# A little girl walks through the city. A story

Henry de Overwood

MMMDCCLXXVI. A little girl walks through the city. A story. - March 04, 2026.

A little girl walks through the city. A story.


She came to school at 8 a.m. The classes started.


And now she's lying among the construction debris.


The girl carefully gets out from under the bricks and planks, trying to shake off the dust. The Sun, already, is high above the horizon.


She looks around: piles of construction debris.


She really want to eat.


She goes. It seems to be a street. There are no passersby in sight.


The street is crossed by something like a crack in the ground, - such cracks appear after an earthquake.


Two long narrow planks are thrown over this crack.


The girl is trying to cross the crack along the planks.


She loses her balance and falls down.


Involuntarily, she screams.


She fell on the something soft. Her legs and arms are in order, without a significant damage.


She looks around. It's some kind of bunker; she got into a bunker. The ceiling in the bunker has collapsed, and the sky is visible above. The bunker is filled with some kind of equipment.


A few meters away from the girl lies a man in a military uniform. He lies motionless. His hand is thrown to the side, his palm clutches some kind of lever.


The girl gets up. She puts her foot on the board. The board changes position. The board touches a fallen, overturned chair. With the chair, the body of a man in a military uniform changes its position.


A person's body pulls his arm along with it, and his hand sets in motion his palm, which is gripping the lever. The lever shifts.


An unbearable noise is heard.


The earth is shaking. Something huge soars into the sky. The sky above the destroyed bunker is momentarily obscured by something.


The unbearable noise subsides.


The girl is terrified. She tries not to move.


Suddenly, sounds are heard. By itself, the monitor, the screen hanging on the wall of the bunker, turned on. The monitor shows a man with a microphone and headphones on his head, saying something in a great excitement. A man is sitting in a helicopter. A reporter leading a report? Below, under the helicopter, a sea is visible. Numerous ships. A man with a microphone and headphones is pointing somewhere with his hand. A fat spot of light is moving across the sky. This spot is getting closer, it's moving right towards the ships. An explosion is heard. A man with a microphone and headphones is shouting something.


The girl is scared. She finds a ladder hanging on some kind of fastenings, and goes up outside, to the street.


She walks a few steps. She sees a dilapidated grocery store.


There is no one in the store as well as on the street.


The girl finds a bun and a bottle of milk. She starts eating a bun, drinks milk.


March 4, 2026 02:07


Translation from Russian into English: March 04, 2026, 13:12

Владимир Владимирович Залесский ' Девочка идет по городу. Рассказ. '


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