Straight and bright as steel rods,
In the land of the jet pierced the rain

With the power of rapid ... I Mazai,
Wet, fled to a barn.

Kids, I tell you about Mazaya.
Every summer, coming home,

I'm on week goschu him.
I like his village:

In the summer of removing the beautiful
Isstari hops in it will be born to a miracle,

All of it sinks into green gardens;
Houses in it on a high column

(All of this water district understands
Since the village is the spring emerges,

Like Venice), Old Mazai
Likes to his passion lowland region.

Widows he childless, has only grandson,
Beaten track to go to it - boredom!

For forty miles to Kostroma straight
Run down forests to him transcend:

"The forest is not expensive: for a bird to the beast
You can fire off ".- A goblin? - "Do not believe it!

Once a courage I called them, waited
All night - no one saw!

The day mushrooms nasbiraesh basket
Eat it in passing, cranberries, raspberries,

Evening warbler sings tenderly,
Like in an empty barrel, Hoopoe

Uhaet; owl flies by night,
Centrated horns, drawing the eyes.

Night ... Well, at night, I was timid and self:
Very much quietly in the woods at night.

As quiet as a church when served
Service, and firmly closed the door -

Have some pine creaking,
Like an old woman in a dream provorchit ... "

Day does not make Mazai without hunting.
Had he lived nice, would not know worries

If it had not have eyes to change:
Often started Mazai pudelyat.

However, in desperation, he does not come:
Blurted out, my grandfather - a hare goes away

Grandpa finger twisted faces:
"You're lying - you'll fall!" - Good-naturedly shouted.

Does he tell a lot of fun
About the village hunters glorious:

Kuzma broke a ruzhishka trigger
Matches to carry a box,

Sit behind a bush - grouse entice,
Match to the seed will make - and break out!

Walks with ruzhishkom another hunter,
Carries with him a pot of coals.

"What did you haul the pot with coals?"
- It hurts, my dear, I zyabok hands;

If a rabbit is now soslezhu,
Before I sit down, put the gun,

Above ugolechkami hands mayhem
Yeah, and then Palud on the villain!

"That's a hunter!" - Mazai add.
I confess, I laughed heartily.

However, Miles jokes peasant
(What they are worse, but noble?)

I have heard stories from Mazaya.
Children, for you I'm the one recorded.


Old Mazai blabbed in the barn:
"In our swampy, lowland region
Five times the game would have taken place,
If only it did not catch nets,
If it had not pressured her snares;
Hares are here too - sorry for them to tears!
Only spring water surge,
And without that they are hundreds ginut -
No! still not enough! fleeing peasants,
Caught and drowned, and beaten with their hooks.
Where is their conscience? .. I just get some wood
The boat went - many of them from the river
To us in the spring flood overtakes -
Food, I catch them. The water comes from.
I see a small island -
Hares on it gathered crowd.
With every minute the water was adjusted
Poor Zverko; already under them remained
Less than a foot of land in width,
Less than seven feet in length.
Then I drove: lopochut ears
Themselves do not move, I took one,
Incidentally ordered: jump yourself!
Jumped my rabbits, - nothing!
Just sat the team oblique,
The whole ostrovochek lost iodine water:
"That's it! - I said: - do not argue with me!
Obey, bunnies, Mazaya grandfather! "
Like this Gutor, sailing in silence.
The bar is not a column, zaychishko on the stump,
Paws crossed, it is worth, poor wretch,
And took him - burden is not great!
Just started working with an oar,
Lo and behold, the bush was fumbling doe-hare -
Barely alive, as thick as a merchant's wife!
I'm her fool, covered coat -
Strongly shook ... No sooner had too.
Logs floated past the knotted,
Sitting or standing, and lying seam
Zaitsev, a dozen were rescued him na.
"I'd take you - yes flush boat!"
Sorry for them, but yeah sorry for the find -
I caught a snag hook
And behind it dragged a log ...
It was fun for the women, children,
As I drove village zaychishek:
"Look-to: what makes an old Mazai!"
Okay! Admire, but we do not bother me!
We are in the river outside the village found themselves.
Here are my bunnies just sbesilis:
Look on his hind legs stand up
The boat rocked, do not give a row:
Beach caught sight of rogues oblique,
Winter, and the grove, and thick bushes! ..
To shore close the log, I drove,
The boat was moored - and: "with God!" He said.
And at full speed
Come zaychishki.
And I told them: "u-x!
Come on, zverishki!
Look, oblique,
Now, escape,
And mind you, in the winter
Do not get caught!
Scope - bang!
And go to bed ... Ooh-x '.. "
Instantly, my team ran away,
By boat only two pairs left -
Strongly izmokli, weakened in the bag
I poklal them - and dragged home;
During the night of my patients are warmed.
Dried up, slept, ate tightly;
I passed them on the meadow, out of the bag
Shook, boomed - and gave strechka!
I followed them all the same advice:
"Do not fall in the winter!"
I did not beat either the spring or summer:
Skin is bad - sheds oblique ...»

- Um ... Er ....

The handshake was an energetic and strong, and then he gently pushed me inside the yard.

- I heard that you are interested in art. Do not want to see the picture? And can you buy?

And handed me a newspaper parcel ...

I
opened the newspaper and saw a small miniature, in the author's box at
which was depicted a young naked woman. Fine arts, I
would say elegant and rough frame with initials, made anyhow.

- A. .. e ..

-
This is my neighbor Rechitsa, Isach. I told him stretchers for paintings done. Here
He is with me this miniature paid. Buy you want? Inexpensively take.

Honestly
speaking, with the creativity of the artist I am, at the time, was not familiar,
Yes, and not very like to enter into financial relationships with these
subject.

- E.. .. E

- I see that you do not want. Oh well ...

He took a picture of my hand, wrapped in a newspaper and said:

-As you noticed
I came to you on another occasion, for help. The fact that I
an urgent need to castrate the boar, and you, I heard the surgeon working
.

- So ... uh ...

- I understand, I understand, boars are not operated.
But the difference between a wild boar from a man, but nothing! You work there for 2
minutes, and I'll thank you enough, so repaid!

- A. ..?

-
It's simple: I pshikayu of spray for self defense boar's nose, he
quietly to sleep, you quickly do its thing .... and I'll you
repaid, oh how to thank!

- E. ..

- I see that I agree! Not bzdi, Doc! Everything will be hockey! Well, in general, to poslezavtreva.

And he left ... And I was thinking, what can I do ...

All
as a something happened quickly that I did not have time to figure out
refuse. On the other hand, I was often treated people for
Medical Assistance - tried not to refuse. Older surgeons teacher happened
used to say: man, before turning to the doctor for a long time thinking,
doubts, fears, experiences ... and if came, it seemed priperlo
Apparently unbearable .. You help him, not "football"!

     But at the same
quite another thing, here some strange wild boar! In animals,
surgical plan, I never had a case ... and in general - not
go!

But if you look on a human, a Christian, then to
to whom he turned in an unfamiliar city? ... All the same, need help
man ... go!

     Anyway, as I took the sterile
gloves, mask, set for the primary surgical treatment and to
appointed time went to the address provided.

     There I have been waiting for: a brazen face, bare bellies, bare feet, spray for protection from bullies.

- Hey, Doc - the client is waiting!

C
smile told Gene and led me to a shed with a small door and
narrow slits for feeding, from which protruded the size of the pan
coin. When I looked inside, my head swam, his legs
gave way to fear ... "hog" to use all of the internal space
shed, had a hairy, dirty and scary form. He published
some deaf, uterine sounds, and looked at me young, angry
eye-coals.

- And so, Doc, come to the anesthesia! -

Gena said cheerfully, and let all the contents of the bottle into the nose boar.

Turning to me he offered a smoke, they say now, the boar falls asleep and you can start. Break.

When
we again come to the barn, we saw that the pig does not even
fell asleep, and I thought, was as cheerful, our balloon
gave him extra enthusiasm.

- Yes, it did not work - stated Gene-well, it is we are quickly recovered!

He
somewhere to escape and returned with a piece of bacon and a thin steel wire,
from which he built a loop. By Gene loop attached a piece of bacon, and began
rocking the design of the nose of the monster.

You ever seen a shark attack when she bites his murderous teeth of the goats!

Boar
suddenly grabbed the bait, steel loop has swept around the snout and
front teeth, wire taut as a string, squeezing
nose ... The beast stood as a quadriplegic.

- Well, Doc, with God! - Gena said opening the barn door with his foot.

There was nowhere to retreat, and I stepped into the unknown ............

Crossed
a boar, and being in a dark small space, I
poskalznulsya and fell on all fours in some muck on the floor, dropping
tools. Of aseptic and antiseptic had forgotten.

My nose
was directly opposite the ass and widely-spaced legs beast, between
which dangled "testis", the size of my head each. Found in the
thinner scalpel, I gasped and made the cut ...

Have you ever - ever present during the firing of large caliber guns?

Boar
yelled so that in a small closed room, I almost burst
eardrums! In addition, when Gene pshikal from a container in
boar's nose, then a considerable portion of the substance sprayed into the room ...
I gasped, his eyes covered acrid pall ...

You
Remember how during wartime stories described a case of how
wounded signaller to reconnect, dying grasps broken
Contact your teeth? Something similar happened to me ...

     Blind from
atomized gas, deafened by a shriek of wild, all in a stinking mire with
enormous egg against his chest, I crawled to the cry genes: - Here, Doc
, Here! ...

A month passed, two ... at the gate of my house again knock.

Having opened, I saw the smiling face of Genoa.

-
Oh, and cool you are a surgeon, Doc! So great to do an operation that
hog almost no pain, quickly recovered, and recently I let him go on
svezhaninku! Here's fairing brought, as promised. Meat wonderful,
kopchenenkoe!

And handed me a newspaper parcel, which fit in my palm. Seeing that I wrinkled up his nose, he added:

-
It is I myself smoked, and used for ignition cologne, so that
little odekolonchikom pripahivaet. Well, it's nothing, just a little, but

vkuuusnoooeee - Yum! :)>