Selfie with the Rед. Adam Noah Li
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‘Freedom to the birds!’
It was the voice of Chappa Ismikhan, our neighbor.
Jem stopped singing rap, and frowned.
‘ Damn curse him! Again he disturbed me.’
I had heard from the other neighbors that Chappa Ismikhan set up unity protecting the rights of the birds. In former days he had been a correspondent of one of the newspapers. Now he is cooperating with different sites. He has a little dog. His dog’s name is Chappa. Since his youth years Ismikhan likes to drink, for the sake of chappa glass which was one of his favorite glass he took nickname Chappa for himself.
Ismikhan was devoted to his former habit and took his dog Chappa for a walk. Each time when he took his dog for a walk he visited the small café in the entrance of the quarter.
Those who kept different sorts of dogs at times went to dog fighting. But all of them didn’t tell about it to Ismikhan. Or Ismikhan would mention the name of the famous sites and threaten them about informing.
The yard of Ismikhan is seen from the yard of Jem very clearly. He stood straightly and addressed to Jem.
‘ Ey, my dear, haven’t heard the news?’
Jem pretended as if he didn’t hear his words, he kept looking at his dove.
‘ They say that there appeared a hunting setter in the quarter of Millionaires. And that setter stoles the hens of the neighbors. Free these doves, or that setter will get into habit to our quarter too.’
Jem got furious, turned to me.
‘ You see , what that foolish man is saying, He says he is struggling for the freedom of the animals. But if he drinks a glass of vodka he might sell all the animals of the world.’
It is obvious that Ismikhan was drunk, it was felt through his voice.
Ismikhan’s dog Chappa was barking facing to upwards.
Jem took some dove eggs from the wooden box of the doves and put them into a synthetic bag, then tied it with a rope and lowered it into Ismikhan’s yard.
‘ If I don’t give anything to him, he will complain till the end of the day, will disturb me till night.’
I also looked down the yard. Ismikhan wasn’t in the yard. He had taken the eggs and entered his room.
Seeing that Ismikhan had gone , Jem began to sing his rap.
My speckled dove has speckles
It might do whatever he wishes.
As soon as Jem finished his rap I asked him.
‘ Don’t you know why Ismikhan live alone?’
‘ Ismikhan had a gentle, calm wife. All day long Ismikhan gathered his reveller friends and drunk in the yard. Khanik was among them. I mean Khanoghlan. He lived in ten houses’ distance. One day Ismikhan slandered Khanik saying that he hinted at his wife. Khanik couldn’t bear his slander and beat Ismikhan cruelly. Then they arrested Khanik, and Ismikhan was taken to the hospital. Since that time his wife left him . And after being released from the hospital Ismikhan began to keep a dog. Even he couldn’t keep his wife near him. Because of being hard drinker he loses his friends one by one. I feel pity for Chappa, because Ismikhan made that poor animal be as double-faced as himself.’
I glanced at my watch, I didn’t have to be late for training. I said good -bye to Jem. I climbed down the iron stairs and reached the street and went to training.
When I reached the bus station I saw a motorcycle when it braked. From the outwear and helmet he wore I could see he was Aydin who lived in the back street. He looked at me and asked without taking his helmet.
‘Are you the boy who sits at the same desk with Senubar?’
‘Why do you ask?’
‘Well, you are still a child, you don’t know what love is. You must help me.’
‘ How can I help you?’ I asked him.
Motorcycle Aydin took an envelope out of his pocket and reached me the envelope.
’My dear, this letter must be delivered to Senuber, but I warn you not to open it.’
Then Aydin took much money out of his other pocket, handed me ten manats.
‘ Please, take it, let be yours.’
I pushed his hand aside.
‘ I don’t need your money, keep it for yourself.’
When Aydin reached the letter to me, I told him.
‘ Well, I am not a postman for you.’
Then I turned my face and walked away.
Though I didn’t like Aydin as a person, I liked his motorcycle. As I left him, he came after me, pulled out the motorcycle near me.
‘ It appears you don’ t want to help me, doesn’t it?’
‘I can help you, but on one condition,’ I said to him.
‘ On what condition?’ he asked me.
‘ I want you to borrow me your motorcycle for at least one day.’
‘ You are still a child, you don’t have any permission to drive motorcycle,’ he said.
‘ If I am a child, in this case, Senuber is a child too.’
‘ It isn’t your business.’
‘ Be off! Let me go!’
Aydin got furious, wanted to stop his motorcycle.
‘ What did you tell? Come here, child!’
His motorcycle got over other side. Aydin ran towards to me, clenched his fist for to attack me. But I didn’t let him to fist me, I struck him on his chest and feet, he couldn’t keep balance and fell on the ground.
I took his helmet and flung it out.
After some minutes Aydin looked at me attentively .
‘ You were killing me,’ he said.
‘ But you were saying I am a child.’
***
The bus was seen in the bus stop. Seeing that Aydin wasn’t badly damaged, I ran towards the bus stop.
The bus was rushing towards the city. Though I was watching the street that the bus rushed through, I was still thinking about Aydin. Look, he is so fraud that he tries to get my love out of me with my own hands. Then I comforted myself saying that all the people in the city know him only for his motorcycle. To tell the truth, I like his motorcycle , but I would never wish everybody call me as Motorcycle Vasif. Even I don’t wish they call me as ‘ Mercedes’ Vasif, or ‘Jeep’ Vasif. I want all the people call СКАЧАТЬ