Page 63 - Thorn In The Heart
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Chinh Nguyên
"Grandpa. What did you say?"
“I saw Viet-Minh soldiers killing the people in your
storehouse.”
“When...?”
“Just a half hour before I came here.”
“You were back from the storehouse, did you?”
“Yes. Grandpa.”
“Do they know you were there?”
“No...”
In the silence of an emotion, Nguyen's Grandpa carried him
toward his bed.
"You must forget those things. Tomorrow it will be a
different day. I let you sleep in my bed tonight. You may not
want to be back your uncle room."
Nguyen nodded his head.
"Yes... I do not want to be alone in his room anymore."
"O.K."
"Grandpa. I was afraid! "
Grandpa placed Nguyen on his bed and pulls a blanket to
cover Nguyen's body.
"O.K. I knew... Sleeping! Tomorrow I will tell you another
story."
"No. I could not sleep!"
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