“Hey, Gavriel, let’s go ahead,” I suggested to my older brother. “They’re taking too long!”
I leaned forward in my seat as though that would make the car drive faster. Of course, it didn’t work. “Are we almost there?” I asked, fiddling with my seat belt.
“Almost there,” Mommy said, as she threw me a smile. “You’re so excited, Yossi!”
“Yeah!” I said. “I can’t believe you finally agreed to go on a hike.”
Mommy grinned. Her idea of a family Chol Hamoed trip was a picnic, or an aquarium, or a museum — stuff like that. This time, she’d capitulated, and we were going on a real trip!
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