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Trench War Letter Home
Trench Warfare Letter Home

Dear Mother, How are you? I hope all is fine. It has been almost a year since I have seen you and I miss you with all my heart. Having not seen father since I was 2 is bad enough. I don’t want to let go of you either. How is my loving sister? Is she married yet? Don’t wait for me mother, because I might never return so please do me a favour and get her life together. Mother, you know quite well, I wish to be there to support you but I have a job to do and I will never give up even though it is the worst thing I have experienced and will. I do hope to be there soon if destiny allows it. Mother, please could you send me some repellent such as rat repellent, lice repellent and…. T o make it easier could you please send me all the repellent you have got at home. These pests are eating me alive. The rats are the worst. They eat my fellow comrades after their death. I try and help but there are millions and I cannot bare the sight of a cat like rat feeding on my friends. It is not just for them. I can feel those pesky rodents scowling around my face when I sleep and without the rats my sleeping period is not more than an hour and I really don not want to shorten that. Also I once heard that they …show more content…
Our generals will never miss this step in the daily routine. I really do not believe they could be that bad, after all they were all recruited like one of us. What is so different about them? They are fighting us for all stakes but the thing is we are fighting them and that makes us one of them. We are all human and we have families and a heart so what really makes us different? Nothing. I am telling this to you mother, because I really don’t have the guts to say it to the general. He will probably burn me alive! That is no joke mother he has done it before and that is really why I hate
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