Loans

The middle of summer. There was a warm day. Wood animals as always were engaged in the habitual affairs. The hare Tom searched for fresh berries, hedgehog Top collected the fallen nutlets, and badger Tim reserved to colds useful roots. When through a glade on which they usually meet, there have passed two tourists, wood friends just came nearer to it.

Before they have heard a crunch of branches and foliage under legs of tourists, animals uchujali the sharp sense of smell extraneous smells intruded in their wood. The hare, the hedgehog and a badger have slowed down the movement in a direction to each other. Animals have passed tourists forward, and it is a little having waited, poured out on a glade. The sights wood friends spent people leaving in a distance and at once began to discuss tourists.

"That long, probably, the fisherman", has told a hare Tom. Hedgehog Top has added: "Precisely fisherman, from such height of all fishes it is visible". Badger Tim, also has considered necessary to notice, "To a pike do not go - the fisherman, at it also the second eyes on a head that the fish is better for seeing". The sun warmed backs of animals, and they continued conversation. "And another thick, seems the mushroom picker", the hare has assumed Tom. Hedgehog Top has agreed, "Precisely mushroom picker, in such many mushrooms will enter". Badger Tim too on all had the opinion, "The Century Fur-tree shishek to not see - the mushroom picker, at it and a hat as a bast basket that mushrooms was in what to carry away".

So wood friends always discussed any news from a marge. Suddenly the hare has seen Tom small white leaf, neither on birch, nor on alder, on maple it was not similar. Wood friends have stolen up to a leaf more close. It was a small scrap of a piece of paper which was dropped by that tourist in glasses. By the way, called it Aleksey, and it studied as the civil engineer for now earned additionally the laboratorian in institute. And it has gone to a campaign with friend Dmitry. On a way for the city of Aleksey has casually read through the announcement and as it for a long time dreamed to buy a boat with the motor, it and has broken leaf announcements with the text "Loans and phone".

Tom, Top and Tim word meanings of "Loans", certainly, could not know, but have for some reason solved, that it is very important leaf for people. "Leaf it is necessary to return to tourists", the hare Tom has told. Hedgehog Top has supported the friend, "Precisely it is necessary to return". Badger Tim also has added "The elk are afraid, in the morning to not rise - to return leaf that to dust in a wood was less». On that also have solved. Having taken leaf with a mysterious inscription of "Loans" wood friends have gone on traces of people.

Tourists have stopped behind small river which proceeded not in the distance from a glade Tom, Top and Tim. In an hour of searches animals have found out Aleksey and Dmitry. When Top escaped on a grass away from tent Aleksey has shouted to the friend, "Look Dmitry, the hedgehog from tent has run, something tasty likely has feld". The hare, the hedgehog and a badger could not know, that Aleksey that was not necessary leaf with an inscription of "Loans" therefore as in the autumn to it have raised the grant and have lifted the salary of the laboratorian. And by next summer Aleksey, has saved money, has bought to itself a boat with the motor.(RUS)

Ilya Koutsarev
07.09.08