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drunkenness | company |
truth | Sergei |
colleagues | appearance |
Savodiya street | Russian |
Olga | theatre |
Anton Chekhov | vodka |
furniture | Lushkoff |
The lesson "The Beggar" was written by . The story opens with a beggar named was begging alms to an advocate named . The beggar said that he was a school teacher who had lost his job by a conspiracy of his . While seeing the beggar's , Sergei remembered that he had seen him previously at , claiming that he was a student who was expelled from school. Sergei became angry after hearing his lies and told him that he would call the cop. Then Lushkoff admitted that he had told the lies, and he was a member of a choir and was expelled out due to his . After hearing the , Sergei asked him whether he would like to chop wood for him. Then Lushkoff accepted the offer and went along with Sergei. Sergei asked his cook Olga to make the beggar chop wood. The beggar was unable to chop the wood because of the overconsumption of . After some time, Olga informed Sergei that he had chopped all the wood. Lushkoff was paid after his job. Later, Sergei decided to shift his house. He asked Lushkoff to help him in packing the . After that, he offered him some work in his friend's . Two years later, Sergei met Lushkoff outside the . Sergei felt happy on seeing his changes. Lushkoff said that he was changed because of the kind words and good deeds of the cook .