A fat priest, with a flabby face, wearing a cassock and a heavy cross around his neck, stared angrily at the class.
Six students stood up from the bench, four boys and two girls.
The priest's little eyes are bright, as if to swallow them in one gulp. The children looked at him in horror.
"You two sit down." The priest waved to the girl and said.
They sat down quickly and breathed a sigh of relief.
Father Vassili's small eyes were fixed on the four boys.
"Come on, babies!"
Father Vassili stood up, pushed away his chair and went to the four children who were crowded together.
"Who smokes, you little rascals?"
All four children whispered, "Dad, we don't smoke."
The priest turned red with anger.
"Bastard, can't smoke, who is the last cigarette in the dough? You can't even smoke? Ok, let's have a look! Turn your pockets inside out. Come on! Did you hear that? Turn it over! "
The three children began to take things out of their pockets and put them on the table.
The priest carefully examined every seam in his pocket to see if there was any cigarette ash, but found nothing, so he turned his eyes to the fourth child. The child has black eyes, a gray shirt and blue trousers, and a patch on his knee.
"Why are you standing still like a fool?"
The child with black eyes suppressed hatred, looked at the priest and replied in a muffled voice, "I have no pocket." He touched the seam of the bag with his hand.
"Hum, no pockets! You think this way, I don't know who did the bad thing and ruined my hair? Do you think you can stay at school this time? It's not that cheap, baby. Last time, your mother begged you to stay, but not this time. Get out! " He grabbed the boy by the ear, pushed him into the corridor and closed the door behind him.
There was silence in the classroom, and the students all shrank their necks. No one can understand why Pavel Colta King was expelled from school. Only his good friend Celessa Bruzak knows what's going on. That day, six of their failed students went to the priest's house to make up the exam. While waiting for the priest in the kitchen, he saw Paul scattering a handful of cigarette powder in the priest's hair for Easter.
Paul was kicked out and sat on the next step at the door. He thought, how can he go home? My mother works as a cook in the tax bureau. She is busy from early morning till late at night every day, and her heart is broken for him. How can I explain it to her?
Tears choked Paul's throat.
"What can I do now? It's all because of this fucking priest What kind of cigarette powder should I sprinkle on him? It was all Seryosha's bad idea. He said,' Come on, let's scatter this harmful old man.' We spilled it in. It's okay to take the exam, but I may be expelled from school. "
Paul and Father Vassili have made enemies. On one occasion, he had a fight with Mishka Lev Chukov, and the teacher punished him for staying in school and forbade him to go home for dinner. He was afraid that he would mess around in the empty classroom, so he sent the naughty boy to the senior class classroom and sat him in the back chair.
The senior teacher is a thin man, wearing a black coat, and is telling the students about the earth and celestial bodies. He said that the earth has existed for millions of years, and the stars are similar to the earth. Paul opened his mouth in surprise when he heard him say this. He was so surprised that he almost didn't stand up and said to the teacher, "That's not what the Bible says."
But I am afraid of being scolded and dare not speak.
Paul is a devout believer. Her mother is a Christian and often tells him the truth in the Bible. Paul is convinced that the world was created by God, not millions of years ago, but not long ago.
In the Bible course, the priest always gives Paul full marks. He memorized the New Testament, the Old Testament and all the prayers. He still clearly remembers what God created on a certain day. Paul decided to ask Father Vasily. Paul raised his hand as soon as the priest sat in the chair in Bible class. After getting permission, he stood up and said, "Father, why did the senior say that the earth has existed for millions of years, unlike the five thousand years mentioned in the Bible ..."
No sooner had he said this than Father Vasily's screams interrupted him: "Bastard, what are you talking about? How did you learn the Bible lesson? "
Before Paul could speak, the priest grabbed his ear and hit his head against the wall. A minute later, Paul was black and blue and scared to death, and was pushed into the corridor by the priest.
When Paul came home, his mother gave him a good scolding.
Appreciate:
How Steel was Tempered is an excellent novel that describes the growth process of new people and reveals their excellent qualities. When a British journalist asked the author why he named this book How Steel was Tempered, ostrovsky replied, "Steel is cast and quenched in fire. Only in this way can we become hard and not afraid of anything. Our generation was also tempered in such struggles and arduous tests, and learned not to be decadent in front of life. "
By revealing Paul's resolute character of daring to overcome any difficulties and hardships for the cause of the party and the people, the novel vividly tells the younger generation what the communist ideal is and how to work hard for the understanding of communism. What kind of life revolutionary soldiers should lead is another theme of the novel. What Paul said when he mourned the cemetery of his female comrade-in-arms, Valen, was a confession of his communist outlook on life and an exposition of the theme of the novel:
"Life is the most precious thing for people, and life belongs to people only once. This is how people should spend their lives; When he looks back on the past, he will not regret wasting his time, nor will he be ashamed of being mediocre; In this way, when he dies, he can say,' My life and all my energy have been devoted to the most magnificent cause in the world-the struggle for the liberation of mankind.' "