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Childhood is a time when everybody is affected by incidents which remain with them during their entire lives. There were many events in my childhood, and some of them left no impact on my life. With some, I can’t exactly say if they happened or were just my i ....

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.... and listen to the teller with great attention and tension. As a rule, for the best effect, these frightful stories were told at nighttime in the garden. Everybody tried to look very brave, including me. However, in the depth of my heart, I was afraid of darkness. That’s why each time I returned home I did not walk, but ran with the feeling that heroes of the stories would come alive and make terrible trouble for me. I don’t remember how long these story-telling sessions went on, maybe a few months during the summer. It was so interesting to listen while holding my breath and feeling horror in my heart. Later, I understood that my so c ....