A touching story, written by Andrei Platonov. Summary: "Cow" - a work about people and animals

Writer Andrei Platonov was born in 1899, on September 1. His father worked as a mechanic in the railway workshops of the city of Voronezh and a locomotive driver. Therefore, the writer knew the basics of this profession since childhood. It is not surprising that in his story "The Cow" he introduces the reader to the boy whose father was a traveling guard. Vasily himself - the hero of the story - knew how to make sure that the locomotive does not slip on the ascent; I knew from the noise of the brakes to determine whether they are in good order. About this tells Andrei Platonov. The summary (the cow of the Circassian breed - one of the main characters of the story) will give us some idea of this touching work.

The beginning of the story. Andrey Platonov, "The Cow": a short summary

The boy comes to his cow in the barn, talks with the darling, wants to hug her, but she is indifferent to caress. She concentrates on chewing dry grass and thinking about her. The thoughts of the animal on this day were directed towards the son - a calf. He choked, began to feel bad, and the father of the boy Vasi Rubtsov took the calf to the station to show the doctor. Vasya loved his cow, he stroked her udder, which gave milk. It is from this episode that the Platonic narrative begins. The summary ("The Cow", as is already clear, a touching story about the love of animals) carries the reader to the station. As Vasili's father was absent, the mother asked her son to meet the train. He immediately agreed and went to wait for the composition. But the boy really wanted the train to come faster, because it was time to do the lessons. He studied at the seven-year school and was a diligent student. The study gave the child pleasure, as he always learned something new.

And, finally, the train appeared. He walked with difficulty, as the road climbed uphill. The assistant driver threw sand under the wheels so that they would not slip. Here are such subtleties in the work of locomotives, Andrei Platonov describes.

A brief summary ("The Cow" is a rather sad story), unfortunately, can not fully reveal the character of the boy Vasily. However, we can get a general idea of it.

Description of the character of the main character

Vasya went to the assistant driver and said that he climbed into the cabin, and he himself would pour sand onto the rails. So they did. The assistant driver respectfully looked at the child and thought that if he did not have his son, then he would adopt this boy. Vasya himself liked this work. Moreover, he gave good advice, saying that you need to order a tinsmith a box for sand more, since this one can fit a little. Then Vasily was asked to see if the brakes were in the car. He coped with this task. That's the kind of business guy that draws Platonov to us. Summary ("The Cow" - a story that talks about the serious nature of this little man) allows us to present the character of the boy in general terms.

The tragic denouement

The cow often mournfully mourned, as if calling her son. Father Basil came only the next day and one. The son asked him where the calf was. My father said that the doctor helped the calf, but he sold it for meat at a good price. All this time the cow moaned mournfully. She did not eat the bread and salt that the boy brought her. Then the short story of "The Cow" goes to the most sad moment. Platonov writes that on the animal family the land sometimes plowed. Since her son disappeared, the cow has become indifferent to everything. She looked for him, often went out on the railroad tracks and went there. Once she was hit by a train. About this tragic incident says in his work Platonov.

Summary: The cow died - what happened next?

The father and son sold it for meat, the boy wrote about his favorite in the school essay. Vasya wrote that the cow plowed, gave them milk, gave his son, and then his meat. This ends the narrative ...