– Sәlemetsiz be, Agha, – dedi Almaz, – iyә, men shyghystanmyn, tegim Nәsenov, atym Nesipbay. Jigitterimdi Núrqadilovtyng jiyenining jigitterimen shatastyryp almas ýshin meni «Ryjiy Almaz», ony «Chernyy Almaz» dep ataydy.

Dimash Ahmetúly Almazgha ýnilip bir qarap aldy da, tanysugha qolyn úsyndy.
– IYә, qazir jastar býginde qoghamda kereksiz bolyp qaldy, egerde olardy qadaghalap otyrmasan, óz jolyndaghynyng barlyghyn jaypap óter ýlken tasqyn, sel siyaqty alyp kýsh emes pe? Anau 86-nyng Jeltoqsanynda býkil Sovet Odaghynyng alyp kýshi bolmasa nemen ayaqtalar edi. Mendey qart adamdy úmytpay kelgenine rahmet, kelip, aqyl-kenes alyp túr. Yura (Yuriy Koshkin – red.), men de saghan aittym emes pe, sening alyp kelgen adamdarynnyng barlyghyna senemin dep. Shynymdy aitsam, qazirgi jastarmen әngimeleskenime quanamyn. Sen mynaghan jauap bershi, qazir jastarmen júmys isteytin eshqanday úiym qalmaghan ba? Komsomoldar qayda? Qazaqstan jastarynyng odaghy qayda? – dep ol Almazgha qarady.

– Jastar odaghy bar, Agha, biraq onda jastardyng bolashaghyna nemqúrayly qaraytyn adamdar otyr. Olar ózderi birneshe deldaldyq firma ashyp alghan. Óz qara bastarynyng qamdaryn ghana oilaydy. Al jastar, әsirese kishkentay qalashyq, auyldarda túratyn jastardyng bolashaghyna bas qatyrmaydy da. Mine, men solargha kómektesuge tyrysam, tym qúryghanda sportshylargha, qazir sporttyng ózimen de eshkimning júmysy joq, bәrine aqsha aralasyp ketti ghoy.

– IYә, úlym, sen dúrys aitasyn, qazir tek sportqa ghana emes, jastardyng ruhany damuyna, tәrbiyesine de dúrys kónil bólinbeydi. Eger shyn janashyrlyq tanytyp jýrsen, rahmet saghan, Sovet odaghy qiraghannan keyin elimizde qalyptasqan qiyn jaghdayda tym qúrysa bir bos qalghan kenistikti toltyryp jatqanyna. Yura, saghan da rahmet, maghan Qazaqstan jastarynyng kóshbasshysyn әkelip tanystyrghanyna!»