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... woods . Owls flew out of it at twilight . Once at night we heard faraway cries coming out of these woods . It was a peddler who had tried to go on foot from the Svensky Monastery to a fair at Trubchevsk . A forest warden found him and ...
... woods . Owls flew out of it at twilight . Once at night we heard faraway cries coming out of these woods . It was a peddler who had tried to go on foot from the Svensky Monastery to a fair at Trubchevsk . A forest warden found him and ...
Page 375
... wood and started the fire going again . It was beginning to grow dark . " Take the little boy away , " I told Vassil . " He doesn't need to watch this . " " But he's her brother , " Vassil answered hurriedly . " There's a spring in the ...
... wood and started the fire going again . It was beginning to grow dark . " Take the little boy away , " I told Vassil . " He doesn't need to watch this . " " But he's her brother , " Vassil answered hurriedly . " There's a spring in the ...
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... woods on to the farm . He walked in , made the sign of the cross over the corner of the room where an icon should have been , bowed deeply to us , and asked Mama if she would trade some salt for some dried mushrooms . The monk might ...
... woods on to the farm . He walked in , made the sign of the cross over the corner of the room where an icon should have been , bowed deeply to us , and asked Mama if she would trade some salt for some dried mushrooms . The monk might ...
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The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
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