Children are born even in war

(1)My grandparents met during the war
(2)Among the soldiers who were being pushed back by the Chinese army
(3)My grandfather was there
(4)He brought your precious rice and potatoes during the war to make porridge to feed tired and wounded soldiers in Dongdaemun
(5)There was my grandmother among many women in Dongdaemun
(6)The soldiers cried at the hearts of the women who even brought their own food and tried to feed them
(7)Give me what I’m going to die. Don’t die. I’m going to go
(8)I cried again as I heard what he said
(9)My grandfather couldn’t even eat it after he got porridge
(10)He was crying sadly
(11)My grandmother asked my grandfather why he cried so sadly
(12)My grandfather didn’t have a mother to go back to
(13)I said I was crying
(14)My grandmother told me to come when the war was over
(15)My grandfather asked me if I could do that
(16)My grandmother said that she wants to lean on me because of my reliable shoulders to protect the country
(17)Let’s laugh together in a place where there’s no blood, no guns, no tearsMy grandfather still remembers this sentence even after 70 years

(1)That’s how the grandfather decided to come back with his grandmother in his arms
(2)And the conversation that my grandfather and grandmother had
(3)I had a lot of comrades
(4)It’s something that we can laugh and talk about together during the war
(5)It became one of the few things to talk about
(6)One of his comrades was hit by a sudden bombing
(7)Of course, my grandfather tried to save me
(8)The injured comrade waved his hand and told him to avoid it before the bombing. Jin-man, you have to get married
(9)Grandpa tried to save it
(10)My grandfather was injured in the second bombing and ran away
(11)It was a series of choices that kept me from dying for a long time
(12)My grandfather survived
(13)He came back to Dongdaemun

(1)buildings that have been almost completely
(2)families crying in front of a broken house
(3)And there were people looking for separated families
(4)Dongdaemun was one of the few buildings that people could recognize
(5)Many people gathered in Dongdaemun
(6)I’ll take a crying kid there
(7)There was also an old lady who was looking for her parents
(8)The two who didn’t even know their names met again
(9)She gave birth to two siblings and raised them
(10)My grandfather lived in the mountains and never met a woman properly
(11)You’ve rarely met people
(12)She said it was a miracle to meet her grandmother
(13)And there’s something you always say to me
(14)The reason why children are born during war is because
(15)I might die tomorrow, so I won’t think about it
(16)He said it’s because he’s challenging himself

(1)I listened to my grandfather’s story
(2)In the beautiful country that my grandfather protected
(3)I thought I wanted to write a beautiful story, too
(4)Even though it was short, to a friend who I was close to at school
(5)I told him I had something to talk about while we were eating
(6)That friend was willing to come out
(7)I’ll reflect on my grandfather’s words
(8)I didn’t doubt that a miracle would happen in my life
(9)And I gave my heart and thoughts to that friend
(10)It’s so dirty
(11)No miracle happened
(12)I hated my grandfather a little, but I held it in because he was bald
(13)Yeah, this is the right country