The Golden Farce
The rain fell in sheets. It hammered the tin roof of the shanty. I held the rifle. My hands shook. Not from cold. From hunger. The barrel was cold iron. The wood was damp oak. I looked at the bird. It sat on the branch. A wren. Small. Brown. It sang. A high, thin note. It did not fear me. I was a ghost. A shadow in the mist. My name is Thomas Bradshaw. I was a soldier once. Now I am a man who...
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