九岁的男孩万卡·茹科夫三个月前被送到靴匠阿利亚兴的铺子里来做学徒。在圣诞节的前夜,他没有上床睡觉。他等到老板夫妇和师傅们出外去做晨祷后,从老板的立柜里取出一小瓶墨水和一支安着锈笔尖的钢笔,然后在自己面前铺 Nine-year-old boy Hankowjukov was sent apprentice to the bootmaker Allyinh's shop three months ago. On Christmas Eve, he did not go to bed. He waited until the boss and his wife went out to do morning prayer, remove a small bottle of ink from the boss's cabinet and a fountain pen with rust nibs, and then in front of their own shop