Life in the camp is epitomised by one big question mark. Uncertainty is the order of the day. I don’t know how long I’ve been here or why I’m here. I’m lost in desolation and blended into the sea of blue and white. Papa tells me everything will be fine one day but he has lost the spark in his eyes and is now filled with despair. Today we continue to work on building huts, I can make an escape and meet up with Bruno like I usually did. A soldier gives me a wheelbarrow and I barely manage to hold it upright. I run towards the pile of rubble that hides me from the soldiers, the place where I meet Bruno. But before I could escape a blonde soldier yells at me. “Hey you! Come here. Faster you rat!” My heart pumps loudly, ringing in my ears. I run towards the soldier and he raised his hand, I immediately cower and waited for him to deliver the fatal blow. Instead he grabbed my arm and pulled me towards the entrance gates. “We need someone with tiny fingers, you’ll be going somewhere where you are not allowed to talk. Is that clear?” The soldier ordered, I didn’t want to think what they wanted with my small bony hands. …show more content…
I am dragged into a big house and into a room where a table awaits with many glasses.
“You have clean all this, don’t you dare break any.” I start cleaning the already sparkling glasses with a clean cloth. I notice that on the table had delicious looking pastries and buns on silver platters. My stomach growls painfully it had been weeks since I last ate properly, it seems as if the food was placed there as if to tease me. I hear playful footsteps thumping from above and see Bruno
appear. “What are you doing here?” Bruno asks smiling brightly with his pearly white teeth. “They wanted someone with tiny fingers to clean all this.” I reply, Bruno doesn’t say anything for a few moments. This is where Bruno lives I suddenly realise, why did he complain about this? “We’re not supposed to be friends are we? We’re meant to be enemies, did you know that?” Bruno says breaking the silence. I frown I didn’t want to enemies with Bruno, he’s the only person apart from Papa that’s nice to me. “Do you want some?” Bruno asks, pointing to the plate of food. I nod fervently as Bruno hands me a big bun, I take a deep breath the smell of cinnamon and sugar overload my senses and I take a big bite. At that moment I didn’t care about being caught but I shove the bun as quickly as I could. I can faintly hear Bruno laughing at me. “What’s your dad like?” Bruno asks. “Why are you asking that?” I reply, confused on why he was asking such a question. “Is he a good man?” Bruno continues, I nod firmly since my face is too stuffed with food. “You never thought he wasn't?” Bruno questions, I shake my head Papa is a good man he would never hurt anyone. “And you’re proud of him?” Bruno queries. “Aren’t you proud of yours?” I ask wondering where he was leading to. “Is it really horrible in the camp?” Bruno asks. Suddenly, the blonde soldier bursts through the door. I gasp loudly, my heart pumps faster as he strides towards me, “How dare you talk to people in the house, how dare you?” The soldier whispers up close to my face. Cold sweat breaks out, “Are you eating? Have you been stealing food?” He continues to whisper, my eyes widen and my mouth goes dry, I can’t say anything. “Answer me!” He roars loudly. “No sir.” I glance at Bruno, “He gave it to me, he’s my friend.” Bruno takes a short intake of breath and looks conflicted. “What.” The soldier says, “Little man, do you know this Jew?” Bruno doesn’t say anything for a while. “Do you know this Jew?” He shouts at Bruno. “No, I just walked in and he was helping himself. I’ve never seen him before in my life.” I look at Bruno shocked how could he lie so boldly? Bruno’s lie stung deeply into my heart, I never thought Bruno was the type to betray his friends. Bruno doesn’t know how much his lie will affect me. I quaver at the thought of what the soldier will do to me. How could Bruno lie to me, didn’t our friendship mean anything? The soldier nods approvingly and puts his hand on Bruno’s shoulder. Bruno looks down, he doesn’t lift his head up at all. “You finish cleaning the glasses and when I come back we’ll have a little chat about what happens to rats who steal.” The soldier calmly orders. My hands shake uncontrollably and my heart beats loudly. I hold tears back, I thought Bruno was a good friend, he brought me food and talked to me. Bruno’s words still rang clearly in my head, “I’ve never seen him before in my life.” The blonde soldier enters and pulls me out my thoughts, he yanks my arm and pulls me out of the house. “Now we’ll have that little chat. Except there won’t be much talking.”
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