I'm Sorry

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　　'What happened to you?' he asked and then didn't wait for an answer. 'Was it your bicycle?' Because that happened to me back in Berlin a couple of years ago. I fell off when I was going too fast and was black and blue for weeks. Does it hurt?'

He was just Plain Nasty

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　　'And afterwards, when you return to the kitchen, make sure you wash your hands before touching any of the food, you filthy——' Lieutenant Kotler repeated the word he had used twice already and he spat a little as he spoke. Bruno glanced across at Gratel, who had been staring adoringly at the sunlight bouncing off Lieutenant Kotler's hair but now, like her brother, looked a little uncomfortable. Neither of them had ever really spoken to Pavel before but he was a good waiter and they, according to Father, did not grow on trees.

We were Born on the Same Day

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　　'I'm Shmuel', said the little boy.

　　Bruno scrunched up his face, not sure that he had heard the little boy right. 'What did you say your name was?' he asked.

The Foreseeable Future

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　　He ran into Gretel's room without knocking and discovered her placing her civilization of dolls on various shelves around the room.