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Page 124
... warm fresh scent of her hair . Mama came back in . Lena took her hand away quickly , and Mama said that Lena had brought me some wonderful grapes . " We don't have any better ones now , unfortunately , " Lena answered . While she said ...
... warm fresh scent of her hair . Mama came back in . Lena took her hand away quickly , and Mama said that Lena had brought me some wonderful grapes . " We don't have any better ones now , unfortunately , " Lena answered . While she said ...
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... warm wind would sometimes blow the fog away . At Lukyanovka there was a smell of melting snow and of bark — the wind brought this from beyond the Dnieper , from the Chernigov woods which were already darkening with spring . The rooftops ...
... warm wind would sometimes blow the fog away . At Lukyanovka there was a smell of melting snow and of bark — the wind brought this from beyond the Dnieper , from the Chernigov woods which were already darkening with spring . The rooftops ...
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... warm milk . Here's milk with foam on it . Remember , your darling mother ordered you to drink unskimmed milk ! " Others called out their wares in gloomy voices : " A pocket full for a kopeck ! For one miserable little kopeck ! " Best of ...
... warm milk . Here's milk with foam on it . Remember , your darling mother ordered you to drink unskimmed milk ! " Others called out their wares in gloomy voices : " A pocket full for a kopeck ! For one miserable little kopeck ! " Best of ...
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The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich ΙΟ | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
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