Three Proverbs from the Portable
Russian Reader:

Foreign countries are like a stepmother. They
don't stroke the fur in the right direction.

The words "perhaps if you are lucky" and
"somehow" are typical of the Russian.

Three things are hard to stop doing: 1) Eating
a good dish. 2) Talking with a friend who has
come back from an expedition. 3) Scratching
where you are scratching.



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