sᴏɴɪᴄ ᴛᴏʏ: 𝓐𝓭𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓸𝔂𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓼

      As soon as the sun rose, wild roosters from the forest began to crow as if in a village. Most of the boys and girls were still reluctant to get up, tried to wake themselves up and even doused themselves with cold water to cheer themselves up. Only David and Stephanie immediately woke up cheerful with the first roosters crowing and immediately went to wash themselves first, since they had been living in the village for a long time and had long been accustomed to getting up so early with the roosters crowing. The counselors also woke up early and tried to wake up the others who were still sleeping. — Hurry up, get dressed, make your beds, brush your teeth and let’s go for morning exercises! — said counselor Kolya, entering the boys’ house. — Now! I'm just still not used to getting up so early. After all, my sister and I live in the city, and everyone there sleeps longer and gets up later. — Misha explained, stretching his hands up. He slowly got up and wanted to clean his bed, but being sleepy, he did it slowly, like a snail. David comes up to him, who managed to brush his teeth and decided to help his friend with the bed. It was almost the same at the girls' house. Only Nadya fell asleep anyway and continued to sleep, not paying attention to the others who were barely waking up and cleaning the bed after themselves. Stephanie comes up to her and gently shakes her shoulder. — Get up! — laughing, she asked her. — Whoever gets up early, God gives him. — Well, mom, I don’t want to go to school. — Nadya answers through her sleep. — Okay. I didn't want to do this, but you're forcing me. — Stephanie answers and began to cheat. First, she lifted her out of bed herself, dragged her to the washbasin, filled a bucket with cold water and poured it over her friend’s head. Nadia immediately woke up, screamed from the sudden contact with the low temperature and moisture, got up and began running around the house until Stephanie stopped her. — Quietly, Nadya! Don't be afraid! It's just water. — A! It's you? — White asked, shaking from the cold. Then she laughed. — Well, you scared me! — Sorry. Otherwise you wouldn't have woken up. Went! Counselor Yuri is waiting for us. — said Omarova, taking her friend’s hand and they went out. On the way she thought: — Interesting! Has she already punished those three? And at that time those three were very strongly scolded and scolded by Yuri Kirpichev for not sleeping that night and wanting to mock the boys. — You should be terribly ashamed! Shame on you three! Would you yourself be pleased if you were also glued to the bed? And if someone whom you glued to the bed overslept and did not get up at all, but woke up a little later, would call for help, but none of us would respond, since we would all be far from here and from him would he have a panic attack because he was glued to his feet and couldn’t get up? Do you think this is funny? Would you be pleased if, for example, you yourself fell into some kind of trap and then everyone laughed at you? — Please forgive us! — Sasha repented. — We won't do this again! — Varvara lied, hiding her fingers behind their backs with a cross. — Aren’t you lying? Show your hands! — Yuri asked. — For what? — Sasha asked, not wanting to cross her fingers. However, Yuria immediately guessed that they had made a cross with their fingers and did not want to show them. She narrowed her eyes and said: —I knew you were lying. You are completely incorrigible. But earlier, when my brother and I were your age and also often went here, all the hooligans, unlike you, immediately realized their mistakes and corrected themselves. Our grandmother was right. New generations of children in our time after perestroika in the nineties of the twentieth century began to gradually deteriorate. Especially because of such a thing as the Internet. But who am I telling all this to, you still don’t listen to me. Kolya and I will call your parents right now. — No, don't! — Necessary! — she said. — Let them come and give you a good spanking for such bad upbringing. — Please! No need! We really won't do this again. — Varvara lied again. — Stop lying! It is immediately obvious that you are incorrigible. — We’re not lying! — Sasha lied. — Shall we test them with a lie detector? - Kolya asked his sister, showing a box with a stun gun. In fact it was just a regular box that didn't work. He specifically asked this and showed it to them to intimidate. - If they definitely lie, this machine will shock them. — No need! — Yeah! Are you scared? So you're lying. — Kolya answers. They didn't know what else to say to justify themselves. They stood there with their heads bowed. Yuria led them into an old and empty dark barn, and then locked them there. — Sorry, I didn’t want this, but it’s your own fault. Now you will sit here for five hours without breakfast until your parents arrive. After the counselor left, the trio, locked in the barn with no way to get out and escape, began to cry. — Let's call their parents later. Now we need to do exercises, wash up and have breakfast with everyone else. — my brother suggested. — You're right, brother. All the other boys and girls had already gathered by that time and were waiting for the counselors to tell them. — So! All boys and girls for morning exercises. Let's march! — said Kolya, imagining himself as a commander, and all the boys and girls, like soldiers, obeyed the leader and ran in formation. First, the boys and girls leaned over a couple of times to the right side, raising their left hand to the top, and then vice versa, a couple of times to the left side, raising their right hand, and so on in turn. Then they stretched their arms forward and squatted ten times. We jumped in place on both legs fifteen times, and then on one leg ten times. Moreover, everyone jumped at their choice either on the right or on the left foot. Afterwards they ran to the lake and began to wash themselves. — What a charge! Dad is still far from that. — Stephanie said to herself. In principle, she didn’t complain. — Did he also go to similar children’s camps as a child? — Nadya asked. — No, my dad works in the police. He says that training there can sometimes be harsh. — Stephanie answered. After the water procedures, the counselors gave each boy and girl a towel so that they could dry off. Afterwards the boys and girls went to have breakfast. Breakfast was served outside, near a special stall with stoves for cooking. And we all had breakfast, lunch and dinner at wooden tables in the fresh air. Today everyone had semolina porridge for breakfast. Some were, of course, against it and didn’t want to eat this crap, while others didn’t complain and devoured it with pleasure. For example, David and Stephanie, who sat down with Nadya and Misha at the same table as four of them, did not mind eating porridge in the morning. Stephanie even took some berries from raspberries to blueberries out of her backpack from a plastic mini container. She sprinkled these berries first on her semolina porridge, and then on David’s porridge. — Thank you, Stephanie. — Shall I pour some for you too? — Stephanie asked Nadya and Misha. — My grandfather and I loved adding them to semolina and it turned out tastier that way. — No thanks. I'm already used to eating regular semolina. — Misha answered. — And I won’t refuse. — Nadya answers and Stephanie sprinkles some of these berries into her porridge. — Stir well and you can eat. — she told her. — And for tea, won’t there be any sweets or cheesecakes?— one of the boys was heard indignantly. — Oh you! — counselor Kolya answers him. — We eat sweets only on holidays. But don’t be upset, there will be mashed potatoes with sausages for lunch, and berry compote and cutlets for dinner. — And why are they still outraged about serving porridge for breakfast? — Drayton did not understand. — They were already here and probably tried it already. — Not really. This is probably the new guy who just arrived here. — Misha suggested. While all the boys, girls and counselors were having breakfast in the outdoor cafeteria-style stall, David, Misha and Nadya's toys came to life and left both of their houses and met each other on the street. — Nice to meet you. — David’s Tails extended his hand to White Tails and they shook hands. — Me too. Although why should we get to know each other if we already know each other? — he asked jokingly and Tails also laughed in response. — So, what do we do while our owners don’t see us and are busy with themselves? — Sans asked. — Maybe we can go into the forest and take a walk there? Well, we kind of went on a hike. — Knuckles suggested. — What are you doing? What if we get lost, get lost and never come back, and our owners don’t find us and worry? — said Birch. — No, we won’t get lost. Do you see that river with the bridge? — the echidna pointed to the river with a wooden bridge and railings across the river itself. — We will float along it to where the river itself flows, then we will stop somewhere there and walk back along the road. — Look, there’s even transport for us! — Sonic from BOOM pointed to a hummock with reeds. They examined it, stood on the hummock itself, and suddenly the hummock moved and floated down the river. — Wow! Let's swim and swim! — Papyrus said joyfully. — Can we go back to the shore? — Birch doubted. — Come on, Birch! — Tails Drayton reassured her. — We're fast. We'll just swim here and then come back for lunch. — Are you sure it’s safe? — Sans asked. — Calmly! I watched a lot of films and TV series about travelers. We can handle it. — Knuckles replies, tearing the reeds from the hummock and began to use the reeds like an oar. The rest of the toys calmed down a little, trusting Tails and Knuckles and decided to make themselves more comfortable on the mound. Papyrus even slightly dipped his right palm into the river water. They swam further and further into the forest. — How great it is to swim on a bump. — Sonic said, lying down and looking at the sky. — It seems as if we are not moving, but everything around us. — Yes. That's for sure! — Knuckles agreed. He rowed even faster to accelerate slightly, and they sailed further and further from the Green Hills camp on the hummock. — That's speed! Tails from BOOM doubted and asked: — Sorry, Knuckles! But maybe we shouldn’t accelerate so much? Otherwise we will sail very far and will not return. — Oh, what a pity! We just picked up speed. Okay, now I’ll row to the shore. The echidna dipped the reed and, holding it, tried to slow down the speed of the hummock. The hummock slowed down, and then Knuckles began to row back and towards the shore, which made them slow down a little more. Once closer to the shore, the toys jumped onto it from the hummock and the hummock itself floated on. Knuckles throws the reeds and waves goodbye to the mound, saying: — Bon voyage, Titanic! — Okay, how do we get back now? — Birch asked. — We’ll just go back the way we came from. The main thing is to stay close to the river and don’t turn anywhere so as not to get lost. When we reach the bridge on the river, it means we have already returned to where we set off from. — said the original Tails. — Okay, let's go! The other Tails agreed. And the toys calmly went back, staying close to the river.

And at this time!

             The boys and girls finished breakfast and gathered together again near the gazebo, where the counselors decided to tell everyone about what they promised to tell them about yesterday. — And so, boys and girls. Yesterday you wondered who the guy in the business suit was? — asked Yuria. Everyone nodded and expected that they would immediately explain to them who it was and why he was addressing them specifically. — Are you sure they will understand everything? — the brother whispered in his sister’s ear. — Maybe they won't understand? Or will they not be interested in listening to this? Maybe we should have asked for help somewhere in the nearest cities or in Kona, where we will go later? — No, you see how curious they are. I assure you that even any child can somehow change the world for the better, not just adults. — Yuria also whispered in Kolya’s ear. Then she continued: — It was our former graduate, Alexei Azatov. — he also attended this camp as a child, just like you, but yesterday he arrived with not very good news... The children froze in fascination looking at the counselors. An important man in a business suit also once loved Sonic and visited this camp? And what did he tell the adults that was so bad? — Emperor Karl Saggan from the land of fogs decided to demolish our camp and build another toy factory in its place. Alexey Azatov came to us to negotiate a deal, but we refused, since this camp is very dear to us. The children immediately began whispering among themselves. Some of the children were frightened by the possible demolition of the camp and did not want it. The other half was happy about the construction of a new toy factory. David, Stephanie, Misha and Nadya did not want the camp to be closed forever. Kolya told about the petition that Alexey created: — It’s on the Internet and we all need to sign it. If you have phones with a network, then we will send each of you the address of Alexey’s petition's. Some of the boys and girls agreed and wanted to sign the petition, while others were against it and wanted a factory, since they really wanted a lot of new toys. Suddenly a quarrel began between the two boys. — I'm not against a toy factory. Let them build it! — No. I like the camp. I want him to be left. — But I want new toys. — And I want to return here in a year with my younger sister, when she grows up. I promised her. — I refuse to sign the demolition ban. — Nobody asked you. I'll sign it myself then. — Do not dare! I want new toys. — Yes, I saw your toys in the coffin. — Don't express yourself! — Shut up! And so a quarrel and arguments began among the children. No one was able to come to a normal agreement, sign the petition and save the camp or not? Only David, Stephanie, Misha and Nadya did not interfere in the dispute, even though they were in favor of saving the camp. They were afraid that a dispute would start against them as well. — Maybe we can intervene and force those who don’t want to? — Yuria asked. — What are you doing? — Kolya objected. — You can’t force a person, much less a child, to change their mind. A person, and especially a child, must decide for himself what he needs. And if he changes his mind, it will be only by his own choice. Remember how different you and I were as children. We had not yet agreed that we would draw together. You wanted to draw fairies, and I wanted to draw Spider-Man. And then you and I quarreled for so long that we almost tore the blank sheet of paper. Kolya laughed, but Yuria was not amused. — I asked you a thousand times not to remember this! — Fine, fine. I just gave this as an example. — Kolya explained. While the counselors were discussing theirs, the other children kept quarreling and quarreling among themselves that they almost started fighting. David immediately could not stand it and shouted at the top of his lungs: — QU-U-U-UIE-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-ET!!!!!!! All the boys and girls, as well as the counselors, were distracted by David questioningly and fell silent. Drayton decided to firmly take the whole matter into his own hands. First he asked everyone a question: — So! So you want a factory to be built because you want new toys? Do you want the camp to stay? — he asked them and everyone nodded silently. — Fine. But why don't you all compromise. — Compro... What? — Nadya didn’t understand. — Compromise. — Misha began to explain. — This is when, for example, two warring parties who have different opinions try to come to an agreement with each other without conflicts and find something in common that will suit both of them or find an alternative in order to calmly resolve their dispute. — Certainly! — Kolya said, raising his right index finger up. — How come I didn’t think of this myself before? — Maybe because you're an doorochka? — Yuria asked and laughed quietly to the side. Kolya wasn’t even offended. — Okay. And what do you offer us? — someone asked David from the crowd of children. — Since you want new toys so much, why don’t you make them yourself? — David answered the question with a question, after which most of the children began to laugh, and the counselors stared at him in surprise. — Are you crazy? None of us know how to make toys! — Yes, he’s already got a headache! — How are you going to make toys from plastic? — someone from the crowd asked the question again. — Toys don’t have to be made only of plastic. They can also be sewn and stuffed with something, as well as planed from wood. Drayton replied, followed by more laughter. — Plane it out of wood?! Have you become an old fart?! — Wake up, guy! It's the twenty-first century! Pieces of burnt wood and rags did not surrender to anyone! — STOP IT! — Kolya Kirpichev could not stand it and, after waiting for silence, continued. — You're laughing at the guy in vain! At least he offers some alternative! And they still make toys from wood now! — Yeah! Some old people who have nothing to do in retirement! — one of the children shouted, which made Stephanie want to punch him. — Guys, let's give David the opportunity to show what he means and then you will again express your opinion about this idea and the petition in general? — Kolya suggested, after which many children became thoughtful and nodded in agreement. — So, David, tell us what you need for your idea? — Yuria asked. — To begin with, I will need small pieces of wood or branches. — Today we were just planning to take you to the forest for a while. Maybe you can find something suitable. — Kolya said. — And I can do some rag toys. — Stephanie responded, to the surprise of everyone else. — Fine. I'll try to find something in the camp. — Yuria said. — The rest of you, don’t stand there, help too. Drive into the forest and collect brushwood and small logs that will be lying on the ground. The main thing is not to tear off branches from the trees themselves. We still need to protect nature. — says Kolya. Not wanting to argue with the counselors, all the boys and girls went into the forest to get firewood, as if they were going to make a fire, although in fact it was already clear to everyone that this was all needed for David and Stephanie and that they would do something with them — something like that.