The Horse Adjutant with some loose change, but the real reward was simply seeing all of those exotic people – the women with their cigarette holders and furs, the men confident and rich. This is how I also became familiar with different types of cars, including, Fords from the USA, and Tatras from Czechoslovakia, each one seemed to come from another world. As modern as my hometown appeared, not everything was tame. A vast wilder- ness surrounded us. Many wild animals made their homes in those places. I could hear wolves howling in the winter or easily wander upon a snake while hiking in the summer. Sometimes, a black bear would come close to the town and create a commotion among the people, and while all of this was happening on the ground, hawks controlled the skies. With their sharp talons, these perfectly proportioned birds-of-prey successfully hunted from overhead. As a child, I could appreciate their grace and beauty. However, the locals hated them, considering them pests and a threat to livestock. We were taught to hunt them with not one thought crossing any of our minds that in a few years controlling the sky would mean something vastly different.
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