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208 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1961
It was seven-twenty when he finished winding the clock. Then he took the rooster into the kitchen, tied it to a leg of the stove, changed the water in the can, and put a handful of corn next to it. A group of children came in through a hole in the fence. They sat around the rooster, to watch it in silence.
鈥榊ou can鈥檛 eat hope,鈥� the woman said.
鈥榊ou can鈥檛 eat it, but it sustains you,鈥� the colonel replied.
鈥濧m a艧teptat c卯t a fost de a艧teptat, 卯i spune so牛ia. Trebuie s膬 aib膬 cineva o r膬bdare de bou, ca tine, ca s膬 poat膬 a艧tepta o scrisoare timp de cincisprezece ani鈥�.