KAZAKHS
We carried out all their orders, and at midday we came out on the forest path that the man in charge had shown us. The path led us through the forest, almost right up to the reserve tracks. To reach the freight cars, we had to cross a small field. But we were afraid, and decided to wait until dark.
Of the three empty trains, one of them, the longest, consisted of freight cars, platforms, fuel carriers, and several wood carriers loaded with larch logs. This was the one we chose. It was clearly formed to be sent to the Urals. Under the cover of darkness, Mitka and I got into one of the middle freight cars and decided not to sleep – the locomotive might not get put on our train, but on another one. But I couldn’t resist, and fell asleep. Mityai shook me, and ordered me to see what w
