Page 67 - Thorn In The Heart

Chinh Nguyên

Nguyen ran back to his grandma room and gave a fearing
around look at his grandma room. He felt that it was the
dangerous time for the people in the village as his grandparent
had discussed in secret yesterday night.

Most the people in the village left their house are afraid to
die. They were walking in a hurry on the roads toward the
Church, where they do believe of Lord that he will help and
keep them in the safe places. Also, they always thought French
militarists would respect for Christ and do not drop the bombs
onto the Church.

Suddenly, a scouting plane L-19 made the cycles in the air
and flew low nearby the top of the trees to observe over the
village. An observer in the plane had dropped few of the yellow
smoking grenades on some places, then flew J direction into the
sky and away from the village in accidentally.

At the time of a scouting plane, L-19 flew high in the sky.
Just suddenly, two B-26 bombers and two T-28 aircraft fighters
appeared in the air of the village area. They took a turn to fly
down with the high speed and dropped the bombs onto the
village.

The antiaircraft and all kind of guns had opened fire in the
same time with the first B-26 bomber plane flying down on the
village area. Following the sound of bombs and guns was the
ground shook as the earthquake and the cry of the people echoed
in the air loudly. The birds agitated and were flying far away
from the dead field. The domestic animals bellowed and jumped
out of their stables and appeared anywhere on the roads. The
civilians had dismayed by the continuous explosion of bombs
and canons, which were dropping on anywhere in the village.
They stuck among the war zone, wounded and die between the
bullets of both sides without help. They cried, screamed and fled
in mayhem to find the hiding places for their children. They

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