Lord of the Nutcracker Men by Iain Lawrence

Author:Iain Lawrence [Lawrence, Iain]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-53789-8
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2001-09-09T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

December 13, 1914

Dearest Johnny,

Just a very quick note to let you know that I'm thinking about you always. If anything should happen to me, and for some reason I don't get back to see you for a long, long time, then I want you to remember that I think the whole world of you, son.

Of course you don't know this, but many nights when you were young I stood in your doorway and watched you sleep. I tried to imagine what you would be like as a man. I tried to think what you would look like and where you would live and what sort of fellow you would be. But try as I might, I could never see you as anything more than a boy.

Well, last night I dreamed of you as a man. You were standing above me, looking down at the spot where I was lying. I had been lying there for a long time, and I understood that you had come to visit several times. I knew that you were successful and happy, that you had a wife and children of your own. I ached to reach up and touch your hand, to tell you not to cry at the thought of me lying there under the ground.

Oh, Johnny, I just want to tell you how terribly proud I am to be your father. I love you more than words can say.

Enclosed is a soldier with a shovel. It's his job to see that we're comfortable in the end.

Bless you, Johnny. Don't ever forget how much I love you.

Dad

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