Well-known Journalist tells a story of the beginning of his professional career. Several years ago he asked a great Composer for an interview. That invited the Journalist to his home and agreed to answer only one question provided it would be unconventional and interesting. At the Composer´s house, on the wall, the journalist notices a child´s drawing subtitled 'The portrait of an amateurish Pianist'. The only Journalist´s question is about that drawing. The composer, in his answer, comes back to the times he was a conservatory student and supplemented his earnings by accompanying at the piano at a ballet school. When one of more talented ballet school students, Ola, was reprimanded by her teacher without cause. Leading Chimney-Sweep appears and takes the composer and Ola to the Street of the Dreams that Came True. Main Chimney-Sweep audits there Dreamers and decides wether their dreams are right and proper. Ola and the composer do not accept such a limitation saying that everyone has their own right to dreams their own way. For such thoughts the Main Chimney-Sweep sentences the Composer to incensing with repentance smoke. The Composer wakes up from his dream and the teacher fires him for his falling asleep instead of accompanying. The the Director of Conservatory turns up in the composer´s room. He brings Ola´s drawing - 'The portrait of a poor pianist' – and leaves his visit card. That meeting helps the Composer in his career. The Journalist ends his story saying that all the same he touches his button for luck when he sees a chimney sweep…
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