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 * Magnus**

This is a story about a boy named Magnus, he grew up in a rich family in Norway his father and his two sisters died on the sea. The family had many boots and war earning their money on selling fishes. One day Magnus war having a drink at the bar, then some tuff guys was mobbing him, Magnus war really drunk and got angry on them. He had a gun and with the gun hi killed all three.

He walked home and told his mom what he had done, his mom kind of freaked out and told him "if you don't sail to America to night, you will be hanged tomorrow with the sunrise. Magnus took the family’s biggest boot and from his mom hi got really much money, and promised his mom that he would write a letter back home.

At 3:20AM Magnus sailed from Norway on a long trip to America. He had his best friend Per and Pål with him and they was all excited about this.


 * Firs letter from Magnus 12th of June 1634**

//Dear mom, we arrived America for 6 mounts ago in New York. I think I never have seen any land that was that beautiful, the time on the sea was just a hell of danger, lucky us who had the big ship that day, the sea was really mad sometimes. When we arrived New York we sold the ship to an American man who gave us a good price. I don’t know how much it is in Norwegian, but we can bay allot of things in America with it.

We took the train to a place they called Chicago, I don’t know for how long we sat on that train, but it was really a long trip. The train was almost like a bag, packed with people instead of things. When we came to Chicago I felt like a humpy bumpy man, and it was like that for at least a week. In Chicago we both some food and drink, and slept over on a beautiful hotel called The Whitehall Hotel. It was really good with madras’s and lights on the rooms. The day after we packed 3horses full of stuff we needed so set up a new settlement. We traveled to Cedar Rapids. It’s not so far from Chicago. When we came to Cedar Rapids we came to a please where there was living around 200 people. We both 150 000 MÅL of earth for just 1horse and 20 of the money they use here, there 90% of it was a forest. We had 10exes who we both in Chicago, and began to lumbering. On just some weeks we had set up a farm and we both 30sheeps, and 3 slaves from a traveler. We also both four cows from a man who lives in this village. All the people is baying food from us now for there livening. I’m sending you the rest of the Norwegian money I have left and some small stuff from America, I hope you like it. I miss you so much, when I got enough money I will send it to you so you can come to America to. I really miss you so much that a letter can’t tell. And I miss Norway on so many different ways, the ocean, the forest and special the fish. The fish here in America is not the same as in Norway, believe me. Yours Magnus//


 * Vietnam, June 12th 1968**

//Dear Wife I'm Alive. I have just got some bullets in my left foot. But I just look at it as luck after both of my best friend died in battle. Please tell Truls mother that Truls died to save many. And tell Pål’s mother that Pål died after saving me. I’m so sorry that I have not written to you before, but as may know the war is around me all the time. This is the first time for 7 months we got a little time to chill out. We will camp here for 3 days before we move to the south of Vietnam. I miss you ass so much, when I come home from this war I promise to never leave you and the kids again. Tell the kids Per and Pål that I love them. And that I will come home soon. The general gave me a newspaper. I saw Per in a picture, he finished the collage. Congratulation him from me. Please write a letter back, I really want to know how it's going home. Everybody okay? I know Pål is interest in war histories; well you can him that, after we left Norway we came to North Vietnam, there we being DELT in 10 troops with 250people in each. In my group there were only 6 people from norway. Include my best friend from Sauda. Per and Pål, but as I said they have being killed in the battle. We who come from Norway are always together. And know each other very well; one of them is actually from Røldal. We traveled 3 days agents east of Vietnam. On the day of 3 we met some terrorist, and then the war had begun for us to. We have being fighting all the time until now. Tell Pål that I will tell him the rest of the story when I come home. I witch that will be soon. LOVE you all so much. Don’t forget to tell my perents that im alive, and okay. Don’t tell them that I have being shoot in the foot. Just tell that I’m okay. Love, Magnus//