GEORGE the Drummer Boy

  I read “GEORGE the Drummer Boy”

 Two years ago, Boston belonged to England. There were a drummer boy, George and the King’s soldiers in Boston. One day, the British commander, General Gage decided to send troops to Concord where was a town about twenty miles away from Boston. He told two companies of Boston soldiers that they were going to have special training. Then, George was not allowed to ask someone and had to obey the soldiers silently.

 It is sad story. Although George was not a solider but a drummer, he had to take part in the war. It was impressive that Georges had no choice but to do what the soldiers said. The war robs people of all things, such as freedom, happiness, and lives. The war is bad, but it is going on even now. I hope that the war disappears from the world.

New Vocabulary

 troop=軍隊、兵士、群がる wad=固まり、を固める ashore=岸に thud=ドスンと落ちる hooves=hoof（ひづめ）の複数形 chirp=をさえずる、楽しそうに話す disperse=を四方に散らす