1. Short Story - Scenes from the War
... find a way to for a couple of hours. I stood, stretched, and surveyed the land. I noticed a long line had formed across the camp. I asked one of the other prisoners what was happening. He explained it was the chow line. If you get on the line now you may get dinner. I was perplexed. I was a prisoner at the mercy of my captors and was not going to be fed. The possibility of starving to death was not ... a pleasing thought, but now I understood why I saw walking skeletons when I entered the camp. Not sure ... what to do, I strolled over to the line. The inmate I spoke with could ... ...
- Word Count: 6345
- Approx Pages: 25
- Grade Level: High School