The moon went down

Author: Steinbeck
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: At ten forty-five, everything was over. The town had been occupied, the garrison defeated, and the battle concluded. The invaders, like in larger campaigns, had experienced meticulous preparation for this battle. On this Sunday morning, the postman and the police went fishing in the small boat of the popular grocery store owner, Mr. Correll. That day, he lent them his expensive sailboat. When the postman and the police saw the small transport ship, dark gray and fully loaded with soldiers, quietly passing them, they were already several miles out at sea. As they were officials in the town, this was naturally their duty, so the two turned around...