THEY TRUDGE Copyright 1999.   THEY TRUDGE IN THEIR THOUSANDS ACROSS BARREN LAND FLEEING THE CRUELTY OF WARS EVIL HAND HAVE YOU SEEN MY CHILD, A MOTHER DESPERATELY CRIES A BULLET IS FIRED AND ANOTHER ONE DIES   ON THEY STRUGGLE, BUT TO WHERE THEY ASK NO ANSWER IS GIVEN, TO SURVIVE IS THEIR TASK THE SQUALOR, THE DIRT, THEIR DIGNITY GONE YET STILL THESE POOR PEOPLE MUST MOVE ON   WHAT IS YOUR NAME CHILD, DO TELL IT TO ME I AM FIVE YEARS OLD AND IM CALLED REFUGEE MY BROTHER IS FOUR AND MY SISTER IS THREE ISN'T IT STRANGE WERE ALL CALLED REFUGEE   WE WALK A LONG WAY AND WE PLAY IN THE DIRT BUT DADDIES NOT HERE, DID YOU KNOW HE WAS HURT WHEN WE LEFT HIM BEHIND MUMMY CRIED WITH PAIN BUT THE KIND SOLDIER SAID, WE WILL SEE HIM AGAIN   THE KIND SOLDIER, HE GAVE US BREAD TO EAT AND HE MADE ME LAUGH WHEN HE TICKLED MY FEET BUT MUMMY DIDN'T LAUGH, SHE IS STILL VERY SAD MY EYES ARE SORE, AND I DO MISS MY DAD   I USED TO SLEEP IN A WARM COZY BED BUT NOW I SLEEP ON THE GROUND INSTEAD BUT MUMMY SAID THAT I SHOULDN'T GRUMBLE WE ARE SAFE, DID YOU HEAR MY TUMMY RUMBLE ?   I TRY TO BE BRAVE AND ACT VERY STRONG MUMMY CALLS ME A CHILD, BUT I KNOW WHAT GOES ON SOME PEOPLE DISLIKE US AND SENT US AWAY SO JUST FOR A WHILE WE NEED SOMEWHERE TO STAY   I DON'T LIKE IT HERE, EVERYONE IS SO SAD AND SOMETIMES THE SMELL IS REALLY BAD I HAVE TO SLEEP NOW, SO THAT IS ALL I CAN SAY TOMORROW WE MUST WALK A VERY LONG WAY.   Back