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Permanent Vacation

You had gone to Russia on a spur of the moment vacation. You needed to get away from it all back at home. Your job had been stressing you out to no end, so this vacation was doing you wonders. You had been going around the past few days experiencing all the tourist attractions around Moscow. You were getting tired of this, and decided to just walk around the city and see what you could find. After a wonderful dinner in a hole-in-the-wall restaurant, you were walking back to your hotel. You soon came upon a store that had a very strange storefront that seemed to call to you. Walking in, you saw that they sold small trinkets and knick-knacks. A beautiful woman came out from the back and spoke to you in accented English. “Welcome to my shop, how can I help.” You explained how you were on vacation due to stress. “Ahh, I have just the thing for you!” She reached under the counter and pulled up a small model of a brown bear, the national animal of Russia. “For you, take it as a gift.” You t...