> Hnubkaj,
>
> Kuv tsi tau nyeem zaaj xabtauvlim tawm sis raws le kws kuv to taub lug
> ntawm kev moog nrug puab ua yeeb yaam nuav mas tug yawm thaub
> Maabdlawb kws muaj lub tsheb Ford Gran Torino nuav yog ib tug Korean
> War Veteran hab nwg nrug Hmoob nyob huv ib thaaj chaw slum area. Nwg
> lub tsev hab nwg tej tog vaaj tog tsev mas nwg tu zoo heev, tej nyom
> mas ntsuab xab xwb. Huas Hmoob le mas mas qas hab sw heev. Yim Hmoob
> kws nyob ntawm nwg tog tsev ces yog ib yim kws muaj ib paab ntxhais
> (5-6 of them) hab muaj tuab leej tub xwb. Yim Hmoob nuav tsi muaj txiv
> tawm sis kuj muaj leej puj nrug nyob hab. Muaj ib mos kws tug tub
> hluas hov hab nwg tug muam taab tom nyob xyub ua si nrau front porch,
> txawm muaj ib paab laib tuaj moog haub nwg moog koom nrug puab. chiv
> thawj ces puab ntxag nwg tawm sis nwg pheej ua xyem xyaav. Ces puab
> txhaj le qheb puab lub tsho luj kuas nwg pum puab raab yaaj phom sub
> nwg txhaj ntshai es ca le sawv nrug puab moog. Los nwg pheej tsi
> tshuam kheev moog ces puab txawm ntshab nkaus nwg lub tsho caab nqeg
> ntaiv. Thaus hov ces tug muam txhaj le qw tawvx ces leej nam hab leej
> puj txhaj tawm plawg huv tsev tuaj. thaus puas nqeg txug huv taj nyom
> (front yard) ces tug muam tuab raug taw ib tug laib kws tuav nyuas tub
> hluas hov tsaa hlo huv aav. Thaus ntawd ces leej nam, leej puj, tug
> muam hab kuv (the Hmong neighbor) dhla tuaj nrug cov laib sis ntswg
> ces Tauj (Tao- tug tub hluas) txhaj dhla taj lag rua tom yawm thaub
> Maabdlawb lub yard ces ib tug laib caum qaab moog muab nteg tau rua
> tod. Thaus kws peb sis ntswg hab sis ntaus ua nrov nrhu quas lawg ces
> ntawd ces yawm thaub Maabdlawb txhaj rhu nwg raab phom 8 teg (M-1
> Grand) tuaj taw nkaus rua cov laib hab ua nyaumx rua cov laib. Ces
> laib saib zoj tsi tsum ces laib txhaj muab Tauj tso tseg. Thaus laib
> yuav tsiv moog ces laib txhaj has rua yawm thaub kuas nwg ceev faaj
> nwg tug kheej. Yawm thaub Maabdlawb paab tau Tauj dlim ces Hmoob txhaj
> ua phoojywg rua nwg. Dhlau ntawd ces cov laib tuaj muab tug muam (Sue)
> rape. Yawm Maabdlawb txhaj npaaj lug paab Tauj (tug nug) pauj kua zaub
> ntsuab ntawm cov laib Hmoob. Cov laib txhaj le tuaj moog nyag yawm
> thaub Maab Dlawb lub Gran Torino ces yawm thaub nov, yawm thaub txhaj
> tawm tuaj tiv cov laib. Cov laib txhaj muab thaub tua raug mob hab
> tuag tom qaab kws coj moog khu tim tsev khumob. Thaub tuag ces cov
> phoojywg Hmoob txhaj moog txig thaub tom funeral home...
>
> Let wait and watch it when it comes out to see what the story really
> was. Peb tseem thaam pem tas txhua zag mas Clint Eastwood ua movie nwg
> yeej tsi tuag tawm sis zag nuav ces raug laib Hmoob muab tua tuag.
>
> In that story tom qaab kws nwg paab tau Tauj ntawd ces Hmoob ua
> phoojywg rua nwg, Hmoob moog hu nwg plig hab ua neeb khu nwg tuab si
> le hab ov....
>
> MS