![]() ![]() The wolves had added claw marks over the years, which helped dissuade unwelcome visitors. Her mother had cut and sanded the door herself, and the wood was eight inches thick. Feo had painted the lamps every color in her box of paints, so the house cast out light into the forest in reds and greens and yellows. The walls were layered with sheep’s wool to keep out the Russian winter, the windows were double thick, and the inside was lit with hurricane lamps. She lived in a wooden house made of timber taken from the surrounding forest. The girl was Russian, and although her hair and eyes and fingernails were dark all the time, she was stormy only when she thought it absolutely necessary. Once upon a time, a hundred years ago, there was a dark and stormy girl. ![]()
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