Great ones about poetry:

Poetry is like painting: some works will captivate you more if you look at them closely, and others if you move further away.

Small cutesy poems irritate the nerves more than the creaking of unoiled wheels.

The most valuable thing in life and in poetry is what has gone wrong.

Marina Tsvetaeva

Of all the arts, poetry is the most susceptible to the temptation to replace its own peculiar beauty with stolen splendors.

Humboldt V.

Poems are successful if they are created with spiritual clarity.

The writing of poetry is closer to worship than is usually believed.

If only you knew from what rubbish poems grow without shame... Like a dandelion on a fence, like burdocks and quinoa.

A. A. Akhmatova

Poetry is not only in verses: it is poured out everywhere, it is all around us. Look at these trees, at this sky - beauty and life emanate from everywhere, and where there is beauty and life, there is poetry.

I. S. Turgenev

For many people, writing poetry is a growing pain of the mind.

G. Lichtenberg

A beautiful verse is like a bow drawn through the sonorous fibers of our being. The poet makes our thoughts sing within us, not our own. By telling us about the woman he loves, he delightfully awakens in our souls our love and our sorrow. He's a magician. By understanding him, we become poets like him.

Where graceful poetry flows, there is no room for vanity.

Murasaki Shikibu

I turn to Russian versification. I think that over time we will turn to blank verse. There are too few rhymes in the Russian language. One calls the other. The flame inevitably drags the stone behind it. It is through feeling that art certainly emerges. Who is not tired of love and blood, difficult and wonderful, faithful and hypocritical, and so on.

Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin

-...Are your poems good, tell me yourself?
- Monstrous! – Ivan suddenly said boldly and frankly.
- Do not write anymore! – the newcomer asked pleadingly.
- I promise and swear! - Ivan said solemnly...

Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov. "Master and Margarita"

We all write poetry; poets differ from others only in that they write in their words.

John Fowles. "The French Lieutenant's Mistress"

Every poem is a veil stretched over the edges of a few words. These words shine like stars, and because of them the poem exists.

Alexander Alexandrovich Blok

Ancient poets, unlike modern ones, rarely wrote more than a dozen poems during their long lives. This is understandable: they were all excellent magicians and did not like to waste themselves on trifles. Therefore, behind every poetic work of those times there is certainly hidden an entire Universe, filled with miracles - often dangerous for those who carelessly awaken the dozing lines.

Max Fry. "Chatty Dead"

I gave one of my clumsy hippopotamuses this heavenly tail:...

Mayakovsky! Your poems do not warm, do not excite, do not infect!
- My poems are not a stove, not a sea, and not a plague!

Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky

Poems are our inner music, clothed in words, permeated with thin strings of meanings and dreams, and therefore, drive away the critics. They are just pathetic sippers of poetry. What can a critic say about the depths of your soul? Don't let his vulgar groping hands in there. Let poetry seem to him like an absurd moo, a chaotic pile-up of words. For us, this is a song of freedom from a boring mind, a glorious song sounding on the snow-white slopes of our amazing soul.

Boris Krieger. "A Thousand Lives"

Poems are the thrill of the heart, the excitement of the soul and tears. And tears are nothing more than pure poetry that has rejected the word.

Chukovsky's fairy tale: Aibolit and the sparrow

Aibolit and sparrow

And they ran away
Behind his blue light
And they see: in the distance under a pine tree
The house is painted,
And there he sits on the balcony
Good gray-haired Aibolit.
He bandages a jackdaw's wing
And he tells the rabbit a fairy tale.
A gentle elephant greets them at the entrance
And he quietly leads to the doctor onto the balcony,
But the sick sparrow cries and groans.
He's getting weaker and weaker every minute,
The death of a sparrow came to him.
And the doctor takes the patient in his arms,
And treats the patient all night long,
And it heals and heals all night until the morning,
And now - look! - hurray! hooray!-
The patient perked up, moved his wing,
Tweeted: chick! chick! - and flew out the window.
Thank you, my friend, you cured me,
I will never forget your kindness!
And there, at the threshold, the wretched crowd:
Blind ducklings and legless squirrels,
A skinny frog with a sore stomach,
Speckled cuckoo with a damaged wing
And hares bitten by wolves.
And the doctor treats them all day until sunset.
And suddenly the forest animals laughed:
We are healthy and cheerful again!
And they ran into the forest to play and jump
And they even forgot to say thank you
Forgot to say goodbye!

CHUKOVSKY Korney

Aibolit and sparrow

1

Evil, evil, bad snake
The young man was bitten by a sparrow.
He wanted to fly away, but he couldn’t
And he cried and fell on the sand.
(It hurts the little sparrow, it hurts!)

And a toothless old woman came to him,
Bug-eyed green frog.
She took the little sparrow by the wing
And she led the sick man through the swamp.
(Sorry little sparrow, sorry!)

A hedgehog leaned out of the window:
- Where are you taking him, green one?
- To the doctor, dear, to the doctor.
- Wait for me, old woman, under the bush,
The two of us will finish it sooner!

And all day they walk through the swamps,
They carry a little sparrow in their arms...
Suddenly the darkness of the night came,
And not a bush is visible in the swamp,
(The little sparrow is scared, scared!)

So they, poor things, have lost their way,
And they can't find a doctor.
- We won’t find Aibolit, we won’t find him,
We will be lost in the darkness without Aibolit!

Suddenly a firefly came rushing from somewhere,
He lit his little blue lantern:
- You run after me, my friends,
I feel sorry for the sick sparrow!

And they ran away
Behind his blue light
And they see: in the distance under a pine tree
The house is painted,
And there he sits on the balcony
Good gray-haired Aibolit.

He bandages a jackdaw's wing
And he tells the rabbit a fairy tale.
A gentle elephant greets them at the entrance
And he quietly leads to the doctor onto the balcony,
But the sick sparrow cries and groans.
He's getting weaker and weaker every minute,
The death of a sparrow came to him.

And the doctor takes the patient in his arms,
And treats the patient all night long,
And it heals and heals all night until the morning,
And now - look! - hurray! hooray!-
The patient perked up, moved his wing,
Tweeted: chick! chick! - and flew out the window.

"Thank you, my friend, you cured me,
I will never forget your kindness!"
And there, at the threshold, the wretched crowd:
Blind ducklings and legless squirrels,
A skinny frog with a sore stomach,
Speckled cuckoo with a damaged wing
And hares bitten by wolves.

And the doctor treats them all day until sunset.
And suddenly the forest animals laughed:
"We are healthy and cheerful again!"

And they ran into the forest to play and jump
And they even forgot to say thank you
Forgot to say goodbye!
Korney Chukovsky

Aibolit

Good Doctor Aibolit!
He is sitting under a tree.
Come to him for treatment
And the cow and the she-wolf,
And the bug and the worm,
And a bear!

He will heal everyone, he will heal everyone
Good Doctor Aibolit!

And the fox came to Aibolit:
"Oh, I was bitten by a wasp!"

And the watchdog came to Aibolit:
"A chicken pecked me on the nose!"

And the hare came running
And she screamed: “Ay, ah!
My bunny got hit by a tram!
My bunny, my boy
Got hit by a tram!
He ran along the path
And his legs were cut,
And now he's sick and lame,
My little bunny!"

And Aibolit said: “It doesn’t matter!
Give it here!
I'll sew him new legs,
He will run on the track again."
And they brought a bunny to him,
So sick, lame,
And the doctor sewed his legs,
And the bunny jumps again.
And with him the mother hare
I also went dancing
And she laughs and shouts:
"Well, thank you. Aibolit!"

Suddenly a jackal came from somewhere
He rode on a mare:
"Here is a telegram for you
From Hippopotamus!"

"Come, doctor,
To Africa soon
And save me, doctor,
Our babies!"

"What is it? Is it really
Are your children sick?"

"Yes, yes, yes! They have a sore throat,
Scarlet fever, cholera,
Diphtheria, appendicitis,
Malaria and bronchitis!

Come quickly
Good Doctor Aibolit!"

"Okay, okay, I'll run,
I will help your children.
But where do you live?
On the mountain or in the swamp?

"We live in Zanzibar,
In the Kalahari and Sahara,
On Mount Fernando Po,
Where does Hippo walk?
Along the wide Limpopo."

And Aibolit stood up and Aibolit ran.
He runs through fields, but through forests, through meadows.
And Aibolit repeats only one word:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:
"Hey, Aibolit, come back!"
And Aibolit fell and lies in the snow:
"I can't go any further."

And now to him from behind the tree
Shaggy wolves run out:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We'll get you there quickly!"

And Aibolit galloped forward
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

But here in front of them is the sea -
It rages and makes noise in the open space.
And there is a high wave in the sea.
Now she will swallow Aibolit.

"Oh, if I drown,
If I go down,

With my forest animals?
But then a whale swims out:
"Sit on me, Aibolit,
And, like a big ship,
I'll take you ahead!"

And sat on the whale Aibolit
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And the mountains stand in front of him on the way,
And he begins to crawl through the mountains,
And the mountains are getting higher, and the mountains are getting steeper,
And the mountains go under the very clouds!

"Oh, if I don't get there,
If I get lost on the way,
What will happen to them, to the sick,
With my forest animals?

And now from a high cliff
Eagles flew to Aibolit:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We'll get you there quickly!"

And Aibolit sat on the eagle
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And in Africa,
And in Africa,
On black
Limpopo,
Sits and cries
In Africa
Sad Hippopo.

He's in Africa, he's in Africa
Sits under a palm tree
And by sea from Africa
He looks without rest:
Isn't he going on a boat?
Dr. Aibolit?

And they prowl along the road
Elephants and rhinoceroses
And they say angrily:
“Why is there no Aibolit?”

And there are hippos nearby
Grabbing their tummies:
They, the hippos,
Stomachs hurt.

And then the ostrich chicks
They squeal like piglets.
Oh, it's a pity, a pity, a pity
Poor ostriches!

They have measles and diphtheria,
They have smallpox and bronchitis,
And their head hurts
And my throat hurts.

They lie and rave:
"Well, why isn't he going?
Well, why isn't he going?
Dr. Aibolit?"

And she took a nap next to her
toothy shark,
toothy shark
Lying in the sun.

Oh, her little ones,
Poor baby sharks
It's been twelve days already
My teeth hurt!

And a dislocated shoulder
The poor grasshopper's;
He doesn't jump, he doesn't jump,
And he cries bitterly
And the doctor calls:
"Oh, where is the good doctor?
When will he come?"

But look, some kind of bird
It rushes closer and closer through the air.
Look, Aibolit is sitting on a bird
And he waves his hat and shouts loudly:
"Long live sweet Africa!"

And all the kids are happy and happy:
"I've arrived, I've arrived! Hurray! Hurray!"

And the bird circles above them,
And the bird lands on the ground.
And Aibolit runs to the hippos,
And pats them on the tummies,
And everyone in order
Gives me chocolate
And sets and sets thermometers for them!

And to the striped ones
He runs to the tiger cubs.
And to the poor hunchbacks
Sick camels
And every Gogol,
Mogul everyone,
Gogol-mogol,
Gogol-mogol,
Serves him with Gogol-Mogol.

Ten nights Aibolit
Doesn't eat, doesn't drink and doesn't sleep,
Ten nights in a row
He heals unfortunate animals
And he sets and sets thermometers for them.

So he cured them,
Limpopo!
So he cured the sick.
Limpopo!
And they went to laugh
Limpopo!
And dance and play around,
Limpopo!

And the shark Karakula
Winked with her right eye
And he laughs, and he laughs,
As if someone was tickling her.

And the little hippos
Grabbed their tummies
And they laugh and burst into tears -
So the oak trees shake.

Here comes Hippo, here comes Popo,
Hippo-popo, Hippo-popo!
Here comes the Hippopotamus.
It comes from Zanzibar.
He goes to Kilimanjaro -
And he shouts and he sings:
"Glory, glory to Aibolit!
Glory to the good doctors!"
Korney Chukovsky

Barabek
English song

(How to tease a glutton)

Robin Bobin Barabek
Ate forty people
And a cow and a bull,
And the crooked butcher,
And the cart and the arc,
And a broom and a poker,
I ate the church, I ate the house,
And a forge with a blacksmith,
And then he says:
"My stomach hurts!"
Korney Chukovsky

Barmaley

Small children!
No way
Don't go to Africa
Go for a walk in Africa!
Sharks in Africa
Gorillas in Africa
Large in Africa
Angry crocodiles
They will bite you
To beat and offend, -
Don't go, children,
To Africa for a walk.

There's a robber in Africa
There's a villain in Africa
In Africa it's terrible
Bar-ma-lay!

He runs around Africa
And eats children -
Ugly, bad, greedy Barmaley!

Both daddy and mommy
Sitting under a tree
Both daddy and mommy
Children are told:

"Africa is terrible"
Yes Yes Yes!
Africa is dangerous
Yes Yes Yes!
Don't go to Africa
Children, never!"

But daddy and mommy fell asleep in the evening,
And Tanechka and Vanechka are running to Africa, -
To Africa!
To Africa!

They walk along Africa.
Figs and dates are picked, -
Well, Africa!
This is Africa!

We saddled a rhinoceros
We rode around a bit -
Well, Africa!
This is Africa!

With elephants on the go
We played leapfrog, -
Well, Africa!
This is Africa!

A gorilla came out to them,
The gorilla told them
The gorilla told them,
She said:

"There's the shark Karakula
She opened her evil mouth.
You are going to the Karakul shark
Would you like to get in?
Right in the middle of nowhere?"

"Us Shark Karakula
Never mind, never mind
We are the Shark Karakul
Brick, brick,
We are the Shark Karakul
Fist, fist!
We are the Shark Karakul
Heel, heel!"

The shark got scared
And drowned out of fear, -
Serves you right, shark, serves you right!

But in the swamps it’s huge
A hippopotamus walks and roars,
He's walking, he's walking through the swamps
And it roars loudly and menacingly.

And Tanya and Vanya laugh,
Hippopotamus belly is tickled:
"What a belly,
What kind of belly -
Wonderful!"

I couldn't stand such insult
Hippopotamus,
Ran away behind the pyramids
And roars

"Barmaley, Barmaley, Barmaley!
Come out, Barmaley, quickly!
These nasty children, Barmaley,
Don’t be sorry, Barmaley, don’t be sorry!”

Tanya-Vanya trembled -
They saw Barmaley.
He's walking through Africa
Sings throughout Africa:

"I'm bloodthirsty
I'm merciless
I am the evil robber Barmaley!
And I don't need
No marmalade
No chocolate
But only the little ones
(Yes, very small!)
Children!"

He sparkles with terrible eyes,
He chatters with terrible teeth,
He lights a terrible fire,
He shouts a terrible word:
"Karabas! Karabas!
I'll have lunch now!"

Children cry and sob
Barmaley is begged:

"Dear, dear Barmaley,
Have mercy on us
Let us go quickly
To our dear mother!

We're running away from mom
We will never
And walk around Africa
We will forget forever!

Dear, dear ogre,
Have mercy on us
We'll give you candy
I'll have tea with crackers!"

But the cannibal answered:
"Nooo!!!"

And Tanya said to Vanya:
"Look, in the airplane
Someone is flying across the sky.
This is the doctor, this is the doctor
Good Doctor Aibolit!"

Good Doctor Aibolit
runs up to Tanya-Vanya,
Hugs Tanya-Vanya
And the villain Barmaley,
Smiling, he says:

"Well, please, my dear,
My dear Barmaley,
Untie, let go
These little children!"

But the villain Aibolit is enough
And he throws Aibolit into the fire.
And it burns and Aibolit shouts:
"Oh, it hurts! Oh, it hurts! Oh, it hurts!"

And the poor children lie under the palm tree,
They look at Barmaley
And they cry, and they cry, and they cry!

But because of the Nile
The gorilla is coming
The gorilla is coming
The crocodile is leading!

Good Doctor Aibolit
Crocodile says:
"Well, please, quickly
Swallow Barmaley,
To greedy Barmaley
I wouldn't have enough
I wouldn't swallow
These little children!"

Turned around
Smiled
Laughed
Crocodile
And the villain
Barmaleya,
Like a fly
Swallowed!

Glad, glad, glad, glad kids,
She danced and played by the fire:
"You us,
You us
Saved me from death
You freed us.
Have a good time
Saw us
Oh good one
Crocodile!"

But in the stomach of the Crocodile
Dark, and cramped, and dull,
And in the stomach of the Crocodile
Barmaley sobs and cries:
"Oh, I'll be kinder
I will love children!
Don't ruin me!
Spare me!
Oh, I will, I will, I will be kinder!"

The children of Barmaley took pity,
The children say to the crocodile:
"If he really has become kinder,
Please let him go back!
We will take Barmaley with us,
We’ll take you to distant Leningrad!”
The crocodile nods his head
Opens its wide mouth, -

And from there, smiling, Barmaley flies out,
And Barmaley’s face is kinder and sweeter:
"How glad I am, how glad I am,
That I’ll go to Leningrad!”

Barmaley dances, dances, Barmaley!
“I will, I will be kinder, yes, kinder!
I'll bake for the children, for the children
Pies and pretzels, pretzels!

I’ll be in the markets, I’ll be in the markets, I’ll be walking!
I will give away pies for nothing, I will give out pies for nothing,
Treat the children to pretzels and rolls.

And for Vanechka
And for Tanechka
They will, they will be with me
Mint gingerbread cookies!
Mint gingerbread,
Fragrant,
Surprisingly pleasant
Come get it
Don't pay a penny
Because Barmaley
Loves little children
Loves, loves, loves, loves,
Loves little children!"
Korney Chukovsky

I took the lamb
Pencil,
I took it and wrote:
"I am Bebeka,
I am Memeka
I'm a bear
Gored!"

The animals got scared
They ran away in fright.

And the frog by the swamp
He bursts into tears and laughs:
“Well done!”
Korney Chukovsky

Sandwich

Like at our gates
Behind the mountain
Once upon a time there was a sandwich
With sausage.

He wanted
Take a walk
On the grass-ant
Lay around.

And he lured with him
For a walk
Red-cheeked butter
Bun.

But the tea cups are sad,
Knocking and strumming, they shouted:
"Sandwich,
Madcap,
Don't go out of the gate
And will you go -
You'll disappear
You'll get into Moore's mouth!

Mura in the mouth,
Mura in the mouth,
Moore's mouth
You'll get there!"
Korney Chukovsky

Tadpoles

Do you remember, Murochka, at the dacha
In our hot puddle
The tadpoles danced
The tadpoles splashed
The tadpoles dived
They played around and tumbled.
And the old toad
Like a woman
I was sitting on a hummock,
Knitted stockings
And she said in a deep voice:
- Sleep!
- Oh, grandma, dear grandma,
Let us play some more.
Korney Chukovsky

Let's wash, splash,
Swim, dive, tumble
In the tub, in the trough, tub,
In the river, in the stream, in the ocean,
Both in the bath and in the bathhouse
Anytime and anywhere
Eternal glory to the water!
Korney Chukovsky

Jenny
English song

Jenny lost her shoe.
I cried and searched for a long time.
The miller found a shoe
And ground it at the mill.
Korney Chukovsky

Little frog under the mud
Got sick with scarlet fever.
A rook flew to him,
Speaks:
"I am a doctor!
Get into my mouth
Everything will pass now!”
Am! And he ate it.
Korney Chukovsky

Hedgehogs laugh

By the groove
Two boogers
They sell pins to hedgehogs.
You can't help but laugh!
Everyone can't stop:
"Oh, you stupid boogers!
We don't need pins:
We are stuck with pins ourselves."
Korney Chukovsky

If only we were at the Christmas tree
legs,
She would run
Along the path.

She would dance
Together with us,
She would knock
Heels.

Would spin around on the Christmas tree
Toys -
Multi-colored lanterns,
Firecrackers.

Let's spin around the Christmas tree
Flags
From crimson, from silver
Papers.

We'd laugh at the Christmas tree
Matryoshka dolls
And they would clap for joy
In the palms.

Because at the gate
New Year has come knocking!
New, new,
Young,
With a golden beard!
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Shel Kondrat
To Leningrad,
And there were twelve guys coming towards us.
Everyone has three baskets,
There's a cat in every basket,
Each cat has twelve kittens.
Every kitten
There are four mice in each tooth.
And old Kondrat thought:
“How many mice and kittens
Are the guys taking it to Leningrad?”
Guess:
Stupid, stupid Kondrat!
He walked alone to Leningrad
And the guys with baskets,
With mice and cats
We walked towards him -
To Kostroma.
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Oh, don't touch me:
I'll burn you without fire!
Guess: Nettle
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

There was a white house
Wonderful house
And something knocked inside him.
And he crashed, and from there
A living miracle ran out -
So warm, so fluffy and golden.
Guess: Egg and chicken
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

I had a cart
But there was no horse
And suddenly she neighed
She neighed and ran.
Look, a cart is running without a horse!
Guess: Truck
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Suddenly out of the black darkness
Bushes grew in the sky.
And they are blue,
Crimson, gold
Flowers are blooming
Unprecedented beauty.
And all the streets below them
They also turned blue
Crimson, gold,
Multi-colored.
Guess: Salute
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Take me, wash, bathe,
And know: it would be a big disaster,
Whenever it’s not me and the water, -
On a dirty, unwashed neck
Ugly snakes would live there
And poisonous stings
They would stab you like daggers.
And in every unwashed ear
Evil frogs would settle in,
And if you, poor things, cried,
They would laugh and croak.
Here, dear children, what a disaster!
There would be, if it weren’t for me and the water.
Take me, wash, bathe,
And guess what I am, guess quickly.
Guess: Bar of soap
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Here are the needles and pins
They crawl out from under the bench.
They look at me
They want milk.
Guess: Hedgehog
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Everywhere, everywhere we are together
Let's go, inseparable.
We're walking through the meadows
Along the green shores,
We run down the stairs,
We walk along the street.
But a little evening on the threshold,
We are left without legs,
And for those without legs, that’s a problem! -
Neither here nor there!
Well? Let's crawl under the bed,
We'll sleep there quietly,
And when your legs come back,
Let's ride along the road again.
Guess: Children's boots
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

I have two horses
Two horses.
They carry me along the water.
And the water
Firm,
Like stone!
Guess: Skates
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Two legs on three legs
And the fourth is in my teeth.
Suddenly four came running
And they ran away with one.
Two legs jumped up
Three legs grabbed
They shouted to the whole house -
Yes, three by four!
But four screamed
And they ran away with one.
Guess: Two legs - a boy,
Three legs - a stool,
Four legs - a dog,
One leg is chicken.
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

If only pine trees ate
They knew how to run and jump,
They would run away from me without looking back
And they would never meet me again,
Because - I'll tell you without bragging -
I am steely and angry, and very toothy.
Guess: Saw
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Red doors
In my cave,
White animals
Sitting
At the door.
And meat and bread - all my spoils
I gladly give it to white animals!
Guess: Lips and teeth
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

A penny is lying, lying by our well.
It's a pretty penny, but you can't get your hands on it.
Go and bring fourteen horses,
Go call fifteen strong men!
Let them try to raise a pretty penny,
So that Mashenka could play with a penny!
And the horses galloped, and the strong men came,
But they didn’t pick up a little penny from the ground,
They didn’t lift it, they couldn’t lift it, and they couldn’t move it.
Guess: Sunbeam on earth
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

I'm lying under your feet,
Trample me with your boots.
And tomorrow take me to the yard
And hit me, hit me,
So that the children can lie on me,
Flounder and somersault on me.
Guess: Carpet
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Little houses are running along the street,
Boys and girls are being taken to their houses.
Guess: Car
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Maryushka, Marusenka, Mashenka and Manechka
We wanted a sweet sugar gingerbread.
An old grandmother was walking down the street,
Grandmother gave the girls money:
Maryushka - a pretty penny,
Marusenka - a pretty penny,
Mashenka - a pretty penny,
Manechka - a pretty penny, -
What a kind grandmother she was!

Maryushka, Marusenka, Mashenka and Manechka
We ran to the shop and bought some gingerbread.

And Kondrat thought, looking from the corner:
Did grandma give you a lot of kopecks?
Guess: Grandmother gave only one penny,
since Maryushka, Marusenka, Mashenka and
Manechka is the same girl.
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

A lot of this stuff
Near our yard,
But you won’t take it with your hand
And you won't bring it home.

Masha was walking in the garden,
Collected, collected,
I looked into the box -
There's nothing there.
Guess: Fog
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

The sage saw a sage in him,
Stupid - stupid
Ram - ram,
The sheep saw him as a sheep,
And a monkey - a monkey,
But then they brought Fedya Baratov to him,
And Fedya saw the shaggy slob.
Guess: Mirror
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

They flew into a raspberry
They wanted to peck her.
But they saw a freak -
And get out of the garden quickly!
And the freak is sitting on a stick
With a beard made from a washcloth.
Guess: Birds and scarecrow
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Locomotive
No wheels!
What a miracle locomotive!
Has he gone crazy?
He went straight across the sea!
Guess: Steamboat
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

She grows upside down
It grows not in summer, but in winter.
But the sun will bake her -
She will cry and die.
Guess: Icicle
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

I'm not wandering through forests,
And by the mustache, by the hair,
And my teeth are longer,
Than wolves and bears.
Guess: Scallop
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

I'm a giant! That huge one over there
Multi-pound slab
I'm like a chocolate bar
I instantly rise to height.

And if I have a mighty paw
I’ll grab an elephant or a camel,
I'll be glad to see them both
Raise them like little kittens.
Guess: Crane
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

I bark with everyone
Dog,
I'm howling
With every owl,
And every song of yours
I'm with you
I sing.
When is the steamer in the distance?
He will roar like a bull on the river,
I cry too:
"Uh-oh!"
Guess: Echo
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

I'm a one-eared old woman
I'm jumping on the canvas
And a long thread from the ear,
Like a cobweb, I pull.
Guess: Needle
Korney Chukovsky

Kotausi and Mausi
English song

Once upon a time there was a mouse Mousey
And suddenly I saw Kotausi.
Kotaushi has evil eyes
And the evil, despicable Zubausi.
Kotausi ran up to Mausi
And she waved her tail:
"Ah, Mausi, Mausi, Mausi,
Come to me, dear Mausi!
I'll sing you a song, Mausi,
A wonderful song, Mausi!
But smart Mausi answered:
"You won't fool me, Kotaushi!
I see your evil eyes
And the evil, despicable Zubausi!"
This is how smart Mausi answered:
And quickly run away from Kotausi.
Korney Chukovsky

Stolen sun

The sun was walking across the sky
And it ran behind a cloud.
The bunny looked out the window,
It became dark for the bunny.

And magpies-
Belobok
We galloped through the fields,
They shouted to the cranes:
"Woe! Woe! Crocodile
Swallowed the sun in the sky!"

Darkness fell.
Don't go beyond the gate:
Who got on the street -
Got lost and disappeared.

The gray sparrow cries:
"Come out, honey, quickly!
We feel sad without the sun -
You can’t see a grain in the field!”

Bunnies are crying
On the lawn:
We have lost our way, poor things,
They won't make it home.

Only bug-eyed crayfish
They climb on the ground in the darkness,
Yes, in the ravine behind the mountain
The wolves howl madly.

Early-early
Two rams
They knocked on the gate:
Tra-ta-ta and tra-ta-ta!

"Hey you animals, come out,
Defeat the crocodile
To the greedy Crocodile
He turned the sun back into the sky!"

But the furry ones are afraid:
"Where can we fight this guy?
He is both menacing and toothy,
He won’t give us the sun!”
And they run to the Bear’s den:
“Come out, Bear, to help.
That's enough for you, lazybones, to suck.
We have to go help out the sun!”

But Bear doesn’t want to fight:
He walks and walks, Bear, around the swamp,
He cries, Bear, and roars,
He calls the bear cubs from the swamp:

“Oh, where did you thick-fingered people disappear to?
Who did you throw me, old man, at?"

And the Bear is prowling in the swamp,
Bear cubs are looking for:
"Where are you, where have you gone?
Or did they fall into a ditch?
Or crazy dogs
Were you torn apart in the darkness?"
And all day she wanders through the forest,
But he doesn’t find the cubs anywhere.
Only black owls from the thicket
They stare at her.

Here the hare came out
And she said to the Bear:
"It's a shame for an old man to cry -
You are not a hare, but a Bear.
Come on, you clumsy one,
Scratch the crocodile
Tear him apart
Rip the sun out of your mouth.
And when it comes again
It will shine in the sky
Your babies are furry,
Thick-footed bear cubs,
They will run to the house themselves:

And stood up
Bear,
Growled
Bear,
And to the Big River
Ran
Bear.

And in the Big River
Crocodile
Lying down
And in his teeth
It's not the fire that burns, -
The sun is red
The sun is stolen.

The Bear approached quietly,
He pushed him lightly:
"I'm telling you, villain,
Spit out the sun quickly!
Otherwise, look, I’ll catch you,
I'll break it in half -
You, ignoramus, will know
Steal our sun!
Look, a robber breed:
Snatched the sun from the sky
And with a full belly
Collapsed under a bush
And he grunts when he's asleep,
Like a well-fed sow.
The whole world disappears
And he has no grief!”

But the shameless one laughs
So that the tree shakes:
"If I just want,
And I will swallow the moon!"

I couldn't stand it
Bear,
Roared
Bear,
And against the evil enemy
swooped in
Bear.

He was crushing it
And he broke it:
"Give it here
Our sunshine!"

Hello, golden sun!
Hello, blue sky!

The birds began to chirp,
Fly after insects.

Bunnies have become
On the lawn
Tumble and jump.

And look: bear cubs,
Like funny kittens
Straight to the furry grandfather,
Thick feet, running:
"Hello, grandpa, we're here!"

Bunnies and squirrels are happy,
Boys and girls are happy,
They hug and kiss the clubfoot:
“Well, thank you, grandpa, for the sunshine!”
Korney Chukovsky

Crocodile
An old, old fairy tale

Part one

1

Once upon a time there was
Crocodile.
He walked the streets
He smoked cigarettes.
He spoke Turkish -
Crocodile, Crocodile Crocodilovich!

And behind him are the people
And he sings and shouts:
- What a freak, such a freak!
What a nose, what a mouth!
And where does such a monster come from?

The schoolchildren are behind him,
The chimney sweeps are behind him,
And they push him.
They offend him;
And some kid
Showed him the shish
And some kind of watchdog
Bit him on the nose.-
Bad watchdog, ill-mannered.

The Crocodile looked back
And he swallowed the watchdog.
Swallowed it along with the collar.

The people got angry
And he calls and shouts:
- Hey, hold him
Yes, tie him up
Take him to the police quickly!

He runs into the tram
Everyone shouts: - Ay-ay-ay! -
And run
Somersault,
Home,
At the corners:
- Help! Save! Have mercy!

The policeman ran up:
- What's that noise? What kind of howl?
How dare you walk here,
Speak Turkish?
Crocodiles are not allowed to walk here.

Crocodile grinned
And he swallowed the poor guy,
Swallowed it with boots and a saber.

Everyone is shaking with fear.
Everyone is screaming in fear.
Only one
Citizen
Didn't squeal
Didn't tremble -

He's a fighter
Well done,
He's a hero
Daring:
He walks the streets without a nanny.

He said: - You are a villain.
You eat people
So for this my sword -
Your head off your shoulders! -
And he waved his toy saber.

And the Crocodile said:
- You defeated me!
Don't destroy me, Vanya Vasilchikov!
Have pity on my crocodiles!
Crocodiles are splashing in the Nile,
They are waiting for me with tears,
Let me go to the kids, Vanechka,
I'll give you gingerbread for that.

Vanya Vasilchikov answered him:
- Although I feel sorry for your crocodiles,
But you, bloodthirsty reptile,
I'll chop it up like beef.
I, glutton, have nothing to feel sorry for you:
You ate a lot of human meat.

And the crocodile said:
- Everything I swallowed
I'll gladly give it back to you!

And here he is alive
Policeman
Appeared instantly in front of the crowd:
Womb of the Crocodile
It didn't hurt him.

And Buddy
In one jump
From the mouth of the Crocodile
Jump!
Well, dance for joy,
Lick Vanina's cheeks.

The trumpets sounded
The guns are lit!
Petrograd is very happy -
Everyone rejoices and dances
They kiss dear Vanya,
And from every yard
A loud "hurray" is heard.
The entire capital was decorated with flags.

Savior of Petrograd
From a furious reptile,
Long live Vanya Vasilchikov!

And give him as a reward
A hundred pounds of grapes
A hundred pounds of marmalade
A hundred pounds of chocolate
And a thousand servings of ice cream!

And the furious bastard
Out of Petrograd:
Let him go to his crocodiles!

He jumped into the airplane
Flew like a hurricane
And never looked back
And rushed away like an arrow
To the dear side,
On which it is written: "Africa".

Jumped into the Nile
Crocodile,
Straight into the mud
Pleased
Where did his wife, the Crocodile, live?
His children's wet nurse.

Part two

The sad wife tells him:
- I suffered with the kids alone:
Then Kokoshenka stinks Lelyoshenka,
Then Lelyoshenka is bothering Kokoshenka.
And Totoshenka was naughty today:
I drank a whole bottle of ink.
I brought him to his knees
And she left him without sweets.
Kokoshenka had a high fever all night:
He swallowed the samovar by mistake, -
Yes, thank you, our pharmacist Behemoth
I put a frog on his stomach.-
The unfortunate Crocodile was sad
And he dropped a tear on his belly:
- How will we live without a samovar?
How can we drink tea without a samovar?

But then the doors opened
Animals appeared at the door:
Hyenas, boas, elephants,
And ostriches and wild boars,
And the Elephant-
Goldfinch,
Stopudovaya merchant's wife,
And Giraffe -
Important Count
As tall as a telegraph, -
All are friends,
All relatives and godfathers.
Well, hug your neighbor,
Well, kiss your neighbor:
- Give us overseas gifts!

Crocodile answers:
- I haven’t forgotten anyone,
And for each of you
I've got some gifts!
Leo -
Halva,
Monkey -
Rugs,
Orlu -
Pastila,
Hippopotamus -
books,
For a buffalo - a fishing rod,
A pipe for the ostrich,
The elephant - sweets,
And the elephant has a pistol...

Only Totoshenka,
Only Kokoshenka
Didn't give it
Crocodile
Nothing at all.

Totosha and Kokosha are crying:
- Daddy, you are no good:
Even for a stupid Sheep
Do you have any candy?
We are not strangers to you,
We are your dear children,
So why, why
You didn't bring us anything?

The Crocodile smiled and laughed:
- No, pranksters, I haven’t forgotten you:
Here's a fragrant, green Christmas tree for you,
Brought from distant Russia,
All hung with wonderful toys,
Gilded nuts, crackers.
So we’ll light candles on the Christmas tree.
So we’ll sing songs to the Christmas tree:
“You served the little ones as humans.
Now serve us, and us, and us!”

How did the elephants hear about the Christmas tree?
Jaguars, baboons, wild boars,
Hold hands immediately
To celebrate we took it
And around the Christmas trees
They started squatting.
It doesn’t matter that, having danced, Hippopotamus
He knocked a chest of drawers onto the Crocodile,
And with a running start the steep-horned Rhinoceros
Horn, horn caught on the threshold.
Oh, how fun, how fun Jackal
Played a dance song on the guitar!
Even the butterflies rested on their sides,
Trepaka danced with the mosquitoes.
Siskins and bunnies are dancing in the forests,
Crayfish are dancing, perches are dancing in the seas,
Worms and spiders are dancing in the field,
Ladybugs and bugs dance.

Suddenly the drums started beating
The monkeys came running:
- Tram-there-there! Tram-there-there!
The Hippopotamus is coming to us.
- To us -
Hippopotamus?!

Myself -
Hippopotamus?!
- There -
Hippopotamus?!*

Oh, what a roar there was,
Whirling, and bleating, and mooing:
- It’s no joke, because the Hippopotamus himself
If you'd like to come here, come see us!

The crocodile quickly ran away
She combed both Kokosha and Totosha’s hair.
And the excited, trembling Crocodile
I swallowed the napkin out of excitement.

* Some people think that the Hippopotamus
and Behemoth are one and the same. This is not true.
Hippopotamus is a pharmacist, and Hippopotamus is a king.

And the Giraffe,
Even though he is a count,
He perched himself on the closet.
And from there
On a camel
All the dishes fell down!
And the snakes
Lackeys
They put on liveries,
They rustle along the alley,
They're in a hurry
Meet the young king!

And the Crocodile is on the doorstep
Kisses the guest's feet:
- Tell me, lord, which star
Did she show you the way here?

And the king says to him: “The monkeys told me yesterday.”
Why did you travel to distant lands?
Where toys grow on trees
And cheesecakes are falling from the sky,
So I came here to listen about wonderful toys
And eat heavenly cheesecakes.

And the Crocodile says:
- Welcome, Your Majesty!
Kokosha, put on the samovar!
Totosha, turn on the electricity!

And the Hippopotamus says:
- Oh Crocodile, tell us,
What did you see in a foreign land?
I'll take a nap for now.

And the sad Crocodile stood up
And he spoke slowly:

Find out, dear friends,
My soul is shaken,
I saw so much grief there
That even you, Hippopotamus,
And then I would howl like a puppy,
Whenever I could see him.
Our brothers are there, like in hell -
In the Zoological Garden.

Oh, this garden, a terrible garden!
I would be glad to forget him.
There under the scourge of the watchmen
Many animals suffer
They moan and call
And heavy chains gnaw
But they can't get out here
Never from cramped cells.

There's an elephant - fun for children,
A toy for stupid kids.
There are human small fry there
Deer pulls its antlers
And the buffalo's nose tickles,
It's as if a buffalo is a dog.
Do you remember, he lived between us
One funny crocodile...
He's my nephew. I him
He loved him like his own son.
He was a prankster and a dancer,
And the mischievous one, and the laughing one,
And now there in front of me,
Exhausted, half-dead,
He was lying in a dirty tub
And, dying, he told me:
"I don't curse the executioners,
Neither their chains nor their whips,
But to you, traitorous friends,
I'm sending a curse.
You are so powerful, so strong
Boas, buffalos, elephants,
We are every day and every hour
They called you from our prisons
And they waited, they believed that here
Liberation will come
Why are you rushing here?
To destroy forever
Human, evil cities,
Where are your brothers and sons
Doomed to live in captivity!"
He said and died.
I stood
And he swore terrible oaths
Take revenge on the villains
And free all the animals.
Get up, sleepy beast!
Leave your lair!
Plunge into a cruel enemy
Fangs, and claws, and horns!

There is one among the people -
Stronger than all the heroes!
He is terribly menacing, terribly fierce,
His name is Vasilchikov.
And I'm behind his head
I wouldn't regret anything!

The animals bristled and, baring their teeth, shouted:
- So lead us with you to the damned Zoo,
Where our brothers are sitting behind bars in captivity!
We will break the bars, we will break the shackles,
And we will save our unfortunate brothers from captivity.
And we will gore the villains, bite them, and gnaw them to death!

Through swamps and sands
The animal regiments are coming,
Their commander is ahead,
Crossing your arms over your chest.
They are going to Petrograd,
They want to devour him
And all the people
And all the children
They will eat without mercy.
O poor, poor Petrograd!

Part three

1

Dear girl Lyalechka!
She was walking with a doll
And on Tavricheskaya street
Suddenly I saw an Elephant.

God, what a monster!
Lyalya runs and screams.
Look, in front of her from under the bridge
Keith poked his head out.

Lyalechka cries and backs away,
Lyalechka is calling her mother...
And in the gateway on a bench
Scary sitting Hippopotamus.

Snakes, jackals and buffalos
There are hisses and growls everywhere.
Poor, poor Lyalechka!
Run without looking back!

Lyalechka climbs a tree,
She pressed the doll to her chest.
Poor, poor Lyalechka!
What's that up ahead?

Ugly stuffed monster
Bares its fanged mouth,
Reaches, reaches out to Lyalechka,
He wants to steal Lyalechka.

Lyalechka jumped from the tree,
The monster jumped towards her.
Got poor Lyalechka
And she ran away quickly.

And on Tavricheskaya street
Mommy is waiting for Lyalechka:
- Where is my dear Lyalechka?
Why isn't she coming?

Wild Gorilla
Lyalya was dragged away
And along the sidewalk
She ran at a gallop.

Higher, higher, higher,
Here she is on the roof.
On the seventh floor
Bounces like a ball.

She flew up onto the pipe,
Scooped up soot
I smeared Lyalya,
She sat down on the ledge.

She sat down, dozed off,
shook Lyalya
And with a terrible cry
She rushed down.

Close the windows, close the doors,
Hurry up and crawl under the bed
Because evil, furious animals
They want to tear you apart, tear you apart!

Who, trembling with fear, hid in the closet,
Some are in the doghouse, some are in the attic...
Dad hid himself in an old suitcase,
Uncle under the sofa, aunt in the chest.

Where can you find one like this?
The hero is daring,
What will beat the crocodile horde?

Which of the fierce claws
Angry beasts
Will he rescue our poor Lyalechka?

Where are you, daredevils,
Well done brave guys?
Why did you hide like cowards?

Come out quickly
Drive away the animals
Protect the unfortunate Lyalechka!

Everyone sits and is silent,
And like hares they tremble,
And they won’t stick their nose out into the street!

Only one citizen
Doesn't run, doesn't tremble -
This is the valiant Vanya Vasilchikov.

He is neither lions nor elephants,
No wild boars
Not the least bit afraid, of course!

They growl, they scream,
They want to destroy him
But Vanya boldly goes to them
And he takes out a pistol.

Bang-bang! - and the furious Jackal
He galloped away faster than a doe.

Bang-bang! - and the Buffalo ran away.
Rhinoceros is behind him in fear.

Bang-bang! - and the Hippopotamus himself
He runs after them.

And soon a wild horde
Disappeared in the distance without a trace.

And Vanya is happy that he’s in front of him
The enemies disappeared like smoke.

He's a winner! He's a hero!
He saved his native land again.

And again from every yard
"Hurray" comes to him.

And again cheerful Petrograd
She brings him chocolate.

But where is Lyalya? Lyalya no!
There is no trace of the girl!

What if the greedy Crocodile
He grabbed her and swallowed her?

Vanya rushed after the evil animals:
- Animals, give me Lyalya back! -
The animals' eyes sparkle madly,
They don’t want to give Lyalya away.

“How dare you,” cried the Tigress,
Come to us for your sister,
If my dear sister
It languishes in a cage among you, among people!

No, you break these nasty cages,
Where for the amusement of two-legged children
Our dear furry children,
It’s like they’re in prison, sitting behind bars!

Every menagerie has iron doors
Open it for the captive animals,
So that from there the unfortunate animals
They could have been released as soon as possible!

If our beloved guys
They will return to our family,
If the tiger cubs return from captivity,
Lion cubs with fox cubs and bear cubs -
We will give you your Lyalya.

But here from every yard
The kids ran to Vanya:

Lead us, Vanya, to the enemy.
We are not afraid of his horns!

And the battle broke out! War! War!
And now Lyalya is saved.

And Vanyusha cried:
- Rejoice, animals!
To your people
I give freedom.
I give you freedom!

I'll break the cells
I'll throw away the chains.
Iron bars
I'll break it forever!

Live in Petrograd,
In comfort and coolness.
But only, for God's sake,
Don't eat any:

Not a bird, not a kitten,
Not a small child
Neither Lyalechka’s mother,
Not my dad!

Let your food be -
Just tea and yogurt,
Yes buckwheat porridge
And nothing more.

Walk along the boulevards
Through the shops and bazaars,
Walk wherever you want
Nobody bother you!

Live with us
And we will be friends:
We've fought long enough
And blood was shed!

We'll break the guns
We'll bury the bullets
And you cut yourself down
Hooves and horns!

Bulls and rhinoceroses,
Elephants and octopuses,
Let's hug each other
Let's go dance!

And then grace came:
There is no one else to kick and butt.

Feel free to meet the Rhinoceros -
He will give way to even a bug.

The Rhinoceros is now polite and meek:
Where is his old scary horn?

Tigress is walking along the boulevard
Lyalya is not afraid of her at all:

What is there to be afraid of when animals
Now there are no horns or claws!

Vanya sits astride the Panther
And, triumphant, he rushes down the street.

Or he will saddle the Eagle
And it flies into the sky like an arrow.

The animals love Vanyusha so tenderly,
The animals pamper him and give him pigeons.

The wolves bake pies for Vanyusha,
Rabbits clean his boots.

In the evenings the quick-eyed Chamois
Jules Verne reads to Vanya and Lyala,

And at night young Hippopotamus
He sings lullabies to them.

There are children crowded around the Bear
Mishka gives each one a piece of candy.

Look, look, along the Neva river
The Wolf and the Lamb are sailing in a shuttle.

Happy people, and animals, and reptiles,
The camels are glad, and the buffaloes are glad.

Today he came to visit me -
Who do you think? - The Crocodile himself.

I sat the old man down on the sofa,
I gave him a glass of sweet tea.

Suddenly, unexpectedly Vanya ran in
And he kissed him like his own.

Here comes the holidays! Glorious Christmas tree
The Gray Wolf will have it today.

There will be many cheerful guests there.
Let's go there quickly, children!
Korney Chukovsky

The fairy tale “Aibolit and the Sparrow” by Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky is familiar to few. But it deserves attention. The main character of the fairy tale is a sparrow. He is helped by a frog, a hedgehog, a firefly and, of course, Aibolit himself. The fairy tale teaches children to help others (mutual aid) and kindness.

Fairy tale “Aibolit and the Sparrow” by K.I. Chukovsky

Evil, evil, bad snake
The young man was bitten by a sparrow.
He wanted to fly away, but he couldn’t
And he cried and fell on the sand.
It hurts the little sparrow, it hurts!

And a toothless old woman came to him,
Bug-eyed green frog.
She took the little sparrow by the wing
And she led the sick man through the swamp.
Sorry little sparrow, sorry!

A hedgehog leaned out of the window:
- Where are you taking him, green one?
- To the doctor, dear, to the doctor.
- Wait for me, old woman, under the bush,
The two of us will finish it sooner!

And all day they walk through the swamps,
They carry a little sparrow in their arms...
Suddenly the darkness of the night came,
And not a bush is visible in the swamp,
The little sparrow is scared, scared!

So they, poor things, have lost their way,
And they can't find a doctor.
- We won’t find Aibolit, we won’t find him,
We will be lost in the darkness without Aibolit!

Suddenly a firefly came rushing from somewhere,
He lit his little blue lantern:
- You run after me, my friends,
I feel sorry for the sick sparrow!

And they ran away
Behind his blue light
And they see: in the distance under a pine tree
The house is painted,
And there he sits on the balcony
Good gray-haired Aibolit.

And the doctor takes the patient in his arms,
And treats the patient all night long,
And it heals and heals all night until the morning,
And now - look! - hurray! hooray!
The patient perked up, moved his wing,
Tweeted: chick! chick! and flew out the window.

- Thank you, my friend, you cured me,
I will never forget your kindness!
And there, at the threshold, the wretched crowd:
Blind ducklings and legless squirrels,
A skinny frog with a sore stomach,
Speckled cuckoo with a damaged wing
And hares bitten by wolves.

And the doctor treats them all day until sunset.
And suddenly the forest animals laughed:
- We are healthy and cheerful again!
And they ran into the forest to play and jump
And they even forgot to say thank you
Forgot to say goodbye!

Questions after reading the story:

Did you like the fairy tale? How?
Who is the main character of the fairy tale? (If it is difficult for your child to answer this question, ask: “Who did the animals help?)
What happened to the sparrow?
Did the snake do a good thing by biting the sparrow?
Who helped the sparrow?
Do you think the frog, the hedgehog, the firefly did a good job? How did they help the sparrow?
Who cured the sparrow?

After the questions, it would be great if an adult summed up the fairy tale, saying that we need to help other people and animals, as in this fairy tale. If the frog, hedgehog, firefly, Aibolit had not helped, then the sparrow would never have been cured. It should be noted that the help was disinterested.

"Aibolit and the Sparrow"

Evil, evil, bad snake
The young man was bitten by a sparrow.
He wanted to fly away, but he couldn’t
And he cried and fell on the sand.
(It hurts the little sparrow, it hurts!)

And a toothless old woman came to him,
Bug-eyed green frog.
She took the little sparrow by the wing
And she led the sick man through the swamp.
(Sorry little sparrow, sorry!)

A hedgehog leaned out of the window:
- Where are you taking him, green one?
- To the doctor, dear, to the doctor.
- Wait for me, old woman, under the bush,
The two of us will finish it sooner!

So they, poor things, have lost their way,
And they can't find a doctor.
- We won’t find Aibolit, we won’t find him,
We will be lost in the darkness without Aibolit!

Suddenly a firefly came rushing from somewhere,
He lit his little blue lantern:
- You run after me, my friends,
I feel sorry for the sick sparrow!

And they ran away
Behind his blue light
And they see: in the distance under a pine tree
The house is painted,
And there he sits on the balcony
Good gray-haired Aibolit.