Babushki

God knows how many babushki standing behind the shutters of their cottages had seen her.

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Private plots are to be allowed to flourish, and a great many babushki will be replaced by machinery and permitted to retire.

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“So, two babushki are riding the electric train. One says, ‘Oi, there is so little rain this year the cucumbers are only this big.’ ” Alyosha holds up his palms, two inches apart. “ ‘Don’t worry, dear,’ the deaf babushka says, ‘the most important thing is that a man be good.’ ”

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Three babushki with huge brooms approach distressed with my tears, “Stop crying. No one likes to see a woman cry, you must stop.[…]”

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