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let me tell true story of latvian boyhood time
>be me, 9
>have fail latvian 3rd grade and schoolchildren 1 year behind because communism
>be of recess time, play on playground of wood pile from collapsed asbestos and vinegar factory
>holiday potato festival today come in village. latvian government send designated potato clown to school for free potato of school children for make less sad
>wait in line for potato, but he run out of potato. very sad, also cold
>next day many children missing. Aivar say "many the children die of bad potato today"
>I tell Aivar he remind me of old latvian folk tale: "he who have large potato but not share to neighbor who live in small shed have malnourish daughter stillborn the child of rape soldier"
>but Aivar say, "no. for them, no more suffer. is good. for us only beginning. now time for work coal mine because communism"
