One evening a man called James was on the road from Oxford to London. There weren’t many cars on the road because it was late. Suddenly in the lights of his car he saw a woman by the road – she was quite young and very pretty. ‘It’s dangerous to walk along the road when it’s dark and late,’ he thought. He stopped, opened the window and asked the young woman, ‘Where are you going? It’s dangerous to stand here at night… perhaps I can take you to London with me.’ The young woman didn’t answer but she opened the door of the car and got in...

Continuation... It was only late at night that Nastia sat down at school, but father's stories didn't go away. Mother usually worked from early morning until late at night in the hospital, but then rested for a few days. Looking at the clock, the girl noticed that soon the mother was to return from work. Finally, the whole family will be back together again, as everyone dreamed of three months ago. Having finished with the lessons in just an hour, Nastia pulled out all the textbooks from the backpack to replace them with new ones...