[ WP ] A soldier collects souveneirs throughout his tour of duty

`` What's this daddy?'' 
 
 `` Hmm, what? Oh that, that's a coin I got from a captain for doing him a favor.'' 
 
 `` What favor?'' 
 
 `` Well he needed some maps and we had them so I found a way to make copies for him.'' 
 
 `` Coooollll, what's this? What does it say?'' 
 
 `` That's a mug I got from my first tour to Afghanistan. It says *happiness is FOB Salerno in your rear-view mirror. *'' 
 
 `` I do n't get it... What's this?'' 
 
 `` That's the knife I always had with me on my first tour and there's the hat I wore, and there's the scarf I wore..'' 
 
 `` Daddy, why do you wear that bullet around your neck.'' 
 
 `` Oh this, I'll tell you when you're older.'' 
 
 `` But daaaaaaadddd.'' 
 
 `` It's a little over your head son.'' 
 
 `` You never tell me anything cool!'' 
 
 `` Ughh, fine, maybe you're old enough.. This is called a hog's tooth..'' 
 
 `` A hog's tooth?'' 
 
 `` Yeah, hog stands for `` hunter of gunmen.'' 
 
 `` You hunted men? Like people?'' 
 
 `` In a way, yeah, that was my job.'' 
 
 `` But why? Were they bad?'' 
 
 `` They wanted to hurt other people or make them do things they did n't want to do. In my mind that makes them bad.'' 
 
 `` So you hunted one of them..'' 
 
 `` I hunted many of them, but the one that this bullet came from was hunting me too. For two weeks we looked for each other. I barely slept. I only let myself move at night so he could n't see me. Finally on the 16th day he made a mistake.'' 
 
 `` What'd he do dad?'' 
 
 `` Well I guess it was just luck of the draw or the universe having it in for him but he moved and a rock tumbled away. I saw the rock and a second later saw him. He saw me see him and knew time was up. I was a tiny bit faster and I got him before he got me and *this bullet* is the one he had in his gun.'' 
 
 `` You mean he wanted to shoot you with *THAT* bullet!?'' 
 
 `` That's right, this one had my name on it all along.'' 
 
 `` But you got it now so you'll always me safe right?'' 
 
 `` Hah, yeah, I guess that's right son.'' 
 
 `` Cooooollllll, what's this..''
