Page 450 - Thorn In The Heart

Thorns in the Heart I

the sword in his mouth, and dive into the water in the accidence. So
the lake has the name Hoan-Kiem (Sword-returned) lake. A lot of the
Hanoi's people and the tourists came Hoan-Kiem lake to pray in
Ngoc-Son temple, or visit the beauty of its and learn about its
history; I came Hoan-Kiem lake to play on its bank, watching the
tortoises and stand on the The-Huc bridge to see my face dancing in
the water. Hanoi ! that I had remembered at the time I was a boy,
Now, Hanoi was fading...! Because Vietnamese Vietminh knew about
making up the war, kill the people, and desolated

whole country only, they did not know how to build up the
country, learn about love and share. The people at North Vietnam
had lost the basic of human right, so I could not have Hanoi's image,
but I will be back to see it, where I grow until 13 years old and go to
Bach-Mai elementary school to learn how to be a good man. "
Nguyen said.

Phuong hold her cup of coffee, sipped a little bit of it, looked at

Nguyen and smiling.

" What is different between Hanoi and Saigon Capital? " Phuong
asked.

Nguyen shook his head.

" I do not know about that, because I left Hanoi when I was 13
years

old, but my father said that Hanoi like an old mean scholar, grim

and nice, Saigon like a middle age businessman, active,
compliant

and easy to shift his opinion, because Hanoi was the root of the
Vietnam culture and Saigon was place of the business. I thought it
had swap now. " Nguyen said.

450