Konstantin Paustovsky is an incorrigible romantic. Any most trifling occupation with him is colored and plays with a variety of shades of colors and smells. Here is the short story "Crushed Sugar", a summary of which will be given below, as if surreal in the light

northern summer

A tireless traveler, the author arrived in the summer at midnight in the small town of Voznesenye. There was a fantastic moon above the lake, but on a white bright night its light was not required. Day and night mingled in this summer twilight. And the birches have already blossomed.

Northern summer is unreliable and unreliable. You can always expect a catch from him, because winter does not seem to go away forever, and the smell of snow is felt everywhere. The dim sun, illuminating the lake, turned its quiet water into a shining mirror surface.

White-haired boys and a policeman were sitting on the pier. They were all fishing for smelt, talking quietly.

Accommodation search

The traveler did not stop at the pier - he had to find a shelter for the night, and behind him, like a shadow, went a man with a briefcase full of boring papers, as boring as himself. The short story "Crushed Sugar", a summary of which is presented, will show his "inky soul".

The town had only boardwalks, which gave it an inexplicable charm. Cherry blossomed. Near one of the log cabins, a girl was sitting on a bench with a simple homemade doll. The author asked if they could stay overnight. The girl nodded and led the guest upstairs to the upper room, and the fat, tedious man followed them. There were two in the room - an old woman with knitting in her hands and a thin old man. “Spend the night here,” the old woman allowed, bowing from the waist. “Only you will have to sleep on the floor.”

Talk

A boring man with a briefcase began meticulously interrogating the old man who he was and where he came from, and what he was doing here. The thin old man answered with dignity that in his youth he sowed bread, and now - words. So continues the story "Crushed Sugar". The summary will tell about what meanness a fat man with a briefcase will do now. Like a born bureaucrat, he demanded documents from the old man. When he proudly refused to show them to just anyone, the fat man followed the policeman.

Conversation with a policeman

After the fat man left, the old woman put down the samovar, lamenting that there was no sugar in the house. But on the table was a clean tablecloth that smelled of rye.

The mischievous fat man nevertheless brought a policeman - he really wanted to spoil everyone's quiet evening. Read on for the continuation of the story "Crushed Sugar", a summary of which will now briefly tell about the conversation between the old man and the policeman.

Dedok, not in a hurry to show documents, wove a story-song about his grandfather, a coachman - a wonderful singer. This grandfather, working on the Pskov highway, drove Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin and sang long coachmen's songs to him. Several years passed, and the old coachman again met with the poet. The gendarmes woke the coachman in the middle of the night in winter and showed him a sleigh with a coffin tied with ropes. The coachman asked the gendarmes who he would have to lead. “Pushkin,” was the short answer. All through the heavy frosty night the coachman sang songs to the poet and lost his voice forever in the cold. This is told by the story "Crushed Sugar", a summary of which is presented in front of you.

This story made an impression on the policeman. He said that the man sang from a pure heart, and left without asking for documents, although the old man was ready to show them. And then, through the girl, he handed over the gift - crushed sugar and bagels.

That's all the summary of "Crushed Sugar". Paustovsky wrote an amazing and instructive story about the need to be able to trust people.