Casualty of a Child's War

Most boys when they were young, were either obsessed with cars, the military, or both. I was no exception. I still have all of my little plastic army men, the army tanks, even some metal-cast jet fighters. These two tanks (the one in focus is actually a pencil sharpener) sit above my bed on a shelf, as decoration, long retired from service.

In the background, I've included a green and tan soldier, the green one having supposedly 'gunned down' the tan soldier. Now, think back to when we were innocent little children... we didn't fully understand that what we were playing was actually simulating extremely violent acts. We just considered it fun and games. But now, looking back, we can see it a little more clearly. The green guy didn't just "defeat" the tan guy in the game, the green guy has Murdered him. One more casualty of a child's war.