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Chapter One. First Meeting and an Awkward Incident. *

• Yura. A shy boy, positive and not particularly fond of any kind of company. As a child, he was sent to the pioneer camp "Swallow". He was happy with everything, but with each passing year it got worse and worse. More precisely, for him, it only got worse because everything was repeating itself. The same rules, a huge honor board in front of his face, embroidery and so on. Everything seemed boring to him *.

• 1986. Yura Konev is 16 years old. He came to camp again. Again, the same thing. The same girls, Vanka and Mikha, friends since childhood. They respected Yura. Masha Sidorova, he had known her for four years. Anyuta, Masha's best friend, Yura loved her, she was good and very kind, but this time she didn't come. Why didn't she come? It's a shame they split up. She said something was wrong with her father's party or something like that, and she doubted she'd come. Ira Petrova, the camp counselor, was almost always strict but kind; she never complained about him, but she did scold him. *

• Yura sighed wearily, walked over to the flowers, and began examining them with interest; his mother said flowers like that brought good luck. Suddenly, he heard Ira's voice from behind him and, startled, glanced at her. She also scolded him for not leaving this area, and he simply gave her a flower to get out of it. She also gave him a task: "Now find Alyosha Matveyev, in the third squad, he's the redhead with freckles. Go to the entrance and there I'll give you two ladders and a garland, we need to hang them for the party." Konev was upset; he wanted to spend some time alone, but apparently that wasn't going to happen. Matveyev kept talking, asking questions, and constantly jumping from topic to topic. They finished quickly. The trees were already wrapped in them; all that was left was to throw the wires up to the apple tree. Holding the light bulb in one hand and grasping a thick branch with the other, Yurka stepped from step to branch, intending to secure the garland higher. There was a dry crack, then Alyosha's cry. Yura's cheek was scratched, and his vision blurred.