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It happened just as I was going through a terrible time. The war was raging all round us, and none of us knew if we'd live to see the next hour. My parents, brothers and sisters and I were living in the city, but we thought we might have to flee or be evacuated at any moment. The days were filled with the roar of guns and rifle shots, the nights with mysterious flashes and explosions that seemed to come from deep within the earth.
I can't describe it. I don't remember the details of those tumultuous days any more, just the fact that I did nothing all day but feel frightened. My parents tried all sorts of things to calm me down, but none of them worked. I was scared inside and out. I couldn't eat or sleep, all I could do was tremble. That went on for a week, until the night that I remember as though it happened yesterday.