The Penknife
Listen, Jewish children, and I will tell you a story about a penknife. It’s not a made-up story, but a true story that really happened to me. There was nothing on earth I yearned for as much as I yearned for a penknife; nothing on earth I desired as much as a penknife, my own penknife. It would nestle in my pocket, and whenever I felt like it, I…
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