Reflective Essay: My First Vietnam War

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The farm was rough. The other girls and I were the only normal ones. The males did nothing but harass us, and try to impress us. I knew I had to leave, even though the farmer was really kind, I just couldn't stand it anymore. With that in mind, I decided to leave. I bade farewell to the chickens and left. After about three day's travel, I came across what seemed to be some trenches. The sight of it captivated me, my eyes were fixed on it. I began to hallucinate, the searing heat from the sun was beginning to take a toll on me, and it felt as if I had not eaten in months. My stomach was an earthquake, and all I could think of was food. Of course, that didn’t help my hunger one bit, but I started thinking what type of creatures must have made …show more content…
This sound startled me so much that I accidentally fell into the trench, but I wouldn’t let gravity take me, so I spread out my wings and felt my feathers catch the wind as I slowly glided down to the bottom of the ditch. As I gathered my senses after my landing, I realized that this was more of a maze than it was a trench. I was clueless as to what I should do, so I started walking. After about ten minutes had passed, I came across an orange and white vehicle with the word, “U-Haul” on it. Being a chicken, I had no idea what that meant, so I figured it to be some type of alien’s form of transportation. So naturally, my curiosity got the better of me. As I approached the truck, strange bipedal giants stepped out from behind the truck and looked directly at me. The sudden appearance of the humans frightened so much that I laid an egg. With that, the humans burst out laughing. They must not have seen a chicken lay an egg before since this wasn’t as amazing as they had made it out to be, but I digress. The fact that I had just done the equivalent of giving birth and they started laughing sickened me. What was worse is that they tried to pick it up, and they cracked the shell. Knowing that these guys killed my baby, I ran and hid in a pile of their

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