Anna Yablonskaya

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

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BATTLE FOR TIGHTS

I was thinking about tights. New black tights with a wonderful openwork pattern. For many months I dreamed about them. I saved a penny, but every time the required amount was almost collected, something unexpected happened and the openwork pattern melted away, like a pipe dream. Pantyhose appeared and disappeared on the horizon of my life and suddenly they gave me an ultimatum: "Either now, or never!" I read an advertisement in the newspaper that the consumer protection committee needs a secretary, called and I was invited for an interview.

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HALF OR EDELWEISS

Twenty minutes. They ask each other for the time, forgetting that they are standing under the clock. He looks at the electronic wrist, she looks at the mechanical wrist. They answer in chorus, softly: "Half past five". He sits down on the steps. She tucked a lock of hair behind her ear. Half past five. They meet with their eyes and immediately turn away, like two thieves who have climbed into one empty pocket. 3 minutes pass. Both of them decide to themselves that it is high time to leave. Both remain in place. With a distracted smile, he picks off the petals from the flowers; with an even more distracted smile, she takes the hairpins out of her hair.

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CITY OF LOST SOULS

“Finally!” The unearthly Cyclopsian substance rejoiced, rushing towards the cool night wind. “Freedom! I got rid of this unshaven vulgar shell, which was expressed in obscene words, opened my hands and breathed fumes! Never again will I return to this sagging body, and I will not sit with his horrible friends (who do not even know what Karma is!) in a stuffy pub! I will no longer be flooded with this foamy filth, they will not make me laugh like a horse and grab the waitresses by the sides! Freedom! Forward! To the stars! Ur- rr-ah-ah! …"

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THOUGHT

He jumped out of bed and rushed to the window! Understood! The huge night fire world, pierced by a single thought and shaken by its depth, shuddered as if from an explosion. Everything: houses, puddles, lanterns, cats, stars swayed, as if they took off on a swing, and returned back. Swung and returned. He saw it! He understood! He had to do something, run somewhere, immediately tell everyone, because the thought was tearing him apart! A blinding flash! Illumination! He jumped into his pants, ducked into his sweater and dashed out of the house! He wanted to scream! Shout about your incredible discovery, climb the world's highest telegraph

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THE NIGHT LOST ON THE CITY

Kopecky pulled out the damaged sheet from the typewriter, inserted a new one and wearily wrote: "Night has fallen on the city …" At the same moment, these words became reality again. Karl groaned softly, and then, like a madman, began to rush around the apartment, bumping into various solid objects in the darkness, leaving blue marks on the tortured body of the writer. But he no longer felt pain. Five minutes later, the lights came on again. Karl finally understood: this is intrigue! Enemies and envious people decided to drive the popular mystic crazy! They mock him

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SCARY COURT

- Stand up! The trial is coming! the small round judge said menacingly, hitting the table with a hammer. The accused, the prosecutor and a few spectators, consisting of a woman in a flowered apron and a cheeky ginger cat, stood up. - The case of V. is being heard. He is accused of attempted theft and willful destruction of private property…. - How is it intentional? And completely unintentional! What are you sewing for me? I know! It's all him!”The accused yelled, moving towards the prosecutor with hatred, but the judge deftly leaned over his judge’s table, grabbed the accused's collar and sat him down. - Another such incident … - trying to speak calmly, the judge said in an angry voice, - you will be removed from the courtroom

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LIFEBUOY

- Dad! And what is this? he asked, pointing to a life preserver tied to the side of the boat.- Lifebuoy! - Dad answered loudly, proudly looking around everyone, as if saying: "Here I am! I know what this thing is!" - How does he save? - asked the son. There was a short pause. Dad's face turned purple: he did not know how to save the lifebuoy. His little eyes darted over the faces of the passengers, looking for a clue. - How does he save, dad? - the son did not calm down.. But there was no clue. Moreover, one of the friends burst out laughing and took off her glasses. - How is he a spa … - the boy did not finish, having received a loud slap from a completely crimson dad, who immediately left the upper deck.