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One night Honza tells Raja that he will be gone for a few days; he was chosen to build something outside the camp. Raja waits with bated breath until Irena finally tells Raja that the boys have come back. Irena reminds Raja to be strong and live in the moment, “to keep alive today…” She gently tells Raja that someone has to teach the children. Raja realizes that Irena is also speaking of herself and how she has survived without her own child
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Irena…Raja, Raja, it’s all right. A message came through.
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Irena…Yes. Somehow - - one of us is sure to survive. One of us must teach the children how to sing again, to write on paper with a pencil, to do sums and draw pictures. So we survive each today….
Raspanti, Celeste. I Never Saw Another Butterfly, Dramatic Publishing, Woodstock, IL, 1994, pp.39-40.
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