and I couldn't help but notice
the bumpkin in his drawl
he looked at me wide-eyed
blinked twice and nodded
"it must've been a wonderful time
way back then" he paused
nodded again and stared at me
"saw me one of them movies, y'know?
the good ones, black and white
wasn't nobody but white folks in it
and women wore dresses that covered'm proper, y'know?
was made 'bout the days when World War II was startin'
we found out the Germans had spies over here!
natcherly we had to make us a school
teach young men and women to talk like Germans
or French or even Brits when they needed
had to teach'm to lie, steal, and cheat
they was good American kids and didn't know
nuthin about them kinda things, y'know?
then we gave'm some tests and flew'm
across the ocean where they had to fool
the Brits who were spozedly on our side
'cept we could never be too sure
sometimes they were on their own side
then we had to drop them into France
where the soldiers wuz German
never did figure that out
but it must've been so
and those kids they were sharp
they knew when to talk French
and when to talk German
and they fooled folks mosta the time
'cept when they didn't and got shot
but they died heroes, y'know
you could tell
'cause we won the war
just like it sez in the books"
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