Sky birds in bad company

The first story deals with the memories of Korolenko's childhood and his life in the city, and the hero's relationship with his father after the mother's death. It also provides an honest monitoring of the lives of the poor and beggars in this period. Without any direct political rhetoric, the story helps us understand the nature of social life in the small towns that were scattered throughout Russia, and also shows the extreme poverty in which many lived. Korolenko writes the events of the...