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Major Major Major Major

           Itwasaharshandstunningrealizationthatwasforceduponhimatsotenderanage,therealizationthathewasnot,ashehadalwaysbeenledtobelieve,CalebMajor,butinsteadwassometotalstrangernamedMajorMajorMajoraboutwhomheknewabsolutelynothingandaboutwhomnobodyelsehadeverheardbefore.Whatplaymateshehadwithdrewfromhimandneverreturned,disposed,astheywere,todistrustallstrangers,especiallyonewhohadalreadydeceivedthembypretendingtobesomeonetheyhadknownforyears.Nobodywouldhaveanythingtodowithhim.Hebegantodropthingsandtotrip.Hehadashyandhopefulmannerineachnewcontact,andhewasalwaysdisappointed.Becauseheneededafriendsodesperately,heneverfoundone.Hegrewawkwardlyintoatall,strange,dreamyboywithfragileeyesandaverydelicatemouthwhosetentative,gropingsmilecollapsedinstantlyintohurtdisorderateveryfreshrebuff.

           Hewaspolitetohiselders,whodislikedhim.Whateverhiselderstoldhimtodo,hedid.Theytoldhimtolookbeforeheleaped,andhealwayslookedbeforeheleaped.Theytoldhimnevertoputoffuntilthenextdaywhathecoulddothedaybefore,andheneverdid.Hewastoldtohonorhisfatherandhismother,andhehonoredhisfatherandhismother.Hewastoldthatheshouldnotkill,andhedidnotkill,untilhegotintotheArmy.Thenhewastoldtokill,andhekilled.Heturnedtheothercheekoneveryoccasionandalwaysdiduntoothersexactlyashewouldhavehadothersdountohim.

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