Stories in a wood accompanied by Russian lullaby - The Peasant Marey
Channel: Hakuna Matada
Date: 2020-10-21

In this story, which is one of the more personal that he wrote, Dostoevsky recalls his time as a prisoner in Siberia; during a holiday, when, once a year, the guards ease their control over the prisoners - who take the opportunity to drink and fight without restraint - he finds himself somewhat despondently lying on his bunk. He tries to dream a little, but cannot seem to get to a relaxed state. Then, suddenly, he remembers an incident from when he was nine years old. He was fooling around outside on his father's estate, in the bushes catching insects, when he suddenly images someone screaming 'Wolf!' in the distance. Frightened and out of sorts, he runs toward a peasant named Marey, who is ploughing the land nearby, and who then comforts him in an exceptionally a sweet and loving way. The memory of this incident restores his faith in his fellow man enough to face the rough imprisoned peasants without bitterness.

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Russian Lullaby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUP9U_O1IuA&t=66s
Forest footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_W50YHx33I

Moonlight Sonata (by Beethoven) by Beethoven
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