The Blue Cup

“The Blue Cup” is the most tender story by Arkady Gaidar. It is about love. But it encompasses many themes. There is fascism, death, religion, betrayal, friendship, and an imminent war. A father and his daughter go on a hike and do not know if they should return home. Around them unfolds a panorama of peaceful village life. However, it is not so peaceful: it turns out that the shadow of fascism has crawled here too, and there are exercises of Red Army soldiers in the fields, and shells are exploding. The day for little Svetlana turned out to be incredibly eventful with happenings and reflections. And the most important thing for both her and her father was that they must return to their mother. For younger school age.