be-au-tiful

Updated: June 1, 2025

Noticing that she embarrassed him by her presence and that he could not make up his mind to eat, Sasha rose and walked away. Then Ivan sat up in bed and looked at the door through which she had left. "Be-au-tiful!" he murmured. His eyes were bright and merry; his teeth fine and compact; his young voice was not yet steady as an adult's. "How old are you?" the mother asked thoughtfully.

Maksim Gorky - Mother