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And we asked him: ‘And what are you defending? Where are these communists?’ The soldier didn’t even know what communists were. We asked him: ‘What do communists look like?’ And he said, ‘Well, they tell us they’re in the mountains, that they don’t look like people, and things like that.’ He had no idea of what he was doing.
[…]
And we said to him: ‘If you are a true son of your people, if you really remember the advice of our ancestors, you must go and make a life where you can, but stop being a criminal. Don’t go on killing.’ The soldier went away convinced. And we heard that he didn’t go back to the barracks but went and hid. Perhaps they’ve killed him now or he might be alive, but anyway that soldier didn’t go back to his camp.’
I, Rigoberta Menchú
And we asked him: ‘And what are you defending? Where are these communists?’ The soldier didn’t even know what communists were. We asked him: ‘What do communists look like?’ And he said, ‘Well, they tell us they’re in the mountains, that they don’t look like people, and things like that.’ He had no idea of what he was doing.
[…]
And we said to him: ‘If you are a true son of your people, if you really remember the advice of our ancestors, you must go and make a life where you can, but stop being a criminal. Don’t go on killing.’ The soldier went away convinced. And we heard that he didn’t go back to the barracks but went and hid. Perhaps they’ve killed him now or he might be alive, but anyway that soldier didn’t go back to his camp.’
I, Rigoberta Menchú
