By Order Of The Ezar
June, 1971
From Russkiya Zavetnuiya SkazkiWell, when Vassily Osipovitch returned home after the war with the Swedes, he had learned many lessons about life and some of them were not so happy, as you might expect. After the family had eaten a tremendous home-coming feast, Vassily told them about what had happened to him in the army and about the terrible gunpowder smoke and carnage at Poltava.When he had finished, his father said, "And now I have some news for you, my son, good news. Do you remember my...
