First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers Page #2

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Remove her shoes.

All right, you are clear. You can go.

Next!

Loung, let's go to the lake.

Wake up!

Loung, wake up.

Gather your things quickly.

We have to go.

What do you monks contribute? Nothing!

You monks are parasites! Work harder!

Now you can be the cows!

Pull the plow!

Work hard! Work for Angkar!

Look, that looks like your uncle!

Brother Leang!

I've been looking for you

since I heard Phnom Penh was evacuated.

Hello, Uncle.

There is some food in the cart.

They are so poor.

We are poor now, too.

From today,

we no longer speak of rich or poor.

Is it true everyone was made

to leave Phnom Penh?

Did they bomb the city?

Angkar said they were about to,

but I didn't hear any bombing.

The Americans have been bombing us here

for years.

Sometimes days in a row.

They destroyed my house

and killed our cattle.

That's why I support

the Khmer Rouge revolution.

We want a new Cambodia.

This is our land.

The earth and the water are ours.

If you want to stay,

you'll need permission

from the village chief.

You need to be careful

because you're from the city.

Angkar has many eyes.

They can't stay with us.

If they find out he was a Lon Nol captain,

it will get us killed.

But this is my sister!

You already know...

family ties don't count anymore.

I know. I know perfectly well.

They will kill all of us.

Do you want us to die?

Comrade!

Come and sit on my lap, sweetheart.

They said to wait here and we would

be brought to food and shelter.

I heard on the American radio

that Saigon has fallen.

The Americans have pulled out of Vietnam.

Off the truck! Hurry up!

All of you, on the carts!

Follow me.

Get on the cart with your brother.

Everything will be fine.

You monks are parasites.

Leeches draining the blood of the people!

Faster.

Get off now!

Come, Loung.

Get down. They're coming!

Take your sister.

Let's get you off there.

You can't stay here, sweetheart.

Put down what you are carrying.

Angkar rejects everything that was part

of imperialist and feudalist society.

Foreign possessions corrupt

the people of this country.

You must renounce all personal property.

Get rid of your selfish ways of thinking.

Angkar will take care of you.

Angkar is your family now.

Follow me.

Quickly!

- Bloodsuckers!

- You should be shot and killed!

You live off the back

of hardworking people like us!

Can't you even walk?

Move!

This plot is yours.

Your place is over there.

He said our place is this way.

Comrades!

Your first work assignment is

to build your own house.

No one is going to build it for you!

Go get some berries and dye your clothes,

so you can get rid of all colors.

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