Crocodile. Tale of a crocodile Tale of Chukovsky: Crocodile
Chukovsky's Tale: Crocodile
CrocodileOnce upon a time there was
Crocodile.
He walked the streets
I smoked cigarettes
He spoke in Turkish -
Crocodile, Crocodile Crocodilovich!
And behind him are the people
And he sings and shouts:
What 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 it
Yes, tie him up
Take him to the police quickly!"
He runs into the tram
Everyone shouts: Ay-ay-ay!”
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 trembling with fear,
Everyone is screaming in fear.
Only one
Citizen
Didn't squeal
Didn't tremble -
This is valiant
Vanya Vasilchikov.
Well done,
He's a hero
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 is a living Gorodov
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
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
Loud cheers are 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
Where did his wife, the Crocodile, live?
His children's wet nurse.
The sad wife tells him:
I suffered alone with the kids:
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,
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!
Monkey -
Rugs,
Pastila,
Hippopotamus -
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, kids, 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.
That’s why we’ll light candles on the Christmas tree,
So we’ll sing songs to the Christmas tree:
You served human children,
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,
They're dancing ladybugs and bugs.
Suddenly the drums started beating
The monkeys came running:
Tram-there-there! tram-there-there!
The Hippopotamus is coming to us.
Hippopotamus?!
Hippopotamus?
Hippopotamus?
Oh, what a roar there was,
Screaming, 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.
Even though he is a count,
Perched on the closet
And from there
On a camel
All the dishes fell down!
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 said to him: Yesterday the monkeys told me
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:
O 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 groan and roar
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.
And he swore terrible oaths
Take revenge on human 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!
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,
There 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
Cheers are coming 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:
Beasts, give me Lala 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 scatter 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
Can I eat galoshes?
But Vanya answered: No, no,
God save you."
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!
There's a tigress 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 Lyalya.
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.
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
Will be there today gray wolf.
There will be many cheerful guests there.
Let's go there quickly, children!
The main characters of the fairy tale “Crocodile” are a toothy crocodile and a boy Vanya Vasilchikov. A crocodile walked the streets of Petrograd and spoke Turkish. People followed him and teased him in every possible way. The angry crocodile first swallowed the dog who tried to bite him, and then the policeman who wanted to calm the crocodile. People began to run away in panic, and only the boy Vanya Vasilchikov bravely took out a toy saber and began to threaten the crocodile that he would chop him into small pieces. The crocodile began to beg for mercy, but Vanya was adamant. Then the crocodile returned both the policeman and the dog named Druzhok. After which Vanya drove the crocodile to Africa. The whole city rejoiced and glorified its savior Vanya.
And the crocodile flew away on an airplane to Africa, where his wife, the Crocodile, immediately began to complain to him about the bad behavior of the children and little crocodiles. Before the head of the family had time to listen to all her complaints, guests came to him, various African animals, who began to ask the crocodile about how he went to Petrograd and what gifts he brought them. The crocodile distributed gifts to all the guests, but then his children were offended that he did not bring them gifts.
So the crocodile told the children that he had brought them a special gift - a fragrant Christmas tree from Russia. And all the African animals started dancing around the Christmas tree.
Meanwhile, in Petrograd, wild animals appeared on the streets and began to behave outrageously. The gorilla kidnapped the girl Lyalya and jumped with her in her arms from roof to roof. The brave Vanya Vasilchikov took up the task of rescuing Lyalya. He took out a toy pistol. The frightened animals began to run away. Vanya demanded that the animals return the girl Lyalya. But the animals, in response to his demand, began to be indignant and tell Vanya that their children were sitting in menageries, locked in cages. The animals promised to return Lyalya if their children were given freedom.
And Vanya freed all the animals and their children, but asked the animals to behave peacefully on the streets of the city. And from that time on, people and animals began to walk the streets together, and no one attacked anyone else. And soon the crocodile came to visit the author of the fairy tale, where Vanya Vasilchikov happily met him. That's how it is summary fairy tales.
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Watch the cartoon “Crocodile” part 2:
Part one
Once upon a time there was
Crocodile.
He walked the streets
I smoked cigarettes
He spoke in Turkish -
Crocodile, Crocodile Crocodilovich!
And behind him are the people
And he sings and shouts:
“Here, you freak, you’re 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
Bitten 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 it,
Yes, tie him up
Take him to the police quickly!”
He runs into the tram
Everyone shouts: “Ay-ay-ay!”
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 trembling with fear,
Everyone is screaming in fear.
Only one
Citizen
Didn't squeal
Didn't tremble -
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 have eaten a lot of human meat.”
And the Crocodile said:
"Everything I swallowed
I’ll give it back to you with joy!”
And here is a living Gorodov
Appeared instantly in front of the crowd:
Womb of the Crocodile
It didn't hurt him.
In one jump
From the mouth of the Crocodile
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
Where did his wife, the Crocodile, live?
His children's wet nurse.
Part two
The sad wife tells him:
“I suffered alone with the kids:
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 is an important count,
As tall as a telegraph, -
All are friends,
All relatives and godfathers.
Well, hug your neighbor,
Well, kiss your neighbor:
“Give us gifts from overseas,
Treat us with unprecedented gifts!”
Crocodile answers:
“I haven’t forgotten anyone,
And for each of you
I've got some gifts!
To the monkey -
Rugs,
Hippopotamus –
To the buffalo - a fishing rod,
For the ostrich - a pipe,
Candy for the elephant
And for the Elephant - 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, kids, 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.
That’s why 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.
Part three
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?”
Ugly Gorilla
Lyalya was dragged away
And along the sidewalk
She ran at a gallop.
Higher, higher, higher,
There 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, trembled,
shook Lyalya
And with a terrible cry
She rushed down.
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?
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 devour 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:
“Beasts, 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.”
And Vanyusha cried:
“Rejoice, beasts!
To your people
I give freedom
I give you freedom!
I'll break the cells
I'll scatter 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!
“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 -
Page 1 of 7
Part one
1
Once upon a time there was
Crocodile.
He walked the streets
He smoked cigarettes.
He spoke in Turkish -
Crocodile, Crocodile Crocodilovich!
And behind him are the people
And he sings and shouts:
“What a freak he is!
What a nose, what a mouth!
And where does such a monster come from?
3
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.
4
The Crocodile looked back
And he swallowed the watchdog.
Swallowed it along with the collar.
5
The people got angry
And he calls and shouts:
"Hey, hold it,
Yes, tie him up
Take him to the police quickly!”
6
He runs into the tram
Everyone shouts: “Ay-ay-ay!”
And run
Somersault,
Home,
At the corners:
"Help! Save! Have mercy!”
7
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.”
8
Crocodile grinned
And he swallowed the poor guy,
Swallowed it with boots and a saber.
9
Everyone is shaking with fear.
Everyone is screaming in fear.
Only one
Citizen
Didn't squeal
Didn't tremble -
This is the valiant Vanya Vasilchikov.
10
He's a fighter
Well done,
He's a hero
Daring:
He walks the streets without a nanny.
11
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.
12
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.”
13
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 have eaten a lot of human meat.”
14
And the crocodile said:
"Everything I swallowed
I’ll give it back to you with joy!”
15
And here he is alive
Policeman
Appeared instantly in front of the crowd:
Womb of the Crocodile
It didn't hurt him.
Children's fairy tale in verse by Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky Crocodile in mp3 format - listen or download for free.
Read the fairy tale Crocodile by Korney Chukovsky:
Part one
Once upon a time there was
Crocodile.
He walked the streets
I smoked cigarettes
He spoke in Turkish -
Crocodile, Crocodile Crocodilovich!
And behind him are the people
And he sings and shouts:
“Here, you freak, you’re 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 it,
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 roam here.”
Crocodile grinned
And he swallowed the poor guy,
Swallowed it with boots and a saber.
Everyone is trembling 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 have eaten a lot of human meat.”
And the Crocodile said:
"Everything I swallowed
I’ll give it back to you with joy!”
And here is a living Gorodov
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 alone with the kids:
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 is an important count,
As tall as a telegraph, -
All are friends,
All relatives and godfathers.
Well, hug your neighbor,
Well, kiss your neighbor:
“Give us gifts from overseas,
Treat us with unprecedented 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,
To the buffalo - a fishing rod,
For the ostrich - a pipe,
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, kids, 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.
That’s why 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:
“Trump-there-there! tram-there-there!
The Hippopotamus is coming to us."
"To us -
Hippopotamus?!"
"Myself -
Hippopotamus?!"
"There -
Hippopotamus?!"
Oh, what a roar there was,
Screaming, and bleating, and mooing!
“Is it a joke, because the Hippopotamus himself
Would you like to come here and come to 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.
And the Giraffe,
Even though he is a count,
Perched 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 said to him: “Yesterday the monkeys told me
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 some heavenly cheesecakes.”
And the Crocodile says:
“Your Majesty, please!”
Kokosha, put on the samovar!
Totosha, turn on the electricity!”
And the Hippopotamus says:
"O 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 groan and roar
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
We are doomed to live in captivity!” —
He said and died.
I stood
And he swore terrible oaths
Take revenge on human 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
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,
There 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, trembled,
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 devour 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:
“Beasts, 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, beasts!
To your people
I give freedom
I give you freedom!
I'll break the cells
I'll scatter 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!
There's a tigress 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 take it and ride 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 Lyalya.
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, along the Neva river,
A wolf and a 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!
Part one
Once upon a time there was
He walked the streets
I smoked cigarettes
He spoke in Turkish -
Crocodile, Crocodile Crocodilovich!
And behind him are the people
And he sings and shouts:
“What a freak he is!
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 it,
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 roam here.”
Crocodile grinned
And he swallowed the poor guy,
Swallowed it with boots and a saber.
Everyone is trembling with fear,
Everyone is screaming in fear.
Only one
Citizen
Didn't squeal
Didn't tremble -
This is valiant
Vanya Vasilchikov.
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 have eaten a lot of human meat.”
And the Crocodile said:
"Everything I swallowed
I’ll give it back to you with joy!”
And here is a living Gorodov
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
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 alone with the kids:
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 for the Elephant - a pistol..."
Only Totoshenka,
Only Kokoshenka
Didn't give it
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, kids, 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.
oskazkah.ru - website
That’s why 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 are dancing.
Suddenly the drums started beating
The monkeys came running:
“Trump-there-there! tram-there-there!
The Hippopotamus is coming to us."
"To us -
Hippopotamus?!"
"Myself -
Hippopotamus?!"
"There -
Hippopotamus?!"
Oh, what a roar there was,
Screaming, and bleating, and mooing!
“Is it a joke, because the Hippopotamus himself
Would you like to come here and come to 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.
And the Giraffe,
Even though he is a count,
Perched 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 said to him: “Yesterday the monkeys told me
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 some heavenly cheesecakes.”
And the Crocodile says:
“Your Majesty, please!”
Kokosha, put on the samovar!
Totosha, turn on the electricity!”
And the Hippopotamus says:
"O 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 groan and roar
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
We are doomed to live in captivity!” -
He said and died.
I stood
And he swore terrible oaths
Take revenge on human 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
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,
There 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:
“Beasts, 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, beasts!
To your people
I give freedom
I give you freedom!
I'll break the cells
I'll scatter 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!
There's a tigress 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 Lyalya.
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.
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!
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