| Len's cousin
Shoes and dresses
Len: Well, you were saying about your open-toed style.
M: No, about the shoemaker. One night, I was passing by a village, and I had to stay there overnight. And I couldn't find a place where to go for a night there, but there was one widow and her brother. And she was willing to let me in, provided I could fix her rubber shoes. She had boot, you know, and it was supposed to be fixed, and she asked me whether I knew how to mend shoes. I said, "Sure, I know how to mend shoes. I'm a shoemaker!" So, I got in there, and she gave me some kind of a needle and thread, and I sewed up the toe. And the next morning I got up and went away, but this girl will never be able to put the foot into that shoe. I sewed up the whole toe. And that was the only way I could find a night's sleep. So I was a shoemaker for the night. Nothing to it.
Sonia: But you ran fast in the morning.
M: Of course. In the morning, I got up and went away. But I was a shoemaker.
Sonia: We came to Eritsa . It's not Siberia. In Russia. We were running from the Germans. In a town, a little town, they asked us if we were dressmakers. Me and my sister, we can make a dress? My sister says" "No. No, I can't." I said, "Why not? Tell her that you know. Why not? She'll give you potatoes. She'll give you milk." Ok. We cut out the dress. The sleeves was too... She couldn't move it. Like this. In the maker.
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