About the book: year / Once upon a time there was a gypsy, a fine blacksmith, a daredevil for the whole camp. In that country, across whose expanses the Romals roamed, a moderately tolerant ruler ruled, treating people of all nationalities equally. However, nothing lasts forever and no one lasts forever. At the appointed hour, the ruler’s earthly existence came to an end and he passed away into another world. And after him, the throne was occupied by an exclusively intolerant tyrant, who ordered that all the gypsies be turned into soap, and their herds made into sausages. The tyrant’s loyal satraps rose up and in the shortest possible time exterminated all the gypsies in the country. In those days, horse sausage and soap were so plentiful that they cost less than wrapping paper..