The Belgian War by Luke Matthew (robert munsch read aloud .TXT) 📕

see their leader walking across Zak and me. I looked at the leader. The leader turned to a soldier and whispered something to his ear. The soldier took his helmet off and nodded in agreement. Then the soldier walked up to me and looked at me for a few seconds. He then slapped me across the face very hard. I looked back at him, and then I looked down.
He kicked me in the face hard, making me collapse, knocking me out. I then later woke up with tape over my eyes and mouth. I tied to a pole. I moved around a little to show them that I was awake. Then I took a deep breath, trying to contain as much energy as possible so I can escape. A few minutes later and tape was ripped off of my eyes and mouth. I opened my eyes slowly and saw a soldier with a cigarette. I looked at him very worried.
Luckily, he was the only one in the room. I looked around and saw 3 air-soft guns standing against the wall to my left. But the soldier grabbed me neck, causing me to look at him. He took his cigarette out of his mouth and pushed the burning side against my left cheek. I yelled with pain. The soldier then stood up and left the room. I was the only one on the room, looking around. I shook my hands hard and fast, but I couldn’t break free.
All of the sudden my commander runs into the room with Zak and 3 other team mates. “How did you find me?” I questioned, smiling. He said “I saw a trail of blood, I also made a soldier spits the answers out.” I laughed and asked if this was all over. He laughed and said “I wish bro!” I was then freed and I stood up. I was given a weapon, with one full clip, and half of a C02 tank.
We then ran outside into another trench. It was very quiet. I was shaking with fear, and so was Zak. We then walked around in a trench. All of the sudden we hear dirt tripping and steal pellets leaving a weapon. I run, but I notice that my commander, Zak, and the other 3 ran the other way. I tried following them but 6 soldiers jumped out of nowhere 30 feet away from me. They point their rifles at me in the distance and one of them yelled “спиране!” I gasped and ran away from them. Then I heard 3 pellets missing me by a foot. I got lucky and ran into the woods. I receive a call from my commander saying “You’re going the wrong way.” I yelled to my phone “What other choice do I fucking have?” Then my commander yells “Run, you have about 10 Belgians after your tail!” I then hung up my phone and ran, I kept hearing steal pellets missing me when they were shot.
I then dropped myself into a bunch of tall plants to hide from the soldiers. I was breathing heavily but I tried to stay quiet. I looked and there were about 17 soldiers talking to each other in Bulgarian on the behalf of their search for me. I only had one weapon, with only one clip. I couldn’t take on all of them. But after a few minutes later, the majority of them leaves, leaving only 3 soldiers looking in grasses and behind trees for me. A soldier makes his way slowly towards me without seeing me in the plants.
He then reaches his hand into the plants. I then grab his hand quickly and have my hand over his mouth, with my weapon pointed at his head. I then whispered “Drop the weapon…” He then dropped the weapon and said “Please don’t hurt me, I was going to let you go.” I sat him down on the ground with my weapon pointed at his chest. “I’m calling my commander.” I whispered. He whispers “I’m sorry, please. I was going to retire after this.” “You should have never entered this conflict anyway.” I whispered. He whispers “But I’m only doing my job. I just wanted to do this for the money; I never meant to hurt anyone.” “Get down on your stomach with your hands over your head.” I whispered. He whispers “Please don’t do anything, I’m sorry. I was never going to hurt you or anyone.” I whispered “You chased me with a fucking air-soft rifle. You could have killed me.
I then called my commander, but he didn’t pick up. So I took the soldier’s uniform, and aimed my weapon at him yelling “Go home, get out of here you little shit!” “Thank you, bless you!” he replied. I then put on his uniform and stepped out of the bush. I really looked like one of them. I walk into the woods to find the battle field. But all I saw was 7 of my team mates being aimed at by weapons from the soldiers. My friend Chris was one of the 7. I was scared of coming any closer. I couldn’t speak any other language than English.
I stand against the tree and close my eyes. Then I opened my eyes and saw some of my team mates shooting at the soldiers in the field. But unfortunately 3 soldiers ran another direction to my team mates without being seen. Minutes later I see 4 more team mates with their hands behind their heads. I aim my weapon at some of the soldiers, but I get hit hard in the back with a stock of an air-soft gun. I collapse to the ground, then I turn around and look up and I see 3 soldiers aiming their weapons at me.
I then raise my hands up as sign of surrender. They march me to the middle of the field, and throw me into the crowd of 11 of my other team mates with our hands behind our heads. Then a soldier yells at us to get down on the ground with our hands on top of our heads. We had to lay on our stomachs on the ground, in rows. 10 minutes later 15 soldiers with air-soft machine guns gather around us and get into shooting position. I cover my face and cry for help. A few seconds later we get blasted with steal pellets being shot at into our skin.
We were in so much pain! I was in the ground covered in my blood, and friendly blood. I then looked up and saw my commander in the distance with an air-soft caliber sniper rifle. I was later told that the weapon was very powerful, and ONLY for hunting. But he used it anyway. He only managed to hit 3 soldiers until he was shot to permanent injury in the cavity area of his body. He was only 18 years old. TO BE CONTINUED…
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Publication Date: 05-28-2011

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