And it was at that time that my mother got word from the commune chief that the Vietnamese were actually asking for their citizens to go back to Vietnam. And she spoke some Vietnamese, as a child having grown up with Vietnamese friends. And she decided, despite the advice of her neighbors, that she would take the chance and claim to be Vietnamese so that we could have a chance to survive,
Şi atunci a aflat maicǎ-mea vestea, de la şeful comunei, cǎ vietnamezii ceruserǎ de fapt ca cetǎţenii lor sǎ se întoarcǎ în Vietnam şi ea vorbea un pic de vietnamezǎ, fiindcǎ a copilǎrit cu prieteni vietnamezi Şi a decis, în ciuda sfaturilor date de vecini, cǎ îşi va asuma acest risc şi va declara cǎ e vietnamezǎ, pentru ca noi sǎ avem o şansǎ de supravieţuire.