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andckhiocskeinjugs.tWthhatenillI-taimpperdoamchoemdenhtert,oshasekpfuosrhaedrminek aowf wayataesr.
hhearrd“uSaphshashhned…cwo” uYitlohds.etIhfnehtuhgsrehoeeundpdh,leesarhdefrefaren’sllthiacesalllepley,,ptbocuortykiinthgwe,raaswntdiothIoplmaicteke.etdo
the “rHefuogweedosheselateGr.reeke tgriurlthspiesatkhaPtoslhiseh?r”eathlley gwuaasrdtreyaetleleddwirealtlely.
in the farmer’s home. ey had no children, so they spoiled
Mirushekreafuagnedesgfarvoezehienrtegrirfotsr. thaety Ilocoakne’dt aptoMssiibrluyshgkivae, inhceern.”sed,
Yoseafn’ds fsrhuestbrautrisotnowutaisnpdaelpaafebnlei.ng cries.

“ “eSRhueslseiaarnnleadngthueaglaentgeaucahgeeriinntthhee coornpcheanntargaetiotonldcammeptsh,”atDifovid
I truhluyrlroievdedtomeyxspislateinr, ainndboronklyenhaPdohlieshr ,bienstteirnstpeerressetds iwnimthinGd,reek
I wowuolrddlsestuhcehragso, “bUavcak lt’tozitohne gfoaerlm…era’sshwreiifey.oSshhveeicblaeiimsecehda.t”hat
it w“oYuoldurbewtahtechbeess,t”thoinneg ofofr tMheirugsuhakrad,sbudtemI daonnd’etdth. iHnkesow.”alked

    through the group with a large bag in hand and ordered all the
“Yoruerfupgaereens ttsowdoroupldthneeivrewr ahtacvheesaignrseiedde.that she grow up as a
aotgonorypd,GhwS”baaeLaentresiegmastisgrbouaaeeyontr.devMycsf,i,uuovtiwohtlrrrrteuehyos’s;iglhtmyluihoktamruaworedawwfaokssiresttllahhrhuesaeasutnrimvtrprjeioenlawdyylg.tlabbo“tbpaBcerrchiho’inekceauzgesvtrgoeatithhnsottyethHhpooreeeauat,rywshahptaefneolotmdabcrlcih,asvefghpwrede.oehweN’iildennilnototlhonmahwveJueegeatowo.ynfgoosdet.du”htliefme.
“wDisotrafenuyqdleouauehnosodtlrieeuvhdarelsi-lsypsdekerytiranhemgsnigniegsekdsldii,sostshnaeloepn’wtpeloldrloyeicanvroceohntrshe.sdelAoodvvtalehoerrenkm.neHebem?soe”sra.dYndeo,irdstehnwf’it’nsa,tuctdnohadnpreeokri-snwhtataanisradendda,
“Yesw, oorfdcooufrwseh,”aLt tehibeygrueaarsdssurseadidh. im. “And when she gets older,
swhoer’alldln.re”eaaubltrihzeieecnhttnhiicaktsGawrJeeeerweki,pswharhlaiolfyehziaesddthsweoimtmheohfseotawrv.aalurraiibsvlenedeawisnserRtefiuunsgsteihaeeawnads
“In wthaenoterdphtaonlaegaevet.hey etaguugahrtdusswthoautldevseurryeolynereisaltihzee sinamaem, aonmd ent
no othnaetrtehliegyiowneirsebmetatseqrutehraandianngy, aonthdenr.o”t one person in the group

    actually knew a word of Greek.
“You were in a communist orphanage,” Leiby was aggravated.
“ e ceomgumarudnsissttasraerdeinthceobnifgugseiosnt laiat rtsheonpoeoarrtGh.reEevkemn aanb. lind
pfaeirlus“orDen.oIccnaunmRsueesnestista,h”tahttheetrheyeacrowemhmmoillealinocdonemsdom.f ustnairsvtinidge,opleongnyiliesssanpeuotpteler
su eriengunufnodrteurnaatcerumelananddidonp’tpkrensoswivewrheagtimthee,ybwutanthteadt dfrooemsn’htim.
stopHtheehcaodmnmoupneirsmtsiftr,oamndspnroeavdoidnkgathoeriwr partochpatgoanbrdiabeabtohuetmthweith.
so-cHaleleldetSloovoieset paasrtardeiasme. Ionftehme tohtirotnieasl,awnhdenpatsesnisonoaf tehoGurseaenkd,sand
of Rthuessaiapnathfaertmicebrsorddieerdgoufarsdtsarlvoaotkioend afttehrimtheimgpoavteiernmtlye,nutntil
conthsecyatheaddthaedirelnaonudghan. d established the disastrous kolkhoz
system, they sent trainloads of grain to France. ey claimed
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