For two whole days, Anouchka remained trapped in a freezing house.
š± šØ Anouchka, a six-year-old girl, found herself alone in a freezing house for two days. Her mother, who had left one afternoon, had forbidden her from going outside. The first night, the stove still gave off some heat, but by morning, the house was already cold.
Hungry, Anouchka found two potatoes cooked the day before, peeled them, salted them lightly, and ate them while drinking water from a nearly full bucket. A cold draft seeped in from the basement, pushing her back under her blanket. She waited for her motherās returnā¦
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Anouchka, a six-year-old girl, found herself alone in a freezing house for two days. Her mother, who had left one afternoon, had forbidden her from going outside. The first night, the stove still gave off some heat, but by morning, the house was already cold.
Hungry, Anouchka found two potatoes cooked the day before, peeled them, salted them lightly, and ate them while drinking water from a nearly full bucket. A cold draft seeped in from the basement, pushing her back under her blanket. She waited for her motherās return, hoping she would light the stove and prepare hot meals.
But night fell without her mother coming back. Wrapped in an old sweatshirt belonging to her mother, Anouchka curled up under the blanket, shivering. The next morning, the house was even colder, and there was nothing left to eat.
Determined, she went to get some logs, climbed on a stool to open the stoveās hatch, and tried to light it as she had seen her mother do. After several attempts, she managed to get the fire going. She washed some raw potatoes, put them in a cast-iron pot, added water, and placed it near the stove to cook.
Anouchka remembered her father, who had left for the city when her mother started being absent more often. Her grandmother, who had previously taken care of her, had passed away, leaving the little girl alone with her unstable mother.
Later, neighbors, alerted by the motherās prolonged absence, came to check on them. They discovered the motherās frozen body near the woodpile. Grandmother Masha took Anouchka in, washed her, fed her, and gave her clean clothes.
Anouchkaās father, informed of the situation, came to take her away. He took her to live with him and his new partner, Valentina, who, although she never showed affection, made sure Anouchka was clean and fed.
Anouchka grew up helping with household chores and developed a talent for sewing. At 18, she decided to return to her native village. With the help of neighbors, she renovated the old house, found a job at the post office, and resumed sewing. She married Zakhar, Grandmother Mashaās grandson, and was expecting their first child.
Anouchka had found her place, transforming a childhood marked by abandonment into a life filled with resilience and peace.
