The Epic of Babushka Sametri Samuovitch четыре
Is five years later in now-familiar Russian pogost. Corrupted baron LightWolf is long dead and buried. Sametri return to potato farm with his maiden and wed her in communist-approved secular ceremony.
However, this displease maiden. Was secular. Was no room for Jesus because Jesus is not of communism manifesto.
So maiden pray and scheme every day. Assemble former KGB resources she once used during her time away from Sametri and his potatoes. Have many potatoes now, more than Irish ever had, but without her by his side, it was no good. May as well have had zero potato. Potato was not happiness. Was maiden. Now he spoil maiden with potato profit.
Have so many potato he begin to think, is now good time to have child with maiden. Need potato spawn to farm more when Sametri too old to contribute to communist state and is summarily taken to glue factory. Was from other great Tolstoy epic, Animal Farm. Put the fear of the pig into Sametri as small babushka.
"Cinnamon," he say, "Have MiniBon?"
Maiden give great pause to this. Consider. Realize with immutable terror, is not at all what wanted. Secular communist spawn in potato-fueled pogost. No. Cannot be.
"Soon, Sametri. Soon."
She tell him this to stall him, give him false hope. Is not to be soon, is after plans are completed. She throw self into plans. Gone all day to stockpile of KGB resources. Sametri begin to worry - is fiendish other man trying to woo his maiden, only maiden still in now-famed pogost? Sametri patrol town while maiden busy all day, look for likely suspects.
Sametri find
Л in town square and suspect him greatly. This man is notorious sleep around in pogost, however, wait! Sametri face palm as he remember -
Л famous for sausage only. Is not threat to maiden's love, for maiden lack polse. He look harder, see sorbet. This man is notorious for temper. Could he imprison maiden in fit of rage?! Could maiden fall for such, one could say if were proper Russian satire author, "passion?" But ha, Sametri see bulge of sorbet and is dwarf. Is no threat. Could not be felt by any maiden, much less his. Then he see дубинка and get very worried. Maybe this mysterious man, in witness protecton of KGB replacement, is take maiden? Could this be? Sametri tail him.
He tail дубинка all day and get nothing. Maiden is waiting for him none the wiser when he reutrn to farm. Act like nothing wrong, in fact, she is happier than normal.
"Soon TM, Sametri. Soon TM."
Sametri overjoyed. Means potato farmer jr is near! Will be happiest day of his life outside of recovery of maiden to his presence from far off KGB bastion. And wedding day wherein communist givernment recognize them as separate entities no longer. Thought would be scared of losing individuality but it is socialism way. However, maiden refuse to be losing her religion.
Sametri forget his suspicions. Must be nonsense, maiden is his bride! Have big potato yields! Sell many! Americans treat him as exotic curiosity upon hearing of his melancholical sublime epic. Treat farm as tourist attraction. Tolstoy do successful book tour based on story of Sametri against LightWolf. How much can one poor sausage love bride?!
One day, Sametri wake up to maiden tell him, today is day. Day to end all days. He prepare to make child but she quickly rise from bed and exit room. Sametri confuse, he chase her? Ah. Is courtship game. He pursue once again, she enjoy it and give him spawn. Yes, make sense to Sametri, as long as no more goats.
But wait, maiden lead him from house. Down familiar path she walk every day. She take him to wherever she spend her time! At last, Sametri will know. Maybe is illicit sex dungeon with optimal surfaces for missionary position as sole room contents. Would thrill Sametri to no end.
Is giant warehouse, maybe abandon barn. Maiden throw open doors and reveal - rocketship. Is Sputnik 69. Sametri confuse, what this? Mighty proud Russia already won space race, beat filthy captialist pigs? Motherland not defeated by any, only be victor. It is known. Why maiden have rocketship?
"Sametri, we leave this place. We journey to heavens above, to be closer to our Lord."
"Cinnamon, hush! Is not communist way to speak of religion."
"Then I am not communist."
Sametri nearly faint at her words - how can she say? HOW CAN SHE SAY?! HOW CAN SHE SAY THIS SUH HOW CAN SHE SAY?!?!?!
Maiden hold up finger to silence his protests.
"This is how it must be. We go to Mars, together. I design new potato fuel using KGB experiments. Also found how to lobotomize a cow and transplant into human body and how to go without sleep for month. Both have side effect, though. Is no good. I give you child there, in heavens, with Lord. On Mars."
"Why Mars?"
"Red is best color. Is red."
Sametri nod. He go inside rocketship and see Sputnik 69 loaded with potato as food, supply, material, so forth. Only potato. All needed. Mars colonize with potato. Can he do this, though? Can he leave motherland?
"No MiniBon if stay in famed pogost?"
"No."
billymills is dead. He was Son Goten, Town Tracker.
It is now Day 6.