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The ball later passes through hands at home, a recycling and sorting process, and even a sanitation system, drifting through the city before reaching a water treatment station. After it is cleaned and saved for play, the ball returns to the desert where friends finally start a new game—only for it to be struck toward the road, continuing the journey.","The Wonderous Journey of Marks Birthday Ball  \nAuthor: Michelle Hanna  \nIllustrator: Sara Wafeeq English  \nThe Wonderous Journey of Marks Birthday Ball  \nWritten by Michelle Hanna.  \nImages by Sara Wafeeq. © Asafeer Education Technologies FZ LLC, 2018. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.  \nEnglish  \nUnited States  \nCopyright © Asafeer Education Technologies FZ LLC, 2018  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[ ](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may](You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may)[ ](You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may)adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nThe original work of this book was made possible through the generous support of the All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD) Partners (the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), World Vision, and the Australian Government) . It was prepared by Asafeer Education Technologies FZ LLC and does not necessarily reflect the views of the ACR GCD Partners. Any adaptation or translation of this work should not be considered an official ACR GCD translation and ACR GCD shall not be liable for any content or error in this translation.  \nThe ball flew into the air, it flew to a distance Mark himself couldn’t even imagine. Mark had challenged John before. He told him he couldn’t kick the ball as well as he did, but it was really a great kick.  \nThe ball flew from over the school fence, but neither Mark or John managed to figure out where the ball went exactly. Mark tried to go and search for the ball, but the gate man prevented him from going out of the school yard. So, he had to wait until the end of the school day to search for his ball. Mark usually sneaked his ball into school without his parents knowing so that he could play with it during breaks. He was certain that he wouldn’t find the ball after school. It won’t wait for him outside that long. Someone will sure take  \nThis ball was so special to Mark. It was his birthday present. His father got him the ball and as soon as he saw it, he said,“What a lovely ball!” It was, it was really a very beautiful ball. His father also wrote a dedication on the ball with a permanent marker and wrote Mark’s full name and phone number on it. He did this so it could be easily returned if it was lost when Mark played. Mark was so happy that night as he cuddled the ball to sleep.  \nAfter the school day was over, Mark and John left school and searched for the ball on the other side of the fence. They didn’t find it there, so they decided to search the entire neighbourhood until Mark said,“it seems like someone silly took the ball this time.”  \nThe ball rested there until evening. Only then, the porter saw it and gave to it his three-year old son. The boy was so happy and started kicking it here and there until he grew tired with it and threw it from the roof where it fell in a dustbin.  \nThe ball stayed in the dirt until twelve in the morning when the cleaning company came to take the boxes. Soothe ball moved to the recycling centre outside the city where the truck dumped it.  \nNow the ball rested in a huge container for sorting and treating trash. A group of workers sort the trash items into, paper, plastic and glass to be recycled, while therest are shredded and thrown in the desert.  \nWhile one worker was sorting the contents of the container, he noticed that this beautiful ball was placed among the trash. He said,“I’ll give it to my son to play with.” At the end of the day, the employee took the ball with him as he took the bus back home. 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