I Was Only Thirteen
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Mia Loughnan, Grade 4
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Short Story
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2015
I was only thirteen.
I was so desperate to go to war.
I decided to run away from home.
I ran for fun and excitement.
But it wasn't fun at all.
There were bugs and it was smelly.
There were dead bodies.
But I did find something that I did want to see.
I found…
A garden of poppies.