A few words about my dogs When I was 6 years old, we lived in a small house. And I had 3 dogs. There were husky Leia, colly Husar, and pooch Yeroshka. Leia was a strong and stern dog. We had got her with the house. She lived in the wood-shed. We never tied down her and she always ran where she wants. But usually when all of us left the house, she came back and lay on the porch. Once we found another dog in the wood-shed. It was a colly. I named him Husar. He was a beautiful, but very fearful dog. He was afraid of human. He only allowed me to go to him. And Yeroshka. My true friend. He always helped me to eat my dinner. And he was like a beer barrel on shot foots. It was the most blithesome dog on Earth! My dogs... I still remember their smell.

I miss my friend When I was a kid, I lived in Kamchatka and I had a friend, Alex. Our friendship was started when we were 8 years old. His mother didn't like her son have walked with me. She phoned my mother and told: "when my son walks with your Vitya, he comes back all in shit". It was true) We had a lot of adventures at that time! Once we decided to run away to Alaska. Alex should have gone to me and say 'meow'. Like Huckleberry ) But he was caught by his mom. She went to my door with him and said 'meow'. In order to evidence our plan is bullshit and his best friend Vitek is sleeping. I knew about it from my mom in the morning. Then I left Kamchatka when I was 14. There were so much in my life. But there was no friend like Alex. I missed him too much. I told my little daughter many stories about my best friend Alex and our adventures) We met again after 30 years. His speech, his favorite music, his interests - all this have not changed in him since our childhood. Now we are living in the same city. I can phone him anytime, but I never do it.

Monkey and me Once I was going in a subway train. I imagined that I was the director (or conductor) of an orchestra where the animals were musicians. And there was one monkey who played on metal plates. It beat the plates every time when I pointed at it with my conductor's stick. I was doing it by surprise, I pointed at the monkey unexpectedly but every time the monkey beat the plates at time. I was trying to catch it by unawares, when I realized that I have been alone in the train. No people, no monkey, no stick. It was a last station where I never was before.

My favorite song When I was a kid I had a vinyl record player. I remember my favorite vinyl plate. It was a small one with two songs only: "paint it black" and "yesterday". Once I was listening to "paint it black". I thought nobody see me at that moment. And I danced like a man who is thinking that nobody see him. And then I heard laugh. It was my mother. It was a first day when I was rough with her.