«Помню, я ещё в школу не ходил, мы с [имя, фамилия] – тот меня старше, но я всё около него таскался – с ним мы на рыбалку-то, всё на Нижму ходили. Нам же лодок раньше не давали. Помню, лет 6 мне было, ушли мы с утра с ним туда. Ну что, голодом целый день и вещей с собой ни черта, там окуней поудим на удочку, на костре пожарим, жареных окуней поедим. Идём обратно, уже солнце садится. По Пурнемской дороге-то, со стороны Пурнемы, два километра до Нижмы. До моста-то дошли – мать меня встречает. Искать нас пошли, целый день нет и к вечеру дома нет. Крапивой тут получил, огрёб – беспокоятся тоже. А чего ведь? В деревне бегаешь-бегаешь-бегаешь и с поля зрения-то исчез, нету. Ну ладно, до вечера, может, придёт»

“I remember, I did not yet go school, so we were with [name], he was older than me but I was hanging around him all the time, and we went fishing to Nizhma. We were not allowed to take boats then. I remember, when I was six, we headed there from the early morning. We had no food and not a damn thing with us, but who cares? We caught some perches, fried them on the fire and ate them. When we were coming back, the sun was setting. Along the Purnema road, from the Purnema side, it was about two kilometers to Nizhma. When we reached the bridge, we were met by my mother. She went searching for me, as I was missing the whole day and did not come back in the evening. I got whipped with nettles, yeah, I was in trouble – sure thing, she was worried. But why not? In the village the kids would be running and running around, and then disappear from sight, gone. No worries, they would come back in the evening”

«Вот здесь, где баня, тут стоял амбар для снастей и ребята любили кататься у реки, когда лёд был, на коньках. Коньки-то раньше были такие – привязывали к обуви»

“Here, where the bathhouse is, there used to be a barn for fishing gear, and the kids liked to skate by the river when there was ice. The skates were different then – we had to tie them to our shoes”

«Купались всё лето! Доска такая. Вынесем, типа трамплина, – раскачаешься и ныряешь!»

“We used to swim all summer long! There was this kind of board, you know, you put it like a springboard, you swing and then dive in!”