In fact, I decided to get in the first class. The school then was on a good account, so in order not to take anyone there, the candidates for the place of the student should have passed a competition in the form of a simple exam - to tell the alphabet, copy a couple of triplets and tell a fairy tale (likely, to check the vocabulary). I managed everything easily, because by that time I was already able to read and write. Then came the story. The commission asks, “Well, young man, what kind of story are you going to tell?” I answered, “A story? Why a story? I will tell you the myth. “” It must be said that I studied to read from A. Kun's book "Myths of Ancient Greece" (many,, known), so my choice fell on the myth of Teseo and Minotaur. While I was broadcasting, my vocabulary was evaluated positively, and it was clear to the members of the commission that I would be taken. But! After telling the myth, I remained with a thoughtful appearance in front of the commission. In response to the question of what thought I was so loaded, I said, “No, I understand everything except one thing: how she gave birth to him, because he has horns! “” The commission lay under the table, the mother did not know where to go.

P.S I was still taken to school.