From a surprise he not at once, that was covered after these six lines. What salesman? What wonders? What yet? He well knew this shanty at the end of street. In her a very strong uncle always sat and captiously examined that people brought him. Exactly oh 13 he went to have dinner, caught on doors became drenched, and oh 15 returned again. Hardly he agreed to admit someone in a middle, or would allow occupying to someone him legal place even on a hour.
On adults he looked as if a tiger brilliant eyes from the window, and did not allow even to play children next to his shanty. Then why are for sale wonders exactly in a that place? In such unsuitable? But to reflect it was no time.
A fellow lost one's head. To go to school and again to feel a "white crow" among friends and to be humiliated and force to study teachers? A heart fought with might and main. Contesting with ideas he took your choice. School by school, and wonders never are for sale. Wonders are more important what some there history, or mathematics. Whether foreign language. He hurriedly looked at the shred of arithmetic notebook that did not free his mind from the captivity and gave with might and main downward.
A booth was in place. There, where and yesterday. Wherein and month of volume. And year. She did not become worse, but also did not become better. But at once dashed in eyes - a heavy lock did not hang on doors. From a draught they slightly creaked an opposite sound. It quite an unload squeak cooled him as though. It a bit became cowardly. Looked around again. And again surprised Oleksij - where do not give up an eye, not the souls. Indeed, and a district is this deaf, but however . even not heard an ordinary childish racket.
However, to 9 hour it remained not so much, and he, collecting all boldness and will in a fist, tried to knock in doors, and someone touched his shoulder. Oleksij was afraid to be stirred and look back. And if was this the same uncle that accepted, that all were so afraid?
Fear was, but curiosity scored off above this situation. He slowly looked back, and barely not cried from a surprise. A boy somewhere on age junior from him years on two stood behind.
The same instant doors, and somebody's voice mockingly and at the same time imperiously talked:
- Try - try!
He collected air in breasts and crossed threshold. After a threshold and unknown boy stepped over after him.
In the thickening semi-darkness of apartment he at first nothing could distinguish, however when surrounding objects collected expressive lines finally, got a clear idea of : except him and a mysterious boy was not.
Suddenly after the stacks of boxes something began to rustle, began to ring, glass began to rattle, and from a bottle-neck a lad appeared with a beard and long hair.
He on is put was in a shirt with the letter of "D" on a breast and sporting trousers. However, on feet for an uncle well jackboots sat with fish-forks. In a right arm he stopped up taken a bite open sandwich.
- Glad, indescribably glad, my young friends. - a lad began without superfluous ceremonies. - Glad to the acquaintances, and that you appeared very observant. And I already was frightened. In fact last week you said to the teacher, that did not go together with all school on power-station, because did not notice announcing excursion near a cloak-room.
He slightly turned red.
- But see now, that my fears were made default. And it is pleasant, will not begin to hide. Because to notice small announcement that brought you over here, - on it everybody is not capable. Ah! What gladness es, what extraordinarily interesting things we deprive itself through an own carelessness. you do not simply can to the soba to imagine.
And without how many opening, how many news unknown yet there is humanity science of facts through, - he began to laugh merrily, - the same nevertheless carelessness, and sometimes and lack of ability, unwillingness to look closely to the ordinary things, try to grasp them for - new, dug down to essence. Well yet, certainly, laziness es, indifference. But without observation even an industrious man will not be able properly to serve to science, humanity, even to the soba. But, something I it seems admired.
And time does not wait - flies, counts off seconds, minutes, and I yet and until now not what would like you, - and he expecting eyes at Oleksij.
- O-o. And where do you about me know from? - that took interest simple-hearted.
- Oh, it, presumably, it is difficult to explain, but imaginations to the soba, five I did not guess minutes back, unfortunately, did not guess in general, that was in the world such man is a schoolboy of ten years, Oleksij, etcetera. But just you crossed threshold it, so to say, monasteries, as to me already all about you is known. It is an inalienable line of our profession. In order that to serve a client, we need to know everything about him.
- And he poked with a finger in a wall on that inscription appeared at once :
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