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Thorns in the Heart I

fire at my son, he falls on the ground, struggling with blood leak out
from his chest and die."

Hanh-Phuong looked at Thu; she stamped her foot on the floor.

"Viet-Cong were evil...! They killed my parent too." In the angry
voice, Hanh-Phuong said.

"They killed your other kid too?" Hanh-Phuong asked.

Thu shook her head.

"No. My daughter was six years old at that time. She knows
nothing and sleeping on the bed until the sound of a gun awakes her
up. She was extremely crying and looking for me." Thu wipes her
tears and continue.

"My husband creamed loudly, and I fell in the faint until I was
waked up by my husband's groaning. I heard he called me out of his
breath. I sat up and looked around then run towards him. I saw the
blood leaked out from his eyes and his legs. I pulled him into the
house and bandaged his wound, then buried my son at the back
yard. The war continues almost a week, and my husband lived in the
case of dead and living by his wounded was growing and pussy. I
tried to look for a physician, but I could not find one of them,
because they hid or escape from Viet-Cong and some of them were
killed. Therefore I took care him with my poor knowledge, one day I
looked out of the window, I see our troops hiding close the foot
trees, at the house's corner to fight Viet-Cong on the street. I open
the door, running toward a soldier with my overjoyed, and without
afraid of the guns fire. I tell a soldier all about my husband situation
while He looked at me and I bow down my self before him. He leaves
his place and runs after me into my house; then he runs out of the
door after he checks the wound of my husband. He is back with a
military physician after a half hour. My husband was rescued from
death by them, but he lost his legs, his light and I was becoming the
dancing girl and prostitute from that time." In the lament and
sobbing, Thu said.

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