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Posty: 1707
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Temat postu: On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Published bbaabedy |
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JingDongand Chao had returned. I ran so fast across the courtyard I tripped and nearly
broke my ankle. Kai Jing and I grabbed each other and gave in to happy sobs. His face was thinner and
very brown; his hair and skin smelled of smoke. And his eyes—they were different. I remember thinking
that at the time. They were fadedand I now think some part of his life force had already gone.
The Japanese now occupy the hills he told us. They drove off our troops.
That was how Sister Yu
learned that the other half of her miracle prayer had not come true. "They'll come looking for us."
I heated watermade a bathand washed his body with a cloth as he sat in the narrow wooden tub. And
then we went to our bedchamber and I pinned a cloth over the lattice window so it would be dark. We lay
downand as he rocked mehe talked to me in soft murmursand it took all of my senses to realize that I
was in his armsthat his eyes were looking at mine. "There is no curse he said. I was listening hard
trying to believe that I would always hear him speak. And you are braveyou are strong he went on. I
wanted to protest that I didn't want to be strong
but I was crying too much to speak. You cannot change
this he said. This is your c [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
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