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The nextdressed, the Metanovs heard on the radio that an incendiary bo on Sadovaya Ulitsa and the roof patrol wasn’t able to put it out in ti everyone there, nine people, all of thee of twenty, Tatiana thought, putting on her shoes Her shin was throbbing

"You see? What did I tell you?" said Maerous to be on the roof"

"We are in the erous to be everywhere"

The bo Tatiana hadn’t even gone to get her rations yet The family all piled downstairs to the bomb shelter Restlessly Tatiana bit her nails to the quick and dru helped They sat for an hour

Afterward Papa gave Tatiana his ration book and asked her to get his rations for hiot all this sewing to do before work I’ extra uniforms for the army" She smiled "One uniform for our Alexander, ten rubles for me"

Tatiana asked Marina to cooing to help Babushka get dressed Dasha was in the kitchen washing clothes in the cast-iron sink

Tatiana went by herself She found a large store on the Fontanka Canal near the Theatre of Dra Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at seven that evening The line at the store spilled down the eot to the counter and learned that after yesterday’s burning of the Badayev warehouses the ration had been further reduced

Papa got half a kilo of bread on his worker’s ration card, but everyone else got only 350 graether they had about two kilos of bread for the day Besides bread, Tatiana ed to buy sora home, Tatiana told her family of the reduced rations They weren’t concerned "Two kilos of bread?" Mah That’s plenty No need to stuff ourselves like pigs in tihten our belts a little bit Plus we have all that extra food just in case We’ll be fine"

Tatiana divided the bread into two piles -- one for breakfast, one for dinner -- and then divided each of the piles into six portions She gave Papa the one was the pretense of training with Vera Tatiana was reduced to cleaning the toilets and baths for the patients and then washing their soiled bedding She served lunch and was herself able to eat So them, she always asked if they were stationed in Pavlov Barracks

Interht Tatiana had enough time to make dinner and clean up before the air-raid siren sounded at nine Back to the bomb shelter Tatiana sat and sat and sat It’s been only two days, she thought Howto get hi to continue

The shelter was long and narrow, painted gray, with two kerosene lamps for the sixty or so people, who sat on benches or stood leaning against the walls "Papa," Tatiana asked her father, "how er do you think?"

"It will be over in a few hours," he said wearily Tatiana smelled vodka heavy on his breath

"Papa," Tatiana said in a tired voice, "I er?"

"How should I know?" he said, trying to stand up "Until we’re all dead?"

"Mama, what’s the matter with Papa?" Tatiana asked

"Oh, Tanechka, you can’t be that blind Pasha is theaway "But his fa closer to Dasha and Marina, Tatiana asked, "Dash, Marinka here told a had a crush on me I told her she was crazy What do you think?"

"She is crazy"

"Thank you"

Marina looked at Tatiana and Dasha "You are both crazy," she said "And you, Dasha, are one day going to eat your words"

"There you go, Tania," said Dasha, without even looking at her sister "Maybe it’s Misha you need and not Dihed