A Long Way Gone

escaped the possibility of becoming a soldier again.

逃离军籍，plot 94。

The children of these families wouldn’t look at us, and they jumped at the sound of chopping wood

战争立人，cast 93。

we gave them shovels and demanded, at gunpoint, that they dig their own graves.

虐俘节拍，pace 90。

a crow fell out of the sky. It wasn’t dead, but it was unable to fly.

饥饿冷笔，prose 92。

the rain washed the blood off the leaves as if cleansing the surface of the forest

雨林战场，world 95。

stories told about the war that made it sound as if it was happening in a faraway and different land.

远方钩，hook 95。

I would shoot the monkey so that it would no longer have the chance to put other hunters in the same predicament.

寓言装置，innov 89。

She was whispering a story to them, as she didn’t want to disturb other people.

故事收束，ending 93。