Day: October 10, 2025

Lida was hurrying home. At last, the chief physician had signed off on her long-awaited vacation. Now she could make her family happy — soon they would all fly off on a holiday together.

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Lida hurried home. At last, the head doctor had signed off on her long-awaited vacation. Now she could finally delight her family with the news that soon all of them would be flying off on a holiday together. Driving her beloved old car past the makeshift market that had sprung up at the beginning of […]

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Hey, Lizok!” Liza’s brother Anton tumbled noisily into the hallway with his whole family. “We were just passing by and thought we’d drop in. You won’t kick us out, will you?”

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“Hi, Liza!” Anton—Liza’s brother—barreled into the hallway with his whole family. “We were just passing by and thought we’d drop in. You won’t turn us away, will you?” “Hello, Anton! Of course, come in!” Liza was a warm, welcoming hostess. She was always glad to have guests: her salary let her feed, water, and shower […]

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No sooner had my parents registered the apartment to me than my mother-in-law had already decided who would live there.

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Natalya gripped the set of keys tightly—the ones her parents had just ceremoniously handed to their daughter. The October wind rustled the yellow leaves in the courtyard, and the air smelled of autumn coolness and new possibilities. A one-room apartment on the seventh floor of a panel building—the gift she had been waiting for for […]

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