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Marina Cotineaţă was born in Bumbăreţu de Jos, a forgotten village in the center of Moldova. When she was a second grader, at the IQ test she was the warstof of students, because she had the mentalage of a 3 year old . But she was the meanest  of her class.

She soon moved to town, with her family, where she hardly graduaded. After graduation, she got hired at the textile factory "Omatul mare", where she herd ducties included washing the chemical  tubes. But fresh the habit of harming other people she couldre’t escape . She warson’t  pleased unless she harms another person.

Her colleagues began to get aq acquaimted of this habit sand they announced the leasses  superiors and they got the idea to emluzzle her as a spy= recruit the
  informer.

-Such a talent, like yours, Miss Marina, rarely can be found  !Such a pitgts loose it. If you will be a good spy, you will be rewarded with money and much more…

From that moment,  Marina began to tell about all her neighbors, all her colleagues, all at they  said, did, and… she liked to rell lies about them, because she wanted them to get in trouble with the Comunist Security.

 

One day, the woman recived from the activist named Dragavei a tentant proposal .
- Lady Cotineata ! We have mister Coruptino, our man,  from Bumbareţu de Sus, who gossips is softwos a woman. He works as a porter at the neighboring section. He unloads the chemicals substances in recipients. He's kind of a gold digger, is materialistic, right, he does …………….

businesses because he's a specialist in this things. Even the chemical materials dissasperead, we saved him, as a bounty for the services that he afferd= brought us. You two together, I think you will make a good team. We want to merge you so soon as possible. We think=believe that the results in the couple will be spectacular. that: soging "Where the two, the might is bigger and the enemy wins not".
And all of them will set them by and meeting for a dance night, organised for young workers from the enterprise.Both of them gossiped their hardworking colleagues, nat knowing that they were under the strict watch at the Coruptino pair.
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Madame Coruptino had a serious reason for presenting herself at the Commission. She wanted to fiind new clients for the recently opened peat natural therapy salon. Marina was a very thin woman 1.70 centimeters tall, with a pointy nose , like a beak, thin lips, small eyes wich played in her head like fireflies, evil eyes and a mean look. She had short curly hair dyed platinum blonde-short-haired, permanent haircutted hair, blonde-dyed platinum.

-Sucha plesure meeting, Madame Coruptino, said a sixty yearold man, elegantly dressed, whose eyes gentily followed the woman’s marees. What lenerys you hin? the man continued with a sweet voices. He is Buzunărici, a former builder, today... Ohhh Is I was a dancer, today I would be a big senator, the woman thought looking at a middle aged women, with her nose up in the o / air.
- Aaaa that’s easy said the woman. An approval= exceptance for a private university , said the women.I will be expecting you soon in my new cabinet renomed for natural therapy. The woman gaw aroay leusi new card that contained information about the address and the phone number along with a colorful flyer full of suggestive images. 

- You wan’t regretit ! You will feel like a twenty year-old ! All  You just have to do is to make an appointment. I have a lots of clients, only important personalities, just like you! the woman continues. All my patients were pleased and came back for more.

- For sure, after hard work, you need to relax too must be done. I saw that in the last years, that. I've had enough of even the most expensive and the most exotic places, because I have lots at  money, unmercifully, thank God. I frequiently visit all types of beauty salons : for massage, for make up, for gymnastics, for  hair style, for manicure, for pedicure, for dyeing... But I need something else, something new, and I belive you are the way to my goal, said the man.
- For sure , my dear gentleman Buzunarici. 
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After a week Mrs. Coruptino received a phone call while she was in her cabinet at the ministry.
 
- I am Sile Buzunarici. You recently invited my at  your prestigious cabinet. I want to change, to become another man. Please tell me how much does it costs for an audience, so I can send my money in yours account. Money are not a problem for me.

- Wednesday, your majesty at noon, I will be waiting for give you at the address from the flyer. O You will truly be really pleased for what is going to happened with yourself, said the woman happily.

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Dreamy, Buzunărici was sitted at a table in a euxopious restaurant situated on the French Riviera. He had just finished his meal when the disperate waiter brought him the check. Back in the country his consumptions where disbursing. The operation was it necesary anymore. Here,  though...

        -Dear sir, your acconts are empty. You don’t have anywere euros left. Don’t you by any drance, have any others, asked the waiter Who know Vasile as an old customer of the restaurant... he was as generous as an arabian prince and he gave... him hat by tips.
-       This can’t la possible , I have herge... amontout... money that flow like water in my acconts day and night from my businesses. Here is no chance that they  can be empty.
-       Look, for ....... s waiter-     Is they disseared miracoulosly, amazing just like my ..... magnificent feelings     from when I was going B had a revelation God, were  they se expensive 

translation Patricia Popescu & Andrei Pielescu