Page 80 - Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

"LOOK!" SHMUEL CRIED OVER THE NOISE OF THE SINGING.
At his voice, everyone suddenly quieted, following
his pointing hand. Ahead of them was a train station,
its windows sparkling in the bright spring sun. There
were armed guards standing in front of the station house
door and scattered around the periphery. Two wooden
boxcars squatted on a nearby siding.
The trucks pulled up to the station house. Jumping
out of the cabs, the soldiers called up to the villagers,
"Get out. Out. Quickly."
, When no one moved, the soldiers raised their guns.
Shmuel put his hands on the raised panel, and leaped
down. Yitzchak handed his son down to Shmuel, then
jumped down himself. The other men climbed out,
turned, lifted their arms to take the children. Then the
women and girls, clumsier in their party skirts, climbed
down with help from the men. Fayge's wedding dress
caught on a protruding nail. When she had to rip it

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