A quote: “I’ve said it before: War brings out the patriotic bullies. In World War I, they went around kicking dachshunds on the grounds that dachshunds were ‘German dogs.’ They did not, however, go around kicking German shepherds.” ~~ Molly Ivins
I’ll start with a story …
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Friday was pinochle night. His parents, my parents, playing in the dining room. We’d watch tv in the family room, Rawhide then Route 66, or playing board games until we fell asleep.
He hated to losing to a girl. It earned me extra-hard Indian burns, while he hissed “go on, yell, I dare you!” I couldn’t help my tears, but I clamped my mouth shut and glared back.
Then his dad was gone and they had to move. His last day at school he followed me around.
Years later I heard he died in Vietnam. “Friendly fire,” they said.
Sure.
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Now, it’s your turn.
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