He tried hard to learn. But he was still small and weak and he found the fighting hard His sword was heavy The other soldiers were fast and strong His uncle was often angry Hey. Yusuf! You'll never be a soldier you fight like that! I can use you as you are. Go and try to understand how the law works from Governor Nordin, don't want to see you here again until you can do something better than this work hard or you'll go back home Yusuf did what his uncle said. He thought. I'll never be a soldier What will my father say f I have to go home? Learning the law is so boring. but Uncle Shirkuh thinks I can't do anything else, oh, I want to be strong like other boys! Now he stood for long hours in the governor's rooms in the castle watching people asking Nuradin for help. At lirst everything was hard to understand. but soon Yusuf saw that Nuradin was a great man The governor always listened to everybody- poor people and women and children, too not