'I'm sorry!' he said. "It's because you're our friends that you in trouble now. But I know that my uncle will come soon and then the siege will be over. Until he arrives, bestrong and brave! I promise that the enemy won't take the town while we're here. and my men and I will do all that we can to keep you safe.' Yusuf was right. At last his uncle came with his new army and ended the siege. The town was out of danger, but the war wasn't over yet. And there was a lot of work to do to make the people of Alexandria truly safe. Yusuf went to talk to the Franks to try to lind ways to help the sick and wounded Muslims in the town. Will the Franks understand that it's wrong to fight old men, women. and children?' he worried. 'I must remember all that I learned from Nuradin about talking to angry and dificult people. I'm wise and careful, God will help me.