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Sveta sat on the windowsill, muffled in a duvet, looking outside. She remembered how she, Lisa, and Lisa’s Grandma were observing clouds and how Grandma said, «Skies are changing». Sveta smiled to herself.

Suddenly, she saw some sparks of golden light in a gray mist.

«Wow!» She leaned towards the window and for a while was totally captured by the golden lightning in the clouds.

Then she jumped down and ran from the room. She hurried to tell her older brother, Peter, about what she just saw.

While approaching, she heard her father’s voice coming from Peter’s room.

«So, what have you achieved so far!? Who would need you, loser?»

«But I solved the task…»

Sveta could barely hear Peter’s voice.

«This? You call this a solution? Dull! As all the rest you do! You think it’s going to be like your school?»

Peter kept silent.

«You are about to compete with the smartest kids in town! And you’ve got nothing, NOTHING unique about you!»

Sveta carefully opened the door and stuck her head inside the room. She saw red-faced Peter looking at his desk.

«Peter,» she whispered, «Peter, I saw something really interesting!»

«Leave me alone,» Peter waved her away.

Sveta hesitated.

«Sveta, have you finished your homework?» she heard her father ask.

Sveta gently closed the door.

«Just try… to embarrass me!» she heard her father telling Peter.

Sveta was about to go to her room, but sensed a nice smell. She ran to the kitchen. Her mom was making pancakes. Sveta turned on the music, and while dancing, took some apricot jam and drew a smile on a freshly baked pancake. Her mom smiled and hugged her.