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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvREQRzZhrK
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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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVo52VkiZa7
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“I'm glad you're my daddy, too,” he replied.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk621wr7s23
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I leaned in and snuggled him against me, “Alright,” I said, “It's hug time and then sleepy time.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ418BA0L6VP
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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. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjM9gYmjiDY
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Raising my eyebrow I said, “No, silly boy. I've always been your daddy.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡna0aWVEPYi
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“Nuh uh,” he quickly responded. “I used to be your daddy and you used to be my daughter.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmN8Ctxx5U7
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“What are you talking about, crazy butt?” I asked him.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5j5aTDxGU
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“Back when we lived in Minnesota,” he said. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNE4tJrXNOv
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“Minnesota?” I said. “We've always lived right here.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97pHHZNxel
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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.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBKBtTR7oO
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“Have you been learning about immigrants at school?” I asked him with half a smile on my face.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ulw6Lu2xA
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A puzzled look swept across his face. “What's an injagrent?” he asked. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8YDoqZuwb
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“An immigrant,” I answered. “A person who came here from another country.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAlRq81agC
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“Like we did?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WDVsAl5RV
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“Not like we did. We have always lived here.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVL0nXwLDxz
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“Daaaaaaad,” Jace responded, “I tolded you! We used to live in Minnesota!”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjbwhpqEdB
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“You're telling stories, sir,” I said to him and gave him a quick tickle. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEkS1DODi9
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He laughed. “No I'm not!” he said. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQJRIVBqba
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“Well if we came over on a ship,” I said, “then how did we get to Minnesota?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoCZLx4DS0
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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.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIhNw7Bey7
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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?873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54cP0wePUd
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“How did we get to Minnisota?” I asked him.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRy8UZbgELF
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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.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviBBaOpVtp
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“A very long way,” I said. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MiFoUNDKl
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“But we gotted there after a while,” he said. “And then we made a farm.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrcwXKWZ0z
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“We were farmers?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmyqAqBCUz
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“Yeah, but it wasn't easy. Mama cried a lot.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJorjQoaMgF
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“Why did mama cry?” 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNx3M0JoFB
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“Cuz she missed the homeland and her little sister.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNPZGZtlFG
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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.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGo25dqrMNs
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“Well,” I asked, “were we good farmers?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvnWPxCMmw
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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.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkblL47gkD
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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?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0YjlIv2zL
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“The red headed boy from the farm next door,” he answered without pause. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWVcfv9u2g
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“Was he a nice boy?” I asked. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHswmFiPc8t
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“No,” he replied. “He took you away from your chores and you wanted to spend all your time with him.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2icUsPetKc
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“Was he a boyfriend?” I questioned.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtlhgle8Kq
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“No. I told you no daughter of mine is going to be married to a spud eater,” he said. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGI6rU7RWg
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“A spud eater?” I asked. “What's that?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0ku8Ytu8T
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“I can't remember,” he said. “It was cuz he was innish I think.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIZIKEsAs5
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“Innish?” I inquired.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57Xnysda04
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“Yeah, innish,” he answered. “His family comed over on a boat, too.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvhHosWIFX
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“Irish?” I asked. “Do you mean he was Irish?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTc82PkhCA
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“Yes,” he said sleepily. “Irish. That was it.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2qGdoLAJN
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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?873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXOL2cireS
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“You didn't like him because he was Irish?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DqNLzHY14
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“Yeah,” he responded immediately. “I told him to stay away, but you kept sneaking out to see him.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZIT2zmppj
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“Did mama care that I was visiting the Irish boy?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IRnt4eTnV
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“No. She said he made you happy, so we should be happy, too.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtYA0jldGc
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“Were you happy?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfEP9xJ05l
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He got quiet.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoirraUi1D
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“Well?” I said.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3r4M78qOj
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“No,” he answered. “I told you you couldn't visit him no more and you runned away with him.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5g9sDEeav
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“I ran away?” 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOSr5vZCTo
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“Yeah. But you didn't get very far.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyU604itTz8
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“I didn't?” I asked. “Did you bring me home to be with you and mama?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDyrc4Vuex
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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.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ujOjIX41E
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“Was he very happy about that?” I asked; not really wanting to know the answer. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBKp6MeO5R
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“He weren't happy at all,” Jace responded. “He tried to whack me.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxKoKEeSJs
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“He tried to whack you?” I said.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHUYso6r79
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“Yeah,” Jace replied, “But I whopped him with a wood chopper and he falled down.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0zFuOsW6R
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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?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4kzwR6qYy
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“I whopped him with one,” he said. “He didn't try to whack me no more.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdppbqEgye
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“So what did I do?” I cautiously asked him.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1r4VlbpfdT
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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. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFj5M7kYpr
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“What?” I said as other words escaped me. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxSnhS2Smf
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“I whopped you, too,” he said. “And I digged a hole in the ground and put you two in it.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQxaaOGeQ4
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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. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ujFlBl8Kd
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“What did mama say?” I whispered. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2TtUCDXKg
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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.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrD0Qmuwmlz
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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. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fCuZXK54m
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