Half a Man

Michael Morpurgo had a grandfather who was badly deformed and had a badly scarred face. Nobody looked at grampa because he never smiled and was short tempered and was shocked by a secret incident in the First World War that caused his scars. Nobody dared to look at him for they were scared of him , however there was that one little boy who snuck a quick peak at his face, little Michael. When Michael got older his grampa finally revealed to him what happened that caused the lost of his fingers and his bestfriend. He also revealed that he never got to see his daughter as a child(Michael's mother) . When Michael's granddad died he obeyed his request to spread his ashes along the coastline to join his bestfriend in the deep.