OF THE TOAD AND SERVANTS
The second, left half of the lower floor belonged to Toad and her helpers. Don’t be surprised, the boss of our orphanage of the NKVD of the USSR was called Toad, and not only by the pupils, enemies of the people, but also by her subordinates, behind her back. This accurate nickname overshadowed her first name and patronymic, and any attempt to remember what her real name was only conjures up an image of an enormous, whiskered woman with short fat arms, many chins and no neck, and small, bulging toad-like eyes, who was always wearing green dresses, silk or wool, depending on the season. There was another memorable quirk that she had – to jump and kick her victim with her two heavy legs, opening her round toad-like eyes enormously wide. Serving in Lavernty Pavlovich
