Seventh-grader Riley always believed in miracles. But he still hadn't seen the real magic. However, anything is possible in the fantasy world. Rile often shared her fantasy world with her sister. Her sister, Elijah, was in the eighth grade. Usually, when the conversation was over, her sister would tell her to "study."
One day, while reviewing that fantasy world, he once said:
- Rail, get on the board! - The voice brought him back from his magical world.
- Yes, aunt, did you tell me? Rile tried to buy time to come to his senses.
- No, I'm telling myself, - joked the teacher.
His classmates in the back are laughing like a tractor in a bad situation. Rile stood up and looked out the window with brown eyes. After a pause:
- Aunt, I'm not ready yet, - he told the truth. Aunt Tolkyn, a biology teacher, approached the honest student:
"You don't even have a notebook," he said angrily.
Embarrassed, Rile looked down:
"I forgot in the dormitory," he said in a guilty voice.
Then the teacher:
- Why don't you forget about your head? - He seemed really angry.
Then Riley said to himself, "How can you forget your head, it's impossible. I don't understand some of these teachers. " Yes, he just thought, he couldn't say it out loud. This was not the first such logical conclusion, but it was probably less than a thousand.
Biology teacher Rile was respected because he was a very successful and well-mannered student. However, I had to get angry because this "forgetting notebook" was a common excuse among students.
Rile had really forgotten his notebook that day. Because he had left his biology notebook in the middle of a thick notebook where he was writing a fantasy novel. It was a novel about a dragon and it was really interesting. Rile also dreamed of dragons. He rode on it and killed the wicked. This seventh-grader had a well-developed ability to think logically. And his fantasy world is almost limitless. At times, even the strongest teachers could not answer his questions. In an interview with the teacher:
- Uncle, how do you know, maybe our life is a long dream. We probably haven't woken up yet, - he thought.
The last call is approaching. If English teacher Aiman Tureyeva doesn't cause any problems, there are no obstacles for Rail to get to "5". After the last call, he has to go to the wrestling competition at the national level. It was the final. And don't write in English tomorrow. God knows how it will be.
He loved school very much. In the evening, the tutor went to his uncle and asked for help in English, and Diaz told him a story about a heroic song. Not a word of English came out of his mouth. But her teacher's story made her feel amazing and made her forget about the English exam. For a while, Rile couldn't remember why she had come. He felt empowered by the conversation and was able to rule the world. He loved his teacher very much, because he saw in him the qualities that were so pure. The students usually went to the tutor's tea to eat delicious cookies, but the conversation tasted sweeter to Riley.
Riley in one story:
- Brother Diaz, do you believe in other universes? What do you think? - he asked a long-standing question. Diaz puts the "hamle" cookies on the table:
- What can I say? ... I can say that I believe. There are even so many planets in the universe. The numbers are in the thousands, in the millions. I don't think they were created in vain.
- But scientists have not yet found signs of life on any of the thousands of planets. How is he there?
- Maybe they are not in the form we are looking for? Said Diaz, sipping his tea.
- That is? Rile looked at his tutor.
- I mean, they may not be like us. It may not even be made of matter.
"Ah," Rile said, getting more and more curious.
- Uncle Askhat probably said it in physics class. A person can see only five percent of the things around him.
- Massagan, only five percent? We're blind, 'said Rile, his eyes wide with surprise.
- Yes, humanity still has a lot to discover.
- You mean they can be in a different form.
- Yes, of course, we have not finished exploring the ocean floor. We still find fish species in the underwater world.
"Yes, the bottom of the ocean is another universe," said the boy, glancing at the cold black tea. He was quickly burnt to death.
- So, young student, it does not mean that we can not see. Mankind faces many mysteries. It all depends on our point of view.
That day, Riley thought deeply about the stars and the universe in general. He looked up at the night sky again and hoped to see something special. What a special ... every corner of the sky was full of wonders.
***
The Republican Wrestling Championship is over. At the railway station in Arkalyk, the wrestlers, who left on behalf of the region, are greeted by their relatives. Surprisingly, the train arrived on time. The announcement continues:
- Train 603 from Astana to Arkalyk stopped on the first line. Be careful! The number of cars starts from the beginning!
The door of the car opened and passengers began to disembark. The sister of the young wrestler was the first to run. With a voice:
"Champion!" Champion! My brother is a champion! Rail champion! He shouts with joy. His classmates joined in the rejoicing. Young passengers came down with medals. Not all, of course. The sun shines on the medal.
Relatives and friends of the students greeted them with balloons and flowers. Rail, in turn, pulls out his bag. Her sister ran and hugged her.
- How are you, champion? How did you get He asked.
"Hello, sister." It's all right. Everything is great, except for the smell on that train!
- Congratulations on your gold medal!
- Thank you, how are you? Is everything alright? - That is, his friends came and said:
- Hello, Rail, congratulations! Awesome! - They say.
"Hello, champion!"
- Hello! Congratulations! - About a dozen children congratulated and surrounded.
- Oh, hello, guys. How are you? Thank you!
"Come on, let's help," someone said, taking his bag. Rail is talking until he gets to the taxi. Even though his friends were hugging the champion, his sister would not let him go. Despite the warm weather, the driver, wearing a green hat, quickly placed the bag in the trunk of the car. Then he slammed the trunk shut. Anyway, they took a taxi.
- Ugh, let's go. Nakhalovka is the third school, - the sister once again reminded the driver of the address.
- Well, let's go! - The driver turned on the gas. A blue Toyota rumbles, dusts the road and flows down the street.
- Mom, how is my father? Said Rile, after taking it correctly.
- Good, good. My mother is cooking and waiting at home. Your favorite food is meat, - said his sister with a smile.
- There is a pickle, my mother saved it for you.
- Oh, great, what about meat and cucumbers? I'm very tired on the road.
- And my father is at work, he comes in the evening. By the way, on Wednesday we will go to Amantogai, to our grandmother. We rest and see our grandmother. He missed us very much.
- I also missed my grandmother, it was good, - said her brother happily. - We will probably be there a lot.
- Yes, we will stay for a week or two. And my father and mother will return to the city in two or three days, - said Elijah.
- Well, good. But it will be difficult for you without your sister in high school, - Rile scoffed and interrupted his teacher.
- By the way, I already miss Aruazhan. Our aunt is so kind, she prepares tea for us every evening, - said Elijah, looking at pictures of his teacher on the phone.
"Anyway, our brother Diaz is stronger," Rile said. - He makes us toast every day. In addition, we play football.
- Anyway, Aruzhan ...
- No, brother Diaz ..., - they started arguing with each other before reaching home.
- No, Aruzhan ...!
- Brother Diaz ..!
- Aruzhan!
"Diaz!"
- Anyway, Aruzhan is strong!
- And we will fight with our brother!
- And we ... and my sister and I play a game called "angel".
- No, Diaz!
- Aruzhan!
"Diaz!"
- Aru ..!
- Dia ..! - The taxi arrived home. The car turned on Zhambyl Street and headed for the third secondary school. His mother was waiting at the gate. As soon as she gets out of the car, she hugs her baby and kisses him on the cheek.
- My son, is everything all right? - asks his mother.
Two days later they left with their family for Amantogai. The destination is about a hundred kilometers from Arkalyk. Even if the road is not smooth, you can walk. His father, who was behind the wheel, often had to apply the brakes. In a word:
- Will this road be built before the streets of Astana are paved again and again? - he gets angry.
Mercedes blue cars occasionally jump. Rile is still looking out the window. The steppe seems to be endless. The ground looked flat, not round. Yes, the earth is a flat plain. Elijah also likes to look away. Probably a factor as to why they're doing so poorly. The ability to think about the future is an important ability.
They stopped at a spring along the road and headed for the district center. Half an hour later he arrived at his grandmother's house. As soon as the car stopped in front of the green gate, Elijah and Rile ran into the arms of their grandmother, who was waiting outside.
"My chicks are mine, my candles are mine ..." Grandmothers in their seventies greeted their grandchildren. Her grandmother was of medium height, with a radiant face. They both loved their grandmother very much.
It is ten o'clock the next day. It's too early to go to bed. Two teenagers came to their grandmothers and lay down. In one corner of the room is a beautiful box. This digital grandmother was left by her great-grandfather. Many gold jewelry was once stored here. And now it's a great place for kids to play hide and seek.
- Grandma, tell me a fairy tale. We miss your conversations, - said Elijah, caressing the cat. Grandmother stroked her head:
- I will tell you. But you have grown. You are not a child anymore, - he said sadly.
Rile looked at her grandmother sincerely:
- Grandma, you tell a different story. You explain as if it is true, - he said.
- Where? But as a child, I had some amazing experiences. Maybe it's the effect? - said her grandmother, as if remembering something.
- Ah, is that Shoko with people from the world? Rile whispered.
- Who told you that?
"Father," they replied together.
- Your father does not believe that these events are true.
- Yes, we know. It was told as a fairy tale, - said Elijah uneasily.
- But we trust you. You never lie, "Rile insisted.
- Yes, Grandma, tell me. We want to hear from you, - said Elijah.
- Well, listen to it. When I was a child, we often played at the foot of the nearby Karazhar. I had two more girlfriends with me. One day we met children with long noses. They introduced themselves as "shocked". They gave us a lot of chocolate. We soon became friends with them. They live in a place called "Shoko Alem".
"I haven't heard of such a place," Elijah said at once.
- We went to that country as three girls.
"Really?" How?! Rile said impatiently.
- I do not remember exactly where. But we went to the land of shocks through a cave near Karazhar.
- Massagan! What happened next? Rile knelt down. All her attention was on her grandmother. He listened with all his heart and waited to see what would happen next.
- That country is like ours. But their houses are made of chocolate ... - Grandmothers continued, their fathers came into the room. Take a look at Rail's eyes:
- Sister, are you telling that endless fairy tale? - he said. Rile immediately became angry:
- Not a fairy tale, really! - tried to protect his grandmother.
- Well, well, it's a legend. Apa, the nurse has come, get ready, - said her father, cleaning the room.
"Whoops, when it comes to the most interesting place ..." Rile said impatiently.
- Well, chicks, I'll tell you tomorrow if it's okay. There is a day tomorrow. And now lie down and sleep, - said the old man in a low voice.
"All right, good night, Grandma," they kissed each other on the cheeks and went to their rooms.