Listen, Teresa, what do you need a whole basket of potatoes and more!
She pulled out of the basket, a cloth that was lying on the potatoes. And shook the rag in the air, which turned red berries:
None of your business! Muttered in response to the boy moved farther down the road.
Dima has not listened to, he hurried into the shadow of a spreading apple trees. Found a pair of juicy apples, wiped them on his pants and began to eat with gusto.
The second half of the day. The afternoon heat. The sun, as disgruntled burning voraciously. «You have to go to the river,» thought Dime
Chapter 5
There was a wedding. Teresas cousin, Mary, married. They called all the relatives and neighbors. At the wedding was twelve and Dima. Musicians, consisting of an accordionist, a drummer and a flute player, playing endless Chilean polka. The musicians were all dressed up in a huge Mexican hats and colorful, poncho thrown over their shoulders. Tables were set on the courtyard and relatives ran into the house and out of the house, over the strong Chilean moonshine, over the food. At the site, guests had fun, danced and rocked in a wide linen blanket girl. Four men held firm linen blankets on the ends. Others, drunken, girls caught and thrown into the painting. It was a shriek and din. Bayan under rampant whistle flute and drum rattling deduced polka, the key word fun beater. On the threshold that led into the hallway at home, appeared and disappeared boyfriend tied with colorful ribbons with the regular portion of booze.
Dima with Miguel ate delicious pasties with poppy seeds and honey and happy. Then he started a game of catch- up, and when Dima ran for Miguel, his eye fell on the saddle, standing there in a white jumpsuit, fully shrouded, alien and lured him to his gestures. Boy surprise stopped dead. Miguel teasing friend said:
What, you cannot catch up? Ha- ha- ha!
Miguel, look, he is «ghost» out there!
He looked in the direction of a stopped Dima:
Yes, theres nothing there.
The stranger was still standing on the thresholds, implying Dime that await him.
«Come to us. We arrived as promised, thank you!» Mentally flowed information. «Can you meet us mentally.»
Dima dumbfounded said in his mind:
«I will not go alone!» The fear crept into his shirt, was afraid to go alone.
«We have only to thank you!» Replied the stranger, then paused and said:
«Wait a minute, Im now»! Went to the house.
Dima was amazed. No stranger did not see but him. Soon the stranger reappeared:
«No, just you. Fear not, well not do anything wrong. Price to pay, so we have come to thank you.»
«How can I go?»
«Come and play with Miguel in the game of» Freeze!»
Miguel! Said Dima. Lets play «Freeze».
Come on. Only you yell «Freeze!»
Dima looked at the nut, there was a stranger in anticipation:
Freeze! Garinov boy shouted.
In an instant, everything stopped and stood still. There was a ringing silence. The leaves on the trees have stopped making noise, the wind ceased. The guests were in their seats. A girl taking off on a poncho, froze in the air and hung in the air over the web. Dima went. His attention was attracted by a boyfriend frozen in the doorway at the threshold of the porch. Followed by a warning:
«Caution, not to touch the tape, shes sharp as a razor, you can cut yourself.»
Dima carefully, trying not to hurt frozen other out, pushed his way between the doorway:
«Can I touch it by the hand?»
«You can only slowly.» Answered the stranger.
Dima touched the stiff body and walked into the room. The room was empty, except for one more stranger taller:
«Its the commander! Said the boy spent a stranger. It permits or denies.»
Followed by the command to start and do not waste time. Dima scanned the room. Stood by the window shop, brightly painted in red, shining in the rays of a bright light bulb, color. The table also painted as the other bench, leaning against him.
«Sit down at the table! Heard its an order! Not here, just move over to the right.»
The boy moved:
«Now put your hands on the table as a school desk.»
Dima put his hands like in the classroom, on the desk.
«You want to see a movie?»! Heard the new proposal aliens.
«I want!» Answered.
«Now the light will slowly fade and we will show you a movie. Look.»
The stranger in white, the one that was lower growth, pressed the switch. The light bulb in the room slowly began to fade. At the site of sinking into the darkness of subjects appeared dark blue color chair in which suddenly found itself Dima. Elbows boy found ourselves on a narrow and short table. Between this table and the wall was built with a sloping trough slope to the drain opening. «It seems to drain.»? Conjecture flashed, soapy.
Wall of the room with the windows gone, in its place arose a white screen in a movie theater. Dima heard words:
«You can take off the helmet, lets see who we are?»
«Can you still in quarantine for another two weeks. Only warn him not to scare.»
«Dima, we are just like you, only our sun fades. We have reached a level of development that surpasses your one hundred million years.»
Boy with courage and curiosity began to see how the strings untied commander behind a guide, flashed his helmet, and silver skin- tight body suit came before him. Then, the helmet 90° rotation was carefully removed commander. The golden strands of wavy hair spilled over her shoulders. Woman with beautiful almond- shaped eyes, pale, stared at the boys eyes.
«You saved my life. Commander I talked to repay you.»
«Our world is not the same as yours. We have no long- pathogenic microbes, but there is no immunity. And should one microbe get to us, how to start an epidemic. Therefore, we take your immune system and are fueling your body.»
«We have little time!» Reminded commander.
«But the ship still on the shady side of the earth.» Objected woman, but complied.
«We have come to fulfill your three wishes. Do you have a will? Tell them?»
Dima thought, began to speak:
«I would like to come up with a cure for death, and to make all men immOrtl.»
On the woman smiled and said:
«You people are immortal. Question is that you do not even realize.»
«What is the second wish?» Heard the boy question male stranger! Maybe youd like a lot of money? Well give them to you, but not soon, when you grow up and get married. " Asked the commander of a leading question and answered it.
The boy thought, said, as he taught in a boarding school as a true scout:
«Do not have a hundred rubles, and have a hundred friends!» What has puzzled strangers, and received the answer:
«Friends you will not, because you get to see all of our knowledge through, guess the thoughts and sHortcomings of others, believe that people do not like.»
«Man to Man a wolf!» Authoritatively stated commander. The woman added:
«We are watching you for many historical periods, and it is. There is no person on earth that would have thought as much harm to another. There are only allies. And you shall know the language of birds and beasts, birds and animals is also do not always like it, so we will help you. not live without money, we will help you on your need. big money you will not, but of hunger you will not die.»