Victory day

lot of friends. The family lived a happy life.
2.
One day Valya and his friends rode bicycles around the town and came home frightened
as they had learnt about the war. A few days later their fathers went off to the front. The news from the front was sad. Nazi troops moved towards the centre of the country. People passed through the town all the time and many local people were leaving too. They did not want to stay in a peace which could soon be occupied by the fascists. The Kotiks could not leave the town as the enemy had occupied it.
3.
One day a strange man came to live in their house. The mans name was Didenko. Valya did not like him as he thought Didenko was working for the Nazis. Valya and his friends learnt about an underground group which united people to fight against the Nazis. Didenko was the leader of this group. He thought that Valya was too young to join. When he found some leaflets in his pocket the man understood that the boy really wished to fight against the enemy. From that day onwards Valya was given tasks by the underground group. The boy counted enemy tanks and soldiers - information that was important for the Red Army.
Valya and his friends did a lot of risky tasks and Didenko worried about the boys lives and sent them to a partisan detachment. The man thought it was safe for them in the forest. In the detachment the boys found out how to be useful for the partisans.
They helped to blow up enemy troop trains. Once, Valya informed the detachment that danger was coming. It saved the lives of many people and the partisan commander. The boy was awarded a medal for his courage.
4.
It was his 14th birthday when Valya learnt that the Red Army had freed his native Shepetovka. The commander said that Val