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... hair with a comb made of bone . For when it was unbraided , Elitsa's hair swept the ground , so she had to comb it standing on high . And when she braided it , her hair reached the middle of her calves , and the braids were as thick as ...
... hair with a comb made of bone . For when it was unbraided , Elitsa's hair swept the ground , so she had to comb it standing on high . And when she braided it , her hair reached the middle of her calves , and the braids were as thick as ...
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... hair to grow anywhere on his body- except his moustache and a horn of hair in the middle of his fore- head . I have seen other bald men , too , on whose foreheads tufts of sparsely growing hair are left , but Karaibrahim's tuft really ...
... hair to grow anywhere on his body- except his moustache and a horn of hair in the middle of his fore- head . I have seen other bald men , too , on whose foreheads tufts of sparsely growing hair are left , but Karaibrahim's tuft really ...
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... hair , and from my hair on to my shoulders , running down from my hair to the tips of my fingers , so that they dripped on the earth . And the entire forest was full of a whisper , as at the time of the ripened cones , when the seeds ...
... hair , and from my hair on to my shoulders , running down from my hair to the tips of my fingers , so that they dripped on the earth . And the entire forest was full of a whisper , as at the time of the ripened cones , when the seeds ...
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Aegean Sea Aga's alive Allah asked Balkandji began blood breast brother Bulgarian Candia cast cave chans Chepino child courtyard cried cross dark dead Delyo dogs earth Elindenya Elitsa eyes face faith father feet fell felt fire flocks forest Goran Grand Vizier Granny Srebra grass grew Gyulfié haidouts hair hand Hassan Hodja head heard heart horse howling hundred Ismaïl Bey Janissaries Karaibrahim kaval kill knife Konak light lips looked Manol meadow Mircho Momchil mountain night notables Old Galoushko Old Kralyo passed Petglassets pistol Podviss priest Prossoina rapier remembered Rhodopa Rhodope Mountains rocks rose seemed Sevda sheep shepherds Sherko shone shoulders shouted silent Spahis spoke spruce stone stood stopped Sultan Syuleiman Aga tell terrible thought tree Tsepina Turkish Turks turned valley veranda village voice Voivoda Vrazhou Kehaya waited wall wanted weeping wind woman women words yataghan Yurouks