‘I suppose I am. How old are you?‘ he asked.
Shmuel thought about it and looked down athis fingers and they wiggled in the air, as if hewas trying to calculate. ‘I‘m nine,‘ he said. ‘Mybirthday is April the fifteenth nineteen thirty-four.‘
Bruno stared at him in surprise. ‘What didyou say?‘ he asked.
‘I said my birthday is April the fifteenth nine-teen thirty-four.‘
Bruno‘s eyes opened wide and his mouthmade the shape of an O. ‘I don‘t believe it,‘ hesaid.
‘Why not?‘ asked Shmuel.
‘No,‘ said Bruno, shaking his head quickly. ‘Idon‘t mean I don‘t believe you. I mean I‘msurprised, that‘s all. Because my birthday is Aprilthe fifteenth too. And I was born in nineteenthirty-four. We were born on the same day.‘ - P109
‘Where I come from is much nicer thanBerlin,‘ said Shmuel, who had never beento Berlin. ‘Everyone there is very friendly and wehave lots of people in our family and the food isa lot better too."
‘Well, we‘ll have to agree to disagree,‘ saidBruno, who didn‘t want to fight with his newfriend.
‘All right,‘ said Shmuel. - P114
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