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16 | Ahuon Maggnt inthe donkey’ tog and bedded she ground wih hay. ho thee be went tothe soppicom and sk the ch oly no the ey bale, He stored oh rom, thew hms nto he bel an ee “The folowing marnng the rey light of dewn nl one wet oe one yet ren for work, Mitel wel oer toe eden hone, woke his, reed in, and sd ‘Come, wes ping “To mummy Yo aed ‘No, not o muon” Miceli ad piled im “Where thea? healed " a "Nevermind Yo ‘oa tensed someting ot of he onary had happened, some. ‘hing esing and ominous. And when they waked Bao the the tod he sw the bund the corer, he bt no ear and caged dove cnt the Hoe, Ninel gasped he bande in one band and hel the othe oto ss, ‘noagh eng Engh Come ett aa ‘ors wept and woul nc ‘Come, Mitel pl hin by band oY would not nove “Come eo: We're gon. Everything wil be lhe” mi ‘0 ibm But he was sick othe for: Mie! did nce vodsstnd how he ‘oy could sen have become too ery fer him tH on Sack ech ime Mie exe hsp ‘Doi aby Mil edo psa in, "We hae too and hace at, oe wept bey Mine! i aot ow what 1 do with hin. He sat down on te ‘be elles. The moraing eile + shut hgh body usd ic vas di, git and oie with dow Aa! the boys ses ‘eked on ad oat hough they wouldve ed. ‘Teas by Shaon Levin, tied ‘Moshe Sharir DOCTOR SCHMIDT er Sf in Shani wi i Ten, 0 ws some fon el eae ma {Seinen ce ort a tne hi psi fe ast in srt tes fai hero We Wied Pl ‘Sony he tt sorte fh ra (ot al nd cd ha oe nd Wi is Ov es So of ‘Re ia ett wh ae rtrd nt i Te logo Flbtnd od och ere! in sperm nie ota fet ul of ean Ren, Te il Ve tl sey pt ee ‘Asal emon coloured Mori ca coed the Yon bide beeen Racy and Peach Tah The ceo save o the igh, seal gies were woren to these The err low fd pen under, td aged ean esa th saws om eves ‘A oon a the car had coed the bd, moved to the sight sie ofthe roan ped up pest The ies Meu ge Dewees his ety wap Dr Sch, whose eye he the pie, showed t+ fsa of gh. Tiny were tlecond pany fame gre of the sun srg on he orzo, bt many bene ofthe see Of went tess whieh nee hn, Tne ih one of is peronaitycompoundd of df ngs, aa ate bra wealth a nova, aubrey sc Biya dgour—biseyer were sve the roe You woul ae Sceod in ewealg the Doors fg ging oly By Hi noe ‘men bythe amour ns coment eng oa ‘orbis menses. ll the had a teneedow saying poet Sd 8 | Moshe Stat ‘ull never be overcome by weasinex. Only hi jes woud cas, ‘nd because of his he woul often be people with who he was talking by 2 sad rangul look which was cial to itepuet even wile he would be parsipatg fallin some activity Now, afer a day of hard work and eve, held the stevng wel ight, hs ees halfdoed tna few mites be wou pull op 3 the office in Petach Tikvah and woald ring ore once moee"Thes wll be the fifth time, he si Risell. The ft had been when ‘neha set out fom bess in the morning. Miriam had ane were {he telephone and sid that No, thre ad Been no word hoch fone could ell, bo nevethen i would be es if he could tty home. From the Jordan Valley he range ic Hest in he busing sting ofces, swallowed grape ice and waited for hi calle ‘ie ving il instruction othe lol cowbands fo coping wih the epidemic ‘Once again Mitam tad arwezed. Her vice was overcome with ejection, and he imagined her sanding therein he bse housecot, 2her onder ir ed in abun ontop af her hen, er large eps fal of suliring, ‘No dearest, no yer There has been no meses, nO phone cal no telegram. Peru be wil omtcr us befbre thee You know... how suborn he is He may lev without coming home wall He cou se dhe ers allen filing er eyes, hee mouth sain ‘ng, forty cooling her thot to speak candy 40 tht he soul not be aware of her gt, lest he heat the ery wen up within hes let the aching shame be conejo him, From Hifi he had phoned fourth te, He set inthe Depa stents dssc ofc, which wis busing wit cles, spewsien ond ‘elephones—and waite forthe all wo come through There wat 3 seaming cup of back cofe in ont of him. An Arab you kept going ob, returning, and thumbing noi through hs pepe Doce ‘were opened and closed by buy elet—and the etcoal sel uf oa nd shiving ogp and Khaki tes dominated everything, When the call come, he trembled. le wan't Mitten who answered the phone, but ane ofthe meighours, who had to shout oer the bad coone. ion. "Your wie received elegtm from yo som lok at ough ‘ns coming ome fora shor while—elore he eaves I don’ noe ‘But De Sch dont know. e may ave any mom, you ‘at tell | will er, ofcoure. Mr Scie let the hey mah us ‘ex, Yes, Shaw, Dr Schmit, Goodie “They were wating forhim now at Peach Tlkya, He woald have to check the repora of the loeal desks and ofcourse they would add ‘hel wal mpi and all sorte ofugeions He would have to stop thee, investigate and wor, since the epidemic bad a stuck in this dria, no doubt about cht Pezhaps this would requie ser tous atten his ul avention. This cused plague had spend ener the country lke 9 storm, penetated every nook and cranny and deposited poison in every crevice. In rely ws not ne demi, but two or thie, "The fl chchen pest bad begun in de Ars vllages ad struck down thee hi, neglected chickens. chad then penetrated fo the Jewish seclemenis and destroyed even the stongese bids in their ‘coops—those strong white Leghorns wich cakleé dng the day fod scratched at ight Then thee war he deed ota mouth di ‘ese whic had atch nea al he ar inthe Joan Wy and ‘wes sll spreading. You woul! lok a the heavy Pesan cows and the tll Damasse breed, and to see them sufleing nthe animal lumboess was bearreakng And, Ie bt or least there was tat fused horse plague. They diet Know exactly wha twas je, but ie had already managed eo eke lly ia many stables at Yasiows Places throughou the cour. and ths Ba happened ju at che me Df the ausume ploughing ‘Two weeks igo the Hele Mors kad begun 10 burp along the rads and mato paths, rasing clos of dat ad sounding it bor, using through fms a Arab village, paicwecken dic fces tnd gis stains, Fast and foremost, the epidemic had tobe lated "Those places ales affected were sepeyated and act qoaratne ‘wa imposed on all fr throughout the county as well som the read fish and Arab police tatoned onthe man highway seesed srange orders which they id not understand Diver ofthe ge el truck coning fom Damascus and Bet lol cured the thorough tamination, but the foreign cgnettes they afer! were of no wl “The gates ofthe Jvish farms ware eked, eel ened wth ie rans of ysl were plced on bot sides of them bearing age ign ‘Deinfetan ‘All this acy was due to the flores of tha de Motsis which had rushed everwhere. consiping peopl, explaining. treater ing, placing Some on guard and poring bers to activa The Arb ee 1 | Moshe Shamir {alah were ovcoms by ea of the accompanying policeman, eet document of he spines wey mens ‘nly one poly was ei nt ila ght ad lat them, bum the sicensimals nd ends eb al comma. ‘ein with nlghbourg villages ad pom send ed put ‘ment. But nthe Jews setemeiy, the cowhands al panes eee qt ndestandng people who pened fo he hear fhe Problem. They wou liten ately scp advice with tha sod {Sry oa the ruc fal: They wal company he a the ‘ond, gravely sks hac wh they nd a i dep ne dey locke ge cute i i i he ob of he dn ie ne by oe the bi cows Ft cy woul elo ral ello saliva between the tet nthe Bn sorescarred uty the they would sway onthe lp ores cored th eng ones ‘Thea ofthowe our sna was eat eng Ahough we coves ste ralk health ery suena the cow hand were resaned an comprehending, and though th et wi dow Dr Sei weld aking dee! “Tm nor wring sot oH, Whazeer oul sn, bu sf you bring he epee {the Binek the be he devo py Don ou det go. were near thre: Dos een ik yo ss ou Do yo hea” Wel dont dept ‘Dont desain_Codl They had eched » telegram fom his wie Mam saying-—"The woop ae ging onenens No'wond um Sno, eur home inca ‘That had been yesterday The telegram ad awaited hie ithe Deparment’ ofe in Tiers. The oops were leving—perhps for then ine. hlomo had noc bee home sce the wine, December ‘eary a whole year. The muds were coming with solr going home ‘o match fae eave af few hours. One short onder coal rane ort hounds to infite dances Peshape—to the Seng tne ‘Sutody there had bee gh, te fare wating ft hi along, the roud taking him souk. Were they supposed to know Ghat ee ‘was a certain Shlomo, tht he had noe Beeb home aa ene year ‘snd tha som he was being taken aay”? Were they saposed to su ze his high. pal brow is sad eyes, it increible seabbernnea? ‘nvsilingy Dr Schone bad made i iss tothe fare fr afer frm, hour fier hour Butt some ration & aiyay engine end Doctor Shit | 5 ‘ting up seam, darkened cages ate wating: on some deat Inosaon gune are reaping their grim hart of death. There «lo ‘of rmad inthe world epidemics, horse carcasses yng slong the roads and oles dmbing ver thei wars bos, “this ore plague, Whit would hey aya Peach Tit What ‘this epee had not et ruck there, ade wasn equed? What, Sf Shlomo is sing in Me urfor on the sols opposte his mothe, ding i cat to make conversion, fing withthe rio and thn wrning ie dows, glancing ya the diy newspaper? Mother {= slentfrom time to ime making some prosaic comment think Facer wil be ere seon, they tld him sou were coming” He ie answering wih gro, or wih ase, of loking ito er ees ‘tandag bythe window, hand in is pockets... smoking and wa. ing into he astray wih narrowed eyes: "You know Dad. He's peob- tly operating at cis yery mement en some cow or desing Blood fiom + donkey. or talking tothe man in chaige ofthe sheep en His laugh sounds unnatural and srr, and Miriam i ging st i with prayer in her ees Here is Pech Tikvah. ‘The Mocs pale pin font ofthe office with er, Dr Seid jumps eat and, coals Hyg, sweep ao the outer room, ‘Shalom, Good evening. How are things? Bring the papect nto dhe ‘other toon. Get me Tel viv on the phone. My home Thanks In his ofc, bess down a he desk takes ff is coat and hat, tosses them side, ad pling the telephone towards him, ene back ‘a he chir ‘Shlomo’ high yale forehead... wel a he's sf spot! Only yee tenlay he wa an infant n swadding caches. ty ba oie fim In eaten woke was ao weak and oft And then cen one iy he swaggeed to te study smoking, Daa’ came fom behind 8 doud ef smoke, ‘Dad, have diving licence” He had erally jumped out of his baby clones Then he'd come home in the eae hours ofthe moenng, seal on te bed in hit smart sl and sleep swith his shoes on unit dan, when hed get yp and walk about dhe house Ike shadow He was costly complaining about the food, the Furniture, the books, and his dates. Evenings he'd thing Ts cgaretes one ate the other Then: ‘Dad, poe me the eye to the ‘ar. Dont wait up fo me. As usual ‘Mother and fther would wait worden thelr ery-chais. Even when he hid cose the door bend bi, and tales out ke burg [arlene would reign between ther, Esch lst in his om thoughts, 152 | Moshe Shani they woul seck fag n books, leg the lowered ead connie {to dis the sins: But they could il see him: pl, leat ha sched back, the whites sc round bis neck emphasing he dea, Mae weave of his su. They'd hearth cata tna ef the yond snd even the, fora lng whl, they woul’ dare to look oe soe nother ‘he telephone bused. Dr Schmit seiee it nervous. lo, Who's

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