Story Of a WWI Prosthetic Limb
Conditions are terrible in the “ trenches ”, as the humans call it . Attached to this stump on an ugly human who absolutely stinks . Positively disgusting . I hate it here . I can ’ t even move on my own ! That horrible human has to move me with his other hand ! It ’ s as if it mocks me ! It can move on its own while I must be moved by it . Ugh . My wood is moldy , and my leather is stained . Before this , I was perfect . Sitting in that wooden crate with my other fellow prosthetics , aah . That was the life . But now … and to make it worse , that human is running around everywhere ! Everywhere , I say ! Running from the Germans , running from the ... the … is that him ? The sergeant ? No ! He wants us to go into the no-man ' s land ! That ’ s certain death for my human , and then I just have to sit on the dirty battlefield , covered in gunk ! Well , whatever . I guess it has to be done . Up we go . And now he ’ s running . Has no one really shot him--us--down ? Is he actually going to make it ? I may have spoken too soon ; that one German ’ s aiming at him . I don ’ t think he sees it ... but I do . That dirty German is pulling the trigger . NO WAY ! This guy is blessed ! He dodged that bullet like he ’ s done it a hundred times ! Woah , that German looks confused . He ’ s aiming again . Oh , dang . We ’ re falling , and ... yup . I thought we might make it ! WHAT ?! IS HE GETTING . UP ? He is tougher than I thought , and now he ’ s limping towards ... nope . That was it . He ’ s got a hole in his head and the wind is pulling at me . Am I …? Coming free ? Yes ! I have ! I ’ m free ! I am rolling away from that human ! Finally ! Gone at last . I ’ m almost flying ! It ’ s so boring , sheesh . Nothing to do ! And now it is raining and I ’ m wet . Yuck ! There is a beetle on me ! No , a termite ! At least a dozen . Now they ’ re trying to burrow into me . Ha ! The rain washed ‘ em right off ! And I ’ m rolling off again ! Right into a hole . You ’ ve got to be kidding me . Well , now the termites have got me . I can only hope someone finds me eventually .