[
 {"chunk": 85, "story": 7, "summary": "A goods train carrying cattle has stood for hours at a small station at night; an old dealer and his big, dreamy son sit in the crowded van among eight unfed bullocks.", "predicament": "A man whose goods are spoiling sits stalled for hours, waiting on people who feel no hurry at all."},
 {"chunk": 86, "story": 7, "summary": "The old man goes to stir up the crew, finds the driver asleep at the engine, and walks into the steaming station where two officials are arguing over a fur cap.", "predicament": "A man pressed for time goes looking for whoever is holding him up, and finds them idle."},
 {"chunk": 87, "story": 7, "summary": "He joins their squabble over whether the cap is real beaver, then remembers his errand; the guard says there is no hurry, as they are too late to avoid delays anyway.", "predicament": "A man who needs something done is met with a shrug and a vague reason why it cannot happen soon."},
 {"chunk": 88, "story": 7, "summary": "He complains that thirty-four hours have been lost and his stock may die; reading the officials' silent hint, he hands the guard a ten-rouble note without a word.", "predicament": "A man whose livelihood depends on an ordinary service reads the silent hint and quietly pays a bribe to get it."},
 {"chunk": 89, "story": 7, "summary": "His son strums an accordion contentedly; the train starts with such a violent jolt that the cattle fall on each other and the old man curses the driver.", "predicament": "A man who has paid to be treated fairly finds himself still being treated roughly by those he paid."},
 {"chunk": 90, "story": 7, "summary": "The train keeps jolting without moving; the old man guesses the guard did not share with the driver and sends his son with three roubles, after which they set off.", "predicament": "A man learns that paying one hand is not enough, and must pay the next one too before anything moves."},
 {"chunk": 91, "story": 7, "summary": "In the dark, freezing van the father grumbles that his son brought this on himself by refusing to study like his brothers, who are asleep in warm beds.", "predicament": "A son who disappointed his family's hopes is reminded, in the middle of a hardship, that it is all his own fault."},
 {"chunk": 92, "story": 7, "summary": "At dawn the old man wakes cold and cross, scolds his son for a tangled rope, then the two say their morning prayers side by side.", "predicament": "A tired, irritable parent takes a bad night out on a grown child who works beside him without complaint."},
 {"chunk": 93, "story": 7, "summary": "The son fetches boiling water by force from a bar-keeper who wants more money, and the father records every bribe from the day before in his notebook.", "predicament": "A man keeps careful accounts of every petty payment it costs him to get through an ordinary day."},
 {"chunk": 94, "story": 7, "summary": "At the big station the guard sighs that their slot is gone; a fresh, eager young official asks cheerfully what is to be done now.", "predicament": "A man who has already paid for help learns that the arrangement fell through anyway, and must start again."},
 {"chunk": 95, "story": 7, "summary": "Charmed by the young official's courtesy, the old dealer slips him twelve roubles, and the official finds a way to send the cattle on the faster troop train.", "predicament": "A man charmed by a courteous gatekeeper pays him handsomely, and suddenly a way is found to help him."},
 {"chunk": 96, "story": 7, "summary": "He treats the guard to drinks to secure a smooth journey, telling his son that one gets nothing without bestirring oneself; a filthy oiler appears at the door.", "predicament": "A man who has learned how things work treats the right people well and teaches his child to do the same."},
 {"chunk": 97, "story": 7, "summary": "The oiler claims two vans are unsafe; the dealer, seeing a demand for money, pays him and his mate without protest, then drinks cheerfully at every stop.", "predicament": "A man threatened with a delay he suspects is invented pays up calmly rather than argue."},
 {"chunk": 98, "story": 7, "summary": "Drink makes him fussy and busy, counting money and lamenting his thirsty cattle; his son rebukes him for drinking and is told not to teach his father.", "predicament": "A grown child who disapproves of a parent's drinking speaks up, and is told to mind his place."},
 {"chunk": 99, "story": 7, "summary": "The son wanders about the station and engine staring at things, neither bored nor eager, indifferent to where he is.", "predicament": "A young man dragged along on a parent's business drifts through it without caring about anything he sees."},
 {"chunk": 100, "story": 7, "summary": "At a big station at evening the son fetches water, imagines the unseen town is dull, and the train is shunted back and forth.", "predicament": "A young man passing through a strange place assumes it is dull without bothering to look."},
 {"chunk": 101, "story": 7, "summary": "The old man finds his vans uncoupled from the troop train; the strange guards ignore him and a surly official turns indignant at his complaint.", "predicament": "A man who paid for a favour finds it quietly undone, and the person in charge is offended that he asks why."},
 {"chunk": 102, "story": 7, "summary": "The official storms out before he can be paid; the dealer wires a complaint to the head of traffic and finds two gentlemen talking in the office.", "predicament": "A man brushed off by the person in front of him goes over his head with a complaint to someone higher up."},
 {"chunk": 103, "story": 7, "summary": "An inspector tells a tale of one railway stealing another's trucks; the dealer, flattered to talk with educated men, joins in with his own grievance about overcharging.", "predicament": "A plain man flattered to be talking with educated people joins in to air his own grievance with dignity."},
 {"chunk": 104, "story": 7, "summary": "He boasts of his studying sons and blames the railways; the inspector says graft is so universal nobody is indignant any more, and the official charges him fourteen roubles in fees.", "predicament": "A man complains about being cheated, and is told the cheating is so universal that nobody even notices it."},
 {"chunk": 105, "story": 7, "summary": "His complaint wins precedence, and pleased with himself he has a policeman write a long, vindictive protocol of his whole journey, including the official who disliked his face.", "predicament": "A man who has been pushed around at last gets a small win, and wants every slight he suffered written down."},
 {"chunk": 106, "story": 7, "summary": "Next morning he rages at his thirsty, exhausted cattle, who will not drink the icy water given them; after two more days they reach the city and stagger off the train.", "predicament": "A worn-out man takes his frustration out on the helpless creatures in his care, who have suffered most of all."},
 {"chunk": 107, "story": 7, "summary": "In a filthy lodging the father hunts buyers while the son idles, uninterested in the city; the cattle are sold and driven off by bored drovers who beat them.", "predicament": "A young man stuck in a strange city while a parent does business finds nothing in it that interests him."},
 {"chunk": 108, "story": 7, "summary": "Before leaving, the dealer insists on treating the indifferent hotel-keeper, recounting how late arrival and bribes cost him heavily, yet plainly not minding as long as someone listens.", "predicament": "A man who has lost money on a venture cares less about the loss than about having someone to tell it to."},
 {"chunk": 109, "story": 7, "summary": "Seen off by the staff, he tips everyone, blesses them and crosses himself; his son sits beside him, neither glad to go home nor sorry to leave.", "predicament": "A man leaves after a costly journey pleased with himself, beside a child who feels nothing either way."}
]