A Long Way Gone

Why do the villagers take their shoes as a punishment?

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The villagers believed the boys were rebels. Taking their shoes was a form of punishment.

Afterward, the men yanked our torn crapes off our feet, untied us, and chased us out of their village, waving their spears and machetes, and screaming after us. We didn’t realize what sort of punishment the fishermen had given us until we stopped running away from their village.

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A Long Way Gone