Silver Sword
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THE SILVER S\V'ORDThis is a story Seeond~.',. I
about War.
a family The father Ruth, among camps,
in Poland
during
the are are
World
and the mother Edek, and, Bronia,
taken aWy to prison
and rheir hOl,lse, is blo\vn the ruins of bombed,,~
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up. Their three children, eft alone and homeless .i \'farsa\\"; Soon they oin up withI
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boy, Jan,\y'ho of death
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beco me a clever thieL ;).ble to steal food fro~ of pbees. shooring. \\'~uends, They ive every day in danger or from the cold, or from hunger. rhey leave Poland andbegin hoping
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to find rhcir p.arcnts rhere. Ir is a~
long, h~ud journey. Bur Jan carries with hinrall \\'hieh rhe children's sworlbrings ,.... the time rhe sih'ersword,' rhe
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farher had givcn him rhree years
before. Jan kno\Vs he musr never lose ir, because rhem luck ... .
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