Рома Карасев

Vassalin! Thackery shouts in agreement. "... not a thunderous headache in the morning." - Grobben is evil! - agrees Mally. “I already packed some bottles so we all could sit down at the table and try it together when the Queen and I get back.” “I look forward to it!” - announces Cheshire. “The third picture is the Bay of Light, a harbor near the capital. She sparkles in the sun, like diamonds ... " - BUT? What is it? - asks Mally. - Die! Die Almonds! Painted Almonds! - Thackery looks at the displayed works of art, - Oh...

“Poor Bayto,” Alice sighs. She knows what it feels like homesick. Sometimes she still does it. There are days when she does almost everything to return to her mother’s house ... Therefore, when she noticed that the poor man was bored, she asked Bayard if he could spare his son for the mission of “vital correspondence”. Now there is only Bayard and his boldest puppy, Bane, to sniff out trouble. And, of course, three noses are better than two, but despite this, she took pity on Bayto. - Alice .....

When his stomach growls and the sun has risen high enough to require all the dungeons to be present for lunch, Terrant reluctantly folds the parchment and reaches for the envelope. Raising it, he blinks at the thickness. And maybe ... is it a little harder than it should be?Putting the letter aside, Terrant explores the inexplicable uniqueness of the envelope. His fingers find and carefully take out a card from thick paper and, turning it over, he almost suffocates. His breathing stops in his throat, causing his chest to hurt...

Terrant is watching them. He is too tired to worry about a smile or a pun, but he really appreciates his friends' attempts to cheer him up and, when that fails, inevitably try to distract him. Given the fact that the contents of his workshop are organized in alphabetical order, by color, age, height, weight, width, delight and, probably, with the approval of Alice, he had no way to keep himself busy. In the end, Alice promised to return before she finds out about it. Terrant fulfills his part of...

Choking, scratching, screaming, Terrant wakes up from sleep. He turns to the empty side of the bed, looks around the room, picks up the blankets, turns the pillows over, bends over the edge of the mattress, almost falling on the cold stone floor, and checks under the bed.No Alice.ts out of bed, flies out of the apartment, runs along the corridors, almost falls from the stairs, and continues to run. In her old bedroom, which has not been used for a long time: no Alice. In his workshop: no Alice. On the croquet field: no Alice...