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I was born in 1973. My childhood was in the Soviet era. As a schoolgirl, I, like many of my peers, went to rest in pioneer camps. They were located in the most beautiful places our country.
Once I was in a camp, which was located near the Don River in Pavlovsk city. There, the children and I went swimming, sunbathing, marching on the rulers. Concerted by the counselors, performances dancing around the fire.
Now I understand that it was the happiest time of my life. We lived in small houses, 10-12 people each. After dinner and preparing for bed, the children dispersed in their beds. And right away after the lights out, we started telling scary stories. And somehow in the evening my girlfriend offered interesting entertainment. One of the girls, on her instructions, lay on the bed on her back, around her six more girls stood up – one in the head, one in the legs, two on the left side, two on the right.
I remember I was standing on the right. Each of those standing had to squeeze fists, then straighten the thumb and forefinger on both hands and bring them under the lying girl. Further pronounced “magic” words.
The one who started holding their fingers under her head was starting to speak. She seemed to ask standing on the left, whose fingers were under shoulders, she answered and, in turn, asked the next question. And so in a circle. Repeat the spell three times.
– Damn and tow died, is that true? – I asked the standing girlfriends to my left.
– Yes it’s true! – she answered and addressed the next with such same question.
After these words were spoken by each of us three times, we … easily lifted the girl lying on our fingers to to the ceiling! She seemed to be completely weightless! Holding a girl for some time on outstretched arms, we carefully lowered it to bed.
Recalling this incident, I think: where did our strength come from so that raise and hold the human body at a height, and even at fingers? And what do these strange words mean: “Damn and tow dead, is that true? .. Yes, it’s true! ”
Olga ESIKOVA, Voronezh
