Intro -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Author's Note -- I was born with a smile on my face. -- I wanted to live in Syria always. -- Nothing helped us to forget Baba wasn't there. -- "Are you okay? Are you okay? Are you okay?" -- We all knew what to do when we heard the bombs. -- We had to try to forget the war and be normal. -- "What if they are dead?" -- "Stop shooting at us!" -- There was nowhere that was safe anymore. -- I hated the war. -- I prayed for a girl. -- "It's time to leave." -- "Don't cry, Bon Bon, I will see you soon." -- All we needed was Baba. -- His name means "light." -- When you're homesick, you feel better when you go home. -- I didn't want my little brother to ever have to feel afraid. -- Maybe we could learn how to stop the war. -- "How was your day, little one?" -- Hope is when you feel like the world is beautiful. -- "Just bombs, bombs, bombs." -- What does it feel like to die? -- I wouldn't get to play with her ever again. -- "I can't believe they could be this cruel." -- We took turns helping each other have hope. -- I prayed that the plan would work. -- You can almost feel like it's real. -- Every day there was less and less of everything. -- Maybe someone would do something before it was too late. -- I was afraid people wouldn't believe us. -- #StandwithAleppo -- "You will face death." -- Like I was dead, but I wasn't yet. -- Our home was gone. -- What would happen if the army found us? -- I had never felt worse inside before. -- It might have been that my heart was sick. -- We had nowhere to go. -- God is the best Protector. -- We had nowhere to run. -- You can't imagine how happy we were to hear this. -- I had to get to those buses. -- I almost couldn't even believe it. -- We are safe now. -- This is my wish. -- Thank you from Bana. -- About the Author -- Copyright.

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