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Thorns in the Heart I

"Did you took a day off or vacation?"

"A week vacation."

"Good. I hope this year will be happy to our family."

"I think so too, but the Military Region I will not has stopping
fighting at New Year celebration!"

She turned her head to look at him with her wonder.

"Why?" She asked.

"Viet-Cong was only talking, but they had never performed what
they were said. Nguyen. You knew that, Didn't you?" Nguyen father
interrupted while he just worked into a house.

"You are right, father. I do not know why their troops had a
concentration at Khe-Sanh, Quang-Tri at this time?"

"I think they will be advantaged of New Year to attack Quang-Tri
or Khe-Sanh."

"Maybe! I thought so too." Nguyen said.

"My God! If it happens... People didn't have a day of peaceful!"
Nguyen mother sighed and said.

Nguyen father looked at his mother after he sat on the sofa.

"You must understand that Viet-Cong never performed what
they had to say. At daytime they acted like a good man such as a nice
sheep at Christ's front, you can ask their help anything you wanted.
But at night time they will knock at the people's door, take a man out
and chop off a man's head with their cold blood. I never believed
what Viet-Cong had said." Nguyen's father said.

"It was a long time. Over 20 years now...! they should be
changed with the time coming...!"

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