Two Times (1)

“Grandfather, grandfather—what is happening?” the boy rushed towards his grandfather as the older man shut the gate of the sheepfold. “In the city—“ he panted, “it’s, it’s total confusion!” “Calm down, my son,” the grandfather answered. But he, too, felt a quiver of fear ripple through his aged body as he began to discern a faint uproar in the distance. Indeed, something very strange was happening. “I was walking past the brick yard when the men who were working there started shouting at each...