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Beah As A Child Soldier
Although Musa told his friends that he doesn’t think they should mess with the bird, they all still ate the fallen crow and Saidu paid the consequences.
Luckily, Saidu never got to become a child soldiers like his friends traveling with him.
Of course, because of the current state of his country, Beah is worried after the UN conference that he might be killed returning to Sierra Leone.
Nonetheless, Beah feels leaving that if he died on the way back that he would die happy because he spoke up to try to help the practice of child soldiers.
Given the young age of Beah when he is enlisted as a child soldier, it is understandable that he has trouble when he is entered back into society.
Whereas other children are enjoy spending the night

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