَّةٌ. وَفِيهِ أَصْوَاتُ الْآلَاتِ. كُلُّ الْعُمَّالِ مَشْغُولُونَ بِالْعَمَلِ. عَلَى الرُّفُوفِ أَكْيَاسٌ كَثِيرَةٌ. عَلَى كُلِّ كِيسٍ رَقْمٌ. فِي جَانِبِ الدُّكَّانِ مَقْعَدٌ طَوِيلٌ. يَجْلِسُ الزَّبَائِنُ عَلَيْهِ وَيَنْتَظِرُونَ. وَفِي الْجَانِبِ الْآخَرِ يَعْمَلُ الْإِسْكَافِيُّ. الْإِسْكَافِيُّ شَابٌّ مِنَ الْهِنْدِ. أَبُوهُ إِسْكَافِيٌّ أَيْضًا. وَالشَّابُّ فِي الْكُوَيْتِ مُنْذُ سَنَوَاتٍ. يَبْقَى فِي الدُّكَّانِ أَكْثَرَ الْيَوْمِ. هُوَ يَعْرِفُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عَنْ إِصْلَاحِ الْأَحْذِيَةِ. وَهُوَ يَعْرِفُ صِنَاعَةَ الْأَحْذِيَةِ أَيْضًا. لَكِنْ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ آلَةٌ لِهَذَا الْعَمَلِ. إِصْلَاحُ بَعْضِ الْأَحْذِيَةِ مُسْتَحِيلٌ. قَبْلَ الْعَمَلِ يَقُولُ لِلزَّبُونِ الْحَقِيقَةَ. فَيَثِقُ بِهِ الزَّبَائِنُ. الْيَوْمَ يَرْمِي كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَحْذِيَتَهُمُ الْقَدِيمَةَ. وَلَا يَأْتُونَ بِهَا إِلَى الْإِسْكَافِيِّ. لِذَلِكَ يَكْسِبُ الْإِسْكَافِيُّ مَالًا قَلِيلًا. لَكِنْ عِنْدَهُ أَصْدِقَاءُ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الزَّبَائِنِ. وَسَيِّدَةٌ كُوَيْتِيَّةٌ مُسِنَّةٌ تَأْتِيهِ بِالطَّعَامِ. وَهُوَ يَعْرِفُ طَعْمَ الْمَجْبُوسِ الْكُوَيْتِيِّ. هُوَ لَا يُرِيدُ عَمَلًا آخَرَ.

This is a small shop for repairing shoes. The shop is in Kuwait. In the shop, the smell of leather is strong. And in it there are the sounds of machines. All the workers are busy with the work. On the shelves there are many bags. On every bag there is a number. On one side of the shop there is a long bench. Customers sit on it and wait. On the other side, the cobbler works. The cobbler is a young man from India. His father is a cobbler too. The young man has been in Kuwait for years. He stays in the shop most of the day. He knows everything about repairing shoes. And he knows shoemaking too. But he does not have a machine for this work. Repairing some shoes is impossible. Before the work, he tells the customer the truth. So the customers trust him. Today many people throw away their old shoes. And they do not bring them to the cobbler. So the cobbler earns little money. But he has many friends among the customers. And an elderly Kuwaiti lady brings him food. And he knows the taste