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“Yese,r”uYpotesdefinoadrdoeudn.d“ ofiaspwplaasutshe.eInrSstaflainrmist tRhautsswiae, iadrernivteifdying
at wwhiethn twhee rJaenwsawwaays farotrmuethacet gohfedtatorinlagstbyraevaer.ryI.remember it,
hMnoidiriYhduoesehseraeekfwcab’oshewnhhavateiensatnddosttitindolhloonewwatwibrrteoeheensustutt,isnPM,ogahnpiio,rdanuadasnhehndnidksaiLkMn,nesbiiaeedbmecyesaa.uafaeslenlalrdtgahmeselekesen,lpeaae,nppdtsihanwcegkes.plhWeialeldeps ing
that“CMhailmdraeng,awvehahterarbeeyfouredwoienglefhterthe?e” gAhsetetornwveorieceawbooukte ttohem
weabrooth.”uYpo. sefe’syebyleisnckleodudaned ostvaerre,dhiuspcrautsthhinegopldaeinr matatnhestlaonsds ing
of hbiseffoarme itlhyeemng. ul enhgahllimhadaneemwp. tied out, and for a moment both
“Yooufr tphaermentfsoragreotwwathcehrientghoevyewr eursenaonwd fwrohmy tHheeyavheand, acnomd tehtehyere.
are “pWleaedcianmg etotoHhaesahresmtorthieast,”HLeihbyelpsaiuds esvaevnettuhaelliyr.d“Aaungdhwtehr,o” are
Leibyoyus?t”roked the boy’s damp cheek.

   e“Mcayrt npaamssedisthMe ivcihllaaegle Satnedinbcoerngt,inhueeadd oonf iths ewlaoyc.aYl oJseewf ish
lookceodmamroitutened,,” trhyeinmgatno rreepmliedm. b“eYrouthceampleacteo fhroemar stthoerieyse?a”r He
befosrigehwehde. n“ heeasntodrhieis tpoalrdenhtesrheaddon’etdhhaveereafrhoampptyheengdhientgto,.and
Histmheeymaoreriecserwtaeirnelyvaugnuseu;itthaeblleasftotrimcheilhderewna’ssehaerrse. Dit ohaydoubeheanve a
nighptltaicmeetoanstdayt?h”ey had hidden under cover of darkness, and
now“Ythese, wviellaligveesinweLreidba,awtheedonilny scuanmlieghhte.reHfeorfothunedcoint vheanrtdiotno.”
ascertain in which of the villages they had left Mirushka.

    “But the convention is over, everyone else has left.”
“I think the best thing to do is to go to the town square where
all tYhoesevfilwlaagse schhoilcdkreedn. p“lWay,haatn?d Etrvyerytoonseeehaifs yloeuft?c”anhespcoatlled,
Mirduisshtrkaau,g”hLte.i“bByustugwgeesctaemd.e“Ytoou dnod rseomldeimerbs ewr hwohawtosuhledloagorkese to
likeh, yeelps?m” e nd my sister!”

Yose“Cf oamlmeowstitchhmokee.”d. Of course he remembered her! Every
night heey dlerfetatmhedhaolfl Manidrufsohllkoawaenddthdeurminagntthoeadcaryoswhdeeodccouuprietydard,
moswt hoefrheims tahnoyuJgehwtsisthoore.fCugoeuelds whereevaesrsfeomrgbeletdh.eIrn? oItnwe acsortnrueer,was
he haadgnro’tuspeeonf hmerenfoirna hfueallteydeardiaslcrueassdiyo,nanads sthoethaedbceesrttapilnalcye to
growemn iagnradtebetoc.omOeppeovseintemthoerme ,adwoormabelne, wbuasthheed wlaausnhderyr oinnllyarge
brotahluemr, itnhuembrpoatihlse,ranwdhion hthaedftarriecdornheisr Lbeesitbytosppierodtaecmt ahnerplianying
the aghmeottuornafnudl mhaedlobdeyeonnliakehabromthonaicma.other and father to her
hkddiauitmwrcits“hsnnuueegmrltnfvotiueshaanyltetnpei.glddlr“aohiWcsntstkefhngaeeleoldoldaf.oarkoIeykrentefssd’uwtcwglehaioiehksavueeevihtsnneeagstetwohghnamayheotpitouerhsgyhpophlaarloceodrpatdeuamlbnagtrttcophohsekeswpsbeieteetnpoeearl,letiahs”nicnooMtefugouo.tsiwrtceAahhihtteetahevwmerhe,loarouryspmkniodugineeftchrtae,ieoipf.nhd”emagenlainndg
had cleeayneendtearneddstohaekoed tcheeapnedeMls,iacdhdaeedl saatlitdtolewnoautrtahnedlawrgateedr,esk,
bakethdethReemd iAnrtmheycoaagl osvtaendinintgheprcoouudrtlyabrdeh,aind thhimen.presented
the scrumptious pancakes to little Mirushka. How she had
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