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Essay On The Experience Of Electricity

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With the arrival of dawn a few hours later, we awoke to the sound of railway people operating a switching car near our coach. A large locomotive had been coupled to a row of freight cars and was preparing to leave the yard. Without hesitation, we ran from our car and jumped aboard an empty cattle car whose doors were wide open. Except for the floor and the roof, which were made of solid pieces of metal or wood, the body of the car consisted of widely spaced parallel strips of metal that allowed one to see out of (and also into) the car. The train began to move, but very slowly. Meanwhile, the sky was getting lighter, and we were becoming increasingly concerned that our presence would be noticed. As the train approached its first stop a few …show more content…

On one occasion I found a tree whose fruit was really delicious and was of a type I had never eaten before. Years later when I described this fruit to friends, they told me that I had probably eaten figs.
During our continual search for food and safe resting places away from populated areas, we came across a large building. From a safe distance, we observed the building for a long time before deciding to enter. It turned out to be a horse stable, and the lone resident standing inside its stall didn’t seem to mind our presence. Above the stable and extending over half its length was a hayloft. We climbed up to the loft, made ourselves a cozy bed, and rested until late that afternoon, when we resumed our journey.
By this time I had developed a large and painful blister on my right foot, which caused me to limp and walk behind Horst. I could see from Horst’s stoic expressions that my slower pace did not fit his plans. I didn’t understand his frustration because we usually got along very well.
During the next day or so, we passed through additional small communities. In one of these towns, whose crooked side streets and back alleys we roamed, we landed in a narrow driveway behind several hotels and businesses. We searched their garbage cans for food and for anything else that could be useful for our journey. Across the street and perpendicular to the driveway was a jeep with four or five soldiers inside. When the vehicle began to move, one of the GIs stood up and

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