"Why is it, Tovah, that in Russia, no matter what the trouble, the blame always falls upon the Jews?"
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"I have never been in another country before, not even in another village."
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"In my sleep, I had clawed at my chest until it bled."
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"It is odd to see Mama and Papa and Nathan so changed."
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"How can I live without Mama and Papa to care for me, to protect me?"
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"Kissing the hand of the milkman, I felt at last I could say good-bye to Uncle Zeb too."
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"I cried until I was empty of tears. Then I was still. As still as the sea after a storm."
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"'It's not just the ringworm that concerns them,' said the lady from the HIAS. 'It's your hair.'"
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"Then I knew. The boy was a peasant. A Russian peasant. Here...