– Is it a fire tram? – Misha asked.
– No, – dad said. – Why did you decide that?
– Вecause it's red, – Misha replied.
– Okay, – dad smiled. – Red, son, there are not only fire engines!
An old tram on the turns chattered from side to side.
– And why does the tram stagger? – Misha asked.
– He's old already, – dad replied.
– Is it time for him to retire?
– It's high time.
– Why isn't he leaving?
– Doesn't let go.
– Who?
– Chief.
– Why?
– Because there is no one to replace, – dad explained.
– And where are the young trams? – Misha asked.
– I'd like to know that myself, – dad sighed. – You need to ask the mayor.
There was a queue at the entrance to the zoo.
– Who's the last? – dad asked.
– Probably us, – replied a tall, thin man with glasses holding the hands of two toddlers. The boys, like dad, were also wearing glasses.
– We're behind you, – dad said.
Out of the gate came a sweaty fat man in shorts on suspenders. On a leash, he led a half-asleep lion.
– Citizen! – four-eyed turned to him. – Why do you have a lion without a muzzle?
– It's not my lion, – the fat man replied.
– It's clear that it's not yours, – the four-eyed said. – Because this lion is from the state zoo, which means that it belongs to all the people. But do you lead it?
– Me, – the fat man admitted. – But I wasn't given muzzled.
– Who didn't give you away? – four-eyed asked.
In response, the fat man only waved his hand towards the gate and dragged the lion further.
– You don't know how many tickets cost? – four-eyed asked.
– I don't know, – dad replied.
– Why don't you know? – asked four-eyed again.
– Because I haven't been to the zoo in a long time – dad replied angrily.
– And if you do not know the cost of tickets, maybe you do not have enough money to buy them? – four-eyed suggested.
– I have enough money, – dad said.
– Are you a millionaire? – four-eyed asked.
– No, I'm an engineer, – dad replied proudly and turned away from the four-eyed and his annoying questions.
When it was their turn, Misha and his dad entered the cash registers. Dad went to the open window and asked:
– Hello! I need one child ticket and one adult ticket!
– Hello! The zoo is closed to the public, – replied a smiling man in the window.
– But how, comrade cashier? – dad objected. – There is no announcement of the closure of the zoo, but the queue? Where is the queue? To a closed zoo?