Qarib yak hafta bud, ki Saidakhola dar havli tanho mezist. Pisarash dar khidmati harbi, keli- nash ba ayodati kheshovandon rafta bud. Diruz boyad barmegasht, ammo az vay hanuz ham darak nabud. «Koshki, sohiboni khona teztar meomadand, tobu to- qati khonaboni nadoram», – meguft ba khud Saida- khola. – Assalom, bibi, …

YAk shohi Fors az vazirash khashmgin shuda, uro az vazifa ozod kard va guft: – Baroi khud joero intikhob kun, ki ba tu diham. On J0 bo ahli khonavo- daat zindagi ba sar bari. Vazir guft: – Ba man chize lozim nest. Joyi obod ham namekhoham. Agar lutf kuned, ba …

Sardor Rahdor dar “Orzui modar” taloshi yak dukhtarero ba qalam kashidaast, ki novobasta ba khurdi va hama mushkiliho bo pisarbachaho ba kuh mebaroyad va baroi modari bemor siyohalaf va zanburug meorad, to havasi modar shikanad. In kushish va taloshi dukhtar bori digar isbot mekunad, ki novobasta ba jins farzandi khub …

RAFTORI NOJO Sagchai zardu mallarangi duraga, ki fuki rubohmonand dosht, dar rohi piyodagarde in tarafu on taraf metokht va beqarorona ba atrof nazar meafgand. Bazan meistodu nolishkunon avval yak poyi khunukkhurdaash va bad poyi digarashro bardoshta, ba khotir ovardany meshud, ki chy guna u metavonist rokhgum bizanad? Hub dar khotir …

Dar kanori roh yak darakhti seb qomat afrokhta bud. Pisarake dar soyai darakhti seb nishast, to in ki az oftobi suzon panoh barad. Darakht shokhashro afshondu yak dona seb afkand. Pisar khursand shud. Sebro khurd. Ajab shirinu khushtam bud on! – Rahmat ba tu, darakhti mehrubon! Ba nekiat neki kardaniam. …

Bud-nabud, dar shahri Samarqand yak kord bud. Kordro az pulodi haqiqi sokhta budand. Dastaash misli dastai shamsher afsu kalon bud. Vaqte ki kordro ba dukon burdand, kharidoron bisyor ta- rif kardand. Kord “Man zur budaam!” – gufta, mastu magrur shud va az rafi dukon jahida ba sakhi on faromadu az …

Dodoi Bahodur ba okhuri govho kohu kunjora andokht, ba gusfandon alaf dod. Turbai javro az ruyi peshayvon bardoshta, ba tarafi sobot raftani bud, vale chi fikre ba sarash omad, ki az rohash gasht. – Ochai Bahodur! – hamsarashro, ki dar khona dar bukhori angisht meandokht, jeg zad. Bahodur ham telpakashro …