1. In The Cold, Dark Time
There were more children than adults now, and the adults were about war and there were only a few like myself there to help them. ... I turned and looked at him and his eyes were as animal bright as ever and there was no expression on his crunched, little face. ... I lay there when he was finished and thought about all I had done for the children and thought about the war and all that had to be done afterwards, knew then that my love for the children, their needs, were the obsessions of my life. They were my reason to live, more than just living to exist I knew then that I had to let their ...
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- Grade Level: High School