Ahmed delivers bottled propane through the city of Cairo. All day he rides his donkey cart up streets crowded with cars and camels, down alleyways filled with merchants" stalls, past buildings a thousand years old. But today the sights and sounds of Cairo take on a fresh glow for Ahmed, for today he cherishes a secret--Ahmed has learned to write his name! 1990 Notable Children"s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies.