What is a summary of "Autumn in the Oak Woods"?

The story of "Autumn in the Oak Woods," set in Russia and
written by Yuri Pavlovich Kazakov, follows a step-by-step progress from the narrator's
anticipated arrival by the "night boat" of his girlfriend to her decision as to whether
to stay or return to the city. Neither are named and therefore stand as symbols of
Russian men and women and of what is referred to as the Russian soul (psychological,
philosophical, and moral quality).

The story opens with the
narrator drawing water from a spring and musing about his happiness at the expected
arrival of his girlfriend from the city on the night boat. He then meets the boat and
she in fact disembarks. she did come; he was anxious that she might
not.

He refrains from kissing her in the light of the night
boat's beam. They shyly reacquaint themselves with each other then move away from the
water's edge as he leads her into the oak woods to the hut he lives in. He points out
things about his life in the woods as they pass them, like the feathers of a chicken
stolen by a fox and the berries from which he makes
vodka.

They stay the night in the hut and awake to see that
the first autumn snow fell overnight. Treading through the fresh snow, they explore the
beauties of the woods. He is anxious lest she decide that such a secluded uneventful
life hold no interest for her, but she calms his anxiety by saying that she finds it
good as well. That night, they stand overlooking the pier where the night boat moors.
Together they watch the boat come in and dock, wait, and then depart again. They are
together, as though in a "white dream," in the natural beauty that reflects their
happiness.