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The neighbor came up the window of the car, stretched out something folded to the man wearing black glasses. The man snatched the folded thing, hid under the seat of the car. He took out hundred dollar from his pocket, gave the neighbor. Then he drove the car, stopped at the buckets of Unal’s parents. Unal’s mother began to praise the blackberry: “ Take these ones, you can’t find like this anywhere.” Unal’s father waved his head hearing her words. “ Let him go. He isn’t in need of black raspberries.” The man wearing black glasses drove his car, withdrew.
The neighbor whose buckets of raspberries were still at him, as if struck dumb. He put the buckets on the earth, stood silently. But his eyes were smiling.
That day a lot of new and nice cars stood at the villagers stood near the road, and then they withdrew in a moment.
It was towards evening. The buckets full of black raspberries were
still at Unal’s parents. Firstly, mother looked seriously at his husband, then she said to her well-off fellow-villagers: “ I think all go mad. Nobody wants to buy black raspberries. I wonder why do all the cars stop at those who sell red raspberries? What does it mean?”
All of a sudden as if Unal’s mother struck dumb, she began to shout:
“ Dishonest! Ignoble! Shameless! Indecent! Just now I understand that all of you sell narcotics. Let the heavens punish you!”
The fellow-villagers looked at Unal’s father’s face and asked him: “ How long are you going to stay here? Take her home away!”
Unal’s father turned to his wife said quietly: “ But I had told you, we didn’t have to come here “. Then he said to his fellow-villagers: “ The day after tomorrow there will be my son’s ceremony of the last bell ringing. We must buy new dresses for him. Or I would never come here.”
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What can I do? You don’t want to sell red raspberries, – the neighbor who sold red raspberries smiled cu
Unal’s mother didn’t know what to do because of anger. She couldn’t calm herself. ” See, who live in my nice village? Shameless! Rascals! Dishonest!”
Policeman’s car was seen from far….
The neighbor who sold red raspberries, was confused, turned back: “ Unal is a good boy. He must put on new dresses at the ceremony of the last bell ringing.” – saying thus he took out money from his pocket. He reached out the money to Unal’s father, said to the boy standing near him: “ Take these buckets my home, we may cook jam.”
–Don’t stand here. Go home, – he said to Unal’s parents.
Unal’s father took the empty buckets, began to go towards home. Mother was following him muttering to herself….
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Today is the day of last bell ringing ceremony. Unal put on his snow-white shirt, black trousers, shining shoes bought by his parents a day before, and directed towards the school in the side of the wide road. The other pupils also went out from the yards of home built at the roads, took steps in the direction of the school.
When Unal entered the school yard, firstly, with his eyes he looked for her lover Paknur. There was smile on the faces of all the pupils gathered in the school-yard. Soon the ceremony of the last bell ringing would begin. Paknur was standing in the front rows on the stairs leading to the school. She was shining as the
best chandelier sold in the south bazaar.
Unal was standing in the behind rows and looking at his lover. He would have a talk with Paknur after the last bell ringing. He would open her his heart, would tell him how deeply he loved her. He would tell her that he would also choose the group of foreign languages at the test examinations. He would tell her that he didn’t want to be a teacher any more, he wanted to live in a foreign country together with her. He would tell her that he also wanted to have a villa and a car like “ Lamborghini” for to travel together with her.”
The official part of the ceremony of the last bell ringing began. The teachers and excellent pupils spoke. The director summed up the ceremony, and declared that the last bell would be rung soon. The bell ringing couldn’t be heard because of the booming sound of the turbo motor of the car coming towards the school. All who were in the school yard turned back and looked at the gates of the school. Unal also was watching the car. One side of the car of Abisalam could be seen there. One door of the car was opened and then was shut. Nobody could see who opened and shut the door. Unal watched the gates for a while. Then the stern voice of the school director made all the pupils to turn in the direction of the school.
While turning back Unal couldn’t see his lover Paknur in the place where she stood. He looked around the school for some time, he looked for his lover Paknur. Anxiously he passed through the pupils and went towards the stairs leading to the school. Paknur wasn’t there. He approached to Paknur’s friend Shahrizad who was there.
–Didn’t you see Paknur?
– My God! Don’t you know? I thought that you knew…
– What? What did I have to know?
–Yesterday Abisalam’s parents arranged an engagement to Paknur. They wanted for the ceremony of the last bell ringing finish. Just a moment ago Abisalam took Paknur, went to the north. They say that their wedding will be there, in the north after some days.
Unal struck dumb. He was astonished. He couldn’t hear what she told then, he ran towards the exit door of the school. The wide road at the school gate was empty. There was seen nothing except the big trailers passing through the customs house. Unal was staring at the north, couldn’t realize why Paknur did thus. At that moment a big trailer passed at him whistling.
The sound of the whistling dispersed his thoughts, he looked at the trailer. On the trailer there was the picture of a dark red raspberry ….