Tan'ka

Dva mira — bednost i dostatok — stalkivayutsya cherez sluchaynogo gostya i devochku Tanku, chya sudba svyazyvaet ih tonkoy nityu. Ubogaya izba i barskaya usadba — oni ryadom, no mezhdu nimi tselaya vechnost. V izbe — golod, slyozy, prodannaya loshad. V usadbe — teplo, balalayka, barin, kotoryy mozhet pozvolit sebe byt odinokim i dobrym. Avtor stalkivaet eti miry cherez sluchaynogo gostya — ustalogo strannika, kotoryy nochuet u krestyan i uznayot ih gore. I cherez Tanku, malenkuyu devochku, perebegayuschuyu iz odnogo mira v drugoy. Nit mezhdu etimi mirami tonka, no imenno na ney derzhitsya vsyo chelovecheskoe. Slushayte etu istoriyu v tishine — inache ne uslyshite.