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The Childhood of Joseph Stalin

Behind the Bastards

CHAPTER

Black Spot - The Monk Who Pushes Stallon Out of Normal Life

Joseph's behaviour continued to degrade and his grades finally slipped. He declared himself an atheist, refused to pray,. talked in class and would not take his hat off as a of respect to the monks. The monk crept up on him and pikued at him reading yet another forbidden book. But stallin simply wrenched it out of his hands, to the amazement of the other boys. Yet ironically, soso's school work seemed to improve. Even now, he still enjoyed his history lessons. Indeed, he later took the trouble to save his life.

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