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LEV TOLSTOY SHORT STORY 16-2 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | LEV TOLSTOY SHORT STORY Polikushka P2 CHAPTER IV. Very early the next morning almost before the stars had hidden themselves from view there was seen standing before Polikey s home a low wagon the same in which the superintendent himself used to ride and harnessed to it was a large-boned dark-brown mare called for some unknown reason by the name of Baraban drum . Aniutka Polikey s eldest daughter in spite of the heavy rain and the cold wind which was blowing stood outside barefooted and held not without some fear the reins in ore hand while with the other she endeavored to keep her green and yellow overcoat wound around her body and also to hold Polikey s sheepskin coat. In the house there were the greatest noise and confusion. The morning was still so dark that the little daylight there was failed to penetrate through the broken panes of glass the window being stuffed in many places with rags and paper to exclude the cold air. Akulina ceased from her cooking for a while and helped to get Polikey ready for the journey. Most of the children were still in bed very likely as a protection against the cold for Akulina had taken away the big overcoat which usually covered them and had substituted a shawl of her own. Polikey s shirt was all ready nice and clean but his shoes badly needed repairing and this fact caused his devoted wife much anxiety. She took from her own feet the thick woollen stockings she was wearing and gave them to Polikey. She then began to repair his shoes patching up the holes so as to protect his feet from dampness. While this was going on he was sitting on the side of the bed with his feet dangling over the edge and trying to turn the sash which confined his coat at the waist. He was anxious to look as clean as possible and he declared his sash looked like a dirty rope. One of his daughters enveloped in a sheepskin coat was sent to a neighbor s house to borrow a hat. Within Polikey s home the greatest confusion reigned for the court servants were .
