The spring of 1939 woke up in early April and immediately, without hesitation, set to work: it blew warm winds onto the fields, forests and cities, sprinkled them with rain - and the snow immediately settled, thawed patches appeared, streams flowed, buds swelled , all the dirt and all the debris, hidden by the snow all winter, came out; the street cleaners, as if following a strict commission from the district council, began to fiercely scrape the sidewalks, clearing them of the remnants of snow and ice; The rooks began to chatter in the treetops, the first starlings tried their hoarse voices, the first grass turned green. And people immediately changed: men took off their hats and warm coats, women took off their scarves and boots, clothes became brighter, smiles appeared on their faces - both because it was spring and because something had changed in life itself: it was freed from some -the shackles that bind her, invisible to many, but quite tangible...The text is published in the author's edition