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What makes you tall coved pike his wish at dl of ab How ey we ied thet then, thom ing bea het eid neh te ‘dow with the fondo ee. wars cent balmy dy oe What fan could be md her! The vapours sing fr the wwe ‘eine ght asctmage oops waving ely dine wesng dn the grou ae! making md ies wo ey the sn B he hard hearted abi reset reseed et rong on ado. Beads noe} oh rer oo 2 seat lon the pen Tela. Ou am si hing oo si (rand aden, or heads ahd: out dons wee Roa; Bt the abt ned on and on "etre ead sein pel He ays Bs book, aon thew hae be word and wared ts ogo sgt othe Syngonie rte aerooon and ewe prj a2 Sey ope Une we tnbled ouuide-—o be met bythe town hed oning ‘ard ws. Pat came the bly goa, looking atly anda at SNlgon of ea own nobles ont way wit he com thon stand see lcbrasin, wedling perp of ce {hog or fiber Nex eame de seas, alowed bythe ews, Cave, pig and cl each ns ormaton of heir owt The dat rey hg We lipped rd sre i nou of be bed Rte rmeone seg ae ona ily goat's back an thereon 4 she: whe ye someone ce estoried the sia by sarpeding thr way cet he know he was a ma son of ta bee tse whose dominion ws one wi tbe wo Suen, ae Bens ‘pid our ove cow coming toward me bythe sie a te eds tn, wio wes ean nove itl al onan bul | pat so tnt tpt one fr my ter ad mentioned seal Snes thou ow wa ‘open eu conan iy exceed "rare engigly a he hear athe woe towed ny ber Iuuse wih the prety elon hs sour I wased deperalyTo ‘uae hin, row mye ardently on he ea nd over with nes, but whit wa I dt Wit ba te i edhe aero raj And wha would my moter sy ihe were to ee bets the Tamu den ging to sch worthy inp Aad 0 ha ao cote Bot fre my ogo Yo Syagogs Pe ‘Nesom athe sreice war one, ed ome co ae the call My ie str nd brother an out ogre me with news ofthe els tit ea eme Hol they sai lato, you tou se how wat You bed ee how ig a and bow wie tno Ins ar, ed how Song tongue ba bow read ck ps ‘ot You should te Unable to ean ysl any longer Irn pty he brs, where {ae bee te lf. my Aes ‘na bots ands ve each of ib hen Tok ia mye ‘a cared io the chen ose beter by abel aed term of bred an aid them of onus ppd hem up Ing and looked ate wth sud, nil ale Tew night enh ited me and wanted make fends wth me mae than ih ny of he thes cen ny beer and ses oad eyes Dp P 2 | Mordchal 20 Fel forme ony which flowed me fndy where I wet nd oud inlove with he prey calf an peed yf Rea a ed {be good to Wand spe i devotion ih ny owe “Wal sald my mother Yo my fier when be cme home ht crsting ‘wet nud The cow gett We sangeet 5 week nd rst the way you lie the be “Do yo mean mara’ sed lan, "Do ou teal ean old sche ety el” "u'll ld on, ad you jut being foth People would lng at you f you aed tt way onto the When eure lm the Kc oi mye my pie and 227 ssw i a sto mea thr sing sey | ‘rato east ew myst on past and Seed eer le the Bot sealed down my host. Theme Tks the harder fed “ht sgh | emenber ook ap hkl orth tne eka gh ste Had wee ching ie 2 brain aod pecking sy with sap bil Hota aed to ear a "Why wan cha cal ee a To be dang at wha fot Why super sweetie And ee eae side to be auger yar tade wo pe oun ee been enough i had een br as ape of mes ae ene Sop Wy dos your mother was oil Who gues dh pe so ch apt ea” | yowed that night © gi elgtten pennies othe an box of Rabbl Mr Ba Hane fon Be wuld make my tier Senge erin Then sep tn ny dream Conv Bound cloner whch toad the sgh sere klein nd Down cee eal weno can, {he toed ced ove ‘When Toe fom ben the orig | ran sight the ban to acento my ret ha my dating lf ws sites el ced ress ceing ts moter Hood ln oe king Te oc ‘ih her ongu nd arnging Ws short fe Toro ‘When cme lame the ber eering und etapa fg Spe with my moter sd xing «pe rhe as ae ‘noting, Decne ad aed betn a {wt fl Sr 2 ees are aly hab png Ws Tey sh fo wondered Bot wi Who si that mt ee BE oe [pet caf My mother But 1 herd he sy mote fee he a ESS ot mane we were commanded to be mere to animals and not west them ‘vuelyt Not teat dhe crully—bae seapts them Be meraul— and saughter them? So she sud, bat who aid she waa righ Could she be wrong den? Could ethers be wg too? Dear God my ‘voter and the cal ae both in Your handy —Wy did You ake the ‘ol tive tnd make ey mother want ro kl God! Way shoul this ‘ol wh You erated perfect inal its parss0 that it should be able olive er years on the face of Your earth, lave tobe slaughtered If You lew in advance, God, which eles wire meant to be li ford and which were no, why dif You arate the nes meant for viughtes and ge chem the power to ne dt bring more ie to the woe ar them? And if You made dem to live, why should be dtobeyed” And what sbout my lve bother who did when lw was eight days old? My mother sid eit even before he was wiakle mer eye it was writen down ina took in heren bow long te woaldIne—bur then why was he born vith ll he makings of nant What dhe need leg for if he wating to walk on then? What di he need hands for he wast goin to use them And what shout hismouth? And his pt Whar woeld pve happened ithe wet ‘wus halt choke him acedently? And why should se be blamed ‘Vic was lly the Angel of Deaths faut? My mother told me that it es but fic was the wet muse who chaked-he baby, what was there In for the Angel of Death to do? Wasi posible for someone, even Tie cht die without hin? ———e——— ‘Mama can someone de without the Ange oF Day — ‘Are you au of our mind, Hot” ny molerexclimed in embac™ ‘ssment before the slaughter, who broke hto a broad sede at my howe question, “What's gor into you? Da youslready know the whole Twmad bat you have nothing beter todo dan to worry about how ple "wat feng fsious and cashed "coulda sleep tae night. Biter, horbe thoughts kept crossing ‘ny pd. hid my face inthe Bisset besa they Eightened me vo ‘ey atd made me ak auch tormenting hestons. [ea ome ssruetae inside of me were 1 something were being lon fom pce and uprooted... et dat was a watt ‘ys oar tht ny tnd was war ean Rese aE ne st and agaist the nds aus ‘Tata and was downed. le wounded to the Oe i Sr ME PERRET Wie SF t 4 | Madecl2 etes hired te words ofthe ight pre itn and cote 2 pent alone with his oe iw Ty han eae Patan dee “ht ows mine, dy pues day’ The second ay cme sod wen, the thd yt uh dy. the One ith hy cee wal be Mle! went about a "he cl grew by leapt ao Dns en ped on on, is legs ine rnin tate henner iste me he aces acing waggle I pec wh an neal pce os Ingo ying one “he wet th day aie tt ot manent ce dae Te hus few by 3 inclined hh end ghernow't wa ea peg ‘the west, How aioe * Tine ta ef woul on, col oo be aught my eat pounded wit eI Kew tm Gol woud ak of ae thing the angels wold ene th eae he ine ‘ins or dont tnt mu ese aso ober gape ‘My taoter was sdamanht» mince wes Bound take ee ‘ce the oly vlton The al was pry nd ed ed ‘imho th box day ngage sang And yet—who knew? eeu yer pounded Thre wee tein my eg nb wih moon My hugh ced ot of etl testo Sake ese of: en tes woud Ino -am Tans sh He wold jo og are ey ate de “Thy ghered the ct “eed yl Hn. Uni Nissan Gnessin UPROAR i a nai reed rai tena "esrb eee mann a vo may ew wae of a ne ems eof te fo ew ake fg Py ‘co offre ec hey. i mnt at pk ‘Ste arpin fap ou ofc ote "tr Gna rate sramfvunes ey ‘teh nena moog Wingo eee, ols {acs ingen tsb ier fre rag ge cramer wth dee pod nd fp ro Se Sem hn a yo i pn 1 of etn inh wh oil cern ine fhe hh oman of Kay. ‘Thee by the Jog, pai, Jourdasty cars, which wally nox! idly In the middle of the spacous empey square, beside the porbelied ‘oad which mrad Somat in the spring sun, with the teva efor ene fom ue wb fee gl a sanding Uke 2 wallpatig, but for the ocesional switch lag tals a the woubesone es about them—by those dar ces 1 multe of oad voices deny erupted in aging Iughes, and the rather desolate agua, teal sewn with wipe ofl Bay and sank n acd sleep, ten shook feverishly andi inmoble Space resounded with right waves of “Ob ho ho ho Along the low wires sang beside the broad rnd, from ove pole with its white amp to the ne, percbed oc of said patos, facing the beianc; alarmed, the til ll ook of at once, wih 3 ightned rate ‘Ware ‘They flew of and begas noisy co bathe and sel in he eangnl

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