At the very end of the ceremony, the girl was brought closer to the coffin. She looked at her father for a long time. At first silently, then she frowned, and suddenly — she screamed out in despair:
Her voice was so filled with anguish that the entire room froze.
She reached toward her father’s face, gently stroked his cheek, and through tears kept repeating:
— Daddy, wake up! Don’t sleep! Daddy, open your eyes!
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