Under a War-Torn Sky

Henry stays with Pierre and his family for a month. One night, Pierre’s mother sends him and Henry out to get food for the boy’s grandfather, who is sick. She gives Henry a British Sten gun to take with him for protection. The gun must have come from a weapons drop, by which the British supply the Resistance.

Henry and Pierre roam meadow and forest, checking the rabbit traps. They find a dead rabbit and start back for home, but encounter two armed men. The men take aim at Henry, who also aims his gun at them. The situation is diffused when it becomes apparent that one of the men is Pierre’s uncle, and they are both members of the Resistance who are on a mission that night.

The next night, Pierre’s mother invites Henry to dinner in the farmhouse for the first time, although the grandfather does not want Henry in the house and thinks he brings bad luck. Henry enjoys the dinner and feels at home there.

The meal is interrupted by a knock on the door. A fellow Resistance member warns the woman that the Germans have discovered their activities.