My narrative...

Inspired partially from the Christmas truce in 1914 between the British and German soldiers, I recently decided what my narrative was to be... Two injured soldiers (one English, one German) form an unlikely friendship when they both seek refuge in a Belgian cottage on the outskirts of Ypres in a village called Boezinge. The cottage belongs to a widower of a Belgian soldier killed in battle. Being a kind and forgiving woman she takes both soldiers into her cottage to nurse back to health. My setting is a basket-like sofa next to a fireplace. The props I am considering to make are: an early 20th century wash bowl and jug- she would have used this to clean the soldiers wounds and for washing them; a wine or whiskey bottle to represent possible bonding between the young widower and the two soldiers; and/or a candle holder used constantly when any of my potential characters have wondered or pondered in the dark of night!

Alfred Bastien, 1915, Belgium soldiers share their food with an
 old lady who refused to leave her home

Christmas truce, 1914