When your village Bulgarian goes to bed he does not switch off but blows out the light. Proudly the Ministry of Education announced last week that in 567 such villages—totally unequipped with electricity or "modern improvements" of any kind—cinema shows have been given by the Government during the past twelve-month.
Summoned by their lustily bawling village crier, the peasants have gathered, suspiciously at first, then with growing excited interest at their schoolroom, outside which halted a truck sent by the Ministry of Education, equipped with an electric...
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