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Chapter 53

           Intheendthecolonelfiredashotfromhispistolintheair,andtherewasquiet.Therollofthevillagemenwascalled.Wimmelhimselfpickedoutthehostagesastheyfiledforward.Inoticedthathepickedthehealthiest,theonesbetweentwentyandforty,asifhewerethinkingofthelaborcamp.ButIthinkthathewaschoosingthebestspecimensfordeath.Hechoseseventy-ninelikethat,andthenpointedatme.Iwastheeightiethhostage."Sotheeightyofusweremarchedofftotheschoolandputundercloseguard.Wewerecrammedinoneclassroom,withoutsanitation,givennothingtoeatordrinkdieRabenwereguardingusandevenworse,nonews.ItwasonlymuchlaterthatIfoundoutwhathappenedduringthattime."Theremainingmenrushedtotheirhomespoles,sickles,knives,theypickedupwhattheycouldandthenmetagainonabillabovethevillage.Mensooldtheycouldhardlywalk,boysoftenandtwelve.Somewomentriedtojointhembuttheywerepushedback.Tobeguarantorsoftheirmen’sreturn."Thissadregimentargued,asGreeksalwayswill.Theydecidedononeplan,thenonanother.Intheendsomeonetookchargeandallottedpositionsandareastosearch.Theysetoutonehundredandtwentyofthem.Theywerenottoknowthattheyweresearchinginvainevenbeforetheybegan.ButeveniftheguerrillashadbeeninthepineforestIdonotthinktheywouldhavefoundthemletalonecapturedthem.Somanytrees,somanyravines,somanyrocks.

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