Because we had eaten millet porridge for supper, I woke up around midnight with a full bladder. Just as I wanted to go outside to pee, I opened my eyes and the pitch-black room reminded me of the Japanese soldiers searching during the day. Terrified, I instinctively shrank back into my tattered little quilt.
"The Japanese devils must have heard something! Otherwise... they wouldn't be acting so viciously!" It turned out Mom and the others were still awake, whispering to Dad.
"Who knows? The Fourth Red Regiment hasn't passed through here in a long time. They're probably in Baoqing or Diaoling right now, not around our parts." Dad said to Mom in a hoarse voice, "Go to sleep! It's almost midnight."
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