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"They set fire to Liubomir- sky's." "Who did?" "I don't know. It must have been
because of the little boy. But you and I did not spend the night at the inn, and we'
ve seen nothing. All right?" "All right," I agreed. A low but distinct whistle came
from ...
"They set fire to Liubomir- sky's." "Who did?" "I don't know. It must have been
because of the little boy. But you and I did not spend the night at the inn, and we'
ve seen nothing. All right?" "All right," I agreed. A low but distinct whistle came
from ...
Page 375
A fire was dying in the middle of it. Beside the fire sat a little boy about ten years
old in a black cap pulled down over his ears. He was rocking back and forth, with
his arms around his knees, quietly and monotonously repeating: "Oy, Zosia!
A fire was dying in the middle of it. Beside the fire sat a little boy about ten years
old in a black cap pulled down over his ears. He was rocking back and forth, with
his arms around his knees, quietly and monotonously repeating: "Oy, Zosia!
Page 498
fire. We panted, cried from the smoke in our eyes, and covered our faces with wet
handkerchiefs, but this didn't help much. On the third night the fighting died down
again and we could hear someone yelling out on the boulevard in an uncertain ...
fire. We panted, cried from the smoke in our eyes, and covered our faces with wet
handkerchiefs, but this didn't help much. On the third night the fighting died down
again and we could hear someone yelling out on the boulevard in an uncertain ...
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Contents
The Death of My Father | 3 |
Carp | 16 |
The Pink Oleanders | 29 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Story of a Life, Volume 2 |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1967 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2009 |
| Length | 661 pages |
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