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BOYHOOD IN NORWAY 1 BOYHOOD IN NORWAY STORIES OF BOY-LIFE IN THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN HJALMAR HJORTH BOYESEN 更多好书请点击 www.uus8.org BOYHOOD IN NORWAY 2 THE BATTLE OF THE RAFTS I. THE ORIGIN OF THE WAR A deadly feud was raging among the boys of Numedale. The East- Siders hated the West-Siders, and thrashed them when they got a chance; and the West-Siders, when fortune favored them, returned the compliment with interest. It required considerable courage for a boy to venture, unattended by comrades, into the territory of the enemy; and no one took the risk unless dire necessity compelled him. The hostile parties had played at war so long that they had forgotten that it was play; and now were actually inspired with the emotions which they had formerly simulated. Under the leadership of their chieftains, Halvor Reitan and Viggo Hook, they held councils of war, sent out scouts, planned midnight surprises, and fought at times mimic battles. I say mimic battles, because no one was ever killed; but broken heads and bruised limbs many a one carried home from these engagements, and unhappily one boy, named Peer Oestmo, had an ......