Day 200: An Apple Tree for the Newborn
At his dacha near Tver, a young father is planting a new apple tree, and his old neighbor, Pyotr Ilyich, comes over.
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Dialogue
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A
Пётр Ильич, посмотрите, яма нормальная? Хочу яблоню для сына посадить.
Pyotr Ilyich, take a look, is the hole all right? I want to plant an apple tree for my son.
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B
Нормальная. Поздравляю с сыном, кстати! Как назвали?
It's fine. Congratulations on your son, by the way! What did you name him?
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A
Мишей. Пусть растут вместе, потом сам яблоки собирать будет.
Misha. Let them grow up together, later he'll pick the apples himself.
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B
Я ведь так же делал, когда мои дети родились. Видишь яблони у дома?
I did the same, you know, when my children were born. See the apple trees by the house?
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Это же старейшие яблони в посёлке, хотя яблок на них больше всех!
Those are the oldest apple trees in the village, and yet they have the most apples!
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B
Потому что я их каждую весну обрезаю. И эту не забывай обрезать!
That's because I prune them every spring. Don't forget to prune this one too!
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