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Creative Writing Night Time In The Trenches
It seems like forever since I have written to you, but I have thought of you all the more. It is horrible here in the trenches. We have to live in these long, narrow ditches dug into the ground all day and night. We do not get much sleep, but I have taken this time in the day to write you this letter. The trenches are very muddy and quite smelly. Also we must look out for our bread because the trenches are infested with rats, some as big as cats! Their ugly little faces and long nude tails disgust me.
Night time is often the busiest part of the day in the trenches. It is easier to avoid detection by our enemies, and it is the only time to repair our defences and go on patrol across no man’s land. Last night I had a sad but necessary job. I
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