Survival
Ricky
Survival
One Morning, immediately after we had passed a deserted village, we started hearing something like the roar of big engines, the rolling of metal drums on a tar road, a thunder exploding, roll after roll. All these sounds reached our ears simultaneously.
Survival
"Some of the rebels were saving their food in case things got worse, and others simply didn't want to sell any more for unexplained reasons".
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"When the rebels came,I was cooking.The rice was done and the okra soup was almost ready when i heard a single gunshot that echoed through the town".
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"The rebels fired their guns toward the sky, as they shouted and merrily danced their way into town in a semicircle formation".
a long way gone
"we always walked to school slowly. I liked it because i was able to think about where my life was going". I was confident that nothing could get any worse than it had been, and that thought made me smile a lot. i was still getting used to being part of a family again. I also began telling people that Mohamed was my brother, so that i wouldn't have to explain anything. I knew i could never forget my past, but i wanted to stop talking about it so that i would be fully present in my new life.