"Te" and You (boy) in Tunis

Every year in much of the Muslim word, people purchase a live lamb or sheep to kill and eat for holiday celebrations.  The following story is based on a true event that transpired in Tunis, Tunisia in the 1990's where a young boy killed himself over the ceremonial sacrifice of a lamb that he had gotten attached to.  Since this is our story revolving around the "you" (masculine, singular) pronoun, let's call this boy Yusef (Arabic for Joseph).  Let's also imagine that Yusef's parents own an apartment building and that they just bought a new boiler for the building from G.E., but unfortunately, the operating instructions are only in English, and Yusef who is talking English classes at school has to translate those instruction for his parents.  Our story in the 10 measures now begins with Yusef's mother speaking to him:

I.  "Yusef, are you finished down there in the basement?  Have you translated the instructions on the boiler yet?"

II.  "Help me in the kitchen now.  You spice meat very well.  I need you to help be with the spices for the feast we are having."

III.  "If you are not done translating the instructions yet, you will continue then later."

IV. "I need you to provide me with your culinary expertise now."

When Yusef came upstairs he was shocked to see his mother roasting lamb.  You see, he had told his mother that if she killed the lamb they bought that he had fallen in love with, then he said, he would kill himself.  However, his mother had not taken him seriously.  When Yusef came into the kitchen a morbid look came over his face.

V.  "Yusef," his mother said, "I see that you perceive that I had to kill our lamb for the feast.  But don't worry darling,"

VI.  "Next year, another lamb will come after (succeed) this one, so you'll be able to play with a lamb again for a few weeks next year."

Telling his mother nothing other than he had to go to the bathroom, Yusef disappeared upstair.  After a while, Yusef's mother wondered where he was and went upstairs looking for him.  She knocked on the bathroom door and then entered, where she was accosted with the sight of Yusef dangling dead in the air.  He had hung himself from the bars crossing the skylight in the ceiling of the bathroom.

VII.  "Yusef!" His mother screamed!  "Oh my God, you killed yourself (committed suicide)!"

VIII.  Indeed, the death of the lamb was followed by his own death just as Yusef had promised it would be.  "May God not prosecute you in the afterlife for this grave sin!" Wept the mother, still staring at her son dumbfounded in horror.

X.  But there was nothing that could be done now to make this situation any better.  Yusef's life was finished.  His choice was complete.  His action was done.  And the story would travel all around Tunis and then later the world, stunning everyone who heard of it.