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沈武、梅花和刘福,从小一起长大。沈武是打铁匠的儿子,刘福是酒厂老板的儿子,而梅花是刘家的童养媳。1942年,沈武14岁,刘福13岁,梅花15岁。1942年1月,吉隆坡被日本军队攻陷了。
战争的来临就像大风吹,吹走了城里的有钱人、吹痛了无处可逃的穷人,也吹散了一个个美满的家庭。学校被迫关闭,街上都是受伤的人、死去的人和逃难的人。逃不了的穷苦百姓,只能留在原地,面对凶暴的日本军,活在恐惧和痛苦之中。
沈武习武多年,日军来到时,他用尽全部力量保护梅花。梅花则与当时的许多女孩一样,为了不被日军抓走,被迫剪短头发,装扮成男孩。刘福天真又傻气,不知道战争的可怕。1942年的三个少年,活在非常时期,今日不知明日事,他们是怎么面对眼前一场接着一场的苦难的呢?
Shen Wu, Mei Hua and Liu Fu were childhood friends. Shen Wu was the son of an ironsmith, Liu Fu’s father owned a winery and Mei Hua was the child bride of the Liew family. In the year 1942, Shen Wu was fourteen, Liu Fu thirteen and Mei Hua fifteen years old. In January 1942, Kuala Lumpur was invaded by the Japanese army.
The war brought chaos like a big, strong wind. It blew away the rich in the city, caused pain to the poor who had nowhere to run to, and it also blew away many happy families. Schools were forced to close, streets were littered with the injured, the dead and the refugees. Those who were poor could not escape, had to remain where they were to face the cruel and violent Japanese soldiers. They lived in constant fear and pain.
Shen Wu had learnt martial art for many years. When the Japanese invaders came, he used all his might to protect Mei Hua. Mei Hua, together with many other girls, had her hair cropped to impersonate a boy to avoid being caught and taken away by the Japanese soldiers. Liu Fu, however, was not affected by the war as he was a naïve and silly boy. The three youths of 1942 lived in an era of uncertainty. How did they manage to take the suffering, one after another, in their stride?