Born back in 1924. His childhood passed in the suburbs. Now it is already part of Moscow - Serebryany Bor. Becoming a writer, he writes novels and short stories for children. For his wonderful stories Anatoly Georgievich awarded the order Lenin, two orders of the Red Banner of Labor and others government awards.
Holidays with a tree and a prize
The hero of this extraordinary story is the boy Petya, who was very fond of holidays, especially New Year's, with gifts and prizes. This instructive story happened to him at the Christmas tree. Discarding the first half of the saying, he walked boldly. At the New Year's holiday, Petya managed to ride a bicycle faster than anyone else, and Santa Claus fulfilled his "Let the Christmas tree stay forever, let the holidays never end and let everyone entertain me."
Petya was a little embarrassed only by the fact that his best friend Valerik would not be able to participate in this. And Santa Claus, meanwhile, solemnly announced: "You will be in the country of eternal vacation." The summary of the tale will tell how our hero liked to be alone all the time and rest, rest, rest.
First Impressions
In the morning the alarm clock did not ring, and at the insistence of his parents, Petya did not go to school: miracles began. And when he went out into the street, he was met by a policeman-messenger of Santa Claus, put him in a trolleybus, which brought him to the Christmas tree. Only it wasn't right there. There was no cheerful noise of children, no running around, no laughter. Petya earned all the prizes and, loaded with sweet New Year's gifts, went home.
Santa Claus warned him that in their country of eternal vacation (a brief summary of this will show) there is an order table in which the Snow Maiden takes orders for entertainment by phone. Petya was very happy and chewed gingerbread and marshmallow on the way back. And most importantly, now he will always win all competitions, competing with himself, and will always be faster than everyone and, most importantly, smarter. He just grew up in his own eyes.
In the yard and at home
The guys, in order to give him pleasure, entrusted to protect the hockey goal and shamefully lost to the neighboring yard. And the best friend, Valerik, said: "You wanted to stand on the gate, the guys entrusted them to you. Did you enjoy it?" And everyone refused to eat Petya's sweets, because they are intended only for him. And at home, his mother said that she was setting a special diet for him: for breakfast he would eat mint gingerbread, for lunch - marshmallow, Tula gingerbread, and for dinner - honey gingerbread.
The entertainment continues
For Petya, in order to take him somewhere, a personal trolleybus came and took him to the circus, for example, where he performed a small “miracle”. He helped the strongman clown pretend that it was impossible to lift the lightest weights. But this seemed to him not enough. Petya wanted to show off to the guys from the yard what a strong man he was. By phone, he begged the Snow Maiden to let them all through to the performance.
And when he went on stage, to the indignation and general scandal, he lifted weights that looked heavy. Then he ran backstage and on the phone begged the Snow Maiden to make the weights really heavy. The guys from the yard admired him, only Valerik shook his head and asked what the trick was. Almost everything is possible in the country of eternal vacations, the summary shows us this, but you can’t mix lies into life and demand respect for it.
Loneliness
All the guys went to school, they came up with a new interesting circle, in which there was no way for Petya, they all discussed something and had fun. And Petya went despondently to the Christmas tree, where he already knew everything by heart, and nothing in it pleased him. He went to the cinema every day and knew all the films by heart, but there was no one to discuss them with. He was completely bored and yearned for simple food, which he had not eaten for a long time. He wanted simple black bread and fried potatoes, but here it was all pastila and gingerbread. Petya asked Father Frost for permission to go with the children to the zoo, which was closed for 10 days, and the children really needed to get there. But why, they did not tell Petya. So in the country of eternal vacations, this summary tells, Petya was tortured by loneliness. He communicated only with pensioners in the yard and now knew who was sick with what. He had a "very interesting" life.
running to school
One morning he decided to run away from the country of entertainment to school. On this path, he met many obstacles: the janitor was against it, the policeman, and finally, Santa Claus himself, because he would not have a job. But Santa Claus took pity and let Petya go. So wise fairy tale Alexin says. "In the country of eternal vacation", the summary of which carries deep meaning, is a fairy tale that brings up children. Petya finally realized that only friendship helps the weak to become stronger, endows the spineless with will and courage, and makes a callous heart kinder.
Aleksin A. fairy tale "In the country of eternal vacation"
Genre: literary fairy tale
The main characters of the fairy tale "In the country of eternal vacation" and their characteristics
- Peter. A boy who did not like to study, but liked to relax and loved gingerbread. Lazy, frivolous, carefree, cheerful, braggart and dreamer.
- Valerik, Petya's best friend, a hypnotist.
- Mishka Parfenov. A very smart and disciplined boy.
- Zhorik, the best athlete of the yard, the tallest of the guys. Strong and agile.
- Father Frost. Good wizard.
- Snow Maiden. Both a passport officer and an order desk worker in the Land of Eternal Vacation.
- The boy Petya wanted the holidays to never end and asked Santa Claus about it.
- Petya registered in the Land of Eternal Vacation, and every day he began and ended with entertainment.
- All concerts, performances, competitions were for Petya alone.
- The guys admired Petya, everyone except Valerik, and Santa Claus could not help Petya here.
- Petya wanted to become a young tamer, like the guys, but he was not allowed to go to school.
- Petya was so tired of resting that he asked to close the Country of Eternal Vacation and again became an ordinary boy.
No person can rest forever, he still wants to do something.
What does the fairy tale "In the country of eternal vacation" teach?
This fairy tale teaches to believe in a fairy tale, that miracles sometimes happen. She teaches us to love working, learning, learning new things and just enjoying life. It teaches that any holidays and idleness are boring. Teaches friendship, camaraderie, teaches to be together with the team.
Review of the fairy tale "In the country of eternal vacation"
It's funny and interesting story about the boy Petya, who ended up in the country of Eternal Vacation, by the will of his friend Valerik, who had the talent of a hypnotist. Petya thought that he would never get tired of a fun life and delicious gingerbread, but how wrong he was! The moment came when he was fed up with entertainment and missed school more and more. Petya realized that he couldn't live without his friends, he couldn't play with himself.
Proverbs to the fairy tale "In the country of eternal vacation"
Business time, fun hour.
Labor is the best rest from laziness.
A small deed is better than any idleness.
You know how to work, know how and relax.
The light is not sweet when there is no friend.
Read the summary brief retelling fairy tales "In the country of eternal vacation" by chapters:
The most amazing prize.
Petka loved to relax. In the lessons, he always pestered the Alarm Bear, so that he would say how much was left before the bell. He did not get tired of resting on summer holidays Oh. And from the first of September he began to calculate how many days were left until winter holidays.
Petya loved winter holidays the most. Already ten days before the new year, she began to call friends who could get a ticket to the Christmas tree and, of course, received the coveted ticket.
On the last day of the winter holidays, Petya goes to the last Christmas tree at the Medical Worker's House. There were many funny contests held by Santa Claus. The boy won the bike race and Santa Claus declared him the winner. But that was not all. And Santa Claus said that he would fulfill any wish of the boy.
And the boy wished that there would always be a Christmas tree, that the holidays would not end, and that everyone would entertain him.
He really wanted this wish to be fulfilled for his friend Valerik the hypnotist, but Santa Claus said that it didn’t work out that way.
Valerik was nicknamed the hypnotist after he alone did not succumb to the hypnotist during the hypnosis session, and he said that Valerik had a strong will. After that, the friends tested Valerik's hypnosis at the lesson, and the teacher, having first called Petya, suddenly changed her mind and called Mishka Parfyonov.
And Santa Claus said that Petya's wish is fulfilled. And that from tomorrow he will be in the country of eternal vacation.
The trolleybus is being repaired.
Miracles began in the morning. Dad told him to sleep on, and not get ready for school. Mom even demanded that Peter did not even think of going to school. Valerik did not run after the boy.
Petya went out into the street and waited for some magical vehicle to roll up to him and take him to the Land of Eternal Vacation. But no one approached him. But the guys didn’t seem to see him and didn’t pester him with questions.
At the crossroads, a policeman whistled at him and said that Petya was going in the wrong direction. And the boy realized that this was Father Frost's agent.
He approached the trolley bus stop, where there was a long queue.
A trolleybus with the inscription "For repair" rolled up and opened the back door. The conductor called Petya and he got into the trolley bus alone. The conductor warned him not to buy a ticket or he would be fined.
The trolley bus brought Petya to the Medical Worker's House, which also had a "Repair" sign on it.
Mass worker Uncle Gosh welcomed the young vacationer and took him inside. Petya saw that he was completely alone, because all the other guys were studying.
Especially for Petya, the artists played a wonderful concert, and then he saw the Snow Maiden and remembered that he needed to register in the Land of Eternal Vacation. But since the boy did not yet have a passport, the Snow Maiden stamped him simply on the ticket.
He began to participate in various competitions and won everywhere, because there were no other participants. As prizes, he was given packages of gingerbread, lozenges and chocolate.
Then Santa Claus called Petya the number of the Order Table, 22, where he was supposed to call and say his desires. The Snow Maiden was supposed to answer him.
The boy went home feeling like a champion and a winner.
Sorrows and joys of the vacationer.
In the yard, the guys rushed to Petya and he offered them packages with gingerbread and chocolate. But the guys were even scared, suddenly Petya himself would not have enough and refused to eat the treat.
The best athlete of the yard, Zhora, immediately offered Petya to play as a goalkeeper, although earlier the boy was not even taken as a fan. Petya stood at the gate and let maximum amount washers. Everyone consoled him and said that the first pancake was lumpy.
And then Mishka invited Petya to play billiards instead of him. Petya asked Mishka what happened at school, and he replied that the teacher said that Petya was undergoing treatment.
This news immediately upset Petya and he went home. He did not understand what course of treatment he was talking about.
At home, Petya called the Snow Maiden and asked to make him the best goalkeeper. But the Snow Maiden said that she only takes orders for entertainment. Then Petya asked why the teacher said about the course of treatment. The Snow Maiden replied that the boy's former teacher made a slip of the tongue, she wanted to say, a course of entertainment.
At home, the boy's parents said that it was just a disgrace - Petya had not yet eaten all the gingerbread. Mom even said that from tomorrow she was introducing a new menu - for breakfast, lunch and dinner there would be only gingerbread with marshmallow.
Petya was very happy and called the Snow Maiden to book a trip to the circus.
Today we came to the circus for a reason!
In the morning, a trolleybus came for Petya right into the yard and took him to the circus. When the boy got out, he heard people being surprised that the trolleybus was traveling without any wires, its horns dangling freely in the air.
There was a crowd of people at the entrance to the circus. But someone whispered to Petya to go down and to the right. He went to the circus through the service entrance and saw a clown. The clown anxiously asked if anyone had seen the boy and Petya replied that no one had seen him .. Then the clown said that Petya would be his "plant" today. The clown explained to Petya that he would have to sit in tenth place in the fifth row and when he performed, he would call the boy from the audience to show that the clown bar was very heavy.
The clown even gave Petya money for ice cream.
The performance began and a clown appeared, who was carrying a cart with huge weights. He called Petya and the boy ended up in the circus arena. He was scared and embarrassed, but he coped with the task. He pretended that the weights were unbearable and returned to his place, wiping sweat.
Petya no longer watched the performance further, wanting to call Santa Claus as soon as possible.
This is our Petya!
Petya called the Snow Maiden and asked to make sure that the whole class got to the next performance in the circus. As an exception, Santa Claus decided to fulfill this wish, and the whole class went to the circus on Sunday.
And Petya waited for the clown to call him to the arena, went down and easily lifted the weights. The clown said that the boy was phenomenally strong and began to call for other boosts. But then a variety of spectators ran into the arena, everyone wanted to check the weights.
Then Petya shouted that there would be a very interesting number now, and ran backstage. He hurriedly called the Snow Maiden and asked to make the weights heavy.
When he returned, many people poured into the arena. But the weights stood like a glove, they really became unbearable. The clown immediately understood this and left, saying that he could not work in such conditions.
And the guys surrounded Petya and congratulated him, marveling at his strength. One Valerik took him aside and hypnotized him. He asked if the weights were real and Petya could not lie to him.
Then Petya called the Snow Maiden and asked her to make Valerik admire him. But the Snow Maiden said that it was impossible and did not even explain why. Petya realized that there was some secret hidden here.
A naughty monkey, a donkey ... and a clubfoot Mishka.
The guys pestered Petya and asked him to raise the bench or something else, and he hardly refused. The boy was rescued by his mother, who called him to listen to the gramophone.
Petya decided that it was necessary to take Valerik and the other guys to the House of the Medical Worker on the Christmas Tree. But when he called Sneugrochka, she refused to accept such an order. The Christmas tree was only for vacationers. Santa Claus also did not fulfill this desire, and Petya decided to turn to Valerik himself.
Valerik quickly came up with a way out. Having learned that at the performance the artists dress up as monkeys and bears, he decided to enter the House of Culture in masks.
Valerik promised to come next Sunday, because during the week they were at school and were preparing for an important holiday - "Opening Day"
Unsolved Mystery
On Sunday, Petya showed up very early at the Medical Worker's House. Next came the guys, already in masks. Mass worker Uncle Gosh began to mark them in the book and asked where the monkey and the donkey came from, they were not there before. Zhora the bear boomed that they were with him, and that they did not have time to change clothes.
Petya led the guys into the hall and began to show that everything around was happening only for him.
Santa Claus said that the animals were some kind of strange, in some masks without skins, and Petya hastened to invite them to participate in bicycle races. They were won by a monkey and Petya said that he was very amused. He began to demand to give the monkey a package with gingerbread and marshmallow, but Santa Claus doubted.
Then the donkey won the ring-throwing contest, and the bear turned out to be smarter than Petya in the riddle contest.
Zhora and Mishka were glad that so many artists performed for Petya, and regretted that there was no power competition in which Petya would defeat them.
But Valerik still did not believe in the magical power of Petya and the boy did not understand why this was happening.
Mom prescribes medicine
The next day, my mother decided to have a serious talk with Petya. She was worried that the boy rarely went to the movies. She suggested that Petya go to the cinema every day before dinner, to a nearby new cinema, where her friend worked as an usher.
Petya said that he would go every other day, but with Valerik.
He ran to Valerik and delighted him with this news.
But Valerik said that he could not go to the cinema every other day. He has a lot of lessons, besides they are preparing for the Opening Day.
But he urgently needs to go to the zoo, and he is either registered or under repair.
Petya ran home and called the order desk. His order was accepted.
I want to be a junior!
Petya arrived at the zoo on a trolley bus and the guys were already standing there. The zoo was closed. Petya asked Valerik if he had seen him riding alone in a trolleybus. And Valerik asked if Petya was crazy.
Then the guide Lvov appeared and began to ask from which country Petya came. Petya replied that from the Land of Eternal Vacations Lvov took the guys to the zoo. Valerik said that the guys urgently need to see rabbits and white mice.
Valerik questioned Lvov for an hour and a half about rabbits and mice, and wrote down his answers.
Then the guys rode on a donkey with bells. And finally we went out. Everyone looked at Petya with delight, and Valerik sarcastically asked if he was a foreigner.
At home, Petya called Santa Claus and began to ask him to cast a spell on all the guys, but to cast a spell on one Valerik. Santa Claus refused Petya.
Then Petya began to ask to tell what the guys were preparing for the Opening Day. And Santa Claus told the boy that on that day a circle of unukrovs would open.
Petya ran to Valerik and began to ask who the yunukry were. Valerik replied that they were young tamers. And when Petya began to ask to be accepted into the circle, he refused, citing weak force the will of the boy.
But Petya found out that there were not enough thoroughbred dogs in the circle.
Renata falls in love with me
Petya ordered that Renata, the dachshund of the neighbors, fall in love with him. And the dog began to bite the owners and growl at them. But with Petya, she walked with pleasure and took food only from his hands. The veterinarian, who was shown Renata, said that the dog was healthy and advised him to give it to the boy, since the dog loves him so much. Petya named the dachshund Lynx.
He came to Valerik and found out that the yunukry were going to publish a newspaper describing terrible and funny cases from their practice. They even changed different proverbs to make it funnier.
Valerik asked Petya to give them the dachshund, because Petya himself cannot go to school and therefore cannot be a junukr.
He ran to school with Mishka and Zhora, and Petya trudged home. At home, he called the Snow Maiden and asked her to return the tax to the owners.
retired pioneer
Petya felt that he was tired of entertainment. He had fun every day according to his program. And also began to visit the red corner and play with pensioners. Once he even began to play hockey with Uncle Roma, a former athlete. But when he caught the puck, Uncle Roma fell, he became ill. He said that every age has its own entertainment.
And Valerik laughed, calling Petya a retired pioneer.
Danger zone in the last row
For the whole day Petya had been starving, he could not see the gingerbread and marshmallows. He asked a neighbor for black bread, but the neighbor brought him gingerbread.
The ticket attendant from the cinema told Petya that the last row where he sat was called the "danger zone" and they stopped taking tickets there. After all, Petya told everyone what would happen next in the film.
Petya promised to speak mentally. But on the same day, he suggested the development of the plot to two boys, and they promised to beat Petya.
At home, Petya heard the guys running up the stairs and singing the hymn of the Unukri. He asked Valerik to let him sing with them, but Valerik refused. Although he invited Petya to come to the opening as a sightseer. Petya himself wanted to become a junukr and refused. He felt that he was losing his best friend Valerik, and decided to escape from the Country of Eternal Vacation.
Opening day - closing day
In the morning Petya tried to call Snegurochka, but her phone was busy. The boy collected his briefcase and went to school through the yards, fearing to meet the bewitched policeman.
Petya began to climb over the gate and the janitor tried to stop him. The boy jumped down from the high gate and fell, and immediately a policeman appeared. He said that Petya was injured and should be sent for treatment. Just then, an ambulance arrived.
An ambulance brought Petya to the Medical Worker's House, and Santa Claus was already waiting for him there. Petya immediately began to ask to be discharged from the Country of Eternal Vacation, but Santa Claus said that it was more difficult for them to leave the country than to register in it. But nevertheless he agreed to close the Country of Eternal Vacation and sent Petya to the Snow Maiden.
Petya asked for help with his studies, but Santa Claus replied that his comrades would help here.
The Snow Maiden breathed on a ticket with a residence permit, and now an inscription appeared on it that Petya was treated for a month and a half in the hospital.
Petya cheerfully ran to school, hoping to be in time for the Opening Day.
And then he arranged a feast for the whole yard from the accumulated gingerbread, marshmallows and chocolates
After many years
Many years later, the matured Valerik came to visit Petya. They stood and looked at the yard, which had hardly changed, and suddenly Valerik said, "Look at me with both eyes. Listen with both ears." And then Petya remembered how on the last day of the winter holidays, Valerik hypnotized him and came up with a fairy tale about the Camp of Eternal Vacation. And Petya believed that all this was real.
Although the House of Medical Workers really was. And Elka was there. And a circle of young tamers.
Drawings and illustrations for the fairy tale "In the country of eternal vacation"
Dial two deuces on the phone and say your wish - in the Land of Eternal Vacation it will be fulfilled right there. This is probably the ultimate dream, when every day of life is filled with holidays and fun. No need to go to school, do homework, help around the house, but just have fun. And so you can live for more than a dozen years. But isn't there a feeling of loneliness? It is not easy to move forever to a country where there is not a single inhabitant besides you. And the summary of the story "In the Land of Eternal Vacation" will tell about this.
A few words about the author
It is better to retell the summary of the book "In the Land of Eternal Vacation" after a few words about its author have been said.
Anatoly Georgievich Aleksin was born on August 3, 1924. He entered the history of Russian literature as the author of children's and youthful works. For his creative achievements, he was awarded the Order of Lenin, government awards, and also received two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor. He lived a long life, died at the age of 93 in Luxembourg.
During his career, he managed to write 34 stories, 14 plays, 3 novels, 39 stories, 12 scripts that were filmed, and countless poems that appeared from time to time in various Soviet magazines. He first made his debut as a teenager, and since then, writing has taken a central place in his life. Whether he was a genius in his field or not, it is up to the reader to judge, it is for this that the works “In the Land of Eternal Vacations” are presented in a summary.
Main character
“If all the days in the calendar that are marked in red were school days, and the rest were considered holidays, then going to school could be called a real holiday.” I often thought about this change. main character story "In the Country of Eternal Vacation". A brief summary of the work should begin with this. The protagonist was an ordinary twelve-year-old schoolboy, and most of all he liked to relax. But, unlike their peers, who at the end of the holidays wanted to return to school, he wanted holidays never ended.
New Year
And more than a summer vacation, he loved new year holidays. As early as the 20th of December, he began calling friends and relatives with congratulations. In particular, this was done so that he would not be forgotten to take invitations to the Christmas tree.
It happened on the last day of winter holidays. The protagonist goes to the Christmas tree in the House of Culture of Medical Workers. Bicycle races were held in the big hall. The boy heard Father Frost announce a valuable and unusual prize for the winner of a bicycle tournament. Although the boy was already tired of entertainment at other locations, the desire to get an unusual gift gave him strength, and he set a new record.
Wish
As a reward for winning a bicycle race, Santa Claus offers him to make one wish that will surely come true. The protagonist thought: he could ask for anything. For example, to be friends with Valerik (his best friend) all his life, or for homework to be canceled, and housework to be done by itself. But the main character asked that the holidays never end and that he could constantly have fun. The next day, he really ends up in the Land of Eternal Vacation. Summary further developments tells about the life of the protagonist in the world of his dreams.
dream world
The next morning after the holiday at the House of Culture of Medical Workers, the main character's alarm did not ring, his parents were in no hurry to wake him up, and even his friend Valerik did not ring his doorbell when it was time to go to school. But Petya was especially surprised by his father's instruction "Roll over on the other side and continue to sleep!".
When the main character's parents went to work, he managed to go outside. He walked along the old familiar road that led to the school, and which he could walk with eyes closed. He met several of his acquaintances, but they did not seem to notice him, although earlier they would have attacked with questions about how the holidays went. Wandering aimlessly, Pyotr came out onto the pavement, where a policeman directed him to a trolleybus stop.
Public transport with the inscription "For repair" was specially designed for Petya and took him to the House of Culture of Medical Workers. There everything was the same as yesterday: Santa Claus, a Christmas tree, contests, a concert and gifts. With only one amendment: it was all for him alone. It was fun at first. Petya emerged victorious from any competition, even if he was bad at something - he had no competitors. And he got all the prizes. But singing in a choir alone wasn't fun at all. But he is ready to endure, because he became the first inhabitant (vacation) in the Land of Eternal Vacation. In a summary, it is also worth mentioning that all entertainment became available to him - from the circus to the cinema.
Comrades, friends, old ladies
Even in the yard, older comrades began to notice him and behaved in such a way that Petya could have a good time. He was given a place in billiards or taken to the football team, although in this game he did not particularly shine with success. His diet also changed - now he ate exclusively gingerbread, marshmallows and chocolate medals, and his mother locked all his notebooks and textbooks in the closet.
Now he could go to the cinema, circus, rides or other entertainments that are available for his age every day. There are as many sweets as you want, and the yard comrades were always inferior to him in everything. But even the sweetest fruit becomes boring over time.
A month and a half later, Petya could no longer look at sweets, but began to dream of brown bread. At the cinema, the audience disliked him, because, seeing the film several times, he began to retell the content. And the comrades simply lived their lives, which is why Petya spent a lot of time with the old people in the yard.
It is difficult to convey the state of a person who is left behind with a summary of “In the Land of Eternal Vacations”. Petya's comrades, although inferior to him in everything, lived their cheerful, albeit difficult school life. They attended classes, took part in various activities and just moved forward. Perhaps this is the worst thing - to be left behind, although you all started together.
Break the vicious circle
Petya decides it's time to get rid of it all. One morning, he cheats on his mother and collects a briefcase. On the way to school, he encounters many obstacles that prevent him from gaining knowledge. Climbing over the fence, he falls, and the policeman, who was under the magic of Santa Claus, takes Petya to the House of Culture of Medical Workers.
After talking with Santa Claus, Petya returns to ordinary life, and the Country of Eternal Vacation ceases to exist.
What did A. Aleksin want to say? From summary“In the Land of Eternal Vacations” this becomes clear - without friendship, even idleness and fun become a burden.
THE TALE HAS NOT STARTED YET...
I know this road by heart favorite poem, which I never memorized, but which itself was remembered for a lifetime. I could walk along it with my eyes closed, if pedestrians weren’t hurrying along the sidewalks, and cars and trolleybuses weren’t rushing along the road ...
Sometimes in the morning I leave the house with the guys who run along the same road in the early hours. It seems to me that just now my mother will lean out of the window and shout after me from the fourth floor: "You forgot your breakfast on the table!" But now I rarely forget anything, and even if I did, it would not be very decent to catch up with me by shouting from the fourth floor: after all, I have not been a schoolboy for a long time.
I remember once my best friend Valerik and I counted for some reason the number of steps from home to school. Now I take fewer steps: my legs have become longer. But the journey continues longer, because I can no longer, as before, rush headlong. With age, people generally slow down their steps a little, and the older a person is, the less he wants to rush.
I have already said that often in the morning I walk along the path of my childhood with the guys. I look into the linden for boys and girls. They wonder: "Have you lost anyone?" And I really lost something that is no longer possible to find, find, but also impossible to forget: my school years.
However, no ... They have not become just a memory - they live in me. Do you want them to talk? And they will tell you many different stories? .. Or better, one story, but one that, I am sure, has never happened to any of you!
THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY PRIZE
In that distant time, about which will be discussed, I really liked ... to relax. And although by the age of twelve I hardly had time to get too tired of anything, but I dreamed that everything would change in the calendar: let everyone walk on the days that sparkle with red paint (there are so many of these days on the calendar! to school, and on days that are marked with ordinary black paint, they have fun and relax. And then it will be possible to say with complete novelty, I dreamed, that attending school classes is a real holiday for us!
In the lessons, I often bothered Mishka-alarm clock before (his father gave him a huge old watch that was hard to wear on his hand), that Mishka once said:
Don't ask me again how long until the bell rings: every fifteen minutes I will pretend to sneeze.
And so he did.
Everyone in the class decided that Mishka had a “chronic cold” and the teacher even brought him some kind of prescription. !".
During the long months of the summer holidays, many guys got tired of resting, but I didn't get tired. From the first of September, I already began to count how many days remained until the winter holidays. I liked these holidays more than others: although they were shorter than summer ones, they brought with them Christmas holidays with Santa Clauses, Snow Maidens and rich gift bags. And in the packages were marshmallow, chocolate and gingerbread, which I loved so much at that time. If I were allowed to eat them three times a day, instead of breakfast, lunch and dinner, I would agree immediately, without hesitation for one minute!
Long before the holiday, I made an exact list of all our relatives and friends who could get tickets for the Christmas Tree. About ten days before the first of January, I began to call.
Happy New Year! With new happiness! - I said on the twentieth of December.
You are congratulating yourself very early, - the adults were surprised.
But I knew when to congratulate: all tickets for the Christmas tree were distributed everywhere in advance.
Well, how do you finish the second quarter? - Relatives and acquaintances were invariably interested.
It’s inconvenient somehow to talk about the se ... - I repeated the phrase I once heard from the pope.
For some reason, adults immediately concluded from this phrase that I was an excellent student, and ended our conversation with the words:
You should get a ticket to the Christmas tree! As they say, finished the job - walk boldly!
It was just what you need: I really liked walking!
But actually I wanted to slightly change this well-known Russian proverb - discard the first two words and leave only the last two: "Walk boldly!"
The guys in our class dreamed of different things: to build airplanes (which were then called airplanes), to drive ships on the seas, to be drivers, firefighters and car drivers ... And only I dreamed of becoming a mass worker. It seemed to me that there is nothing more pleasant than this profession: from morning to evening, to have fun yourself and to amuse others! True, all the guys openly spoke about their dreams and even wrote about them in essays on literature, and for some reason I kept silent about my cherished desire. When they asked me point-blank: "What do you want to become in the future?" - I answered differently every time: either as a pilot, or as a geologist, or as a doctor. But in fact, I still dreamed of becoming a mass worker!
Mom and dad talked a lot about how to properly educate me. I loved listening to them argue on this subject. Mom believed that "the main thing is books and school," and dad invariably reminded me that it was physical labor that made a man out of a monkey and that therefore, first of all, I should help adults at home, in the yard, on the street, on the boulevard and in general everywhere and everywhere. I thought with horror that if someday my parents finally came to an agreement between themselves, I was gone: then I would have to study only for A's, read books from morning to evening, wash dishes, scrub floors, go shopping and help everyone who are older than me, carry bags through the streets. And at that time, almost everyone in the world was older than me ...
So, mom and dad were arguing, but I didn’t obey anyone one, so as not to offend the other, and did everything the way I wanted to.
On the eve of the winter holidays, conversations about my upbringing flared up especially hotly. Mom argued that the size of my fun should be in "direct proportion to the marks in the diary," and dad said that the fun should be in exactly the same proportion to my "work successes." Having argued with each other, both of them brought me a ticket to the Christmas tree performances.
This is where it all started...
I remember that day well - the last day of winter holidays. My friends were already eager to go to school, but I was not eager ... And although from the Christmas trees that I visited, it would not be possible to form a small coniferous forest juice, I went to a regular matinee - to the House of Culture of Medical Workers. Medical worker was the sister of my mother's sister's husband; and although neither before nor now I could not say exactly who she is to me, I received a ticket to the medical Christmas tree.
Entering the lobby, I looked up and saw a poster: HELLO TO THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE CONFERENCE ON THE STRUGGLE FOR LONGEVITY!
And in the foyer hung diagrams showing, as it was written, "an increase in the decline in mortality in our country." The charts were gaily framed with colorful lights, flags, and shaggy pine garlands.
At that time, I remember, I was very surprised that someone was seriously interested in the "problems of the struggle for longevity": I did not imagine that my life could ever end. And my age brought me grief only because it was too small. If strangers were interested in how old I was, I said that I was thirteen, slowly throwing on a year. Now I don't add or subtract anything. And the "problems of the struggle for longevity" do not seem so incomprehensible and unnecessary to me, as then, many years ago, at a children's matinee ...
Among the diagmas, on plywood boards, were written various pieces of advice needed by people who want to live longer. I remembered only the advice that it is necessary, it turns out, to be less gray in one place and move more. I remembered it in order to retell it to my parents, who repeated that case: “Stop running around the yard! If only you could sit a little in one place!” And sitting, it turns out, is just not necessary! Pom I read a big slogan: "Life is movement!" - and rushed to the big hall to take part in bicycle races. At that moment, of course, I could not imagine that this sporting event would play a completely unexpected role in my life.
It was necessary to make three rapid circles on a two-wheeled bicycle along the edge of the auditorium, from which all the chairs were removed. And although old people are rarely sports judges, Santa Claus was the judge here. He stood as if in a stadium, with a stopwatch in his hand, and timed each clerk. More precisely, he was holding a stopwatch in smart silver gloves. And he was all elegant, solemn: in a heavy red fur coat, stitched with gold and silver threads, in a high red hat with a snow-white top and with a beard, as expected, to the very waist.
Usually everywhere, and even on holiday matinees, each of my friends had some special hobby of their own: one liked to slide down a wooden slide - and did it so many times in a row that he managed to wipe his pants in a few hours; the other did not get out of the cinema, and the third settled in the shooting range until he was reminded that others also wanted to shoot. I had time to experience all the pleasures that the invitation card gave me the right to: slide down the hill, and miss the shooting range, and catch a metal fish from the aquarium, and spin on the carousel, and learn a song that everyone had long known by heart. Therefore, I came to the cycling races a little tired - not in the best shape, as the athletes say. But when I heard Santa Claus loudly proclaim: "The winner will receive the most extraordinary prize in the history of Christmas trees!" - strength returned to me and I felt absolutely ready to fight.
Before me, nine young racers rushed through the hall, and the time of each was loudly, for the whole hall, announced by Santa Claus.
Tenth and last! - announced Santa Moro
His assistant, mass worker Uncle Gosha, rolled up a shabby bicycle towards me. Until now, I remember everything: and that the top cover of the bell was torn off, and that the green paint was peeling off the frame, and that there were not enough spokes in the front wheel.
Who doesn't like to relax? Any student will be delighted if the holidays are extended for a week or two. But this was not enough for the hero A. Aleksin - at the usual New Year's party, he wished that the holidays would last forever ...
Anatoly Aleksin
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… I came to the bike race a bit tired. But when I heard Santa Claus loudly proclaim: “The winner will receive the most unusual prize in the history of Christmas trees!” - strength returned to me, and I felt absolutely ready to fight.
Before me, nine young racers rushed through the hall, and the time of each was loudly, for the whole hall, announced by Santa Claus.
- The tenth - and the last! Santa Claus announced.
His assistant, mass worker Uncle Gosha, rolled a shabby two-wheeled bicycle up to me.
- Old, but a warhorse! - said Uncle Gosh.
Santa Claus fired from a real starting pistol, and I pressed the pedals ...
I didn’t ride a bike very well, but Santa Claus’s words sounded in my ears all the time: “The most extraordinary prize in the history of Christmas trees!” These words urged me on: after all, perhaps, none of the participants in this competition liked to receive gifts and prizes as much as I did.
And I rushed to the “most extraordinary prize” faster than anyone else. Santa Claus took my hand, which was sunk in his mitten, and raised it high.
- I announce the winner! - he said so loudly that all the children in all the halls of the House of Culture heard.
Uncle Gosh, a crowd worker, immediately appeared nearby and exclaimed in his eternally joyful voice:
Let's say hello guys! Let's say hello to our record holder!
He clapped so insistently that he immediately drew applause from all over the hall. Santa Claus waved his hand and established silence:
- I not only announce the winner, but also reward him!
“What…?” I asked impatiently.
Oh, you can't even imagine!
Something strange seemed to me in the voice of Santa Claus: he spoke like a magician, confident that he could do the extraordinary, create a miracle - and amaze everyone!
And I wasn't wrong...
- In fairy tales, sorcerers and wizards usually ask you to think of three cherished desires, - continued Santa Claus. - But I think it's too much. You only set a cycling record once, and I will grant you one wish! But - any! .. Think carefully, do not rush.
I realized that such a case presented itself to me for the first and last time in my life. I could ask my best friend Valerik to remain my best friend forever, for my whole life! I could ask to test papers and the teachers' homework was done by itself, without my participation. I could ask dad not to make me run for bread and wash dishes! I could ask that these dishes be washed by themselves or never get dirty. I could ask...
In short, I could ask for anything. If I knew how my life and the lives of my friends would develop in the future, I would probably ask for something very important for myself and for them. But at that moment I could not look ahead, but could only raise my head - and see what was around: a shining Christmas tree, shining toys and the ever-shining face of Uncle Gosha's mass worker.
- What do you want? - Santa Claus asked impatiently.
And I answered:
- May there always be a Christmas tree! May these holidays never end!
Do you want it to always be the same as it is today? And that the holidays never end?
- Yes. And to keep me entertained...
My last phrase didn’t sound very good, but I thought: “If he makes sure that everyone entertains me, then, then, both mom and dad, and even teachers, not to mention everyone else, will have to give me only pleasure."
Santa Claus was not at all surprised:
- Well, these desires can be counted as one. I will make sure that vacations and entertainment never end for you!.. From tomorrow morning you will find yourself in the Land of Eternal Vacations!
