Listen "Echoes of War"
Episode Synopsis
Send us a textA deaf-mute child plays soldier in the woods during the Civil War, encountering wounded men crawling back from battle without understanding the horror surrounding him, only to discover his home burned and his mother dead from an artillery shell.• A six-year-old boy, son of a former soldier, wanders into the forest with his toy wooden sword• The child falls asleep in the woods, unaware that a battle rages around him• Upon waking, he encounters wounded soldiers crawling through the forest but perceives them as strange playmates• The boy follows the injured men toward a red glow in the distance, becoming their "leader"• He discovers the red light is his own home in flames and finds his mother's body with a horrific head wound• The final revelation that the child is deaf-mute explains his inability to hear the battle or understand what he witnessedPlease give me a five-star rating and a good review if you enjoyed this short story.Support the showhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2466013/support
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