Heart of a Dog
From the album “Illustrations by Natalya Skvortsova”
The gentleman confidently crossed the street in a pillar of blizzard and moved into the archway. What could he be buying in a wretched little shop—was the Okhotny Ryad not enough for him? What's this?! Sau-sage. Sir, if you had seen what this sausage is made of, you wouldn't have come near the shop. Give it to me.