Gist Statement

Setting
Moscow
Uhov

Character
Doctor
Sasha
Sashkin

Conflicts
Embarrassing
Irony
Gratitude
Candelabra
Gaudy

In a petite town on the outskirts of Moscow, known as Uhov, lived a little 10 year old boy. Sashkin had only moved to the new town two years ago after his mother passed away. He was still struggling get used to his new home, especially since people didn’t treat him nicely. He had missed his friends a lot. Sashkin had a psychological problem after his mother and moving into the town she was born in didn’t help him either. Sashkin’s case began to worsen day by day and even though his father knew what was wrong, he decided to take his son to a normal doctor instead of a psychologist. Just because it was embarrassing for the family and he didn’t want people to think his son was going crazy. Sashkin was raised very well and was full of gratitude. He never disobeyed his father or answered back. Therefore his father decided to throw a surprise party for his only son for his 12^th birthday. He invited all of Sashkin’s friends from school and their parents. One of the boys in his class was called Sasha. That was the full name for Sashkin. But Sasha was far from being kind or loved. He had an attitude and was very rude and impolite. He always disrespected people and answered back to his teachers and parents. He had a gaudy character that made everyone cautious. But where ever he went he always wanted to leave a littler reminder of him. This time there was a beautiful crystal vase-like candelabra decorated with pure gold and diamond custom made. This was a gift for Shashkin’s mother for her wedding. She loved it with all her heart and sine it was from her father in law. Sashkin loved this candelabra because it was a small reminder of his mother. He took great care of it and would always dust it or wash it carefully every weekend just like old times when his mother would always say: “Be careful with the diamonds, be gentile because it’s fragile”. The moment Sasha spotted it, he put on a suspicious smirk and made his way towards it. Sashkin realized so he called his father to offer some parents a drink. Then when his father arrived with the tray, he asked Sashkin to remove the candelabra and place it in the glass cupboard. That immediately threw Sasha off guard and ruined his plan. Ironically he walked into a table and tripped and bashed his face against the wood. Everyone was laughing but Sashkin’s father rushed to get the first aid while Sasha’s parents were helping him get up and giving him tissue to wipe off the blood. Sasha learned his lesson, what goes around comes back around. Karma will get you back sometime when you least expect it.