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Based on an excerpt from the novel by LNTolstoy War and Peace The war of 1812 The defeated Napoleonic army is retreating Three Russian soldiers settled in a snowy forest near a fire a young Zaletayev an elderly and a middleaged one Zaletayev fantasizes as if he had captured Napoleon The soldiers laugh goodnaturedly at him After dinner they fall asleep Two Frenchmen go to the clearing an officer and a soldier Russian soldiers wake up and seeing that the officer is barely standing on his feet from cold and hunger take him to the colonel The French soldier sits down to the fire The Russians give him porridge and vodka The soldier encouraged sings a french song Zaletayev echoes him A tired Frenchman falls asleep on Zaletayevs shoulder The soldiers carefully shelter him Also people an elderly soldier says with a sigh