SEARCHING KHARKIV FOR A TRACTOR YARD
I’ve known for a long time that tractors are very useful.
And I’ve seen them too.
But I never thought I’d be running around Kharkiv looking for a tractor.
I haven’t got any land and I’m no state farm manager. But look for a tractor I did…
I was walking down Sverdlov Street, tractors far from my mind...
Going on my merry way.
I noticed two fellows walking up ahead of me. They looked around searchingly and slapped their sides… They stopped passers-by, asked them something; the passers-by answered with a flutter of hands, the fellows shrugged their shoulders, looked around and scratched their heads…
I caught up to them.
“Hi,” the two greeted me.
“Hi,” I answered.
“Tell us, please, perhaps you know where the tractor yard is around here?”
“Tracto
