from "Piano Obsession" by Ibtisam Barakat Reem is a Palestinian girl who attends a school for refugees, operated by the United Nations. She befriends a girl named Rania, who introduces her to the piano. Read the passage carefully. Then, answer the essay prompt. 1 Rania led me to an elephant-sized piano that squatted serenely in a corner of the church. Before I touched the piano, the sight of it touched me. It reminded me of the first and only time I had visited a zoo. I twirled with delight. 2 A notebook filled with lines and bead-sized dots had been left open. “These are notes. One can read them like numbers in a math book. They translate to phrases, passages, long songs,” she explained. 3 Songs? Now the beads became birds on the page, long rows on electric wires, singing. Was it possible that these beads could really sing like birds? What must I do to make them do it? 4 “Open the lid,” she said. A large number of black and white teeth smiled at me. I became more excited, happy, afraid, all at once. The lid was more of a lip. And I instantly knew why the piano might sing, why the notes could be more than a row of birds. The piano could be a person who loves numbers. 5 Rania’s father came over to watch us. He noticed the stunned look on my face. “You don’t have to read the beads. Just sit down; play the keys.” I remained reluctant. “There are no rules for playing,” he explained. “You don’t have to make songs. Just make music.” He shut the bead book. 6 “There are no teachers here. This is not a school,” he encouraged. “I am a church guard. I did not finish my schooling because I didn’t like homework or teachers. Just play like a child would.” 7 I raised a finger as though it were a foot about to enter a new world. I dipped my finger onto a white bar. I dipped other fingers. All dropped inside a sweet, liquid sound. The white and black might have been sugar wafers, or chocolate bars for a person’s ears. I licked my fingers. 8 Rania and her father applauded. A thrill of importanc plz right it as an essay but not that long HURRY PLZ