Good doctor Aibolit!
Korney Chukovsky

He sits under a tree.

Come to him for treatment

Both the cow and the she-wolf

And a bug and a worm,

And the bear!

Heal everyone, heal

Good doctor Aibolit!

And the fox came to Aibolit:

"Oh, I was bitten by a wasp!"

And he came to Aibolit watchdog:

"A chicken pecked me in the nose!"

And the hare came running

And she screamed: "Ay, ay!"

My bunny got hit by a tram!

My bunny, my boy

Hit by a tram!

He was running down the path

And his legs were cut

And now he's sick and lame

My little bunny! "

And Aibolit said:

"No problem! Serve it here!

I'll sew him new legs

He will run down the path again. "

And they brought a bunny to him,

Such a sick, lame,

And the doctor sewed on his legs,

And the bunny jumps again.

And with him the mother hare

She also went to dance.

And she laughs and shouts:

"Well, thank you, Aibolit!"

Suddenly from somewhere a jackal

I rode on a mare:

“Here is a telegram for you

From the Hippopotamus! "

“Come doctor,

To Africa soon

And save me doctor

Our kids! "

"What? Really

Are your children sick? "

"Yes Yes Yes! They have a sore throat

Scarlet fever, cholerol,

Diphtheria, appendicitis,

Malaria and bronchitis!

Come soon,

Good doctor Aibolit! "

“Okay, okay, I'll run,

I will help your children.

But where do you live?

On a mountain or in a swamp? "

“We live in Zanzibar,

In the Kalahari and Sahara,

On Mount Fernando Po,

Where Hippo-Po walks

Along wide Limpopo. "

And Aibolit got up, Aibolit ran,

Through the fields, through the forests, through the meadows, he runs.

And only one word is repeated by Aibolit:

"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:

"Hey, Aibolit, turn back!"

And Aibolit fell and lies in the snow:

And now to him from behind the tree

Shaggy wolves run out:

"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,

We will take you quickly! "

And Aibolit galloped forward

And only one word keeps repeating:

"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

But here is the sea in front of them

Raging, making noise in the open.

And there is a high wave in the sea,

Now she will swallow Aibolit.

"Oh, if I drown,

If I go to the bottom

With my beasts of the forest? "

But then a whale comes out:

"Sit on me, Aibolit,

And like a big steamer

I'll take you ahead! "

And sat on the whale Aibolit

And only one word keeps repeating:

"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And the mountains stand in front of him on the way,

And he begins to crawl over 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 make it,

If I get lost on the way

What will become of them, of the sick,

With my beasts of the forest? "

And now from a high cliff

Eagles descended to Aibolit:

"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,

We will take you quickly! "

And sat on the eagle Aibolit

And only one word keeps repeating:

"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 out to sea from Africa

He looks without rest:

Is he going in a boat

Dr. Aibolit?

And prowl along the road

Elephants and rhinos

And they say angrily:

“Why don’t you have Aibolit?”

And next to the hippos

Grabbing their tummies:

They, the hippos,

The tummies ache.

And then the ostriches

Squeal like pigs

Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry

Poor ostriches!

And they have measles and diphtheria,

And they have smallpox and bronchitis,

And their head hurts,

And the neck hurts.

They lie and rave:

"Well, why isn't he going,

Well, why doesn't he go,

Dr. Aibolit?"

And nestled next to

Toothed shark

Shark

Lies in the sun.

Ah, her little ones

The poor have sharks

For twelve days already

My teeth hurt!

And the shoulder is dislocated

The poor grasshopper;

He does not jump, he does not jump,

And he cries bitterly, bitterly

And the doctor calls:

“Oh, where is the good doctor?

When will he come? "

But now, look, some kind of bird

Closer and closer rushes through the air

Aibolit is sitting on the bird.

And waves his hat and shouts loudly:

"Long live dear Africa!"

And all the kids are happy and happy:

“I have arrived, I have arrived! Cheers cheers!"

And the bird is circling above them,

And the bird sits on the ground,

And Aibolit runs to the hippos,

And slaps them on the tummies

And all in order

Gives a chocolate bar

And he puts and puts thermometers for them!

And to the striped

He runs to the cubs,

And to the poor humpbacks

Sick camels

And every gogol,

Every mogul

Nogol-mogul,

Nogol-mogul,

Gogol-mogul treats.

Ten nights Aibolit

Doesn't eat, drink or sleep,

Ten nights in a row

He heals the unfortunate animals

And he puts and puts thermometers for them.

So he cured them,

Limpopo!

So he cured the sick,

Limpopo!

And they went to laugh

Limpopo!

And dance and indulge

Limpopo!

And the shark Karakul

Winked with her right eye

And he laughs and laughs,

As if someone tickles her.

And the little hippos

Grabbed the tummies

And they laugh, they fill up -

So that the oaks are shaking.

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! "

A fairy tale in verses by Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky Aibolit in mp3 format - listen or download for free.

Korney Chukovsky - Aibolit read:

1 part

Good doctor Aibolit!
He sits under a tree.

Come to him for treatment
Both the cow and the she-wolf
And a bug and a worm,
And the bear!

Heal everyone, heal
Good doctor Aibolit!

Part 2

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

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

And the hare came running
And she screamed: “Ay, ay!
My bunny got hit by a tram!
My bunny, my boy
Hit by a tram!


He was running down the path
And his legs were cut
And now he's sick and lame
My little bunny! "

And Aibolit said: “It doesn't matter!
Serve it here!
I'll sew him new legs
He will run down the path again. "

And they brought a bunny to him,
Such a sick, lame,
And the doctor sewed his legs on.

And with him the mother hare
She also went to dance.
And she laughs and shouts:
"Well, thank you, Aibolit!"

Part 3

Suddenly from somewhere a jackal
I rode on a mare:
“Here is a telegram for you
From the Hippopotamus! "

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


"What? Really
Are your children sick? "
"Yes Yes Yes! They have a sore throat
Scarlet fever, cholerol,
Diphtheria, appendicitis,
Malaria and bronchitis!
Come soon,
Good doctor Aibolit! "

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


“We live in Zanzibar,
In the Kalahari and Sahara,
On Mount Fernando Po,
Where Hippo-Po walks
By wide Limpopo.

Part 4

And Aibolit got up, Aibolit ran.
Through the fields, through the forests, through the meadows, he runs.
And only one word is repeated by Aibolit:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:
"Hey, Aibolit, turn 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 will take you quickly! "


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

Part 5

But here is the sea in front of them -
Raging, making noise in the open.
And there is a high wave in the sea,
Now she will swallow Aibolit.

"Oh, if I drown,
If I go to the bottom.
With my beasts of the forest? "

But then a whale comes out:
"Sit on me, Aibolit,
And like a big steamer
I'll take you ahead! "

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

Part 6

And the mountains stand in front of him on the way,
And he begins to crawl over 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 make it,
If I get lost on the way
What will become of them, of the sick,
With my beasts of the forest?

And now from a high cliff
Eagles flew to Aybolit:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We will take you quickly! "


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

Part 7

And in Africa,
And in Africa,
On black
Limpopo,
Sits and cries
In Africa

He's in Africa, he's in Africa
Sits under a palm tree
And out to sea from Africa
He looks without rest:
Is he going in a boat
Dr. Aibolit?


And prowl along the road
Elephants and rhinos
And they say angrily:
“Why don’t you have Aibolit?”

And next to the hippos
Grabbing their tummies:
They, the hippos,
The tummies ache.

And then the ostriches
Squeal like pigs.
Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry
Poor ostriches!

And they have measles and diphtheria,
And they have smallpox and bronchitis,
And their head hurts,
And the neck hurts.


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

And nestled next to

Lies in the sun.

Ah, her little ones
The poor have sharks
For twelve days already
My teeth hurt!

And the shoulder is dislocated
The poor grasshopper;
He does not jump, he does not jump,
And he cries bitterly, bitterly

And the doctor calls:
“Oh, where is the good doctor?
When will he come? "

AIBOLIT
1

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

Heal everyone, heal
Good doctor Aibolit!

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

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

And the hare came running
And she screamed: "Ay, ay!
My bunny got hit by a tram!
My bunny, my boy
Hit by a tram!
He was running down the path
And his legs were cut
And now he's sick and lame
My little bunny! "

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

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

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

"What is it? Really
Are your children ill? "

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

Come soon,
Good doctor Aibolit! "

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

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

And Aibolit got up, Aibolit ran.
Through fields, but forests, through meadows, he runs.
And only one word is repeated by Aibolit:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:
"Hey, Aibolit, turn 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 will take you quickly! "

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

But here is the sea in front of them -
Raging, making noise in the open.
And there is a high wave in the sea.
Now she will swallow Aibolit.

"Oh, if I drown,
If I go to the bottom

With my beasts of the forest? "
But then a whale comes out:
"Sit on me, Aibolit,
And like a big steamer
I'll take you ahead! "

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

And the mountains stand in front of him on the way,
And he begins to crawl over 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 make it,
If I get lost on the way
What will become of them, of the sick,
With my beasts of the forest? "

And now from a high cliff
Eagles flew to Aybolit:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We will take you quickly! "

And sat on the eagle Aibolit
And only one word keeps repeating:
"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 out to sea from Africa
He looks without rest:
Is he going in a boat
Dr. Aibolit?

And prowl along the road
Elephants and rhinos
And they say angrily:
"Why don't you have Aibolit?"

And next to the hippos
Grabbing their tummies:
They, the hippos,
The tummies ache.

And then the ostriches
Squeal like pigs.
Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry
Poor ostriches!

And they have measles and diphtheria,
And they have smallpox and bronchitis,
And their head hurts,
And the neck hurts.

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

And nestled next to
Toothed shark
Shark
Lies in the sun.

Ah, her little ones
The poor have sharks
For twelve days already
My teeth hurt!

And the shoulder is dislocated
The poor grasshopper;
He does not jump, he does not jump,
And he cries bitterly, bitterly
And the doctor calls:
"Oh, where is the good doctor?
When will he come? "

But now, look, some kind of bird
Closer and closer rushes through the air.
Aibolit is sitting on the bird.
And waves his hat and shouts loudly:
"Long live dear Africa!"

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

And the bird is circling above them,
And the bird sits down on the ground.
And Aibolit runs to the hippos,
And slaps them on the tummies
And all in order
Gives a chocolate bar
And he puts and puts thermometers for them!

And to the striped
He runs to the cubs.
And to the poor humpbacks
Sick camels
And every gogol,
Every mogul
Nogol-mogul,
Nogol-mogul,
Gogol-mogul treats.

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

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

And the shark Karakul
Winked with her right eye
And he laughs and laughs,
As if someone tickles her.

And the little hippos
Grabbed the tummies
And they laugh, they fill up -
So the oaks are shaking.

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! "
Two to five.

BARMALE
I

Small children!
No way
Don't go to Africa
Walk to Africa!
Sharks in Africa
In Africa gorillas
In Africa, large
Angry crocodiles
They will bite you
To beat and offend, -
Don't go kids
Walk to Africa.

There is a robber in Africa
In Africa, a villain
In Africa, terrible
Bar-ma-lei!

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

And daddy and mommy
Sitting under a tree
And 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 - running to Africa, -
To Africa!
To Africa!

They walk along Africa.
Figs-dates pluck, -
Well, Africa!
That's Africa!

Saddled a rhino
Ride a little, -
Well, Africa!
That's Africa!

With elephants on the move
We played leapfrog, -
Well, Africa!
That's Africa!

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

"There is a shark Karakul
Opened an evil mouth.
You are to the shark Karakul
Would you like to get
Right in the pas? "

"We are a shark Karakula
Don't care, don't care
We are the shark Karakul
Brick, brick
We are the shark Karakul
Fist, fist!
We are the shark Karakul
Heel, heel! "

Scared shark
And drowned out of fear, -
Serves you right, shark, serves you right!

But here, in the swamps, a huge
A hippopotamus walks and roars,
He walks, he walks through the swamps
And roars loudly and menacingly.

And Tanya and Vanya are laughing,
The hippopotamus belly is tickled:
"Well, the belly,
What a belly -
Wonderful! "

I could not stand such an insult
Hippo,
Fled behind the pyramids
And roars

"Barmaley, Barmaley, Barmaley!
Come out, Barmaley, hurry up!
These nasty children, Barmaley,
Do not regret, Barmaley, do not regret! "

Tanya-Vanya trembled -
Barmaley was seen.
He walks across Africa
He sings all over Africa:

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

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

Children cry and cry
Barmaley implore:

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

We run away from mom
Never will
And walk in Africa
Let's forget forever!

Sweet, sweet ogre,
Have mercy on us
We'll give you candy
Tea with breadcrumbs! "

But the ogre answered:
"No-oo-oo !!!"

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

Kind doctor Aibolit
Runs up to Tanya-Vanya,
Tanya-Vanya hugs
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 missing
And he throws Aibolit into the fire.
And it burns and shouts Aibolit:
"Ay, it hurts! Ay, it hurts! Ay, it hurts!"

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

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

Kind doctor Aibolit
Crocodile says:
"Well, please, rather
Swallow the Barmaley
To greedy Barmaley
Would not be enough
Would not swallow
These little children! "

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

Glad, glad, glad, glad kids,
Danced, played by the fire:
"You are us,
You us
Saved from death
You set us free.
Good hour you
Saw us
Oh kind
Crocodile!"

But in the belly of the Crocodile
It's dark and cramped and dull,
And in the belly of the Crocodile
Barmaley cries, cries:
"Oh, I'll be kind
I will love children!
Don't ruin me!
Have mercy on me!
Oh, I will, I will, I will be kind! "

The children of Barmaley took pity on
Children say to the crocodile:
"If he really became kinder,
Let him go, please, back!
We will take Barmaley with us,
We'll take you to distant Leningrad! "
The crocodile nods his head,
Opens a 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'm going to Leningrad! "

Dance, dance Barmaley, Barmaley!
"I will, I will be kind, yes, kind!
I will bake for children, for children
Pies and pretzels, pretzels!

I will go to bazaars, to bazaars, I will walk!
I will be a gift, I will give away pies for free,
To treat children with pretzels, rolls.

And for Vanechka
And for Tanechka
Will be, will be with me
Gingerbread mints!
Mint gingerbread
Fragrant,
Surprisingly pleasant
Come get it,
Don't pay a dime
Because Barmaley
Loves little children
Loves, loves, loves, loves,
Loves little children! "
Roots Chukovsky. Poems and fairy tales.
Two to five.
World Children's Library.
Moscow: Planet of childhood, 1999.

FEDORINO GOR
1

The sieve rides through the fields,
And a trough in the meadows.

Behind a shovel broom
I went along the street.

Axes, axes
So they are pouring down from the mountain.
The goat got scared
She opened her eyes:

"What is it? Why?
I won't understand anything. "

But like a black iron leg
She ran and galloped a poker.

And knives rushed down the street:
"Hey, hold, hold, hold, hold, hold!"

And the pan on the run
Shouted to the iron:
"I run, I run, I run,
I can't resist! "

So the kettle is running after the coffee pot,
Chatters, chatters, rattles ...

The irons are running quacking,
They jump over puddles, over puddles.

And behind them saucers, saucers -
Tink-la-la! Tink-la-la!

They rush along the street -
Tink-la-la! Tink-la-la!
On glasses - tink! - stumble,
And the glasses - tink! - break.

And the frying pan is running, strumming, knocking:
"Where are you where? Where? Where? Where? Where?"

And behind her there are forks,
Glasses and bottles
Cups and spoons
They gallop along the path.

A table fell out of the window
And went, went, went, went, went ...

And on it, and on it,
Like riding a horse
The samovar is sitting
And he shouts to his comrades:
"Go away, run, save yourself!"

And into the iron pipe:
"Boo-boo-boo! Boo-boo-boo!"

And behind them along the fence
Fyodor's grandmother is riding:
"Oh-oh-oh! Oh-oh-oh!
Come back home! "

But the trough answered:
"I'm angry with Fedora!"
And the poker said:
"I am not a servant to Fedora!"

And the porcelain saucers
They laugh at Fedora:
"Never we, never
We won't come back here! "

Here Fedorin's cats
Dressed up their tails,
We ran at full speed.
To turn back the dishes:

"Hey you silly plates
What do you jump like squirrels?
Should you run outside the gate
With yellow sparrows?
You will fall into a ditch
You will drown in a swamp.
Don't go, wait,
Come back home! "

But the plates curl, curl,
And Fedora is not given:
"We'd better be lost in the field,
But we won't go to Fedora! "

The chicken ran past
And I saw the dishes:
"Where-where! Where-where!
Where are you from and where ?! "

And the dishes answered:
"It was bad for us with a woman,
She did not love us,
She beat us, she beat us,
Dust, smoked,
She ruined us! "

"Ko-ko-ko! Ko-ko-ko!
Life was not easy for you! "

"Yes," said the copper basin, "
Look at us:
We're broken, beaten
We are doused with slops.
Look into the tub -
And you will see a frog there.
Look into the tub -
Cockroaches are swarming there,
That is why we are from a woman
They ran away like a toad
And we walk through the fields
Through swamps, through meadows,
And to the slob-zamarah
We will not return! "

And they ran in the woods,
They galloped over stumps and bumps.
And the poor woman is alone
And she cries, and she cries.
A woman would sit at the table,
Yes, the table went out of the gate.
A woman would cook cabbage soup,
Yes, go and look for a saucepan!
And the cups are gone, and the glasses,
Only cockroaches remained.
Oh, woe to Fedora,
Woe!

And the dishes forward and forward
He walks through the fields, through the swamps.

And the saucers began to cry:
"Isn't it better to go back?"

And the trough burst into tears:
"Alas, I am broken, broken!"

But the dish said: "Look,
Who is that back there? "

And they see: behind them from the dark forest
Fyodor walks and hobbles.

But a miracle happened to her:
Fedora has become kinder.
Quietly follows them
And sings a quiet song:

"Oh you, my poor orphans,
The irons and pans are mine!
You go home unwashed
I will wash you with water.
I will brush you with sand
I will pump you with boiling water,
And you will be again,
Like the sun, shine
And I will lead the filthy cockroaches,
I will sweep the Prusaks and spiders! "

And the rolling pin said:
"I feel sorry for Fedor."

And the cup said:
"Oh, she's a poor thing!"

And the saucers said:
"We ought to come back!"

And the irons said:
"We are not enemies to Fedora!"

Long, long kissed
And she caressed them,
I watered and washed.
She rinsed them.

"I won't, I won't
I offend the dishes.
I will, I will be dishes
And love and respect! "

The pots laughed,
Samovar winked:
"Well, Fedora, so be it,
We are glad to forgive you! "

Have flown
Rang
Yes to Fedora right in the oven!
They began to fry, began to bake, -
Fedora will have pancakes and pies!

And the broom is, and the broom is fun -
Danced, played, swept,
She did not leave a speck of dust with Fedora.

And the saucers were delighted:
Tink-la-la! Tink-la-la!
And they dance and laugh -
Tink-la-la! Tink-la-la!

And on a white stool
Yes, on an embroidered napkin
The samovar is standing
Like the heat is burning
And he puffs, and looks at the woman:
"I forgive Fedorushka,
I treat you to sweet tea.
Eat, eat, Fedora Yegorovna! "
Roots Chukovsky. Poems and fairy tales.
Two to five.
World Children's Library.
Moscow: Planet of childhood, 1999.

CHUKOVSKY Roots

Aibolit and a sparrow

1

Evil, evil, bad snake
The young one was bitten by a sparrow.
He wanted to fly away, but he could not
And he wept and fell on the sand.
(It hurts the little sparrow, it hurts!)

And a toothless old woman came to him,
Goggle-eyed green frog.
She took a sparrow by the wing
And she led the patient through the swamp.
(It's a pity for the sparrow, it's a pity!)

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

And all day they walk in swamps,
They carry a sparrow in their arms ...
Suddenly darkness fell in the night
And not a bush is visible in the swamp,
(Scary sparrow, scary!)

So they lost their way, poor ones,
And they cannot find a doctor.
- We will not find Aibolit, we will not find,
We will disappear in the darkness without Aibolit!

Suddenly a firefly came from somewhere,
He lit his blue flashlight:
- You run after me, my friends,
Sorry, sorry for the sick sparrow!

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

He bandages the daw's wing
And he tells the rabbit a fairy tale.
An affectionate elephant meets them at the entrance
And quietly leads to the doctor on the balcony,
But the sick sparrow cries and groans.
He is weaker and weaker by the minute,
The death of a sparrow came to him.

And the doctor takes the patient into his arms,
And heals the patient all night long
And heals, and heals all night until morning,
And now - look! - hurray! Hurrah!-
The patient shook himself, 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 miserable crowd:
Blind ducklings and legless squirrels
A thin frog with a sore belly,
Pockmarked cuckoo with a padded wing
And hares bitten by wolves.

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

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

Aibolit

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

Heal everyone, heal
Good doctor Aibolit!

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

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

And the hare came running
And she screamed: "Ay, ay!
My bunny got hit by a tram!
My bunny, my boy
Hit by a tram!
He was running down the path
And his legs were cut
And now he's sick and lame
My little bunny! "

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

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

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

"What is it? Really
Are your children ill? "

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

Come soon,
Good doctor Aibolit! "

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

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

And Aibolit got up, Aibolit ran.
Through fields, but forests, through meadows, he runs.
And only one word is repeated by Aibolit:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:
"Hey, Aibolit, turn 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 will take you quickly! "

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

But here is the sea in front of them -
Raging, making noise in the open.
And there is a high wave in the sea.
Now she will swallow Aibolit.

"Oh, if I drown,
If I go to the bottom

With my beasts of the forest? "
But then a whale comes out:
"Sit on me, Aibolit,
And like a big steamer
I'll take you ahead! "

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

And the mountains stand in front of him on the way,
And he begins to crawl over 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 make it,
If I get lost on the way
What will become of them, of the sick,
With my beasts of the forest? "

And now from a high cliff
Eagles flew to Aybolit:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We will take you quickly! "

And sat on the eagle Aibolit
And only one word keeps repeating:
"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 out to sea from Africa
He looks without rest:
Is he going in a boat
Dr. Aibolit?

And prowl along the road
Elephants and rhinos
And they say angrily:
"Why don't you have Aibolit?"

And next to the hippos
Grabbing their tummies:
They, the hippos,
The tummies ache.

And then the ostriches
Squeal like pigs.
Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry
Poor ostriches!

And they have measles and diphtheria,
And they have smallpox and bronchitis,
And their head hurts,
And the neck hurts.

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

And nestled next to
Toothed shark
Shark
Lies in the sun.

Ah, her little ones
The poor have sharks
For twelve days already
My teeth hurt!

And the shoulder is dislocated
The poor grasshopper;
He does not jump, he does not jump,
And he cries bitterly, bitterly
And the doctor calls:
"Oh, where is the good doctor?
When will he come? "

But now, look, some kind of bird
Closer and closer rushes through the air.
Aibolit is sitting on the bird.
And waves his hat and shouts loudly:
"Long live dear Africa!"

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

And the bird is circling above them,
And the bird sits down on the ground.
And Aibolit runs to the hippos,
And slaps them on the tummies
And all in order
Gives a chocolate bar
And he puts and puts thermometers for them!

And to the striped
He runs to the cubs.
And to the poor humpbacks
Sick camels
And every gogol,
Every mogul
Nogol-mogul,
Nogol-mogul,
Gogol-mogul treats.

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

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

And the shark Karakul
Winked with her right eye
And he laughs and laughs,
As if someone tickles her.

And the little hippos
Grabbed the tummies
And they laugh, they fill up -
So the oaks are shaking.

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
Eaten by forty people
And a cow and a bull,
And a 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
Walk to Africa!
Sharks in Africa
In Africa gorillas
In Africa, large
Angry crocodiles
They will bite you
To beat and offend, -
Don't go kids
Walk to Africa.

There is a robber in Africa
In Africa, a villain
In Africa, terrible
Bar-ma-lei!

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

And daddy and mommy
Sitting under a tree
And 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 - running to Africa, -
To Africa!
To Africa!

They walk along Africa.
Figs-dates pluck, -
Well, Africa!
That's Africa!

Saddled a rhino
Ride a little, -
Well, Africa!
That's Africa!

With elephants on the move
We played leapfrog, -
Well, Africa!
That's Africa!

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

"There is a shark Karakul
Opened an evil mouth.
You are to the shark Karakul
Would you like to get
Right in the pas? "

"We are a shark Karakula
Don't care, don't care
We are the shark Karakul
Brick, brick
We are the shark Karakul
Fist, fist!
We are the shark Karakul
Heel, heel! "

Scared shark
And drowned out of fear, -
Serves you right, shark, serves you right!

But here, in the swamps, a huge
A hippopotamus walks and roars,
He walks, he walks through the swamps
And roars loudly and menacingly.

And Tanya and Vanya are laughing,
The hippopotamus belly is tickled:
"Well, the belly,
What a belly -
Wonderful! "

I could not stand such an insult
Hippo,
Fled behind the pyramids
And roars

"Barmaley, Barmaley, Barmaley!
Come out, Barmaley, hurry up!
These nasty children, Barmaley,
Do not regret, Barmaley, do not regret! "

Tanya-Vanya trembled -
Barmaley was seen.
He walks across Africa
He sings all over Africa:

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

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

Children cry and cry
Barmaley implore:

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

We run away from mom
Never will
And walk in Africa
Let's forget forever!

Sweet, sweet ogre,
Have mercy on us
We'll give you candy
Tea with breadcrumbs! "

But the ogre answered:
"No-oo-oo !!!"

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

Kind doctor Aibolit
Runs up to Tanya-Vanya,
Tanya-Vanya hugs
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 missing
And he throws Aibolit into the fire.
And it burns and shouts Aibolit:
"Ay, it hurts! Ay, it hurts! Ay, it hurts!"

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

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

Kind doctor Aibolit
Crocodile says:
"Well, please, rather
Swallow the Barmaley
To greedy Barmaley
Would not be enough
Would not swallow
These little children! "

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

Glad, glad, glad, glad kids,
Danced, played by the fire:
"You are us,
You us
Saved from death
You set us free.
Good hour you
Saw us
Oh kind
Crocodile!"

But in the belly of the Crocodile
It's dark and cramped and dull,
And in the belly of the Crocodile
Barmaley cries, cries:
"Oh, I'll be kind
I will love children!
Don't ruin me!
Have mercy on me!
Oh, I will, I will, I will be kind! "

The children of Barmaley took pity on
Children say to the crocodile:
"If he really became kinder,
Let him go, please, back!
We will take Barmaley with us,
We'll take you to distant Leningrad! "
The crocodile nods his head,
Opens a 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'm going to Leningrad! "

Dance, dance Barmaley, Barmaley!
"I will, I will be kind, yes, kind!
I will bake for children, for children
Pies and pretzels, pretzels!

I will go to bazaars, to bazaars, I will walk!
I will be a gift, I will give away pies for free,
To treat children with pretzels, rolls.

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

Took a lamb
Pencil,
I took it and wrote:
"I am Bebek,
I am Memeka
I am a bear
Gored! "

The beasts were frightened,
They scattered in fright.

And the frog by the swamp
Fills up, laughs:
"Well done!"
Korney Chukovsky

Sandwich

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

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

And he lured away with him
To walk
Red-cheeked butter
Bulk.

But the tea cups are sad
Knocking and strumming, they shouted:
"Sandwich,
Madcap
Don't go out of the gate
And you will go -
You will be lost
You’ll get Mouret in your mouth!

Moore in your mouth
Moore in your mouth
Moore in the mouth
You will get there! "
Korney Chukovsky

Tadpoles

Remember, Murochka, in the country
In our puddle hot
The tadpoles were dancing
The tadpoles splashed
The tadpoles were diving
We dabbled, somersaulted.
And the old toad
Like a woman
Sat on a bump
Knitted stockings
And she said in a bass voice:
- Sleep!
- Ah, grandmother, dear grandmother,
Let us play some more.
Korney Chukovsky

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

Jenny
English song

Jenny lost her shoe.
She cried for a long time, looked.
The miller found a shoe
And grinded at the mill.
Korney Chukovsky

Frog under ooze
He fell ill with scarlet fever.
A rook flew to him,
Is talking:
"I am a doctor!
Get in my mouth
Everything will pass now! "
Om! And ate it.
Korney Chukovsky

Hedgehogs laugh

At the groove
Two boogers
Sell ​​pins to hedgehogs.
And hedgehogs laugh out loud!
Everybody can't stop:
"Eh you silly boogers!
We don't need pins:
We are studded with pins ourselves. "
Korney Chukovsky

Would have been by the tree
Legs,
Would she run
Along the path.

Would she dance
Together with us,
She would knock
With heels.

Would spin on a Christmas tree
Toys -
Colorful lanterns
Crackers.

Would spin on a Christmas tree
Flags
From crimson, from silver
Paper.

Laugh at the Christmas tree
Matryoshka
And they would clap for joy
In the palms.

Because at the gate
New Year is knocking!
New, new,
Young,
With a gold beard!
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Kondrat was walking
To Leningrad,
And to meet - twelve guys.
Each has three baskets,
In every basket there is a cat,
Each cat has twelve kittens.
Each kitten
There are four mice in the teeth.
And old Kondrat thought:
"How many mice and kittens
Are the guys taking you to Leningrad? "
Answer:
Stupid, stupid Kondrat!
He was alone and walked to Leningrad
And the guys with baskets,
With mice and cats
We walked towards him -
To Kostroma.
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Ah, don't touch me:
I will burn it without fire!
Answer: Nettle
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

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

Mystery

I had a cart
Yes, only there was no horse,
And suddenly she whinnied,
She blinked - she ran.
Look, a cart has run without a horse!
Answer: Truck
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Suddenly from the black darkness
Bushes have grown 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.
Answer: Salute
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Take me, wash, bathe,
And know: it would be a big trouble,
Whenever I and water, -
On a dirty, unwashed neck
You would have nasty snakes
And poisonous stings
They would stab you like with daggers.
And in every unwashed ear
Evil frogs would have settled
And if you poor people cried,
They would laugh and croak.
Here, dear children, what a misfortune
It would be if it weren't for me and water.
Take me, wash, bathe,
And what I am - guess quickly.
Solution: A 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.
Answer: Hedgehog
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Everywhere, everywhere we two
Inseparable we go.
We walk in 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 the legless - that's the problem! -
Neither this nor that!
Well? Let's climb under the bed
We'll sleep there quietly
And when the legs return,
Let's ride along the road again.
Answer: Children's boots
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

I have two horses
Two horses.
They carry me on the water.
And the water
Solid,
Like a stone!
Answer: Skates
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

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

Mystery

If the pines and spruce
They knew how to run and jump,
They would have rushed away from me without looking back
And they would never meet with me again,
Because - I will tell you, without bragging, -
I am steel and angry, and very toothy.
Solution: Saw
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Red doors
In my cave,
White beasts
Sit
At the door.
And meat and bread - all my booty
I gladly give it to white animals!
Solution: Lips and Teeth
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Lies, lies a penny at our well.
A good penny, but not given in the hands.
Come bring fourteen horses,
Come call fifteen strongmen!
Let them try to raise a pretty penny,
So that Mashenka could play a pretty penny!
And the horses galloped, and the strong men came,
But they didn't pick up a small penny from the ground,
They did not lift, did not lift and could not move.
Solution: A sunbeam on the ground
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

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

Mystery

Little houses run down the street
Boys and girls are being transported to the houses.
Answer: Car
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Maryushka, Marusenka, Mashenka and Manechka
We wanted a sweet sugar gingerbread.
An old grandmother walked down the street,
The grandmother gave the girls for money:
Maryushka - a pretty penny,
Marusenka - a pretty penny,
Masha - 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 a gingerbread.

And Kondrat pondered, looking from the corner:
Did your grandmother give you a lot of kopecks?
Answer: Grandma gave only one penny,
since Maryushka, Marusenka, Mashenka and
Manechka is one and the same girl.
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

A lot of this good
Near our yard
But you can't take it with your hand
And you can't bring it home.

Masha walked in the garden,
Collected, collected,
I looked at the box -
There is nothing there.
Solution: Fog
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

The sage in him saw the sage,
A fool is a fool
A ram is a ram
A sheep saw a sheep in him,
And a monkey is a monkey
But then they brought Fedya Baratov to him,
And Fedya saw a shaggy slob.
Solution: Mirror
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

They swooped down on raspberries
They wanted to peck her.
But they saw a freak -
And soon from the garden!
And the freak sits on a stick
With a washcloth beard.
Solution: Birds and the Garden Scarecrow
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

Locomotive
No wheels!
That's a wonderful locomotive!
Has he lost his mind -
I went straight by the sea!
Solution: Steamer
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

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

Mystery

I do not wander through the woods,
And through the mustache, through the hair,
And my teeth are longer
Than wolves and bears.
Answer: scallop
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

I'm a giant! That huge
Multi-pood stove
I'm like a bar of chocolate
I instantly raise it in height.

And if I am with a mighty paw
I grab an elephant or a camel,
I'll be glad to both of them
Raise like little kittens.
Solution: Crane
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

I bark with everyone
Dog,
I howl
With every owl
And every song of yours
I am with you
I sing.
When the steamer is in the distance
It will roar like a bull on the river
I roar too:
"Ooh!"
Solution: Echo
Korney Chukovsky

Mystery

I'm a one-eared old woman
I'm jumping across the canvas
And a long thread from the ear,
Like a spider web, I pull.
Answer: Needle
Korney Chukovsky

Kotausi and Mousei
English song

Once upon a time there was a mouse Mousey
And suddenly she saw Kotausi.
Kotausi has evil eyes
And evil, despicable teeth.
Kotausi ran up to Mousei
And she waved her tail:
"Ah, Mousey, Mousey, Mousey,
Come to me, dear Mousey!
I'll sing you a song, Mousey
Wonderful song, Mousey! "
But clever Mousey answered:
"You won't fool me, Kotausi!
I see your evil eyes
And evil, despicable teeth! "
So clever Mousey answered -
And rather run away from Kotausi.
Korney Chukovsky

Stolen sun

The sun walked across the sky
And ran behind the cloud.
I glanced at the bunny out the window,
It became dark for a hitchhiker.

A magpie
Beloboki
Rode through the fields
They shouted to the cranes:
"Woe! Woe! Crocodile
Swallowed the sun in the sky! "

Darkness fell.
Don't go outside the gate:
Who got on the street -
Lost and disappeared.

The gray sparrow is crying:
"Come out, honey, hurry!
It's a shame for us without the sun -
The grain is not visible in the field! "

Bunnies cry
On the lawn:
Lost, poor, out of the way,
They can't get home.

Only goggle-eyed crayfish
They climb on the ground in the darkness,
Yes in the ravine behind the mountain
Mad wolves howl.

Early early
Two rams
Knocked at the gate:
Tra-ta-ta and tra-ta-ta!

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

But the furry ones are afraid:
"Where are we to fight with that!
He is both formidable and toothy,
He will not give us the sun! "
And they run to the Bear in the den:
"Come on out, Bear, to help.
Full of your paw, you bummer, suck.
We must go help the sun out! "

But the Bear is reluctant to fight:
He walks, he walks, Bear, a circle of swamps,
He cries, Bear, and roars,
He calls the cubs from the swamp:

"Oh, where have you fat-heels gone?
Who did you throw me at, old one? "

And in the swamp, the Bear prowls,
The cubs are looking for:
"Where are you, where are you?
Or fell into a ditch?
Or crazy dogs
Have you been torn apart in the darkness? "
And all day she wanders through the forest,
But he doesn't find cubs anywhere.
Only black owls from the thicket
They goggle at her.

Here the hare came out
And she said to the Bear:
"Ashamed of the old roar -
You are not a hare, but a Bear.
Come on, clubfoot,
Scratch the crocodile
Tear it apart
Rip the sun out of your mouth.
And when it comes again
Will shine in the sky
Your kids are furry
Fat-headed cubs
Themselves will come running to the house:

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

And in the Big River
Crocodile
Lies,
And in his teeth
No fire burns, -
The sun is red
Stolen sun.

The Bear approached quietly,
Pushed him lightly:
"I tell you villain
Spit out the sun soon!
Otherwise, look, I'll catch
I'll break it in half, -
You ignoramus will know
Steal our sun!
Look for a robber breed:
The sun gripped from the firmament
And with a stuffed belly
Fell under a bush
Yes, and grunts sleepily,
Like a well-fed sow.
The whole light disappears
And he has no grief! "

But the shameless laughs
So that the tree is shaking:
"If only I want to
And I'll swallow the moon! "

Could not stand
Bear,
Roared
Bear,
And on the evil enemy
Swooped in
Bear.

He crumpled it
And broke it:
"Serve here
Our sun! "

Hello, golden sun!
Hello, the sky is blue!

The birds began to chirp
Fly for the bugs.

Bunnies have become
On the lawn
Tumbling and jumping.

And look: cubs,
Like funny kittens
Straight to the furry grandfather,
Fat-fifths, they are running:
"Hello, grandfather, we are here!"

Happy bunnies and squirrels
Happy boys and girls
They hug and kiss the clubfoot:
"Well, thank you, grandfather, for the sun!"
Korney Chukovsky

Crocodile
Old, old tale

Part one

1

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

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

High school students follow him,
The chimney sweeps are behind him,
And they push him.
Offend him;
And some kid
Showed him a shish
And some watchdog
Bit him in the nose.
Bad watchdog, ill-mannered.

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

The people got angry
And calls, and yells:
- Hey, hold it,
Yes knit it,
Yes, take the police soon!

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

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

Crocodile grinned
And the poor man swallowed
Swallowed with boots and saber.

Everyone trembles with fear.
Everyone screams in fear.
Only one
Citizen
Did not squeal,
Didn't tremble -

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

He said, “You’re a villain.
Devouring people
So for this my sword -
Your head off your shoulders! -
And waved his toy saber.

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

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

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

And now alive
Policeman
He appeared instantly in front of the crowd:
Crocodile's Womb
It didn't hurt him.

And friend
One jump
From the mouth of the Crocodile
Dap!
Well, dance with joy,
Lick Vanina's cheeks.

The trumpets sounded
The cannons lit up!
Very happy Petrograd -
Everyone is cheering and dancing
Vanya darling kiss,
And from every yard
A loud "hurray" is heard.
The entire capital was adorned with flags.

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

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

And the furious reptile
Down with Petrograd:
Let him go to his crocodiles!

He jumped into an airplane
Flew like a hurricane
And never looked back,
And darted away with an arrow
To the side, dear,
Which says "Africa".

Jumped into the Nile
Crocodile,
Straight into the silt
Pleased,
Where his wife Crocodile lived,
His children are a wet-nurse.

Part two

The sad wife says to him:
- I suffered with the kids alone:
Then Kokoshenka strikes Leleshenka,
Then Lelioshenka Kokoshenka is playing.
And Totoshenka found himself today:
Drank a whole bottle of ink.
I put him on his knees
And left him without sweets.
Kokoshenka had a strong 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 saddened
And he dropped a tear on his belly:
- How are we going to live without a samovar?
How can we drink tea without a samovar?

But then the doors opened
Beasts appeared at the door:
Hyenas, boas, elephants,
Both ostriches and wild boars,
And the Elephant-
Goldfinch,
Stopud merchant's wife,
And the Giraffe -
Important graph,
With a telegraph high, -
All friends are friends
All relatives and godfathers.
Well hug your neighbor
Well neighbor kiss:
- Give us overseas gifts!

Crocodile answers:
- I have not forgotten anyone,
And for each of you
I've got some presents!
Leo -
Halva,
Monkey -
Rugs,
Eagle -
Pastila,
Hippo -
Books,
Buffalo - a fishing rod,
To the ostrich - a pipe,
The elephant - sweets,
And the elephant - a pistol ...

Only Totoshenka,
Only Kokoshenka
Did not give
Crocodile
Nothing.

Crying Totosha with Kokosha:
- Daddy, you are not good:
Even for the stupid Sheep
You have some candy.
We are not strangers to you,
We are your own children,
So why, why
Didn't you bring us anything?

Crocodile smiled, laughed:
- No, pranksters, I have not forgotten you:
Here is a fragrant green Christmas tree for you,
Brought from far from Russia,
Everything is hung with wonderful toys,
Gilded nuts, crackers.
So we'll light the candles on the Christmas tree.
So we will sing the songs to the Christmas tree:
"You served the little ones for men.
Serve now to us, and to us, and to us! "

As the elephants heard about the Christmas tree,
Jaguars, baboons, boars,
Immediately by the hands
To celebrate, they took
And around the Christmas tree
Squatting rushed.
It does not matter that, having danced, the Hippopotamus
Poured a chest of drawers on Crocodile,
And with a run the cool-horned Rhino
Horn, horn caught on the threshold.
Oh, how fun, how fun Jackal
I started dancing on the guitar!
Even butterflies rested on their sides
Trepaka danced with mosquitoes.
Siskins and bunnies are dancing in the woods,
Crayfish dance, perches dance in the seas,
Worms and spiders are dancing in the field,
Ladybugs and bugs are dancing.

Suddenly the drums beat
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 growl arose,
Squealing and bleating and humming:
- No joke, because the Hippopotamus himself
You will be pleased to come here to us!

The crocodile rather ran away
I combed both Kokosha and Totosha.
A flustered, trembling Crocodile
He swallowed a napkin out of excitement.

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

And the Giraffe,
Even though he is a count,
Perched on top of the closet.
And from there
Camel
All the dishes were scattered!
And the snakes
Lackeys
Put on liveries
Rustling along the alley
Hurry up quickly
Meet the young king!

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

And the king said to him: - Yesterday the monkeys told me.
That you have traveled to distant countries
Where toys grow on trees
And cheesecakes are falling from the sky,
So I came here to listen to wonderful toys
And eat heavenly cheesecakes.

And the Crocodile says:
- Please, your majesty!
Kokosha, put on the samovar!
Totosha, turn on the electricity!

And he says to the Hippopotamus:
- O Crocodile, tell us,
What have you seen in a foreign land
I'll take a nap for now.

And the sad Crocodile got 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,
If I could see him.
Our brothers are there, as in hell -
In the Zoological Garden.

Oh, this garden, awful garden!
I would be glad to forget him.
There, under the scourges of the watchmen
A lot of animals are tormented,
They moan and call
And gnaw heavy chains,
But they can't get out here
From cramped cages never.

There an elephant is fun for children,
Silly kids toy.
There is a human small fry
Deer pulls horns
And the buffalo tickles the nose
As if the buffalo is a dog.
Do you remember lived between us
One funny crocodile ...
He is my nephew. I him
He loved him like his son.
He was a prankster, and a dancer,
And the mischievous, and the giggle,
And now there in front of me,
Exhausted, half-dead
In a dirty tub he lay
And, dying, he said to me:
"I do not curse the executioners,
Neither their chains nor their whips,
But you traitors friends
I send the curse.
You are so powerful, so strong
Boas, buffaloes, elephants,
We are every day and every hour
From our prisons they called you
And they waited, believed that here
Liberation will come
That you will rush here
To destroy forever
Human, evil cities
Where are your brothers and sons
Doomed to live in captivity! "
He said and died.
I was standing
And he gave terrible vows
To take revenge on villains people
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 formidable, terribly fierce,
His name is Vasilchikov.
And I'm behind his head
I would not regret anything!

The brutes bristled and, bared their teeth, shout:
- So lead us to the accursed Zoo,
Where in captivity our brothers are sitting behind bars!
We will break the bars, we will break the chains,
And we will save our unfortunate brothers from captivity.
And we gore the villains, bite them, bite them!

Through swamps and sands
Animal regiments are coming
Their voivode is ahead,
Arms crossed over my chest.
They go to Petrograd,
They want to eat it,
And all the people
And all the children
They will eat it without pity.
O poor, poor Petrograd!

Part three

1

Dear little girl Lyalechka!
She walked with the doll
And on Tavricheskaya street
Suddenly I saw the Elephant.

God, what a bogeyman!
Lyalya runs and shouts.
Look, in front of her from under the bridge
Keith stuck his head out.

Lyalechka cries and backs away,
Lyalechka is calling mom ...
And in the alley on a bench
The terrible hippopotamus sits.

Snakes, jackals and buffaloes
Hissing and growling everywhere.
Poor, poor Lyalechka!
Run without looking back!

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

Ugly stuffed monster
Shows its fanged mouth,
Reaches, reaches for Lyalechka,
Lyalechka wants to steal.

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

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

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

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

I flew onto the pipe,
I scooped up the soot
I smeared Lyalya,
She sat down on the cornice.

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

Close the windows, close the doors
Get under the bed as soon as possible,
Because evil, furious beasts
They want to tear you apart, to pieces!

Who, trembling with fear, hid in the closet,
Some in the doghouse, some in the attic ...
Daddy buried himself in an old suitcase
Uncle under the couch, aunt in the chest.

Where is there such
Daring hero,
What will beat the crocodile horde?

Which of the fierce claws
Enraged beasts
Will they rescue our poor Lyalechka?

Where are you, daredevils,
Well done, brave?
Why are you, like cowards, hiding?

Come out soon
Drive the beasts away
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
Does not run, does not tremble -
This is the valiant Vanya Vasilchikov.

He is neither lions nor elephants,
No dashing boars
Not afraid, of course, not a bit!

They roar, they screech
They want to ruin him,
But Vanya boldly goes to them
And the pistol gets out.

Bang Bang! - and the furious Jackal
Faster than a doe galloped away.

Bang bang! - and the Buffalo run away.
Behind him in a fright is the Rhinoceros.

Bang bang! - and the Hippopotamus himself
Runs on their heels.

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

And Vanya is happy that in front of him
The enemies scattered like smoke.

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

And again from every yard
"Hurray" is heard to him.

And again cheerful Petrograd
He is presented with chocolate.

But where is Lyalya? No Lyalya!
Not a trace of the girl was gone!

What if the greedy Crocodile
Grabbed and swallowed her?

Vanya rushed after the evil beasts:
- Beasts, give me Lyalya back! -
The wild beasts sparkle with their eyes,
They don't want to give Lyalya.

How dare you, cried the Tigress,
Come to us for your sister,
If my dear sister
You people languish in a cage!

No, you break these nasty cells
Where for the amusement of two-legged guys
Our dear hairy children,
As if in a prison, they are sitting behind bars!

There are iron doors in every menagerie
Thou shalt open for captive animals
So that from there unfortunate animals
We could go free as soon as possible!

If our beloved guys
They will return to their family of origin,
If the cubs return from captivity,
Lion cubs with foxes and 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 was saved.

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

I'll break the cells
I will scatter the chains.
Iron bars
I will break it forever!

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

Not a bird, not a kitten
Not a small child
Not Lialechka's mother,
Not my dad!

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

Walk the boulevards
In shops and bazaars,
Walk wherever you want
Nobody bothers you!

Live with us
And be friends:
We've been fighting enough
And blood was shed!

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

Bulls and rhinos
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.

Go boldly towards the Rhino -
He will give way to the insect.

Rhino is now polite and meek:
Where is his old frightening horn?

There is a Tigress walking along the boulevard
Lyalya is not afraid of her a bit:

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

Vanya sits down on the Panther
And, triumphant, rushes down the street.

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

The animals love Vanyusha so affectionately
Animals pamper him and dove.

Vanyusha's wolves bake pies
The rabbits are cleaning his boots.

In the evenings, the quick-eyed Serna
Vanya and Lyala are read by Jules Verne,

And at night the young Behemoth
He sings lullabies to them.

Children crowded around the Bear
Bear gives each one a candy.

Look, look, along the Neva by the river
The Wolf and the Lamb are sailing in the canoe.

Happy are people, and beasts, and reptiles,
The camels are happy, and the buffaloes are happy.

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

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

Suddenly, unexpectedly, Vanya ran in
And, like a family, he kissed him.

Here comes the holidays! Glorious tree
Will be with the Gray Wolf today.

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

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

Heal everyone, heal
Good doctor Aibolit!

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

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

And the hare came running
And she screamed: "Ay, ay!"
My bunny got hit by a tram!
My bunny, my boy
Hit by a tram!
He was running down the path
And his legs were cut
And now he's sick and lame
My little bunny! "

And Aibolit said:
"No problem! Serve it here!
I'll sew him new legs
He will run down the path again. "
And they brought a bunny to him,
Such a sick, lame,
And the doctor sewed on his legs,
And the bunny jumps again.
And with him the mother hare
She also went to dance.
And she laughs and shouts:
"Well, thank you, Aibolit!"

Suddenly from somewhere a jackal
I rode on a mare:
“Here is a telegram for you
From the Hippopotamus! "

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

"What? Really
Are your children sick? "

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

Come soon,
Good doctor Aibolit! "

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

“We live in Zanzibar,
In the Kalahari and Sahara,
On Mount Fernando Po,
Where Hippo-Po walks
Along wide Limpopo. "

And Aibolit got up, Aibolit ran,
Through the fields, through the forests, through the meadows, he runs.
And only one word is repeated by Aibolit:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:
"Hey, Aibolit, turn 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 will take you quickly! "

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

But here is the sea in front of them
Raging, making noise in the open.
And there is a high wave in the sea,
Now she will swallow Aibolit.

"Oh, if I drown,
If I go to the bottom

With my beasts of the forest? "
But then a whale comes out:
"Sit on me, Aibolit,
And like a big steamer
I'll take you ahead! "

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

And the mountains stand in front of him on the way,
And he begins to crawl over 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 make it,
If I get lost on the way
What will become of them, of the sick,
With my beasts of the forest? "
And now from a high cliff
Eagles descended to Aibolit:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We will take you quickly! "

And sat on the eagle Aibolit
And only one word keeps repeating:
"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 out to sea from Africa
He looks without rest:
Is he going in a boat
Dr. Aibolit?

And prowl along the road
Elephants and rhinos
And they say angrily:
“Why don’t you have Aibolit?”

And next to the hippos
Grabbing their tummies:
They, the hippos,
The tummies ache.

And then the ostriches
Squeal like pigs
Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry
Poor ostriches!

And they have measles and diphtheria,
And they have smallpox and bronchitis,
And their head hurts,
And the neck hurts.

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

And nestled next to
Toothed shark
Shark
Lies in the sun.

Ah, her little ones
The poor have sharks
For twelve days already
My teeth hurt!

And the shoulder is dislocated
The poor grasshopper;
He does not jump, he does not jump,
And he cries bitterly, bitterly
And the doctor calls:
“Oh, where is the good doctor?
When will he come? "

But now, look, some kind of bird
Closer and closer rushes through the air
Aibolit is sitting on the bird.
And waves his hat and shouts loudly:
"Long live dear Africa!"

And all the kids are happy and happy:
“I have arrived, I have arrived! Cheers cheers!"

And the bird is circling above them,
And the bird sits on the ground,
And Aibolit runs to the hippos,
And slaps them on the tummies
And all in order
Gives a chocolate bar
And he puts and puts thermometers for them!

And to the striped
He runs to the cubs,
And to the poor humpbacks
Sick camels
And every gogol,
Every mogul
Nogol-mogul,
Nogol-mogul,
Gogol-mogul treats.

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

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

And the shark Karakul
Winked with her right eye
And he laughs and laughs,
As if someone tickles her.

And the little hippos
Grabbed the tummies
And they laugh, they fill up -
So that the oaks are shaking.

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! "

DR. AIBOLIT

Part one
JOURNEY TO MONKEY COUNTRY

Chapter 1. THE DOCTOR AND HIS BEASTS

Once upon a time there was a doctor. He was kind. His name was Aibolit. And he had a wicked sister named Barbara.

More than anything, the doctor loved animals.

Hares lived in his room. There was a squirrel in his closet. There was a crow in the sideboard. A prickly hedgehog lived on the sofa. White mice lived in the chest. But of all his animals, Dr. Aibolit loved most of all the duck Kiku, the dog Avva, the little pig Oink-Oink, the parrot Carudo and the owl Bumbu.

His evil sister Barbara was very angry with the doctor because he had so many animals in his room.

Drive them away this minute, ”she shouted. - They only dirty the rooms. I don’t want to live with these nasty creatures!

No, Varvara, they are not bad! - said the doctor. - I am very glad that they live with me.

From all sides, sick shepherds, sick fishermen, woodcutters, peasants came to the doctor for treatment, and he gave each of them medicine and everyone immediately became healthy. If some village boy bruises his hand or scratches his nose, he immediately runs to Aibolit - and, you see, ten minutes later he is as if nothing had happened, healthy, cheerful, playing tag with the parrot Carudo, and the owl Bumba treats his candies and apples.

One day a very sad horse came to the doctor. She quietly said to him:

Llama, won, fifi, kuku!

The doctor immediately understood that in bestial language this means:

“My eyes hurt. Please give me glasses. "

The doctor had long since learned to speak like a beast. He told the horse:

Kapuki, kapuki!

In a bestial way, this means:

"Sit down please".

The horse sat down. The doctor put her glasses on and her eyes stopped hurting.

Chuck! - said the horse, wagging its tail and ran into the street.

"Chaka" is animal-like "thank you."

Soon all the animals that had bad eyes received glasses from Doctor Aibolit. Horses began to walk in glasses, cows in glasses, cats and dogs in glasses. Even the old crows did not fly out of the nest without glasses.

Every day more and more animals and birds came to the doctor.

Turtles, foxes and goats came, cranes and eagles flew in.

All were treated by doctor Aibolit, but he did not take money from anyone, because what money did the turtles and eagles have!

Soon the following announcements were posted on the trees in the forest:

HOSPITAL OPEN
FOR BIRDS AND ANIMALS.
GO TO TREATMENT
HAPPY THERE!

These ads were pasted by Vanya and Tanya, neighbors' children whom the doctor once cured of scarlet fever and measles. They loved the doctor very much and willingly helped him.

Chapter 2. MONKEY CHICHI

One evening, when all the animals were asleep, someone knocked on the doctor's door.

Who's there? the doctor asked.

The doctor opened the door, and a monkey entered the room, very thin and dirty. The doctor sat her down on the sofa and asked:

What is hurting you?

Neck, - she said and began to cry.

Then the doctor saw that she had a rope around her neck.

I ran away from the evil organ grinder, - said the monkey and again, began to cry. - The organ grinder beat me, tortured me and dragged me everywhere on a rope.

The doctor took the scissors, cut the rope and smeared the monkey's neck with such an amazing ointment that the neck immediately stopped hurting. Then he bathed the monkey in a trough, gave her something to eat and said:

Live with me, monkey. I don't want to be offended.

The monkey was very happy. But, when she was sitting at the table and gnawing the large nuts that the doctor had treated her to, an evil organ-grinder ran into the room.

Give me the monkey! he shouted. - This monkey is mine!

Will not give it back! the doctor said. - I won't give it up for anything! I don't want you to torture her.

The enraged organ-grinder wanted to grab Doctor Aibolit by the throat.

But the doctor calmly said to him:

Get out this minute! And if you fight, I will call the dog Abba, and it will bite you.

Abba ran into the room and said menacingly:

In bestial language, this means:

"Run, or I'll bite you!"

The organ-grinder got scared and ran away without looking back. The monkey stayed with the doctor. The animals soon fell in love with her and named her Chichi. In bestial language "chichi" means "good fellow".

As soon as Tanya and Vanya saw her, they exclaimed in one voice:

Oh, how cute she is! How wonderful!

And they immediately began to play with her as with their best friend. They played both burners and hide and seek, and then all three joined hands and ran to the seashore, and there the monkey taught them a funny monkey dance, which is called "tkella" in animal language.

Chapter 3. DOCTOR AIBOLIT AT WORK

Every day, animals came to Doctor Aibolit for treatment - foxes, rabbits, seals, donkeys, camels. Someone has a stomach ache, someone has a tooth. Each doctor gave medicine, and they all immediately recovered.

Once a tailless goat came to Aibolit, and the doctor sewed his tail.

And then a bear came from a distant forest, all in tears. She moaned and whimpered pitifully: a large splinter was sticking out of her paw. The doctor pulled out a splinter, washed the wound and smeared it with his miraculous ointment.

The bear's pain passed this very minute.

Chuck! - shouted the bear and cheerfully ran home - to the den, to her cubs.

Then a sick hare came to the doctor, which was almost bitten by the dogs.

And then a sick ram came, who caught a bad cold and coughed. And then two chickens came and brought a turkey, which was poisoned by mushrooms toadstools.

Everyone, everyone was given medicine by the doctor, and everyone recovered at the same moment, and everyone said "chaka" to him. And then, when all the patients left, Doctor Aibolit heard something rustling outside the door.

Sign in! shouted the doctor.

And a sad moth came to him:

I burned my wing on a candle.

Help me, help me, Aibolit:

My wounded wing is hurting!

Doctor Aibolit felt sorry for the moth. He put it in his palm and stared at the burnt wing for a long time. And then he smiled and said cheerfully to the moth:

Do not be sad, moth!
You lie down on the side:
I'll sew you something else
Silk, blue,
New,
Good
Wing!

And the doctor went into the next room and brought from there a whole heap of all kinds of scraps - velvet, satin, cambric, silk. The patches were multi-colored: blue, green, black. The doctor rummaged among them for a long time, finally chose one - bright blue with crimson specks. And at once he cut out an excellent wing from it with scissors, which he sewed on to the moth.

The moth laughed
And rushed to the meadow,
And flies under the birches
With butterflies and dragonflies.

A cheerful Aibolit
From the window he shouts to him:
“Okay, okay, have fun,
Just beware of the candles! "

So the doctor fiddled with his patients until late in the evening.

In the evening he lay down on the sofa and fell asleep sweetly, and he began to dream of polar bears, deer, sailors.

Suddenly someone knocked on his door again.

Chapter 4. Crocodile

There was a circus in the city where the doctor lived, and a large Crocodile lived in the circus. There he was shown to people for money.

Crocodile got a toothache, and he came to doctor Aibolit for treatment. The doctor gave him a wonderful medicine, and his teeth stopped hurting.

How good you are! - said Crocodile, looking around and licking his lips. - How many bunnies, birds, mice do you have! And they are all so fat, delicious. Let me stay with you forever. I don't want to go back to the owner of the circus. He feeds me badly, hits me, offends.

Stay, said the doctor. - Please! Only, mind you: if you eat at least one hare, at least one sparrow, I will drive you out.

Okay, - said Crocodile and sighed. “I promise you, doctor, that I will not eat hares, squirrels, or birds.

And Crocodile began to live with the doctor.

He was quiet. He did not touch anyone, lay under his bed and kept thinking about his brothers and sisters, who lived far, far away, in hot Africa.

The doctor fell in love with Crocodile and often talked to him. But the evil Barbara could not stand the Crocodile and menacingly demanded that the doctor drive him away.

I don’t want to see him, ”she shouted. - He's so nasty, toothy. And spoils everything, whatever it touches. Yesterday I ate my green skirt that was lying on my window.

And he did well, ”the doctor said. - The dress should be hidden in the closet, and not thrown into the window.

Because of this nasty Crocodile, - continued Varvara, - people are afraid to come to your house. Only poor people come, and you do not take their wages, and now we are so poor that we have nothing to buy ourselves bread with.

I don’t need money, - answered Aibolit. - I'm fine without money. The animals will feed both me and you.

Chapter 5. FRIENDS HELP THE DOCTOR

Barbara told the truth: the doctor was left without bread. For three days he sat hungry. He had no money.

The animals that lived with the doctor saw that he had nothing to do with the net, and began to feed him. Owl Bumba and pig Pig-Pig set up a vegetable garden in the yard: the pig dug the beds with its snout, and Bumba planted potatoes. The cow began to treat the doctor with her milk every day, morning and evening. The chicken laid eggs for him.

And everyone began to take care of the doctor. The dog Abba was sweeping the floors. Tanya and Vanya, along with the monkey Chichi, brought him water from the well.

The doctor was very pleased.

Never before have my house been so clean. Thank you, children and animals, for your work!

The children smiled at him cheerfully, and the animals answered in one voice:

Karabuki, marabuki, boo!

In bestial language, this means:

“How can we not serve you? After all, you are our best friend. "

And Abba's dog licked him on the cheek and said:

Abuzo, mabuzo, bang!

In bestial language, this means:

"We will never leave you and will be your faithful companions."

Chapter 6. SWALLOW

One evening the owl Bumba said:

Hush hush! Who is that scratching behind the door? It looks like a mouse.

Everyone listened, but heard nothing.

There's no one outside the door, ”the doctor said. - It seemed so to you.

No, it didn’t seem, ”the owl objected. - I hear someone scratching. This is a mouse or a bird. You can trust me. We owls hear better than humans.

Bumba was not mistaken.

The monkey opened the door and saw a swallow on the threshold.

Swallow in winter! What a miracle! After all, swallows do not tolerate frost and, as soon as autumn comes, they fly away to hot Africa. Poor, how cold she is! She sits in the snow and shivers.

Martin! shouted the doctor. - Enter the room and warm up by the stove.

At first, the swallow was afraid to enter. She saw that the Crocodile was in the room, and thought that he would eat it. But the monkey Chichi told her that this Crocodile is very kind. Then the swallow flew into the room, looked around and asked:

Chiruto, kisafa, poppy?

In bestial language, this means:

"Tell me, please, does the famous doctor Aibolit live here?"

Aibolit is me, - said the doctor.

I have a big request for you, ”said the swallow. - You must go to Africa now. I flew in from Africa on purpose to invite you there. There, in Africa, there are monkeys, and now these monkeys are sick.

What hurts them? the doctor asked.

They have a stomach ache, ”said the swallow. - They lie on the ground and cry. There is only one person who can save them, and that's you. Take your medicines with you, and let's go to Africa soon! If you don't go to Africa, all the monkeys will die.

Ah, - said the doctor, - I would gladly go to Africa! I love monkeys and I wish they were sick. But I have no ship. After all, to go to Africa, you need to have a ship.

Poor monkeys! - said the Crocodile. “If the doctor doesn't go to Africa, they all have to die. He alone can cure them.

And the Crocodile cried with such big tears that two streams flowed across the floor.

Suddenly doctor Aibolit shouted:

All the same, I will go to Africa! Still, I will cure sick monkeys! I remembered that my friend, the old sailor Robinson, whom I once saved from an evil fever, has an excellent ship.

He took his hat and went to the sailor Robinson.

Hello sailor Robinson! - he said. - Kindly give me your ship. I want to go to Africa. There, not far from the Sahara Desert, there is a wonderful Monkey Country.

Okay, - said the sailor Robinson. - I'll give you a ship with pleasure. After all, you saved my life, and I am glad to render you any service. But look, bring my ship back, because I have no other ship.

I will certainly bring it, - said the doctor. - Do not worry. I just want to go to Africa.

Take it, take it! - repeated Robinson. - But don't smash it on the pitfalls!

Don't be afraid, I won't break it, - said the doctor, thanked the sailor Robinson and ran home.

Beasts, pack! he shouted. - Tomorrow we are going to Africa!

The animals were very happy, began to jump and clap their hands. The monkey Chichi rejoiced most of all:

I'm going, going to Africa
To lovely lands!
Africa, Africa,
My motherland!

I will not take all the animals to Africa, - said Doctor Aibolit. - hedgehogs, bats and rabbits should stay here in my house. The horse will remain with them. And I will take with me the Crocodile, the Chichi monkey and the Carudo parrot, because they are from Africa: their parents, brothers and sisters live there. In addition, I will take Abba, Kiku, Bumba and Pig-Piggy with me.

And us? - shouted Tanya and Vanya. "Are we going to stay here without you?"

Yes! - said the doctor and shook their hands tightly. - Goodbye, dear friends! You will stay here and take care of my vegetable garden and garden. We will be back very soon! And I will bring you a wonderful gift from Africa.

Tanya and Vanya bowed their heads. But they thought a little and said:

There is nothing to be done: we are still small. Have a good trip! And when we grow up, we will certainly go traveling with you.

Still would! - said Aibolit. - You just need to grow up a little.

Chapter 7. TO AFRICA!

The animals hastily packed their things and set off. Only hares, and rabbits, and hedgehogs, and bats remained at home.

Arriving at the seashore, the animals saw a wonderful ship. Sailor Robinson was standing right there on the hillock. Vanya and Tanya, along with the pig-Oink and the monkey Chichi, helped the doctor bring in the suitcases with medicines.

All the animals boarded the ship and were already about to set off, when suddenly the doctor cried out in a loud voice:

Wait, please wait!

What happened? - asked the Crocodile.

Wait! Wait! shouted the doctor. “I don’t know where Africa is!” You have to go and ask.

The crocodile laughed:

Do not go! Take it easy! The swallow will show you where to sail. She often traveled to Africa. Swallows fly to Africa every fall.

Of course! - said the swallow. - I will gladly show you the way there.

And she flew ahead of the ship, showing Dr. Aibolit the way.

She flew to Africa, and Dr. Aibolit guided the ship after her. Where the swallow is, there is the ship.

It was getting dark at night, and the swallow was not visible.

Then she lit the flashlight, took it in her beak and flew with the flashlight, so that the doctor could see at night where he should take his ship.

They drove, drove, suddenly they saw - a crane was flying towards them.

Please tell me if the famous doctor Aibolit is on your ship?

Yes, - answered Crocodile. - The famous doctor Aibolit is on our ship.

Ask the doctor to swim as quickly as possible, said the crane, because the monkeys are getting worse and worse. They can't wait for him.

Do not worry! - said the Crocodile. - We are racing in full sail. Monkeys won't have to wait long.

Hearing this, the crane was delighted and flew back to tell the monkeys that Doctor Aibolit was already close.

The ship ran quickly over the waves. The crocodile was sitting on the deck and suddenly saw that dolphins were sailing towards the ship.

Tell me, please, - asked the dolphins, - is the famous doctor Aibolit sailing on this ship?

Yes, - answered Crocodile. - The famous doctor Aibolit is sailing on this ship.

Please ask the doctor to swim faster, because the monkeys are getting worse and worse.

Do not worry! - answered Crocodile. - We are racing in full sail. Monkeys won't have to wait long.

In the morning, the doctor said to Crocodile:

What's that up there ahead? Some kind of big land. I think this is Africa.

Yes, this is Africa! - shouted Crocodile. - Africa! Africa! We'll be in Africa soon! I see ostriches! I see rhinos! I see camels! I see elephants!

Africa, Africa!
Lovely lands!
Africa, Africa!
My motherland!

Chapter 8. STORM

But then a storm arose. Rain! Wind! Lightning! Thunder! The waves became so large that it was scary to look at them.

And suddenly-fuck-tar-ra-rah! There was a terrible crash, and the ship tilted to one side.

What? What? the doctor asked.

Shipwreck! - shouted the parrot. - Our ship hit a rock and crashed! We are drowning. Save yourself who can!

But I can't swim! Chichi shouted.

I can't do it either! - screamed Oink-Oink.

And they wept bitterly. Fortunately. The crocodile put them on his broad back and swam over the waves straight to the shore.

Hooray! All are saved! All made it safely to Africa. But their ship was lost. A huge wave hit him and smashed him into small pieces.

How will they get home? After all, they have no other ship. And what will they say to the sailor Robinson?

It was getting dark. The doctor and all his animals really wanted to sleep. They were soaked to the bone and tired.

But the doctor did not think about rest:

Rather, rather forward! We must hurry! We need to save the monkeys! The poor monkeys are sick and they can't wait for me to heal them!

Chapter 9. DOCTOR IN TROUBLE

Then Bumba flew up to the doctor and said in a frightened voice:

Hush hush! Someone is coming! I can hear someone's footsteps!

Everyone stopped and listened.

A shaggy old man with a long gray beard came out of the forest and shouted:

What are you doing here? And who are you? And why did you come here?

I am doctor Aibolit, - said the doctor. - I came to Africa to cure sick monkeys.

Ha ha ha! - the shaggy old man laughed. - "Cure

sick monkeys! Do you know where you got to?

I don’t know, ”the doctor said. - Where?

To the robber Barmaley!

To Barmaley! the doctor exclaimed. - Barmaley is the most evil person in the whole world! But we'd rather die than surrender to the robber! We run there rather - to our sick monkeys ... They are crying, they are waiting, and we must cure them.

No! - said the shaggy old man and laughed even louder. - You won't go anywhere from here! Barmaley kills everyone who is captured by him.

Let's run! shouted the doctor. - Let's run! We can be saved! We will be saved!

But then Barmaley himself appeared in front of them and, waving his saber, shouted:

Hey you, my faithful servants! Take this stupid doctor with all his stupid animals and put him in jail, behind bars! Tomorrow I will be done with them!

The evil servants of Barmaley ran up, grabbed the doctor, grabbed the Crocodile, grabbed all the animals and took them to prison. The doctor fought them off bravely. The animals bite, scratch, break out of their hands, but there were many enemies, the enemies were strong. They threw their captives into prison, and the shaggy old man locked them there with a key.

And he gave the key to Barmaley. Barmaley took it away and hid it under his pillow.

Poor we poor! - said Chichi. - We will never leave this prison. The walls are strong, the doors are iron. We will see no more sun, no flowers, no trees. Poor we poor!

The back grunt and the dog howled. And Crocodile cried with such big tears that a wide puddle formed on the floor.

Chapter 10. The feat of the parrot carudo

But the doctor said to the beasts:

My friends, we must not lose heart! We must break out of this damned prison - after all, sick monkeys are waiting for us! Stop crying! Let's think about how we can be saved.

No, dear doctor, - said Crocodile and cried even harder. - We cannot be saved. We are lost! Our prison doors are made of sturdy iron. Can we break "these doors? Tomorrow morning, just before light, Barmaley will come to us and kill us all!"

Kik the duck whimpered. Chichi took a deep breath. But the doctor jumped to his feet and exclaimed with a cheerful smile:

Still, we will escape from prison!

And he called the parrot Carudo to him and whispered something to him. He whispered so softly that no one but the parrot heard. The parrot nodded his head, laughed and said:

And then he ran to the grate, squeezed between the iron bars, flew out into the street and flew to Barmaley.

Barmaley was fast asleep on his bed, and under his pillow was hidden a huge key - the same one with which he locked the iron doors of the prison.

Quietly, a parrot crept up to Barmaley and pulled out a key from under the pillow. If the robber woke up, he would certainly kill the fearless bird.

But, fortunately, the robber slept soundly.

The brave Carudo grabbed the key and flew with all his might back to the prison.

Oh, how heavy this key is! Carudo nearly dropped it on the way. But still he flew to the prison - and right out the window, to Doctor Aibolit. The doctor was delighted when he saw that the parrot brought him the key to the prison!

Hooray! We are saved, he shouted. - Let's run quickly, until Barmalei wakes up!

The doctor grabbed the key, opened the door and ran out into the street. And behind him are all his animals. Freedom! Freedom! Hooray!

Thank you brave Carudo! the doctor said. - You saved us from death. If not for you, we would be lost. And the poor sick monkeys would have died with us.

No! Carudo said. “You taught me what to do to get out of this prison!

Rather, rather to sick monkeys! - said the doctor and hurriedly ran into the thicket of the forest. And with him - all his animals.

Chapter 11. ON THE MONKEY BRIDGE

When Barmalei found out that Doctor Aibolit had escaped from prison, he became terribly angry, flashed his eyes, stamped his feet.

Hey you, my faithful servants! he shouted. Run in pursuit of the doctor! Catch him and bring him here!

The servants ran into the thicket of the forest and began to look for the announcer Aibolit. And at this time, Doctor Aibolit with all his animals made his way across Africa to the Land of the Apes. He walked very quickly. Piggy-Piggy, which had short legs, could not keep up with him. The doctor took her in his arms and carried her. The mumps was severe and the doctor was terribly tired.

How I wish I could rest! - he said. - Oh, if only to get to the Land of the Apes as soon as possible!

Chichi climbed a tall tree and shouted loudly:

I see the Land of the Apes! Monkeyland is near! Soon, soon we will be in the Land of the Apes!

The doctor laughed with joy and hurried forward.

The sick monkeys saw the doctor from a distance and clapped their hands merrily:

Hooray! Doctor Aibolit came to us! Doctor Aibolit will immediately cure us, and we will be healthy tomorrow!

But then the servants of Barmaley ran out of the thicket of the forest and rushed in pursuit of the doctor.

Keep it! Here you go! Here you go! they shouted.

The doctor ran with all his might. And suddenly there is a river in front of him. It is impossible to run further. The river is wide, you can't swim across it. Now Barmaley's servants will catch him! Ah, if there was a bridge across this river, the doctor would run across the bridge and immediately find himself in the Land of the Apes!

Poor we poor! - said the pig Oink-Oink. - How do we get to the other side? In a minute, these villains will catch us and put us in jail again.

Then one of the monkeys shouted:

Bridge! Bridge! Make a bridge! Hurry! Don't waste a minute! Make a bridge! Bridge!

The doctor looked around. Monkeys have neither iron nor stone. What will they make the bridge out of?

But the monkeys built the bridge not of iron, not of stone, but of living monkeys. There was a tree on the bank of the river. One monkey grabbed this tree, and another grabbed this monkey by the tail. So all the monkeys stretched like a long chain between the two high banks of the river.

Here is the bridge for you, run! they shouted at the doctor.

The doctor grabbed the owl Bumba and ran over the monkeys, over their heads, over their backs. For the doctor - all his animals.

Quicker! - the monkeys shouted. - Quicker! Quicker!

It was difficult to walk across the living monkey bridge. The animals were afraid that they were about to slip and fall into the water.

But no, the bridge was solid, the monkeys held tight to each other - and the doctor quickly ran to the other side with all the animals.

Rather, rather forward! shouted the doctor. - You can't hesitate even a minute. After all, the enemies are catching up with us. See, they are also running across the monkey bridge ... Now they will be here! Quicker! Quicker!..

But what is it? What happened? Look: in the very middle of the bridge, one monkey unclenched his fingers, the bridge collapsed, crumbled, and Barmaley's servants from a great height flew headlong into the river.

Hooray! cried the monkeys. - Hooray! Doctor Aibolit is saved! Now he has no one to fear! Hooray! The enemies didn't catch him! Now he will heal our sick! They are here, they are close, they moan and cry!

Chapter 12. STUPID BEAST

Doctor Aibolit hurried to the sick monkeys.

They lay on the ground and groaned. They were very sick.

The doctor began to treat the monkeys. It was necessary to give each monkey a medicine: one - drops, the other - powders. Each monkey had to put a cold compress on its head, and mustard plasters on its back and chest. There were many sick monkeys, but only one doctor.

One cannot cope with such work.

Kika, Crocodile, Carudo and Chichi did their best to help him, but they soon got tired and the doctor needed other helpers.

He went into the wilderness - where the lion lived.

Be so kind, - he said to the lion, - help me, please, treat the monkeys.

The lion was important. He looked menacingly at Aibolit:

Do you know who I am? I am the lion, I am the king of beasts! And you dare to ask me to treat some nasty monkeys!

Then the doctor went to the rhinos.

Rhinos, rhinos! - he said. - Help me treat the monkeys! There are many of them, but I am alone. I can't do the job alone.

The rhinos just laughed in response:

We will help you! Say thank you that we didn't gore you with our horns!

The doctor was very angry with the evil rhinos and ran into the neighboring forest - where the striped tigers lived.

Tigers, tigers! Help me treat the monkeys!

Rrr! - answered striped tigers. - Go away, as long as it is safe!

The doctor left them very sad.

But soon the evil beasts were severely punished.

When the lion returned home, the lioness said to him:

Our little son got sick - he cries and groans all day. What a pity that there is no famous doctor Aibolit in Africa! He heals wonderfully. No wonder everyone loves him. He would have cured our son.

Doctor Aibolit is here, - said the lion. - Behind those palms in Monkey Country! I just spoke to him.

What happiness! - exclaimed the lioness. - Run and call him to our son!

No, - said the lion, - I will not go to him. He will not treat our son because I offended him.

You offended Dr. Aibolit! What are we going to do now? Do you know that Doctor Aibolit is the best, most wonderful doctor? He is one of all people who can speak like a beast. He treats tigers, crocodiles, hares, monkeys and frogs. Yes, yes, he even heals frogs, because he is very kind. And you offended such a person! And he offended just when you have a sick son! What are you going to do now?

The lion was dumbfounded. He didn't know what to say.

Go to this doctor, ”the lioness shouted,“ and tell him that you are asking for forgiveness! Help him as much as you can. Do whatever he says and beg him to heal our poor son!

There is nothing to do, the lion went to Doctor Aibolit.

Hello, he said. - I came to apologize for my rudeness. I am ready to help you ... I agree to give the monkeys medicine and apply all sorts of compresses to them.

And the lion began to help Aibolit. For three days and three nights he looked after the sick monkeys, and then he went up to Doctor Aibolit and timidly said:

My son, whom I love very much, is sick ... Please, be so kind, heal the poor lion cub!

OK! the doctor said. - Willingly! I'll cure your son today.

And he went into the cave and gave his son such a medicine that he was well in an hour.

The lion was delighted, and he felt ashamed that he had offended the good doctor.

And then the children of rhinos and tigers fell ill. Aibolit immediately cured them. Then the rhinos and tigers said:

We are very ashamed that we offended you!

Nothing, nothing, said the doctor. - Be smarter next time. Now come here - help me treat the monkeys.

Chapter 13. GIFT

The animals helped the doctor so well that the sick monkeys soon recovered.

Thanks to the doctor, ”they said. “He cured us of a terrible disease, and we must give him something very good in return. Let us give him such a beast as people have never seen. Nothing in the circus or in the zoological park.

Give him a camel! one monkey shouted.

No, "said Chichi," he doesn't need a camel. He saw camels. All people saw camels. And in zoological parks and on the streets.

Well, so ostrich! shouted another monkey. - We will give him an ostrich!

No, ”said Chichi,“ he saw ostriches too.

And did he see the tyanitolkai? the third monkey asked.

No, he has never seen a pull-up, - answered Chichi. - There has not yet been a single person who would have seen the tyanitolkai.

Okay, said the monkeys. - Now we know what to give the doctor: we will give him a pull-pushing!

Chapter 14. PUSH

People have never seen pull-ups, because pull-ups are afraid of people: they will notice a person - and into the bushes!

You can catch other animals when they fall asleep and close their eyes. You will approach them from behind and grab their tail. But you cannot approach the pull-pusher from behind, because the pull-pusher has the same head from the back as from the front.

Yes, he has two heads: one in front, the other behind. When he wants to sleep, first one head sleeps, and then the other. Immediately, he never sleeps all at once. One head sleeps, the other looks around so that the hunter does not sneak up. That is why not a single hunter was able to catch the pull-pushing, that is why not a single circus, not a single zoological park has this animal.

The monkeys decided to catch one pull-pushing for Dr. Aibolit.

They ran into the thicket, and there they found a place where the tynitolkai took refuge.

He saw them and started to run, but they surrounded him, grabbed him by the horns and said:

Dear Push! Would you like to go with Dr. Aibolit far, far away and live in his house with all the animals? You will feel good there: both satisfying and fun.

Tyanitolkai shook both heads and answered with both mouths:

Good doctor, said the monkeys. - He will feed you honey cakes, and if you get sick, he will cure you of any disease.

Does not matter! - said Tyanitolkai. - I wish to stay here.

For three days the monkeys persuaded him, and finally Tyanitolkai said:

Show me this vaunted doctor. I want to look at him.

The monkeys took Tyanitolkaya to the house where Aibolit lived and knocked on the door.

Come in, - said Kika.

Chichi proudly led the two-headed beast into the room.

What it is? the surprised doctor asked.

He had never seen such a miracle.

This is Tyanitolkai, - answered Chichi. - He wants to get to know you. Tyanitolkai is the rarest animal in our African forests. Take him with you to the ship and let him live in your house.

Would he want to come to me?

I will willingly go to you, ”Tyanitolkai said unexpectedly. - I immediately saw that you are kind: you have such kind eyes. Beasts love you so much, and I know you love beasts. But promise me that if I get bored with you, you will let me go home.

Of course I’ll let you go, ”said the doctor. “But you will feel so good with me that you’re unlikely to want to leave.

Right, right! This is true! Chichi shouted. - He is so funny, so brave, our doctor! We live so freely in his house! And next door, two steps away from him, live Tanya and Vanya - they, you will see, will love you deeply and become your closest friends.

If so, I agree, I'm going! - said Tyanitolkai cheerfully and for a long time nodded to Aibolit with one or the other head.

Chapter 15. MONKEYS SAY FAREWELL TO THE DOCTOR

Then the monkeys came to Aibolit and called him to dinner. They gave him a wonderful farewell dinner: apples, honey, bananas, dates, apricots, oranges, pineapples, nuts, raisins!

Long live doctor Aibolit! they shouted. - He is the kindest person on earth!

Then the monkeys ran into the forest and rolled out a huge, heavy stone.

This stone, they said, will stand in the place where Doctor Aibolit treated the sick. This will be a monument to the good doctor.

The doctor took off his hat, bowed to the monkeys and said:

Goodbye, dear friends! Thank you for your love. Soon I will come to you again. Until then, I will leave Crocodile with you, Carudo the parrot and the Chichi monkey. They were born in Africa - even if they stay in Africa. Their brothers and sisters live here. Goodbye!

I myself will be bored without you, ”said the doctor. - But you will not stay here forever! In three or four months I will come here and take you back. And we will all live and work again together.

If so, we will stay, the animals replied. - But look, come quickly!

The doctor said goodbye to everyone in a friendly way and walked briskly along the road. The monkeys went to see him off. Each monkey wanted to shake hands with Dr. Aibolit at all costs. And since there were many monkeys, they shook his hand until evening. The doctor even got a pain in his arm.

And in the evening a misfortune happened.

As soon as the doctor crossed the river, he again found himself in the country of the evil robber Barmaley.

Tyos! - whispered Bumba. - Please speak more quietly! Otherwise, they would not take us prisoner again.

Chapter 16. New troubles and joys

Before she had time to utter these words, the servants of Barmaley ran out of the dark forest and pounced on the good doctor. They had been waiting for him for a long time.

Aha! they shouted. - Finally we caught you! Now you won't leave us!

What to do? Where to hide from merciless enemies?

But the doctor was not taken aback. In an instant, he jumped on Tyanitolkaya, and he galloped like the fastest horse. Barmaley's servants follow him. But since Tyanitolkai had two heads, he bit everyone who tried to attack him from behind. And he will hit others with horns and throw them into a thorny bush.

Of course, Tyanitolkai alone would never defeat all the villains. But his faithful friends and comrades hastened to help the doctor. Crocodile came running out of nowhere and began to grab the robbers by their bare heels. The dog Abba ran at them with a terrible growl, and knocked them off their feet, and bit into their throats with its teeth. And above, along the branches of the trees, the monkey Chichi rushed and threw large nuts at the robbers.

The robbers fell, groaned in pain, and in the end they had to retreat.

They fled in shame into the thicket of the forest.

Hooray! - shouted Aibolit.

Hooray! - cried the animals.

And the pig, Oink-Oink, said:

Well, now we can rest. Let's lie down here on the grass. We are tired. We want to sleep.

No, my friends! the doctor said. - We must hurry. If we hesitate, we will not be saved.

And they ran forward as much as they could. Soon Tyanitolkai carried the doctor to the seashore. There, in the bay, by a high cliff, stood a large and beautiful ship. It was Barmaley's ship.

We are saved! - the doctor was delighted.

There was not a single person on the ship. The doctor, with all his animals, quickly climbed onto the ship, set sail and wanted to set out on the open sea. But as soon as he set sail from the shore, suddenly Barmaley ran out of the forest.

Stop! he shouted. - Stop! Wait a minute! Where did you take my ship? Come back this minute!

No! the doctor shouted to the robber. - I do not want to return to you. You are so cruel and evil. You tortured my animals. You threw me in jail. You wanted to kill me. You are my enemy! I hate you! And I take your ship from you so that you no longer rob at sea! So that you do not rob defenseless sea vessels passing by your shores.

Barmaley was terribly angry: he ran along the shore, cursed, shook his fists and threw huge stones after him. But doctor Aibolit only laughed at him. He sailed on the ship of Barmaley directly to his country and a few days later already moored to his native shores.

Chapter 17. TYANITOLKAY AND BARBARA

Abba, Bumba, Kika and Oink-Oink were very happy that they returned home. On the shore, they saw Tanya and Vanya, who jumped and danced with joy. The sailor Robinson was standing next to them.

Hello sailor Robinson! - shouted doctor Aibolit from the ship.

Hello hello doctor! - answered the sailor Robinson. - Was it good for you to travel? Did you manage to cure sick monkeys? And tell me, where have you put my ship?

Ah, - answered the doctor, - your ship is lost! He crashed on stones off the coast of Africa. But I brought you a new ship, this one will be better than yours.

Well, thank you! - said Robinson. “I see this is a great ship. Mine was also good, and this one was just a sight for sore eyes: so big and beautiful!

The doctor said goodbye to Robinson, mounted the Tyanitolkaya and rode through the city streets straight to his home. On every street, geese, cats, turkeys, dogs, pigs, cows, horses ran out to him, and they all shouted loudly:

Malakucha! Malakucha!

In a bestial way, this means:

"Long live doctor Aibolit!"

Birds flocked from all over the city: they flew over the doctor's head and sang merry songs to him.

The doctor was glad to be back home.

In the doctor's office, hedgehogs, hares and squirrels still lived. At first they were afraid of Tyanitolkaya, but then they got used to him and fell in love with him.

And Tanya and Vanya, as they saw Tyanitolkaya, laughed, squealed, clapped their hands with joy. Vanya hugged one of his neck, and Tanya - the other. For an hour they stroked and caressed him. And then they joined hands and danced to the joy "tkella" - that cheerful animal dance that Chichi taught them.

You see, - said Doctor Aibolit, - I fulfilled my promise: I brought you from Africa a wonderful gift, which has never been given to children before. I am very glad that you liked it.

At first, Tyanitolkai was shy of people, hiding in the attic or in the cellar. And then he got used to it and went out into the garden, and he even liked that people flock to look at him and call him affectionately the Miracle of Nature.

Less than a month later, he was already boldly walking along all the streets of the city with Tanya and Vanya, who were inseparable with him. K. every now and then the children ran up to him and asked him to give them a ride. He did not refuse anyone: he immediately knelt down, boys and girls climbed on his back, and he drove them all over the city, all the way to the sea, gaily nodding his two heads.

And Tanya and Vanya weaved beautiful multi-colored ribbons into his long mane and hung a silver bell on each neck. The bells were ringing, and when Tyanitolkai walked through the city, you could hear from a distance: ding-ding, ding-dilen, ding-dilen! And, hearing this ringing, all residents ran out into the street to once again look at the wonderful beast.

Evil Barbara also wanted to ride Tyanitolkai. She climbed onto his back and started hitting him with an umbrella:

Run quickly, two-headed donkey!

Tyanitolkai got angry, ran up a high mountain and threw Varvara into the sea.

Help! Save! cried Varvara.

But no one wanted to save her. Varvara began to drown.

Abba, Abba, dear Abba! Help me get to the shore! she shouted.

But Abba answered: "Rry! .."

In bestial language, this means:

"I do not want to save you, because you are evil and nasty!"

The old sailor Robinson was sailing by in his ship. He threw a rope to Varvara and pulled her out of the water. Just at this time, Dr. Aibolit was walking along the shore with his animals. He shouted to the sailor Robinson:

And the sailor Robinson took her far, far, to a desert island, where she could not offend anyone.

And doctor Aibolit happily healed in his little house and from morning till night he treated birds and animals that flew in and came to him from all over the world.

Three years passed in this way. And everyone was happy.

Part two

PENTA AND SEA PIRATES

Chapter 1. CAVE

Doctor Aibolit loved to walk.

Every evening after work, he took an umbrella and went with his animals somewhere in the forest or in the field.

Tianitolkai was walking next to him, Kika the duck was running in front of him, the dog Abba and the pig Oink-Oink were behind him, and the old owl Bumba was sitting on the doctor's shoulder.

They went very far, and when Doctor Aibolit got tired, he sat astride Tyanitolkaya, and he merrily rushed him through the mountains and meadows.

Once, while walking, they saw a cave on the seashore. They wanted to enter, but the cave was locked. There was a large lock on the door.

What do you think, - said Abba, - what is hidden in this cave?

There must be honey cakes, ”said Tyanitolkai, who loved sweet honey cakes more than anything else.

No, - said Kika. - There are candies and nuts.

No, - said Oink-Oink. - There are apples, acorns, beets, carrots ...

We need to find the key, ”the doctor said. - Go find the key.

The animals scattered in all directions and began to look for the key to the cave. They rummaged under every stone, under every bush, but the key was not found anywhere.

Then they again crowded at the locked door and began to look through the crack. But it was dark in the cave and they saw nothing. Suddenly the owl Bumba said:

Hush hush! It seems to me that there is something alive in the cave. There is either a man or a beast.

Everyone began to listen, but they heard nothing.

Doctor Aibolit told the owl:

I think you are wrong. I hear nothing.

Still would! said the owl. “You can't hear. You all have worse ears than mine.

Yes, said the beasts. - We don't hear anything.

But I can hear it, ”said the owl.

What do you hear? - asked doctor Aibolit.

I hear; a man put his hand in his pocket.

That's how miracles! the doctor said. “I didn't know you had such a wonderful hearing. Listen again and tell me what do you hear?

I can hear a tear rolling down his cheek.

A tear! shouted the doctor. - A tear! Is it possible there, outside the door, someone is crying! We need to help this person. He must be in great grief. I don't like it when they cry. Give me an ax. I will break this door.

Chapter 2. PENTA

Tyanitolkai ran home and brought a sharp ax to the doctor. The doctor swung and struck the locked door with all his might. Once! Once! The door shattered to pieces, and the doctor entered the cave.

The cave is dark, cold, damp. And what an unpleasant, nasty smell in it!

The doctor struck a match. Oh, how uncomfortable and dirty it is! No table, no bench, no chair! There is a pile of rotten straw on the floor, and a little boy sits on the straw, crying.

Seeing the doctor and all his animals, the boy got scared and cried even more. But when he noticed how kind the doctor's face was, he stopped crying and said:

So you're not a pirate?

No, no, I'm not a pirate! - said the doctor and laughed. - I am Doctor Aibolit, not a pirate. Do I look like a pirate?

No! the boy said. - Even though you are with an ax, but I'm not afraid of you. Hello! My name is Penta. Do you know where my father is?

I don’t know, ”the doctor replied. - Where could your father have gone? Who is he? Tell!

My father is a fisherman, ”said Penta. - Yesterday we went out to sea to fish. Me and him, together in a fishing boat. Suddenly, our boat was attacked by sea robbers and took us prisoner. They wanted their father to become a pirate, that he would rob with them, that he would rob and sink ships. But my father did not want to become a pirate. "I am an honest fisherman," he said, "and I do not want to rob!" Then the pirates became terribly angry, seized him and took him away to no one knows where, and they locked me in this cave. Since then I have not seen my father. Where is he? What have they done to him? They must have thrown him into the sea and he drowned!

The boy began to cry again.

Do not Cry! the doctor said. - What's the use of crying? We'd better think about how we can save your father from the robbers. Tell me what is he like?

He has red hair and a very long red beard.

Doctor Aibolit called the duck Kiku to him and quietly said in her ear:

Chari-bari, chava-cham!

Chuka-chuk! - answered Kika.

Hearing this conversation, the boy said:

How funny you say! I don't understand a word.

I talk to my beasts like an animal. I know an animal language, - said doctor Aibolit.

What did you say to your duck?

I told her to call the dolphins.

Chapter 3. DOLPHINS

The duck ran to the shore and shouted in a loud voice:

Dolphins, dolphins, swim here! Doctor Aibolit is calling you.

The dolphins immediately swam to the shore.

Hello Doctor! they shouted. - What do you want from us?

Trouble has happened, said the doctor. - Yesterday morning pirates attacked a fisherman, beat him and, it seems, threw him into the water. I'm afraid he drowned. Please search the entire sea. Will you not find him in the depths of the sea?

What is he like? the dolphins asked.

Redhead, the doctor replied. - He has red hair and a large, long red beard. Please find it!

Okay, said the dolphins. - We are glad to serve our beloved doctor. We will search the whole sea, we will question all the crayfish and fish. If the red-haired fisherman drowned, we will find him and tell you tomorrow.

The dolphins swam into the sea and began to look for the fisherman. They searched the whole sea up and down, they sank to the very bottom, they looked under every stone, they asked all the crayfish and fish, but nowhere did they find the drowned man.

In the morning they swam ashore and said to Doctor Aibolit:

We haven't found your fisherman anywhere. We searched for him all night, but he is not in the depths of the sea.

The boy was very happy when he heard what the dolphins said.

So my father is alive! Alive! Alive! - he shouted, and jumped, and clapped his hands.

Of course he's alive! the doctor said. - We will certainly find him!

He put the boy on horseback on Tyanitolkaya and for a long time rolled him along the sandy seashore.

Chapter 4. EAGLES

But Penta remained sad all the time. Even riding on Tyanitolkai did not cheer him up. Finally he asked the doctor:

How will you find my father?

I’ll call the eagles, ”said the doctor. - The eagles have such keen eyes, they see far, far away. When they fly under the clouds, they see every insect that crawls on the ground. I will ask them to examine all the land, all the forests, all the fields and mountains, all the cities, all the villages - let them look everywhere for your father.

Oh, how smart you are! - said Penta. “You thought of it wonderfully. Call the eagles soon!

The Doctor will know the eagles, and the eagles flew to him.

Hello Doctor! What do you want?

Fly to all ends, said the doctor, and find a ginger fisherman with a long ginger beard.

Okay, said the eagles. - For our beloved doctor, we will do our best. We will fly high, high and inspect the whole land, all forests and fields, all mountains, cities and villages and try to find your fisherman.

And they flew high, high above the forests, above the fields, above the mountains. And each eagle was vigilantly scrutinizing if there was a red-haired fisherman with a big red beard.

The next day, the eagles flew to the doctor and said:

We examined the whole land, but we did not find the fisherman anywhere. And if we have not seen him, then he is not on earth!

Chapter 5. THE DOG ABBA LOOKS FOR A FISHERMAN

What do we do? - asked Kika. - The fisherman must be found at all costs: Penta cries, does not eat, does not drink. He is sad without a father.

But how will you find it! - said Tyanitolkai. “The eagles didn’t find him either. So no one will find it.

Not true! - said Abba. - Eagles, of course, are smart birds, and their eyes are very sharp-sighted, but only a dog can look for a person. If you need to find a person, ask the dog, and she will certainly find him.

Why do you offend the eagles? - said Abve to HryuHryu. - Do you think it was easy for them to fly around the entire earth in one day, to inspect all the mountains, forests and fields? You were lying on the sand, lounging around, and they worked, searched.

How dare you call me a bum? - Abba was angry. “But do you know that if I want to, I’ll find a fisherman in three days?”

Well, want to! - said Oink-Oink. - Why don't you want to? Want to! .. You won't find anything, you just brag!

And Oink-Oink laughed.

So you think I'm a braggart? Abba shouted angrily. - Well, we'll see!

And she ran to the doctor.

Doctor! - she said. - Ask Penta, let him give you some thing that his father was holding in his hands.

The doctor went to the boy and said:

Do you have any thing that your father was holding in his hands?

Here, ”the boy said, and took a large red handkerchief out of his pocket.

The dog ran to the handkerchief and began to sniff it greedily.

It smells of tobacco and herring, ”she said. - His father smoked a pipe and ate a good Dutch herring. I don't need anything else ... Doctor, tell the boy that it won't be three days before I find his father. I’ll run up that high mountain.

But it’s dark now, ”the doctor said. - You cannot search in the dark!

Nothing, said the dog. “I know his smell, and I don’t need anything else. I can smell even in the dark.

The dog ran up a high mountain.

The wind is from the north today, ”she said. - Let's smell what it smells like. Snow ... a wet coat ... another wet coat ... wolves ... seals, cubs ... smoke from a fire ... birch ...

Can you really smell so many smells in one breeze? the doctor asked.

Of course, ”said Abba. - Every dog ​​has an amazing nose. Any puppy can smell odors that you will never smell.

And the dog began to sniff the air again. For a long time she did not say a word and finally said:

Polar bears ... deer ... little mushrooms in the forest ... ice ... snow, snow and ... and ... and ...

Gingerbread? - asked Tyanitolkai.

No, not gingerbread, - answered Abba.

Nuts? - asked Kika.

No, not nuts, - answered Abba.

Apples? - asked Oink-Oink.

No, not apples, - answered Abba. - Not nuts, not gingerbread, not apples, but fir cones. This means that there is no fisherman in the north. Let's wait for the wind to blow from the south.

I don’t believe you, ”said Oink-Oink. - You make everything up. You don’t smell any smells, you just talk nonsense.

Leave me alone, - Abba shouted, - or I'll bite off your tail!

Hush hush! - said doctor Aibolit. “Stop scolding! .. I see now, my dear Abba, that you really have an amazing nose. Let's wait for the wind to change. Now it's time to go home. Hurry up! Penta shivers and cries. He is cold. We need to feed him. Well, pull up, stick your back. Penta, get on horseback! Abba and Kika, follow me!

Chapter 6. ABBA CONTINUES TO SEARCH THE FISHERMAN

The next day, early in the morning, Abba again ran up the high mountain and began to sniff the wind. The wind was from the south. Abba smelled for a long time and finally declared:

Smells like parrots, palms, monkeys, roses, grapes and lizards. But it doesn't smell like a fisherman.

Smell some more! - said Bumba.

It smells like giraffes, turtles, ostriches, hot sands, pyramids ... But it doesn't smell like a fisherman.

You will never find a fisherman! - said Oink-Oink with a laugh. - There was nothing to brag about.

Abba did not answer. But the next day, early in the morning, she again ran up the high mountain and sniffed the air until evening. Late in the evening she rushed to the doctor, who slept with Penta.

Get up, get up! she screamed. - Get up! I found a fisherman! Yes, wake up! Enough sleep. Do you hear - I found a fisherman, I found, I found a fisherman! I can smell it. Yes Yes! The wind smells of tobacco and herring!

The doctor woke up and ran after the dog.

The west wind is blowing from across the sea, - the dog shouted, - and I smell the fisherman! He is across the sea, on the other side. Rather, rather there!

Abba barked so loudly that all the animals ran to the high mountain. Ahead of all the Penta.

Hurry to run to the sailor Robinson, - shouted to Doctor Abba, - and ask him to give you a ship! Hurry, or it will be too late!

The doctor immediately began to run to the place where the ship of the sailor Robinson was stationed.

Hello sailor Robinson! shouted the doctor. - Be so kind, lend your ship! I have to go to sea again on one very important matter,

Please, - said the sailor Robinson. - But don't get caught by the pirates! Pirates are terrible villains, robbers! They will take you prisoner, and they will burn or sink my ship ...

But the doctor did not listen to the sailor Robinson. He jumped on the ship, sat down Penta and all the animals, and rushed into the open sea.

Abba ran up to the deck and shouted to the doctor:

Zaksar! Zaksar! Xu!

In canine language, this means:

“Look at my nose! On my nose! Where I turn my nose, take your ship there. "

The doctor unfurled the sails, and the ship ran even faster.

Hurry, Hurry! shouted the dog.

The animals stood on the deck and looked ahead to see if they would see the fisherman.

But Penta did not believe that his father could be found. He sat with his head down and wept.

Evening came. It became dark. Kika the duck said to the dog:

No, Abba, you cannot find a fisherman! Sorry for poor Penta, but there is nothing to do - we must go home.

And then she turned to the doctor:

Doctor, doctor! Turn your ship! We won't find a fisherman here either.

Suddenly the owl Bumba, which was sitting on the mast and looking ahead, cried out:

I see a large rock in front of me - over there, far, far away!

Rather there! cried the dog. - The fisherman is there on the rock. I can smell him ... He's there!

Soon everyone saw that a rock was sticking out of the sea. The Doctor steered the ship straight for this rock.

But the fisherman was nowhere to be seen.

I knew that Abba would not find the fisherman! - said Oink-Oink with a laugh. “I don’t understand how the doctor could believe such a braggart.

The doctor ran up the rock and began to call the fisherman. But nobody responded.

Gin-gin! - shouted Bumba and Kika.

"Gin-gin" means "ay" in a bestial manner.

But only the wind rustled over the water and the waves crashed against the stones with a crash.

Chapter 7. FOUND!

There was no fisherman on the rock. Abba jumped from the ship onto the rock and began to run back and forth along it, sniffing every crack. And suddenly she barked loudly.

Kinedele! Nop! she screamed. - Kinedele! Nop!

In bestial language, this means:

“This way, this way! Doctor, follow me, follow me! "

The doctor ran after the dog.

There was a small island next to the rock. Abba rushed there. The doctor did not lag behind her a step. Abba ran back and forth and suddenly darted into some hole. There was darkness in the pit. The doctor sank into the pit and lit his lantern. And what? In a hole, on the bare ground, lay a red-haired man, terribly thin and pale.

It was Penta's father.

The doctor tugged at his sleeve and said:

Please stand up. We've been looking for you for so long! We really, really need you!

The man thought it was a pirate, clenched his fists and said:

Get away from me, robber! I will defend myself to the last drop of my blood!

But then he saw what a kind face the doctor had, and said:

I see that you are not a pirate. Give me something to eat. I am starving.

The doctor gave him bread and cheese. The man ate every last crumb and got to his feet.

How did you get here? the doctor asked.

I was thrown here by evil pirates, bloodthirsty, cruel people! They gave me no food or drink. They took my dear son from me and took me away to no one knows where. Do you know where my son is?

What's your son's name? the doctor asked.

His name is Penta, - answered the fisherman.

Come after me, - said the doctor and helped the fisherman out of the hole.

Abba the dog ran ahead.

Penta saw from the ship that his father was coming to him, and rushed to meet the fisherman and shouted:

Found! Found! Hooray!

Everyone laughed, rejoiced, clapped their hands and sang:

Honor and glory to you

Done Abba!

Only Oink-Oink stood aside and sighed sadly.

Forgive me, Abba, ”she said,“ for laughing at you and calling you a braggart.

Okay, - said Abba, - I forgive you. But if you offend me again, I'll bite off your tail.

The doctor took the red-haired fisherman and his son home to the village where they lived.

When the ship came to shore, the doctor saw that there was a woman on the shore. It was Penta's mother, a fisherwoman. For twenty days and nights she stood on the shore and kept looking into the distance, into the sea: was her son returning home? Is her husband coming home?

Seeing Penta, she rushed to him and began to kiss him.

She kissed Penta, she kissed the red-haired fisherman, she kissed the doctor; she was so grateful to Abba that she wanted to kiss her too.

But Abba ran into the bushes and grunted angrily:

What nonsense! I hate kissing! If she really wants to, let her kiss Oink-Oink.

But Abba only pretended to be angry. In fact, she was glad too.

In the evening the doctor said:

Well, goodbye! Time to go home.

No, no, - the fisherwoman cried, - you must stay with us for a visit! We'll catch fish, bake pies and give Tyanitolkay sweet gingerbread.

I would gladly stay for another day, - said Tyanitolkai, smiling with both mouths.

And I! - shouted Kika.

And I! - picked up Bumba.

That's good! the doctor said. - In that case, I will stay with you to stay with them.

And he went with all his animals to visit the fisherman and the fisherwoman.

Chapter 8. ABBA RECEIVES A GIFT

The doctor rode into the village on horseback on Tyanitolkai. As he drove along the main street, everyone bowed to him and shouted:

Long live the good doctor!

On the square he was met by village schoolchildren and presented him with a bouquet of wonderful flowers.

And then the dwarf came out, bowed to him and said:

I would like to see your Abba.

The dwarf's name was Bambuco. He was the oldest shepherd in that village. Everyone loved and respected him.

Abba ran up to him and waved her tail.

Bambuko pulled out a very nice dog collar from his pocket.

Dog Abba! he said solemnly. - The inhabitants of our village give you this beautiful collar for finding a fisherman who was kidnapped by pirates.

Abba wagged her tail and said:

You may remember that in animal language it means: "Thank you!"

Everyone began to look at the collar. The collar read in large letters:

ABVE IS THE MOST SMART. GOOD AND BRAVE DOG.

Aibolit stayed with Penta's father and mother for three days. The time passed very merrily. Pulling from morning to night chewed sweet honey gingerbread. Penta played the violin, and Piggy and Bumba danced. But it was time to leave.

Goodbye! - said the doctor to the fisherman and the fisherwoman, mounted the Tyanitolkaya and rode to his ship.

The whole village saw him off.

It would be better if you stayed with us! the dwarf Bambuco told him. - Now pirates roam the sea. They will attack you and take you prisoner along with all your animals.

I'm not afraid of pirates! - the doctor answered him. - I have a very fast ship. I will unfurl the sails and the pirates will not catch up with my ship!

With these words the doctor set sail from the shore.

Everyone waved their handkerchiefs at him and shouted "hurray."

Chapter 9. PIRATES

The ship ran quickly over the waves. On the third day, the travelers saw some deserted island in the distance. There were no trees, no animals, no people to be seen on the island - only sand and huge stones. But there, behind the stones, terrible pirates were hiding. When a ship sailed past their island, they attacked this ship, robbed and killed people, and let the ship sink. The pirates were very angry with the doctor because he had kidnapped the red-haired fisherman and Penta from them, and had been lying in wait for him for a long time.

The pirates had a large ship that they hid behind a wide rock.

The doctor saw neither the pirates nor their ship. He walked the deck with his animals. The weather was fine, the sun was shining brightly. The doctor felt very happy. Suddenly the pig Oink-Oink said:

Look, what kind of ship is it?

The doctor looked and saw that from behind the island on black sails some black ship was approaching - black as ink, as soot.

I don't like these sails! - said the pig. - Why are they not white, but black? Only on ships do pirates have black sails.

Oink-Oink guessed it: the villainous pirates were racing under the black sails. They wanted to catch up with Doctor Aibolit and take cruel revenge on him for kidnapping a fisherman and Penta from them.

Quicker! Quicker! shouted the doctor. - Unfold all the sails!

But the pirates swam closer and closer.

They're catching up with us! - shouted Kika. - They are close. I see their terrible faces! What evil eyes they have! .. What should we do? Where to run? Now they will attack us and throw us into the sea!

Look, - said Abba, - who is there at the stern? Don't you recognize? This is it, this is the villain Barmaley! He has a saber in one hand, a pistol in the other. He wants to destroy us, shoot us, destroy us!

But the doctor smiled and said:

Do not be afraid, my dears, he will not succeed! I came up with a good plan. Do you see the swallow that flies over the waves? She will help us escape from the robbers. - And he shouted in a loud voice: - Na-za-se! Na-za-se! Karachuy! Karabun!

In bestial language, this means:

“Swallow, swallow! The pirates are after us. They want to kill us and throw us into the sea! "

The swallow went down to his ship.

Listen, swallow, you have to help us! the doctor said. - Karafu, marafu, duk!

In bestial language, this means:

"Fly quickly and call the cranes!"

The swallow flew away and a minute later returned with the cranes.

Hello, Doctor Aibolit! - cried the cranes. - Do not worry, we will help you out now!

The doctor tied a rope to the bow of the ship, the cranes took hold of the rope and pulled the ship forward.

There were many cranes, they rushed forward very quickly and pulled the ship behind them. The ship flew like an arrow. The doctor even grabbed his hat so that the hat would not fly into the water.

The animals looked around - a pirate ship with black sails was left far behind.

Thank you, cranes! the doctor said. “You saved us from the pirates.

If not for you, we would all lie at the bottom of the sea.

Chapter 10. WHY RID THE RATS?

It was not easy for the cranes to drag the heavy ship behind them. After a few hours, they were so tired that they almost fell into the sea. Then they pulled the ship to the shore, said goodbye to the doctor and flew to their native swamp.

But then the owl Bumba came up to him and said:

Look over there. You see - there are rats on the deck! They jump from the ship straight into the sea and swim to the shore one after another!

That's good! the doctor said. - Rats are evil, cruel, and I do not like them.

No, this is very bad! Bumba said with a sigh. - After all, rats live below, in the hold, and as soon as a leak appears at the bottom of the ship, they see this leak before anyone else, jump into the water and swim straight to the shore. This means that our ship will sink. Listen to what the rats say.

Just at this time, two rats crawled out of the hold. And the old rat said to the young:

Last night I went to my hole and saw that water was pouring into the crack. Well, I think we should run. This ship will sink tomorrow. Run away, too, before it's too late.

And both rats threw themselves into the water.

Yes, yes, - cried the doctor, - I remember! Rats always run away before the ship sinks. We must immediately escape from the ship, otherwise we will drown with it! Beasts, follow me! Quicker! Quicker!

He gathered his things and quickly fled to the shore. The beasts hurried after him. They walked for a long time along the sandy shore and were very tired.

Let's sit down and rest, - said the doctor. - And we'll think about what to do.

Are we going to stay here for the rest of our lives? - said Tyanitolkai and began to cry.

Large tears rolled from all four of his eyes.

And all the animals began to cry with him, because everyone really wanted to return home.

But suddenly a swallow flew in.

Doctor, doctor! she screamed. “A great misfortune has happened: your ship has been captured by pirates!

The doctor jumped to his feet.

What are they doing on my ship? - he asked.

They want to rob him, - answered the swallow. - Run quickly and get them out of there!

No, ”the doctor said with a cheerful smile,“ you don’t need to drive them away. Let them sail on my ship. They won't go far, you'll see! Better let's go and, before they notice, let's take their ship in exchange. Let's go and take the pirate ship!

And the doctor rushed along the shore. Behind him - Tyanitolkai and all the animals.

Here comes the pirate ship.

There's no one on it! All pirates on the Aibolit ship!

Hush, hush, do not make noise! the doctor said. - Let's make our way to the pirate ship so that no one sees us!

Chapter 11. Trouble after Trouble

The animals quietly boarded the ship, quietly raised the black sails and quietly sailed over the waves. The pirates didn't see anything.

And suddenly a great disaster struck.

The fact is that Piggy-Piggy pig has caught a cold.

At the very moment when the doctor was trying to silently sail past the pirates, Oink-Oink sneezed loudly. And one time, and another, and a third.

The pirates heard someone sneezing. They ran to the deck and saw that the doctor had captured their ship.

Stop! Stop! - they shouted and set off after him.

The doctor unfurled the sails. The pirates are about to catch up with their ship. But he rushes forward and forward, and little by little the pirates begin to lag behind.

Hooray! We are saved! shouted the doctor.

But then the most terrible pirate Barmaley raised his pistol and fired. The bullet hit Tyanitolkayu's chest. Tyanitolkai staggered and fell into the water.

Doctor, doctor, help! I am drowninig!

Poor Push! shouted the doctor. - Hold on a little more in the water! I’ll help you now.

The doctor stopped his ship and threw down the pull rope.

Tyanitolkai clung to the rope with his teeth. The doctor dragged the wounded animal onto the deck, bandaged the wound and set off again. But it was already too late: the pirates were racing in full sail.

We'll finally catch you! they shouted. - And you and all your animals! There, on the mast, you have a nice duck! We'll roast it soon. Haha, this will be a delicious meal. And we'll fry the pig too. We haven't eaten ham for a long time! We're going to have pork cutlets tonight. Ho ho ho! And we will throw you, doctor, into the sea - to the sharp-toothed sharks,

Oink-Oink heard these words and cried.

Poor me, poor! she said. “I don’t want to be roasted and eaten by pirates!

Abba cried too - she felt sorry for the doctor:

I don't want to be swallowed by sharks!

Chapter 12. THE DOCTOR IS SAVED!

Only the owl Bumba was not afraid of the pirates. She calmly said to Abba and Oink-Oink:

How stupid you are! What are you afraid of? Don't you know that the ship the pirates are chasing us on is about to sink? Remember what the rat said? She said that the ship would certainly sink today. It has a wide gap and is full of water. And along with the ship, the pirates will drown. What are you afraid of? The pirates will drown, and we will remain safe and sound.

But Oink-Oink continued to cry.

Before the pirates drown, they'll have time to fry both Kiku and me! she said.

Meanwhile, the pirates swam closer and closer. Ahead, on the bow of the ship, stood the chief pirate Barmaley. He brandished his saber and shouted loudly:

Hey you monkey doctor! You don't have much time left to cure the monkeys - soon we will throw you into the sea! Sharks will swallow you there.

The doctor shouted back to him:

Beware, Barmalei, lest the sharks swallow you! There is a leak in your ship, and you will soon sink!

You are lying! - shouted Barmaley. - If my ship was sinking, rats would run away from it!

The rats have long run away, and soon you will be at the bottom with all your pirates!

Only then did the pirates notice that their ship was slowly sinking into the water. They began to run across the deck, wept, shouted:

Save!

But nobody wanted to save them.

The ship sank deeper and deeper to the bottom. Soon the pirates found themselves in the water. They floundered in the waves and shouted incessantly:

Help, help, we are drowning!

Barmaley swam to the ship, which was the doctor, and began to climb the rope to the deck. But the dog Abba bared his teeth and said menacingly: "Rrr! .." Barmalei was frightened, screamed and flew headfirst back into the sea.

Help! he shouted. - Save! Get me out of the water!

Chapter 13. OLD FRIENDS

Suddenly, sharks appeared on the surface of the sea - huge, terrible fish with sharp teeth, with a wide open mouth.

They chased the pirates and soon swallowed them all.

That's where they go! the doctor said. - After all, they robbed, tortured, killed innocent people. So they paid for their atrocities.

The doctor sailed for a long time on the stormy sea. And suddenly he heard someone shouting:

Boen! Boen! Barawen! Baven!

In bestial language, this means:

"Doctor, doctor, stop your ship!"

The doctor lowered the sails. The ship stopped and everyone saw Carudo the parrot. He flew quickly over the sea.

Carudo! It's you? cried the doctor. - How glad I am to see you! Fly, fly here!

Carudo flew up to the ship, sat on a high mast and shouted:

Look who's following me! Over there, on the very horizon, in the west!

The doctor looked at the sea and saw that the Crocodile was sailing far, far across the sea. And on the back of the Crocodile sits the monkey Chichi. She waves a palm leaf and laughs.

The doctor immediately directed his ship towards Crocodile and Chichi and lowered the rope from the ship.

They climbed the rope to the deck, rushed to the doctor and began kissing him on the lips, cheeks, beard, eyes.

How did you end up in the middle of the sea? the doctor asked them.

He was happy to see his old friends again.

Ah, doctor! - said the Crocodile. - We were so bored without you in our Africa! It's boring without Kiki, without Avva, without Bumba, without cute Oink-Oink! We so wanted to return to your house, where squirrels live in the closet, a thorny hedgehog on the sofa, and a hare with hares in the chest of drawers. We decided to leave Africa, cross all the seas and live with you for life.

Please! the doctor said. - I am very happy.

Hooray! Bumba shouted.

Hooray! - cried all the animals.

And then they joined hands and began to dance around the mast:

Shita rita, tita drita!

Shivandada, shivanda!

We are native Aibolit

We will never leave!

Chichi the monkey alone sat on the sidelines and sighed sadly.

What's the matter? - asked Tyanitolkai.

Oh, I remembered about the evil Barbarian! Again she will offend and torment us!

Don't be afraid, ”Tyanitolkai cried. - Barbara is no longer in our house! I threw her into the sea, and now she lives on a desert island.

On a desert island?

Everyone was delighted - and Chichi, and Crocodile, and Carudo: Barbara lives on a desert island!

Long live Tyanitolkai! - they shouted, and again began to dance:

Shivandars, shivandars,

Hazelnut and dunduklei!

It's good that there is no Barbara!

It's more fun without Barbara! Tyanitolkai nodded two heads to them, and both of his mouths smiled.

The ship was racing in full sail, and by evening Kika the duck, having climbed onto a high mast, saw its native shores.

Have arrived! she screamed. - Another hour, and we will be home! .. Far away is our city - Pindemont. But what is it? Look, look! Fire! The whole city is on fire! Is our house on fire? Oh, what a horror! What a misfortune!

A high glow stood over the city of Pindemonte.

Hurry to the shore! - ordered the doctor. - We must put out this flame! Take the buckets and fill it with water!

But then Carudo flew up to the mast. He looked through the telescope and suddenly laughed so loudly that everyone looked at him in surprise.

You don’t have to put out this flame, ”he said, and laughed again,“ because it’s not a fire at all.

What is it? - asked doctor Aibolit.

Illuminations! - answered Karudo.

What does it mean? - asked Oink-Oink. - I have never heard such a strange word.

You’ll find out now, ”said the parrot. “Hang on for another ten minutes.

Ten minutes later, when the ship approached the shore, everyone immediately understood what illumination was. On all the houses and towers, on the coastal rocks, on the tops of the trees, lanterns were shining everywhere: red, green, yellow, and on the shore bonfires were burning, the bright flame of which rose almost to the very sky.

Women, men and children in festive, beautiful clothes danced around these bonfires and sang merry songs.

As soon as they saw that a ship moored to the shore, on which Doctor Aibolit returned from his journey, they clapped their hands, laughed and everyone, as one person, rushed to greet him.

Long live doctor Aibolit! they shouted. - Glory to Doctor Aibolit!

The doctor was surprised. He did not expect such a meeting. He thought that only Tanya and Vanya would meet him and, perhaps, the old sailor Robinson, and he was greeted by the whole city with torches, with music, with funny songs! What's the matter? Why is he honored? Why is his return so celebrated?

He wanted to sit on Tyanitolkaya and go to his home, but the crowd picked him up and carried him in their arms - right to the wide Primorskaya Square.

People looked out from all the windows and threw flowers at the doctor.

The doctor smiled, bowed, and suddenly saw that Tanya and Vanya were making their way to him through the crowd.

When they approached him, he hugged them, kissed them and asked:

How did you know that I defeated Barmaley?

We learned about it from Penta, - answered Tanya and Vanya. “Penta came to our city and told us that you freed him from terrible captivity and saved his father from robbers.

Then the doctor saw that on a hillock, far, far away, Penta was standing and waving at him his father’s red handkerchief.

Hello Penta! the doctor shouted at him.

But at that moment an old sailor Robinson approached the doctor, smiling, shook his hand firmly and said in such a loud voice that everyone in the square heard him:

Dear, beloved Aibolit! We are so grateful to you for clearing the entire sea from the fierce pirates who hijacked our ships. After all, until now we did not dare to embark on a long voyage, because we were threatened by pirates. And now the sea is free and our ships are safe. We are proud that such a brave hero will throw off in our city. We have built a wonderful ship for you, and let us present it to you as a gift.

Glory to you, our beloved, our fearless doctor Aibolit! the crowd shouted with one voice. - Thank you, thank you!

The doctor bowed to the crowd and said:

Thank you for the kind meeting! I am happy that you love me. But I would never, never have been able to cope with sea pirates if my faithful friends, my animals, had not helped me. Here they are with me, and I want to greet them from the bottom of my heart and express my gratitude to them for their selfless friendship!

Hooray! the crowd shouted. - Glory to the fearless animals of Aibolit!

After this solemn meeting, the doctor sat down on Tyanitolkaya and, accompanied by animals, went to the door of his house.

Here bunnies, squirrels, hedgehogs and bats were delighted with him!

But before he had time to say hello to them, there was a noise in the sky. The doctor ran out onto the porch and saw that it was the cranes flying. They flew up to his house and, without saying a word, brought him a large basket of magnificent fruits: in the basket were dates, apples, pears, bananas, peaches, grapes, oranges!

This is for you, doctor, from the Land of the Apes!

The doctor thanked them, and they immediately flew back.

An hour later, a great feast began at the doctor's in the garden. All Aibolit's friends sat on long benches, at a long table, by the light of multi-colored lanterns: Tanya, Vanya, Penta, the old sailor Robinson, and the swallow, and Oink-Oink, and Chichi, and Kika, and Carudo, and Bumba. , and Tyanitolkai, and Abba, and squirrels, and hares, and hedgehogs, and bats.

The doctor treated them to honey, candies and gingerbread, as well as those sweet fruits that were sent to him from the Land of the Apes.

The feast was a success. Everyone joked, laughed and sang, and then got up from the table and went to dance right there in the garden, under the light of multi-colored lanterns.