The first time she saw him, he was driving a sleigh. Not one of the boxy Red Cross ambulance sleighs, but a rough peasant sleigh with a frame of lashed saplings riding low between the runners. His chin rested on his chest; his hands lay loosely in his lap; the reins looped onto his knees, depriving the little pony of any instructions. The snow in the street was firmly packed, neither icy nor badly rutted, and the pony walked patiently, in a straight line, as if planning to continue past the hospital courtyard to the edge of the White Sea . A long bundle, half buried in hay, lay next to the driverwho must, Eudora realized, be sound asleep.
This was in North Russia , in March of 1919, four months after the war had ended for the rest of the world. Every day Eudora was surprised to find herself still here. A bell boomed from the cathedral and caused the pony, who had a particularly thick mane and lovely eyes, to look toward the blue domes. Still the driver let the reins lie slack. Eudora crossed the courtyard and waved, clicking her tongue softly against her teeth until the pony turned between the pillars and brought the sleigh to a stop at her feet.
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- Friday, January 9th, 2009
Allison Amend reading at Pianos - Friday, January 30th, 2009
Rachel Cantor reading at Pianos - Friday, February 27th, 2009
Ben Greenman reading at Pianos - Friday, March 6th, 2009
Andrew Porter reading at Pianos - Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Rebecca Barry reading at Pianos - Friday, May 1st, 2009
Tania James reading at Pianos
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