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"Mom, I'm leaving. Can I leave now?" He tried his best to hold back his tears, to not let himself cry in front of Churya.

He didn't cry, he couldn't cry, he was a little man now.

She held him tightly in her arms, letting the tears fall heavily onto his small shoulders. She nodded her head vigorously and said to him, "Yes! You can go, as you said, and read well... "Be a good boy and grow up