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This is me.

Undo the bandage.

Please show the crown of your head.

We would really like to see it.

Thank you.

What about a reference?

This is the receipt for your money and belongings.

My money.

I am really grateful to you.

You'll have to earn some money if you want to survive.

To survive.

Do you have relatives?

Yes. But what's this?

This is not yours.

Couldn't I stay here a little longer? I could be useful.

If they had decided you could be useful, you would be left here.

Would be left here.

Perhaps I can return this money

and be able to stay here a little longer.

Here are your things.

Do not come back. You won't be let in.

Won't be let in.

Do you want to look at the crown of my head?

No?

There you are. We found your galoshes.

Are you waiting for anyone?

I am allowed to stay here… until it stops raining.

Who allowed you?

The doctor.

Get out of here.

Hello!

Can a bachelor rent a room?

Scum.

Hello!

Be quiet.

I'd like to rent a room.

There's nobody here.

…and don't touch anything.

And what is there?

There? Nothing.

You will have meals twice a day.

I will clean the room once a week.

Do you think these are just ordinary clocks?

What is your name?

I don't know.

Do you like soup with dumplings and parsley?

Yes.

It's all right.

I will call you "Sergei Sergeyevich."

I'll lock you in, so you won't steal anything.

Sergei Sergeyevich, breakfast is ready.

What about the soup?

There is no soup.

I will leave you!

What did you say?

Even your ears are just like Sergei Sergeyevich's.

Sergei Sergeyevich! You are back!

I am so happy. My love, my dear…

You know, I will explain everything…

Oh, God.

I didn't mean it…

Don't leave me! Please!

Sergei Sergeyevich.

You should pay me in advance.

What is it?

Starting tomorrow, I could give you a little parsley.

This is too little.

I can show you the crown of my head.

Who are you?

I'm Sergei Sergeyevich.

No, I'm Sergei Sergeyevich.

And you, get out of here as soon as possible.

But I live here.

What did you say?

It is my home.

It is me who lives here.

And where is the Tatar woman?

Tatar?

She is not a Tatar.

But I paid!

It won't be your last payment.

I won't pay again.

These are my galoshes.

Couldn't you let me stay here somewhere in the corner?

My clocks still chime.

Yes, she took the money and left,

and then she ran. And that man spat, but missed.

And then the tram. And she was running and calling.

Get out of here.

Please move over.

Shush… I'm telling you…

Oh, my!

-That's it. -Yes, that's it.

There, I said.

-What do you want? -A room.

Do you have one?

No?

Come in.

Where are you going, my dear?

May Christ save you.

You are late.

-You! Get out of here! -Let him be!

Peter!

-Peter! -I'm here.

It is getting colder.

The winter is coming.

-Peter! -What?

Stop staring!

Who is it?

I don't know.

What do you think? Could we live together

now that you've started to recognize me?

I don't know.

If you want, you can be like a son to me.

Or you can be my friend.

I used to have a friend.

Before, when I could see, I had a wife.

But she's no longer alive.

Now, the donkey is my friend.

He has warm rough ears.

But he is old.

One has to pay for everything.

I am not going to pay any more.

If you want to know, we are meant for each other.

-Son of a bitch! -Who is that?

My son.

SERGEI SERGEYEVICH SYSOEV'S

COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE WATCHES AND CLOCKS

Peter!

Whose boat is it in the courtyard?

My daddy prepared it…

for his final sailing.

Daddy!

Where is my soup?

Here is an old man for you!

He wants to just guzzle, guzzle, and guzzle!

Where is my soup?

There is no more soup.

You heard? There is no more soup.

There is no more soup.

When you were little,

you were afraid of the dark and you would call for me.

I was sleeping, and you would wake me up so that I could hear you,

but I did not.

One day, you will need me to listen to you.

I will live until I hear once again how you call for me,

just like when you were small and afraid of the dark.

Fine, get out of here.

Peter.

What?

I will leave you!

You…

Will you continue to come here and disturb me?

Do I disturb you?

I thought we felt comfortable together.

Because of you, I can't stretch my legs.

Do you want to stretch your legs?

Put them on my lap.

You don't want me to come?

You can sometimes.

What is "sometimes" for you?

Once a week, every ten days?

More seldom.

Much more seldom.

And if you can manage, never!

Sergei Sergeyevich!

Sergei Sergeyevich!

Sergei Sergeyevich!

Damn.

Peter.

-Peter. -What?

How is donkey?

I will leave you!

And how shall I know?

You will call for me and I won't answer.

And what if you just died.

I will set an alarm clock.

You will shout and I won't answer.

If the alarm clock rings, it means I have left.

If it doesn't, I am dead.

But the alarm clock is broken.

This is my alarm clock.

-Why are you pursuing me? -Me?

I don't know.

Can you explain…

why you think I'm so special?

I can't.

Have you come to see me?

Yes.

Well, I am here.

I have brought a hedgehog for you.

Can you sing your song?

It's a shame you can't see the crown of my head.

-Can I at least touch it? -No, you can't.

What's that?

We used to grow parsley.

I hate parsley.

It tastes a bit like violets.

Get out of here.

Peter.

What?

Where is the donkey?

The donkey is gone.

He was my friend.

We had been together for some time.

We used to go to the river in the summertime.

He nibbled the grass and I caressed his ears.

He had warm, rough ears.

Peter.

Peter!

Peter!

BORN 18 FEBRUARY 1766 DIED 1 NOVEMBER 1838

Is your donkey not getting cold?

It is not mine.

Perhaps you want me to sing.

No.

Just say something.

I have a room.

A room?

I have two rooms.

So, how many rooms do you have?

Two rooms and a kitchen.

Are they adjacent?

No.

Why didn't you say so straightaway?

You didn't ask.

I will not pay again.

Okay.

Got him.

Sergei Sergeyevich's ears are just like yours.

He stole my galoshes.

I don't pay for electricity,

but we have water and gas.

So you have gas?

I would like to see the other room.

Aren't you going to take your clothes off?

You see, I rarely take my clothes off.

Come.

What's this?

This is a hall.

My name is Anna.

And what is your name?

I don't know.

I will call you "Borya."

Borya!

Why don't you take off your hat?

I will bring you a blanket and a sheet.

And what's there?

There? Nothing.

Do you know where the toilet is?

Give me a potty.

I don't have a potty.

But I have a chair with a hole in it.

Do you have some old vessel at least?

I don't need a lid.

You don't need the lid?

This is all my inheritance.

Now try to throw me out of here.

What did I…

You…

Yes?

It's for you.

Anna!

You know, Borya…

we'll have a son.

Why?

The belly is already noticeable.

It is probably just flatulence.

He is swimming there like a little fish.

Who?

Anna.

Do hedgehogs have soft bellies?

Yes.

There is no more soup bowl, Borya.

This is…

Baron Schtork.

And this is…

This is me.

You make a living through prostitution.

Yes, we make a living through prostitution.

Could you ask them to be a little bit less loud?

They can't help moaning.

I will leave you!

You promised to show me the crown of your head.

Borya.

-Could you give me a little parsley. -Parsley?

-Parsley tastes a bit like violets. -Do you like violets?

Yes. They smell of parsley.

Why? Do hedgehogs eat parsley?

There hedgehog is gone.

Sing a song.

No.

What are you doing here?

Get out.

Hello.

I recognize you.

Your galoshes are over there.

He called me…

just like he did when he was little…

"Daddy, Daddy," and cried…

Just like then.

"Daddy, Daddy."

When he was little…

he would be scared and call for me.

When he was a child, he was afraid of the dark.

Childhood is over.

I know.

Daddy…

This is me.

THE END