Page:Leo Tolstoi - Tolstoi for the Young - tr. Rochelle Slavyanskaia Townsend (1916).djvu/197

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THE GODSON

And the father said, " We don't know where your godfather lives, dear son. We, too, have worried over that. We have not seen him since you were christened. We have not heard of him and don't know where he lives, nor whether he is alive at all."

The boy bowed to his father and mother.

"Let me go," he said, " to seek my godfather. I want to find him and give him the Easter greeting."

The father and mother gave their consent and the boy set out to find his godfather.

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in The boy left the house and set out on his way. About midday he met a stranger and the stranger stopped and said "Good day to you, boy. Where are you going "

And the boy said, "I went to my godmother to give her the Easter greeting and when I returned home I asked my parents where my godfather lived, because I wanted to give him the greeting too, but my parents said," We don't know where your godfather