Page 446 - Thorn In The Heart

Thorns in the Heart I

Phuong gets up from the love-seat, walked into the kitchen with
an empty cups in her hand, and Nguyen heard her voice :

" Nguyen, may you tell me about Hanoi where you were lived? "

" I did not know too much about Hanoi, because I was so young
at that

time, my father followed the French troops to operate on the
countryside and he was home for his vacation only, my mom does
not let us go too far the area where we were lived, but sometimes I
had to join with my friends walked to the Hom market, or went to
the Dong-Xuan market by the

trams, when my mom went back the village or to see my father
at the combat outpost, so sometimes I saw a French militarist with
his act of an ill-bred person to the passengers on the trams, like
sexual harassment to the girls, pull a passenger up to seize the seat
..."

Phuong walked out from the kitchen, looked at Nguyen, she has
a little mischievous smile, and her eyes checked at him.

" what did you do in the market? shoplifting of the toys? "

Phuong asked.

Nguyen shook his head, and laugh.

" No, we never do it, we went around and around, look and
watching

everything which we have interested too in then went back
home with our

dreaming. " Nguyen replied.

" What did you know about Hanoi capital," Phuong asked.

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