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Leiby’se hbaenstdsdefefelln, sheisism, ofutchoudrrsoep, paetdtacokp,eannidn Lsheoibcyk,caonnd dheently
starsehdoitnsatrsatoignhisthbmacekn.t“aWt thhoe amreany,owu?hoShpouwllemd ehiymousrelpfaupperfsromrst!”
tnhthhuaeedmethNbhbnioseeaeoeoerrIutonriDmogncaphtg,hanhtnofdohefoofvfecbruretoberrmhLmusoeftesblosmdhicl.bueeaaryrddre.ndhdIidt.nunhihBnnehaogudlindltsrmoeeutpdshasotlracmickogtekhreosenhtofth.ofmtfiHhorsatoerceltmaaoNirhoaogmKnatem.doVhYgembDeerneocedtehuncrnoipltoeef,pllaotedprhGfglieeyseprdntnaesrredtahpatncaiiumtssrsilatyolspeneaniiedstnnd,cwohouaenstl
“I’mstsroaisgohrtryin, ptoletahse dforraginivaegempei,t”.Leiby apologized, and helped
aYnedch“Nhieiols wtso,hwesehipteirsdehoawerxenpyraoegusasriinop.napHoenersc?se”camnonereemdtautnhrneasektdaeldslussmpgiuucrgieolyua.sgaanind,
distLruesitbinygs.hrugged. “I don’t have any papers here; I’m just going
“BuotnI haewaradlkt…ha”t you were selected to be a regional policeman,”
he s“aCido.m“We whaitharme yeo,”uthdoeinmgahneroer?d”ered. “And don’t dare to even
Yechthieinl ksmofilreudn. n“Yinogu’arewariyg.”ht,” he concurred. “I was a regional
policeme aanrt.iIstwapnptedarteodhseulpddfaernmlyerfsrowmhoohuatdotfrunsotwedhemre danudrinsgtood
the ownarLaenidbyb’selriiegvhetdhmanydprsoidmei,saensdofsao,peancekfeudl abnydtwunopsreecjruedtiacegdents,
worLldeaibnydwaacsomtakmeunntiostapdaraardkicsea.rIpwaraknetdedatothperoetnedctofrfotmhetshtermeet.
from“Wthheattudromyooiul owfatnhtefrcohmanmgien?g” Lgeoivbeyrnamskeendti,nannodceInwtlya.nted
them just to be happy with life after the long war years in which
theyNsoupapnosrwteedr mwaesafnodrtmhcyopmairntigs.an beryigeandteerendantchieallcya.r, and after

a short ride, Leiby found himself at the entrance to the local
“Onjaimlhyousres.t Hdaeywaatsthuencjeorbe,mIowniaosupsloysisthivoevetdhaitntthoeagslmoraiollu, sdim
momceelln,twhitahdaanrroivveedrp, oawnderIinwgosuteldncnho. w erenejobyedsesrsetnoiotyd. aHgearine,stI the
hadwaarlel,sapnecdtatwbleenjtoyb,parinsoicneerhsosuasteownitthhepleoaosar.nt fuerdnoitourres,laamndmed
all tchleosoetdh.er 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.
“ “aWt dhaya,tIarreeceyiovueddaoibnigg hboerueq?u”et of owers from the residents.
I admired it and untied the ribbon around it. Suddenly, I fell
backLweaibrdyss.urveeybeedauhtiisfufleblloouwquinetmhaatdesb. eenerbeoowbays-tornapepperdieasnt,dtwo
the Pboolmisbh minijulirteadntms wehino hmeypfraecseu.mLeodokto, hbeerAe.”.K. peomlicaenmpeuns,hseedveral
his sbklainchkecaudrsl,s aansdidea afnedw pmoionrteedchaatrtahceteursgloyfreudncslceaarrs aon lhiaitsion.
fore“heaedr.e’s been some mistake,” he mumbled.

“ esee abroerendotprfrisoomnetrhsebrGokeremoauntsi,n” thoerasauicdo.u“sI laeuscgahpteedr, fsrlaopmping
themeacuhnoscthatehreodn. theesbeacakreanfrdomobvmioyusnleyigenhjbooyrisngwtihthe jwokheo.m“WIe’re
wanatleldhetorelibvye minispteaakcee,”. Fonore aoffuthlletwPoolimshonmthilsitIarlyayminenthgeuloacwael d.
hospLietaibl y sgahttidnogwfnorinmtyhelifceo,rnwehriloef mthye freolloomw apnadrtilseaannsedfromn the
the wreaglli,mheins tbtaocokktodetdhiecaottehdecrairnemoaftmese. Hunetiwl aIsrebceuwpieldraetreedd. bAys the