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"Tale of the Military Secret"
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Have you seen a pouring thunderstorm in the hot, dry summer? Just like
that--like streams racing down a dusty mountain side, joining into into a
seething, bubbling flow--at the first sound of war, uprisings boiled up
in the Mountain Bourgeois Land and were echoed by thousands of voices
in the Kingdom of the Plains, the Snowy Tsardom, and the Hot and Arid
State.
In fear, the defeated Chief Bourgeois fled, loudly cursing this nation
with its surprising people, its unconquerable army and its unguessable
Military Secret.
The boy Kibalchish was buried on a green hill by the Blue River. And on the grave they planted a large red flag.
Boats sail pastgreetings to the Boy!
Planes fly pastgreetings to the Boy!
Trains race bygreetings to the Boy!
Pioneers march pastsalute to the Boy!
And that, children, is the whole story.
THE END
Translated by Eric Konkol
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