![]() ![]() She would never forget Karabajak and the gift his kindness brought.Īfter Esphyr recovered from scarlet fever, she was still sick often and alone a lot. Many afternoons and evenings she fell asleep slightly hypnotized by the swaying motion of the hanging shapes.Įsphyr was quite young, but she would always remember how happy she felt looking at those decorations. She eyed this simple string of color combinations and forms. Orange goldfish, smiling faces of little angels, fringe, Victorian glass beads, stars, cones and balls of shining brilliant colors - all bounced, swam and shimmered around Esphyr. Karabajak strung a thin cord from the headboard to the footboard of Esphyr’s sickbed from the footboard to the door jamb from the door jamb to the other door jamb and finally to the top of the bookshelves. ![]() He found a box of Christmas decorations left over from a good deed the Slobodkin family had done years before. While Karabajak helped at the Slobodkin house Esphyr’s loneliness and illness got him thinking what he might do to cheer her up. And so Karabajak the peddler, stayed in the town to assist Mr. He knew Esphyr’s father and that he was a good man. He did not turn his back and go looking for a happier situation. ![]() Karabajak thought about how he might help the Slobodkin family. ![]() Karabajak, a peddler who travelled all over selling religious objects, came upon Esphyr’s family at this heartbreaking time. ![]()
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