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Chapter 5

           Butnow,strangetosay,intheshaftsofsuchacarthesawathinlittlesorrelbeast,oneofthosepeasants’nagswhichhehadoftenseenstrainingtheirutmostunderaheavyloadofwoodorhay,especiallywhenthewheelswerestuckinthemudorinarut.Andthepeasantswouldbeatthemsocruelly,sometimesevenaboutthenoseandeyes,andhefeltsosorry,sosorryforthemthathealmostcried,andhismotheralwaysusedtotakehimawayfromthewindow.Allofasuddentherewasagreatuproarofshouting,singingandthebalalaïka,andfromthetavernanumberofbigandverydrunkenpeasantscameout,wearingredandblueshirtsandcoatsthrownovertheirshoulders.

           “Getin,getin!”shoutedoneofthem,ayoungthick-neckedpeasantwithafleshyfaceredasacarrot.“I’lltakeyouall,getin!”

           Butatoncetherewasanoutbreakoflaughterandexclamationsinthecrowd.

           “Takeusallwithabeastlikethat!”

           “Why,Mikolka,areyoucrazytoputanaglikethatinsuchacart?”

           “Andthismareistwentyifsheisaday,mates!”

           “Getin,I’lltakeyouall,”Mikolkashoutedagain,leapingfirstintothecart,seizingthereinsandstandingstraightupinfront.“ThebayhasgonewithMatvey,”heshoutedfromthecart“andthisbrute,mates,isjustbreakingmyheart,IfeelasifIcouldkillher.She’sjusteatingherheadoff.Getin,Itellyou!I’llmakehergallop!She’llgallop!”andhepickedupthewhip,preparinghimselfwithrelishtoflogthelittlemare.

           “Getin!Comealong!”Thecrowdlaughed.

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