[They gave us a day off.] Lotar and Minka [Slonovsky] preferred to go to Cherkesovo. "We have money and will eat milk and fish there." As for me, I decided to try my luck at Harsk, perhaps I'll manage to buy some potatoes. But it's 20 mile walk there and just as many back. Long before the dawn I put a sack in my backpack and cheerfully began to walk skipping brooks. Hoarfrost glistened like silver, frozen grass crackled. The daytime is sort in autumn! I should hurry up.