Ngakho-ke, leli cala laliphambi kwenguquko, kepha umhlaba wokuqala wezwe wawusuvele. Ngake ngaphila yebo kwakukhona i-shoemaker. UShoemaker wayengumfundi, umfana weminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa ubudala. Ngandlela-thile ngayala i-shoemaker i-pair yamabhuzu, futhi ikhasimende laliya kwenye indawo. I-shoemaker yalinda, yalinda, yathi ku-Apprentice - lalela, nansi kusasa kungukuhle, uyadiliza amabhuzu, kepha uthengise ama-ruble angamashumi amabili nanhlanu.
Wasukuma ekuseni, wahamba nolwandle lwakhe phezu kwehlombe lakhe, waya, futhi kungazelelwe, futhi kungazelelwe, kwathi lapho abantu ababili abakhubazekile amasosha bamfanelekela yena - omunye ngakwesobunxele, omunye ngakwesobunxele. Hhawu, ake ngife! Othembekile, wamukelwa, wanikeza ngamunye wonke umuntu wonke ama-ruble anama-ruble ayishumi nambili ngesigamu, futhi ejabule ethuthela emabhuthini amasha ezindabeni zawo.
Umfundi ofunda ubuyela ekhaya, ngakho-ke, bathi, kanjalo. Futhi uthi umnikazi - kahle, kahle, udinga ukunikeza isaphulelo sokukhubazeka. Lapha unama-ruble amahlanu, ubuyela emuva kulungile ubanikeze. I-Apprentice yahamba. Wahamba - wahamba, wahamba - akukho okukhubazekile! Yehlulekile kanjani. Usizi lungene eZucchini nama-ruble amathathu bese usika. Futhi lapha - lapha! Ukubuka - Kuhleli cishe eduze kwakhe lezi ezimbili, futhi futhi ziphatha. Uye kubo. Walalela. Futhi bahleke. Ungashisi, bathi, Siyajabula ukusala. Hlala, ngitshele umnikazi, ukuthi konke kuphephile.
Futhi manje usaya ekhaya, i-vodka enokungafanele eyakhe, futhi uxabana - kunjalo, kuyavela, ngoba ngaphenduka ngokuqhamuka, njengoba ngangiba khona, ngoba bonke abakhubazekile bakhokhele i-boot ngayinye kuya kwenye. I-ruble engamashumi amabili nantathu. Yebo, ngisika ama-ruble amathathu.
Ngakho-ke lapha.
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