Later that evening, dressed in her finest clothes as Audra goes outside to hang out the laundry she sees Cossack soldiers making their way towards their farmhouse. Audra is told she must speak Russian and not Lithuanian like they do at home. Audra is warned to avoid a particular Cossack, a policeman named Rusakova who strictly enforces the Russian laws. Her mother relents, agreeing to allow Audra to go but warning her that she must follow their rules. He suggests to her mother that Audra accompany him but her mother refuses saying that Audra might get lost and it is dangerous.įrom the argument between her parents Audra begins to understand that her fathers' travels to other villages as a magician is actually a cover for something else, which at this time she doesn't quite understand. On the night of the summer solstice, when the midsummer festivities are being held, Audra's father is getting ready to travel to another village. Audra's father has a travelling magic show that takes him from one village to the next. It is 1893, and twelve-year-old Audra Zikaris lives on a farm with her father Henrikas and her mother Lina. Words On Fire explores the work of the book smugglers of 19th century Lithuania during the Russian occupation through the eyes of a twelve-year-old girl.
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