Sergei: A Revision

Sergei: A Revision.

I have been writing stories of my past, either as I remember them, or as I recall how they were told to me. In either case, the stories have been related as factual as possible. With a written history as in the case of my Mother’s story, checking facts is relatively simple. However, relying on the memories of a 68 year-old person of events that happened when she was, maybe, nine at the time of the occurrence, along with any embellishments that may have been added as the story was repeated, there is the possibility that some recollections may not be entirely correct.

One such happening was what had caused the fire in Sergei’s house. I wrote that the fire and the other chain-reaction incidents that occurred at that time were caused by a meteor that struck close by Sergei’s house. Some friends that were also living in Ibate’, have said that instead of a meteor, the culprit was really a lightening strike. To be sure, that makes a lot of sense, even though the facilities being struck by lightening is not near as exciting as a meteor crashing in close proximity. However, I reluctantly concede that probably the nine year olds memory was a little cloudy, perhaps by all the thunder and lightening that was exploding around her at the time, and that, indeed, it was “only” lightening and not a meteor.

I feel that everything else that was written concerning Sergei is correct, and the incidents of that night of chaotic events actually occurred.