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eLbeeibsty’sdehfaendses fise,llo, fhicsomuroseu,thatdtarcokp,paenddoLpeenibiyncsohnocdke, natnlyd he
shotstsatrreadigihntabsatockn.is“hWmheontaaret tyhoeu?mSahno, whmoepyuolulerdphaipmersselfrustp!”from
ethhniseoeItnhtuthhDmouageedphm,aNtnbobfhooefaefeoerurrtobnrimhLncoaetgehblnhdiclbdoefearoyvdrceb.redodeIrir.nmnushftBsoshmaohu.ulineltsarmdentphhdastoulhraiicknngtekgdhosedrhtftoeuomtfdshorttocermoetmaNireonomoKnh.mfoViHhsaemDencelaeodtrhncargolattoeef,.dpaYtgdprhbelrieeyseocdntehusrntiaphpeaciullmotseilGfgolspeepanredntaedcwredohtonauaiensrsstlatyeniisnn,
stra“igI’hmt isnotosotrhrey,dprlaeiansaegfeorpgitiv. e me,” Leiby apologized, and helped
“NoaYwne,dcwhhiheielsretsohaerseeiptyiosdhuorwepxnappraeegsrassii?no”.nHoenemcsecaamnnoansrekedetduthrsnemeutdaglsllyu.spgiucrieouasgaanind,
Leibdyistsrhursutigngge.d. “I don’t have any papers here; I’m just going
on a“BwuatlkI…he”ard that you were selected to be a regional policeman,”
“Cohmeesawidit.h“Wmhea,”t tahre ymouandooirndgerheedr.e?“A” nd don’t dare to even
thinYkecohf ireulnsnminilgeda.w“aYyo.”u’re right,” he concurred. “I was a regional

epaorlticisetmaapnp.eIawreadntseudddtoenhleylpfrfoamrmoerustwohf onhoawdhterruestaenddmsetodoudring
on Ltheeibwya’srrainghdtbhelainevdesdidme,yapnrdomsoi,sesaonfkaedpebaycetwfuol asnecdruetnapgrejnutds,iced
Leibwyowrldasatnadkeancotomamduanrikstcpararpaadrikse.dIawtatnhteeedntdo opfrottheectstfreoemt. them
“Wfhraotmdothyeoutuwrmanotilfroofmthmeec?h” Lanegibinygasgkoevderinnmnoecnetn,talyn.d I wanted

them just to be happy with life after the long war years in which
No tahnesywseurppwoarstefdormthecoanmdinmgy. paretyiseanntberreigdadthee ncaarn,cainaldly.after
a short ride, Leiby found himself at the entrance to the local
jailh“oOunse.mHy e rwstasduayncaetretmheonjoiobu, sIlywsahsopveodsitiinvteothaastmthalel, gdliomrious
cell,mwoimtheannt ohvaedrpaorrwiveerdin,ganstdenIcwh.ouldreneobwedesnsjtooyodsearegnaiintys.tHtheere, I
wallh,aadnda rtewsepnetcytapbrliesojonbe,ras snaitceonhotuhsee woiothr. pleeasdaonotrfuslranmitumreed, and
closaeldl .the other luxuries that I dreamed of when I lay in the muddy

trenches in the forest, with lice sucking my blood.
“Who are you?” e prisoners surrounded Leiby in a tight knot.
“W“hat aatredayyo,uI rdeocienivgehdeareb?i”g bouquet of owers from the residents.

I admired it and untied the ribbon around it. Suddenly, I fell
Leibbyacskuwrvaerdyes.d heisbfeealluotwifuilnbmoautqeus.et haedrebweeans boonoebpy-ritersatp,ptewdoand
Politshhemboilmitabnitns jwurheodhme epriensummyefdacteo. bLeoAok.K, h. peroel.i”cemeenm, asenvepruaslhed
skinhhiesabdlsa,ckancdurals faeswidemaonrde pchoainratecdterast othfeuungcllyearreda sclaiartsioonn. his
“ feorree’shbeeaedn. some mistake,” he mumbled.

e“boreesde parreisonnoetrsfrbormoktehoeuGt ienrmtoarnasu,”cohues slaaiudg.h“tIere,ssclaappepdinfgrom
eachthoetmherunonsctahtheebda.ck aensde oabreviforuosmly menyjonyeinigghtbhoersjowkei.th“Wweh’roem I
all hwearentbeydmtoisltiavkeei,n” opneeacoef. tFhoer PaofluisllhtmwoilimtaoryntmhsenI lgauy ianwtehde.local
Leibhyosspaittadlowgnhtiinngthfeorcomrnyerlifoef, twhheilreoommy afneldlolweanpeadrtiosanntshferom
wallt,hheisrebgaimckentot tohoekodtheedriciantmedatceasr.eHoef mwaesubnetwil iIldrerceudpebryattehde. As