Classic science fiction. Stories and tales. Version in English

– Won’t give, won’t give, won’t give… After lunch, after lunch, after lunch… – the murmur ran through the crowd, instantly causing an uproar.

But their complaints were somewhere over there, behind the counter, in the human jumble. Masha was separated from them by the unbreakable wall of sales equipment and her status as a shop worker. If she said – after lunch, then it meant after lunch. And nothing else.