Narrative
This train is leaving a station in France with the threat of a bombing to their hometown. The train is full of refugees being forced to evacuate the town to get to safety. The children, Matthew and Claire, are looking out the window to say good-bye to their parents that they may not see for a long time because of the uncertainty of the time. Their parents did not make it onto the same train as Matthew and Claire and have to look on and watch their children drive away, hoping that they may be reunited in safety.
The man to their right was a longtime resident of the town. He is looking back at the town, reminiscing of the memories he made there. He thinks back to his wife that he lost and all he had worked to create in his life that worked so hard to build. These refugees are being moved from town to town due to the dangerous conditions of the war. Life has been hard on them recently and there are little signs of it looking up as they are going to be moved to a new town to try to start a life again. For some, it is too painful to look back at the town because of how hard it is for them to leave the place that they have tried to make a life in. But for them, life must go on and they will continue to move on from town to town and keep on trying to live life without being effected by the war. The train pulls off and they look back to the town and hope that things may work out better in their new destination.
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