Pahum Walked a Thousand Yards

Pahom started walking, neither slowly nor quickly. After having gone a thousand yards, he stopped, dug a hole, and placed pieces of turf, one on another to make it more visible. He went straight on for a while, and when he looked round the hillock was scarcely visible, and the people on it looked like black ants. The heat made the air hazy,. It seemed to be quivering, and through the haze the people on the hillock could scarcely be seen. Pahum began to grow tired. At first he walked easily but it had become terribly hot, and he felt sleepy. Still he went on thinking, an hour to suffer, a lifetime to