چرا سیزده بدر نحسه؟

Hello

Hey Heather, It’s Bethany

I’m so sorry, do I know you?

I’m not sure,

but I’m a friend of Faeze’s

you mean that pretty blond girl?

yes

very well.

Is everything going well?

umm, yeah. Well

look …

I have this question

my friend is an Iranian girl

and she asked me to leave the house today

because she believes it’s a cursed day

it is a thing in their culture

but somehow I just don’t want to ask her about it

she will end up feeling superior to me

and I don’t want that!

so I thought that maybe I could ask you

about the nature day!

you mean like… Sizdah Bedar?

you know about it…awesome!

look, you are a British girl

but you know about this!

Well, I am the fact girl.

I know every fact in the world.

And that is exactly why I called you.

OK

but first tell me,

do you know anything about this day yourself?

yeah, just wait a second

okay

All I know is that Sizdah Bedar or the nature day

is the name of the thirteenth day in Farvardin

and it is also the final day of

Nowruz holidays in Iran

in which people leave their homes

to get rid of the curse of the number 13

and spend time in nature and have fun.

Bravo!

Sounds like somebody did some research

yeah, and I didn’t Google it at all

and you know? I know this

OK?

But the point is that I don’t know

why this day is cursed.

well as far as I know

it is said that during the old days,

a big earthquake occurred,

that destroyed people’s houses

and other buildings.

since then,

people mistakenly consider this day

as a sinister day

and they leave their houses

I don’t know

maybe they thought that this is a cursed day

and something bad is going to happen or

they were just worried

the same earthquake will happen again

I don’t know!

huh,

And that totally makes sense!

It does.

thanks! I owe you one.

Are you kidding me? it was nothing.

Beth, who are talking to?

look, it’s Parry and I have to hang up now

Sure…

No one!

who’s Parry?!