George Garrett: A Stoker with Punch Page #2

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You a**hole, I'm gonna...

Help me.

- Have you seen boss?

- No, we haven't.

Vasiliy, who's there?!

Good morning.

Salute, comrade colonel.

Let me introduce myself.

Colonel Minayev.

Major in reserve Ivan Matveevich Skriabin.

I'm Vera's father.

She comes here with her girlfriend.

I wanted to check out

who does she meet.

Please, sit down.

It's hot in here.

It's a boiling room.

Do you live here?

I have a grown up daughter.

She does not have enough room at her place.

My wife is gone.

And you I need to add coal day and night.

Are you writing memoirs?

No.

It's about Russian bandit,

who was sent among Yakuts.

Tak byo przyjte w carskiej Rosji.

He maltreats them,

beats the landlord,

rapes his wife.

And the Yakuts are helpless.

That's the law.

Where did you serve?

First in Vitebsk,

And then I was relocated to Afghanistan.

In 1988 I was discharged

after I got wounded.

I was awarded Hero of Soviet Union title.

Seriously?

I haven't fought in my entire life.

I fly to Africa and to the Middle East.

Selling weapons to our enemies.

I haven't been in Afghanistan

nor in Chechnya.

And what are girls doing here?

They watch the fire first,

then I tell them stories about good and bad people.

About Yakuts, about the war...

Whatever they want to hear.

Ok, time to go.

It was nice to meet you.

- Please don't hurt them.

- Of course.

God, it's so hot in here.

In Afghanistan we stole Massandra

from your planes.

Dad, why the stoker

was awarded a Sovet Hero, and you wasn't?

Because I was a sniper

and he was a sapper during the war.

He commanded a sapper unit.

Once he didn't risk his boys and he

cleared the way for us himself.

They approach the enemy from behind

and did their job.

He deserves the title, doesn't he?

Two months later one of his boys

was disarming an anti tank mine.

The major was nearby.

The boy made a mistake and died,

and major was hit by an explosion

and ended up in hospital for 3 months.

Then he's been discharged in result.

He's behaving strangely ever since.

Where did you meet?

We met in Kabul.

We drank Massandra.

We called methylated alcohol that way.

We stole it from their airplanes.

He drank a lot.

Yakuts drink a lot in general.

Then we served together.

Sometimes we've seen each other.

What about them?

They won't find them.

Look.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- How were they stitched?

- With middle-sized needles.

On the Strobel machines?

No, on the regular ones.

You need to stretch this piece properly.

Good morning, Masha.

How's the business?

Good morning.

- Many clients today?

- Yes.

We sold some leather and gloves.

Why don't you come to work on time?!

I was visiting my father and the seamstress.

Did new leathers arive?

Yes, this morning.

I already transported them.

But not much.

Noone has asked you.

Daddy, is it OK

that Sasha gets 50% of the profit?

I think so, yes.

It was her idea in the end.

She has leather contacts in Yakutia.

She designed furs and hats.

Dad, but she's not working anymore.

She's not sewing,

just stands behing a counter and steals money.

- How do you know that?

- I just guess so.

It's you who financed the business.

She's not going to Yakutia anymore.

The leather is bought by her people.

It's cheaper to hire a new Yakut.

I wouldn't have to share the profits with anyone.

Daddy, make her go away somewhere.

Forever.

well, you're my daughter

and it's all that matters.

- And the idea is the most important.

- But daddy!

Enough of this!

What's for main course?

Bison!

Do you know the stoker's daughter?

Take care of her.

Hi, Vasiliy.

There's a little mess...

She was a bad, bad woman.

A thief, a whore...

Her father's who's a deputee didn't have any power over her.

Any progress?

Progress?

And then Haylak beat Habjik

and raped Keremes.

Hold on.

You said her name was Irmina.

Keremes is her Yakut name.

Excuse me, Mikhail I already told you

that I need to write.

All right.

Lads, we're off.

And you work, major.

Jasha, I need to leave now.

I need to visit my daughter.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- Sasha here?

- No, she didn't come.

She left with some guy.

She took her dough and left.

When was it?

I don't know.

I get it.

Major?

Come in, my friend.

Oh, you've got skis.

Yes, I love to ski.

I've been in Alps recently.

I ski in Sochi as well with a local prosceutor.

We do business together.

Wanna drink?

OThey haven't been at war.

Shooting from distance - it's not war.

Uncle, tell me about bad people.

I knew a good man once.

And he burht people in a coal stove.

I thought he was good, but he was bad in fact.

I killed two people today.

At war it's different.

There are foes and friends.

And here everyone is a friend.

And how did the book end?

Haylak...

Habjik put a mine under Haylak.

and Hylak lost his legs.

Go back home and send my regards

to your dad.

Uncle, can I make you a picture?

Uncle, you're bleeding.

Uncle.

A STORY BY IVAN SKRIABIN

Keremes was cooking for Saarat,

and Habjik came.

You won't like it in here - said Habjik

Look, the roof is leaking.

Go ask Knyaz for a proper house.

Hajlak looked at Keremes.

But I like it in here - he said.

I'm Kostya - he said, looking at Keremes.

Then hi hid in the bush

to watch her carrying water.

She started escaping when se saw him.

Kostya rushed after her.

But she was faster.

She couldn't catch her.

Undress - said Hajlak.

Kostya beat Habjik.

Then he raped Keremes.

Habjik beat Keremes.

Beat me, but not severely - she begged.

And uncle did not write what happened next.

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