A disabled war veteran's son was laughed at by his classmates ... Everyone was astonished when...

it was as always the same nightmare for matthew as young 18 year old boys they were sent off to war in vietnam that's the distinct taste of white squeaky vicious dust on their teeth and intolerable burning sun in that unfamiliar hostile and incomprehensible country and the clammy fear with the uncertainty creeps into every cell of his body the platoon leader leads his fighters encouraging them don't be afraid we'll show them how to fight they believed him followed him as they ran into a minefield their opponents met them with heavy fire from advantageous positions matthew's last memory was of a flash as bright as lightning and pain tearing his body into a thousand pieces the man screamed out in hellish unbearable pain and woke up broken by cold sweat god it's so stiff in my heel my leg is aching i can't bear it he thought and threw back the blanket he was again confronted with a terrible reality of no foot only a bandaged stump sticking out above his knee he clenched his teeth until they ached and gnashed and held back from howling in despair as other wounded men dozed beside him a tear rolled down his prickly unshaven cheek treacherously then the soldier wiped it away with his sleeve quickly before anyone could see him the one kindred spirit that awaited him in civilian life was his fiancee bertha while matthew was in the hospital she wrote him touching letters as she worried and supported him matthew never decided to tell her about his injury he sincerely hoped that she loved him and would accept him two years ago just before the army matthew lost his parents in an avalanche that tragically took their lives in the mountains nevertheless even though they were experienced geologists the mountains took them away forever starting from that moment something of terrible fate and a succession of misfortune seemed to hang over him as soon as he returned home the first thing he did was go to his bertha he shaved put on his uniform with wards and bought the most expensive bouquet of flowers and rang the doorbell with the sinking hearts her darling came out the door looking all grown up with a fancy haircut and stared dazedly at his crutches and the twisted up empty pant leg he took her in his arms hugged and kissed her and couldn't look at her but she remained still then asked quietly matthew do you have no leg at all yes i've been through a bloody war never mind i'm strong they promised me a prosthesis they gave me a medal for bravery you wouldn't leave me for that would you he asked anxiously striving to understand everything in her eyes at this bertha took them aside stepped out of the embrace and with a snapping voice said the most frightening words to our hero that he dreaded to hear the most of all wait matthew listen to me i can't do this well i'm young i want a family i want kids what about you you're a for life what kind of family are you gonna have you've got to be taken care of don't come here again don't she pushed the door shut he thumped the door with his fist in anger and shouted how can you do this you said you loved me that you would wait for me but what about in grief and happiness i never thought you were like this at the scream bertha's mother ran out took stock of the situation and reacted quickly bertha go inside now matthew listen to what i have to say i feel sorry for you of course but it's not bertha's fault what happened what are you condemning her to how is she gonna be with a useless for the rest of her life don't destroy her life go away and she shut the door violently it was a terrible betrayal from which matthew never recovered it was the final straw of his already difficult fate matthew was also treated with indifference at the veterans council he was given a prosthesis a small flat but his parents flat had to be sold after their death and it was all spent on searching and funeral expenses his pension was paid of course but they couldn't help him with a job they just looked around you know matthew you've done your time this is the time there's no place for the healthy where are we going to find a place for you in an instant a war veteran and hero as well as a young and healthy man turned into a and a scum of the society that no one cares about matthew couldn't take it anymore and lost his temper and out of grief and hopelessness he drank himself to death the years passed quickly almost half of which he did not remember in his drunken rage matthew gave up on himself didn't shave fell into disrepair and spends every day at the railway station near the cafe he frequently helped the saleswoman judith carrying boxes and sacks the uncomfortable prosthesis helped a lot she felt sorry for the man gave him food whenever possible loved to talk to him about life and of course he understood from his honest and sad eyes that he was not a scoundrel not a criminal or a drunkard but simply a man with a broken and complicated fates a person who feeds his last crumbs to all the cats and dogs around him could not be bad it was the end of february a very little boy of about six dressed in an oversized soiled sweatshirt with the sleeves rolled up three times and rubber boots came running up to matthew in the severe cold the boy wiped his sniffling nose with a sleeve and whimpered holding out his skinny hand but please give me some bread i've had a rumbling in my stomach since yesterday matthew took a slice of loaf and gave it to the kids how come you're here a little boy and naked where are your parents he asked then the boy ate his loaf eagerly and said i ran away my mother died recently in spite of the fact that she was away a lot she loved me and didn't hurt me she called me bunny but my stepfather was a bastard he used to beat me hard make me beg for money and he used to buy alcohol i hate drunkards and i'm warming myself on the heating pipe please don't report me to the police uncle because all the same i'll run away from the orphanage there was a twitch and a change in the man's soul hardened by the years of wandering first he wanted to take the boy back to his flat he would be lost in the street he was coughing away but then he suddenly remembered how dirty his house was dusty and full of bottles just to bring this child home then he bought sweet hot tea in a cabbage pie for the little one put his coat over him and said you know let's make a deal come here tomorrow and i'll make something up because we can't get lost together my name is matthew i'm hugo all right i'll come at this time the man was in a rush to his own den it was the first time in all these years that he had not bought alcohol and did not want to drink he started cleaning and then did the laundry made fresh soup washed a mountain of dried up dishes so the place was looking quite passable the next day matthew came to the station first thing in the morning like a bayonet he waited until lunchtime there is still no sign of the boy so he worried and asked around the tradesmen and local movers who suggested where the boy was sleeping on a heating pipe an anxious man went there on a pile of old rags and cardboard covered by his coat was laying hugo do you feel sick boy and matthew touched the boy's head which was very hot but the boy didn't answer he was delirious there was no time to think or decide so matthew wrapped the boy in his jacket and rushed to edith in the cafe calling to the woman judith come here i need your help there's a little boy dying oh poor baby he must have caught a cold it's freezing we should call an ambulance or take him to the local children's hospital the woman wailed you can't put him in a hospital he escaped from his abusive stepfather they take him straight to the orphanage and hugo pleaded with me not to turn him in matthew lamented here's what you take the boy home get him warm and i'll go to the nurse i know she's a trusted person she'll keep quiet the woman commanded with joint efforts they managed to get the boy out the fever had declined appetite appears and hugo began to recover in the meantime matthew had become so attached to the boy looked after him with care bought him some clothes and food with his pension and even a small set of soldiers they laughed played war games and the boy asked matthew repeatedly looking into his eyes like a faithful puppy you're not going to leave me are you i want to live with you you're like my father he had a lump in his throat and a warmth in his heart so he hugged hugo and reassured him i won't give you up to anyone i can't be alone now matthew didn't even mention drinking instead he got a reason for life and a desire to get out of bed in the morning what a boy's breakfast should be prepared he started to think about getting custody of the boy he visited the social services asked the veterans council for a reference everyone kept telling him in one voice you are an unemployed disabled person so how are you going to provide for your child on a meager pension if you got married and got a job it would be possible to think about it matthew took a chance for a long time he liked judith and she was unmarried childless hard on her own she was a kind woman a housewife nothing if she looked unsightly he wasn't handsome either and he was one-legged the man got dressed up shaved bought a potted violet and rushed over to her shop judith was surprised and didn't know what it was at first she never seen matthew like that fresh cheerful his eyes lit up she even admired him the man didn't try to be cute he just told it like it was judith i've got something serious to tell you i want to adopt hugo they said i had to get married i've been fond of you for a long time how about we get married i haven't been drinking for a long time i'll help you keep you safe besides i'll be good for the household i can do woodwork and chop wood and hugo is a good boy you'll get along well i feel sorry for the boy he'll be lost i'm attached to him you know and he looked at the woman pleadingly judith burst into laughter it shattered matthew remembering bertha entered taunts and he was mentally scolding himself for doing it who needed him the poor then the woman finally calmed down stopped laughing and took the violet you amaze me who makes a proposal like that it's obvious you're a soldier give me the flower groom i agree i've never dreamt of having a family and here's a husband and a son at once in the evening i want to whine from loneliness and boredom i don't have anyone to talk to to share it with we'll raise hugo he'll be no worse than anyone else matthew lit up and in a burst of emotion hugged his wife to be awkwardly they married moved in with judith who had a larger private house they started a household tidied up the garden she got her husband a job as a loader in the cafe matthew's little flat was rented to a student for cheap eventually they managed to get custody of hugo after seven rounds of bureaucratic nightmare at first the neighbors scoffed at the woman arguing that she was desperate for a and had taken in someone else's child who knows what he would grow up to be when they said how well they were doing they were even jealous because the man was good looking and did not drink and his limp was hardly noticeable things were slowly getting better matthew and judith lived in love and they were both in their 40s they were not of an age to be squabbling and they had both had enough trouble in their lives thus they valued the simple pleasures of ordinary life drinking tea together caring for and supporting each other because that was a novelty for both of them hugo went to school performed well proved bright and pleased his parents with good grades there is one disappointing thing his peers bullied him a lot hurting him a lot shouting angrily you son of a and a bum did not make friends with him and they treated him with contempts the boy got angry and fist pumped the offenders my daddy is not a bum he is a hero he was in the war and you are all fools he stood up for his father's honor matthew tried to calm the situation down as best he could son don't mind them they're stupid heartless just remember that your mother and i love you and we will not let anyone hurt you when you grow up you will become a lawyer or a judge just as you dream and you will do what is right the years of school passed quickly in the last bell rang matthew was tinkering in the garden when his breathless wife came running up to him see this there's a letter from the police it seems our hugo has a relative who's looking for him they were all shocked it turned out that the boy had a very rich grandfather a well-known industrialist in the capital city he had a troubled son a slacker and a bum who died early and his maiden hugo's mother kept her pregnancy a secret and moved to another town she was a promiscuous woman herself she gave birth to a boy and within five years she died after another binge and hugo was left with his stepfather he didn't know how to deal with another man's child he was a burden to him so he treated him badly when he got drunk his grandfather died to find his grandson to no avail suddenly he got a positive response to the inquiry of course the boy was not against this kind of affinity and his grandfather's offered to move the capital such prospects and opportunities after all he decided to go to law school on the one hand his parents were happy for the boy he would make it in life he would become a man it only hurt that they had to part with him judith cried silently so that nobody would see her and took pills for her heart matthew was also sad they devote their whole soul into the boy they have always been together how can they live now but they didn't show it they cheered their son up so he wouldn't blame himself for anything everything's right son you will get a good education your grandfather will help you work what about here there are no prospects just go don't hesitate they saw their son off and sat down on the stoop and began to weep well my old lady we're going to spend the rest of our lives together our dove flew away and the man caressed his wife never mind darling as long as he gets things right a few years passed matthew and judith could barely manage the household and their health declined the man had a bad limp he couldn't manage without crutches judith was often ill she was old and didn't have the strength to keep the household going as the big black limousine pulled up to the gate the old folk thought someone had arrived at the wrong address the neighbors stepped out to see who the rich guy was hugo got out of the car they couldn't recognize him in a stylish expensive suit tall mature and fit judith gasped shook her arms and waddling over to the boy sobbing hugh goes here my son i never thought i'd see him again he hugged his mother tightly walked over to his father and shook his hand hi father i missed you so much there was a large crowd of onlookers gathered around hugo said mum dad i've come to get you i'm taking you with me i've bought you a cozy flat in a quiet area there's a clinic in a park nearby so i'll take care of you and help you at first you will go on a holiday and have a rest you picked me up from the street brought me up raised me as a human being it's time for me to pay my debt as a son get your things while i go to school there's a class reunion and my dear classmates haven't even invited me fortunately mrs horton my favorite teacher called me all the neighbors looked up and whispered saying how lucky they were to be in their old age it was like in the movies everyone turned around as a huge black limousine dashingly pulled up to the school gates hugo came out with a huge scarlet basket of stunningly beautiful roses past his classmates and presented the flowers to the class teacher mrs horton this is for you from hugo thank you very much for your knowledge support patience and understanding it is only thanks to you and my parents that i got to see the end of my exhilarating education the teacher even teared up hugo what a handsome man you've become how are you did you get into the institute like you wanted thank you i'm doing great i'm studying law that's my dream good luck to you mrs horton wished him luck the students were whispering who is that we don't recognize him hugo held his head up proudly and said oh it's me hugo son of a and a bum why don't you give a disdainful look and turn away or a status expensive car and clothes all that matters to you oh you and without waiting for the silly questions he got in his car and drove off matthew and judith walked through the shady alleys miami between the palm trees and saw the ocean for the first time in their lives enormous and boundless they simply could not get the words out of admiration it seemed to them as if they had died and gone to heaven everything was fabulous hugo excitedly introduced them to the city showed them around and was glad that at least in their old age he can make his parents happy so that they could see another life in their lifetime judith hugged her son and told him without hiding her tears hugo my darling thank you for everything you've shown me such beauty you take care of me now i'm not afraid to die matthew also maintained pace with his wife even limping less that's a good boy we raised isn't it dear hugo smiled i keep it all in mind even though i was little if you hadn't been there i would have died on that heating pipe this set of soldiers was the most precious and desirable present i ever remembered and i know what a hard time it was for you saving your last penny so that i could dress as well as others buying me a telephone always taking care of me and understanding me so thank you of course i love my grandfather but you will always be the closest people to me life treats us very harshly at times and presents terrible surprises but despite all adversities you must have a kind heart and help your neighbor not offend the weak and stay human under any circumstances

Channel: Voice of life

Views: 67,124

Keywords: historias del ejercito, historias reales, mejores historias, historias de vida, historias de guerra

Id: CWwBDSld0EM

Length: 19min 8sec (1148 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 29 2022