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A' Bhreug/The Lie

Drama series telling the story of WWI as seen through the eyes of children. In this episode, a girl gives a boy a white feather as a sign of cowardice.

'Clann a' Chogaidh Mh貌ir' - Sreath do phr貌graman mu'n a Chiad Chogadh tro shu矛lean clann a bha be貌 aig 脿m.Tha nighean 貌g 脿 D霉n 脠idean Alison Brook a' toirt ite gheal gu balach ochd bliadhna deug a dh'aois, mar chomharra air gealtachd. Tha seo ga bhrosnachadh gus a dhol a dh'ionnsaigh a chogaidh. As d猫idh dha a bhith air a chuir a null dhan Fhraing, tha Alison a' tachairt ri a sheanamhair dhall, a tha d矛reach cailte as aonais an ogha aice. Nuair a tha naidheachd a bh脿is a' tighinn, tha Alison a' faireachdainn cho fior chiontach is gu bheil i ga chleith bho a sheanmhair - ach tha an fh矛rinn a' tighinn am b脿rr.

An 11-year-old girl gives an 18-year-old boy a white feather as a sign of cowardice. This encourages him to volunteer for the army. After he is sent to France, she meets his blind grandmother, who is completely alone without her grandson. Sadly she learns that the boy was killed at the front. The girl feels guilty and keeps the terrible news from his grandmother, but the truth is revealed.

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