Short Story (11-10-2009) Silent night by Suong Nguyet Minh The flight to Ha Noi from Sai Gon was five hours late. All three of us were dead tired and in low spirits as we waited around in the airport terminal. Our pockets were empty after a long and tiring trip through Can Tho, Ca Mau, Rach Gia and then Phu Quoc Island. We still had a long way to go, and who knew what would happen when that iron bird carring several hundred passengers in its belly might act up. The plane was flying over the Central Highlands when a hard rain and strong wind started. We were shaking and rocking terribly. All the passengers were in a great panic. One old woman was mumbling prayers. One man phoned his wife to confess he had a secret lover. One girl fainted from fear. A woman phoned her husband to let him know she had some gold hidden under her bed. She cried and asked him not to get re-married and to raise their children alone. We were all greatly afraid and bewildered. The situation seemed to be getting out of hand. Yet, catastrophe was averted. It was as if it…
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