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Thorn In The Heart

         a place to sleep. Mom cried a lot after she had held me in her
         arms.”

             “Because she loved you so much.”

             “I knew....”    In the tearful, Nguyen said.


             Trung-Thanh looked at his son with the serious.

             “Nguyen. Do not go back to the village anymore. Vietminh
         will capture you, and you may die on their hands.”

             “Yes, father. I will not be back, but why Vietminh will kill
         me?”


             “Because they want me.”

             “Trung-Thanh. Do not tell him your trouble things.”  In the
         kitchen room, Nguyen’s mother said.

             “My-Trinh. It was a matter of life and death for me. He must
         know to understand what happens for his father and away from
         it.”  In the shape voice, he said.

             “But, He is young. He could not understand what you tried
         to tell him.”


             “I knew ... but he will remember  what I said, and  he will
         understand when he grows up.”


             “Trung-Thanh. I am sorry... It is too soon for him.”     In the
         low and soft voice, she was continuing:

             “Yes. It is either too soon or too later for him also.”

             A little hard voice, Trung-Thanh was a shout.


             “What do you try to say?”


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