'Stories for Reading: Samir and the Old Woman'. A story in Arabic about a boy who 'escapes' school and goes to the park, where he met an old woman. When the woman knew why Samir was in the park, she told him he was now old like her without work or school. So she told him to take the hooks and she would teach him to knit. What was Samir's reaction? Read the story to find out.