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MediaDB / «Artyomka (collection)" Ivan Vasilenko: download fb2, read online
About the book: year / "...The circus was round, wooden, large. Because there were no other buildings on the entire square besides it, it seemed important. There were posters hanging on the walls near the entrance, and on the posters half-naked people with swollen muscles were wrestling, standing on the hind legs of a horse, a red-haired man in a colorful hood was tumbling. The gates of the circus were open, and Artemka entered the room where there were buffet tables. with marble boards. A crimson velvet curtain covered the entrance somewhere further. Artemka stood and listened. Even the cash register window was closed. He quietly lifted the curtain - there was a smell of fresh shavings and a stable. Artemka saw a round platform and a low round barrier behind. wooden benches rose like a barrier around the platform, higher and higher, almost to the ceiling. Artyom’s eyes even lit up - there were so many of them. And above, high up, like in a church, there was a trapeze hanging on thick blue cords. this is the circus,” thought Artemka, “huge!” Opposite the curtain opened, and a small bald man jumped out. He hit his feet on the barrier, jumped up, turned over in the air and sat down on the sawdust with which the circle was strewn: “Good evening!” How are you doing?.."