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... River , " " Water from the Mediterranean Sea . " There were a lot of bottles . They held water from the Volga , the Rhine , the Thames , Lake Michigan , the Dead Sea , and the Amazon . But no matter how much we looked at the water , all ...
... River , " " Water from the Mediterranean Sea . " There were a lot of bottles . They held water from the Volga , the Rhine , the Thames , Lake Michigan , the Dead Sea , and the Amazon . But no matter how much we looked at the water , all ...
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... river . Gleb and I had made our own map of the river and thought up names for every bend , every backwater , every cliff , and every pleasant place along it . We were lashed by twigs and the high grass . Our shirts turned yellow with ...
... river . Gleb and I had made our own map of the river and thought up names for every bend , every backwater , every cliff , and every pleasant place along it . We were lashed by twigs and the high grass . Our shirts turned yellow with ...
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Konstantin Paustovsky. BY THE MUDDY SAN RIVER A scorching sun beat down on the sparse pine woods beyond the San River . Single pine trees , tall and thin , bending over with the weight of their crowns , stood in the middle of stumps and ...
Konstantin Paustovsky. BY THE MUDDY SAN RIVER A scorching sun beat down on the sparse pine woods beyond the San River . Single pine trees , tall and thin , bending over with the weight of their crowns , stood in the middle of stumps and ...
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The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
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