Day 143: Birches for the Courtyard
At a spring Saturday cleanup in a courtyard in Sterlitamak, a young man and his elderly neighbor Semyon Ilyich plant birch saplings.
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Dialogue
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A
Семён Ильич, куда вторую берёзу посадим? Рядом с тополем?
Semyon Ilyich, where shall we plant the second birch? Next to the poplar?
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B
Нет, чуть дальше, у скамейки. Этим тополям уже пятьдесят лет.
No, a bit farther, by the bench. These poplars are already fifty years old.
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A
Правда? А кто их посадил?
Really? Who planted them?
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B
Я и посадил. Получив квартиры, мы всем домом вышли сажать деревья.
I did. When we got our flats, the whole building came out to plant trees.
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A
Ничего себе! Значит, через пятьдесят лет я буду рассказывать про эти берёзы.
Wow! So in fifty years I'll be telling people about these birches.
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B
Вот именно. Только поливать не забывай, пока они маленькие.
Exactly. Just don't forget to water them while they're small.
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