In the countryside of Ardeal region, a naughty and orphaned boy gets to stay with an aunt that does not have children. When the impish child destroys her house and garden and upsets a neighbor, his aunt tells him that she is getting very pissed at him.
– Hit me, auntie, kill me if you must, but…
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The Funeral
– From where he is now, he will be able to better watch over you. I tried to answer in all seriousness, although it seems funny to me that he is younger than me and speaks like old people do.
Mr. Petrica
I met Mr. Petrica in Herastrau. He was smoking used cigarette butts and smelled like dead flowers. Had the stern posture of a general and the delicate gestures of a watchmaker. He wasn’t begging, but didn’t refuse to eat with me, either. Thus, I learnt his story was not at all as I had imagined…
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