“What is war, Miss Scofield?”
“Mrs. Scofield, if soldiers are going across the ocean, will my daddy go too?”
“How do they know who to shoot?”
“Why are we fighting Germans? My grandmother is German, and she’d never shoot anyone.”
“You see,” I said, “in this case some leaders in Europe are choosing to use their guns and their airplanes to settle their problems. It seems they’ve forgotten what first graders know so well—to use their words.”
“Do unto others as you would have others do unto you,” said a little voice from the back of the room.
“Well put, Roger,” I said.
“That’s the Golden Rule,” Roger said, squirming with delight. “I learned that from the Bible.”
“I want you all to know,” I said, “that when we vote, we have our say about who goes into public office and who stays there. I
