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At honated their air-raid workers, first clearing debris fro for Ger paper, slenko brothers, Anton and Kirill Near thes of sand Tatiana wanted to sit next to her sister but couldn’t

Dasha got up and said, "Listen, I’ht here?"

"Of course, Dasha Anton will protect me" Anton was Tatiana’s closest friend

Dasha touched her sister’s hair "Don’t stay up here too long Are you tired? You’re home so late We knew Kirov would be too far for you Why don’t you get a job with Papa? You’ll be home in fifteen minutes"

"Don’t worry, Dash I’m fine" She slenko tried to jolly Tatiana out of her mood, but she didn’t want to talk to anyone She just wanted to think for a minute, for an hour, for a year Tatiana needed to think herself out of what she was feeling

Finally she relented and played the dizzy geography game She put her hands over her eyes while Anton spun her around, stopping her suddenly, and she had to point in the direction of Finland In the direction of Krasnodar Which way the Urals? Which way America?

Then Tatiana spun Anton

They naraphical locations as they could think of, and when they were done, they counted up their correct points As the winner, Tatiana got to juht Tatiana did not jump up and down She sat down heavily on the roof All she could think about was Alexander and Alu"

"Is it?" she said

"Why, yes In two years, I’ll be able to join Petka left yesterday"

"Left yesterday for where?"

"For the front" He laughed "In case you didn’t notice, Tania, there’s a war on"

"I noticed, all right," said Tatiana, shaking a little "Have you heard from Volodya?" Volodya ith Pasha in Tolone Kirill can’t wait to turn seventeen He says the army will take him at seventeen"

"The ar up

"Tania, will somebody take you at seventeen?" Anton smiled