Seven minutes in heaven!!

ALYOSHA was the younger brother. then he was nicknamed the Pot. Alyosha was a tiny, thin little fet was not good at lessons; besides, there was so little time to learn. His elder brother was in town, working for a merchant, so Alyosha had to help his father from a very early age. When he was no more than six he used to go out with the girls to watch the cows and sheep in the pasture, and a little later

The family was not a large one. It consisted of the merchant's en hiand readily, going from one task to another without stopping. And so here, just as at home, all the work was put upon his shoulders. The more he did, the more he was given to do. His mistress, her old mother, the s