Chapter 25, Elephant Birds
1963 “Take this! And this! And that!” The sword in my hand was long and thin, the enemy was tall and strong, but I was quicker. Every one of his strokes were averted and avoided. It was difficult but I was hitting back. As small as I was, almost as tall as the length of my sword, I was able to avoid every attempt to hit me. He was coming from the left and from the right. I was sliding from side to side. He hit from above and my sward would be waiting for him and diverting his attack. Finally, as he was lunging forward, my sword made a big circle twisting his arm and sending his sword up high in the air. Immediately, I extended my arm forward and the sword was pushed right into the exposed, soft, tan and beautiful stomach of… Nooo! It was Leah Stetski my second-grade teacher. The real pretty woman, the only pretty woman in our school. The love of my life… I woke up all shaking and sweating from the fear of hurting the only woman I ever loved. The sun was starting to rise, an...