Werner finds a broken radio in the shed, and he stays inside to fix it while other children play.

Werner finds a broken radio, and weeks later he notices that the longest wire has a break in it.

Werner finds a broken radio in the shed, so he smuggles it back home and Jutta helps him fix it

Werner finds a broken radio and fixes it weeks later, which brings joy to him and other children.

Jutta drags herself closer; she watches her brother with outsize eyes

A piano chases the violins

The strings sprint, woodwinds fluttering behind.

He holds the pin as stock-still as he can.

He blinks; he has to swallow back tears

with their parents

in a boy’s home

in an orphanage

with their aunt

serious

desolate

emotional

focused