Saadh Ahmed Mrs. Conroy 10th Lit Honors 27 October, 2015 The War He had found it. He had found his home town. It has been ten long years since he ran away. During that time a bloody civil war had erupted. The citizens of the nation decided to rebel against the government or combine. The combine found Tobi when he was a little child and took him in. They taught him to hate the rebels and to destroy them. But just the other day, Tobi discovered that the combine had attacked a village just near his home town. Devastated we went to the place he grew up. “It couldn’t have been………. it just couldn’t”, he groaned to himself. He stood at the entrance. He tried to take a step forward, but couldn’t. His body wouldn’t budge. “Be strong, be strong”, …show more content…
He was about eight or nine. It was a bright and sunny day. He was wearing his favorite red summer shirt and a pair of blue shorts. He walked through the city, slowly suckling on his popsicle stick. It was warm and the smell of freshly cut grass was in the air. He could feel the ice pop dripping from his hand onto the scorching sidewalk. He strolled right under the large sign that read “Still Water Park” and headed for the playground. Children were running around, swinging on the swings, and playing in the sand box. He heard some kids laughing, some crying, and some screaming. He walked away towards a bed of flowers. Yellow tulips were swaying in the cool summer breeze. He ran his hands through the flowers and felt their soft petals tickle his little hands. He ran towards an open field and fell back upon the soft green grass. He watched the bright blue sky and the white puffy clouds make different images in the sky. It was the perfect day to relax. But then, a large dark cloud covered the sun. The ground grew dark. His his ice pop fell from popsicle and fell on his face. He quickly got wiped off him. He his skin felt stretched from the sticky syrup. The sky started to darken and he felt a water droplet on his