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Danger B y Soph ia P a rfa n o v y c h I t w as a n ig h t of disquietude. Vehicles rum bled som ew here be low in th e town, b u t only slight rev erb eratio n s reached th e dwellings above. N evertheless, th e fa rm dogs w ere disturbed. The unusual activ ity in tow n quickened th e ir alarm . F ick was disturbed perhaps m ost of all. All n ig h t he barked, pulled a t his leash and howled m ournfully. Several tim es N icholas w ent o u t side to m ake sure th a t no thieves w ere creeping around. B ut only silence surrounded him , th e moon flooded th e p astu re w ith silvery light, th e fo rest trees stood m otionless. Then he would approach and com fort th e dog: “W h a t’s th e m atter, F ick? T h ere’s no one h ere.” Fick would tu rn his head to w ard th e tow n and begin to bark. “Som ething is happening in tow n,” N icholas th o u g h t as he retu rn ed to th e house. “Fick would not be disturbed w ith ou t reason. He was alw ays like th a t before bom bing raids . . F ick continued to b ark and pull a t his leash, so before fa ll ing asleep, N icholas decided to ru n down into tow n n ex t m o rn ing and see w h at w as happen ing. H ere, in th e p astu re, one knew nothing. ^ ^ ^ p astries by hostesses M arie Ric- ket, K atherin e L ucyshyn and Tessie H usiak, U N W LA B ranch 72 m em bers. The program concluded w ith th e singing of U krainian folk songs by Ivann a K uziw and Bri- g ith a Zajac, SUMA. m em bers, who accom panied them selves on th e bandura. As m em entos of th e ir visit, th e guests w ere presented w ith copies of th e UNW LA brochure, th e booklet “W om an of U k rain e,” and pictu re sam ples of U krainian em broidery designs. They w ere very happy to have th e opportunity to learn about U kraine and th e various aspects of its cultural heritag e. M. H ardly had th e sun risen w hen Nicholas Zhuk awoke, took Fick w ith him and w ent down th e fo r est p ath. A t th e edge of th e woods he stopped and gazed a t th e town. It was aw akening from sleep. H ere and th ere g ates squeaked, w ater pum ps rum bled and cows bellowed. In a sm all R om an C atholic chapel, th e bell sounded fo r th e m atins. On th e square before th e m unicipal building stood tw o tru ck s and a p assen ger car of m ildew ey-green color. E ach of th e vehicles bore a red star. N icholas’ h e a rt began p al p itatin g in alarm . W ith piercing barks, Fick lunged forw ard. “Fick, heel ” Zhuk cried out. The dog re tu rn ed unw illingly. Zhuk led him into th e bushes and com m anded: “Lie down! W a it!” The dog looked a t his m aster w ith wise eyes and lay down un. der a bush. Still, he directed his nose tow ard th e p ath w hich his m aster had run. F rom tim e to tim e he would rise and sn iff su s piciously, th en obediently lie down in his place again. M eanwhile, Zhuk reached one of th e tow n ’s outerm ost build ings and w histled thrice. Soon a m an’s head poked out of th e top sto ry window. In a m om ent, Z huk w as stan din g behind th e corner of th e house, talk in g w ith th e m an. A fte r a b rief conversa tion, he h u rried back up the p ath . Fick w as stan d in g a t th e edge of th e fo rest and aw aited him w ith visible im patience. Zhuk stooped down, p a tte d him on th e head and s a id : “S m art dog! W e m u st flee or die.” * ❖ * Zhuk w as inform ed by his friend th a t on th e previous eve ning th e Bolsheviks rode into tow n. The b u rg erm eister gave them a list of all persons who came from th e E ast, and th ey seized several fam ilies, im p ris oning th em in th e basem ent of th e m unicipal building. Panic en veloped all th e refugees. A fte r counsel w ith th e land lord E isner, it w as decided th a t th e Z huk fam ily escape into th e forest, w here th ey would tak e refu ge in a h u n te r’s cabin. The fam ily quickly packed food into knapsacks, took blankets and spare clothing, unleashed Fick and vanished into th e sylvan un dergrow th. Som ew hat la te r in th e a fte r noon, th ree soldiers appeared n ear th e fo rest, advancing down th e narrow p a th tow ard E isn er’s farm . They entered his house and in broken G erm an tried to explain th a t th ey had come to deport th e Zhuks. B ut E isner expounded th a t th is fam ily had left fo r an unknow n destination a few days ago. He spoke w ith a heavy B avarian accent, and th e Bolsheviks could understan d only one th in g : th e ir h u n t fo r th ese people w as futile. F o r one m ore day and a n ig h t suspicious persons w andered around th e clearing. On th e fo u rth day, cap tu rin g only those whom th ey surprised during sleep, th e Bolsheviks rode out of tow n. Only th en did th e Zhuks re tu rn to E isn er’s home. B ut th ey did not rem ain th ere long, fo r th ey rem em bered only too well. T ranslated by W olodym yr D ozorsky SEC O N D L IT E R A R Y T R A N S L A T IO N COM PETITION In 1965 th e W FUW O L itera ry C om petition w as expanded to in clude tran slatio n s of U krainian lite ra tu re and am ateu r w ritin g into English. The T ranslation Com petition was financed by D r. Sophia Parfanow ych, th e noted physician and w riter who died recently. W e are proud to publish th is prize-w inning tran slatio n of a p a rt of Dr. P arfanow ych’s novel entitled : “D anger.” 28 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЧЕРВЕНЬ, 1969 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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