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... gray bristles , who was waiting for me . My father was only fifty . I always remembered him as slightly stooping but well - proportioned , ele- gant , with dark hair , an unusual sad smile , and gray , attentive eyes . Now he sat in an ...
... gray bristles , who was waiting for me . My father was only fifty . I always remembered him as slightly stooping but well - proportioned , ele- gant , with dark hair , an unusual sad smile , and gray , attentive eyes . Now he sat in an ...
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... gray walls of our famous gymnasium . ” We were espe- cially delighted with the " gray walls . " Butter Churn pretended that he heard nothing . A holiday cleanliness sparkled all over the school on the day of the king's arrival . The ...
... gray walls of our famous gymnasium . ” We were espe- cially delighted with the " gray walls . " Butter Churn pretended that he heard nothing . A holiday cleanliness sparkled all over the school on the day of the king's arrival . The ...
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... gray , all shirts were gray , even horses , cats , and dogs were gray instead of white . It almost never rained in Yuzovka , and day and night a hot wind blew around rubbish , coal dust , and chicken feathers . All the streets and ...
... gray , all shirts were gray , even horses , cats , and dogs were gray instead of white . It almost never rained in Yuzovka , and day and night a hot wind blew around rubbish , coal dust , and chicken feathers . All the streets and ...
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The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
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