SOME EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF A YOUNG MAN
World War II, a huge railway station in Soviet Union .Crowds of counless refuges from estern Poland after Germany’s attack on SU. Train timetables do not work. Everyone is waiting for any train in the direction of the east into the interior of country.
Finally, the expected train is substituted. Tere is a young man in the crowd and next to him ,among others, a woman with two small children. People run to the train and this woman wants to follow for them. A young man ask her to stop but woman does not listen to him and runs with children towards the train. At that moment, German planes arrive and bombarding. A young man sees the death this woman and her children !He very sad will continue waiting to another train.
The same man, about two years ealier, in time Germany’s and Soviet Union on Poland. Demobilized after defeat of Polish army ,the young man wants to return to the city where his family lives , in accordance with the instruction of his colleaques, in order no to be recognized, he teard of patches from
Soon he is detained by Russian military patrol catching Polish officers. He replies them that is ordinary soldier but they tells the man to show his hand. His hand delicate and man is detained, When e aproacches, the patrol locks himin the barred basementof building in a passing town. In the middle of night some civilians open the door of basement and tell man in Ukrainian to run away. These people had trunk Russian Patrol vodka for until they passed Russian Patrol until they passed unconscious. a young man was free .
Two years later the same young ma again waiting, at another huger railway station, already behind Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union. He meets him and searches him russian military patrol. They take away his documents and notebook with he writes his memories and poems. Russian do no tknow Latin letters or Polish. They concludet that man is a spy and take him to prison.
The prison is huge,located underground.Young man is imprisoned by elevator to seventh floor deep.The quards cynically tell him that no one comes out here alive.
After a few days, the young man is taken upstairs for interrogation. And here is in for pleasant surprise. His notebook was be reading by a Russian officer of Polish origin. He returns now the man’sdocuments and says that he is released from prison. He says that he likes poems. He doesn’t return the notebook . A young man again is free.
Then arrives to Uzbekistan, where he’s employed as a teacher in mountains town near border with Afganistan. He spends almost all of his salary on the purchase of food for Polishprisoners of war workingin the nearby cotton fields. They was dying of hunger and malaria.
Hovewer, after some time, the young man is called up as a consprit to the Russian army. And again fate has him care. Young Uzbecks, avoiding cinsoription to the Russian army, help him. They lead him deep into the mountains, where they have shelter in the caves there.
TWO CONTEPORARY INCIDENTS FROM A WOMAN’S CARE
I drive me car on two-lane roadat time of quite heavy traffic. In front of me a truck is driving not very fast with a tarapaulin at the back. Something tells me in head : Overtake this car immediately !
When I ‘m overtaking car, I see a large metal object sliding out and falling on the road from under tarapaulin of his truck ! If I had continued to drive behind that truck, I would die on the spot.
I drive my car on narrow shot road betweem farmlands. This is how I shorten my way to work in timee main road is under renovation. On this road, two cars can pass each other while close other. I see a car coming from the opposite direction and good spirit tells in my head to stop on a wider part of road and wait for the car from opposite to pass me.
Despite I doesn’t stop and keep going. When we are about to pass each other, the car not approach the edge of road. I’m forced to drive into freshly ploughed soil and not may I leave this. I see an older man in car smilling maliciously at me and goes on.I
I’m forced to wait long time for roadside assistance. I’m regret very much that I did not dowgat tge angel whispered in my head. I resolve never make that mistake again.
