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Thorns in the Heart I

flowers. I saw some things moving, but I was not sure." In the very
low voice, he said.

After Nguyen check around as his father said. He closed the
window, pull his parent toward the dog-hole. He laid on the floor and
glazed with wide-open eyes through the dog-hole.

"Father...! They looked like Viet-Cong people. They were
camouflage with the green branches on their bodies and moving
toward the Sub-Sector and city-hall. It is hard to think that Viet-Cong
advantaged this time to attack Ban-Me-Thuot city!" In the moment
of emotion and with his low voice he said.

"Maybe...! Viet-Cong could use the Ho-Chi-Minh trail at
Cambodia's border to penetrate Ban-Me-Thuot...! Goddamned! We
could not communicate with any bodies now. I thought the people in
the Hung-Dao resettlement village had known the Viet-Cong on their
yards now." Nguyen's father said.

Nguyen's mother face had the stamp of worry. She hurried
walking into her children bad rooms, waked them up, pushed them
out of bed and said:

"Get out the bed, go to the living room and quiet waiting for
me."

Three of Nguyen's young brothers and one youngest sister
walked in the dark toward the living room with their wonder. They
looked at Nguyen.

"What wrong?" Nguyen-Trung-Dung asked.

"I would like to sleep more. I don't like waiting for a New Year
Eve time." Nguyen-Trung-Quan said.

"Nguyen, what will you donate me this year, money or gift?"
Nguyen-Trung-Cuong asked.

My-Hanh was quietly while My-Thuong looked at her.

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