a tree's roots he is startled when a snake comes nearby but doesn't utter a word or run away sergei is more scared of the soldiers than of the snake the soldiers eat by the river and go away after which sergey takes their leftover food and devours it for the night however by the end of the day the little boy is exhausted he hasn't had a proper meal in two days and has been walking with no destination he falls down as he limps but doesn't stop walking while on his way he sees wild berries and devours them but just then an explosion occurs behind him taking him by surprise the boy gets dizzy and starts to hallucinate someone coming behind him however even in such conditions he stands brave and tells the person he has a rifle and is not scared he limps forward but falls unconscious after a while while he is asleep two soldiers approach him the scene cuts to the russian army base where commander kuznetsov waits for his patrol soldiers they come in with a little kid who is injured and weak when the soldiers claim they are on his side the little boy opens up and introduces himself the soldiers laugh when the kid shakes his hand with the commander suggesting he introduce himself too the soldiers feel affectionate with a little kid and circle him around they make him drink water and feed him even the otherwise cold commander takes care of the kid a nurse named catch addresses sergey's wounds and is charmed by his personality too the kid asks her to draw a tank on his wounds because he wants to be a soldier when he grows up even the injured soldiers talk to the kid and feel lighter sergey is fascinated with the commander's gun in his batch the commander NUMBER_TOKEN answers all the little boy's questions and lets him play with his honorary pistol after taking the bullets out sergey shows him the tank drawn on his stomach and boasts about being a soldier himself the boy is healing very quickly the nurse katya asks the commander to let the boy stay with the battalion but he disagrees claiming that it won't be safe he wants to send sergey to an orphanage the soldiers spend all their free time with sergey he is visited by many throughout the day they bring him food sent by their families from afar and even let him play with their binoculars one day a soldier goes to the commander to ask him to let the boy stay with the battalion the soldiers have grown a close connection with the kid and think of him as their own his presence takes the weight of war off their chest however the commander is adamant about sending the boy to the orphanage for his own safety the following day the enemies attack and many soldiers are hurt a vehicle comes to fetch sergey to take him to the orphanage the commander breaks the news to the kid and gives him a wooden honorary pistol as a gift the boy in turn hugs him claiming that he is scared for the commander's safety the commander melts in his embrace and changes his mind he asks sergey to stay with the soldiers as his son that night the soldiers look for little soldier clothes for the little boy they are over the moon to have sergey stay with them the commander wakes sergei up and gives him the clothes he wears them and runs around looking like a real soldier the
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