A Smile, Sun, Birds. A drawing. From stories on th

A Smile, Sun, Birds. A drawing. (From "stories on the little sheets of paper").


The frost hasn't hit yet. It will come tomorrow. Now it's raining, it's snowing.

A knitted hat (sports type) - pulled over the eyebrows, nose, face.

The simplest thing is not to notice.

I remember my “night with Vitus Bering”. Here is the another option - in the fresh air.

I'm coming up closer.

- Maybe, to phone, to call out...

Suddenly, the position changes from the horizontal to the sitting (the partially upright).

The knitted hat shifts from the eyes.

A smile. "And what a sense? what's the point?".

I say some, any words.

I say to myself: "He - himself - didn't want to."

I find a few coins in my pocket and pull them out. “There are some coins. Will them suit you?"

A microscopic, a barely noticeable, hesitation. "So, what? It's also money."

I feel relieved.

I say something encouraging.

In response - a reaction with a touch of optimism: "Wouldn't the something similar happened before?"..."

The next day frost (about minus eleven degrees, Celsius). The bright Sun is shining.

I feed the birds.

For a long time, several days, I did not see them.

Out of the corner of my eye I notice that some bird flies up to the food.

The smile, the Sun, the birds.

The movement continues.

"Wouldn't the something similar happened before?"...


January 8, 2023 06:21


Translation from Russian into English: January 8, 2023 07:34.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский «Улыбка, Солнце, птицы. Зарисовка. (Из «рассказов на листочках»)».


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