For me Americawas a place tobury memories.For Baba aplace to mournThere are a lotof children inAfghanistan,but littlechildhoodAll I saw wasthe blue kite. AllI smelled wasvictory.Salvation.RedemptionNot a word passesbetween us, notbecause we havenothing to say, butbecause we don’thave to say anythingI think heloved usequally, butdifferentlyFor you, athousandtimes over, Iheard myselfsayThere is away to begood again,he’d saidYes, hope isa strangething. Peaceat last. But atwhat price?  FREESPACEChildren aren'tcoloring books.You don't get tofill them withyour favoritecolorsThe truth wasno. The lie wasyes. I settled forsomething inbetween. "I don'tknowPeople saythat eyes arewindows tothe soulAwake. Andalone withdemons ofmy ownThere isonly onesin andthat is theftA boy who won’tstand up forhimself becomes aman who can’tstand up toanythingWe had bothbetrayed thepeople whowould havegiven their livesfor usFor me Americawas a place tobury memories.For Baba aplace to mournThere are a lotof children inAfghanistan,but littlechildhoodAll I saw wasthe blue kite. AllI smelled wasvictory.Salvation.RedemptionNot a word passesbetween us, notbecause we havenothing to say, butbecause we don’thave to say anythingI think heloved usequally, butdifferentlyFor you, athousandtimes over, Iheard myselfsayThere is away to begood again,he’d saidYes, hope isa strangething. Peaceat last. But atwhat price? FREESPACEChildren aren'tcoloring books.You don't get tofill them withyour favoritecolorsThe truth wasno. The lie wasyes. I settled forsomething inbetween. "I don'tknowPeople saythat eyes arewindows tothe soulAwake. Andalone withdemons ofmy ownThere isonly onesin andthat is theftA boy who won’tstand up forhimself becomes aman who can’tstand up toanythingWe had bothbetrayed thepeople whowould havegiven their livesfor us

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