..I hauled out our footlockers, then I went up front to check on the Captain and the Corporal. Unfortunately, the Corporal caught a piece of shrapnel ...n the head and he was dead. As I moved to the Captain, he woke up and complained, "Sgt. Reynolds, I can't feel my legs."I replied, "Well Sir, we need to get you the fuck out of this Humvee because I'm not sure how long Banzai can keep the towelheads away from us."The Captain needlessly cautioned me, "Sgt. Reynolds be careful when moving me. Mulaiyai pidithathai vida soothil kai vaithu thadaviyathu thaan enaku migavum pidithu poi irunthathu.Muthal muriayaga chithi soothil kai vaithu thadaviya sugam iruku paarungal veru ena seithaalum antha unarvuku eedu aagathu. Chithi eppozhuthu en veetirku varuvaal endru kaathu kondu irunthen, aval ilatha naatkal en manathil kayamaaga irunthathu, chithi azhagai paarthu rasithu konde irukalam aval avalavu azhaiya pen.Aval azhagai varnithu konde irukalam, chithi ammaviku call seithu pesi kondu. An expert at lovemaking, Pierre had even found twenty seconds,a second glass of whisky in hand, to make it clear to Maggie that he nowsaw the world her way, the Celtic way: "Yes, there must be are luckystars above Blair, and the wings of the butterfly have kissed the sun,for I now see clearly enough that Blair is most definitely a silkentranssexual. Maggie, you must bring your daughter to this salon moreoften."As Maggie and Pierre emerged from the closet, both children asked whathad detained. It really is hard, I just never expected that. It gets soft, too, right? And small?" she asked."Yeah but not with a beautiful girl holding it." You think I'm beautiful? Me?" Oh, Sis, yeah, I thought you've turned into a pretty cute girl in the last year or so but, well, like this, yeah, I think you're beautiful. You'll be incredible when you get to be sixteen or seventeen." And you really mean that?" she asked, still skeptical."He's right, you really do look super. I'm a girl and you look awful.