about the wolf
Little Woba lives in a world that seems unfriendly to him. In the dusty courtyard of a Soviet high-rise building, where the echo went between the panel walls, his name sounded like a sentence. "Wobka, little Jew! " - tall guys with bleached stones shouted after him. He was quiet, with brooding dark eyes, and wanted to be friends, but he wasn't accepted. At first he cried, but one day he realized: if you can't win by force, win by cunning.
Veva started grimacing. He parodied teachers, laughed and told jokes. He turned himself into a toe and it worked. The guys stopped hitting him, now they demanded an introduction. He became one of his own, but the price was high. Resentment grew and hardened inside him, hidden under the mask of a cheerful clown. He made those who secretly hated him laugh, and their laughter was both a reward and a humiliation for him.
The years passed. The mask grew in front. Vova, now Vladimir, turned the defense mechanism into a profession in his childhood. He became a comedian, his comedy show was watched by the whole country. The Ukrainians, the same ones who once teased him, now adored their "simple guy". Vladimir smiled at them from the screens, the old pain still splashing in his eyes. He remembered everything: every nickname, every push.
The highlight of his career was his role in the series, where he played an honest teacher who accidentally became the president of Ukraine. People fell in love with this picture. They were so tired of real politicians that they began to see the hero on the screen as a savior. And when Vladimir, either as a joke or a stroke of genius, announced his candidacy in the real elections, the country exploded with joy. People voted not for a person, but for his position. They elected their favorite clown as president.
On the day of the inauguration, standing on the podium, Vladimir looked at the cheering crowd. It was the same face as in his childhood, only older. Now they looked at him with admiration. And at that moment the mask cracked. The offended little boy inside him was given a complete end of power.