The story of a linguist, (short story)

1, a little boy who loves reading.

Gorky's family was poor when he was a child, so he had to be an apprentice in a tailor's shop.

In the tailor's shop, little Gorky tried to read while working. The boss ordered a Russian newspaper, and little Gorky secretly read it while the boss was away.

Once, little Gorky borrowed a novel from a neighbor's house. After the boss fell asleep at night, he read it with relish in the moonlight at the window. After a while, the moon hid behind the clouds, and little Gorky was very excited. How can he stop? He lit a small oil lamp and continued to observe. After a while, the boss woke up. When he saw little Gorky reading a thick book under the oil lamp, he couldn't help but say angrily, "What are you reading? You are almost using up my lamp oil! " The proprietress also woke up, pouncing on and beating little Gorky like a female wolf.

Little Gorky can't take it anymore. He left the tailor's shop without saying a word and never looking back.

Little Gore came to the Volga River with his bag on his back. He looked at the sparkling Volga River and felt a little sad, but soon he saw the hope of life again, because he met an amiable fat chef on a boat and began to wash dishes for the fat chef. What surprised Gorky even more was that the fat chef was a book fan. He has a box of books and is willing to let little Gorky read them casually. Little Gorky is very happy. When he is free, he reads eagerly, and sometimes he talks with the fat chef about all kinds of problems in the book.

Gorky Jr. thought while reading and learned a lot of human truths from a large number of books. A lot of reading also provided rich nourishment for his later literary creation, which eventually made him a great writer in the Soviet Union.

2, the pain of the body in exchange for the pleasure of reading.

When I was at the tailor's house, Gorky concentrated on reading while boiling water. He didn't realize that the water had boiled, and the teacup burned out. This is a disaster. The fierce woman grabbed a pine branch and called Gorky. She scolded Gorky and beat him black and blue, so she had to call a doctor. Gorky's body was black and blue, with blood oozing from some places and wooden thorns in his meat. The doctor pulled out twelve wooden thorns from his back and encouraged Gorky to report with indignation.

The hostess was afraid at this time. She was afraid that Gorky would sue her for abuse. Immediately, he changed his poor face and said, "Son! As long as you don't report me, I will agree to whatever conditions you ask. " "Do you keep your word?" "yes." The hostess said helplessly. "As long as you allow me to study after work, I won't tell on you." The hostess reluctantly agreed. In this way, Gorky has a ray of hope in every cloud and gained extra study time at the expense of suffering.

3. There are too many people (joke)

Gorky got lost while traveling. In the evening, he went to a small village on the border of China. It is snowing all over the sky. He was too cold to stand up, so he knocked on the farmer's door and asked for accommodation.

An old lady asked loudly in the room, "Who are you?"

Gorky said: "Alexei Mark Simovic Piskov!"

"There are too many people!" The old lady slammed the newly opened door and simply refused.