Дарья Мясникова - Чудоба, или Приключения Алочки и Васи

If she puts on a sequined tinseled snowflake dress, these troublemakers will certainly pull the decorations and rip everything. If she chooses the cat costume, she’ll back home without tail. Maybe, the fox costume? No, she’s been fed up with the fox in three years, and, anyway, her hair will sweat et become gummed up under the hat with flaps in the warm house.

– Alochka, baby, are you ready? I’ve clother Vasya and taken the rooster costume. And who will you be at the party? – asked mother trying to put on the hat on constantly twirly Vasya.

– I’ve decided to put on a trouser suit. I’ll be… a girl wearing a

blue suit! – answered drily Alochka who did love to amaze guests with her costumes, but today something went wrong.

– It’s strange, but okay. If you’ve decided like that.

Well, can we go out? – uttered mother.

It was a real magic night. It was snowing. One might see a wonderful dance of every flying snowflake under the street lights. The path to the neighbors’ house sparkled with diamonds. Alochka wasn’t in a hurry at all to see the naughty boys, she walked slower and slower enjoying the freshness of the air and the beauty of the New Year night.

– Daughter, where are you? We are already knocking at the neighbors’ door! – said mother in a bit annoyed voice.

– I’m coming! I’ll just finish up my snowman and get up to you! – answered Alochka putting one snow ball on another.

In ten minutes all the family: father, mother, Vasya and Alochka were already at the table and were eating pasties with poppy seeds baked by the housemistress. It was the most favorite delicacy of all the children, and Alochka loved it too, of course. After three pasties the children were full and spread in the house to the adults’ delight.

One, two, three, four, five! Ready or not, here I come! – cried eight year old boy Leshka.

Alochka run into the next dark room and squeezed under the sofa. The crack between the sofa and the floor was narrow, but thin Alochka in skinny blue trousers just wriggled into there.

Leshka has run already two times past the secret place, he even peeped and looked into Alochka’s eyes, but he saw nobody in the dark. At first, it was ridiculous, but then she was bored and even disgusted. They haven’t washed under the sofa for a long time and her noses started intching much. She couldn’t help it any longer and started sneezing loudly, that’s how she attracted attention of Leshka who had definitively lost her.

Meanwhile, content and relaxed adults were at the table talking about the success of their children who blasted past whooping over and over again. Finally, Leshka found sneezing Alochka and led her from the dark room to the guests. Silence fell at the table, and only mother couldn’t help saying a word.

– Gala, what you look like?!

At that moment Alochka saw her reflection in the sideboard. Instead of the cute girl in the blue trouser suit there was a monster with disordered hair covered with long-lived dust-balls that were equally spread on her costume. The wave of laugh swept the room. Everybody was roaring with laughter: boys, adults, and even an old man, who was in a chair and who couldn’t walk, were giggling and saying,

– Oh, you’ve made me die of laughing, girl!

A few seconds more and her eyes let flow with tears in desperation, but she had an idea. She made a funny face and started running about the room imitating a little monkey. Her behavior discouraged the adults, but the boys were filled with complete admiration. The party was a big success!

On the way back, Alochka got her pennyworth from the parents, but after the New Year all the boys next

door started not only respecting her but also recognized her as their leader.

Katushka smiled and having taken Baba Galya’s hand, she said.

– Nice! You are an attagirl, granny, that you didn’t become puzzled and came up with a solution! That’s not the case to cry all the New Year because of the spoiled costume? I think that I’ll come up with something… – said inspired Katushka et went to the children’s room to get changed.

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Вот уже вторую неделю февраля в садиках и школах был карантин. Сроки всё сдвигали и сдвигали. Катюшке и её родным повезло: грипп обошёл их стороной, и они теперь просто отдыхали, наслаждаясь общением в кругу семьи. Когда зазвонил домофон, старшие дети были заняты уроками, а мама с Катериной на кухне колдовали с витражными красками.

– Привет, девчонки! Вот пришла проведать

молодое поколение, – отряхивая снег с шубы,

сказала, входя, баба Галя. – Чем это вы занимаетесь?

– Мы готовим домашку, – чмокнув в обе щеки бабушку, ответили ей старшие внучки, подхватывая мокрую от снега шубу. – Братишка спит, а мама с Катей что-то делают на кухне.

– А мы тут, мамуль, все в творчестве. Нам в Катином садике предложили поучаствовать в конкурсе по пожаробезопасности. Нужно нарисовать плакат, – крикнула из кухни мама Катерины, не отрывая взгляда от красок.

– Смотри, бабушка, какой у нас с мамой

слон-пожарник получился! Класс? – схватив за палец ещё не раздевшуюся до конца бабушку, затараторила внучка.

– Знатный красавец! Да ещё и в позолоченной каске! Катюш, а что значит «01» на вашем рисунке? – подмигивая дочери, спросила бабушка.

– Это… это номер телефона пожарной службы, который нужно набирать в случае пожара, – чётко, как на экзамене, проговорила внучка.

– Молодец, Катюша, всё знает! Ну, не буду вас отвлекать… Вы рисуйте, рисуйте, а я вам сейчас расскажу одну историю про Алочку – про меня, маленькую.

– Бабушка, а правду говорят, что мы с тобой, то есть с Алочкой, очень похожи? – выставив любопытные ушки и наклонив голову набок, произнесла Катюшка.

– Думаю, это так. Даже наши с тобой любимые куклы немного похожи. Вот слушай.

Как-то дедушка подарил Алочке совершенно необыкновенную куклу, прямо чудо! У неё были огромные синие глаза с пушистыми ресничками, кудрявые золотистые волосы и шляпка из тонкой соломки. Алочка бегала целый день с куклой, пела ей песни, показывала сад и любимые цветы. Вечером совершенно счастливая девочка уснула в обнимку с куклой. И даже сон ей приснился про её любимую куклу, но он оказался коротким. Алочка проснулась и открыла глаза. Куклы в кроватке не оказалось.