Xiao Fanka looked at the bread and ran over to give it to the child. The child smiled happily. The young mother gave Xiao Fanka a flower and said, "Thank you! You are a kind person." Xiao Fanka picked

Xiao Fanka looked at the bread and ran over to give it to the child. The child smiled happily. The young mother gave Xiao Fanka a flower and said, "Thank you! You are a kind person." Xiao Fanka picked up the flowers and smelled them, they smelled so good! He smiled and ran away. After Xiaofanka bought the groceries, she walked back and saw an old man who was always following him. Xiaofanka gave him the flowers and ran into the house. A few days later, the old man found the house and asked the boss for an apprentice, Xiao Fanka. It turned out that the old man was very rich, but he had no descendants. He had been looking for a kind-hearted person to train to succeed him in running the business. , he found that Xiao Fanka was exactly the person he needed. Xiao Fanka was very happy that he could finally leave his cruel boss. He told the old man that he still had a grandfather in the country. He missed his grandfather very much and hoped to live with him. The old man sympathized with Fanka very much and was very friendly to Fanka. He sent people to the countryside to pick up Fanka's grandfather and sent Fanka to school to learn literacy and receive a good education. A few years have passed, Fanka has grown up, and he has become a graceful gentleman...On the second day after Fanka sent the letter, when the postman was sorting out the letter, he saw Fanka writing The address of the letter was unknown, so he threw it on the roadside. Later, the letter was picked up by brother and sister Jay who lived on the same street as Fanka. They are the children of a famous writer and thinker. They opened the letter curiously when they got home. Brother and sister Jay grew up in a happy family. When they saw Fanka being beaten by their boss, they were very angry and determined to help him. As they were thinking, they suddenly heard a child calling for help from a house opposite. It was Fanka. He was beaten by his boss until he was bruised and bruised all over his body. Brother Jay analyzed it and said with certainty: "He is the one who wrote the letter. The letter mentioned 'last', so the boss must be a shoemaker. There is only one shoemaker nearby, so..." "Yes!" The younger sister agreed with her elder brother's conclusion. Then, the two of them began to discuss how to save Fanka... One day later, Fanka was walking through the courtyard carrying a bucket of water. Suddenly a letter fell from the sky in front of Fanka. The envelope read "Friend Fanka." ". Fanka picked up the letter, put it in his leather jacket, and continued to work. He waited until the boss and others went out in the evening before he opened the letter and read it. The letter was written by brother and sister Jay, and the content is as follows:

Fanka:

Hello.

We picked up the letter you wrote to grandpa on the street and read it. Please forgive me. But we don't mean any harm, we just write to help you... We live in the building next to you, so come tomorrow and we'll pick you up at the door.

Jay Caton Jaynet”

The next day, Fanka went to Jay’s brother and sister’s house. The brother and sister told their father the whole story. The father also sympathized with Fanka very much, and at the same time he was happy for his child's behavior. Then, the Jay family found a doctor to treat Fanka, gave him a leather jacket, and bought him a pair of clothes. Give him the shoes. After Fanka's injury healed, he let him go back to the village.

After an hour, he fell asleep with sweet hope and had a sweet dream. ... "Get up, little beast!" Why are you lying on my desk sleeping? "This is the boss's voice. The boss is back?! Fanka woke up from his dream and looked around with hazy sleepy eyes. Suddenly, he saw the boss's fierce face. Suddenly, he lost all sleep and looked at the boss in fear. The boss glanced at the desk, suddenly grabbed Fanka's ears and shouted: "You damn little beast, how dare you steal my ink and pen! Huh, I'm going to give you a real beating today! "Fanka was very scared, but he didn't dare to speak. He just looked at the boss with pleading eyes. But the boss ignored all this and picked up a big last and hit Fanka on the head. Fanka screamed in pain. Screaming, this miserable sound can change even a stone-hearted person. However, the boss's heart is even harder than a stone-hearted person, and he will not be soft-hearted at all. After this beating, he scolded: "Okay, I'll give it to you." I’m wearing it for you, but you’re still stealing my stuff. I’ve raised this little beast in vain! ..." Finally, the boss hit Fanka hard on the head again, and Fanka fainted... When Fanka woke up, it was already the afternoon of the next day. When the boss saw that he woke up, he called Fu Go out and rock the cub's cradle.

The evil couple stepped forward and beat Fanka, who was defenseless, until he was covered with bruises and his skin was torn. After being beaten, Fanka felt very sad and angry. He thought: "I can't stay here any longer. Grandpa may not receive my letter for a while. I can only go back to the village on my own strength..." OK! Let’s leave tomorrow night!”

The next night, after Fanka finished his work, he quietly took a pair of shoes from the store and escaped to Moscow. He walked for three full days and was not far from the village, but he was cold and hungry. He finally collapsed about one kilometer away from the village. Coincidentally, the loach happened to come out to look for food at this time. It saw its little master who had been away for a long time, and immediately dragged him back home and asked his grandfather to take care of little Fanka, hoping that the little master would get well soon. Fanka returned to his home, feeling very excited because he could live with his grandfather again.

Two hours later, Fanka woke up. The boss and Boss Liang looked at him angrily. The boss started beating him with a wooden stick. He scolded: "You are so brave that you are actually sleeping. That's right. You know you are lazy and you dare to tease me. You are starting to learn bad things." The boss's voice rose an octave. Suddenly, the "volcano" of the landlady also erupted. She grabbed Fanka's hair and beat the skinny and weak Fanka with a belt. Fanka fainted. He finally woke up and rubbed the wound with the back of his dirty hand. The wound felt like a knife. Fanka cried sadly, crying so sadly that even a stone would be moved by him. His tears dried up and he was determined to escape. He quickly ran out of the store and headed straight for the village. Just as he ran to a place not far from the village, he suddenly saw a very familiar and sinister face. ah! It's the boss! The boss grabbed his hair and returned to the store, tied the weak Fanka to a branch and beat him hard. How could Fanka endure such abuse? His eyes were blurred, tears welled up, and he cried so sadly and sadly. At this time, his eyesight went dark and he couldn't see anything. He only saw his grandfather, Konstantin Makarich, bringing the male dog Loach and the old female dog Kahidanka to rescue him. Grandpa filed a complaint against Aria. Xine went to court, and the demon Ariasine was hanged on the spot, letting the people bullied by him come to him for revenge... How much Fanka wanted to return to his grandfather, he hoped and commanded...

"Oh, oh, oh!" The chicken raised by the boss announced on time in the backyard as usual, and a new day began again. Fanka rubbed his eyes with the back of his dirty hands and stood up from the aisle. He remembered that the letter he wrote the day before yesterday had probably been delivered to his grandfather by the postman? He imagined that after his grandfather received the letter, he would immediately take him back to the village with Loach and let him leave here. Just as he was having a wonderful fantasy, the boss got up. He had a big belly and saw that Fanka was not working, but looking at the outside of the store in a daze. He grabbed a broken jar and threw it at Fanka: "Hey, you are tired of living. What are you doing if you're not working? Just in time, my hands are itchy again! As I said that, I took a stick from the counter and hit Fanka. This guy has always been like this, so you have to work harder to hit him! What do you say to this stupid pig? Now that money is tight, just let him not eat for three days! "The landlady yawned and walked out of the room. The boss threw away the stick and glared at Fanka fiercely. This kind of start every day was already used to Fanka, a child less than 10 years old, so he went up from the foot of the wall. Get a broom and sweep the shop clean first. If it was Fanka who had no food for three days and was beaten by the boss one morning and teased by the landlady, he would secretly shed tears while working. But today he didn’t, because of that letter. “You idiot, Zhukov, get me something to drink, preferably that old guy’s wine! "The fat shopkeeper leaned on the counter and waved to Fanka who was sweeping the floor. Fanka understood that he was playing a trick on her and wanted her to steal the boss's wine. Fanka clearly realized that this was the behavior of a pickpocket and was very disgraceful. But he also knew very clearly that if he didn't steal, there would be consequences, but if he did steal, there would be consequences.

In the end, his conscience called him and he didn't go, but he had a few new scars on his body. If it were Fanka before, the old wounds had not healed and new ones had been added, he would definitely be biting his lower lip when no one was around. , silently sobbing, but today he didn’t have it. This was because of that letter. At noon, the boss and his wife took the guys to purchase goods, leaving Fanka alone to look after the store. At noon in the winter in Moscow, even the sun is very cold when it shines on you. Outside the store, the north wind blew loudly, and heavy snow fell on the ground. On the road, there are only the hoof tracks and wheel marks of the rich people's carriages, but no footprints left by the poor people's worn boots. Fanka was wearing a torn leather jacket and sitting on the small stool that the boss usually used to shine his shoes. He looked out the window in ecstasy. It was getting colder and colder outside, but Fanka's immature heart felt a little warm. . He thought of many people, including Christ who saved the suffering, God from above, villagers with kind hearts and faces, and his dearest grandfather who he missed the most... Ah! All kinds of happy past memories of living with his grandpa appeared before his eyes. He kept vigil with his grandpa, played with his grandpa, cut down Christmas trees with his grandpa, and caught wild rabbits with his grandpa... The snow outside was falling even harder, and the wind was blowing. The wind blew even more wildly, and the windows in the shop were blown loudly. Fanka curled up even tighter, and there was no one on the road. Fanka's hands were cold, his feet were cold, and his face was cold, but his heart was actually hot. Because his heart was concerned about that letter, and whether it could be delivered to his grandfather was his eternal hope. There was a "bang" sound, the door gate broke, and the door was violently knocked open by the cold wind. Fanka reluctantly stood up from the stool. The severe cold made his body stiff. In the winter in Moscow, it was still too cold even if he put on seven or eight pieces of clothing. What's more, Fanka only had a shirt and a torn leather jacket on him? The strong wind was still raging, and Fanka moved forward step by step, trying his best to close it up, because he didn't want his boss's home to suffer any damage due to the strong wind. "Huh" Fanka's ragged leather jacket was blown off by the wind. There was also frost on Fanka's eyebrows, and the floor in the store seemed to have frozen and became extremely slippery. Finally, Fanka's hand trembled and was about to touch the door handle, but Fanka tripped over something and fell outside the store. Fanka saw clearly that what tripped him was the door stick that the boss was planning to hit him with in the morning. . "Perhaps, I will never... see... no... less... my... grandfather!" Fanka spat out these words with difficulty. Suddenly, he felt very sleepy, and the blood on his body It seemed that it no longer flowed, and my heart beat hard, once, twice, three times, and stopped, forever... stopped... Fanka's heartbeat stopped forever. With his eyes open, he seemed to see his grandfather's kind face and Loach's familiar figure...

On the Christmas street, a carriage would occasionally pass by, and it was the boss who was back! ! Then, the boss dragged Fanka to the backyard, beat him severely with a belt, and warned him: "If you dare to do this again, be careful I starve you to death! Go wash my clothes now, and don't eat tomorrow morning." Fanka endured the pain and finished washing the clothes. The sky turned white and it was dawn. At night, Fanka thought that if he stayed here any longer, he would die. So, while everyone was asleep, he climbed from the first floor corridor to the backyard, climbed over the backyard fence, and ran straight towards the countryside. The sky was still clear during the day, but now it was snowing heavily. Fanka only wore a thin and worn-out clothes, which made him tremble with the cold. Just like that, Fanka walked and walked and walked, and before he knew it, he had arrived in the countryside. He couldn't walk anymore and fell in the snow. About the same time, his grandfather saw it was snowing outside, so he put on his sheepskin coat and came out with a kerosene lamp, and inadvertently discovered that he had fallen in the snow. Fanka on the snow. The old man was shocked when he saw his grandson, so he took him back to his home. The master's family was very kind to Fanka. They took pity on this poor child, and Fanka lived a happy life from then on.

The next morning, the boss saw Fanka who had not gotten up yet. He grabbed his hair with his hand and pulled it hard. Fanka screamed and woke up.

The boss glared at Fanka fiercely. Fanka was scared and worried. The boss did not beat him today, but his three meals today were canceled. With tears in his eyes, Fanka started to work helplessly. The little boy who had been hungry all day Fanka finally managed to stay up until night. Fanka returned to the corridor and thought: The postman should have delivered the letter to grandpa! It was very cold, and Fanka was shivering from the cold, but when he thought that he would be able to return to the village soon, he felt that the biting cold wind seemed to be smiling and singing. A month passed and Christmas came again. Grandpa did not come to pick up Fanka. Fanka was severely beaten by his boss and had countless whip marks on his body. That night, Fanka was sitting in the aisle, his whole body ached. He heard the cry of the cold wind, and he wanted to run away. Fanka stole a pair of shoes, a fur coat and dry food from the kitchen while his boss was sleeping. Fanka put on his leather shoes and ran away overnight. On the way, Fanka had already eaten up all the dry food he had stolen. He braved the cold wind and headed forward. In order to hurry up, Fanka only slept for a short while at night and set off immediately. One day, Fanka seemed to see a group of people laughing and laughing somewhere. Curiosity drove Fanka to walk over. He took a closer look and saw that the place was the "guillotine." Fanka didn't understand what the people were laughing at, so he walked away. . The group of people behind Fanka seemed to be shrinking, shrinking, shrinking, and finally became a dust particle. After walking for an unknown distance, Fanka was trembling, his lips were white, and his face was purple from the cold. There was only one thing in his mind - grandpa's smiling face. Thinking that the happy days in the countryside are coming back soon, and he is almost back to his grandfather, a smile appeared on the corner of Fanka's mouth, and he fell down in the singing of the cold wind. In the darkness, Fanka seemed to be bright...

In the morning, the sun hung in the sky early. Fanka stretched a lot, yawned, opened his eyes and saw that the boss, the boss's wife, and the guys woke up and said to Fanka in unison: "Fanka, let me tell you some good news. The October Revolution is now The dark rule has finally been overthrown, and the people can finally live a happy life!" Fanka was startled, took a few steps back, and looked at them with surprised eyes. The boss looked at Fanka's expression and asked: "What, don't believe it?" Fanka shook his head, touched their foreheads, and then his own forehead, "I don't have a fever, what's wrong?" Fanka said to himself , rubbed his eyes again, and found that this was indeed true. "Fanka, what did you do? I told you such good news, but you didn't even have an expression on your face, weirdo!" The boss's wife was angry. "I'm sorry, that's not what I meant! Usually in the morning, you all make a lot of noise to wake me up and work. But today..." "Oh, that's what happened. Everyone is living a happy life now, not to mention What about you? You are a human being too! By the way, you don’t have a father or a mother, so you might as well be my godson!” The boss’s wife turned from anger to joy. "Yes, yes!" The boss also cheered. "I accept your thoughts, but I can't be here. Because I want to live with grandpa and take care of grandpa." Fanka said regretfully. "Since you don't want to stay here, we won't force it." As she said that, the landlady took out a few hundred rubles and some small clothes from her pocket and handed them to Fanka: "You must be careful!" "Yeah. !" Fanka responded excitedly, not knowing what to say. Before leaving, Fanka cried. She was moved to call the boss "Dad", and moved to call the boss's wife "Mom". "Dad, Mom, I will come back to see you, and I will remember you forever." Fanka said with tears. Fanka got on the train, and with the sound of "ding——", the train slowly drove away. Fanka kept waving to his "father and mother" outside the window until the train drove away.

"Grandpa", Fanka ran to his grandfather's hut and saw his grandfather sitting by the heated kang, reading a letter he had written. Kashidanka and Loach were milling around next to him. Just like that, Fanka and His grandfather lived a happy life from then on...

"Wow, wow---" The boss and the others came back from worship. As soon as they entered the door, they heard the cry of their child, and when they saw the mortal Ka, was leaning against the corner and fell asleep, when his anger came up, the boss asked the guys to wake up Fanka, wow---Fanka, who was sleeping in a sweet dream, felt wet on his face, and he suddenly opened his eyes. When he opened his eyes, he saw the boss, the boss's wife, and the clerks all staring at him fiercely. Then he realized that he had overslept. He quickly knelt down in front of the boss, grabbed the boss's trouser legs with both hands, and begged bitterly: "Boss, please Please, please don’t hit me. I won’t dare to come here next time. Please, please. The boss didn’t listen to his plea and kicked him aside. He picked up the belt and grabbed Fan. With his hair stuck, he dragged him to the yard, whipped Fanka hard with his belt, and cursed: "I told you to be lazy, I told you to be lazy," poor Fanka tried to break free from the tug. Holding the hand holding his hair, he begged: "Please forgive me, please forgive me. I won't dare to do it next time." Slowly, Fanka's hand dropped down, fainting. He was dead on the ground. The boss was upset when he saw Fanka lying unconscious on the ground. He slapped Fanka hard twice before he stopped. Fanka was already dying. The boss was afraid that Fanka would die. At his house, he asked the guys to leave Fanka outside. The night got deeper, and Fanka leaned against the corner. The biting cold wind blew up. Fanka shrank into a ball with the cold, and soon fell asleep. He dreamed Seeing his grandfather picking him up, Fanka and his grandfather happily walked into the kingdom of heaven ``````

The next morning, the little boy sat at the foot of the wall, his cheeks flushed, his mouth He died with a smile on his face, when he was only nine years old.