(Cloth reality)
Alexander Mikhailov
Tver
Anfisa.
Quiet falling snow invariably causes
I remember my childhood, when I slowly walked
roamed the streets with Grandmother and her acquaintances
mine. Peace in the soul and from the falling
snow and the fact that New Year is close. B
some windows show Christmas trees with lights on
multi-colored garlands. On my aunt's coat
Fox foxes. With clawed feet in front and
with a muzzle at the back of the coat. Dead fox on
the coat caused hostility.
I knew Aunt Fisa as long as
yourself. In early childhood he called Aunt Pi-
soy. Why an aunt at all, and not BaBoy Fi-
soy. After all, she was the same age as my Grandmother.
Maybe because she was young for a long time and
Was outraged when the girl was in the yardcalled her Grandmother, although she already had
granddaughter Often, when going for a walk, my Grandmother
I went after Anfisa Nikolaevna. We approached
her entrance, and Granny shouted:
- Nikolavna!
Anfisa Nikolaevna went out onto the Balcony, and
then outside and we went for a walk. Buddy-
The girls once worked together in the police
internal affairs typists, therefore not
Rarely did their conversation turn to their former work.
- The management decided to save paper and
ordered that we print on both
sides of paper. But everything breaks through,
it would have turned out very badly, I would have said then
hall, which is better for my money I will buy
to burn Paper than to do a deliberate hack job.
I remembered how, shortly before retirement from
seemed to be going to a trade union meeting.
- She said that she already has one foot in the grave.
I'm standing. And what do you think, in the wall newspaper people
poked at me, Literally reflecting what was said.
From her tedious work she received
la Disease in the joints of the fingers. It was possible
get a group, but the doctors told her about this
zali when she had already retired. To her
It was a shame.
Sometimes, instead of going for a walk, having learned that An-
Fisa Nikolaevna is at home, we climbed her
second floor
The apartment was two-room and what was
unusual, no neighbors. Yes and the situation
her apartment stood out.
Unlike her friends, she was alive
husband, who, moreover, before entering the pen-
This was an officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In the hostess's room there are two nickel-plated
beds, ottoman, sofa, chest of drawers with unchanged
seven elephants for happiness, wardrobe with
glass window. Above the bed Large
photo in a wooden frame: young Anfisa
with a long braid, standing next to Birch.
The girl is chubby and simple-minded. good
filmoscope and gramophone, from which I reben-
who heard "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" and
she amazed me with her soothing rhythm
mom.
Age has changed Anfisa Nikolaevna. She
remained the same round face and body
became rounder, but the face became somehow wiser
rey. Large expressive nose, powdered
ny, like the whole face.
She slept in this room with her granddaughter.
The second room always smelled of cigarettes
yourself. A husband and son lived in it.
Simple bed and couch. Guitar on
wall. Short cabinet with books - collection
publication of the works of the playwright Ostrovsky in the world
linen binding. Either they were bought for the occasion
books for furniture, or read. The window you-
walked as if opposite the movement of people along
street to the arch, so you can get out of it well
It was possible to see what was happening on the street.
Sometimes Aunt Fisa watched him talk
fresh things. Under the window they were selling milk from
tanks and once the seller was arguing with her husband
rank, demanding money from him for three liters and
without listening to his objections that there is no way
she couldn't sell him three liters, because
He has a cantwo-liter.
There is a bookcase next to the window. B whatnot in Bit
a nail with a fishing net on it. Her whole
Alexey Ivanovich weaves for days. Having left for
pension, he learned to weave in order to earn
spend yourself an extra bottle of vodka. B re-
in the gaps between weaving the net he goes out to
Kitchen balcony, and there are flies there. Sometimes he
enters his wife's room, from whose window
a shop in the building opposite is visible. Guessing
do they sell vodka or not?
- Do not sell, otherwise the seller would fuss
Would be more energetic.
Alexey Ivanovich had his eye cut out and stood up
artificial vili. The wife thought that after
If he loses his eye, he will stop drinking. But he
Having come from the Hospital, the first thing I did was to run to
shop.
And with one eye I got into trouble blindly.
There's a knock on the door. Anfisa Nikolaevna opened
lah, an unfamiliar man is standing on the threshold. Not
I managed to ask what he needed, how did it turn out?
husband leaves the room and invites the uninvited government
you to your room. Then my husband married a hundred
water for this guy, and then a guest
left. And Alexey Ivanovich asked his wife:
- Who was it?
- So you invited him, I thought that
this is your friend.
It turns out that Alexey Ivanovich is the first
I saw this man once.
And my son's sweater was missing.
Anfisa Nikolaevna's son Felix was born with
short leg. His working tool is
"Iron Felix" - adding machine. Don't drink
difficult. Depends on the standardizerEARNINGS,
many try to treat him to the right thing -
catcher.
He lived with his first wife for only a month.
She coveted the "Wealth" of his parents -
lei, but quickly became disappointed. From the second
Alevtina he gave birth to a child and they soon
broke up. Vyatskaya Alka - vulgar,
sang in amateur performances. Granddaughter Olga Was
at the Chronic Hospital, covered in scabs.
Anfisa Nikolaevna could not stand it and said
Alke:
- You may be dissatisfied with me, but I
I'll tell you. It doesn’t matter that the child is there
is going on. Now Alexey Ivanovich went to
pension, let's take Olga with us and he
She will take care of her.
Olga lives with both Granny and her mother. B
elementary school Grandma met me
after school, since I lived very far away.
She was waiting for me in Aunt Fisa’s apartment, where
the other lived close to my school. Therefore in
at that time I saw Aunt Fisa almost everyone
day, but I rarely saw her granddaughter, maybe
school shifts coincided so much, maybe she lived with
mother at that time. I have it in my memory
captured only three times. B early
childhood in a White Riding Hood with a Brooch. Years th-
four in the yard of Grandmother's house she goes, behind
her mother walks towards her and kicks her in the butt,
which surprised me. And the day I entered
pioneers. I came from school to someone who was waiting for me
Grandma and looked in the mirror at the chiffon-
re, how the tie fits, and Olga is envious -
la that I’m already a pioneer, but she stillwait a year
of this event.
I haven’t communicated closely with her and it’s difficult for me
understand why she gave me such a...
something repulsive. Mom
I once shared with my aunt that she
She loves her, the children are drawn to her, Olga too
stretched out. Mom is disgusted with her, and baby
nok doesn’t understand, he still reaches out.
Now I'm thinking maybe she's got something from
her mother Alevtina adopted the vulgar,
which, perhaps even in a child, already happened.
Aunt Fisa in her conversations, of course,
I remembered my granddaughter more than once. I remember her
indignation at the illiteracy of the teacher, who
the other wrote in her diary that Olga "grE-
acts up" in class.
She told me how her granddaughter in elementary school
classes went to the menagerie and shared
chatter that the macaque has a red...
they waited for the peacock to bloom his
bushy tail. He strained, they thought that
Now they will see the beauty, but he farted.
I was sitting over a chemistry textbook for the tenth
class when there was a knock on the door.
Grandma went to open the door, as usual
Rivaya:
- Who the hell is he talking about?
But it was not the annoying neighbor who came, but An-
Fisa Nikolaevna.
Anfisa Nikolaevna slowly takes off her shoes,
unbuttons his satin-lined coat
okay.
She went into the kitchen, sat down, and only then did you-
fired:
- Naumov died.
Naumov, Former steelworker, I talk about him a lot
I heard from Aunt Fisa, butI only saw
once lying behind a bench in their yard
at home. His wife kept up with him in drinking
and even took pills for hypertension
vodka.
I'm so tired of these drunkards, they're blabbering
with them.
This morning Alekha ran out of the bath with
With crazy eyes.
- Where is she!
- Who? - I ask.
- Where are you doing with her!!! I'll kill myself.
I handed him a kitchen knife.
- Come on, cut yourself.
He didn’t cut himself, of course, he
in his youth he kept promising to shoot himself when
Lieutenant Was in the police.
It turned out that only Alexey
Ivanovich hid the Bottle in his left felt boot
vodka, and in the morning I poked my head into the right one and couldn’t find
the one he was looking for, he decided that his wife had found and removed
la.
- Ugh, damn, you're already crazy about water -
ke! - Anfisa Nikolaevna spat.
The day before, with Naumov and Fridmanovich, they
drank away party contributions. Both husband and son
Anfisa Nikolaevna is a party member, unlike
her. The husband runs the party organization at
house management
Fridmanovich - Armless war invalid.
He lives in their huge house. Sarah, Bile-
ter in the cinema, Left her husband. I regretted it
Russian Baba, who, out of gratitude,
he beats up.
- Yesterday I came from Fridmanovich in
women's felt boots. And how he is only in them
walked like a ballerina on pointe shoes? After all, he is you
juicey and big leg, just like his mother,
Do you remember she came after the war, like thisBoy-BaBa, a horse with eggs and shoe size co-
rock last. Mine arrived early, but
Naumov stayed too long. And go from one end
houses in another, although the house is huge, but here
Got lost in three pines. Found him in the morning
frozen in the yard. And today I receive a pension
wore. He's already lying dead in the room, but
his wife received a pension for him, she said almost
told that he was sick.
If only my drunkards had killed me before
or else they will be completely lost without me. Already
I'm tired of cleaning the entrance. Shop Close,
everyone goes to the entrance. It's dark on the first floor
my son gets into trouble when he’s drunk, it’s harder
tear away from other people's shit than in the entrance
remove. When he gets too drunk, then
they bring it in their hands. What do you have, Fa-
Kira, there’s a piece of paper from the calendar.
- Yes, I left it for my daughter, here is the remedy
from fogging glasses.
What else is there, a fly repellent.
"Take pineapples, oranges, bananas, honey,
mix it all and spread it on the tape." This
how much money do you need? They'll write. Arrived
My mother made them laugh.
- It says humor here. You, ma-
Ma, at least I read what the remedy is
your anti-fog: "Glue it on the glass
glasses black paper."
- Here Olga also has a headache -
wears. When I left the Hospital, I discovered
lived her sleeping with her friend. Girlfriend on mo-
races a motorcycle. And the other day Olga sent a letter to
radiated from her. Well you know I'm humande-
licate, so I read the letter. girlfriend
confesses his love to Olga. Well I showed
Olga love. I tell her that this is not normal
It’s not enough that you have to fall in love with men, s-
start up. But she didn't say anything,
came back and left.
Evening came, Aunt Fisa went home.
She has arrived. There is no husband. Asks his son:
- Where is father?
- In the morgue.
He went to take a bath drunk and died.
Anfisa Nikolaevna was indignant:
- Okay, the tap was closed, otherwise Bu-
The locker below us could have been flooded.
She is a person who is scrupulous about things
state property and many times
blamed Alexey Ivanovich for being like a
he climbs into the bathtub to get wet and may get wet
pour.
I saw her about five years after that
case. My mother and I came to pick up the dying woman.
Grandma. Aunt Fisa told us:
- Our business is old, we have to die, and you
live.
Soon she herself died. Sat on
chair and fell.
I visited my hometown again through
ten years. The day was Saturday, summer,
everyone is in their dachas, so the Big City is
some are deserted and therefore unreal.
I approached Aunt Fisa’s huge house. On
Felix stood on the balcony, who
I guess I didn’t recognize it. The yard is fenced with metal
tical fence. Sometime in early childhood
I squeezed lilac paint out of a tube, and
several years later it is still found
shot up.
It was getting dark.At dusk the city of childhood
seemed even more ghostly. I went out to
street and looked at the window of the Former room
Aunt Fisa. There was a light on. I heard that
Olga got married and gave birth.
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Alexey KuBrack
Staritsa
Hedgehog.
I was walking around early one morning
outskirts of his small town. Suddenly
I see the hedgehog is running. I saw quite a few hedgehogs
if they encounter a person, then
They strive to quickly hide from his eyes. A
This one runs, or rather, walks so calmly,
leisurely, that I calmly caught up with him, and
followed him. It was old and shabby
hedgehog There were no longer thorns on his neck, but
the rest were rather shabby
view He noticed me and carefully examined
Having watched, he just as leisurely continued his
way without looking at me anymore, no
attention. I followed him, and kept thinking: “Ka-
what a Fearless man he is!”
Pretty soon my hedgehog disappeared into the thicket
that grass, and continue the pursuit
It made sense.
When he disappeared, I thought: "That's how it would be
and we, the people, can go calmly and fearlessly
your way!"
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-Happy journey to you, wise old man
Hedgehog!
July 1999
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