About a Little Boy and a Little Girl Who did not Freeze to Death. A Christmas Story by Maxim Gorky. Short summary

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On Christmas Eve, Mishka and Katya are collecting alms. The boy has been withholding some of the money for some time. He invites the girl to an inn, and they have a real feast.

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The writer decided to break the tradition of many authors of stories about children frozen on Christmas Eve. His story is about children who didn’t freeze.

At Yuletide, Katka and Mishka collect alms. The boy cleverly identifies the richest passersby who can give the children more money. A policeman tries to catch them, but the children run away from him.

Along the way, Katya falls down funny several times. This amuses Mishka, he laughs, and then calls Katya to the inn. It turns out that the boy was withholding some of the money, and now they can have a feast.

Katka cannot believe her luck. The children take sausage, white bread, puffs and tea. Bear teaches the girl to beg and behave properly with her drinking aunt Anfisa, at whose house they live. Katya eats greedily.