The short story "the cripple" starts off with a man sitting in a train all by himself when a man with no feet and wooden pegs comes in and sits next to him. the two men then look at each other briefly as they think they know one another. after a brief silence the man with the pegs says that starring at each other isn't going to help them figure out who they are so they strike a conversation. come to find out the two men were in war together many years ago and the man with the pegs was the captain. the two men then talk some more about the war and how their lives have been 12 years or so after wards. The captain ended up losing his wife after he lost his legs because she didn't want her to suffer and have to sacrifice because of his disabilities. The train then stops and the man gets out, and walks away with his ex wife and her new husband and their kids, holding the little girl and boys hands while they walk away.
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February 2014
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