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religious books. They showed them to the children and

told them that those books were evil, and if anyone read

from them, that that person was also evil, and the children

needed to tell their teachers so the teachers could tell the
government.

Tatiana said the Bible was almost exactly like the one
her grandmother had. She said she almost told them right

then and there, but decided not to. However, that night, as

her grandmother pulled out her Bible to read to the family

from it as she always did, Tatiana told about the men

coming to her school. “Grandmother, the men told us that

is an evil book. They said we must tell them if we know

anyone that reads it. If you read from it anymore, I’m

going to tell!”

Tatiana said she watched as her Grandmother started

to cry, but she wrapped the beautiful old Bible in a blanket

and hid it away. Tatiana said she heard her grandmother

cry long into the night. Tatiana had planned to tell her

teacher that her grandmother had that Bible, but before she

could, something else happened. Some of the children, that

had told about relatives that had Bibles or other religious

things, watched as the K.G.B. came and took away parents,

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