“The problem is that he’s bigger and stronger and probably overconfident,” Papa said. Dirk wrinkled his nose and stared at his father. “The answer to the problem is in the problem,” Papa said one day when Dirk came home with bruises on his arms. Dirk and Papa reported Franz to the head of the school, but despite his promise to look into it, nothing changed. A year older than Dirk, Franz had insulted, threatened, and punched Dirk nearly every day. Two years earlier, he had asked Papa about a classmate. We’ll get out of here.” I wish I could ask Papa what to do.Ī memory flashed. Dirk backed up to the cellar wall and slid to a seated position on the floor. But in his flights of fancy it was never this hard. All his life he had dreamed of saving the day. “He would say, ‘Keep your hopes up and your prayers strong,’” Anna said. “We can’t stay here, and we can’t go to the Allied lines.” ten Haken of the danger they face from the impending bombing attack.
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