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Thorns in the Heart I

             "Yes."

             "If you see something wrong, please take an easy and careful to
         return here. Don't be afraid you will get through this situation. I wait
         for you."

             "O.K. I will..."

             Nguyen stared in his brother's eyes and thought at the moment.

             "Trung-Dung. You stay here, I go..."  Nguyen said.

             Trung-Dung was hurried to hold his brother's hand.

             "No...You could not! If Viet-Cong catches you, they will kill you,
         because you were the military age time and they will know this thing
         on your face."  In a moment of emotion, Trung-Dung said.

             "They will kill you too!"

             Trung-Dung had a little smile after he looked at his brother and
         said:

             "I had a little chance, but you were not."

             "Why?"

             "I was soo young more than you about 09 years. I can lie to them
         anything, and they may believe me."

             "Are you sure, you can do it?"

             "Sure!"

             Nguyen had a look at his brother again before he half-open the
         door while he said:

             "Trung-Dung. Good luck."

             Trung-Dung shook Nguyen hand while they were laying on the
         ground.  Suddenly,  a  Viet-Cong's  tank  that  closed  their  house  of  a

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