When civil war came to their village in central Greece, both Costas Psofios and Dimitrios Golfis lost their homes by fire. Like thousands of other homeless Greeks, they took to the road, eventually settled down on a rocky hillside near Athens. Psofios prospered, soon had a sizable herd of goats, whose milk he sold in an Athens suburb. Golfis did not fare so well; his small plot of land barely supported him and his son Andreas. Finally, 64-year-old Golfis was forced to go to work for 34-year-old Psofios, tending his goats.
The old man's pride was hurt, but Golfis lived...
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