Пожидаева Дарья
7 класс
МБОУ СОШ №81
г. Воронеж
Яблокова Елена Николаевна
I don’t like wars.
I don’t like wars.
You can ask me, «Why?
You are a child.
You know nothing about wars”.
And I answer, “Be-cau-se”.
Because I don’t know my great grandpa.
Because my father doesn’t know his grandpa.
Because my grandfather doesn’t know his father.
He was brought up only by his mother.
Because my great-grandmother still often cries.
She re-reads the front letters
And I can see tears in her eyes.
They got married in June, 1941.
But in a week the war began.
Her young husband went to the front.
He wanted to defend the Motherland.
The young wife was waiting for his letters
And knitting for soldiers warm sweaters.
She got three letters in verses from him
But then he was killed under the town of Slonim.
Now, do you understand “why
I don’t like wars
Bringing grief to any family like mine?”
Everyone knows what to say after “be-cau-se”.
