Isai Tobolsky is the author of the short story titled "Not Just Oranges." The narrative explores a range of human experiences, including love, innocence, arrogance, and repentance.
A mother raises her young daughter all by herself in the narrative's fictional setting. She has a tremendous amount of love for her daughter. Her income is not very significant due to the fact that she is employed as a charwoman in a medical facility. On the other hand, she provides an exceptionally healthy diet for her daughter.
At one point, the young girl makes a request to her mother to purchase a blue ball. She has a lot of fun with the ball that her mother buys for her when she plays with it. However, there comes a day when the ball hits the window of their next-door neighbours, the Malachovs. It shatters a pricey vase that was sitting on the window sill.
The elderly woman, Mrs. Malachov, gets worked up into a rage. The young girl and her mother pay a visit to the Malchakovs' home, where they make a promise to compensate them for the broken vase. However, the Malachovs make fun of them because of their low income. The young girl and her mother, who are both upset by this, go back home, but they leave their ball at the Malachovs' house. The girl sobs for a very long time, and then she goes to sleep.
After some time has passed, an elderly lady named Malachova visits their home and gives them the ball back. In addition, she lets them know that there is no charge for the vase. After that, the charwoman hands her two oranges to look at. The elderly woman is moved by the child's purity and decides to leave the oranges for her. Not only did she give them oranges, but also her love and her apology for their wrongdoing.
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