smugglers Quotes

“Mahmoud’s mother broke down in tears, and his father let the life jackets he carried drop to the ground. The smuggler had just told them their boat wasn’t leaving tonight. Again. ‘No boat today. Tomorrow. Tomorrow,’ he’d told Mahmoud’s father.”

“And there was the danger of smugglers who came from the mainland to steal sheep_Ida might encounter them. Mother was sure, however, that Ida would be safe as long as she stayed on the trail.”