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on r“ePpaonrtVinizgnaiabko,uwt hthereesdmidugthgliesrdsofgorcothmeetfimroemb?”eiLnegi,buynatsikl ehde the

coulfdarmbeerc.ertain that there were no Jewish smugglers or any

wthheois“rhHwroaeern’rtseklyts.wh. eorgkuinagrdfodrotgheofPtohlieshburersniesdtanhcoeumse.o”vVemizenniat,kamanosnwgered

Apurfc“ehWwashdeaastyo’ssmtlheaetneesrtwoPrcayuvptehsl efKorerl?ot”hkeovpsukby. sent Leiby to the city to
Leiby took the opportunity
to vVisiztntihaek sphorsutgogedceanadndrefsuesnedd atotesaleygaranmothteor Mwoarxd.Berman,

in whiechdohge wcornottienaubeoduttoVfaozlnloiawk,Lbeuitbyasakleldotvhear.t“MGeatx rwidaitoftohim
arrewstithhima usntotnileheorwaousltdicukn,”coVviezrnsiaokmaedbviigsgeedr. “Ashft.er a few good

kicks, he’ll leave you alone.”

But Leiby felt that he couldn’t possibly kick the dog; his obvious
loneliness aroused his pity.

e dog followed Leiby, as usual, when he went to draw water
efrdomaysthweewntelolno,naenddatyh. e villagers grew to trust Ludwig, the
blond waiter in the pub. Many of them even held a special
a e“cIttio’snPfyoornhtikmo,vasskaa’sredsuolgt,ohfiatnhuimnu,”sucaallliendciZdeenigtmthuantdo,ccaubrroeydjust
on Babuornutt SLuenibdya’sy.age from the next farm.

Sev“eWralhyoe’sarPsyobnetfkoorev,skdau?r”inLgeibthyeaswkeadr,. a number of German
sold“iIercsanhasdee ayroruiv’reednoat ftrhoempaurbounind thheere,v”ilZlaegieg,mruunnd bsnyictkheered.
KloHkoevwskaysfsahmoirlty..sAtocbkuyl,leatnhdardeda-chciadireendt,awllyitbhetehnosuhsaont dfrsoomf forencekles
of thalel soovledriehriss’ gpuanles faancde.had killed another soldier. e German
sold“iPerysonnatktuorvaslklya bhliadmJeedwsthoenvhililsafgaerrms,.aHnde bweagsawnarrinoteidngto. stop but

ehire wrsatsstoepo wstausbtboosrent.all tehJeevwilslamgeushtohuasvees opnaidreh.im ewyetlhl,esno he
ordeargerdeetdhetoterrirsik ehdisvlilfleagfoerstthoemas.seEmvebnletihnetshoeltasqs3u9awrearnneeadr thhime to
pubstaonpd, bhuatdhfeuldl iidnnte’tnltiisotenns.tOo nsheodoaty,thwehmenalhleimhamdehdaiadteolny.eAdtrink
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theitrhleosypaolttyatnodtbhuerGiederimnaanpsi.tHinehriesmyianrdetdogtehtehesor lwdiethrshaibs oJeuwt ish
howfrtihenedvsil.l”age had always scrupulously lled the quota of farm
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return home. Ever since that day, the thirteenth of June had

39 Soltas – head of the village