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Abstract: The article describes a methodical technique called «slow reading». The specifics of the work with Nina Dashevskaya's story «Oh, It's not the Evening Yet» is revealed. The story draws attention by its relevance to adolescents. In the center there is a the hero-narrator, who is concerned with the problems related to relationships with peers, with the comprehension of the personal «I» and the other's «I», with the realization of what is important or significant, and what is minor and insignificant. Once in an unusual situation, the hero makes an important discovery: much in this difficult world depends on the person himself, on his attitude to people, and music is a universal tool that allows people of different ages to establish interpersonal contacts, music unites, frees from complexes and low self-esteem.