The story is written in the form of a confession of an adult man in front of a little boy. Once the author had a serious quarrel with his nephew Zhenya. In this work, he turns to him, trying to explain to both the boy and himself why he behaved this way at that moment.
Ivan Bunin "Figures". Summary of 1-2 chapters
The author calls the boy a naughty boy who screams and runs around all rooms tirelessly from morning to night. But all the more touching to him, an adult, are those moments when the child, having calmed down, snuggles up to him, or when he impetuously kisses him after reconciliation. By evening, the boy apologized to his uncle and asked me to show him the numbers. In the morning, the kid became very enthusiastic about buying a pencil case, colored pencils, and writing out a children's magazine. But my uncle was not in the mood to go to the city to acquire all this. He said that today is the royal day, everything is closed. Then the boy asked at least to show the numbers.
Perhaps the baby will not remember when he grows up when he once left the dining room with a very sad face after a quarrel with his uncle.
I. A. Bunin "Figures." Summary of 3 chapters
In the evening, the restless Eugene came up with a new game: bounce and scream loudly to the beat. Mom and grandma tried to stop him, but he did not react. Impudently answered also the remark of the uncle. He barely restrained himself so as not to flare up. But after the next jump and screaming, the uncle jumped up, yelled at the boy, grabbed his arm, slapped him and pushed him out of the room.
Summary of “Figures” I. Bunin: 4 chapter
From pain and insult, Eugene began to scream outside the door. First with pauses, then without ceasing and with sobs. Then he began to just play on feelings, call. Uncle said that nothing would happen to him, mom tried to be cold-blooded. Only her grandmother's lips trembled, she turned away from everyone, but fastened, did not go to the rescue. Eugene realized that the adults also decided to stand their ground. He could no longer cry, his voice was hoarse, but still he continued to scream. Already uncle wanted to open the door to the nursery and stop this suffering with one hot word. But this is not consistent with adult rules of conduct. Finally, the boy fell silent.
Summary of "Figures" I. Bunin: 5 chapter
Uncle could not stand it and looked into the room, pretending to be looking for a cigarette case. Eugene played on the floor with empty matchboxes. He raised his head and told his uncle that he would never love him again. Mom and grandmother also came to him and taught that it was not good to behave like this, you need to ask your uncle for forgiveness, otherwise he would leave for Moscow. But Zhenya didn’t care. Adults again began to ignore him.
Summary of "Figures" I. Bunin: 6 chapter
It was already gloomy in the nursery. Eugene continued to shift boxes on the floor. Grandmother began to whisper to him that he was shameless, that his uncle would not only not buy the gifts for him, but most importantly, he would not show the numbers. This stirred Zhenya. Sparks appeared in his eyes. He asked to start soon. But uncle was in no hurry again.
Summary of "Figures" I. Bunin: 7 chapter
Eugene finally apologized to his uncle, said that he loved him the same way, and he had mercy and ordered to bring pencils and paper to the table. The boy's eyes shone with joy, but there was fear in them: what if he changes his mind. With pleasure, under the supervision of his uncle, Zhenya deduced his first figures on paper.