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              to e“aYt,onuo’ltl orencleyi‘vheiksoerms.e’”2a8dvance payment, so that you’ll be able to
              AAnkidcmvoauovnsnettreailytr,hewydehocueaont’lsl?tt”hgs eeotmfwyiohnuenrsujyoropuurrinhseeay.n,“”dWththeheypcrahireiesldtysooavuidesr.t“taoyihneegrrehmsetoroethf? ethr.e”
6 “dWeteeWYr’romezitiehnskte,aadwyliyhn.oo“gAusrntpiusduhtb,e’edtuzhnrteahtiselpHmrwiaeisesnhtteomhnahwdnisedm’seloldycktnhsdaiesnhtdeperri,ll”evefeYtoroytfhssneeofoohtnoree.suHpsoleiov.ewedr to
              far can such a young child have gone already, all by herself ?”

       e silence in the farm seemed strange to Leiby. When he
pd““MWeisrchaeYhshhlypaoaaahibpasddddaecesdveclbwtieMaoshetshhtnaeetoia,knsrbNttilecaiaenhehbamneneeezntucrvilkhapykehhlnlalobaiebsyonsrpuywebiezarn,pesedzlt.telcae”ehnotcdirhenkvsiepaeinpnsgrehjlteueraeohdsscraesieemsapaddnnihetwddaaaarnirdliswssstdi,hu.nb”eiNi’geYtPslceloioalnfgbsylrsheieoiesbnftsmhaug,habsaaantiltnndenldhiddnetahdogaRobha,gsryucuepie,agvsgtitcsehtehioharateylpipn,imhdokaiwnoteinttsacnodoch.yhardneoosndff,
“Yotuh’ree quaimteersigohnt,”thLeeisbtyoavgerebeudr.n“eWd ealslhothueldtriemaell.yNhaovwe,btehgeunfarm
ourwseaasrctohtablylychemecpktiyn.g thee hooosrpiwtaalss litrtsetr.e”d with empty food cans

    and broken dishes, and the kitchen was cold and dismal. Leiby
LeibhyumglamnecdedaaltivheilsyreRuescstiiaonn minatrhcehctroachkiemdsmelfiraronrdobnetghaenwtaolltidy
justtohpepmosaiitne ehnitmra.nHceistohatihrewfaasrmtahnogulesed. aHnedwhoisrkcelodthquinicgkblya;dalynew
wringkroleudpaonfdrehfeugloeeoskwedasthdeuestteoreaortryivpeicaatl aimnyagmeoomf eanht oamndelheesshad
refutgoeem. aYkoesethf edpidlanc’te lroeoakdyafnoyr btheettmer. either. His clothes were
threadbare and ragged and his hair sticky and messy.

    A sudden insistent, loud pounding on the door startled Leiby,
“Wea’nlldhhaveedtorosptpraeidghhtiesnboruorosmelveasnduphaurbriitebdeftooreopweentruypg. oOinng the
to atnhyrehsohsoplditaslt,o”oLdeaibnyeoldbesrelryvemda.n“ dreeswseadyinweClhoaosksidniocwg,awrbe,’lwl ith
be kaichkaetdpouultlebdefdoorewwn elohwavoevaerchhainsceeyteos.sLayeiabwy olordo.k”ed at him in
He sfuorupnridseh. imself a smart black suit in one of the clothing
pack“Ia’gmesloseonktinbgy ftohremJoyindtauangdhtperu…t i”t tohne gmleaenfusltlay,mfomlderinedg. t“hIewas
too-tloolndgthtraotussehres winatso hheisreboboutts.tAhatqusihcek lberfutshainfegwofdhayiss haagior, for
andChzeecwhoasslowvealkl iasa.”tiHs eesdpowkietha pheisrfencetwY, iedldeigsahnatnadpspeeeamraendcete. nse
Yoseafn,dtopoa,nfiocukny.d himself a woolen sweater and a blue beret to
cover his unkempt hair.

    Leiby tried to help to the best of his ability. “Another group is
bo2r8ddtehurese. “b‘tHHooiikkradeer”resrrw’iv–aaestnhthdeheetrtecehromesdnhegionvyreaotnmulyte,ocfyraoeonrfuubgmoceradeenseertwjsohumoipnuwgwteghrliietnehmgsm. yuwoguhgrleenddoatuvhegerhythtceerroisns
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