Excerpt from Korczak's novel "King Matt"

The following excerpt is taken from Korczak's novel "King Matt" which is a must as a reader. Looking forward to more peaceful days and times. TAKE CARE. With lots of love and admiration for us all, our fellow citizens, our soldiers and our country.
                                                                      ~AVI

Matt made it the rest of the way without any more problems and then told the lieutenant about everything he had seen. The lieutenant immediately telephoned the artillery. They didn’t waste a second and began firing on the enemy’s ammunition dump right away. The first twelve shots missed, but there was no question about the thirteenth. The ammunition kept exploding until the whole sky was red, and there was so much smoke you couldn’t breathe.

Pandemonium broke out in the enemy’s trenches. The lieutenant lifted Matt up in the air and said three times
“What a kid, what a  kid, what a kid"

Now the soldiers loved him even more, because the division was awarded a whole keg of vodka. And because the enemy now had no powder, they could sleep for three days in peace. And now the lieutenant said they could even leave the trenches for a short while and stretch a little. Meanwhile, the enemy had to stay in their trenches, and they were furious, because they couldn’t do anything.

 

Janusz Korczak, "King Matt the First", page 76