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ter
Six
teen
The
Hai
rcut
fthad
bee
nal
mos
ta
year
sinc
eB
runo
had
coni
chom
eto
find
Mar
iapa
ckin
ghi
sth
ings
.an
dhi
sm
emor
ies
ofId
ein
Ber
lin
had
alm
ost
all
faded
awav
Whe
nhe
thought
hack
heco
uld
rem
ein
her
that
Kar
lan
dM
arti
nw
ere
two
ofhi
sth
ree
best
frie
nds
for
life
,but
try
ashe
mig
hthe
could
n’t
rem
ember
who
the
oth
eron
ew
as.
And
then
som
ethi
nghap
pen
edth
atm
eant
that
for
two
days
heco
uld
leav
eO
ut—
With
and
retu
rnto
his
old
hous
e:G
randm
oth
erdi
edan
dth
efh
mily
had
tog
hom
efb
rth
efu
ner
al.
Whi
lehe
was
ther
e,B
runo
real
ized
hew
asn’
tquit
eas
smal
las
heha
dbe
enw
hen
hele
ftbec
ause
he
could
SC
Cov
erth
ings
that
heco
uldn
’tse
eov
erbef
ore
,an
dw
hen
they
stay
edin
thei
rol
dho
use
heco
uld
look
thro
ugh
the
win
dow
onth
eto
pfl
oor
and
see
acro
ssB
erli
nw
itho
ut.
havi
ngto
stan
don
tipt
oes.
Bru
nohad
n’t
seen
his
gra
ndm
oth
ersi
nce
leav
iqg
Ber
lin
but
hehad
thought
about
her
ever
yda
y.T
he
thin
gshe
rem
ember
edm
ost
about
her
wer
eth
epro
duct
ions
that
she
and
hean
dG
rete
lper
lorm
edat
Chr
istm
asan
dbir
thda
ysan
dho
wsh
eal
way
sha
dth
eper
fect
cost
um
eto
suit
what
ever
role
he
pla
yed
.W
hen
he
thought
that
they
wou
ldne
ver
beab
leto
do
that
agai
nit
mal
ehi
ntve
rysa
din
dee
d.
The
two
days
they
spen
tin
Ber
lin
wer
eal
sove
rysad
ones.
Ther
ew
asth
efu
ner
al,
arid
Bru
no
and
Gre
tel
and
Fat
her
and
Moth
eran
dG
randfa
ther
at
inth
efr
ont
row
,F
ather
wea
ring
his
most
impr
essi
veun
ifor
m,
the
star
ched
and
pres
sed
one
‘with
the
deco
rati
ons.
Fat
her
was
part
icul
arly
sad,
Mot
her
told
Bru
no,
beca
use
he
had
fought
wit
hG
randm
oti
ter
and
they
had
n’t
mad
eit.
upbel
bre
she
died
.T
her
ew
ere
alo
tof
wre
aths
del
iver
edto
the
churc
han
dF
ather
was
pro
ud
of
the
fact
that
one
of
them
had
bee
nse
ntby
the
Fur
y,but
whe
nM
oth
erhe
ard
she
said
that
Gra
ndm
oth
erw
ould
turn
inher
grav
eif
she
knew
it.w
asth
ere.
Bru
no
felt
alm
ost
glad
whe
nth
eyre
turn
edto
Out
-Wit
h.T
he
hous
eth
ere
had
bec
om
ehi
shom
eno
wan
dhe
’dst
opped
wor
ryin
gab
out
the
fact
that
ithad
only
thre
efl
oors
rath
erth
anfi
ve,
and
itdid
n’t
both
ertu
rnso
much
that
the
sold
iers
cam
ean
dw
ent
asif
they
ow
ned
the
plac
e.ft
slow
lydaw
ned
onhi
mth
atth
ings
wer
en’t
too
bad
ther
eaf
ter
all,
espe
cial
lysi
nce
he’d
met
Shn
iueL
1-Ic
knew
that
ther
ew
ere
man
yth
ings
he
should
beha
ppy
about,
like
the
fact
L76
177
thai
•ache.ran
dM
oth
erseem
edch
eerful
allth
e
time
inw
hher
did
nt
havein
takeas
many
ot
her
afternoon
nap
sor
med
icinal
sherries.A
ndG
rewl
was
goingth
rough
aphase
Mother’s
words
—an
dten
ded
tokeep
out
of
his
Ihere
was
alsothe
factth
atL
ieuten
ant
Koder
had
been
transferred
away
fromO
utW
ithan
dw
asn’taro
und
tom
akeB
runofeel
4ngryan
dupset
allthe
time.
(His
dep
arture
had
come
about
verysuddenly
and
therehad
been
alot
ot
shoutin
gbetw
eenF
ather
and
Mother
about
itlate
at
night,hut.
hew
asgone,
that
sure,an
dhe
wasn’t
coming
back;G
retelw
asin
conso
lable.)
That
was
som
ethin
gelse
tohe
happyabout:
noone
calledhim
‘littlem
an’any
more.B
utth
ebest
thin
gw
asth
athe
had
afrien
dcalled
Shniuei.
He
enjo
yed
walking
aiong*th
efen
ceevery
afternoon
andw
aspleased
tosee
that
hisfrien
dseem
ed•a
lot
hap
pier
these.days
and
hiseves
did
n’t
seemso
sunken
,alth
ough
hisbody
was
stillrid
iculo
usly
skin
ny
a.n.dhis
face
urip
leas andygi.ey.
One
day.w
hilesitting
oppositehim
at
their
usu
alplace,
Bru
no
remark
ed,
This
isthe
strangest
friendsh
ipI’ve
everhad.’
‘\diy
rasked
Shm
uel.B
ecauseevery
oth
erboy
I‘yeever
been
friends
with.
hasbeen
soi
teone
aati’ve
been
ableto
playw
ith,’he
replied.‘A
ndw
enever
yto
playtogether.
All
we
get.to
dois
sithere
and
talk.’1like
sittinghere
and
talking,’said
Shinuel.
‘Well,
1d’d
tooof
course,’said
Bru
no.
‘But
it’sa
pityw
ecan’t
doso
meth
ing
more
excitin
g
fromtim
eto
time.
Abit
of
exploring,perhaps.
Or
agam
eof
Ibotball.W
e’venever
evenseen
eachoth
erw
ithout
allthis
wire
fencingin
the
way.’B
runo
often
made
com
men
tslike
thisbecause
hew
antedto
preten
dth
atth
ein
ciden
ta
fewm
onth
searlier
when
he
hadden
iedhis
friendshipw
ithS
hmuel
hadnever
takenplace.
ftstill
prey
edon
hism
ind
and
made
himfeel
badab
out
himself,
although
Shm
uel,to
hiscred
it,seem
edto
havefo
rgotten
allab
out
it.‘M
aybesom
edayw
ew
ill,’said
Shm
uel,‘If
theyever
letus
out.’B
runostarted
toth
ink
more
andm
ore
about
thetw
osides
ofthe
fenceand
the
reasonit
was
there
inthe
firstplace.
He
consid
eredspeaking
toF
ather
or
Mother
about
itbut
susp
ectedth
atthey
would
either
bean
gry
with
him
for
men
tionin
git
ortell
himso
meth
ing
unpleasan
tab
out
Shm
uelan
dhis
fiamily,
soinstead
hedid
som
ethin
gquite
unusu
al.H
edecid
edto
talkto
theH
opelessC
ase.G
retel’sroom
hadchanged
quiteconsiderably
178179
smee
the
last
tim
ehe
had
been
ther
e.F
oron
eth
ing
ther
ew
asn’
ta
sing
ledo
llin
sigh
t.O
ne
atte
.rno
ona
month
or
so.e
arhei
;ar
ound
the
tine
tha.
.i.
ieute
nan
t.K
otle
rhad
left
.O
ut-W
ith,
(ire
mi
had
dec
ided
that
she
did
n’t
like
doll
sam
mor
ean
dhad
put.
them
all
into
four
larg
eba
gsan
dth
row
nth
emaw
ay.
inth
eir
plac
esh
eha
d.hu
ng.up
map
sof
Eur
opt’
that
Fat
her
had
give
nhe
r,an
dev
ery
day
she
put
litt
lepi
nsin
toth
eman
dm
oved
the
pins
arou
ndco
nst
anth
afte
rco
nsu
ltin
gth
eda
ily
new
spap
er.
B.r
uno
thought
s.he
mig
ht
begoin
gm
ad..
But
still
,sh
edid
n’t
leas
ehi
mor
bull
yhi
mas
muc
has
she
used
to,
sohe
thought
ther
eco
uld
beno
har
min
talk
ing
to
H.e
i.io,
’he
said
,kn
ocki
npo
lite
lyon
her
door
beca
use
hekn
ewho
wan
gry
she
ah’a
ysgo
tif
helu
stw
ent
in.
‘Wha
tdo
yO
UW
afltr
aske
dG
rete
l,w
how
assi
ttin
gat
her
dres
sing
tabl
e,ex
per
imen
ting
wit
hher
hair
.N
oth
iug’
said
Bru
no.
‘The
ngo
awa’
.B
runo
nodd
ed.
but
cam
ein
side
anyw
ayan
dsa
tdo
wn
on
the
side
ofth
ebe
d.G
rete
lw
atch
edhi
mfr
otu
out
ofth
esi
deof
her
eyes
but
did
n’t
savan
yth
mg.
ret.
e,’
he
vaid
iXua
lly,
‘can
Ias
kyo
ust
..mtc
thin
git
you
mak
eit
quic
k’
she
said
.
‘Eve
ryth
ing
here
atO
ut-W
ith—
’he
bega
n,but
she
inte
rrupte
dhi
mim
med
iate
ly.
‘It’s
not
call
edO
ut—
With
,B
runo
,’sh
esa
idan
gril
y,as
ifth
isw
asth
ew
orst
.m
ista
kean
yone
had
ever
mad
ein
the
hist
ory
of
the
wor
ld.
‘Why
can’
tyo
upro
nounce
itri
ght?
’‘I
ti,s
call
edO
ut—
With
,’he
pro
test
ed.
‘It’
sno
t,’
she
insi
sted
,pro
nounci
ng
the
nam
eof
the
cam
pco
rrec
tly
fbr
him
.B
runo
frow
ned
and
shru
gged
his
should
ers
atth
esa
me
tim
e.‘B
utth
at’s
wha
tI
said
,’he
said
.‘N
oit’
sno
r.A
nyw
ay,
I’m
not
goin
gto
argu
ew
ith
you,
’sa
idG
rete
l,lo
sing
her
pat
ience
alre
ady,
for
she
had
very
litt
leof
itto
begi
nw
ith.
‘Wha
tis
itan
yway
?W
hat
doyo
uw
ant
tokn
ow?’
Iw
ant
tokn
owab
out
the
fenc
e,’
hesa
idfi
rmly
,dec
idin
gth
atth
isw
asth
em
ost
import
ant
thin
gto
beg
inw
ith.
‘1w
ant
tokn
oww
hyit’
sth
ere,
’G
rete
ltu
rned
round
inher
chai
ran
dlo
oked
athi
mcu
riou
sly.
‘You
mea
nyo
udon’t
know
?’sh
eas
ked.
‘No,
’sa
idB
runo
.‘1
don’t
under
stan
dw
hyw
e’re
riot
allo
wed
onth
eoth
ersi
deol
it.W
hat’
sso
wro
ngw
ith
usth
atw
eca
n’t
goov
erth
ere
and
play
?’ Gre
tel
star
edat
him
and
then
sudden
lyst
arte
dla
ughin
g,
only
stoppin
gw
hen.
she
saw
that
Bru
now
asbe
ing
perf
ectl
yse
riou
s.‘I
kuno
,’sh
esa
idin
ach
ildi
shvo
ice,
asit
this
is’
.asthe
most
oh
vu
sth
ing
inthe
worhi,
‘then
crisn
ith
er
toso
pus
true:goin
g
overd.iert..
it’sto
stopfro
mcom
ingover
tiuno
consid
eredthis
but
itdid
n’t
make
thingsan
rc leaver.
‘But
why?’
heasked.
‘.llecausethey
haveto
bekept
together,’ex
plain
edG
retel.W
ithth
eirfam
ilies,ou
mean?’
“v
Teii,
yes,w
ithth
eirfam
ilies.I.u
tw
ithth
eirO
Wfl
kinc...too.
\\‘It
dovon
mc
in,th
eirow
nkin
d?’
Gre
tisighed
and
shookher
head
,‘W
ithth
eoth
erlew
s,B
.runo.D
idn’tyou
knowthat?
That’s
why
theyhave
tobe
kepttogether.
They
can’tm
ixw
itlim.’
lews,’
saidB
ru.no,testin
gth
ew
crdout.
He
iuit
1imea
the
WäV
tso
ufld
ed.
‘jews,’
herep
eated.
All
thep
eop
leover
that
sideof
thefen
cea.re
Jews.’
Yes,
that’sright,’
saidG
retel.i\rr
wejeis?’
Gre.tc.i
open
edh
erm
outh
wide,
asif
shehad
been
slapped
inth
eface.
‘No,
Bruno,’
shesaid.
No,
we
most
certanik
’are
not.A
ndvon
shouid.it’teven
sayso
meth
ing
likethat.’
But.
why
not?W
hatare
we
then?’W
err
.‘
beganG
retel,h
ut
then
shehad
tostop
uth
ink
abo
ut
it.W
e’re...‘
sherep
eated,
but
shew
asn’tquite
surew
hatthe
answer
tothis
qu
estion
reallyos.
‘Well,
wr.’ re
rmo.
Jews,’
s.hesaid
finally.‘I
knoww
e’renot,’
saidB
run
oin
Lrust.rauoi.
‘I’m.
a$in
gyop,
ifw
e’renot
Jews,
what
arew
einstead?’
‘We’re
theopposite,’
saidG
retel,answ
eringquickly
and
sou
nd
ing
alot
more
satisfied.w
iththis
answer.
‘Yes,
that’sit.
We’ re
theopposite.’
All
right,’said
Bruno,
pleasedthat
hehad
it.
settledin
his
head
atlast.
‘And
the
Opposite
liveon
thisside
ofthe
fenceand
theJew
slive
on
that.’‘Thai’s
right,B
runo,’‘D
on’ttheJew
slike
the
Opposite
then?’‘N
o,it’s
Us
Who
don’tlike
them,
stupid.’B
runofrow
ned.G
retelhad
been
toldtim
ean
dtim
eagain
thatshe
wasn’t
allowed
tocall
himstupid
bu
stillshe
persistedw
ithit.
‘Well,
why
don’tw
elike
them?’
heasked.
Because
theyre
Jews,
saidG
retel‘I
see.A
ndthe
Opposite
andthe
Jews
don’tget
along.’N
o,B
iuno,said
Gietel,
but
slitsaid
thisslow
lybecause
shehad
discoveredso
meth
ing
un
usu
alin
her
hair
and
was
exam
inin
git
carefully.‘W
ell,can’t
som
eone
just
getth
emto
geth
erand—
’B
runow
asin
terrupted
bytim
eso
un
do
fG
retelbreaking
intoa
piercin
gscream
;one
that
183
wok
e.M
othe
ru
pfr
omh
eraf
tern
oon
nap
and
boiu
gh
the
rru
nnin
gin
toth
ebudro
oni
tom
duu
t,w
hich
ofh
erch
ildre
nhad
murd
ered
the
oth.
eron
e.W
hile
cper
inle
nti
Iig
wit
hh
erha
irG
rete
lha
dfo
und
ati
nyeg
g.no
bigg
erth
anth
etO
l)ul
api
n.S
hesh
owed
itto
Mot
her,
who
look
edth
rough
her
hair
,p
ull
ing
stra
nds
ofit
apar
tqu
ickl
y,bdore
mar
chin
gov
erto
Bru
iio
and
doin
gth
esa
.me
thin
gto
him
.O
h.
Id.
on’t
beli
eve
i.t,’
said
Moth
eran
gri
i.an
ewso
met
hin
gli
keth
isw
ould
hap
pen
ina
pl.a
cc.
like
this
.It
turn
edout
that
both
Gre
tel
and
Bru
.no
had
lice
inth
eir
hair
,and
Gre
tel
had
tobe
rcea
red
wit
ha
spec
ial
sham
poo
that
smel
led
ho
rrib
lear
idai
.ier
war
dssh
esa
.tin
her
room
for
ho
urs
onen
d,
cryi
ngh
erey
esou
t.B
runo
had
the
sham
poo
asw
ell,
hut
then
Fat
.her
dec.
ied
that
the
best
thin
gw
asfo
rhi
mto
star
taf
resh
and
hego
ta
razo
ran
dsh
aved
all
Bru
no’s
hair
oil,
whi
chm
ade
Bru
no
cry.
Itd
idn
tta
.ke
].on
ga.
ndhe
hat
edse
eing
all
his
hai
rfl
oat
dow
nfr
omhi
shea
dan
dla
nd
onth
efl
oor
athi
ste
et,
but
Fat
her
said
ithad
tobe
done.
Alt
erw
ard
sB
runo
looked
athi
mse
lfin
the
ba.t
hro
mnurr
or
and
he.
felt
sick
..H
isen
tire
hea
dlo
oked
mis
shap
enno
wth
athe
was
bald
aiic
iii
sev
eslo
oked
too
big
for
his
ilice
.H
ew
asal
mos
tsc
ared
ofhi
sow
nre
flec
tion
.
‘Don
’tw
orry
,’F
ather
reas
sure
dhi
m,
it’l
lgr
owba
ck.
Wi!
univ
take
ali
ww
eeks
.’‘k
’sth
efi
lth
around
here
that
did
it,’
said
Mot
her.
‘if
som
epeo
ple
coul
d.on
lyse
eth
eef
fect
this
plac
eis
havi
ngon
usal
l.’W
hen
hesa
whi
mse
lfin
the
mir
ror
Bru
no
could
n’t
hel
pbut
thin
kho
wm
uch
like
Shm
uel
helo
oked
now
,an
dhe
wo
nder
edw
het
her
all
the
peo
ple
onth
atsi
deol
the
fenc
eha
dli
ceas
wel
lan
dth
atw
asw
hyal
lth
eir
hea
ds
wer
esh
aved
too.
Whe
nhe
saw
his
frie
nd
the
next
day
Shm
uel
star
ted
tola
ugh
at
Bru
no’s
app
eara
nce
,w
hich
did
n’t
doa
lot
lbr
his
dwin
dlin
gse
lico
nfl
den
ce,
‘Ilo
okju
stli
keyo
uno
w,’
said
Bru
no
sadl
y,as
ifth
isw
asa
terr
ible
thin
gto
adm
it.
‘Onl
yfa
tter
,’ad
mit
ted
Shm
uel.
NI
[4
Chap
terS
eventeen
Moth
erG
etsH
erO
iW
ay
11
Over
thecourse
of
thenex
tfew
weeks
Mother
seemed
increasinglyunhap
py
with
lifeat
Out—
With
and
Bru
no
understo
od
perfectlyw
ellw
hyth
atm
ight
be.A
fterall,
when
they’dfirst
arrivedhe.h
adhated
it,due
toth
efact
that
itw
asnoth
inglike
hom
ean
dlacked
suchth
ings
asth
reebest
friends
for
life.B
utthat
had
chan
ged
for
himover
lime,
mostly
dueto
Shm
uel,w
hohad
beco
me
more
importa
nt
tohim
thanK
arlor
Daniel
or
Martin
hadever
been.B
utM
otherdid
n’t
havea
S.hm
uelof
her
own.
There
was
noone
br
her
totalk
to,an
dthe
onlyperson
who
shehad
been
remotely
friendlyw
ith—
theyoung
Lieu
tenan
tK
otler—
had
been
transferred
som
ew
hereelse.
Although
hetried
not
tobe
oneof
thoseboys
who
spendshis
time
listeningat
keyholesan
ddow
nchim
neys,B
runo
was
passingby
.Father’soffice
one
afternoon
while
Moth
eran
dF
ather,
‘ere
insidehaving
one
of
their
con
versations.H
edid
n’t
mean
toeavesdrop,
but
theyw
eretalking
quite
loudlyan
dhe
ouid
n’t
help.
overhear.‘I,i•
.horrth
le,M
oth
erw
assaying.
hoi1
e.
Ican’t
standit
anym
ore.’W
edon’t
hae
mchow
e,satd
I’athetIlu
sis
our
assigume
rit.and—’
No,
thisis
yourassignm
ent,’said
Mother.
h)u
rassig
nm
ent,
HO
tO
UtS
.Y
oustay
ifyou
want
to.’‘A
ndw
hatwill
peoplethink,’
askedF
ather,6jf
1perm
ityouand
the
child
rento
return
toB
erlinw
ithout
rue?T
he
will
askquestio
ns
about
mco
mm
itmen
tto
thew
orkhere,’
‘Work?’
shouted
Mother.
‘You
callthis
work
’B
iuuo
didn’t.hear
much
more
bec:auseth
evoices
were
gettin
gcloser
toth
edoor
and
there
was
always
ach
ance
that
Moth
erw
ouldcom
estorm
ingout
insearch
ofa
med
icinal
sherry,so
heran
backupstairs
instead,Still,
hehad
heard
enough
toknow
thatth
erew
asa
chancethey
might
beretu
rnin
gto
Berlin,
andto
hissu
rprise
hedidn’t
knowhow
tofeel
about
that.T
here
was
onepart
ofhim
that.rem
embered
that
hehad
lovedhis
own
lifeback
there,
but
som
anythings
would
havech
anged
bynow
.K
arlan
dthe
oth
ertw
obest
friendsw
hosenam
eshe
couldn’trem
ember
would
probablyhave
For
gotten
about
himby
now.
Gran
dm
oth
erw
asdead
and
theyalm
ost
neverheard
fromG
randfather,w
hoF
athersaid
had
gone
senile,
186187
.iiut
on
t..he
oth
erhan
dhe
’d.
gro
wn
use
dto
life
atO
unW
ith:
hedi
dn’t
min
dH
err
Lis
zt,
he’d
bec
om
em
uch
hie
ndher
wit
hM
aria
than
he
ever
had
bee
nbac
kin
Ber
lin,
Gre
tel
was
stil
lgo
ing
thro
ugh
aphas
ean
dkee
pin
gout
ofhi
sw
ay,a
nd
she
did
n’t
seem
tohe
quit
eS
Om
uch
of
a[l
opel
ess
Cas
ean
ym
ore)
and
his
afte
rnoon
conver
sati
ons
wit
hS
hm
uel
fill
edhi
mw
ith
hap
pin
ess.
Bru
no
did
n’t
know
how
tofe
elan
ddec
ided
that
what
ever
hap
pen
ed,
he
would
acce
pt
the
deci
.sio
nw
ithout
com
plai
nt..
Noth
ing
atal
lch
anged
fbi’
afe
ww
eeks
;lif
ew
ent
on
asnorm
al.
Fat
her
spen
tm
ost
ofhi
sti
me
eith
erin
his
offi
ceor
onth
eoth
ersi
deof
the
fence
.M
oth
erke
ptve
ryquIe
tduri
ng
the
day
and
was
havi
ngan
awfu
llo
tm
ore
ofher
afte
r—fl
O(f
lnap
s,so
me
ofth
emnot
even
inth
eaf
tern
oon
but
befl
ire
lunch
,an
dB
runo
was
wor
ried
fOr
her
hea
lth
bec
ause
he’d
neve
rkn
own
anyo
neto
nee
dqu
ite
som
any
med
icin
alsh
erri
es.
Gre
.tei
suye
d.i.n
her
room
conce
ntr
atin
gon
.th
eva
riou
sm
aps
she
had
past
edon
the
wal
lsan
dco
nsul
ting
the
new
spap
ers
for
hours
ata
tim
ebe
fore
mov
ing
the
pins
around
ali
ttle
.(H
err
lisz
tw
aspa
rtic
ular
lypl
ease
dw
ith
her
for
doin
gth
is.)
And
Bru
no
did
exac
tly
wha
tw
asas
ked
ofhi
man
dca
used
noch
aos
atal
lan
den
joye
dth
efa
ctth
atl,
thha
done
secr
etfr
iend
who
mno
one
knew
1he
n.on
eda
yla
ther
suin
inoned
Bru
no
.and
Gre
tel
mu)
his
ol’f
ice
and
iiif
orm
edth
emof
the
cin.
uige
sth
atw
ere
toco
me.
Sit
dow
n,ch
ildr
en,’
hesa
id,
indic
atin
gth
etw
ola
rge
leat
her
arm
chai
rsth
atth
eyw
ere
usua
lly
told
not
tosi
tin
whe
nth
ehad
occa
sion
tovi
sit
Fat
her’
sof
fice
beca
use
ofth
eir
gru
bby
mit
ts.
Fat
her
sat
dow
nbeh
ind
his
desk
.‘W
e’ve
dec
ided
tom
ake
aft
wch
ange
s,’
heco
nti
nued
,lo
okin
ga
litt
lesa
das
hesp
oke.
“lil
lm
eth
is:
are
you
happ
yher
e.’
‘Yes
.,F
athe
r,of
cour
se,’
said
Gi’
etel
.‘C
erta
inly
,F
athe
r,’
said
Bru
no.
‘And
you
don’t
mis
sB
erli
nat
all?
’T
he
chil
dre
npau
sed
fur
am
om
ent
and
glan
ced
atea
chot
her,
wonder
ing
whi
chone
ofth
emw
asgo
ing
toco
inni
itto
anan
swer
.SW
ell,
Im
iss
itte
rrib
ly,’
said
Cre
te!
even
tual
ly.
‘1w
ould
nt
min
dha
ving
som
efr
iends
agai
n.’
Bru
no
smil
ed,
thin
kin
gab
out
his
secr
et.
‘Fri
ends
,sa
idF
athe
r,noddin
ghi
she
ad.
Ves
,I’
veoft
enth
ought
of
that
.It
must
have
been
lone
lyfu
ryou
at.
tune
s.’
‘Ver
ylo
nely
,’sa
idG
rete
lin
a.det
erm
ined
voic
e. ‘And
you,
Bru
no,’
aske
dF’
athe
r,lo
okin
gat
him
HO
W.
‘Do
Volt
mis
syour
frie
nds?
’‘%
TC11
,ye
s,’
he
repli
ed,
consi
der
ing
his
answ
erca
refu
lly.
‘But
Ith
ink
1(1
mis
spe
ople
nom
atte
rw
here
1w
ent.’
That
was
anin
dir
ect
•1 88
189
reference
toS
hmuei
but
hedid
n’t
want
tom
akeit
towin
ure
explicit,than
that.‘B
utw
ouldyou
liketo
goback
tolerlin
?’asked
Father.
‘Ifth
ech
ance
was
there?’‘A
llo.f
us?’asked
.Brui io,
Fath
ergave
adeep
sighan
dshook
hishead.
‘Mother
and
Gretel
and
you.B
ackto
our
old
housein
Berlin.
‘VouId
youlike
that.?’ru
no
thought
about
it.‘W
ell,I
wouldn’t
likeit
ifvon
weren’t
there.,’he
said,because
thatw
asth
euuth
.‘So
you’dprefer
tostay
here
with
me?’
‘I’dpreter
all[our
of
‘usto
stayto
geth
ei’he
said,relu
ctantly
inclu
din
gG
retelin
that.
‘Wheth
erth
atw
asin
Berlin
or
Out—
With.’
‘Oh,
Bru
no’
saidG
retelin
anex
asperated
voice,an
dhe
did
n’t
knoww
heth
erth
atw
asbecau
sehe
might
bespoiling
theplans
forth
eirretu
rnor
because(acco
rdin
gto
her)
hecon
tinued
tom
ispro
nounce
the
nam
eof
their
ho.me,
‘Well,
forth
em
om
ent
I’mafraid
that’sgoin
g
mbe
impossible,
saidF
atheni’m
afraidth
atthe
Fury
will
not
relievem
eof
my
com
man
djust
vet.M
other,on
theoth
erhan
d,
thinksthis
would
bea
good
time
Iilrth
eth
reeof
youto
return
hom
ean
dreo
pen
the
house,an
dw
henI
thin
kab
out
it.‘
He
pau
sedfo
ra
mom
ent
and
Iooç1
’out
ofthe
window
tohis
left—
thew
mdow
that
ledoff
toa
viewof
thecam
pon
theoth
er
sideof
thefence,
‘Whe.n
Ith
ink
aboutit,
perh
aps
shts
right.P
erhapsihis
isnut
placefilr
children.’‘F
lirreare
hundred
sof
child
renhere,’
saidB
runo,w
’inhqutreally
thin
kin
gab
out
hisw
ordsbeth
resaying
them.
‘Univ
they’reon
theoth
erside
of
thefence.’
Asilence
Ibliowed
thisrem
ark,but
itw
asn’tlike
anorm
alsilence
where
itjust
hap
pen
sth
atno
one
istalking.
Itw
aslike
asilence
that
was
verynoisy.
Fath
eran
dG
retelstared
athim
and
heblinked
insurprise.
‘What
doyou
mean
there
arehundred
sof
child
renover
there?’asked
Father.
‘What
doyou
knowof
what
goeson
overthere?’
Bru
no
open
edhis
mouth
tosp
eakbut
worried
that
hew
ouldget
him
selfin
totrouble
ifhe
revealedtoo
much.
‘Ican
seeth
emfrom
my
bed
room
window
,’he
saidfinally.
‘They’re
veryfar
away
of
course,but
itlooks
liketh
ereare
hundred
s.A
llw
earingthe
striped
pajamas.’
‘The
striped
pajam
as,yes,’
saidF
ather,
noddin
ghis
head.‘A
ndyou’ve
been
wau:hing,
haveyou?’
‘Well,
I’ve‘et’n
them,’
saidB
runo,‘I’m
not
sureif
that’sthe
same
thing.’F
ather
smiled.
‘Very
good,B
runo,’he
said.‘A
ndyou’re
right,it’s
not
quite
the
same
thing.’H
ehesitated
againan
dth
ennodded
hishead
,as
ifhe
had
made
afinal
decision.
191
>1
No,
she’
sri
ght,’
hesa
id,
spea
king
out
loud
hut
not
look
ing
atei
ther
Gre
tel
orB
runo
.‘S
he’s
a.bs
.oiu
tely
righ
t.Y
ou’v
ebee
nher
elo
ngen
ougi.
asit
isit
’sti
me
for
you
10
goho
me.
A.n
dso
the
deci
sion
was
mad
e.W
ord
was
sent
ahea
dth
atth
ehouse
shou
ldbe
clea
ned,
the
win
dow
sw
ashe
dth
eban
iste
rvar
nis
hed
,th
eli
nen
pres
sed,
the
beds
mad
e,an
dF
athe
ran
nounce
dth
atM
oth
er,
Gre
tel
and
Bru
no
wou
ldbe
retu
rnin
gto
Ber
lin
wit
hin
the
wee
k.B
runo
fhund
that
b.c
was
not
lookin
gfo
rwar
dto
this
asm
uch
ashe
wou
ldha
veex
pec
ted
and
hedre
aded
hav
ing
tote
llS
hinu
elth
ene
ws.
Chap
ter
Eig
hte
en
Thi
nkin
gU
pth
eF
inal
Adv
entu
re
The
day
aite
rF
ather
tok.
lB
runo
that
hew
ould
bere
turn
ing
toB
erli
nso
on,
Shm
uel
did
n’t
arri
veat
the
leti
ceas
usua
l.N
ordi
dhe
show
upth
eda
yaf
ter
that
.O
nth
eth
ird
day,
whe
nB
runo
arri
ved
ther
ew
asno
one
sitt
ing
cros
s-le
gged
onth
egro
und
and
hew
aite
dfo
rte
nm
inut
esan
dw
asab
out
IQtu
rnbac
klh
rho
me,
extr
emel
yw
orri
edth
athe
wou
ldha
veto
leav
eO
ut—
With
wit
hout
seei
nghi
sfr
iend
agai
n,w
hen
adot
iH
the
dist
ance
beca
me
asp
eck
and
that
beca
me
abl
oban
dth
atbe
cam
ea
figu
rean
dth
atin
turn
beca
me
the
boy
inth
est
ripe
dpu
janm
s.B
runo
bro
ke
into
asm
ile
whe
nhe
saw
the
figu
reco
min
gto
war
dshi
ntan
dhe
sat
dow
non
the
gro
und,
taki
ngth
epi
ece
ofbre
adan
dth
eap
ple
heha
dsm
uggl
edw
ith
him
out
ofhi
spo
cket
togi
veto
Shm
uel.
But
even
from
adi
stan
cehe
coul
dse
eth
athi
sfr
iend
look
edev
enm
ore
unha
ppy
than
usua
l,an
dw
hen
he
got
toth
efe
nce
he
(hdn
’t.
reac
h[o
rth
efo
odw
ith
his
usu
alea
gern
ess.
.193.
niouglityou
wei
Lflt
com
many
more,’
salOiu
no
Iam
tyesi
nd
ayan
dthe
da)b
etote
that
and
youeie
n’t
htie
‘1in
sony,’said
Shm
ucl‘S
om
ethin
ghap
pen
edB
runolooked
atm
mand
narrowed
hise
es,trym
gto
guessw
hatit
might
beH
ew
ondeicd
wheth
erS
hmuel
hadbeen
toldth
athe
was
goinghom
etoo;
afterall,
coin
ciden
ceslike
that
don
appen
,such
asthe
factth
atB
runo
and
Shm
uelsh
aredth
esam
ebirthday.
‘Well?’
askedB
runo.‘W
hatw
asit?’
‘Papa,’
saidS
hmuei.
‘We
can’tfind
him.’
‘Can’t
findlum
p‘Ihat’s
ery
odd
You
mtan
hes
lost’
Isuppose
so,’said
Shm
uel
‘He
was
here
on
Monday
and
then
he
went
onw
eikduty
with
some
othetm
enand
none
otth
emhave
com
e•ba.ck’‘A
iidhasn’t
hew
rittenyou
aletter?’
askedB
runo.O
rleft
an
ote
tosay
when
he’llbe
com
ing
back?’N
o,’said
Shm
uel.H
ow
odd,’said
Bru
no.
Have
youlo
oked
forhin
i’he
askedafter
am
om
ent
‘Of
cours
eI
have,’said
Shm
uelw
itha
sigh‘I
didw
hu
you’realw
aystalking
about
Id
idsom
eex
plo
t ano
n’
end
there
was
no
signs
194
(il,
thai
‘iv
su..uige,’
saidL
into
.‘lu
tiin
k‘.e
eii
LsL
lwa
Silillile
x1)Lin
ktlt,l’
1%
IL
itthat?’
,i,Lud
,hm
twl.
‘1u’L
.gIIi
tilt’flh
Uu
Liken
touI
kin
attutluI
t)1’
ilAc’
Ii.ie
l‘L
nh
ide
luia
1e
(Lt
11111I
[litu
ik
dt
utd
tiwjiu
’il
islit
V4
Oit
hcie
.&fl\’i’,i’.
It
IwU
hut
H
Up
01W
d.i’so
ii.
‘1tio[)e
so
,said
Sh
imw
l.%
huh
uk
ud
.isif
lieW
Ls
ab
oti
tocr.
1d
uiii
knu%hai
w’ie
sup
po
sedto
doiih
ou
ihim
.’‘I
coultiask
Father
iiuu
ante
d.’
sai(llirw
incau
uo
ul;,
hopin
gthat
Shm
iwl
.uulclH
lsay
es.
1h
it
Ihinkthai
ouId
hea
uud
idea,’saul
Sum
tel.,h
ich,
ho
Biu
no
’s(lt.L
pllh
1u
fld
Ht.
was
liiia
lldh.—uui
i)t’
ttIu
fl
UI
the4
)thI.
‘Wby
11
01
?he
.i’Led.
•L’atlw
iis
cr
kn
ov
halg
eah1
eabi;u
tliht
tHI
that
‘,idet
thefe
nce.1
do
nt
think,the
suld
icislik
eus,’
saidS
hmuel.
‘Well,’
1wad
ded
with
som
ethin
gas
closeL
ua
laughas
hen
)uld
muster,
‘Iknow
ihe’d
on
’tlik
eus.
liwhate
us.’
liiun
.iI
hack
iiii
Upnsu.
‘i’murc
the
clOut
Lift’
\ii,
hesairl.
‘1L
edo,
sai(lS
hmiw
l.le
an
ing
iiw
aid,his
ees
luir
ltn
i[i..
.iiidhis
bp
sin
Lm,.
amp
aunit’
iii
angel‘B
utthai’s
alliilit
ln’au
seI
hateilteaui
[(Jo.
I1
,ttt’[h
ut.’
1wH
’peU
edfonelu
lk.
lou(1u.iic
l’atheu,thu
ou
’asked
Biiiu
.
Shm
uei
hit
his
lip
am.l
said
noth
ing.
H.e
had
5(Z
(fl
Bru
no
sfa
ther
onan
ynum
ber
of
occa
sion
san
dco
uldn
’tunder
stan
dho
wsu
cha
man
coul
dha
vea
son
who
was
sofr
iend
lyan
dki
nd,
‘Any
way
,’sa
idB
run
oaf
ter
asu
itab
lepa
use,
not
wis
hing
todi
scus
sth
atto
pic
any
furi
hei
‘1•h
ave
som
eth
ing
tote
llyo
uto
o.’
‘You
do?’
aske
dS
hm
uel
,lo
ok
ing
up
‘Ws.
I’m
goin
gba
ckto
B.e
rhn.
.’S
hmue
i’s
mo
uth
dro
pp
edop
c.n
insu
rpri
se.
Whe
n?’
heas
ked,
his
voic
eca
tchi
ngsl
ight
lyin
.his
thro
atas
hedi
dso
.‘W
ell,
this
isT
hurs
day;
’sa
idB
ru.n
o,‘A
ndw
ecc
leav
ing
onS
atur
day.
Aft
erlu
nch.
’B
ut
dr
how
long
?’as
ked
Shi
nuel
.‘I
thin
.kit’
sfo
rev
er,’
said
Bru
no.
‘Mot
her
does
n’t
like
itat
Out
—W
ith—
she
says
it’s
no
plac
eto
brin
gup
two
chil
dre
n—
soF
ather
isst
ayin
gher
eto
wor
kbe
caus
eth
eFr
iry
has
big
thin
gsin
min
dfo
rhi
m,
but
the
rest
ofus
are
goin
gho
me.
’i—
icsa
idth
ew
ord
‘hom
&,
desp
ite
the
fact
that
hew
asn’
tsu
rew
here
‘hom
e’w
asan
ym
ore.
‘So
IW
on’t
see
you
agai
n?’
aske
dS
hmue
l.‘W
ell,
som
eday
,ye
s,’
said
Bru
no.
‘You
could
com
eon
aho
lida
yto
Ber
lin.
You
can’
tst
ayhe
refh
rer
afte
ral
LC
anyo
u?’
Shm
uel
shoo
khi
shea
d.
‘1su
ppos
eno
t,’he
said
sdlv
.‘I
won
’tha
vean
yone
tota
lkto
any
more
whe
nyo
u’re
gone
,’he
adde
d.
1 9
‘No,
’sa
idB
runo
.H
ew
ante
dto
add
the
wor
ds,
i’ll
mis
syo
uto
o,S
hmue
i,’to
the
sente
nce
bu
tfo
un
dth
athe
was
ali
ttle
embar
rass
edto
say
thei
r:..
‘So
tom
orr
ow
will
beth
ela
stti
me
we
see
each
oth
erun
til
then
,’he
con
tin
ued
.‘W
e’ll
have
tosa
yo
ur
good
byes
then
.I’
llu:
tobr
ing
you
anex
tra
spec
ial
trea
t.’S
hinu
elno
dded
but
could
n’t
find
any
wor
dsto
e>Lp
ress
his
sorr
ow.
Iw
ish
we’
dgo
tto
play
toge
ther
,’sa
idB
runo
afte
ra
long
paus
e.‘j
ust
once
.ju
stto
rem
embe
r.’
‘So
do1,’
said
Shm
uel.
‘We’
vebe
enta
lkin
gto
each
oth
erfo
rm
ore
than
aye
aran
dw
ene
ver
got
topl
ayon
ce.
And
doyo
ukn
oww
hat
else
?’he
added
.‘A
llth
isti
me
I’ve
bee
nw
atch
ing
whe
reyo
uliv
efr
omo
ut
of
my
bed
roo
mw
indo
wan
dI’
vene
ver
even
seen
for
mys
elf
wha
tit’
slik
e.’
‘You
wou
ldn’
tli
keit
,’sa
idS
hniu
el.
‘You
rsis
muc
hni
cer,
’he
added
.‘I
’dst
illli
keto
have
seen
it,’
said
Bru
no.
Shi
nuel
tho
ug
ht
for
afe
wm
om
ents
and
then
reac
hed
dow
nan
dput
his
han
dunder
the
fenc
ean
dli
fted
ita
litt
le,
toth
eh
eig
ht
whe
rea
smal
lbo
y;per
hap
sth
esi
zean
dsh
ape
of
Bru
no,
could
fit
under
nea
th,
‘Wel
l?’
said
Shm
uel.
‘Why
don’
tyo
uth
en?’
Bru
nob
lin
ked
and
thought
about
it.
‘Ido
n’t
thin
kI’
dbe
allo
wed
,’he
said
doub
tful
ly.
‘Wel
l,yo
u’re
pro
bab
lynot
allo
wed
toco
me
197
I
here
a.ndtalk
toevery
dayeither,’
saidS
hmaci.
But
yousuit
doit.,
bout
OtV
iuuif
1w
ascau
gh
tI’d
bein
tnuble,’
saidB
run
o,
who
was
sureM
otheran
dF
ather
would.
notnppm
oVe.
‘That’s
true,’said
Slim
uel,
lowering
the
fbr.tceagain
and.lo
okin
gat
thekr:rou.nd. w
ithtears
inhis
eves.‘I
suppose
I’llsee
youto
mo
rrow
tosay
goodbyethen.’
Neith
erbo.y
said.an
yth
ing
fora
mom
ent.
Sudden
ly.B
runohad
abrainw
ave.U
nless...
hebegan,
thin
kin
gab
ou
tit
fora
mo
men
tan
dallow
inga
planto
hatch
inhis
head
.H
ereach
eda
han
dup
tohis.h
eadand
feltw
heie
hishair
usedto
beb
ut
was
nowjust
stubbletha
had
n’t
fullygrow
nback.
‘Don’t
yourem
einb
.erth
atyou
saidI
loo
ked
likevoui’
he
askedS
hanuel.‘S
ince1
had
my
head
sitaved?’‘O
nlykittet;’
conced
edS
hmuel.
‘Well,
ifthat’s
the
case,’said
Bruno,
‘and
ifI
hada
pairof
striped
pajamas
too,th
enI
couldcom
eover
on
avisitand.n
oo
ne
would
beany
thew
isee,S
hinuel‘s
theebrig
hten
edu
pan
dhe
bro
ke
intoa
wide
smile,
Do
youth
ink
so?’he
asked
.‘W
ouldyou
do
it?’‘O
fC
OU
ISC
,said
Bru
no
.‘it
would
bea
great
advcçru
re.O
ur
finalad
ven
ture.
Icould
do
som
eex
plo
ring
atlast.’
1t
(11
iit.
kS
liniinii
it—
.ini
Lau
.‘\
i’
Itak
:utIk
Un
Ii
IH
II
eviduuii.e.D
iaLah
d\
S‘%
IsCIIt’ll
\Uti
u.explo
i
ing.I
heoiil
pU
I)IemIS
‘‘tlll14
.1paic
palL
’ol
‘p511m
el‘hu
kIu’
hd.
mu.ilI
ighi_,ii
said
.‘ait
Stn
t‘
heat’th
eket
pth
eni.
Ican
g1.
se
aa
aii
ba
tiii
tatIIlc’Ii
UII
tI‘‘k
Lll
iiuk
or
PP
’m
‘Vi’nidt’uluI,’
saidB
runu.cau
kht
upin
the
enth
uol
Uin
ini
‘1hc
it’sp
lan
11ni
‘u..I.
iiisai
Iw
min
‘w
lS
hmitel.
‘I)i
i)eI’
itthis
inii
.iid13i
un
u,
shul(l
11ii
tit
II
liiI
Id
dii
t
lorg
et
Lliesillpub
Built
buy
dnt
liumi
anhiob
spiliL
sthat
1’1
lIi
ad
II
Li
ahead
and
linall
an1ip
iititiuLu
Se.L
what
was
aeall
mth
e‘thur
sIde(.11
thelea
icebelo
rehe
nit
kI
11w
ni
ua
it.
iiiii
ina
huheriu
us
laU
.Lsi
illai
dS
hin
uI
sawa
chatic
eto
getso
meo
ne
tohelp
himin
the
searchfor
hispapa.
All
inall,
itseem
edlike
avery
sensibl&pl
inan
dm
go
od
way
tosay
go
od
by
e.
lII
Wha
tH
appen
edth
eN
ext
Day
lhe
next
day
—F
nday
—w
asi.n
othe
iw
tda
yW
hen
hru
iio
wok
ein
the
morn
ing
helo
oked
out
of.h
isw
indo
wan
dw
asdis
appoin
ted
tose
eth
e.
rain
pouri
ng
dow
n.H
adit
not
bee
nfo
rth
efa
ctth
aiit
wou
ldbe
the
last
chan
celh
rhi
man
dS
hmue
ito
spen
dan
yti
me
toget
her
—not
men
tion
the
let
that
the
adventu
rew
ould
bea
very
exci
ung
one,
espe
cial
lysi
nce
itin
volv
eddr
essi
ngup
—he
wou
ldha
vegi
ven
upon
itfo
rth
eda
yan
dw
aite
dun
til
som
eaf
tern
oon
the
fbii
owin
gw
eek,
whe
nhe
did
n’t
have
anyt
hing
spec
ial
pla
nned
.H
ow
evei
the
cloc
kw
asti
ckin
gan
dth
ere
was
noth
ing
heco
uld
do
about
it.A
ndaf
ter
all,
itw
ason
lyth
em
orn
ing
and
alo
tco
uld
hap
pen
betw
een.
then
and.
the
late
afte
rnoon,
whi
chwa
s...•
whe
nth
etw
obo
ySal
way
sm
et.
The
rain
wou
ldsu
ieh
tutu
stopped
bth
enli
tw
tt(
lied
out
ofth
ew
indo
wdin
ing
morn
ing
cias
&s
wit
hH
err
Lis
zt,
but
itsh
owed
nosi
gns
ofsl
owin
gdo
wn
then
and
caen
pounded
nois
ily
For
tuai
awly
it.ca
ine
toan
end
around
the
tune
that
Hen
Lis
ztw
asle
avin
g,an
dso
Biu
no
put
ona
pair
ofbo
ots
and
his
heav
yra
incoat,
wai
ted
unti
lth
eco
ast
was
cita
im
dle
fttli
cho
use. I-us
boots
squel
ched
inth
em
ud
and
he
star
ted
toen
joy
the
wal
km
ore
than
heev
erhad
befo
re.
Wit
hev
ery
ste
phe
seem
ed
tofa
ce
tlie
dan
ger
ofto
ppli
ng
over
and
fall
ing
dow
n,but
he
neve
rdid
and
man
aged
tokee
phi
sba
lanc
e,ev
enat
apan
icul
arly
bad
part
whe
re,
whe
nhe
lift
edhi
sle
ftle
ghi
sboot
stay
edim
pla
nte
din
the
mud
whi
lehi
slo
otsl
ipped
iig
htout
ofit
He
look
edup
atth
esk
ies,
and
alth
ough
they
wer
est
illv
ery
dark
heth
ought
the
day
had
pro
bab
ly.
had
enough
rain
and
hew
ould
besa
fien
ough
this
aftr
inoon
Of
cour
stth
ete
wou
ldbe
tin
dif
ficu
lrof
expla
inin
gi%
hin
il5
So
filt
hyla
ter
onw
hen
here
turn
edhom
e,but
lie
coul
dput
that
dow
nto
bem
ga
t’pi
cal
boy,
whl(
hw
asw
hat
Mot
her
clai
med
hew
as,
and
prob
ably
not
get
into
too
much
tiouble
(Mot
hei
had
agai
nst
die
win
dow
,li
ew
atch
edduri
ng
lunch
ironi
the
kit
chen
,w
htn
itw
asde
fini
tely
stal
ung
toea
seof
fan
dth
ere
was
even
the
hin
tof
sun
shin
etot
ning
horn
beh
uid
mbi
axI,.
c lou
dli
ew
atch
eddunri
ghi
stoi
van
dge
ogra
phy
itss
ons
inth
eaf
tern
oon,
whe
nit
reac
hed
itsst
ronges
toite
yet
and
thic
atcn
cdto
knok
tlit
win
dow
in.
201
•hcaniuthcuiaily
happy&
verthe
previousfew
clays,as
carabox
ofth
eirbelongings
habeen
sealedand
pack
edinto
atruck
Uordespatca
<)
Berlin.)
Shm
uelw
asw
aitingfor
Bru
no
when
hearu
ved
,an
dfor
thefirst
dineever
he
wasn’t.
sating
cross4
egged
on
thegro
und
and
staring
atthe
dustben
eathhim
but
sta
ndin
g,
leanin
gag
ainst,the
fence.‘H
ello,B
runo,’he
saidw
henhe
sawhis
friend
appro
achin
g.
‘Hello,
Shrnuel,’
saidB
runo.1
wasn’t
sureif
we’d
eversee
eachoth
eragain
with
therain
and
everything,I
mean
,’said
Shm
uel.
‘1th
ought
youm
ight
bekept
indoors’
‘Itw
asto
uch
and
gofi
aw
hile,’said
Bruno.
‘What
with
the
weath
erbein
gso
bad.’S
limuei
nodded
and
held
out.his
han
ds
tobru
no,
who
open
edhis
mouth
indelight.
He
was
carryinga
pair
ofstriped
pyjama
bottoms,
astrip
edpvjam
ato
pan
da
striped
cloth
Cal)
exactlylike
the
one
hew
asw
earing,it
did
n’t
lookparticularly
cleanbut
itw
asa
disguise,an
dB
runoknew
that
good
explo
rersalw
aysw
oreth
erig
ht
cicthes.‘Y
oustill
want
tohelp
incfind
Papa?’
askedS
humel,
atidB
runo
nodded
quickly.‘O
fco
urse,’
hesaid,
although
findin
gS
hriiu
çLP
LP
tw
asnot
asim
portan
tin
hism
ind
asth
epro
spect
of
explo
ring
the
world
on
the
oth
erside
of
there.
1w
oukn
‘let
VU
dow
n:
Shniuel
liftedthe
botto
mot
thefence
oil
thegio
und
and
han
ded
theoutfit
undttu
tath
toB
runo,bein
gparticularly
carefulnot
tolet
ittouch
the
muddy
gro
und
belowT
han
ks,’
saidB
runo,scratch
ing
hisstubbly
head
and
wonderin
gw
hyhe
had
n’t
remem
bered
tobrin
ga
bagto
hold
hisow
nclo
thes
in.T
he
gro
und
was
sodirty
here
that
theyw
ouldbe
spoiledif
heleft
thein
onthe
giound
Hu
did
nt
havea
choicereally.
He
couldeith
erleave
them
here
untillater
and
acceptthe
factth
atthey
would
beentirely
cakedw
ithm
ud;or
hecould
callthe
whole
thingoil
and
thit,
asany
explo
ierof
noteknow
s,w
ouldhave
beenout
olthe(1ue5
U0fl.
‘Well,
turn
round,’said
Bru
no,
poin
ting
athis
tHendi
aslit
stoodth
efta%
kaJd
l)I
don
I.
want
youw
atchingm
e.S
hm
uel
tntia
dio
und
and
Bruno
tookoff
hisovercoat
andplaced
itas
geu
thas
possibleon
thegro
und.
Then
hetook
oil
hissh
irtand
shiveredfor
am
om
ent
inthe
coldair
befo
reputu
ng
on
thepja
ina
top
As
itslip
ped
overhis
head
he
made
them
istakeof
breath
ing
thro
ugh
hisnose;
itdid
not
smell
verynice.
‘When
was
thislast
washed?’
hecalled
out,
andS
bm
udtu
rned
round.‘I.
don
tknow
itit
sei
bt.
itiasIied
,said
Shm
uel.
203
Turn
round!
shoute
dB
runo
,an
dS
hmu.
ei(l
idas
hew
asto
ld.
Bru
no
look
edle
ftan
dri
ght
a.ga
inbut
ther
ew
a.s
stil
lno
one
tobe
seen
,so
hebe
gan
the
diff
icul
tta
skof
taki
ngoi
lhi
str
ouse
rsw
hile
kee
pin
gone
kg
and
one
boot
on
the
gro
und
atth
esa
me
tim
e.it
felt
very
stra
nge
taki
.ng
off
his
trouse
rsi.n
the
open
air
and
heco
nld
nt
imag
ine
wha
tan
yone
wou
ldth
ink
ifth
eysa
whi
mdoin
git
,but
fina
lly,
and
wit
ha
gre
atde
alof
effo
rt,
hem
anag
edto
com
ple
teth
eta
sk. T
her
e,’
hesa
id.
Ym
ica
ntu
rnba
ckno
w.’
Slu
nud.
turn
edju
stas
Bru
no
appli
edth
efi
nis
hin
gto
uch
tohi
sco
stum
e,pla
cing
the
stri
ped
cloth
cap
onhi
shea
d.
Shm
ucl
bli
nked
and
shoo
khi
she
ad.
itw
asquit
eextr
aor
dina
ry.
Ifit
was
n’t
for
the
fact
that
Bru
now
asno
whe
renea
ras
skin
nyas
the
boys
on
his
side
ofth
efe
nce,
and
not
quit
eSO
pale
eit
hei
itw
ould
have
bee
ndi
ffic
ult
tote
llth
emap
art.
itw
as
ahno
st(S
hmue
lth
ought)
asif
they
wer
eal
lex
aci
the
sam
ere
ally
.l)
ovo
nkn
oww
hat
this
rem
inds
inc
of?’
aske
dB
runo
,an
dS
hrnu
elsh
ook
his
hea
d,
lVha
t?’
heas
ked.
itre
min
ds
me
ofG
randm
oth
er,’
he
said
.Y
oure
mem
ber
Ito
ldvo
nab
out
her?
The
one
who
died
?’h1i4
uel
nodded
;he
rem
ember
edbec
ause
Bru
no
had
talk
edab
out
her
alo
tov
erth
eco
urse
ofth
eye
aran
dhad
told
him
how
loud
he
had
bee
nof
Gra
ndm
oth
eran
dho
wli
ew
ishe
dhe
’dta
ken
the
tim
eto
wri
tem
ore
lett
ers
toher
bekre
she
pass
edaw
ay.
itre
min
ds
me
of
the
play
ssh
eus
edto
onw
ith
Gre
tel
and
me,
’B
runo
said
,lo
okin
gaw
ayfr
omS
hmue
las
here
mem
ber
edth
ose
days
back
inB
erli
n,par
tof
the
very
few
mem
ori
esno
wth
atre
fuse
dto
fade
.it
rem
inds
me
of
how
she
alw
ays
had
the
right
cost
ume
br
me
tow
ear.
wea
rth
eri
ght
outf
itan
dyo
ufr
etlik
eth
epe
rson
you
repr
eten
ding
tobe
,sh
eal
way
sto
ldin
c.I
suppose
that
’sw
hat
I’m
doin
g,
isn’
tit?
Pre
tendin
gto
bea
per
son
from
the
oth
ersi
deof
the
fenc
c.A
Jew
,yo
um
ean,
’sa
idS
hinu
el.
Ves
,’sa
idB
runo
,sh
ifti
ngon
his
feet
ali
ttle
unco
mfo
rtab
ly.
That
’sri
ght.
’S
hm
uel
poin
ted
atB
runo
’sfe
etan
dth
ehe
avy
boot
she
had
take
nfr
omth
eho
use.
You
’ll
have
tole
ave
them
beh
ind
too,
’he
said
.B
runo
looked
appal
led.
But
the
mud
,’he
said
.Y
ou
can’t
expec
tm
eto
go
bar
efO
ot.
’Y
ou’l
lbe
reco
gniz
edoth
erw
ise,
’sa
idS
hinu
el.
You
don’t
hav
ean
ych
oic
e.’
Bru
no
sighed
but
he
knew
that
his
frie
nd
was
right,
and
he
took
off
the
boots
and
his
sock
san
dle
ftth
embe
side
the
pile
of
clot
hes
on
the
gro
und.
At
firs
tit
felt
horr
ible
putt
ing
his
bar
efe
etin
toso
muc
h.m
ud;
they
sank
dow
nto
his
I I I I
S S I
ankles.and
everytune
he1fted
a.foot
Itfelt
worse..
Bu.r.then
heto
rather
enjoyit.
Shniuei
re.w
dd
on
naii(l
lihu
thebase
of
dieftn
ce.but
io
nly
liftedto
acertain
heig
ht
and
Bruno
had.rio
choiceb
ut
toroll
under
it,gettin
ghis
striped
paja
mas
completely
coveredin
mu
das
hedid
so.H
elau
gh
edw
henhe
lookeddow
na
himself.
He
had
neverheeti
Sofihhv
inall
hislife
and
itfelt
wonderfu
l.S
hm
uel
smiled
tooan
dthe
two
boyssto
od
awkw
aidlvto
geth
erfo
ra
mom
ent,
un—arcu
stom
edto
beingon
thesam
eside
of
thefence.
Bru
no
hadan
urg
eto
giveS
hmuel
ahug,
justio
lethim
knowhow
much
heliked
hintan
dhow
niuclifìed
enjovedtalking
tohim
overthe
lastyear.S
hin
uel
had
anu
rge
togive
Bru
no
ahug
too,just
toth
ank
himfo
rall
hism
anykindnesses,
and
hisgifts
offood,
andthe
litctthat
hew
asgoing
to.h
elphim
find
Papa.
Neith
ero
fth
emd
idhug
eacho
ther
thou,h
,an
dinstead
theybegan
thew
alkaw
ay
from
theacid
tow
ard
sthe
camp,
aw
alkth
atS
hmuel
haddone
almost
everyday
fora
yearnow
,w
henhe
had
escapedth
eeyes
of
the
soldiersan
dm
anag
edto
get1
0th
ato
ne
part
ofO
ut-With
that
ditin
tseem
tohe
guarde(lall
thetim
e,a
placew
here
heh
adb
eenlucky
enough
tom
eeta
friend
likeB
runo.
itdi.d.ii’t
takelong
toget
where
theyw
eregoln.g.
Brum
...open
edhis
eyesin
wonder
atthe
thingshe
saw.
Inhis
imag
inatio
nhe
had
tho
ug
ht
that
allthe
hutsw
erefull
ofhappy
lam
ilies,
sonic
ofw
iuin
satoutsid
eon
rock
ing
chairsin
theevening
andtold
storie
sab
out
howth
ing
sw
ereso
inuch
better
when
theyw
erech
ildren
and
they’dhad
respectfor
their
elders,not
likethe
du
kh
cnn
osad
ays
He
tho
ught
that
allthe
boysan
dgirls
who
livedhere
would
bein
differen
tgroups,
playingten
nis
or
football,skipping
anddraw
ing
out
squares
forhopsco
tchon
the
gro
un
d.
He
hadth
ought
that
there
would
bea
shop
inthe
centre,
and
maybe
asm
allcafé
likethe
oneshe
hadknow
nin
Berlin;
hehad
wondered
wheth
erth
erew
ouldbe
afru
itanci
vegetablestall.A
sii
tUlfle
(lout,
allthe
thingsthat
heth
ou
gh
tm
ightbe
there
—w
eren’t.T
here
were
nogrow
n—ups
sittingon
rock
ing
chairson
their
po
rches.
And
thech
ildren
weren
tplaying
games
iH
And
not
onlyw
asth
eren
ot
afru
itan
dvegetable
stall,hut
there
wasn’t
acafé
either
liketh
erehad
been
backin
Berlin.
Instead
there
were
crowds
ofpeo
ple
sittingto
geth
erin
gro
ups,
staring
atth
eg
rou
nd
,looking
ho
rribly
sad;they
allhad
oneth
ing
in
groups.
U7
com
mon
:th
ew
ere
all
terr
ibly
skin
nyan
dth
eir
eyes
wet
esu
nken
and
they
all
had.
. sha
ved
head
s,w
hich
Biu
no
thought
mus
tha
vem
eant
ther
ehad
bee
nan
outb
reak
of
lice
her
eto
o.In
one
corn
er[r
uno
coul
dse
eth
ree
sold
iers
who
seem
ed
Wbe
inch
arge
ofa
grou
pof
about
twen
tym
en.
The
yw
ere
shouti
ng
atth
em,
and.
som
eof
the
men
had
hill
ento
thei
rkn
ees
and.
wer
ere
mai
nin
gth
ere
wit
hth
eir
hea
ds
inth
e.ir
ha.n
d.s
inan
oth
erco
rner
he
could
see
more
sold
iers
stai
rdiu
garo
und
and
laughin
gan
dlo
ok
ing
dow
nth
eba
rrel
sof
thei
rgu
ns,
aini
ing
them
inra
ndom
dir
ecti
ons,
but
riot
firi
ngth
em.
Inth
ctev
eryw
here
helo
oked
,al
lhe
coul
dse
ew
astw
odif
fere
nt
type
sof
peo
ple
:ei
ther
happ
y,la
ughin
g,
shouti
ng
sold
iers
inth
eir
unit
orm
sor
nnhap
py,
cryi
ngpeo
ple
inth
eir
stri
ped
paja
mas
,m
ost
of
who
mse
emed
tobe
star
ilig
into
spac
eas
ifth
eyw
ere
actu
ally
asie
.ep Idoni
thin
kI
like
ithe
re,’
said
Brw
ioaf
ter
aw
hile
,eit
ller
do1,’
said
Shm
uel.
Ith
ink
1ought
togo
hom
e,sa
idB
runo
.S
hin
uel
stopped
wal
king
arid
star
edat
him
.B
ut
Pap
a,’
hesa
id.
‘You
said
you’
dhel
pm
efi
nd
Btu
no
thought
about
it.
He
had
pro
nii
sed
his
frie
nd
tha.
tan
dh.
ew
asr.t
’tth
eso
rtto
goba
ck
ona
prom
ise,
espe
cial
lyw
hen
itw
asti
leLa
stti
me
wer
egoin
gto
see
eac.
hoth
er‘i
llri
ght,
’he
said
,al
though
he
felt
alo
tle
ssco
nfi
den
tno
wth
anhe
had
befo
re,
‘But
whe
resh
ould
we
look
?’‘Y
ousa
idw
ednee
dto
find
evid
ence
,’sa
idS
hm
uel
,w
how
asfe
elin
gupse
tbec
ause
heth
ought
that
ifB
runo
did
n’t
hel
phi
m,
then
who
wou
ld?
livid
ence
,ye
s,’
said
Bru
no,
noddin
ghi
shea
d‘t
iu’i
eri
ght.
I.et
’sst
art
look
ing.
’S
oB
runo
kep
thi
sw
ord
and
the
two
boys
spent
an
hour
and
aha
lfse
arch
ing
the
Cam
j)
look
ing
for
evid
ence
.T
hey
wer
en’t
sure
exac
tly
wha
tth
eyw
ere
look
ing
fox;
but
Bru
no
kep
tst
atin
gth
ata
goo(
lex
plo
rer
wou
ldkn
owit
whe
nhe
found
it.B
utth
eydid
n’t
find
anyth
ing
atal
lth
atm
ight
give
them
acl
ueto
Shi
nuel
’spa
pa’s
dis
appeara
nce,
and
itst
art
ed
toget
dar
ker
.B
nrn
olo
oked
upat
the
sky
and
itlo
oked
like
itm
ight
rain
agai
n.‘i
’mso
rry,
Shm
uel,
’he
said
even
tual
ly.
I’in
sorr
yw
edid
n’t
find
any
evi..
di.n
ce,.’
Shm
uel
nodded
his
hea
dsa
dly.
F-Ic
was
n’t
real
lysu
rpri
sed.
He
had
n’t
real
lyex
pec
ted
to.
But
ithad
bee
nni
ceha
ving
his
frie
nd
over
tose
ew
here
heli
ved
all
the
sam
e.‘I
thin
kI
ought
togo
hom
eno
w,’
said
Bru
no,
Will
OU
wal
kba
ckto
the
fenc
ew
ith
me?
’S
hinu
elopen
edhi
sm
outh
toan
swer
,but
rivhtn
tthat
nio
nien
ith
erew
asa
Ion
1,w
histlean
d[en
soId
ic”—
lilOft’
thtiii
BF
UH
Onid
CV
CI’
seei:ig
a.thered
togeth
erin
me
plac.ebefo
re—
surro
un
ded
anarea
of
thecam
p,
thearea
inw
hichB
i’unoand
Shm
uelw
eresta
ndin
g.
‘What’s
hap
pen
ing?’
whisp
eredB
runo
Vhats
Oifl
On?’
itluq)peIlS
SO
IIICt1
H1C
S,
saidS
hniuel.T
hey
make
p.eopiego
on
march
es’\ia
dies!
saidB
runo,
appalled
.‘I
can’tgo
ona
march.
1have
tobe
hom
ein
time
fbi’din
ner,
It’sro
astbee.f
tonighe’Ssh
saidS
hmuel,
puttin
ga
finger
tohis
lips.‘D
on’tsay
anyth
ing
orthey
getangry.’
B.runo
frow
ned
butw
asrelieved
that
allthe
peo
ple
instrip
edpajam
asfrom
thispart
of
the
camp
were
gath
ering
togeth
ernow
,m
ostof
them
be.ingp
ush
edto
geth
erby
iI
soldiers,so
that
hean
dS
hmuel
were
hid
den
inth
ecentr
eo
f
then
ian
dcouldn’t
beseen
.H
edid
n’t
knoww
hateveryone
loo
ked
sofrig
hten
edab
out
—after
all,m
archin
gw
asn’tsuch
aterrib
leth
ing
—an
dhe
wanted
tow
hisperto
themthat
everythingw
asall
ri.gh.t,th
atF
ather
was
the
Co
mm
and
ant,
and
ifthis
was
thekin
dof
thin
gth
athe
wan
tedthe
peo
ple
todo
then
itm
ustbe
allright.
Th
ew
histlesblew
again.,an
dthis
time
thegro
up
opeo
ple,
which
must
havenum
bered
about
ahundred
,started
tom
archslow
lyto
gefh
ti,
•with
Bru
no
and
Shm
u.eistill
held.
togeth
erin
thecentre.
Th
erew
asso
ne
sort
of
disw
rban
cetow
alth
eback,
wit
‘cso
me
peo
ple
seemed
unwilling
to. m
arch,
but
Bru
no
was
toosm
allto
seew
hathap
pen
edarid
allhe
heard
was
loudnoises,
likethe
sound
ofgun
shots,but
he
could
n’t
make
ou.twhat
theyw
ere.‘D
oesthe
march
ing
goon
forlong?’
hew
hisperedbecause
hew
asbeg
innin
gto
feelqiñte,. h
ungry
now.
‘Id
on
’tth
ink
so,’said
Shm
uel.‘1
neversee
the
peo
ple
afterth
ey
’ve
gone
ona
march
.B
utI
woiikii*’t.
imagine
itdoes’
Bru
no
frowned.
He
lookedup
atth
esky,
and
ashe
didso
there
was
anoth
erloud
sound,
thistim
eth
eso
und
ofth
un
der
ov
erhead
,an
dju
stas
quicklythe
skyseem
edto
groweven
dark
et;alm
ostblack,
andrain
poured
down
evenm
ore
heavilyth
anit
had
inthe
morning.
Bruno
closedhis
evesfor
am
om
en
tan
dfelt
itw
ah
overhim
.W
henhe
open
edth
emagain
hew
asn’tso
much
march
ing
asbeing
swept
along
byth
eg
rou
po
fpeo
ple,
and
allhe
cou
ldfed
was
them
ud
that
was
cakedall
overhis
bodyan
dhis
pajamas
cling
ingto
hisskin
with
allth
erain
andhe
longed
tobe
backin
hishouse,
watching
allthis
froma
distancean
dnot
wrap
ped
up
inth
ecen
treof
it.‘T
hat’sit,’
hesaid
toS
hm
ueh
I’mgoin
gto
catcha
coldout
here.
Ihave
togo
home.’
Butju
stas
hesaid
this,his
feetbro
ught
himu
pa
set
ofsteps,
and
ashe
march
edon
hehund
210211
ther
ew
asno
mor
era
inco
inin
gdo
wn
any
mor
ehr
.cau
seth
eyw
ere
all
pilin
g:in
toa
long
room
di
assu
rpri
singly
war
man
din
ust
have
bee
n\
emse
cure
lybu
ilt
beC
ause
nora
inw
asgeain
gin
anyw
here
.n
fact
itfe
.ico
mpl
etel
ya.i
righ
t. ‘Ne.
ll,th
at.’s
som
ethi
ng,’
hesa
id.,
glad
tobe
out
ol
the
storm
for
aew
min
utes
atle
ast.
‘1expect
we’
llhav
eto
wal
lher
etil
lit
ease
soff
and
then
i’ll
get
togo
h(.)m
.e’
Sin
nuel
gath
ere
dhunsc
ifvery
clos
eto
Krm
wa.n
dh
o.ke
dup
athi
ntin
.fr
ight
.‘I
’mso
rry
we
didn
’tfi
ndyo
urpa
pa,’
said
Bce
[10
‘It’s
a.l.l
righ
t,’sa
idS
h.m
uci.
‘Aiid
mmso
rry
we
did
n’t
real
lyge
tlu
play
,but
whe
nyo
uco
me
toB
erli
n,
that
’sw
hat
we’
lldo
,A
ndi’
llin
troduce
you
to.
..O
h,
wha
tw
ere
thei
rna
mes
agai
n?’
lie
aske
dhi
mse
lhfr
ust
rate
dbe
caus
eth
eyw
ere
suppose
dto
behi
sth
ree
best
irie
nds
for
ide
l)U
tth
eyha
dal
lva
nish
edfr
omhi
sm
emor
yno
w.
He
could
n’t
rem
ember
any
ofth
eir
nam
esan
dhe
could
n’t
pic
ture
any
ofth
eir
.1ac.
es. ct
uaU
y,’
hesa
id,
lookin
gdo
wn
atS
hmue
l,‘i
tdo
esn’
tm
atte
rw
het
her
1do
or
don’
t,Ih
ey”r
enotn
best
frie
nds
any
more
anyw
ay.’
1-Ic
looked
dow
nar
iddi
dso
met
hin
gquit
eout
ofch
arac
ter
br
hiu
he
took
hold
of
Shin
uel
’stin
yhan
din
his
arid
sque
.eze
dit
tigh
tly.
212
“Io
u’r
em
best
men
d,
Shm
uel,
’he
said
.‘M
ybe
stfr
iend
for
lift
r’S
hmue
lm
ayw
ell
have
open
edhi
sm
outh
tosa
yso
met
hing
back
,bu
t.B
rwm
one
ver
hea
rdit
beca
use
atth
atm
om
ent
ther
ew
asa
loud
gasp
from
all
the
mar
cher
sw
hohad
fill
edth
ero
om,
as. t
he
door
atth
efr
ont
was
sudden
lycl
osed
and
alo
ud
met
alli
cso
und
rang
thro
ugh
from
the
outs
ide,
Bru
nora
ised
aney
ebro
w,
unab
leto
under
stan
dth
ese
nse
ofal
lth
is,
but
he
assu
med
that
ithad
som
ethin
gto
do
wit
hkee
pin
gth
era
inout
and
stoppin
gpeo
ple
from
catc
hin
gco
lds.
And
then
the
room
wen
tver
ydar
kan
dso
me
how
,des
pit
eth
ech
aos
that
foll
owed
,B
runo
Ibund
that
hew
asst
ill
hold
ing
Shm
ucl
’shan
din
his
own
and
noth
ing
inth
ew
orl
dw
ould
have
per
suad
edhi
mto
let
itgo
.
ii i
Not.hi.ng
more.
was
everheard
cfB
runoafter
Several
dayslater,
afterthe
soldiershad
searched
everypart
01the
hO
US
eand
goneinto
allthe
localtow
nsan
dvillages
with
pic
ture
sof
thelittle
boy,one
ofthem
discoveredthe
pileoff
cloth
esand
the
pair
of
bootsth
atB
runohad
leftn
earthe
fence,H
eleft
them
there,
un
disturbed.,arid
went
tofètc.h
the
Co
mm
and
ant,
who
exam
ined
thearea
and
lookedto
hisleft
and
kiokedto
hisrig
ht
justas
Bruno
had
done,
butfor
thelift’
ofhim
he
couldnot
un
derstan
dw
hathad
hap
pen
edto
hisson.
itw
asas
ifhe
hadjust.vani.s.hed
oftthe.
faceof
theearth
andleft
hisclothes
beh
ind
him.
Mo
ther
(lidnot
return
toB
erlinquite
asuick
lvas
shehad
ho
ped
.S
hestaved
atO
ut-With
severatm
on
ths
waiting
fornew
so
fB
runountil
one
day,quite
suddenly,she
tho
ug
ht
hein
ighth
ave
mad
ehis
way
home
alone,so
sheim
mediately
return
edto
their
oldhouse,
half
exp
ecun
gto
seehim
sittiioi,
on
the
doors,:p
waith
:for
her.H
ew
asn’tthere,
of
course.G
retelretu
rned
toB
erlin.w
ithM
otheran
dsp
ent
alot
of
&m
ealone
inher
room
crying,n
ot
becauseshe
hadthrow
nh
erdolls
away
andnot
becauseshe
hadleft
allh
erm
apsb
ehin
dat
Out_ly\nith,
butbecause
shem
issedB
runoso
Fath
erstayed
atO
utW
ithfbr
anoth
eryear
afterth
atand
became
verydisliked
byth
eo
ther
soldiers,w
homhe
ord
eredaro
und
mercilessly.
He
went
tosleep
everynight
thinkingab
ou
tB
runoand
hew
okeup
everym
orn
ing
thin
kin
gab
ou
thim
too
.O
neday
heth
um
eda
theo
ryab
out
what
might
haveoccu
rredand
hew
ent
backto
theplace
inthe
fencew
htie
thepile
ofclothes
hadbeen
thund
ay
earbefore.
Th
erew
asnoth
ing
particu
larlyspecial
abo
ut
thisplace,
or
different,b
ut
then
hedid
alittle
explorationof
hisow
nand
discoveredth
atthe
baseof
the
fencehere
was
not
properlyatta
ch
ed
tothe
gro
und
asit
was
everywhere
elsean
dthat,
when
lifted,it
lefta
gaplarge
eno
ug
hfor
avery
small
perso
n(such
asa
littleboy)
tocraw
lu
nd
erneath
.H
elooked
intothe
distan
ceth
enan
dfollow
edit
thro
ug
hlogically,
stepby
stepby
step,an
dw
henhe
did
he
found
that
hislegs
seemed
tostop
working
right
—as
ifthey
could
n’t
ho
ldhis
bodyup
anylo
nger
and
he
Chap
terT
wenty
The
Last
Ch
apter
214215
ended
up
sutm
gon
the
gro
und
inal
most
exac
t.Iy
the
sam
eposi
tion
asi.
ru.n
ohad
ever
yat
tcrn
oi
br
aye
ar,
alt
hough
he
did
n’t
cros
shi
sle
gsbrn
eath
hin
t.A.
few
month
saf
ter
that
som
eoth
er
sold
iers
cauw
oO
ut—
With
and
Fat
her
was
ord
ered
togo
with
.th
em,
and
hew
en.t
wit
hout
com
plai
i.tt
arid
hew
asha
ppy
todo
sobe
caus
ehe
didn
’tre
ally
nii
nd
wha
tth
ey(l
idto
him
amm
ore
,id
that
’sth
een
dof
the
stor
yab
out
Bru
no
and
Ins
tam
ilv.
Of
cour
seal
lth
ishap
pen
eda
long
tim
eag
oan
d.noth
ing
like.
that
could
ever
h.ap
pen
agai
n.N
otin
this
day
and
age.
InA
pril
2004
anim
age
cam
ein
tom
ym
ind
of
two
boys
sitt
ingo
eith
ersi
deof
afe
nce.
Ikn
ewth
eyha
dbee
nta
ken
away
from
thei
rho
mes
and
frie
nds
and
bro
ught,
sepa
rate
ly,
toa
terr
ible
plac
e.N
eith
erof
them
knew
wha
tth
eyw
ere
doin
gth
ere,
but
Idi
d,an
dit
was
the
stor
yof
thes
etw
obo
ys,
who
mI
nam
edB
runo
and
Shm
uel,
that
1w
ante
dto
tell
.
The
issu
eof
wri
ting
thom
tht.
Ilol
ocau
stis
ofco
urse
.a
cont
enti
ous
inat
tei
and
any
nove
list
who
expl
ores
itha
dbe
tter
besu
reib
out
his
orher
inte
ndo
nsbe
fore
sett
ing
out.
It’s
pres
ump
oiis
toas
sum
eth
atfr
omto
day’
spe
rspe
ctiv
eon
eca
ntr
uly
under
stan
dth
eho
rror
sof
the
conc
entr
atio
nca
mps
,al
thou
ghit’
sth
ere
spon
sibi
lity
ofth
ew
rite
rto
unco
ver
asm
uch
emoti
onal
truth
wit
hin
that
des
per
ate
landsc
ape
auhe
poss
ibly
cati
.
Thro
ughout
the
wri
ting
and
rew
riti
ng
of
the
nove
l,I
beli
eved
that
the
only
resp
ectf
ul
way
for
me
todea
lw
ith
this
subje
ctw
asth
rough
the
eyes
of
ach
ii4.
and
par
ticu
larl
yth
rough
the
eyes
of
ara
ther
Auth
or’
sN
ote
‘4 4 4 iii I I
natve101(1
ho
could
ut
po
ssibly
U:
dersu
tnd
the
[cur
hieth
ings
that
were
takin
gp
lacearo
und
him.
After
au,univ
thevictim
san
dsurvivors
cantruly
co.ru
preh
end
the
awfulness
of
that
time
and
place;
therest
of
uslive
on
the
oth
erside
of
the
fence,staring
through.fro
mou
row
nco
mfo
rtable
place,trying
in
ou
row
nclum
syw
aysto
make
senseo
fit
all.
Fences
suchas
thuone
atth
eheart
ofT
heB
o’in
£ft
Stnpcd
Pajam
asstill
exist;it
isunlikely
that
theyw
illev
erlu
lldisap
pear.
But
whatev
erreactio
nyou
haveto
thisstory,
Ihope
that
thev
oices
of
Bru
no
and
Sh
mu
elw
illco
ntin
ue
toreso
nate
with
youas
theyhave
with
me.
Their
lostvoices
must
con
tinu
eto
heh
eard;
th.eiruntold.
stories
mu
stco
ntin
ue
tobe
recou
nted
.F
orth
erep
resent
the
on
esw
hod
idn
’tii\C
totell
their
stories
them
selves.
JohnB
uvuic
l)ubiin
,O
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