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Svetlana de Rohan-Levashova. Revelation

to each other, children who were suddenly thrown into a strange and
incomprehensible world. I really felt for them and could only try to imagine the horror
of a little girl who did not have a clue as to what death was.

I came near and, fearing to frighten them, softly said:
– Let's talk, I can hear you.
– Vidas! She can hear us!!! – The girl chirped. – And who are you? Are you

a good person?
Can you tell my Mummy that we're scared?
The words streamed from her lips nonstop. Obviously, she was terribly afraid
that I would suddenly disappear and she would loose the chance to say everything she
wanted. She looked at the ambulance and saw that the paramedics had redoubled their
activity.
– Look, look, they will take us away now, but what about us?! – The frightened
child babbled in horror, unable to understand what was going on.

I felt caught in a blind alley because this was the first time I had come across
children who had just died and had no idea how to explain all that to them. The boy
seemed to understand something but his sister was so terribly frightened by what was
going on, that her little heart refused to understand anything at all. I was confused for
some moments and wanted very much to calm her down, but I could not find the right
words and, being afraid of doing more harm, kept silent.
Suddenly the figure of a man emerged from the ambulance and I heard the
paramedics' voices crying: "We are losing him!" Then I understood that the next to
say farewell to life was the father...

– Daddy!!! – The girl exclaimed with joy. – I thought that you had left us and
here you are!
Oh goody. That's better!
The father, understanding nothing, looked around. On seeing his body covered
with wounds and the paramedics bustling around it, he grabbed his head with both
hands and howled faintly. It was very strange to watch a big strong man contemplating
his death in such wild horror. Or maybe, it always happens exactly this way? Because
he, unlike children, perfectly understood that his earthly life was over and nobody
could do anything about that despite wishing with all one's heart that it was not so...
– Daddy, daddy, aren't you glad? Can you really see us? – His daughter chattered
happily, oblivious of his despair. The father looked at them with such confusion and

pain that my heart was slowly torn to pieces...
– Good Lord, you, too?!.. And you?.. But why – you?! – These were the only
words he could find to say.
The three bodies in the ambulance were already covered fully; there was no
doubt that all three were dead. The mother was the one who remained alive and, to
tell the truth, I did not envy her "awakening" at all. In fact, on seeing that she had lost
her whole family, the woman could well renounce her life too.

– Daddy, will Mummy wake up soon? – The girl asked merrily.
The father was totally confused but I saw that he did his best to gather his

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