Many still know from the school bench the story of the famous writer Victor Astafyev "A horse with a pink mane." A summary of it can be retold by many, but there are still people to whom this touching work is unfamiliar. This article will be useful for them.
The short story "A horse with a pink mane" tells the story of an orphan boy from a Siberian village, who is raised by his grandparents. The grandmother sends him for wild strawberries with the neighboring guys, promising to sell the picked berries in the city and buying the gingerbread “horse” for his grandson. This sweet horse is white, and its mane, hooves and tail are pink. This is the ultimate dream of all the village kids!
Of course, the summary of “The Horse with the Pink Mane” will be incomplete, if not to mention the very guys who play an important role in the events of this story. The neighbors Levontiy and Vasenya are special people. The head of the family works for one and a half to two weeks, all this time his wife walks around friends and takes money and groceries in order to feed the numerous children. But once Levontia receives a salary, then it scatters - debts are distributed to neighbors "in excess" in the ruble, or even two. The feast is rolling up the mountain. If the hero of the story manages to slip into the neighbors on such a day (which is strictly forbidden by his grandmother), then he is held in high esteem, and care, and love. Since the Leontief children are with their parents, and he is an orphan.
A feast in the house of neighbors usually ends with a riot of the head of the family, children scatter wherever they go, aunt Vasya usually hides in the main character’s house under the wing of his compassionate grandmother. In the morning, Levonti repairs the broken windows, repairs benches, chairs and a table, after which, in despondency, he leaves for work. And Vasya again goes to borrow from friends ...
Further, Astafyev’s short story “A Horse with a Pink Mane” summarizes how our hero and his neighbors went to collect strawberries. As a result, the Leontievskaya children ate their berries, having quarreled with each other, and began to "pester" the main character that he was afraid of his grandmother. The result of the "teaser" is a desperate act - Vitka pours berries, the orava sweeps them right away. And our hero picks up grass in a tue, and quickly sprinkles berries on top.
Grandmother doesn’t reveal the deception, sincerely praises Vitya, but his conscience still torments him, so the whole next day, while she is in the city, the boy spends fishing with the Leontief children. And in the evening, on approaching the house, seeing his grandmother, our hero runs away to his cousin, where he plays until late. But his aunt takes him home and sends him to the pantry.
There he falls asleep, and in the morning he wakes up from the fact that his grandmother indignantly tells someone about his deception. She hears how she recalls his drowned mother, who could not be found in the river for six days, how they both suffered — the mother in the river and her grandmother at home. The boy’s heart is bleeding; he has already regretted his deception a thousand times. And when grandfather pulls him out of the closet of the crying, he can only say: "I am more ... I am more ..." But the grandmother already forgave him, and after breakfast Vitya sees ... a gingerbread horse in front of him. For all his life he will remember this undeserved gift that spoke of the love of his relatives.
This is a brief retelling. "A horse with a pink mane", however, is not so large and difficult to read, only to limit it. Therefore, we recommend that you nevertheless read this story in the form in which the author himself presents it. The short story "A horse with a pink mane" cannot give you the impression that will remain after the original.