pan koòikov is a carpenter. he works alone. every day he looks out at the summer sky through the grimy bars of his small window. but he is happy. forty years of toil and strife are finally paying off. word is getting around the small town, and he's getting more work. everyday at noon he goes to buy bread from the baker down the road. on the way he passes a little girl begging in the street, dirt on her clothes and her hands. her name is anna and everyone in town knows her. he spared her hardly a second glance. despite her pleas for food - everyday is the same.
one day pan koòikov is very happy. he is getting more and more work and decides to buy two loaves instead of the usual one. as he passes anna, he relents, and for the first time, gives her a loaf of bread. the next day, anna is back at her station. she is convinced that that was the extent of her luck. but pan koòikov beckons her over to his workshop; he sends her to buy the bread, promising her a fresh loaf. the next day, expectant, anna needs no beckoning. she runs to buy the bread and is happy.
this continues everyday until the sky gradually turns grey and the winds start to pick up....the old man looks out of his door. anna is waiting for him as per normal. he slowly steps out and looks down at her. "sorry", he says. "there is no bread today. for you, or for me. people will not buy my tables in winter." she turns, and walks away, and sits back down in her old position on the street once more....Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
