On Russ

From the textbook author Efrosinina LA Part 1

"There is the word" Russia "and another meaning which I have not read in books and heard firsthand from a living person. In the north, for the forests of the swamps, there are villages where old people say old-fashioned. Almost the same as a thousand years ago. Quietly, quietly, I lived in a village and caught the old words.

My landlady Anna somehow brought into the house with the red flower pot. He says, but at the very voice trembling with joy:
- Flower something died. I made it to Russia - he zatsvёl!
- To Russ? - I gasped.
- In Russ - confirmed hostess.
- In Russ ?!
- To Russ.

I am silent, I am afraid that the word will be forgotten, uporhnёt - and not, deny him the hostess. Or I thought I heard? Record should be the word. He took out a pencil and paper. The third time I ask:
- To Russ? ..
The hostess did not answer, his lips pursed, offended. How, they say, you ask? Two Mass for the deaf do not serve. But she saw disappointment on my face, I realized that I do not scoff, but for business I need a word. And the answer is sung, the owner:
- In Russ, falcon, to Russ. At most, that neither is on, Russ.

WARNING WARNING ask:
- Anna, do not be offended at me for molestation? Ask want.
- I will not - she promises.
- What is the - Rus?
Before she and mouth open, as the host Nikolai that silently basked in the oven, take and bellow:
- A bright spot!

The mistress of his ryavkanya his heart came from.
- Oh, you scared me, Nikolai! You're sick and you have no voice ... It turns out that you and the voice cut through.
And I explained the honor for the honor:
- Russ bright place inviting. Where the sun. Yes, everything is bright, esteem, so inviting. Brown guy. Blond girl. Light brown rye - ripe. It's time to clean up. I never heard of him, or what ever? "

Stanislav T. Romanovsky (1931-1996)