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Thorns in the Heart I

she was rapping and fading by the French colonialism before of the
year 1954, and poor as a church mouse by Vietnamese Vietminh
after of the year 1954."

" What did you see on the Hoan-Kiem lake? " Phuong asked.

Nguyen looked at Phuong at the moment, he did not answer her
question,

but looked out of the window, seemed in the deep of his eyes
has

the image of Hanoi capital at the time he was a boy.

" Why do you want to know about Hanoi, and Hoan-Kiem lake? "
Nguyen asked.

Phuong looked at Nguyen with her moist eyes.

" Because it was placed, where my parent was born, they always
dream

to be back Hanoi when they were alive. If our country has peace,

I will bring their bones back there, but the war broke up
anywhere

now! Maybe their dream, my dream never come true, because
of the

Vietminh's rockets can shell to the city anytime and anywhere at
night; I may get one of them, who knows! " Phuong replied.

" Oh ! do not have negative things. We know that we live today,
tomorrow forget it, because nobody knows their future what it
should be, or what it will be! " Nguyen said.

Phuong looked at Nguyen.

" Tell me about Hoan-Kiem lake. IT is beautiful, my parent said. "

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