Shandi Mitchell by Under This Unbroken Sky (v5)

Author:Under This Unbroken Sky (v5)
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: General & Literary Fiction, Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction
ISBN: 9780753826621
Publisher: a cognizant original v5 release october 07 2010
Published: 2009-09-15T04:00:00+00:00

“WE HAVE TO get the grain out.”

Myron pauses mid-strike with the axe high, a pile of split wood at his feet.

“Now!” Teodor barks. “Get the shovels and whatever bags you can find.”

He doesn’t stop to stomp the snow from his boots as he barges into the house, startling the women in the midst of dinner preparations.

Katya beams. “Look, Tato, I made a pyrih.” She holds up her lopsided creation.

“What’s wrong?” Maria’s heart tightens.

“We need blankets and sheets. We’re taking the grain in.”

“But it’s almost lunch.” She looks up from folding her fiftieth pyrohy. Her hands are covered in flour; a pot of mashed potatoes and onions steams on the table. Dania, sweating over the stove, hesitates boiling the next batch.

“It’ll be dark before you get back,” but she is already moving toward the chest. “Pack some food for your father.”

Sofia gratefully pulls her hands out of the sticky dough glomming her fingers.

“And for Myron.” Teodor retrieves the newspaper, a hand-me-down from Josyp Petrenko, and searches the pages for last week’s market prices. He tears the column from the page and folds it into his pocket.

“Can I come?” Katya pipes up hopefully.

“No.” Maria slaps flour from her hands. “You have work to do.” She opens the chest and is repulsed by the rank, mildewy smell.

“Anything will do, I just need something to cover it.” He is already impatient to leave. Maria grabs a cotton sheet, grey with age and torn at the hems, and a faded wool blanket.

“Wait.” She hands him an extra sweater and two dry pairs of socks. He grumbles about having too much to carry. “Take them,” she says. The discussion is over.

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