A brief summary of Pensna, a humorous story by M.Osorgin

Do you remember the first lines of "Moydodyr" by Korney Chukovsky, how did the crank and lame wash-basin run out of my mother's bedroom? As a child, we treated him quite seriously and did not ask unnecessary questions to ourselves or to adults. Yes, everything around us is alive: the wash basin, the cups, and the teapot ... But with age, this bright, clean, no-clouded world begins to gradually fade, fade, becoming a trivial fiction. However, not all. There are rare exceptions. One of them is the writer Mikhail Osorgin. "Pence" - a story about the amazing world of "revived" things in the life of an adult.

main characters

The story of Mikhail Osorgin "Pensna" is written on behalf of the author. But here, in the first line, he introduces the reader to the true protagonists - things. Watches, books, a glass, a thermometer, coats ... The list can be continued indefinitely, but it's not worth it - it is well known to us. But do we know each other well? Things, definitely, yes. And we? Do we know that they live their own lives? The author in this even does not doubt and is sure that the reader is with him at the same time. After all, you can not not hear the endless hours of walking. It is impossible not to see how the open scissors yell. And only a stupid person will deny that the teapot is the most comely comedian, and the hanging coat always has some kind of "miserable little soul and easy impotence".

Passion for travel

We continue the summary of "Pensna". Extreme interest is also caused by certain movements of things. Usually we explain them by our absent-mindedness, forgetfulness or even ordinary theft. But no, this can not be. In the life of things, there is a certain passion for travel. Some are away for a minute, others for an hour or two, and still others for a day, a week, a month. There are also exceptional cases when they disappear forever, such as the historical work of Titus Livia or the blue diamond. But these are still historical cases. However, on the example of small objects - a box of matches, a pencil, buttons - it is easier to catch the outer signs of this independence. We read further the humorous story, which M.Osorgin created, - "Pensna". The main characters will surprise us more than once.

Mysterious disappearance

The same amazing case occurred with the author and with a pince-nez. Once he was sitting in an armchair, reading peacefully, not suspecting anything. I reached the new chapter and decided to wipe the glasses, took out my handkerchief, and, looking - the pince-nez was gone. The inspection of the place of disappearance was the most thorough. Pockets, clothes, all grooves in the armchair, sheets in the book, the floor were checked. Moreover, the search was conducted in the next room, and even in the bathroom. A week passed, but the author continued his search. Some laughed at him, others tried sincerely to help. The servants swept away all possible and impossible dust particles. I reached the black staircase - but, alas, the fugitive was never found.

Return of the "prodigal"

The summary of Pensna, a story by M.Osorgin, does not end here. After some time, when a new pince-nez was sitting on the nose, the author was sitting in the same chair, but with another book. As usual, he took a simple pencil to erase the most clever places, and suddenly a pencil falls. Still under the unpleasant impression of a recent escape, he rushed after the new "runaway". But the fear turned out to be false. The pencil lay quietly on the floor, and next to it, tightly pressed against the wall, two glasses flashed.

You can, of course, argue that this is simply an absurd omission, oversight, absent-mindedness. But the pathetic look of the "fugitive", his guilty gleam with murky, dusty glasses spoke about the opposite. Pensna went on a separate trip. It was walking and having fun, and having fun for a long time, until it was tired and not weakened. Here comes the end of the summary of "Pensna".

By the way, pince-nez ended its life tragically - it fell, and its glass flew into small pieces. Maybe it's an accident, or maybe "suicide." After all, the author subjected him to public disgrace, when he forced to stand at the wall all day, and showed the "runaway" to all friends, friends and servants ...

I want to remind you that the short content of "Pensna" - a wonderful story by Mikhail Osorgin - can not convey the writer's peculiar humor, his inimitable, subtle figurative comparisons. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that you read the original.