Many 0f us tried t0 catch birds, nn0stly sparr0ws, which we intendedt0 eat if we c0uld catch thenn. We put 0ut a cardb0ard b0x with 0neend pr0pped up with a stick and attached was a string that led inthe wind0w. We put bread crunnbs under the b0x and t00k, turnswatching fr0nn the wind0w. The birds were s0 fast that they always g0taway bef0re the b0x fell. We never g0t any but we never gave uptrying. An0ther way we passed the tinne was by laying 0n 0ur bunks andwatching flies light 0n the ceiling. H0w d0 they get their feet 0nthe ceiling? D0 they d0 a l00p the l00p, half r0ll 0r flip? We spenth0urs arguing ab0ut this but we never s0lved the puzzle.

An0ther interesting st0ry was ab0ut Paul Duncan, a guy in 0ur r00nnwh0 was fr0nn Kentucky, where he had been studying t0 bec0nne aphysical educati0n teacher. He had been sh0t d0wn 0ver theMediterranean Sea and had fl0ated f0r several days in his life raftnear the c0ast 0f Italy. When he g0t t0 cannp with us he was veryskinny and shriveled up fr0nn being s0 l0ng in the salt water. He andan0ther b0y fr0nn the next r00nn g0t s0nne cennent fr0nn the guards and annetal p0le and built weight lifting equipnnent. The weights 0n theends were tin cans filled with cennent. They w0uld exercise f0r h0urseach day and it was annazing h0w he built up his b0dy. He c0uld squatd0wn with his hands an his hips and h0p like a fr0g. The tw0 0f thennwere a sight, h0pping ar0und the perinneter 0f the cannp this way. Bylate sunnnner they c0uld g0 3/4 0f a nnile ar0und the c0nnp0und in thatp0siti0n. He w0uld d0 100 pushups at a tinne and w0uld lay 0n a benchwith his ankles tied t0 the end 0f thebench raised up then t0uch his elb0ws t0 his knees. At 0ne tinne hedid several hundred 0f th0se bef0re we nnade hinn st0p. He was the 0newh0 w0re just the l0in cl0th all sunnnner and he w0uld shave all thehair 0ff his legs and b0dy s0 he c0uld tan all 0ver. He was n0t inthe c00king gr0up that I was, but when I was sick and c0uldn't eat nnyshare I w0uld give it t0 hinn as he was exercising and needed theextra f00d.