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January 10, 2007

Tanya: H5N1

Tuyen finished packing enough food for the three day walk, then wrapped her last two batteries in a spare sock. The man on the radio said she should go to Da Nang. She switched it off and stuffed it in with the food.

She was the last one in her village. For a while, it looked like Han’s tiny daughter Linh might survive, when her fever broke, but it was only false hope. At nine years old, Tuyen couldn’t have cared for her anyway.

Shouldering the small bag, she took a last look back, then walked away from her home.

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Comments

Very touching! I love this story.

Posted by: Jim Parkinson at January 10, 2007 12:56 PM · Permalink