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slapped me across the face. I felt my left cheek
burning with pain.
“Comrades, has he got a good attitude?” she
asked the revolutionary teachers.
“No, he doesn’t!” they answered, and the voice
was deafening.
“Say, have you done it with Black Peony?”
Elephant asked me severely. She stood in front of me
and was ready to slap me again. I looked at her in
panic.
“Has anybody persecuted you?”
“Yes, I know somebody is persecuting me!” I
said definitely.
“Who? Who persecutes you?”
“Eh…” I hesitated for a moment. Elephant
retreated back one step, raised her right hand and
with all her strength slapped me. I dodged in time.
She lost balance and dropped on to the ground and
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