I took my knife from
my pocket, held the poor animal by his neck and cut out one of
his eyes.
The next morning, my mind was full of pain and horror
when I woke up. I was deeply sorry.
I could not stop myself. I did it with a terrible
sadness in my heart
That night I woke up suddenly — my bed was on fire. I
heard people outside shouting, 'Fire! Fire!' Our house was
burning! I, my wife and our servant were lucky to escape.
We stood and watched as the house burned down to the
ground.
There was nothing left of the building
I was surprised to see a crowd of people next to the wall.
They were talking, and seemed to be quite excited.
I went closer and looked over their shoulders. I saw a black shape in