Он упал на траву...

V devi͡atnadt͡satʹ let zhiznʹ u Miti tolʹko nachinalasʹ. On strastno uvlekalsi͡a zhivopisʹi͡u i risoval dekorat͡sii dli͡a teatra. Zdesʹ zhe, v teatre, on vpervye po-nastoi͡ashchemu vli͡ubilsi͡a.No ri͡adom uzhe gremela voĭna, i Miti͡a ne mog i ne khotel ostavatʹsi͡a v storone. Vsemi silami on, nesmotri͡a na khromotu, pytalsi͡a popastʹ na front, no neizmenno poluchal otkaz. Odnako vskore emu vse zhe udalosʹ pomochʹ rodnomu gorodu. Kak i tysi͡achi drugikh prostykh li͡udeĭ, on uchastvuet v stroitelʹstve oboronitelʹnykh ukrepleniĭ pod Moskvoĭ strashnoĭ osenʹi͡u 1941-go…Ėta kniga - o krepkoĭ druzhbe i pervoĭ li͡ubvi, ob otvage i muzhestve, o malenʹkikh radosti͡akh, kotorye mozhno naĭti, dazhe kogda krugom voĭna, i, konechno, o ezhednevnom podvige, kotoryĭ priblizhal Velikui͡u Pobedu. Povestʹ "On upal na travu..." vo mnogom avtobiografichna. Sobytii͡a, opisannye v povesti, proiskhodili s ee avtorom. Viktor Dragunskiĭ, kotoryĭ prezhde vsego znakom chitateli͡am po veselym "Deniskinym rasskazam", zdesʹ predstaet sovsem v inom svete.Povestvovanie vedetsi͡a ot lit͡sa Miti Koroleva, kotoryĭ v svoi devi͡atnadt͡satʹ let stanovitsi͡a opolchent͡sem i roet protivotankovye rvy pod Moskvoĭ v samom nachale Velikoĭ Otechestvennoĭ voĭny. On nakhodit zdesʹ druzeĭ, nastoi͡ashchikh boevykh tovarishcheĭ, znakomitsi͡a s prostoĭ derevenskoĭ devushkoĭ… Odnako voĭna podbiraetsi͡a slishkom blizko. Povestʹ "On upal na travu..." vo mnogom avtobiografichna. Sobytii͡a, opisannye v povesti, proiskhodili s ee avtorom. Viktor Dragunskiĭ, kotoryĭ prezhde vsego znakom chitateli͡am po veselym "Deniskinym rasskazam", zdesʹ predstaet sovsem v inom svete.Povestvovanie vedetsi͡a ot lit͡sa Miti Koroleva, kotoryĭ v svoi devi͡atnadt͡satʹ let stanovitsi͡a opolchent͡sem i roet protivotankovye rvy pod Moskvoĭ v samom nachale Velikoĭ Otechestvennoĭ voĭny. On nakhodit zdesʹ druzeĭ, nastoi͡ashchikh boevykh tovarishcheĭ, znakomitsi͡a s prostoĭ derevenskoĭ devushkoĭ… Odnako voĭna podbiraetsi͡a slishkom blizko.

At the age of nineteen, Mitya's life was just beginning. He was passionately fond of painting and painted scenery for the theater. It was here, at the theater, that he truly fell in love for the first time.But the war was already raging nearby, and Mitya could not and did not want to stay away. Despite his limp, he tried with all his might to get to the front, but was invariably refused. However, he soon managed to help his hometown. Like thousands of other ordinary people, he participated in the construction of defensive fortifications near Moscow in the terrible autumn of 1941.…This book is about strong friendship and first love, about courage and bravery, about the small joys that can be found even when there is war all around, and, of course, about the daily feat that brought the Great Victory closer. The story "He fell on the grass..." is largely autobiographical. The events described in the story happened to its author. Viktor Dragunsky, who is primarily familiar to readers from the hilarious "Deniskin Stories," appears in a completely different light here.The story is narrated by Mitya Koroleva, who at the age of nineteen becomes a militia member and digs anti-tank ditches near Moscow at the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War. He finds friends here, real comrades-in-arms, and meets a simple village girl... but the war is getting too close. The story "He fell on the grass..." is largely autobiographical. The events described in the story happened to its author. Viktor Dragunsky, who is primarily familiar to readers from the hilarious "Deniskin Stories," appears in a completely different light here.The story is narrated by Mitya Koroleva, who at the age of nineteen becomes a militia member and digs anti-tank ditches near Moscow at the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War. He finds friends here, real comrades-in-arms, and meets a simple village girl... but the war is getting too close.