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,PEOPLE 3 

,AU?OR 3 ,LEO ,TOL/OY 

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,9 ! MEAN:ILE ! HORSES1 ! GRAY ONES1 HAD ALL BE5 DISPOS$ (2 ,MA%KA WAS SOLD TO ! GYPSIES = EI<TE5 RUBLES2 ,DAPPLE-GRAY WAS EX*ANG$ = ANO!R HORSE1 & PASS$ OV] TO ANO!R PEASANT :O LIV$ =TY MILES AWAY FROM ! E/ATE2 & ,BEAUTY DI$ ON ! WAY4 ,! MAN :O CONDUCT$ ! :OLE AFFAIR WAS--,IVAN ,MIRONOV4 ,HE HAD BE5 EMPLOY$ ON ! E/ATE1 & KNEW ALL ! :]EAB\TS ( ,PET] ,NIKOLAEVI*4 ,HE WANT$ TO GET BACK ! MONEY HE HAD LO/1 & /OLE ! HORSES = ?AT REASON4 

,AFT] HIS MIS=TUNE ) ! =G$ C\PON1 ,IVAN ,MIRONOV TOOK TO DR9K2 & ALL HE POSSESS$ W\LD HAVE GONE ON DR9K IF IT HAD NOT BE5 = HIS WIFE1 :O LOCK$ UP HIS CLO!S1 ! HORSES' COLL>S1 & ALL ! RE/ ( :AT HE W\LD O!RWISE HAVE SQU&]$ 9 PUBLIC-H\SES4 ,9 HIS DRUNK5 /ATE ,IVAN ,MIRONOV WAS CONT9UALLY ?9K+1 NOT ONLY ( ! MAN :O HAD WRONG$ HIM1 BUT ( ALL ! RI* PEOPLE :O LIVE ON ROBB+ ! POOR4 ,ONE DAY HE HAD A DR9K ) SOME PEASANTS FROM ! SUBURBS ( ,PODOLSK1 & WAS WALK+ HOME TOGE!R ) !M4 ,ON ! WAY ! PEASANTS1 :O W]E COMPLETELY DRUNK1 TOLD HIM !Y HAD /OL5 A HORSE FROM A PEASANT'S COTTAGE4 ,IVAN ,MIRONOV GOT ANGRY1 & BEGAN TO ABUSE ! HORSE-?IEVES4 

0,:AT A %AME60 HE SAID4 0,A HORSE IS LIKE A BRO!R TO ! PEASANT4 ,& Y\ ROBB$ HIM ( IT8 ,IT IS A GREAT S91 ,I TELL Y\4 ,IF Y\ GO 9 = /EAL+ HORSES1 /EAL !M FROM ! L&[N]S4 ,!Y >E WORSE ?AN DOGS1 & DES]VE ANY?+40 

,! TALK W5T ON1 & ! PEASANTS FROM ,PODOLSK TOLD HIM ?AT IT REQUIR$ A GREAT DEAL ( CUNN+ TO /EAL A HORSE ON AN E/ATE4 

0,Y\ MU/ KN[ ALL ! 9S & \TS ( ! PLACE1 & MU/ HAVE SOMEBODY ON ! SPOT TO HELP Y\40 

,!N IT OCCURR$ TO ,IVAN ,MIRONOV ?AT HE KNEW A L&[N]--,SV5TIZKY2 HE HAD WORK$ ON HIS E/ATE1 & ,SV5TIZKY1 :5 PAY+ HIM (F1 HAD D$UCT$ ONE RUBLE & A HALF = A BROK5 TOOL4 ,HE REMEMB]$ WELL ! GRAY HORSES :I* HE US$ TO DRIVE AT ,SV5TIZKY'S4 

,IVAN ,MIRONOV CALL$ ON ,PET] ,NIKOLAEVI* PRET5D+ TO ASK = EMPLOYM5T1 BUT REALLY 9 ORD] TO GET ! 9=MATION HE WANT$4 ,HE TOOK PRECAUTIONS TO MAKE SURE ?AT ! WAT*MAN WAS ABS5T1 & ?AT ! HORSES W]E /&+ 9 !IR BOXES 9 ! /ABLE4 ,HE BR\<T ! ?IEVES TO ! PLACE1 & HELP$ !M TO C>RY (F ! ?REE HORSES4 

,!Y DIVID$ !IR GA9S1 & ,IVAN ,MIRONOV RETURN$ TO HIS WIFE ) FIVE RUBLES 9 HIS POCKET4 ,HE HAD NO?+ TO DO AT HOME1 HAV+ NO HORSE TO WORK 9 ! FIELD1 & !RE=E CONT9U$ TO /EAL HORSES 9 COMPANY ) PR(ESSIONAL HORSE-?IEVES & GYPSIES4 

7,S\RCE3 ,! ,=G$ ,C\PON3 ,& ,O!R ,/ORIES1 BY ,LEO ,TOL/OY1 #a#i#a#b1 ,TRANSLAT$ FROM ! ,RUSSIAN BY ,H]MAN ,B]N/E91 PUBLI%$ BY ,OGILVIE ,PUBLI%+ ,COMPANY1 #eg ,ROSE ,/REET1 ,NEW ,YORK1 PRODUC$ = ,GUT5B]G4ORG BY ,JUDI? ,BOSS & ,DAVID ,WIDG]1 #b#f47 

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