When Butterflies Cry by Ninie Hammon

Author:Ninie Hammon [Hammon, Ninie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-11-20T05:00:00+00:00

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Grayson had climbed the gnarled old oak tree and shinnied out onto the big overhanging limb, holding his army knife in his teeth. One end of the rope that he’d untied from the old tire was knotted around his waist. His intent was to slice away the remains of the broken rope, tie one end of the rope around his waist to the limb and let the other end dangle. Then he’d shinny back down, attach the dangling rope to the tire leaning against the tree, and voila, the tire swing would be fixed.

He used his legs to grip the tree limb, took the knife out of his mouth and set to work sawing back and forth across the old rope. It didn’t cut readily. Obviously, he needed to sharpen his knife.

“Can you fix it?” called a voice from below him. He looked down and there stood Nguyen.

The cool air of a West Virginia early evening was replaced by the sticky, stinking heat of a jungle night. He could hear the cries of the unknown animals in the dark jungle as well as the laughing voices of the other members of the company playing poker.

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