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... blue smoke floated upward . The dogs barked and rushed around us . Somewhere a frightened chicken cackled . " Salute to life ! " the artist said . " It's devilishly wonderful to be alive ! " We went up to the house surrounded by excited ...
... blue smoke floated upward . The dogs barked and rushed around us . Somewhere a frightened chicken cackled . " Salute to life ! " the artist said . " It's devilishly wonderful to be alive ! " We went up to the house surrounded by excited ...
Page 336
... blue bony growths along their backs looked up at the sky out of dim eyes . Mackerel thrashed about in wet baskets , like blue mercury . Brown perch slowly opened their mouths and quietly moved them , as if they were tasting the morning ...
... blue bony growths along their backs looked up at the sky out of dim eyes . Mackerel thrashed about in wet baskets , like blue mercury . Brown perch slowly opened their mouths and quietly moved them , as if they were tasting the morning ...
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... blue lights . Sharp beams of different - colored flame broke through my eyelashes . An eagle was circling in the heights , watching me and wondering whether or not to light beside me . Then I heard a thin trickling of water drops ...
... blue lights . Sharp beams of different - colored flame broke through my eyelashes . An eagle was circling in the heights , watching me and wondering whether or not to light beside me . Then I heard a thin trickling of water drops ...
Contents
The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich ΙΟ | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
Copyright | |
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