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.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrY1kiOQZc
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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.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10kak2uFOe
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“I'm glad you're my daddy, too,” he replied.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmke5gb2uLN
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I leaned in and snuggled him against me, “Alright,” I said, “It's hug time and then sleepy time.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjFmUJHUHl
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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. 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFVoXK4lFK
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Raising my eyebrow I said, “No, silly boy. I've always been your daddy.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKUq04jxep
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“Nuh uh,” he quickly responded. “I used to be your daddy and you used to be my daughter.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcWGpvNI9K
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“What are you talking about, crazy butt?” I asked him.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQXnnuPtEI
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“Back when we lived in Minnesota,” he said. 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcPAGBysbB
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“Minnesota?” I said. “We've always lived right here.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDh8FgVKMk1
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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.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnFNXUzh9L
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“Have you been learning about immigrants at school?” I asked him with half a smile on my face.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdYxkyCemv
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A puzzled look swept across his face. “What's an injagrent?” he asked. 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSmcS6bWth
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“An immigrant,” I answered. “A person who came here from another country.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4YxSIgiOY
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“Like we did?”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrojKStQ5E
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“Not like we did. We have always lived here.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8c45mjB6y0
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“Daaaaaaad,” Jace responded, “I tolded you! We used to live in Minnesota!”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaR3PXmtKV4
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“You're telling stories, sir,” I said to him and gave him a quick tickle. 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVUmNsyNpb
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He laughed. “No I'm not!” he said. 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFUTiKuGEO
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“Well if we came over on a ship,” I said, “then how did we get to Minnesota?”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdU5KUCTcTd
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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.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmiBVoZWoJ
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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?878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93sT5qehoP
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“How did we get to Minnisota?” I asked him.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFJhcpOPsD
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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.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkmBst7MRn
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“A very long way,” I said. 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoLnG6FsIx
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“But we gotted there after a while,” he said. “And then we made a farm.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ai7RaXkYS
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“We were farmers?”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CH9ULt4Nu
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“Yeah, but it wasn't easy. Mama cried a lot.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNfiTNTD96
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“Why did mama cry?” 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0hanIibV1
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“Cuz she missed the homeland and her little sister.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9TGc33rXM
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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.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxLOPW68Aj
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“Well,” I asked, “were we good farmers?”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGG5LAX7b6
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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.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmYkvn9XPZ
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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?”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtzDCSXsoi
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“The red headed boy from the farm next door,” he answered without pause. 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsE5IIvJMHs
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“Was he a nice boy?” I asked. 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ085yXImCBi
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“No,” he replied. “He took you away from your chores and you wanted to spend all your time with him.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0hWlx3Oal
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“Was he a boyfriend?” I questioned.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdStnlOR6e
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“No. I told you no daughter of mine is going to be married to a spud eater,” he said. 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKD1X8DGj9B
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“A spud eater?” I asked. “What's that?”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoQ9zB0gNM
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“I can't remember,” he said. “It was cuz he was innish I think.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50OHGckUTD
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“Innish?” I inquired.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yQSrHjc50
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“Yeah, innish,” he answered. “His family comed over on a boat, too.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00AUlbt49l
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“Irish?” I asked. “Do you mean he was Irish?”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnpxQgtjDZ
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“Yes,” he said sleepily. “Irish. That was it.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytAeyIFGRW
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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?878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEheNCNAvl2
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“You didn't like him because he was Irish?”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLsXS0ZXLX
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“Yeah,” he responded immediately. “I told him to stay away, but you kept sneaking out to see him.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcSCRoVlEa
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“Did mama care that I was visiting the Irish boy?”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxN8q4WPjn
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“No. She said he made you happy, so we should be happy, too.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hlK60vCFz
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“Were you happy?”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWtmvmTzHC
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He got quiet.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtconI3AV4
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“Well?” I said.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLDsNyfOyX
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“No,” he answered. “I told you you couldn't visit him no more and you runned away with him.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7EvBKIpsI
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“I ran away?” 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaQV09Bgt8
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“Yeah. But you didn't get very far.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsc2bXXSlL3
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“I didn't?” I asked. “Did you bring me home to be with you and mama?”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qT3N1ormh
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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.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCOtlrhHzh
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“Was he very happy about that?” I asked; not really wanting to know the answer. 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EAxNJ6YIC
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“He weren't happy at all,” Jace responded. “He tried to whack me.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSxYG8VYzS
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“He tried to whack you?” I said.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYCXbRN4R8
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“Yeah,” Jace replied, “But I whopped him with a wood chopper and he falled down.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2y9GZW4aR
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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?”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdigbmiQpbs
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“I whopped him with one,” he said. “He didn't try to whack me no more.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUbNH74kQl
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“So what did I do?” I cautiously asked him.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aZ5VJTpVc
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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. 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWN7k4wmID
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“What?” I said as other words escaped me. 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyD7mTHbgv3
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“I whopped you, too,” he said. “And I digged a hole in the ground and put you two in it.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbmsz3e20t
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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. 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xbBBjldWb
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“What did mama say?” I whispered. 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhpAEU5DTz
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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.”878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqir5Za3Jq
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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. 878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmD4Fq1I7cZ
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