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They would separate, each going in a
different direction, and then, meeting again, their eyes aglow with
joy and boldness, would laughingly tell one another how they felt
when they heard some one giving chase to them, and what happened to
them when they ran so quickly through the garden, as though the ground
were burning under their feet.
Such invasions were more to Foma's liking than all other adventures
and games, and his behaviour during these invasions was marked with
a boldness that at once astounded and angered his companions. He was
intentionally careless in other people's gardens: he spoke loud,
noisily broke the branches of apple trees, and, tearing off a worm-
eaten apple, threw it in the direction of the proprietor's house.
The danger of being caught in the act did not frighten him; it
rather encouraged him--his eyes would turn darker, his teeth would
clench, and his face would assume an expression of anger and pride.
Smolin, distorting his big mouth contemptibly, would say to him:
"You are making entirely too much fuss about yourself.


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