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  1 Dream,7|                                      7.~I returned home the next
  2 Dream,1|              very soon sell his car, abandon his parents and finally
  3 Sins,1 |             me, but I was completely absent-minded from that moment on. The
  4 Sins,4 |             know. It was probably by accident, but her breasts slid across
  5 Sins,2 |             on Cultural Policies, to accompany delegations of foreign experts,
  6 Sins,6 |            could until my jaws began aching. He thrust the needle somewhere
  7 Sins,2 |           dentist's office, greeting acquaintances with a nod and an odd grimace
  8        | across
  9 Sins,6 | spasmodically contorted in one final act, and then... it was over
 10 Dream,5|            they were so crammed with activity that I hardly had time to
 11        | actually
 12 Dream,4|       friendly smile and waved, both acutely aware of what we were up
 13 Dream,5|        something written: a name, an address and a telephone number.
 14 Sins,5 |             who are real conformists adhere to that belief, and I dislike
 15 Dream,4|             a pirate from the Middle Ages. He had lost one eye in
 16 Dream,2|            parents and tell him: "Go ahead! What are you waiting for?
 17 Sins,1 |        anyone else: "Here I am and I ain't afraid of nuthin'!" Geography
 18 Dream,4|             When I got to the little airport, I discovered that I still
 19        | Alone
 20        | already
 21 Dream,4|              own creation, one which alternately elated and depressed me,
 22        | Although
 23 Dream,4|          follow that shimmer from an altitude of ten thousand metres means
 24 Sins,5 |             one leg while mixing the amalgam, and her thigh, firm but
 25 Dream  |                                   An american dream~(Një ëndërr amerikane)~
 26 Dream  |           american dream~(Një ëndërr amerikane)~
 27        | among
 28 Sins,5 |          Once, she used a full three ampoules of anaesthetic for one tooth.
 29 Sins,5 |             a full three ampoules of anaesthetic for one tooth. The only
 30 Dream,7|               filled with a sense of anguish and incredulity about what
 31 Dream,6|            zdrastvuye." I smiled and answered him in Albanian. It then
 32 Dream,1|               There's no sense in it anymore ... My wife and daughter
 33 Dream,1|               right after I leave my apartment building. He knows that
 34 Sins,2 |           silhouette of a thin woman appeared at the smoked-glass door.~"
 35 Sins,1 |              classroom. Aleks had an apple in his pocket which we took
 36 Dream,6|              She looked weary as she approached and asked: "Hello, are you
 37 Sins,6 |       everything. He stuck his thick arm with all the veins into
 38 Dream,4|           his waist and was suitably armed: a dagger, a steel hook
 39 Dream,4|              not Cufi still had both arms. He was, at any rate, haughtier
 40 Sins,2 |             him of my misfortune. We arranged to meet at a coffee shop
 41 Dream,3|            ticket and make the usual arrangements. My wife was not particularly
 42 Dream,4|            travelling, was likely to arrive before me. Even though he
 43 Sins,3 |             I remember nothing else, aside from Aleks' screams as he
 44 Sins,6 |         mount me. She positioned her ass somewhere down below my
 45 Dream,4|          reached the surreal. It was assisted no doubt by the fine weather,
 46 Dream,6|         another look at the photo to assure myself that none of the
 47 Sins,2 |             any pain," the colleague assured me.~I kept my mouth closed
 48 Dream,4|          time that I had crossed the Atlantic. I knew what a torture it
 49 Dream,4|            the strangely transparent atmosphere. From the time we left the
 50 Sins,3 |        wrathful faces, ready for the attack, as if some natural disaster
 51 Dream,2|         stared at it, without paying attention to where I was going. She
 52 Sins,4 |            terrorized by the calvary awaiting me and, in the midst of
 53 Dream,6|          almost the whole night wide awake, yet I felt a sense of release.
 54 Dream,4|              and waved, both acutely aware of what we were up to...~
 55 Dream,4|            inevitably emerged with a backache. ~My confusion during this
 56 Dream,1|           his moustache, and over my balcony hangs the washing of his
 57 Sins,2 |              presented me in lavish, baroque terms which degenerated
 58 Dream,4|             eye in the vanguard of a battle. The empty socket was covered
 59 Sins,6 |               he cried like a savage beast, and repeatedly thrust his
 60 Dream,2|         leave.~God, she was the most beautiful woman I had ever laid eyes
 61        | beforehand
 62 Sins,3 |           But we did not expect such behaviour of you. How did you dare
 63        | behind
 64 Sins,5 |           conformists adhere to that belief, and I dislike their sort.
 65 Sins,5 |             to clarify that I do not believe what people say about early
 66 Dream,1|          changed up to now because I believed what he said, that he would
 67 Sins,6 |     somewhere down below my lifeless belly. Spreading herself over
 68 Sins,1 |             was sitting at the front bench near the entrance. This
 69 Sins,5 |              effect on my lips, Anna bent down to get something from
 70        | between
 71 Dream,6|             rueful look.~I was still bewildered as we strolled along the
 72 Dream,1|              my daily spiel before I bid him farewell and set off
 73 Dream,2|          replied simply, "Make it as big as you can," and handed
 74 Dream,2|             was coming over with the bill.~"How can I get this photo
 75 Dream,3|             I just get more and more bills and taxes to pay. You'll
 76 Sins,6 |           was feeble. Then, a little bit of something spewed out
 77 Sins   |                      The sins of the bitten~(Mëkatet e të kafshuarit)~
 78 Dream,4|              socket was covered by a black leather patch which was
 79 Sins,1 |              and summoning me to the blackboard, when the door flew open.~
 80 Sins,1 |              did the three girls who blithely surrounded him. All we had
 81 Dream,2|     silhouette portrait. She had her blonde hair tied up, and her lush
 82 Sins,2 |           degenerated into rococo. I blushed at what he'd said and thought
 83 Dream,4|             dagger, a steel hook for boarding vessels, the type of hook
 84 Sins,6 |            the lower ones. They were bobbing around. I was lost.~"It
 85 Sins,1 |            healthy mind in a healthy body."~I was petrified and cowered
 86 Dream,4|           could immerse himself in a book for the length of the journey.
 87 Dream,3|            always luck out," said my boss as we stood at the top of
 88 Dream,5|         Hello? Anna...? I'm sorry to bother you. I realize it's late,
 89 Sins,1 |              the phantom.~Aleks, the boy next door who I always played
 90 Sins,3 |        spinning in my open mouth.~My brain went numb and I remember
 91 Sins,2 |              my companion, trying to break the ice.~"Yes, I can see
 92 Dream,6|            girls, girls are like the breeze..." she replied with a rueful
 93 Sins,2 |        disaster occurred. Both of my bridges, which a country dentist
 94 Dream,6|          nothing to take with me, no briefcase, nothing, and strolled down
 95 Dream,1|            and waits for me, all his brilliant conversation being ignored
 96 Sins,5 |              thigh, firm but fleshy, brushed against my shoulder. I began
 97 Sins,2 |              male dentist, even some brute with loutish hands?" But
 98 Sins,6 |              but the tooth would not budge. The pain was unbearable.
 99 Dream,3|       particularly fond of my sudden business trips, but she knew better
100 Dream,1|              going to have to change cafes. I haven't changed up to
101 Sins,1 |       looking forward to the teacher calling out my name and summoning
102 Sins,4 |            had suspected. I began to calm down, especially when she
103 Sins,4 |              open, terrorized by the calvary awaiting me and, in the
104 Sins,3 |             two premolars and in one canine tooth. You are going to
105 Sins,3 |              What were premolars and canines, and what did he mean by
106 Dream,4|            cut the throat of any sea captain who got in his way. I was
107 Dream,2|           the cafe, I took the photo carefully out of my jacket and stared
108 Sins,6 |         groaned as he removed it and cast the needle into a receptacle.~"
109 Sins,6 |           tail of a lizard. It was a cataclysm. Then I dimly saw Anna mount
110 Dream,6|            was at nine-thirty that I caught sight of a small, thinnish
111 Sins,2 |            She tries her best not to cause any pain," the colleague
112 Dream,6|          entering the building. This caused me to take the photo of
113 Sins,3 |           shouted. "Open your mouth! Cavities in two premolars and in
114 Sins,1 |           with them and are going to check all of you, one after the
115 Dream,2|              so gently. She had high cheekbones and large, green eyes. Cufi'
116 Sins,2 |              fool while my companion chewed his gum with all his sparkling,
117 Sins,6 |          took my hand as she would a child's, and gave me a small,
118 Sins,5 |             told you the story of my childhood experience with dentists
119 Sins,1 |          portly fellow with a flabby chin and a long, thin moustache,
120 Sins,1 |            up front. It was a rather chivalrous gesture on my part, as if
121 Sins,5 |              with dentists simply to clarify that I do not believe what
122 Sins,5 |           present at the clinic. She cleaned all my remaining teeth and
123 Sins,5 |              else was present at the clinic. She cleaned all my remaining
124 Dream,5|             for us to meet at nine o'clock at the entrance to the Philips
125 Sins,6 |             still with me, came even closer. She was gentle. She took
126 Dream,3|         upper shelves of the clothes closet for a suitcase. I also had
127 Dream,4|              the fine weather, not a cloud in the sky, and by the strangely
128 Dream,2|             was thunderstruck, but I collected myself immediately. I pretended
129 Dream,5|              entrance to the Philips Collection, which was near my hotel.~"
130 Dream,6|           leaning against one of the columns at the entrance and would
131 Sins,2 |            as I was gobbling down my combined lunch and supper at home,
132 Dream,2|        staring at the waiter who was coming over with the bill.~"How
133 Dream,6|              wanted to say, both the compliments and Cufi's plans to sell
134 Sins,6 |           together..."~I had trouble comprehending, and could not react. My
135 Sins,5 |             Only people who are real conformists adhere to that belief, and
136 Sins,6 |              I drifted in and out of consciousness. I shivered and shook. My
137 Dream,5|             my motive for needing to contact Cufi's wife.~"Hello? Anna...?
138 Dream,4|            From the time we left the continent, I stared out of the window
139 Sins,6 |         squeeze me and spasmodically contorted in one final act, and then...
140 Dream,4|        length of the journey. On the contrary, I sat there, drowsy and
141 Sins,6 |       convulsions. I could no longer control my limbs, in particular
142 Dream,5|               I told her it would be convenient for us to meet at nine o'
143 Dream,1|            for me, all his brilliant conversation being ignored by the people
144 Sins,6 |            with the grey hair, I was convinced that he was the one who
145 Sins,6 |              started shaking, having convulsions. I could no longer control
146 Sins,2 |              children giggled in the corner of the room.~I phoned a
147 Sins,1 |              he added: "Mens sana in corpore sano" which he hastened
148 Sins,1 |            proceeded into the narrow corridor, passing the phantom.~Aleks,
149 Sins,3 |              s chair, and the wad of cotton stuck up my nose.~
150 Sins,2 |          Both of my bridges, which a country dentist had painlessly installed
151 Sins,5 |        influencing you for the whole course of your life. Only people
152 Dream,4|         battle. The empty socket was covered by a black leather patch
153 Dream,5|           two days, but they were so crammed with activity that I hardly
154 Sins,4 |        companion whose neck was also craned to study me, as if he were
155 Dream,4|          entered a reality of my own creation, one which alternately elated
156 Sins,2 |         shook her hand, giving her a crooked, almost toothless smile.~"
157 Dream,4|            the first time that I had crossed the Atlantic. I knew what
158 Sins,2 |            at the National Debate on Cultural Policies, to accompany delegations
159 Dream,4|             and a pair of pincers to cut the throat of any sea captain
160 Sins,6 |      twitching electrically like the cut-off tail of a lizard. It was
161 Dream,4|            and was suitably armed: a dagger, a steel hook for boarding
162 Dream,1|            as you can imagine, is my daily spiel before I bid him farewell
163 Sins,3 |        behaviour of you. How did you dare disobey the vice-principal'
164 Sins,3 |          home-room teacher.~How we'd dared to disobey the vice-principal'
165 Dream,6|              different person.~I was dazed. I felt a numbness in my
166 Sins,2 |          main speech at the National Debate on Cultural Policies, to
167 Sins,2 |          lavish, baroque terms which degenerated into rococo. I blushed at
168 Dream,3|              to receive a high-level delegation. Damn it!" he continued,
169 Sins,2 |      Cultural Policies, to accompany delegations of foreign experts, and
170 Dream,4|         which alternately elated and depressed me, but from which I inevitably
171 Sins,3 |     glittering in satisfaction. "You deserters! Now see where you've landed!
172 Dream,5|             myself, she herself, the desire taking hold of me, and the
173 Sins,1 |      petrified and cowered behind my desk. I don't know what happened
174 Sins,2 |             had fallen out.~I was in despair and had a terrible night,
175 Dream,5|        European time. Although I was desperately tired, I couldn't get to
176 Dream,1|             hangs the washing of his devoted mother.~I enter the cafe
177 Sins,6 |             molar. I thought I would die. He pulled and pushed, but
178 Dream,6|            all. She was a completely different person.~I was dazed. I felt
179 Dream,2|             enunciating the two "a"s differently from one another.~"Anna?
180 Sins,6 |              was a cataclysm. Then I dimly saw Anna mount me. She positioned
181 Sins,6 |            could not react. My sight dimmed, even though I was staring
182 Sins,3 |         could supply an answer.~"You disappeared during class?" added the
183 Dream,4|             to the little airport, I discovered that I still had Anna's
184 Sins,3 |              dentist looked at us in disgust as if we had come from a
185 Sins,5 |         adhere to that belief, and I dislike their sort. My experience
186 Dream,5|         number. Everything was at my disposal: a telephone, her number,
187 Dream,4|              means of shortening the distance between us.~It was not the
188 Dream,4|          surreal. It was assisted no doubt by the fine weather, not
189 Sins,3 |             all your molars out!"~He dragged both of us by the ears down
190 Sins,4 |             get something out of the drawer on the other side. I don'
191 Dream  |                          An american dream~(Një ëndërr amerikane)~
192 Dream,5|           photo. It was there on the dressing table. I took it and had
193 Sins,6 |       lacerated maw.~Incoherently, I drifted in and out of consciousness.
194 Dream,4|           the contrary, I sat there, drowsy and confused, and entered
195 Dream,1|              never in my life having drunk it at home, and Cufi pulls
196 Sins,5 |             I could to keep my teeth dry of spit. The torture continued.~
197 Dream,6|           numbness in my limbs and a dryness in my mouth. I don't know
198 Sins   |          sins of the bitten~(Mëkatet e të kafshuarit)~
199 Sins,3 |        vice-principal tugging at our ear lobes, as he hurled: "I'
200 Sins,2 |            installed some five years earlier, fractured. I was paralysed.
201 Sins,5 |            from the needle had taken effect on my lips, Anna bent down
202 Sins,4 |          what do you mean 'chicken', eh? You're not really frightened,
203 Dream,4|      creation, one which alternately elated and depressed me, but from
204 Sins,6 |                    6.~We went to the elder dentist the next day. The
205 Sins,6 |               My legs were twitching electrically like the cut-off tail of
206 Sins,3 |           where you've landed! Give 'em hell!"~The dentist looked
207 Sins,4 |              my mouth.~I was totally embarrassed and did not know which way
208 Dream,4|              from which I inevitably emerged with a backache. ~My confusion
209 Dream,4|            vanguard of a battle. The empty socket was covered by a
210 Sins,2 |           low voice.~"I sat down and endeavoured to speak. "I am in a real
211 Dream  |               An american dream~(Një ëndërr amerikane)~
212 Sins,5 |             me the opposite. I began enjoying the visits to my dentist,
213 Dream,2|             How can I get this photo enlarged? Where do they do that?"
214 Dream,1|             of his devoted mother.~I enter the cafe for my morning
215 Sins,5 |            the expert." I had put my entire soul into her hands.~She
216 Dream,2|           Cufi?"~"Anna," he replied, enunciating the two "a"s differently
217 Sins,4 |              my chest and gave me an erotic sensation I had never experienced
218 Sins,6 |             veins into my throat, my esophagus, down into my guts. I screamed
219 Sins,4 |     suspected. I began to calm down, especially when she leaned over me
220 Dream,5|              it was early morning by European time. Although I was desperately
221 Sins,1 |             It was an extremely rare event for the classroom door to
222 Sins,4 |              study me, as if he were examining some old watch.~"They did
223 Sins,2 |            And he's a real chicken!" exclaimed my companion, trying to
224 Sins,3 |              we know. But we did not expect such behaviour of you. How
225 Sins,5 |          what people say about early experiences influencing you for the
226 Sins,5 |               I replied. "You're the expert." I had put my entire soul
227 Sins,2 |     accompany delegations of foreign experts, and to organize dinner
228 Sins,5 |         which Anna refused to do was extract the molars.~"For the extractions,
229 Sins,6 |           mind needs to have a molar extracted. It's this one," she said,
230 Sins,5 |         extract the molars.~"For the extractions, I will refer you to another
231 Sins,1 |            door flew open.~It was an extremely rare event for the classroom
232 Sins,3 |       waiting for us. Three wrathful faces, ready for the attack, as
233 Sins,2 |          back, upper and lower - had fallen out.~I was in despair and
234 Dream,6|              car and get back to his family.~In the end, she seemed
235 Sins,4 |             that he would repeat his famous remark about biting only
236 Dream,2|             longed for in moments of fantasy.~"I'm going to sell my car
237 Dream,1|         daily spiel before I bid him farewell and set off for work.~
238 Sins,6 |              cried, yet my voice was feeble. Then, a little bit of something
239 Sins,2 |         thought to myself: "Why do I feel like this? Why couldn't
240 Dream,7|             couple of days. I wasn't feeling too well... That's why.
241 Sins,1 |            former, a tall and portly fellow with a flabby chin and a
242 Sins,1 |              to go out to the sports field and to the girls' washroom.~
243 Dream,7|          returned home the next day, filled with a sense of anguish
244 Sins,6 |       spasmodically contorted in one final act, and then... it was
245 Dream,1|              abandon his parents and finally join his wife and daughter
246 Dream,2|       occurred to me to buy his car, finance a home for his parents and
247 Sins,5 |              amalgam, and her thigh, firm but fleshy, brushed against
248 Sins,4 |           way to look. My glance was fixed on the my companion whose
249 Sins,1 |             and portly fellow with a flabby chin and a long, thin moustache,
250 Sins,5 |              and her thigh, firm but fleshy, brushed against my shoulder.
251 Sins,1 |            blackboard, when the door flew open.~It was an extremely
252 Dream,6|          glance at it. I watched the flow of people shuffling along.
253 Dream,5|           free day and would have to fly back home on the next. As
254 Dream,4|         surface of the ocean. And to follow that shimmer from an altitude
255 Dream,3|            wife was not particularly fond of my sudden business trips,
256 Sins,2 |             a smile. I looked like a fool while my companion chewed
257 Sins,2 |             accompany delegations of foreign experts, and to organize
258 Dream,6|             only one to speak. I had forgotten everything I had wanted
259 Dream,2|           scan it at my office. What format do you want it in?"~Cufi
260        | former
261 Dream,6|         small, thinnish woman in her forties. She looked weary as she
262 Dream,4|          that I was not one of those fortunate individuals who could sleep
263 Sins,1 |         Monday, I was almost looking forward to the teacher calling out
264 Sins,2 |             some five years earlier, fractured. I was paralysed. I could
265 Dream,5|           for breath. I only had one free day and would have to fly
266 Sins,5 |             my chest with increasing frequency, but she would raise one
267 Dream,4|             one another an unusually friendly smile and waved, both acutely
268 Sins,4 |                eh? You're not really frightened, are you?"~She asked all
269 Sins,1 |              was a rather chivalrous gesture on my part, as if to tell
270 Dream,1|         people I know. Cufi normally gets there at least an hour beforehand
271 Sins,2 |             morning, as the children giggled in the corner of the room.~
272 Dream,1|           the surrounding tables. He gives me a hearty welcome, in
273 Sins,2 |            ponder. I shook her hand, giving her a crooked, almost toothless
274 Sins,1 |              list, gave me a look. I glanced back at him.~"They brought
275 Dream,7|              greeted everyone, had a glass of milk as usual, and left
276 Sins,3 |              office, his false teeth glittering in satisfaction. "You deserters!
277 Sins,6 |         instruments in his hands. He glowered and took out a long needle
278 Sins,2 |             all the stress, as I was gobbling down my combined lunch and
279 Dream,2|        replied as I turned to leave.~God, she was the most beautiful
280 Dream,6|           anything to Cufi... Have a good flight..."~
281 Dream,4|           the type of hook which had gouged out his missing eye, and
282 Dream,2|           high cheekbones and large, green eyes. Cufi's wife was the
283 Sins,2 |             to the dentist's office, greeting acquaintances with a nod
284 Sins,6 |             saw the old man with the grey hair, I was convinced that
285 Sins,2 |  acquaintances with a nod and an odd grimace which tried to be a smile.
286 Sins,5 |           briefly. She smiled, and I grimaced tastelessly from the freezing.~
287 Sins,6 |              a mind-boggling pain. I groaned as he removed it and cast
288 Dream,3|             phoned my wife and began groping around in the upper shelves
289 Sins,6 |         loudly.~I turned pale. I was growing numb and started shaking,
290 Sins,6 |          ever seen.~"Open wider," he growled. I opened as wide as I could
291 Sins,2 |              my companion chewed his gum with all his sparkling,
292 Sins,5 |      remaining teeth and massaged my gums. I cowered at the sight
293 Sins,6 |              esophagus, down into my guts. I screamed and cried, yet
294 Dream,2|            Cufi's words. Who is this guy who hangs on here and doesn'
295 Dream,6|          been standing here for over half an hour," and smiled.~"It
296 Sins,1 |              shuffling down the long hallway, I took a deep breath and
297 Dream,2|              as big as you can," and handed me the photo. I took it,
298 Sins,6 |           and gave me a small, white handkerchief. "I am here at your side,"
299 Sins,1 |            in corpore sano" which he hastened to translate as: "A healthy
300 Dream,4|           arms. He was, at any rate, haughtier than I had ever seen him
301 Dream,1|                These are the words I hear almost every morning from
302 Dream,1|    surrounding tables. He gives me a hearty welcome, in particular since
303 Sins,3 |              you've landed! Give 'em hell!"~The dentist looked at
304 Dream,2|              ever so gently. She had high cheekbones and large, green
305 Dream,3|              to be here to receive a high-level delegation. Damn it!" he
306        | himself
307 Sins,6 |              of my mouth.~"Shit!" he hissed loudly.~I turned pale. I
308 Sins,6 |              pointing to the x-ray.~"Hmm," he snarled, and then whispered
309 Dream,2|             got to the office later, holding her photo in my hand, it
310 Sins,1 |            played with during summer holidays and who was the third on
311 Dream,5|           time and I've been getting homesick... for Tirana and everything.
312 Sins,5 |          give me appointments at odd hours of the day, at times when
313 Dream,7|          milk as usual, and left the house to go to work.~Cufi was
314 Sins,3 |            deep trouble and felt the huge hands of the vice-principal
315 Sins,3 |              at our ear lobes, as he hurled: "I'll get them to rip all
316 Dream,3|        anyone else what a travelling husband needed.~
317 Sins,2 |       companion, trying to break the ice.~"Yes, I can see that,"
318 Dream,2|            eyes. Cufi's wife was the ideal woman. She was the being
319 Dream,6|           had enough of me, lifeless idiot that I was, and did the
320 Dream,1|         brilliant conversation being ignored by the people at the surrounding
321 Dream,2|               but I collected myself immediately. I pretended to be indifferent
322 Dream,4|          even one of those who could immerse himself in a book for the
323 Sins,6 |       pincers into my lacerated maw.~Incoherently, I drifted in and out of
324 Sins,5 |             slide over my chest with increasing frequency, but she would
325 Dream,7|          with a sense of anguish and incredulity about what had taken place.
326 Dream,4|           not one of those fortunate individuals who could sleep all the
327 Dream,4|       depressed me, but from which I inevitably emerged with a backache. ~
328 Sins,6 |          going to hurt. The tooth is infected, so it has to come out,"
329 Sins,5 |              about early experiences influencing you for the whole course
330 Dream,5|           will I recognize you?" she inquired.~"Oh, don't worry. I have
331 Sins,2 |       country dentist had painlessly installed some five years earlier,
332 Sins,4 |                           4.~"Let me introduce myself. I am Anna," said
333 Sins,6 |             wide as I could until my jaws began aching. He thrust
334 Sins,4 |           old watch.~"They did a bad job on you. Really bad, but
335 Dream,1|              his parents and finally join his wife and daughter in
336 Dream,7|             offered me a chair and I joined him.~"I haven't seen you
337 Dream,6|            someone who had just been jolted out of a deep sleep.~"How
338 Dream,4|           book for the length of the journey. On the contrary, I sat
339 Sins   |             the bitten~(Mëkatet e të kafshuarit)~
340 Sins,2 |              colleague assured me.~I kept my mouth closed all the
341 Sins,1 |             to me. "They're going to kill us."~While we were shuffling
342 Dream,5|              could do for you."~"How kind of you! Thanks very much.
343 Sins,5 |             felt her thighs touch my knees ever so briefly. She smiled,
344 Sins,2 |        friend, as we entered without knocking. I stood at the doorway,
345 Dream,1|            my apartment building. He knows that I have my morning coffee
346 Sins,6 |           thrust his pincers into my lacerated maw.~Incoherently, I drifted
347 Dream,2|           beautiful woman I had ever laid eyes on! As soon as I got
348 Sins,3 |      deserters! Now see where you've landed! Give 'em hell!"~The dentist
349 Dream,5|            me so urgently to America lasted only two days, but they
350 Sins,2 |         Hiroshima and Nagasaki!"~She laughed, washing her hands in the
351 Sins,2 |            companion presented me in lavish, baroque terms which degenerated
352 Sins,4 |            down, especially when she leaned over me to get something
353 Dream,6|           hands in my pockets. I was leaning against one of the columns
354 Sins,1 |              liked and I had already learned most of the map of the political
355        | least
356 Dream,4|        socket was covered by a black leather patch which was tied around
357 Sins,5 |              but she would raise one leg while mixing the amalgam,
358 Sins,6 |             I shivered and shook. My legs were twitching electrically
359 Dream,4|            himself in a book for the length of the journey. On the contrary,
360 Sins,1 |     Geography was a subject I really liked and I had already learned
361        | likely
362 Sins,6 |           like the cut-off tail of a lizard. It was a cataclysm. Then
363 Sins,3 |    vice-principal tugging at our ear lobes, as he hurled: "I'll get
364 Dream,6|           and would have felt like a local, had not a tall, thin man
365 Dream,2|           She was the being ever man longed for in moments of fantasy.~"
366 Sins,6 |              convulsions. I could no longer control my limbs, in particular
367 Dream,5|                  I heard her gentle, longing voice at the other end of
368 Sins,1 |            that Monday, I was almost looking forward to the teacher calling
369 Dream,1|              next door and is on the lookout for me every day. I am pretty
370 Sins,3 |             need large fillings."~Oh Lord, take pity! What were premolars
371 Dream,6|              photo. I have changed a lot..."~"No, you haven't," I
372 Dream,6|            nine and there were still lots of people passing by, but
373 Sins,6 |             mouth.~"Shit!" he hissed loudly.~I turned pale. I was growing
374 Sins,2 |        dentist, even some brute with loutish hands?" But I had no time
375 Dream,3|                       3.~"You always luck out," said my boss as we
376 Sins,2 |            gobbling down my combined lunch and supper at home, a disaster
377 Dream,2|         blonde hair tied up, and her lush lips were pressed against
378 Sins,4 |            in the midst of it all... lust!~She smiled once again and
379 Sins,2 |              been chosen to hold the main speech at the National Debate
380 Sins,2 |              t he have taken me to a male dentist, even some brute
381 Sins,1 |          already learned most of the map of the political world by
382 Sins,5 |           all my remaining teeth and massaged my gums. I cowered at the
383 Dream,6|              was on his way to work. Masses of people were entering
384 Sins,2 |              dentist.~"She is a real master of the trade and she won'
385 Sins,6 |            pincers into my lacerated maw.~Incoherently, I drifted
386        | Maybe
387 Sins,2 |              reflect on any ulterior meaning.~
388 Sins,2 |       parties and the minutes of the meetings, in short, to do everything.
389 Sins   |              The sins of the bitten~(Mëkatet e të kafshuarit)~
390 Sins,1 |              false teeth, he added: "Mens sana in corpore sano" which
391 Sins,3 |        whining of a motor and felt a metallic sphere spinning in my open
392 Dream,4|             altitude of ten thousand metres means that it was really
393 Dream,4|       dressed like a pirate from the Middle Ages. He had lost one eye
394 Dream,5|              It must have been after midnight, though it was early morning
395 Dream,7|             everyone, had a glass of milk as usual, and left the house
396 Sins,6 |          into my throat and I felt a mind-boggling pain. I groaned as he removed
397 Sins,2 |              done, telling him of my misfortune. We arranged to meet at
398 Dream,4|             which had gouged out his missing eye, and a pair of pincers
399 Sins,5 |            would raise one leg while mixing the amalgam, and her thigh,
400 Dream,2|         being ever man longed for in moments of fantasy.~"I'm going to
401 Dream,1|           the washing of his devoted mother.~I enter the cafe for my
402 Dream,5|            even really understand my motive for needing to contact Cufi'
403 Sins,3 |             I heard the whining of a motor and felt a metallic sphere
404 Sins,6 |     cataclysm. Then I dimly saw Anna mount me. She positioned her ass
405        | much
406 Sins,3 |             as if we had come from a mule pen or from another planet.~"
407 Sins,4 |           dentist in a soft voice.~I mumbled my name in reply. She smiled
408 Sins,2 |     smoked-glass door.~"That's her," murmured my friend, as we entered
409 Dream,6|                  No, you haven't," I muttered.~"Yes, I have. It's true...
410 Sins,2 |             mean, like Hiroshima and Nagasaki!"~She laughed, washing her
411 Sins,1 |            and we proceeded into the narrow corridor, passing the phantom.~
412 Sins,2 |          hold the main speech at the National Debate on Cultural Policies,
413 Sins,3 |           for the attack, as if some natural disaster had occurred.~"
414 Sins,2 |             washing her hands in the nearby sink.~"And he's a real chicken!"
415 Sins,4 |            on the my companion whose neck was also craned to study
416 Sins,3 |              tooth. You are going to need large fillings."~Oh Lord,
417 Dream,3|            what a travelling husband needed.~
418 Dream,5|             understand my motive for needing to contact Cufi's wife.~"
419 Sins,6 |          doctor. This friend of mind needs to have a molar extracted.
420 Dream,1|         almost every morning from my neighbour, right after I leave my
421        | neither
422 Dream,6|             resembled her. It was at nine-thirty that I caught sight of a
423 Dream  |                   An american dream~(Një ëndërr amerikane)~
424 Sins,2 |        greeting acquaintances with a nod and an odd grimace which
425        | none
426 Dream,1|          full of people I know. Cufi normally gets there at least an hour
427 Sins,3 |            wad of cotton stuck up my nose.~
428 Sins,1 |        washroom.~The phantom did not notice, nor did the three girls
429 Sins,1 |             am and I ain't afraid of nuthin'!" Geography was a subject
430 Dream,5|    convenient for us to meet at nine o'clock at the entrance to
431 Dream,4|            had ever seen him and had obviously changed his mind at the
432 Sins,1 |          uttered:~"Let's run away!"~"OK," said Aleks and we took
433 Sins,6 |              in particular the lower ones. They were bobbing around.
434 Sins,5 |         experience has taught me the opposite. I began enjoying the visits
435 Sins,2 |            the dentist, right away!" ordered my wife the next morning,
436 Sins,2 |              foreign experts, and to organize dinner parties and the minutes
437 Dream,5|              a dinner offered by the organizers. It must have been after
438        | Otherwise
439        | own
440 Sins,2 |          which a country dentist had painlessly installed some five years
441 Dream,4|           out his missing eye, and a pair of pincers to cut the throat
442 Sins,6 |              hissed loudly.~I turned pale. I was growing numb and
443 Sins,4 |            and could not answer.~The panic did not last as long as
444 Sins,2 |            earlier, fractured. I was paralysed. I could not open my mouth
445 Dream,1|               that Fiat Uno, remains parked out front. In the cafe sits
446 Sins,1 |             chivalrous gesture on my part, as if to tell the teacher
447 Sins,2 |               and to organize dinner parties and the minutes of the meetings,
448 Dream,6|             had not a tall, thin man passed by and greeted me in Russian
449 Dream,6|          wait in vain.~It was twenty past nine and there were still
450 Dream,4|           covered by a black leather patch which was tied around the
451 Dream,6|             as we strolled along the pavement. She was the only one to
452 Dream,3|              more bills and taxes to pay. You'll have to go to America
453 Dream,2|            and stared at it, without paying attention to where I was
454 Dream,1|              I'm usually the one who pays for his morning coffee.~"
455 Dream,6|              myself that none of the pedestrians resembled her. It was at
456 Sins,3 |              we had come from a mule pen or from another planet.~"
457 Dream,6|           was a completely different person.~I was dazed. I felt a numbness
458 Sins,1 |            in a healthy body."~I was petrified and cowered behind my desk.
459 Dream,5|         clock at the entrance to the Philips Collection, which was near
460 Dream,2|               until he showed me her photograph one fine morning during
461 Dream,4|          Fiat, he was dressed like a pirate from the Middle Ages. He
462 Sins,3 |             mule pen or from another planet.~"Sit down," he shouted. "
463 Dream,6|           the compliments and Cufi's plans to sell his car and get
464 Sins,1 |           boy next door who I always played with during summer holidays
465 Dream,5|             very much. It would be a pleasure to meet you. It's been such
466 Dream,6|             road with my hands in my pockets. I was leaning against one
467 Sins,6 |             long needle with a thick point, the thickest I had ever
468 Sins,6 |            It's this one," she said, pointing to the x-ray.~"Hmm," he
469 Sins,2 |          National Debate on Cultural Policies, to accompany delegations
470 Sins,1 |       learned most of the map of the political world by heart. On that
471 Sins,2 |         hands?" But I had no time to ponder. I shook her hand, giving
472 Sins,1 |               The former, a tall and portly fellow with a flabby chin
473 Dream,2|        stunning. It was a silhouette portrait. She had her blonde hair
474 Sins,6 |         dimly saw Anna mount me. She positioned her ass somewhere down below
475 Dream,6|          tell you that you could not possibly recognize me from a photo.
476 Sins,2 |            to speak. "I am in a real predicament. I mean, like Hiroshima
477 Sins,5 |           times when no one else was present at the clinic. She cleaned
478 Sins,2 |             limbs numb.~My companion presented me in lavish, baroque terms
479 Dream,2|               and her lush lips were pressed against one another ever
480 Dream,2|      collected myself immediately. I pretended to be indifferent and to
481 Dream,1|       lookout for me every day. I am pretty sure that sooner or later
482 Sins,5 |             Don't worry, he's a real pro." "Alright," I replied. "
483 Sins,4 |           side. I don't know. It was probably by accident, but her breasts
484 Dream,2|              asked me right off.~"No problem," I replied, "I can scan
485 Sins,1 |             others rose, too, and we proceeded into the narrow corridor,
486 Dream,6|              you Albanian?" and then pronounced my name.~"I am Cufi's wife,
487 Sins,6 |              thought I would die. He pulled and pushed, but the tooth
488 Dream,1|           drunk it at home, and Cufi pulls back a chair for me to sit
489 Sins,6 |             would die. He pulled and pushed, but the tooth would not
490 Sins,6 |           pain was unbearable. I was quaking. He seemed to be yanking
491 Sins,4 |              you?"~She asked all the questions while I had my mouth open
492 Sins,5 |             frequency, but she would raise one leg while mixing the
493 Sins,2 |            come at such a late hour" rang in my ears, but I had no
494 Sins,1 |            open.~It was an extremely rare event for the classroom
495 Dream,4|            both arms. He was, at any rate, haughtier than I had ever
496 Dream,4|        during this flight had almost reached the surreal. It was assisted
497 Sins,6 |         comprehending, and could not react. My sight dimmed, even though
498 Sins,3 |            us. Three wrathful faces, ready for the attack, as if some
499 Dream,4|              confused, and entered a reality of my own creation, one
500 Dream,5|             m sorry to bother you. I realize it's late, but... I'm...
501 Dream,4|          knew what a torture it was, realizing full well that I was not