BENJAMIN BUTTON CHAPTERS 11 & 12 WAR BENJAMIN COULD SEE THE CHANGES OF BECOMING YOUNGER IN HIS FACE: IT WAS SMOOTH. ● ROSCOE ASKED HIS FATHER TO TRY TO HIDE THESE CHANGES WITH A MOUSTACHE AND GLASSES, BUT HE DIDN’T LOOK OLDER. ● BENJAMIN COMPLAINS THAT ROSCOE IS DOING THE SAME THING THAT HIS FATHER DID. WHILE HIS FATHER WANTED HIM TO LOOK YOUNGER, ROSCOE WANTED HIM TO ● 2 I HATE YOU! ROSCOE TOLD HIM THAT AS HE WAS LIVING IN HIS HOUSE, HE HAD TO FOLLOW THE RULES. ● ALTHOUGH BENJAMIN WAS THE FATHER AND TRIED TO BE STRONG, HE WAS A YOUNG BOY THEN; AND HE COULDN’T AVOID CRYING. ● 3 THE LUSITANIA SINKS! BENJAMIN READ IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT A SHIP HAD SHRUNK. 1OOO PEOPLE DIED AND 100 AMERICANS WERE MURDERED. ● HE KNEW THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD JOIN THE WAR. ● HE WANTED TO JOIN THE ARMY, BUT HE LOOKED LIKE A 12 YEAR OLD BOY THEN AND THEY RECRUITED SOLDIERS THAT WERE AT LEAST 16. ● 4 THE ARMY NEEDS YOU! BENJAMIN RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE ARMY ASKING HIM TO REPORT TO THE NEAREST BARRACKS. ● BENJAMIN WAS EXCITED AND HE ASKED HIS TAILOR TO MAKE A UNIFORM FOR THE US ARMY. ● THE TAILOR LAUGHED AND ASKED HIM IF WAS GOING TO PLAY WITH HIS FRIENDS. ● BENJAMIN REPLIED HE WAS A BRIGADIERGENERAL AND HE NEEDED THE SUIT SOON. ● 5 OFFICERS DON’T ASK PERMISSION FROM THEIR SONS. THE TAILOR MEASURED BENJAMIN AND HE FINALLY AGREED TO PUT THE BRIGADIER INSIGNIA ON IT. ● WHEN HE TRIED THE UNIFORM A WEEK LATER, HE FELT AS A MAN AGAIN. ● HE THOUGHT ABOUT ASKING FOR PERMISSION FROM HIS SON, BUT HE WAS AN OFFICER AND DIDN’T NEED HIS PERMISSION. ● HE WOULD COMMAND AN INFANTRY BRIGADE. HE WENT TO CAMP MOSBY IN ● 6 YES, UNCLE! WHEN BENJAMIN GOT TO THE CAMP BY TRAIN, HE TALKED TO A SOLDIER AT THE GATE, BUT THE SOLDIER LAUGH AT HIM. ● BENJAMIN EXPLAINED THA THE WAS TALKING TO AN OFFICER. BENJAMIN DIDN’T FEEL AS A BOY, HE FELT AS A SOLDIER, A HERO. ● A COLONEL ARRIVED AT THE CAMP AND ASKED BENJAMIN WHERE HIS FATHER WAS. ● BENJAMIN WAS FURIOUS AND SHOWED HIM ● 7 COME IN BRIGADIER-GENERAL THE COLONEL LET HIM IN AND WINKED THE SOLDIER AT THE GATE. ● HE CALLED ROSCOE AND HE CAME TO TAKE HIM HOME. ● ROSCOE TOLD HIM THAT WAS TOO SERIOUS AND BENJAMIN CRYING SAID “YES, UNCLE ROSCOE”. ● 8 CHAPTER 12 IN 1920, ROSCOE’S FIRST CHILD WAS BORN. ● PEOPLE CAME TO VISIT THE BABY AND SAW A 10 YEAR OLD BOY PLAYING WITH SOLDIER. ● THAT KID WAS BENJAMIN: HE WAS THE BABY’S GRANDFATHER. ● ROSCOE LOVE HIS DAD BUT, HE DIDN’T LIKE THAT HE LOOK SO YOUNG. HE LOVED HIM MORE WHEN THEY WERE NOT TOGETHER. ● 9 CHILDHOOD LATER ON, BENJAMIN AND HIS GRANDSON WERE 5 YEARS OLD ( BENJAMIN WAS ACTUALLY 65). ● THEY HAD FUN PLAYING TOGETHER. ● WHEN ROSCOE’S SON STARTED KINDERGARTEN, HE DECIDED TO TAKE HIS FATHER TOO. ● BENJAMIN REALLY ENJOY HIS TIME THERE MOST OF THE TIME. ● ROSCOE’S SON MOVED TO FIRST GRADE, ● 10 BABY BOY THE THIRD YEAR AT THE KINDERGARTEN, BENJAMIN WAS AFRAID OF THE OTHER KIDS, AS THEY WERE OLDER. ● HE FORGOT HOW TO USE COLOURS, THE SCISSORS AND HE FINALLY ONLY REMEMBERED HIS NAME. ● ROSCOE HIRED A NANA TO TAKE CARE OF HIM AT HOME. ● BENJAMIN BECAME A BABY AND ENJOY THE 11 SAME THINGS BABIES LIKE. ● THE END ONE DAY, THE NANA TOOK HIM TO A FISH POND. ● THE POND WAS LIKE A MIRROR AND BENJAMIN COULD SEE HIMSELF, BUT ALSO OTHER THINGS. ● HE SAW A 50 YEAR OLD MAN, A SOLDIER ON A HORSE, A YOUNG MAN DANCING WITH AN OLDER LADY. THEY KNEW HIM AND WERE ALL SMILING AT HIM AND HE SMILED TOO. HE WAS TRULY HAPPY. 12 ●