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... appeared around a bend in the road . A double - barreled hunting gun was hanging from his shoulder . He held two dead ducks in his hand . His jacket was unbuttoned and I could see his strong brown neck . Aunt Nadya stopped , and I ...
... appeared around a bend in the road . A double - barreled hunting gun was hanging from his shoulder . He held two dead ducks in his hand . His jacket was unbuttoned and I could see his strong brown neck . Aunt Nadya stopped , and I ...
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... appeared at the end of the corridor . He was walking slowly , listening with apprehension to the yells coming from the physics room . This teacher was a very fat man . He had to go through the nar- row door sideways . The ...
... appeared at the end of the corridor . He was walking slowly , listening with apprehension to the yells coming from the physics room . This teacher was a very fat man . He had to go through the nar- row door sideways . The ...
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... appeared , the air was filled with poison . He would wave his flabby little arms and begin to slander the intelligentsia . Aunt Vera's husband , a pimply businessman who looked like a Moldavian , yessed him continually . Then inevitably ...
... appeared , the air was filled with poison . He would wave his flabby little arms and begin to slander the intelligentsia . Aunt Vera's husband , a pimply businessman who looked like a Moldavian , yessed him continually . Then inevitably ...
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The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
Copyright | |
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