Translated by from the uzbek language Sarah Kendzyor. U.S.A.
The Closed-Down Law Office
(An epiphany)
I am a defender of houses and trees. They, on the other hand, prosecute me. With both hope and surprise I"ve told people that defense and prosecution are two contradictory concepts. If I defend, they prosecute. If there aren"t a lot of people to prosecute me, I just do it myself. Then suddenly I remember my lawyer. I become dejected and weep. I say, what a great lawyer I had, and now this person is no more. Sometimes I"ve considered hanging a wreath of flowers on my lawyer"s closed-down office. Oh, even without a bribe my merciful lawyer always defended me honestly. What a hard worker, that mother of mine!