of hairs on your head. Baldness is in style nowadays. - Is that in style too? - That happens when you're nervous. What a surprise! It's great to see you! How did you know we were here? I didn't find any of you home, so I figured you were in the country. I came to say goodbye. I've decided to go home. I've hung around Moscow for too long. I owe you money. I'll send it when I get my first paycheck. Are there a lot of people under you? Nearly three thousand. Organizing all that must be very hard work. It's hard getting the first three workers organized, then it's easy. - Is something wrong, mother? - I'm all right, go on talking. I'm always holding you up to the children as an example. You've achieved everything you wanted to. Only don't tell them that once you've gotten everything you wanted you feel like howling. - You ought to get married. - It's not a question of marriage. It is. Though it's not easy in your line of work. Men are afraid of women who earn more than they do. Where are the men nowadays? They're getting fat and lazy. You go to the theatre or museum and what do you see? Only women. The men are watching television or drinking with their friends. Once they reach forty, they vegetate. They don't even polish their shoes, it's disgusting! I hate men who wear dirty shoes. It's crude. You ought to be prosecuted for exploiting a skilled worker. It was your idea to put some away for the winter, so don't complain. Do you know that Ghena brought a girl friend along? I'd better go before his father says something stupid. - Gourin came over. - He's been drinking again? No, he's fine. He's like that every time he comes out of the hospital. That explains why he hasn't come around begging for a while. He was such a nice guy! It's because he was so nice that he became like that. Everybody wanted to drink with him, and he couldn't refuse because he was too nice. Now all his friends have disappeared and left him all alone. I'm sure he'll get better. I thought so too at first, I even took him to see doctors. How I begged! I've done my best. Marina, why don't you have some more? Do you know how workers were hired in the old days? Shut up, I wasn't talking to you. You're always interrupting me. Marina has never heard this story. They gave a worker all the food he wanted. If the man ate poorly, he wasn't allowed to work there. What have I done wrong? I want some bread. I met a client whose husband hunts whales for a living. They make a beauty cream on the side. You use a little at bedtime, and in the morning your wrinkles disappear. What do they put in the cream? I swear, your skin'll look like marble. All our players have gotten jobs. I've been asked to coach several times. For years I didn't realize how I was living. I haven't been to a game in over a year. No, I've got to call it quits. Right. You're still a young man. A man can start over again if he really wants to. This is the pippin. Over here we have strawberries. And here... Have an apple. I did this years ago. You know, I've always envied you. The love you share. I was told how to meet a single man. You go to a cemetery. You're bound to meet an intellectual who's a recent widower. You let him look at you, and the next thing you know... A friend of mine actually married an architect that way. Liuda, you're unbelievable! It takes a lot of work to make a marriage. I'm sure that someday I'm gonna be lucky. Mother, why didn't you ask me to do that? I get tired just sitting around. She's getting old, isn't she? Her husband's death was pretty hard on her. She was only five years older than we today when we first met. As if it happened yesterday. Hot tea here! Get your hot tea here. That's it. I can't carry it forever. Over here. Thank you, my son. I know, I'm not proud of my shoes either. Well, I don't care about your shoes. But they upset you, ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Последний герой боевика на английском - текст Особенности национальной рыбалки на английском - текст Стенка на стенку на английском - текст Патруль времени 2: Берлинское решение на английском - текст Трон на английском |