Prague, 1941.
The boy finished reading his favourite book. It was a western novel with a sheriff and bandits, and he loved everything about it.
He looked at his coat with a yellow star on it. “Now I’m the sheriff!” he thought proudly. “Tomorrow, I’ll show it to my classmates.”
Adam is a 19 year old student. He’s living near Prague in the Czech republic.
Aw, that’s a great one! Hit me right in the feels!
Wow. I love this.
Wow! Heartbreaking. Well written.
Wow
I enjoyed the hidden meaning, of the color of the star.
Nice!
Well written. Please give us readers an opportunity to read more of your work.
wow – i loved this one
powerful in its seeming simplicity
Adam, this is terrific. I’m 62 and I have read God knows how many books and seen countless documentaries about The Holocaust – a stain on mankind. The innocence of this story truly hit the spot for me. Well done my friend, more power to you. With people like you in the World, others will be educated and mortified at Man’s inhumanity to Man.
Adam, this stirs up memories for me. I was in Czechoslovakia, in a town called Čáslav, in 1939 when the Nazis came. I was four years old and, like your protagonist, didn’t really understand what was happening, though I sensed that all was not well. My family was among the last to leave for the U.S. Your story captures the innocence of childhood simply and economically. Velmi dobrý. Well done.
Nice work, Adam.
all good wishes, BT
Wonderful, and sad.
Just brilliant!