Children aren'tcoloring books.You don't get tofill them withyour favoritecolorsFor you, athousandtimes over, Iheard myselfsayAll I saw wasthe blue kite. AllI smelled wasvictory.Salvation.RedemptionThe truth wasno. The lie wasyes. I settled forsomething inbetween. "I don'tknowPeople saythat eyes arewindows tothe soulFor me Americawas a place tobury memories.For Baba aplace to mournAwake. Andalone withdemons ofmy ownThere are a lotof children inAfghanistan,but littlechildhoodWe had bothbetrayed thepeople whowould havegiven their livesfor usThere isonly onesin andthat is theftNot a word passesbetween us, notbecause we havenothing to say, butbecause we don’thave to say anythingThere is away to begood again,he’d saidA boy who won’tstand up forhimself becomes aman who can’tstand up toanything  FREESPACEI think heloved usequally, butdifferentlyYes, hope isa strangething. Peaceat last. But atwhat price?Children aren'tcoloring books.You don't get tofill them withyour favoritecolorsFor you, athousandtimes over, Iheard myselfsayAll I saw wasthe blue kite. AllI smelled wasvictory.Salvation.RedemptionThe truth wasno. The lie wasyes. I settled forsomething inbetween. "I don'tknowPeople saythat eyes arewindows tothe soulFor me Americawas a place tobury memories.For Baba aplace to mournAwake. Andalone withdemons ofmy ownThere are a lotof children inAfghanistan,but littlechildhoodWe had bothbetrayed thepeople whowould havegiven their livesfor usThere isonly onesin andthat is theftNot a word passesbetween us, notbecause we havenothing to say, butbecause we don’thave to say anythingThere is away to begood again,he’d saidA boy who won’tstand up forhimself becomes aman who can’tstand up toanything FREESPACEI think heloved usequally, butdifferentlyYes, hope isa strangething. Peaceat last. But atwhat price?

WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED? - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. N-Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors
  2. G-For you, a thousand times over, I heard myself say
  3. B-All I saw was the blue kite. All I smelled was victory. Salvation. Redemption
  4. G-The truth was no. The lie was yes. I settled for something in between. "I don't know
  5. N-People say that eyes are windows to the soul
  6. I-For me America was a place to bury memories. For Baba a place to mourn
  7. I-Awake. And alone with demons of my own
  8. I-There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood
  9. I-We had both betrayed the people who would have given their lives for us
  10. G-There is only one sin and that is theft
  11. N-Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don’t have to say anything
  12. N-There is a way to be good again, he’d said
  13. B-A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything
  14. B- FREE SPACE
  15. B-I think he loved us equally, but differently
  16. G-Yes, hope is a strange thing. Peace at last. But at what price?