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Horror gripped the heart of
the World War I soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. Caught in a
trench with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant if
he might go out into the "No man's Land" between the trenches to bring his
fallen comrade back. "You can go", said the lieutenant, "but I don't
think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your own
life away".
The lieutenant's words
didn't' matter, and the soldier went anyway. Miraculously he managed to reach his
friend, hoist him into his shoulder, and bring him back to their company's trench.
As the two of them tumbled in together to the bottom of the trench, the officer checked
the wounded soldier, then looked kindly at his friend. "I told you it wouldn't
be worth it", he said, "Your friend is dead, and you are mortally
wounded". "It was worth it, though, Sir", the soldier said.
"How do you mean, 'worth it?'", responded the Lieutenant. "Your
friend is dead!", "Yes, Sir", the private answered
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| "BUT IT WAS WORTH WORTH IT BECAUSE WHEN I GOT TO
HIM, HE WAS STILL ALIVE, AND I HAD THE SATISFACTION OF HEARING HIM SAY, 'JIM, I KNEW YOU'D
COME'".
Contributed by:
Abbas Raza |
THE INSTITUTE OF MIND
SCIENCES PAKISTAN 
