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Svetlana de Rohan-Levashova. Revelation

deliveries. But one thing was absolutely clear – someone did not want any child of my
mother’s to come into this world alive. It was also obvious that the one who carefully
and reliably guarded me all my life, this time decided to prevent the death of the
Seriogins’ child, somehow knowing that this would be the last one in this family…

This was how – with obstacles – my wonderful and unusual life, which my
unforeseeable and quite complicated fate had prepared before my birth, began... Or
maybe, it was someone who knew then that my life would be needed either for
someone or for something and tried very hard in order that I could be born on this
earth despite all "insuperable hindrances"...

Surprise
Time went by. It was my tenth winter that reigned outside, covering all around
with a snow- white fluffy blanket, as if wishing to demonstrate who the absolute master
of the moment was.

More people called at shops to provide themselves with the New-year gifts
beforehand, and even the air "smelled" of the holidays.
Two of my favourite days of the year – my birthday and the New Year –
approached. There were only two weeks between them, so I could enjoy their
celebration without a long break.

I had been trying to worm a secret out of my grandmother for days, longing to
find out what present I would get on my "special" day this year. But she did not yield
for some reason, despite the fact that before it never was a problem for me to "kindle"
her silence before my birthday and to know what "pleasantness" I was to expect, but
this year all my "devices" did not work for some reason. My grandmother only
enigmatically smiled and said that it was a "surprise" and she was absolutely sure that
I would love it. So, no matter how hard I tried, she was firm and yielded to no
persuasion and I had no choice but to wait.

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