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Amsterdam, 1936

In spring, when I was a child too young to know that it was spring, the milk cart was pulled by a little dog that barked while the milkman rang his bell. We stuck our heads out the window, hoping to see thick cream skimmed from the top of the wood barrel of still-warm milk. The little dog looked up at us and smiled until the milkman tipped his white cap, whistled, and moved on down the street.

In winter, the milk cart was pulled by an old brown mule with gray cataracts for eyes and long saliva icicles hanging from his chin. We listened from the window without looking because the windows were glazed over with frost. The milk cart never stopped for long when it was cold, but sped on with the ...

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