Many artists live in Greenwich Village in New York City. Including Sue and Johnsy, they live in a studio apartment. Their room on the top floor of an old building in Greenwich Village.In November, there is something very cold, alien, is not visible, the doctors call it Pneumonia, he is stalking the city, infecting everybody with the chill. Fingers cold Pneumonia also touched Johnsy. He is very sick, lying on his mattress and not moving at all. A doctor visited her every day but Johnsy failed to improve. One morning, the doctor spoke to Sue outside room Johnsy."I could not help her," the doctor said, "he is very sad and hopeless life. Someone should make him excited again. What makes him interested? "," she's an artist, "replied Sue," she wants to draw the Gulf of Naples. ""Paint!" the doctor said, "it will not help him!"Sue frustrated with it and do not know what to do to help the Johnsy. He went to the work space and cried, and then he walked with a swagger into Johnsy's room with a drawing board, all the while whistling smacks of jazz. Johnsy muttering in his mattress to face stared into the window. Sue stopped whistling, thinks Johnsy was asleep.Sue stringing Board and start drawing a story illustrations magazines. When Sue mensketsa figure of a Cowboy hero, Idaho, he heard a voice softly, several times repeated. He went immediately to the side of the bed.Johnsy's eyes wide open. He looked out the window and count down."Twelve," she said, and moments later, "eleven," then, "ten," and "the nine," and then, "eight", and "seven," about the same time.Sue looked out the window, confused what counted here? Bare land there, only looks bleak, and field blank side of the brick house is twelve feet. Old, old ivy vine with roots rotting which propagates, climb into the top half on the brick walls. The cold fall that hit wine to order the handle which is attached to, is almost gone, the bricks to collapse."What is it, dear?" Tanya Sue."Six," said Johnsy, almost whispered, "they are falling very quickly now, three days ago they nearly hundreds. My head hurts when I counted them, but now it's easy. They fell one by one. Only five now, ""Five what, dear? Tell me. ""Leaves in grape ivy. When the last fall I should go too. I know it happens after three days. Tidakkan the doctor tell you? ""Oh, I don't hear that kind of nonsense," Sue sighed, with a diatribe, "what's that old ivy leaves relations with your welfare? Sleep, "said Sue," I should call Behrman ride to become a model as the old hermit miner. I'm not going to go away for a bit. Don't move until I get back. "Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor of the same building. He was sixty years old and always dreamed of painting a masterpiece, unfortunately until now she can't meet her dream. Sue found Behrman was sitting in his apartment are dimmed. He told her the condition of Johnsy. Old Behrman, with red eyes, shouted insults over such silly imagination.Johnsy was sleeping when they climbed to the top floor. Sue encouraged the Lampshade to the bottom of the window sill, and Behrman mengisyarakatkan to another room. There they peered out the window with timidly to the grape ivy. Hail has fallen, mixed in with the snow. When Sue awoke the next morning, she found Johnsy helpless, her eyes wide open staring at the Green livery."Push it to the top, I want to see it," bisiknya. With a weary Sue stick with it, "this is the last one," said Johnsy. This would fall today, and I would fall in the same time. " "Dear, dear!" said Sue, skews the advance dekilnya into the pillow, "I Think, if you're not thinking of you. What should I do? " Johnsy did not answer. The leaves are silent on the vines throughout the day. That night, there is more wind and rain. When its light enough Johnsy sent mosquito nets lifted. The ivy leaf was still there."I've been so stupid woman, Sue," said Johnsy, "I wanted to die but the last leaf stay on the vines to give me lessons. Please bring me soup now, "" you know Sue, I hope one day could draw the Gulf of Naples. "Dokter mengunjungi gadis itu suatu siang, “Lekas sembuh untuk temanmu,” katanya, “dia mulai membaik. Sekarang saya harus ke bawah. Saya mau mengunjungi Tn. Behrman. Dia juga mengidap Pneumonia. Saya harus mengantarnya ke rumah sakit.”Besoknya, dokter mengatakan pada Sue, “Dia lepas dari bahaya. Kau menang. Jaga nutrisi dan kesehatannya sekarang – itu semua,” dan siangnya Sue datang ke kasur tempat Johnsy berbaring, merasa lega sambil merajut sebuah syal wol, “aku harus mengatakan sesuatu padamu, Sayang,” katanya, “Tn. Behrman meninggal karena Pneumonia hari ini di rumah sakit. Dia saki
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