Ivan Susanin, страница 57 - гдз по английскому языку 5 класс книга для чтения Верещагина, Афанасьева

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4 Ivan Susanin

At the end of the year 1612, the Russian people, led by Minin and Pozharsky, drove the Poles¹ out of Moscow. But there were still bands of Polish horsemen in our country which rode from village to village robbing and killing the population. The Poles hoped to unite these bands and make an attempt to seize Moscow once more.

At the beginning of 1613, about two hundred Polish horsemen appeared in a little village near Kostroma. They robbed all the people in the village and then asked for a man to show them the way to Kostroma. They could not find a road in the thick forests, and nobody wanted to help them. “You will have to go through that forest,” said an old man, whose name was Ivan Susanin. “The road is on the other side.”

“Show us the way,” cried the Poles, “or we shall kill everyone in the village.” “I am old,” said Ivan Susanin. “I may not be able to walk so far.” But to himself he said, “I shall have to show them the way, but if I lead them to the thick of the forest, they will die there, and I shall be able to help save my country.”

He went in front, and the two hundred horsemen followed him. For many hours they rode on through the forest.

“Where is the road?” cried they. “We must be near the road by now.”

“I am old,” answered Susanin. “Perhaps I have lost my way.” “He wants money,” they said to one another. “Give him gold,” said one. “If he is given gold, he will lead us on to the road.” “Get some money for him,” said another, “but if he doesn’t show us the way, we shall kill him.”

“We shall soon be on the road now,” said Susanin when he was given the money, “and you will be able to go to Kostroma.”

But the trees closed round the band of Poles, and it became darker and darker, though it was still the middle of the day. The low branches tore the clothes of the horsemen and dropped a lot of soft white snow on their heads.

“This cannot be the road,” the men said to one another, but they continued to follow those in front. Some time later they were in a swamp.

“So,” said Ivan Susanin when they stopped. “You can neither go farther, nor turn back. You will never be able to get out of this place alive. You will remain here and you will die here. I am not a traitor and will not sell my country for your gold.”

Ivan Susanin was killed by the Poles, but they did not get to Kostroma — they died in the thick of the forest.

The story of Ivan Susanin’s heroism became known to many Russian people. We are all proud of this man.

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