Soldier’s Heart by Gary Paulsen – Chapter 5 “Night”

“Keep your eyes on the trees…” That, Charley thought, was the most unnecessary command he had ever heard. Charley couldn’t keep his eyes off the trees. His mind, his breath, his very being watched the trees. The trees where his death would come from. They walked in line across the meadow, through their own dead from the day before. ................
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