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Article: A Song for Europe.(Short Story)
- Article from:
- The Literary Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 2000
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The Refrain (to be chanted): Dubrovnik Mostar Tuzla Srebrenica Vukova Trnovo Sarajevo Pristina Pec
Yesterday we lit candles for the soldier and Mila drew the stars.
The first time Mila saw the stars, she was scared. We went up to hunt for food and burning stuff. After the rain, there was wind and we could see them twinkling. Mila was the littlest when the fighting started and she thought the stars were fireworks for shooting the planes down. She remembered the big guns that made the loud stars. There were bombs then too, and sometimes balls of fire. Once a piece of airplane fell on the roof of my friend Anya's house and burned it. A dead soldier fell ...
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