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Countless golden stars, twinkling in rivalry, seemed all running softly towards the MilkyWay, and truly,looking at them,you were almost conscious of the whirling, never-resting motion of the earth.

Valetka’s most noticeable peculiarity was his impenetrable indifference to everything in the world.... If it were not a dog I was speaking of, I should have called him “disillusioned.” He usually sat with his cropped tail curled up under him, scowling and twitching at times, and he never smiled, for it is well known that dogs can smile, and smile very sweetly.)