"H😜🂑🎂oweyoudidogetyourdini🗩ght?"
"ButId🏬🝈id．Yougavemeshrimpsandsteak．"
"Thatwasthedaybeforey🙴esterday．Aren’💹tyouhungry?"
"What！I”ve🌸🃵🜌sleptforsolong？Nowthatyoumenti🁶onit，I’mstarved!”saidDimitriandheheardhisstomachgrowlinprotest．Mariannahandedhimacup🂉🍁🅆ofhotchocote．
"Thereisfrieddhamsandwithebag．Heatitupa．Why’tyoustayawakeandfindsomeworktodoi🏾★nsteadoflivinginyourdreams?"shescolded．"Whydon’tyoueandliveinmygarage🜑🁙🆐?Youwon’tbeinanybody’swayandyou’llhaveadetroofoveryo🖢🔒⛪urhead.”
"No，thankyou，ma’am．Thanksfortheoffer，butI’musedtoithere．☳🃟🙁To🚔📂methemostimportantthingistokeepupmyvitality．Thankstoyou，Ihaveenoughfoodtosustainmyphysicalhealthandkeepupmybrainactivities．Theresti⛐🙟ssuperfluousandmeannothingtome．"
"OK，"🀦⚩saidMariannaresignedly，"Youdon’thavetothankme．Youw🜪ashmydwearequits．Getu🕦pyourdsandwidgooutthereandgathermaterialforyourdreams．"
Afterthesplendidbreakfast，heputonhisnewshirtandshoeswhichhehadretrievedfromthegarbagethedaybefore，ahatlifeingeneralwasfineindeed．Sopushinghiscartinfron☄☡🀹tofhim，hewentoutintotheworld．"IwonderwhatI’llfindtodaytoweaveintomydreams”hethought．Everydaywasfreshaohim．Hehadafeelingofexpecy，likeachildgoingtoDisneyrolledaimlesslyaround，assers-byhurryingtowardstheirdestinations．"Whyaretheyinsuchahurry?"hewondered．"Lifeshouldbepcid,tobeenjoyed，notsohurried...”Thedaypassedwithouthisseeinganythingoutoftheordinary．Dimitriwasdisappointed．"Uh-uh，nomaterialformydreamstonight．It’sgettingte．"Justthen，hesawanoldcouplewalkinghand-in-hand，takingtheireveningstroll.Theingtired.theysatontheparkbench．
"Honey”saidtheoldman⛿☠🀱tohiswife，”Sonnyboywrotetousyesterday，askingustogototheirpceforChristmas．He’👄🆖🏣sagoodboy．"
"Youknow，darling，"hiswifereplied，"notonlyoursooo，hasinvitedusforChristmas．Theyarebothgoodchildren，butwhichpceshouldwegoto?”Simpleasthesewordswere，Dimitricouldsee🐾🅚love，happiranquillityandasenseofprideofhavingmadesomethingoutoftheirlives．Theirlife，theirlovewaslikeabarrelofwine，whichhavingbeenbrewedawholelifetime，wasnowperfedfittodrioodrockstill，deeplyimpressedbytheoldcouplebeforehim．
“Therewassomethingworthwhileinthis👂lifeafterall,”hethought．
DimitriwasavagabondwithmorethaiwasteandtoofarawayfromMarianna’srestauranttogetsomethi，sohedecidedtofindoneofhisnumerousrestingpdturnin．Helookedaround．Thepcewouldbetheabandonedsewer，hedecided．Itwasthehuntinggroundofprostitutes，theirpimps，drugdealersandt😨heirers．Butthesewerenothin🕙gtoDimitri．Whenhecametothesewer，hegathereduphisstybelongingsfromthecartwhichheleftagainstthewall，thenpullingupthelidoftheman-hole，hesteppedgingerlydownthenarrowdder．Hehadn’tus🀪edthispceforafewmonthsnowandwasn’tasfamiliarwithitasheusedtobe．Inthedark，hisfoottouchedsomethingsoftandwarm．Itwasamoaninghumanbody．
Dimitrilithiskeroseoveandsawayounggirl，noolderthanfifteen，curledupinahe🎞apontheground，withtearsandnasalmucusalloverherface．Shewasmoaningandshiveri🚾🙁nguntrolbly．
"AreyouOK?"heaskedb📈😷endingoverher．
"Twenty...twenty...twentydolrs..."shebeggedinahoarseandalmo🌦🁘stindistinguishablevoice．Dimitrikhatshemustbeanaddientedbyherneedfs．Hesearchedthroughhispockets,foun🟐dadolrhereadolrthere,anotherfromhissocks，untilhegotsomethinglikefifteendolrsandgavethemtoher．Thegirl’🎁slusterlesseyeslitupasshegrabbedthemledupthestepsandsaid，"I’llberightback.”ItwasthenthatDimitrisawshewascrippledandwalked．
Aftershehadleft，Dimitrispreadouthissl😘🁮🉇eepingbagandpreparedtosleep．Thegirlwasbalessthantenminutes．Shewasnormalnowandwasnolong🖨ershivering．🞸😻🆡
"Doyouhaveanymoremoney?Givethemtomeandyouhaveyourwaywithme..．🗖🛪Ihemoney.🄻🂱”
"What’syourname?"
"Shei．"