They often speak about childhood. They recall their time as orphans.
Like young reindeers, they were separated from their mothers. They
were sent to schools, including boarding schools. And there another
life began, an alien one, with alien laws. Time flies by, they are
adults already, but they are still seeking sympathy from new friends
and acquaintances, and, by force of their childish habit, from alien
people.
A letter from home. What is it about? It tells how the last snow is
melting at the beginning of June; how the river comes into its force;
how the tundra bursts into blossom. Mother imagines Im a little
girl with a beautiful and happy fate.