Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev (1871-1919) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionist movement in the national literature. He was active between the revolution of 1905 and the Communist revolution which finally overthrew the Tsarist government.

Stories of the author fulfilled with realism confirmed the high assessment of talent Andreyev Gorky, and he almost immediately became a literary celebrity. The story describes the fate of one little boy, who wanted to not go to school, do not listen to it, like all of his abuse, and not to feel pain throughout the body, when the mother puts him on a whole evening to his knees… What happened to him? What adventures did he face? Read the story to know!