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Thorns in the Heart I

"His portrait took at four years ago; it was different now.
Brother and sister should have a little bit similar face."

Nguyen looked at his parent, nodded his head and said:

"Father, you had right. I will do it, and leave everything to my
chance. But why I don't hear the sound of guns? It may be wrong...!
Do you hear it, Father?" Nguyen asked.

"No...the sound of firecrackers only." Nguyen father replied.

Nguyen mother looked at Nguyen, shook her head, then walked
toward the door. She looked through the door key-hole is then
walking back. She gave a wry look at Nguyen and said:

"Viet-Cong was evil! You must find a way to escape from them. If
they catch you, they will kill you! Nguyen. Did you know that, didn't
you? I am going to your brother-in-law, and I will ask them what did
they saw at their front yard.?"

"No. Don't open the door. Dogs were still angry barking out
these. This time of situation was very dangerous. If they were Viet-
Cong, they would kill you. Tried to wait until tomorrow." Nguyen's
father called his mother back and said.

All members of Nguyen's family were quiet. They sat on the sofa
and floor. His youngest brother and sister felt sleeping, the sound of
fire-crackers were more and more opening in the air and dogs were
still barking in all directions at the same time.

Suddenly, the sound of the rockets, the 130 mm. Shells were
howling in the air and exploded on over military bases that around
Ban-Me-Thuot city. The alarms rose and echoed in the air. The sound
of firecrackers was quietly instead the sound of all kind of the rifles
at everywhere. At South side of his family house was noisy by the
chains and engines of two tanks. They appeared on the end of
Thong-Nhat boulevard in the accident from the forest and running
toward the racing elephant fairground, which was a short distance to

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