Copper cross . From the novella "Wonderful", Edition Z-e /Pictures A. A. Pahomova . Leningrad: Children's Literature, 1978. — 31 s. with il. Circulation of 1,000,000 copies. — Price 5 kopecks. — (School Library "Read It Yourself"). ::::::An excerpt from the story “Wonderful” tells how the village praying old women forced the pioneer to pray to God. :::::Twelve-year-old schoolboy Rodka Gulyaev found an old icon under the river bank. God’s people have been blessed, and God’s people have been blessed. Until now, the world for Rodka was divided into three parts - a house, a street, a school. Everywhere he felt free.... Freedom is over: at home disgusted - regular guests, talk about the icon, do not show up for a hive - laugh, at school feels like a stranger There is nowhere to hide, and even the mother is not a defender of . Rodka rebelled. The teacher Paraskovya Petrovna comes to his aid . All this is told in the story “Wonderful”, which was written by the writer Vladimir Fedorovich Tendryakov .. "Copper Cross" excerpt from the story .