"Nina Kiriki Hoffman - The World Within" - читать интересную книгу автора (Hoffman Nina Kiriki)

"I don't think I can explain it any more clearly, dear. The things you paint are
visions seen with something beyond sight. I've seen such pictures before. I came
to visit because I wanted to make sure you don't lose those visions unless you
are ready to let go of them. I know you don't take your pictures home. I've
found them in the garbage before. So I suspected your mother wasn't very
supportive of your art."

Aria sat with chunks of broken record in each hand and looked up at her teacher.
She saw that Mother's abandoned tea cup rose from the table. "No!" she yelled.
"No, Pell, not another one!"

The cup flew at the wall above where she crouched. It splashed tea on the wall,
then drifted back to settle sedately on its saucer on the table.

Aria looked at the wall. There was an explosion there in pale brown against the
white paint.

"Yes," said Mrs. Bridge, as Aria jumped up and got a sponge out of the sink. "I
don't know if your hopes include painting, Aria. If they do, I would hate to see
you give it up."

Aria wiped some of the tea from the wall. "Her hopes are more important than
mine," she said in a low voice. "She has suffered so."

"I see," said Mrs. Bridge.

"She takes care of me."

"Yes."

"She hates her job."

"Ah."

"I don't know where she just went. She doesn't really like the neighbors. It's
cold out."

"She'll be back," said Mrs. Bridge.

Aria got the whisk broom and dust pan and swept up the final fragments of
records. "I don't know when she'll forgive me for this."

"Give me some paper. I'll' write down the album titles and see how many I can
replace."

"Why? Why would you do that, Mrs. Bridge?"

"Because this world is so small, too small for two people when one won't forgive
the other. And because I am glad to learn about Pell. I thought perhaps you
needed a champion. I'm glad you already have one."