will appear.
I may be as far as the pole would,
But your voice I will hear.
I will hear.
The day is rolling...
He's so funny, your Seryozha.
I was making pickles yesterday
when he came in.
"Why so many?" he asks.
"For father to get a snack with drink."
He says, "You like it
when he's drinking?"
I say: "No."
"Then why prepare this snack for him?"
Like if there're no pickles,
father will quit drinking.
Do you have morning sickness?
And I felt sick all the way
till I gave birth.
Hi.
Where's that friend of ours?
Reading books.
Reading...
Untie that damn bag.
When I was his age, I worked
sweating my guts out.
Why should he sweat his guts out?
His parents send him money.
He got it nice and easy, right, Kolia?
I wish we had lived like that.
You bet. All that love of theirs
is kind of plutonic.
- What?
- Plutonic.
How's that?
Just like what you're having.
A nice girl would've blushed in your
place, and you're just grinning.
Why blush if I don't know
what you're talking about.
You don't know?
Why he lives here, then?
Other young people court each other
for a whole year and read poetry.
And you? Hi, meet my man.
And now we got surprises.
Seryozha, what's
plutonic love?
It's when people love each other,
but don't kiss and sleep together.
Oh, it's just like you and me, right?
Thanks, mom.
Why are your
parents so dumb?
I got no other parents.
They're all I got.
It's so boring.
Don't you think?
No.
Vera, where's my razor?
What did you say?
Where's my razor?
Oh, you're just killing me!
- What's so funny?
- It's on the balcony.
Here, try it.
- Want some brew?
- No.
Do you think he'll like it?
He will.
There he is at last! Who's going
to water the kitchen garden?
Mother's at work, I'm busy.
I'll water your garden.
It's yours too, you nerd!
Why don't you grub something?
- And where's your hello?
- Hello, Aunt Vera.
Some dress you've made!
It's falling off me.
See? What's that?
We will add lace here.
How is he getting along with
your parents?
With parents?...
They're abusing him.
He's abusing them.
- It's just great fun!
- Will you drink today?
Yes, I will.
Don't get upset.
My mother's friend broke her son-in-
law's head, and they're doing alright.
Little children, listen!
For no earthly reason
Ever go to Africa for a walk.
In Africa, there're big sharks,
In Africa, there're reptiles,
There're ferocious crocodiles.
They're going to bite you...
Oh, Lena, itjust doesn't make sense.
Look, it's supposed to be...
The happiest time of my life.
And I feel like howling!
He hates my parents.
They hate him.
At night my brains are just going
to blow up.
I'm lying, looking at him,
and I think: Oh God, how
are we going to live?
I got the same situation.
- With whom?
- With Mikhail Petrovich.
What Mikhail Petrovich?
Don't you remember that cafe?
And his daughter?
How he was telling her about India?
The cafe?
Why haven't you told me?
Everything is too uncertain about us.
He's against my
enrolling in the school.
What do you mean?
Am I supposed to go there alone?
You'll be with Alevtina there.
With Alevtina?!
You may study with that cow yourself.
Some friend I've got!
We'll go away soon.
- Your mother will never let you go.
- And you get out of here!
You want me to go alone?
Stop yelling at me!
What do you have to do with it?
You're getting married!
You know how much
telephone operators earn?
For plugging those sockets all day:
Shepetovka, Magadan is calling!
- And who talked me into it?
- I did, my dear.
It's much better than washing
potties in a nursery!
- Have you got the call?
- I have.
I got it, too.
I tore it down and threw away.
Lena!
When are you leaving?
He'll settle his affairs here
and we'll go.
Really?
And you didn't say a word!
How did it start between you?
Usual. We sent the daughter off
and fixed a date.
Just like everybody else.
But he's old!
Yes, old.
Polite.
Always quiet.
An