Six year-old comes charging in to the flat after school "Imma, Imma! We had a what do you call it, where you have to run fast?"
"Sport class?"
"No, where you have to run fast because of the noise!"
"Targil? (drill)"
"Yes Imma! That one, a targil where there is an azaka (siren) and you have to go quickly with your tor (line) and get to the miklat (shelter) as quick as you can without tripping anyone up"
He has a huge grin taking over his little face, eyes bright, glowing with pride, hopping from foot to foot in a little dance of excitement.
"And my tor was first! I was first! We did it in 20 seconds! And I got a sticker! And it was such a BIIIIG miklat Imma! It's so big it isn't a mamad (safe room), it's a great big huuuuge miklat with room for everyone and my school is so big with so many children that we have to have FOUR miklatim like that! It's so cool, it's like a superhero fort with big windows with shirion (armour). I asked my teacher if I could bring my light sabre or a sword tomorrow but she didn't like that idea."
God Bless the teachers who made it so much fun for the kids to practice running to the shelter and thank God in our region it was only a drill.
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