A Matter of Pride
By Miss Specs • Aug 25th, 2008 • Category: MiscI sat at my grandfather’s knee, lost in wonder, ‘Really, Abba Jan?’
‘Yes, my daughter,’ he said, ‘we did not have it as easy as you.’
‘So, you mean to say you worked on the train station all night and studied till dawn?’
He nodded.
‘When did you sleep?’
A gentle laugh full of remonstrance.
‘Child, when the only way out [...]
