31st May 1902

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Everyone is glad,my mates,the country,our king,we won the war!"The British army has won the second boer war!" You can hear them say it everywhere.But I am,oh,so devastated.Indeed,we won,but in this war I lost something incredibly precious.I am writing this on my way home,walking alone.How am I going to even face mom without my brother next to me?How am I going to explain that I was not able to protect him,that my brother lost his life just one month ago?

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