He did not think about his mother all the evening; but when in bed he suddenly remembered her, and prayed in his own words that tomorrow, on his birthday, she should stop hiding herself and should come to him.
Alla madre Serëza non pensò per tutta la sera; ma, messosi a letto, se ne ricordò, a un tratto, e pregò con parole sue perché la mamma l’indomani, per il suo compleanno, smettesse di nascondersi e venisse da lui.