in Bin Laden's compound-part 2

In Bin Laden's compound-part 2

fiction
edward w pritchard

After the soldiers left we received permission to sell ice cream bars in the compound. In no way is it a shrine. The soldiers come now and then and check on things. They don't speak our language.

Business is so so. People mostly come to ask about the tigers. The tigers were moved long before Bin Laden died. The soldiers never realized they were here. The soldiers are uncomfortable when they come to check on the ice cream stand.

Business is so so but not just Muslims are interested in bin Laden now. Sometimes when children from other religions or languages come for ice cream they ask about bin Laden or where the tigers are. When the soldiers come by they never buy any ice cream. They can't do that when they are on duty.