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Short story

"The Title "The Jobseeker


 Introduced by Mr. Awad Al-Shammri
The Introdction
In the name of Allah, the merciful, the most merciful, •
Prayers and peace to the Prophet Muhammad
For the first time I wrote this short story, which consists of several events categorized according
to my imagination, and I have arranged events for a person looking for work in three different
circumstances, which are land, sea and air, according to an integrated coordination. Among
them, as well as using internet-connected search engines for the purpose of adding more
instructions and information about the story. This is my first story in the literary field. I hope
you like it and enjoy reading.

Your sincere brother Mr. Awad al-Shammari •


Key Facts��:
The Author : Awad AL-Shammri
The Title of the story : The Jobseeker
 The Characters of the story : unknown
 The Time of the story : Modern age
The sitting of the story : Land, Sea and air
 The Themes of the story : Patience, Power ��  and ambition
 The symbols of the story : Weapon, Clothes �� and transportation
The Tense of the story : Past simple
The Contents :
 The tour ;                    PROLOGUE PART 1
to the countryside and the city

The trip ; The                                          PART 2


The sailing and The island   sea

EPILOGUE                               The flight                                      PART 3
PART. 1
The Prologue :

One day, there was a poor man who lived in a small village near to the mountains, and •
this man since he was a child, he lost his parents and lived with his little sister in a small
cottage on the side of the village, the child worked collecting firewood and selling it on
the road, meanwhile, his sister was sick and died after she has suffered from the disease
,The child remained alone, without friends from the village except for an old man who
used to take care of him until he became a young man, the young man started looking
for a job, but the old man warned him to be clever and strong in order to face the
difficulties in his way, the young man promised him to be brave, the old man gave the
young man three different things, and he said these things will help and protect you if
you face any danger anywhere in the world, and they are a horse, a pistol, and a hat.
And the young man told the old man what is the use of these things, the old man replied
saying: The pistol helps you in case of danger The horse enables you to move around
quickly, and the hat protects you from the sunshine and rain. The young man thanked
the old man for this valuable gifts, and the young man bade farewell to the old man and
left the village to search for work and live in another place.
PART. 1
The Tour to the Countryside ;

The young man left the small village, in which he lived his childhood, and went to places •
far from his village in order to get a job there. He rode the horse and took it towards the
road, while he was on the road remembering his parents and sister and began crying in a
loud voice, but the young man wished to return and complete the rest From his life in
the village, when he was on the road, he felt that the horse was thirsty but he was tired,
and he decided to find a suitable place to rest and give his horse water, and he saw a
narrow valley and said, "I will go there. Likely that we will find water stored in the rain.
When he reached the valley, he went out. " A flock of birds and he was surprised, and
he sat near a pool of water and watered his horse and rested a little, and the young man
fell asleep and started dreaming of a ghost nightmare. He said to him: "Wherever you go,
you will suffer and face death, and he said to him," No rest after today. "he was afraid of
a terrifying nightmare, he rode his horse to continue his way until he reached the dark
forest, and the sun went down and the sky began to rain a lot and he was feeling cold,
the young man collected firewood, lit a fire and warms it, and slept near the big tree
between the branches, and the horse was guarding him all night, and in the early
morning he woke up The young man saw the sun shining and the birds Tweeting in every
tree, he felt happy and reassured on this new day.
On the new day, the young man saw a flock of sheep on the hill, and he decided to go to it and when he •
went to meet with the sheep run and before he arrived, he saw something strange near sheep and after that
he knew that it was a wolf and wanted to prey a sheep, the young man shot the wolf and he killed him, and
the sheep run screamed from the sound of the shooting, the young man told him that he had killed a
predatory wolf , the sheep run thanked him and gave him some of food, and offered to him if he wanted to
work on the animal farm, the young man quickly agreed to the request and welcomed the work in order to
earn money, and the sheep run returned with The young man , they went to the animal farm, and he told
him your tasks in this farm would be selling milk, cleaning a stockyard and distributing fodder for the animals,
the young man told him I do not have the energy to do all these and told him that he is not a superhuman,
the farm owner laughed and said to him: Do not tire yourself and be strong, then he replied saying "There is
no rest without work or money without work." The young man smiled and said thank you for the wonderful
saying. The young man stayed in the farm for several months and worked hard despite the difficulties in
raising animals, cleaning, and selling milk daily to the dairyman , who comes from the city to take the milk
and sell it in Cheese-making companies , the young man and the dairyman became Friends and the
dairyman said, what do you think of coming with me to the city? There are a lot of jobs that suit you and
you will earn a lot of money. The young man felt happy and said yes, I will go with you and I am very eager
to visit the city and work in it. The young man bid farewell to the owner of the farm, and he left with the
dairyman to the city.
Part 1 :
The Tour to the city ;

When the young man arrived with the dairy owner in the city, the young man went to buy some new •
clothes and then to eat in the restaurant, after that he decided to look for work in the city, but he is in a
confused state because he did not find a place to sleep, he thought over and over and finally found a
solution That he will sleep in the church until the morning, and in the morning he found a girl praying to
the Lord, and the girl asked him what to do here, the young man replied: He does not own a house ��  In
the city, the girl told him my father has many cars if you want to work as a taxi driver, the young man
replied He said: I do not know to drive a car She said to him: There is a private company that can teach
you the driving in a short time, but this company gets fees for training, the young man said that I do not
have enough money to enter the training, the girl gave him the address of the company and her home
address and gave him Extra money to get him into driving trainin g and other money to sleep with it in
the hotel for a specified period, and she said to him when you learn to drive, come to my house and my
father will give you one of the cars to work with in the city, and the girl left the church, the young man
was very happy with the girl's behavior and sympathy, the young man left Quickly from church to
company, When he arrived at the driving training place, he registered and paid the fees and said, “Come
tomorrow. The young man went to the hotel and was very happy to learn a new profession. Early in the
morning, he went to the site and started exercises with the coaches in the company and continued with
them for a number of weeks until he learned the art of driving, He decided to go to the girl to thank her
for helping him with a new experience that would help him earn money.
After the young man learned the driving, he went to the girl’s house, which is located in the city center, to thank her and •
start his new job. When the young man arrived at the girl’s house and rang the bell, a maid went out and opened the door
and told him what she wanted. He told her I want the girl, the owner of this palace. She went an urgent matter waited in
the reception room, the young man stayed in the waiting room for about an hour, the maid brought him a coffee � and a
cup of water, and then the girl arrived at the palace and found the young man , the girl welcomed him and sat drinking
coffee with him and told him about the training he learned from driving, in that meanwhile, the girl's father arrived and
shook hands with the young man and greeted him, the girl said to the maid, prepare the meal for our new guest, and the
girl's father told the young man I have a group of cars. Choose any car you like and work in the city, but first I'll take you
with me a tour of the city to know the alleys of the city and all the sites Principal, the girl was impressed with the plan and
said she would start moving without consulting anyone. The maid arrived and put the food on the table, and they began
to eat, in the afternoon ��  The girl's father went out with the young man on a tour around the city so that the young man
knew all the main city streets, and When they went out and saw the city and the girl's father, he gave the young man the
city map and said, “It will give you more information about the regions and streets of the city, and he told him I have a
small house near the sea ​that you can go to and live in it throughout your life. The young man was happy with this
precious gift and said I don’t know how to thank you. He said you are lucky. I love helping poor people. The young man
felt happy and went out driving the taxi in the city. The young man started working from morning until evening and then
returned to his small house near the city of the port. The young man continued to drive the taxi for more than a year and
gathered more Money, in addition to that whenever he returns to his position, he hears the sound of the sea waves and
the sound of ships and boats, and the young man decided next summer, he will go on a cruise in the sea when the sea is
calm, and The sky is blue, in the summer, the young man went to the shopping in order to buy clothes for fishing, a hook
and rented a boat ��  , before he go in to the sea, he went to house of the girl and he told her, that he will go in the
summer a tour to the sea.
Part.2 :
The Trip to the sea ;

In the summer, the young man went to the port near his home to take the boat that he had •
rented from the owner of the port, the young man boarded the boat with his things and his
needs of drink, food and fishing tools, such as the hook, the net and other things that would help
him in fishing in the middle of the sea, the young man moved in The boat was in the middle of
the sea, the sky was full of birds, the young man was very happy with this trip, and the sea waves
were very beautiful, and when evening came and the sun set, the weather became very cold, and
the young man could not move the boat because he was freezing from the bitter cold, and his
fingers had frozen. After a little time the young man wore more clothes and was in good
condition, took out his food and started eating, then heard a strange sound heading towards the
boat, the young man felt fear and grabbed the paddle and began to move quickly to move away
from this sound, unfortunately, the sharks caught up with him, which is not He is removed close
to it, and he does not have any weapon with which the sharks can resist if they attack him, he
only has a cooking knife and a paddle stick, and upon the arrival of the first shark to the boat, the
young man stabbed him in the knife and then the shark withdrew from it, after that other sharks
arrived ,and he killed many of Them, but he lost his knife ��   When he stabbed them, and after a
long night of sharks attack, the young man fell very tired and exhausted from his fight with these
sharks, and in the morning, the young man woke up with the sun shining, he saw a large island
near him and the young man decided to go to that island.
Part. 2 :
The trip to the island ;

When the young man reached the big island, he put his boat on the beach of the island •
and got out of it to take a rest, then he went to explore this big island, and after the
young man took a break he went inside the island, and found many monkeys climbing
trees, even if he found bone remains. The young man became afraid ��  of these effects,
but he heard a very strange sound issued from the center of the island, the young man
decided to go and explore this sound, and he walked quickly to the center of the island,
climbing the rocks and valleys, and when he arrived, he found a small ��  dog hidden
under the rock, the young man was able to save him. But the dog fled quickly towards
the other side of the island, and the young man ran behind him and followed him until
he arrived and saw his ship broken down, and everyone drowned, and the dog was the
only survivor of them, the young man entered the ship and found closed boxes, and
when he opened them, he found many gold and money, the young man did not believe
what he saw. And he shouted in a loud voice, what are these, oh my God, the young
man carried all the boxes in his boat, took the dog with him to keep him as a friend on
his journey, and the young man wandered for several months in the seas, and finally
decided to return to the city, and went by boat towards the city, rejoicing at what he got
of the enormous wealth The young man arrived at The city, he went to his old house to
hide the treasure in a safe place, and go on a new journey by flying.
Part. 3 :
The Flight ;

The young man returned from the island, he has a lot of gold and jewels that he obtained from an abandoned ship near the island, •
the young man hid all the treasure in his house near the city on the coast of the sea, the young man decided to make a trip in the
plane before returning to his village, the young man wanted to visit The known Himalayan mountain range (Mount Everest) which
is located on the Asian continent, the young man went to the airport and booked his first ticket to travel, the young man traveled
by plane and was very dumbfounded by the plane taking off, the young man felt vomiting because the first time he traveled by
plane, the young man’s condition improved after the plane crew He gave him some treatment and the young man became in
good condition, the young man saw the clouds from the window of the plane and was very happy and happy, the young man
arrived at a place he wanted, and when he went to go to the mountain, all visitors warned him about the difficulty and
seriousness of this situation, but he refused and insisted on going, the young man took all his needs from Clothes, food and other
tools that helps him climb the mountain, the young man was at first excited, but then he felt afraid because he was afraid of
heights, the young man deliberately wanted to climb to that summit that he came from far away to it, and after two days, the
young man continued climbing rocks despite the difficulty It became what I faced, but the young man broke all the barriers out of
fear and fatigue and continued on his way to the top of the mountain and reached it after a long effort, the young man said, We
have reached the highest summit of a mountain in the world, if the obstacles and difficulties that we have overcome we will not
reach this summit, the young man felt happy and joyful Towards achieving a record in his life, the young man returned to his site
in order to prepare to return to his home, after that the young man returned to the city, then to his home and extracted the
money and gold that was found on the island, the young man sold gold and spent money in establishing a very large company that
works for him in the middle of The city, and before leaving the city, the girl went and dad to reassure them and found that they
had passed away in a flock accident. The young man grieved for their separation a lot because they offered him great help and he
could never forget it as long as he is alive, the young man went to the countryside to visit His village, which he left for many years.
Part. 3 :
The Epilogue ;

The young man returned to his village after a long journey in many  •
places that lasted many years of exhaustion, which he suffered a lot, 
but he never weakened and challenged difficulties since he was an 
orphan child without parents, and finally he became a rich and rich man 
who has more money that he collected throughout his life and his 
adventures in the city, the sea.  The young man donated to guarantee 
an orphan shelter, and to build many schools in the countryside, in 
addition to that, he built many houses for the poor and needy, and 
employed all unemployed youth to improve their lives, and to prove to 
the world that an ambitious person cannot stop his dream no matter 
whatever , and the young man helped many of the poor, provided them 
with assistance and saved them from this poverty that killed many 
people who were trying to reach their goals, but poverty prevented them 
from reaching her, in the end, the young man married a girl from his 
village, and gave birth to a girl and a boy from her, and the young man 
.lived in his village  ,Who lived there since his childhood
The important moral lessons in this story :
The moral lessons that we learn from this story is that the persevering and •
ambitious person who seeks to achieve his dream, whatever the difficulties
encountered in his way, and we must overcome these obstacles with our
perseverance and determination, because success is an indescribable taste,
but you feel it when you achieve it and be a brave person who challenges all
difficulties and obstacles, whatever they are. It is difficult. We must achieve
our dreams that we seek and think about always. Failure does not mean the
end, and every person makes mistakes. Failure is what facilitates us
reaching the highest the summit and there is no person better than a
person except with ambition, patience, determination and persistence. All
steps and actions must be well thought out in order not to be burdened
with what is not You know it, think about the future and your goal that
never leaves your dreams.

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