Summary

As Feliks and Stasha continue to make their way through the countryside, they happen upon a haystack. They climb inside only to find it is already occupied by the Rabinowitzes, the “Lilliputs” from Mengele's Zoo. The Rabinowitzes are on their way to Prague, and they tell Stasha and Feliks they must leave, there is not enough room in the haystack for everyone to hide. Stasha asks Mirko Rabinowitz if he saw Pearl before they fled Auschwitz. He says no, and then recites some poetry by Ovid. He later admits he did think he heard Pearl's voice once, while he was caged in a laboratory. He writes down what he thought he heard her say, the words “Tell my sister that I” (220). Stasha keeps the note with these words written on it, and...