Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 12 | Page 484

overwhelmed me. I calmed myself, but I was thinking Stupid stupid war! Why do you have to ruin our perfect life?
Arggh! Why do you have to kill so much of us? Can’t you see its ruining our lives? Has it ever occurred to you
that you might actually be killing and murdering people who has done no harm? I clenched my fists in anger. I
decided that if I ever created a world or something like that, I would ensure there were no wars.
October 26 1937: Father was right. The general is abandoning us. I watched the Chinese army march out and the
Japanese army march in. I felt sad and lonely, like the army’s protection was some kind of close friend. I think life
is going to be VERY different from now on. I hope I will be able to bear it.
The diary ended there. I had hoped there would be some more entries telling me about her new life, but there was
no more and I was disappointed. I returned the book to its shelf, after carefully `checking to make sure all the
pages were blank except for the pages I read. Then I started to look for Nai Nai. She was easy to find, since I knew
it was dinnertime and she would be preparing dinner. I ran to the kitchen and grabbed her arm. I pulled her to
one side and asked “What happened after you saw the Japanese army march in?” Nai Nai smiled. “The Japanese
took us away from our house and put us into a crummy little room. Food was hard to get, but we survived. Life
was hard.” I decided that was enough information. I smelled a delicious aroma coming from the kitchen.
“Dinner’s ready!” Nai Nai said happily. I licked my lips and went to eat dinner. It was my favorite xiao long bao
and noodles. I smiled and dug in.