Monday, May 5, 2008

Tolstoy and the peasants, part 4: Revolution

With the fall of the dog from the pie tin the Russian Revolution began. Everyone rode to the Winter Palace on their bicycles and stole the chandeliers.

Then every house had a chandelier. Even the poorest.

Tinkle tinkle.

So began Communism, otherwise known as The International Movement of the Chandeliers; and the world was filled with light.


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Tolstoy and the peasants, part 3.

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