The car unexpectedly broke down on the remote Pine Forest road. I got out with the other passengers, and unlike the driver who was frantic, I enjoyed this break, especially since my destination was far, and the old car shook like a child's swing. While the driver and passengers attempted to fix the problem, I gazed around this place that was rich with the aroma of the earth, where the intertwined trees almost blocked the sky, and a sense of calmness prevailed. I wished for a moment of rare reflection away from the others. I walked a little, but in the direction the car would take, so the driver wouldn't forget me. I felt like a student sneaking out of school to the forest, to a unique adventure to recount to friends the next day. Suddenly, the trees receded at a bend, revealing what disrupted my life for what seemed an eternal period. Mahmoud Zayadeh, born in Tripoli, Lebanon • Completed his university education in Paris and earned a State Doctorate in French Literature from the Sorbonne. • Former director of the College of Arts and Humanities at the Lebanese University, Tripoli branch. • Lecturer at the College of Arts at the Lebanese University, Department of Arabic Language and Literature. • Editor-in-chief of the Francophone magazine Trait d’Union. • Awarded the Knight rank medal by the French government. Publishing house: Dar Al-Farabi for Publishing and Distribution. Number of Pages: 208. Year of publication: 2014