... fall asleep jiggles him while he weeps. He closes his eyes and he is back in Luxembourg, marching. The wind makes his eyes water. Roland Weary marches ahead of him, his feet raw and bloody from his ill-fitting clogs. The prisoners march into Germany and are taken to a railroad yard. A mentally ... wants to let Billy sleep beside him because Billy yells and kicks in his sleep. Billy sleeps standing up. By the ninth day of the boxcar journey, people are dying. Roland Weary, who is in another car, dies after making sure that everyone in the car knows who is responsible for his death: Billy ...

• Word Count: 5323
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School

... a man whose penis has let him down, and "My Name is Yon Yonson," a song which has no ending. Late some nights, the narrator gets drunk and begins to call up old friends on the telephone. A few years ago he tracked down Bernard O'Hare, an old war buddy of his, using Bell Atlantic phone operators. When he tracked his old friend down, he ... . He will be shot after the Dresden bombing for trying to steal a teapot. Paul Lazarro is a car thief from Illinois. His body is even weaker than Billy's. He was in Roland Weary's boxcar, and he vowed solemnly to Weary that he would find and kill Billy ...

• Word Count: 7795
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: High School