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the air lled with animals’ screams, and everyone – all the
partisan forces – scattered and ed.

Only he, Leiby, had not run away. He was the only partisan
who had stayed where he was, hidden behind a tree, in a
hideout that he had staked out long before. He drew his ri e
and shot, tirelessly reloading ammunition again and again until,
miraculously, he succeeded in putting the tanks out of action.