Basil the Child Dreams

By Shashi Martynova

"Basil the Child Dreams" shows twenty-two images of the possible dispensation. The author would not advise to treat Basil the Child and his considerations condescendingly. On the other hand, the author would suggest the readers taking Basil the Child very seriously, and, most probably, choosing the time, finding a suitable picturesque location, and considering the possible dispensation on their own. Illustrations by Shasi Martynova. Translated by Max Nemtsov.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Freedom Letters
• Release date: Apr 20, 2023
• ISBN: 9781998084074

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freedom-letters

№ 8

For my parents

Shashi Martynova

Basil the Child Dreams

Translated by Max Nemtsov

Freedom Letters

2023

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A wind like this can blow your socks off, even if there are shoes on them. The wind rolls along the grass, and the grass here is up to the person's neck, and if a person squats down no one will find him, including himself. In the sky, everything flutters, too, but dark-blue and light-blue. Unlike the grass, everything runs for real up there yet it doesn't all run away because there is a lot of everything in the sky that can just run.

Under Basil there's a tame fire-red buffalo. Its wool runs on it, too, from its tail to its neck but like the grass it doesn't run away. Basil and the buffalo are the best of friends, Basil presses his cheek to its warm dusty wool now and then, and the buffalo knowingly looks at him askance. Basil doesn't know how come they are together, and he is not sure every minute that he should really know it. For the reason that Basil rides it, the buffalo can do everything and understands everything. When they are together, it is much more