It was Halloween night and my five year old son and I had just gotten home from trick-or-treating. I got him out of his circus clown costume, washed him up and had him brush his teeth and then we were off to bed.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0K5TRwMhe
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“I sure am glad that you're my son,” I told Jace after we had finished reading his storybook for the night.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeA5sei2Ae
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“I'm glad you're my daddy, too,” he replied.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XFDNIsSm3
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I leaned in and snuggled him against me, “Alright,” I said, “It's hug time and then sleepy time.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4kZ4GYBro
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Jace gave me a tight hug and laid up against me until he was in the verge of sleep. “I used to be your daddy,” he said in a dreamy, half conscious manner. The look on his five year old face was dead serious. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTmKmrRdeF
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Raising my eyebrow I said, “No, silly boy. I've always been your daddy.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZH2G9BFH7
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“Nuh uh,” he quickly responded. “I used to be your daddy and you used to be my daughter.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMi1nknMNTs
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“What are you talking about, crazy butt?” I asked him.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0iXRR4s21
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“Back when we lived in Minnesota,” he said. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymvg9wzGIn
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“Minnesota?” I said. “We've always lived right here.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZX1XchY0d
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“Nuh uh,” he said again. “First we lived in the homeland and then we comed to America on a ship. It was stinky and made mama’s tummy hurt. She was glad when we got off it.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucoG7usyfI
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“Have you been learning about immigrants at school?” I asked him with half a smile on my face.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZXPNnkOv4
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A puzzled look swept across his face. “What's an injagrent?” he asked. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnJqZvH8LA
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“An immigrant,” I answered. “A person who came here from another country.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYcMyD0nRJ
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“Like we did?”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9o6Fgo3ob
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“Not like we did. We have always lived here.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERLKAPmqG6
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“Daaaaaaad,” Jace responded, “I tolded you! We used to live in Minnesota!”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHUwTrGfKY
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“You're telling stories, sir,” I said to him and gave him a quick tickle. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3mBiT1HsC
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He laughed. “No I'm not!” he said. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRuLabpHOO
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“Well if we came over on a ship,” I said, “then how did we get to Minnesota?”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGqWeclNPf
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“Mama didn't like the town we were in, so she said that we needed to go somewhere else,” he responded. “She said it was too crowded and people were mean.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUr1kSMFWMV
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My half smile turned into a look of pure curiosity. Where had he heard these things? Had he maybe seen a documentary on tv? Where was he getting this information?959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZl5CICDI2
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“How did we get to Minnisota?” I asked him.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC59OYTTqLs
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“Me and mama workded until we could buy a two horses and a wagon. Then we rode and walked. It was a long way.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6N951eFJw
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“A very long way,” I said. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMAAJNdsbN
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“But we gotted there after a while,” he said. “And then we made a farm.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgITqyyqxm
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“We were farmers?”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAXH3KrEXl
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“Yeah, but it wasn't easy. Mama cried a lot.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHr6qlSNm0
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“Why did mama cry?” 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFK9FrU4gb
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“Cuz she missed the homeland and her little sister.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7cQB8Dqpw
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I was taken back by the conversation my five year old son and I were having. He had never told me a story like the one he was telling me. It was unnerving listening to him to provide answers with such clarity.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVchdNIdQOJ
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“Well,” I asked, “were we good farmers?”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqMqAQ7gaO
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Shaking his head he said, “No. The dirt wasn't very good and I didn't really know how to do it good. You and mama had to get jobs in town. That's where you met him.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rGX8eArgM
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The way he had said “him” was curious. He said it with no small amount of bitterness. “Who did I meet?”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjk830i9SNa
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“The red headed boy from the farm next door,” he answered without pause. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjU4CleiTP
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“Was he a nice boy?” I asked. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuZs4OmodI
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“No,” he replied. “He took you away from your chores and you wanted to spend all your time with him.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhX8gbBh6S
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“Was he a boyfriend?” I questioned.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGd348JWpc
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“No. I told you no daughter of mine is going to be married to a spud eater,” he said. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWghfsBI7X
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“A spud eater?” I asked. “What's that?”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVh6Ojoahdd
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“I can't remember,” he said. “It was cuz he was innish I think.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5iKRCcFFI
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“Innish?” I inquired.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqprtONMlj
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“Yeah, innish,” he answered. “His family comed over on a boat, too.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0klLERBSVo
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“Irish?” I asked. “Do you mean he was Irish?”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxo6EvUyuBc
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“Yes,” he said sleepily. “Irish. That was it.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyhIJpA8OP
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I became very concerned. Where had he heard this? Had someone been been using racial slurs around my son? Maybe someone at school?959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVYzlQC0Vt
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“You didn't like him because he was Irish?”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCNkOMoIBi
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“Yeah,” he responded immediately. “I told him to stay away, but you kept sneaking out to see him.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuOom4N2EC
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“Did mama care that I was visiting the Irish boy?”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3sVplC51S
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“No. She said he made you happy, so we should be happy, too.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRBQEX2mz8
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“Were you happy?”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbBrPzSwQw
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He got quiet.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtTl5pJXMp
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“Well?” I said.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffhUlxCcCd
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“No,” he answered. “I told you you couldn't visit him no more and you runned away with him.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcaRTFDC8b
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“I ran away?” 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYObPGml9J
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“Yeah. But you didn't get very far.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2TmTdNkJp
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“I didn't?” I asked. “Did you bring me home to be with you and mama?”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczBms2VRVh
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“No. When I founded you you said you weren't coming home and the red headed boy told me to go away,” he said. “But I told him you was my daughter and you was coming home with me.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeI4XhJcGxy
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“Was he very happy about that?” I asked; not really wanting to know the answer. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9wYcUvN07
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“He weren't happy at all,” Jace responded. “He tried to whack me.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxpRclRIr1
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“He tried to whack you?” I said.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDIAzNcaNx
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“Yeah,” Jace replied, “But I whopped him with a wood chopper and he falled down.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtN7w0VKfOF
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I sat in a stunned silence for a moment. I couldn't believe the words that were coming out of my son’s mouth. I didn't want to know, but I had to ask. “A wood chopper?”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2Ao7S785R
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“I whopped him with one,” he said. “He didn't try to whack me no more.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lkBuhPEvp
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“So what did I do?” I cautiously asked him.959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeadTPgC1a
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“You comed out and told me you was gonna to go tell everyone in town,” he said in a tired voice. He was on the verge of sleep. “So I whopped you with the wood chopper, too,” he said dreamily. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXOxXk7BBy
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“What?” I said as other words escaped me. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8SK2Y5zvk
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“I whopped you, too,” he said. “And I digged a hole in the ground and put you two in it.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6reh7Ma0J
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He turned onto his side and started to close his eyes. Sleep was beginning to set in. A chill crawled up my spine and my arm and neck hair was literally standing on end. This couldn't have come from the mind of my five year old. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0JCQRfJRP
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“What did mama say?” I whispered. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSD4UT5zfI
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There was silence. I thought he had fallen asleep, but as soon as I sat up and put my feet over the edge of his bed he said in the sleepy voice, “She asked if I found you and I said no. But I knowed where you was. I knowed where you would be forever.”959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkjofKnRD4
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And with that the heavy, steady breathing of sleep sat in. I stood up and stared at my sleeping son for I don't know how long. I was shaken. It took me a long time to get to sleep that night. 959Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVwQAN3Npt
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