"A Day in the Country" narrates the story of Terenty. A homeless middle-aged man who earns a living by being a cobbler. He encounters Fyokla, a six-year-old beggar girl who asks him for help in aiding her cousin Danilka in getting her hand out of a hole in a tree.
Terenty decides to help the children, as they reminded him of himself when he was at a young age. He probably thought that aid would have come handy during that time an this is why he engages in generous efforts to help homeless children.
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D. I'm trying to learn Spanish, and my friend's trying to learn French.
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It brings out a sences of trust and hurt.