Maung Moe Thu - ExoDap

Part (1)

On the other side of the Jordan

"When the Lord has given you and your brothers the land on the other side of the Jordan, which He promised them, you may then return to them their possessions which I have given them."

[The words that God spoke to Moses]

Chapter 1

November 1946

"Welcome from Cyprus"

Shakespeare

The plane slowly slowed down along its runway and stopped right in front of a sign that said "Welcome to Cyprus."

Looking out the window at the welcome sign, Mark Parker thought about the full words of Shakespeare. He knew they were from the play Othello. He couldn't remember the full words. He got off the plane.

"Sir, what goods do you have to declare?" the customs officer asked, looking at Mark.

March was looking for Kitty in the field. She couldn't find her. Her mouth was pouting with frustration.

"Two pounds of uncut heroin, and one pound of pornographic paintings."

The customs officer was just looking at the American people, thinking, "Every American has a little bit of

"Are you sure you're a Martpa?" "Yes, that's right."

"Miss Kitty Fremont is too ill to come and pick you up. I have a room ready for you at the hotel in Crete."

“Thank you, sir. How can I get a taxi to that hotel?”

“I’ll make arrangements, sir, just wait a moment.” “Okay, sir, I’ll have something to eat and wait.”

Matt went to the restaurant in the courtyard and drank a cup of black coffee. His thoughts were filled with thoughts of Kitty.

A man who seemed to be different from him recognized him and forced him to introduce himself, saying that they had met somewhere before. Mart replied politely, and as soon as they got a taxi, they stopped talking and got in the car and followed it to the pick-up point.

Matt's mind was filled with thoughts of Kitty. It had been eight years since he and Kitty had seen each other. Now that they were going to see each other again, he couldn't imagine what kind of person or appearance he would see her in.

Matt and Kitty have been friends since they were little. To say that they were just childhood friends would be an understatement. As in the song "Once upon a time there were three childhood friends," we must add Ton Fremont.

Mark, Kitty, and Tom are childhood friends. Kitty is a full-fledged American. Tom is also a full-fledged American. Mark is a slob.

Matt and Ton passed their high school exams and went to university together, living in the same room. Kitty, however, had not yet graduated. Ton was not used to being apart from Kitty, and he kept talking about her to Matt. Halfway through the school year, Ton settled down. He only sent Kitty short and long letters of condolence.

When summer school ends, the two of them rush back to town. Kitty is not in town. They spend the summer with her parents in Wisconsin. Kitty's parents don't want her to get too close to Tom, I wonder. Tom and Matt spend the summer working in the oil fields in Oklahoma.

By the time he reached his second year, Ton had settled down. Ton became the basketball team's top scorer. Mark became a newspaper intern.

At that time, Kitty arrived at the university.

Kitty was much prettier than she had been when she was young. Matt always thought that even if he saw Kitty a thousand times, he would never get tired of her. Ton was the same way. A month before Ton received his degree, Ton and Kitty ran away.

Allen and Matt, who were friends at the university, also ran away like Tom and Kitty. The four of them ran away in an old Ford, and they even spent their honeymoon in the car.

Ton and Kitty kept their marriage a secret until a year after Ton graduated, while Kitty enrolled in nursing school.

Ton loves Kitty very much. He tries his best to be a good husband. Ton works as a junior officer in the Public Relations Office. Kitty works as a nurse in a children's hospital.

The couple, like any other young American couple, were renting a room. They were also renting a small house. They bought a small car. At that time, Kitty became pregnant. Her daughter, Sandra, was born.

Mart and Ellen also married the Tons not long after. Their different personalities were a problem from the beginning. If the wise Kitty had not intervened between them, they would have broken up before the end of the year. Building a marriage with the help of a stranger could not last long. Mart and Ellen finally got a legal divorce. Mart was thankful that she did not have children.

After breaking up with Ellen, he was left stranded, trying his hand at being a journalist in every possible place.

Tom wrote to Marty once a week, without fail. In the letters, Tom always wrote about his progress and success. Kitty's letters were as calm as Kitty's. In each letter, Kitty always wrote about where Ellen was. Finally, when Ellen remarried, the story came to a halt.

The beginning of 1938 was a year of great progress for Mart. Mart got a job at a foreign news agency. He worked in Berlin. Here Mart was able to show that he was a good foreign correspondent. Mart's name gradually became known in the news world.

World War II is raging. Mark is covering the news across Europe. At his headquarters in London, letters from Tony and Kitty are waiting for him.

In early 1942, Ton joined the Marine Corps. Not long after, Ton was killed in a beach battle.

Two months after Ton's death, his daughter Sandra died of polio. Upon hearing the news, Matt took a leave of absence and returned to America.

When he arrived, he couldn't find Kitty. Mart searched with all his might. He couldn't find even a trace of Kitty. Mart had to return to Europe to get news.

After the war, I looked for Mark Kitty again. I couldn't get in touch with her at all.

In November 1945, the Nazis were put on trial. March returned to Nuremberg to report. By then, March was a prominent journalist. Mark Parker's articles were considered credible and respected by the world's media.

When the Middle East was at war, journalist Matt returned to Palestine. He heard about an American nurse working hard at a Greek orphanage. The nurse's name was Kitty Freeman.

Immediately, they investigated. The news said that a nurse named Kitty was resting in Cyprus.

The taxi stopped in front of the Turtle Hotel. It was sunset, and the hotel clerk gave Mart a room key and a letter.

March...darling

          I'll be stuck in Farmagusta until 9 o'clock. I really want to see you, please excuse me and wait.

With love

Kitty

Mart smiled as he read. To the hotel clerk

"I'd like a bouquet of flowers, a whiskey, and a few ice cubes."

'Mrs. Fremont has arranged everything, sir. Your room is a two-room suite, facing the sea.'

Mart pretended not to see the hotel clerk's sour face and went up to his room. Once he got to his room, he unpacked his things. He took a shower. Then he opened the whiskey.

It's still 7 o'clock. It means we'll have to wait another two hours.

Matt opened the door and walked into Kitty's room. Kitty's things were neatly arranged in their places.

Matt went back to his room and lay down on the bed. The last time he and Kitty had seen each other was in 1938. It was now 1946, so eight years had passed, and how many pictures had Kitty taken in eight years, after she had been burned at the stake. Kitty was now twenty-eight years old.

March's heart was racing. But the travel fatigue and the whiskey combined made him fall asleep.

The sound of glass and ice hitting each other woke Matt. He rubbed his eyes and looked to the side.

"How are you? Are you very sleepy?" I heard the English voice in a clear voice for the first time. Then

The narrator is Major Freckard Dewey of the British Army, with a glass of whiskey in his hand.

Mart suddenly looked at the clock without saying anything. It was 8:15. He didn't say anything to the major.

"What are you doing in Cyprus?"

"That's what I'm going to ask."

Matt smiled. Major Fred was General Bruce Sutherland's secretary. They had first met when Matt had pointed out how the British had been wrong in the war in Holland, and again at the Nuremberg trials. Matt remembered that Major Fred had been very unhappy with him because he had been a bit too harsh on the British.

Mart got up from bed and washed his face. Then he said, "Now tell me... Freddie, tell me how I can help you."

"'CID called our headquarters this afternoon to say you had arrived. What's the matter...'"

"'Oh my God, you must be suspicious, I'm not going to Palestine, I'm just visiting here."

"Yes, this is not an official meeting either. It's a surprise, so I just wanted to ask if you're curious about anything. Based on our experience when we met before, I'll tell you."

"Oh, Freddie, you're so smart, come on, what are you doing in this Cyprus?"

"Don't make any fuss, we British own Cyprus, just answer what you came for."

"But it's hard, I told you, I'm here to visit, to meet an old friend."

"With whom?" "A girl named Kitty Fremont."

"Oh, I know, I know, isn't the nurse a pretty girl? I think I even met her at the governor's reception the other day."

'Hey man, don't keep thinking about it, we've been here before.

We've been friends for about a year. Now...if you have no other questions, come on.

Major Freddy got up from his seat.

"Okay, now that the tour is over, I'll tell the general I met you, cheers."

Matt shrugged as Fred left. Suddenly, the full Shakespeare quote came to mind. The full text is:

"Welcome to Cyprus, goats and monkeys."