The Darkest Hour by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Marion Kummerow

Chapter 2

April 18, 1941

“Zoe! The last thing I need is for you to fall out of that tree!” My mother’s voice rang out from the entrance to the cabin. She had been repeating this admonition every hour. I suspected it gave her something to do other than worrying about my father.

The war was raging in the valley, and I had hoped the Allies were beating the Germans. I looked up into the soggy sky and prayed to God he was going to be faithful to his word. One scripture my mama likes to recite is Psalm chapter 55 and verse 22: Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Well, time to pay up, God, and show me. I’m casting my burden on you.

“Zoe! Get down from the tree!”

“I’m watching the war, and we’re winning!”

“Come down from there!”

“No, I want to wait for Papa. It’s not cold.” The rain stung my face, and I shivered because I was wearing a light sweater and it was soaked. I yelled down from my perch on the highest tree I could find to climb. It was freezing cold, and the little cover the tree was giving me wasn’t enough to stop the rain from pelting me in the face. I wasn’t prepared to move until my father returned or I fell out of the tree.

Other than it being useless protection from the weather, the tree afforded me the view of the path leading up the mountain. It also allowed me to see the battle; at least part of the fight that wasn’t covered by the trees. Explosion after explosion, gunfire echoed in the valley as the Allies battled the Germans.

Greece has held off tyrants before. Miss. Keratsis told us that in the gorge where the Germans were now raging like mad dogs, another country tried to invade us. The King of Persia tried to beat Greece with his massive army, but we drove him back. I know my history and the Greeks are a mighty force. We will beat them.

Since we came to Athena’s Bluff two nights ago, we had my mother’s sister, Evgenia, brought to the cabin by my cousin Stavros. Evgenia was in the hospital because of something. No one tells me anything, but it was terrible enough for her to be in the hospital. She doesn’t look well. The hospital has been evacuated, and German planes are bombing Larissa. I see them flying overhead, and they make the most awful noise. They come in so low that if I reached up, just a little, I would be able to touch them. Of course, I can’t, but if I had a gun, I could bring one of those airplanes down. They screech overhead and drop bombs into the valley and Stavros was telling me Larissa is on fire. There is no escaping these demons. I see the planes and wonder why our aircraft are not fighting them?

“Mama! I see

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