Letters to Angel Page #4

knows how a Russian

army soldier became

a fighter for Islam

I ask myself what pushed me

over the critical point,

because no one else has

explained it to me.

Certainly Safia, a five-year-old

Afghan girl, played her part.

At nightfall we stopped

a truck and ordered the

people to get into a

ditch with their bags

There were boxes of ammunition and guns

hidden in the truck.

Then this kid took off, jumped out

of the ditch and ran down the hill.

My job was to put a bullet

in anyone who escaped.

I'd done it before. They trusted me

- a sure shot with a cool nerve.

I don't know why, but

this time I ran after

her, to grab her and

bring her back.

When I caught up with her,

the bullets started to fly.

The girl stumbled and fell.

I only had time to shout, you're mad,

it's a girl and then there was a blast.

I only remember a burning

light through my eyeballs.

It stuck in my throat.

I fell on top of the girl, blinded.

I don't know how long

that blindness lasted.

The girl struggled away and fled.

All around, everything

was burning.

The charred remains

of people everywhere.

I got to my knees, felt blood running

from my ears, and I wet my pants.

Freddy, it's time

for your session!

Psychiatrist Hildegard Wt. is

expecting you for hypnosis!

Freddy! Freddy!

Help, damn it! Help! Lift! Pull!

Freddy! Freddy! Freddy!

How long was he under water?

- I don't know.

I don't think that will help now.

We could try a heart injection...

but then you have to

go get the syringe...

probably not worth the trouble.

So that's it. So much for the

nudist travelling theater.

Do you know how Hamlet's monologue

begins in Esperanto? - No.

Cu esti a?

jen estljen demando. Sounds nice?

- I guess.

Guess why the women smear

themselves with clay on stage?

- I don't know.

So they don't give the

actors an erection.

Imagine Hamlet... it wouldn't be

theater any more, would it? - Yeah.

Are you coming up?

- Do I have to?

You don't have to,

but you can wash yourself.

Edda's condition is stable.

She didn't lose her ear.

But this isn't the first time.

She has been here many times.

She read so much she went crazy.

She drinks and seeks adventures.

I have a hypnosis room here.

A couple times a week I'm on

duty and I take on cases.

You want to try?

I have a free session now.

Sit there.

Relax.

Tell me, what's troubling you?

I'm searching for my

daughter and wife.

Or, rather I think about where

to find any trace of them.

I was gone a long time.

I haven't actually seen my daughter.

I've just heard her voice

- on the telephone

But that's gone too.

I want to hear it again

When did you hear that voice?

- On the telephone?

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