Paper Doll
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Tetiana Tikhovska. Paper Doll
Prologue
Book one. Agatha
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Book two. Dina
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Book three. Zoya
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Epilogue
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There used to lay a boulder there. It was a boulder at the corner of Bazarna Street and Moskovska Street. A boulder you could sit on when your sweetheart was late (to say honestly, that scenario had already become habitual).Those two even invented a saying whose secret message was comprehensible only to them. She used to say: “You will have to sit on the boulder”. That is, to wait until she spruces up.
It’s boiling hot. Katrusya[1] is walking next to me – she has been promised to be taken to the beach.
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Finally the newlyweds left the church. “What a nice couple!” was heard now and then. The druzhba had got his hands stiff – the groom was rather tall to hold the wedding crown over his head for quite a time. The procession headed for the groom’s homestead. Before the porch Stas promptly raised Agatha as if she were just a feather and brought her into the room. The old belief demands that to be done to trick the evil forces. Presumably, they won’t notice the new dweller if she doesn’t set foot on the porch on the first day.
The gusts were very hungry, awaiting for the young couple to return. No wonder! The tables were abundant with delicious food and drinks: korovai[16], roasted piglet, kholodets[17], borshch[18] and dumplings, fried chicken… Before trying another dish the guests would cry: “The borshch is bitter! The cabbage is bitter!”[19]. That was repeated until the groom figured out what he was expected to do: kiss his young wife.
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