The conflict of the story " A day in the Country" is when a threatening storm is appearing urging the residents to leave and evacuate. The two orphans, Fyokla and Danilka was playing amidst the storm when, while playing, Danilka managed to have his hand trapped in the small hole. Fyokla, his sister, went rushing to the village to look for his Uncle Terenty, the town's cobbler to have Danilka rescued.