I am a seaman on the Truong Sa Islands of Vietnam said Dad Nam nodded as he rolled his toy car along the ground the islands must be guarded both day and night I must take my turn on patrol each day Dad continued Nam nodded as he jumped his toy car over a stone Truong Sa is quite far from the main land said Dad so in addition to patrolling the island we seaman grow vegetables and raise cattle and poultry we also catch fish Nam parked his toy car by a clump of grass and looked at Dad There are terrible storms at sea Nam when a fishing boat is lost in a storm it is the job of the seamen to find it Dad continued we had such a storm three months ago there was a fishing boat in trouble but my comrades and I found the boat and rescued the crew that is why I couldn’t come home on leave for your birthday Nam looked at Dad and nodded Nam I’m sorry that I wasn’t home for your birthday I can’t always come when I want to but I always love you and always miss you when I am away said
I am a seaman on the
Truong
Sa
Islands of Vietnam said
Dad
Nam nodded as he rolled his toy car along the ground the islands
must
be guarded
both day and night I
must
take my turn on patrol each day
Dad
continued Nam nodded as he jumped his toy car over a stone
Truong
Sa
is quite far from the main land said
Dad
so
in addition
to patrolling the island
we seaman
grow vegetables and raise cattle and poultry we
also
catch fish Nam parked his toy car by a clump of grass and looked at
Dad
There are terrible storms at sea Nam when a fishing boat
is lost
in a storm it is the job of the seamen to find it
Dad
continued we had such a storm three months ago there was a fishing boat in trouble
but
my comrades and I found the boat and rescued the crew
that is
why I couldn’t
come
home on
leave
for your birthday Nam looked at
Dad
and nodded Nam I’m sorry that I wasn’t home for your birthday I can’t always
come
when I want to
but
I always
love
you and always miss you when I am away said