I spent the whole day wandering in the forest.
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I look - the evening is on the nose,
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There is no more sun in the sky
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Only a red mark remained.
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The firs fell silent. |
Oak fell asleep.
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In the darkness, the hazel tree sank.
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Sleepy pine fell silent.
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And there was silence:
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And the crossbill is silent, and the thrush is silent,
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And the woodpecker no longer knocks.
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Suddenly I hear an owl hooting,
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So much so that the foliage shuddered:
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— Whoo! |
Time is wasted,
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Dawn faded in the sky.
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Let's drag the screamer
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Until the moon came out.-
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The other grumbled in response:
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“I didn’t finish my lunch.”
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And again the first: - Wow!
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You are always talking nonsense!
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We won't make it:
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After all, they can lock the doors.
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Drop lunch, let's fly now
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Let's take it, and the story is over. -
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I parted the branches with my shoulder
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And he shouted: - Owls, what are you talking about? |
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After cleaning the beak, one of them
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I answered for two:
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There is a strange boy in the world.
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He himself knows how to eat porridge,
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Battleship can draw
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And train evil dogs.
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But they will only say: "It's time to sleep,"
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He roar starts until the morning:
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"Don't extinguish
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fire,
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don't ask
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Me,
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Doesn't matter
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I won't sleep
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Whole bed
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I'll turn over
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I don't wish
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I can not,
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Better for owls
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I will run away…”
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We reasoned: so and so,
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Since this little weirdo
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Doesn't want to sleep at night
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He needs to become an owl.
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We'll bring the boy into the hollow,
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Let's say five terrible words,
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Let's give magic grass
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And turn him into an owl.
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Here the owls rose from their place
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And they were carried away into the darkness of the night.
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I knew where they were going
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Who do they want to bewitch?
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After all, this is Zhenya, my neighbor,
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He is five and a half years old
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And he's all night long
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Screams, rages and roars:
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"Don't extinguish
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fire,
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don't ask
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Me,
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Doesn't matter
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I won't sleep
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Whole bed
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I'll turn over
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I don't wish
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I can not,
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Better for owls
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I will run away…”
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How to get ahead of these owls?
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How can I warn Zhenya?
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No one can help me
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It's completely dark, it's night.
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The mist has risen,
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A star lit up in the sky...
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I rushed to wake the woodpecker:
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“Listen, woodpecker, what should I do?
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My best friend is in trouble
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And I can't find a way...
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The woodpecker thought, was silent
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And shook his head:
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- I won't put my mind to it
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I'm going to wake up the mouse.-
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Now a mouse has come running
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And she squeaked: - Why are you sad?
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After all, my friend is an old mole
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Dug a straight underground passage.
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You can go straight
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And you will not go astray.-
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And despite the darkness
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I ran to the mole.
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But here again trouble awaited:
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The move was wide with a mole!
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Well, how do I go on the road,
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When can't I fit in it?
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You'll have to climb on top.
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But how to find a path in the darkness?
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Glasses won't help me...
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But the woodpecker called out: “Fireflies!” |
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And the fireflies came
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Such good bugs
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And immediately the darkness receded,
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And I ran like an arrow
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Like a runner
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Like a helicopter
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Like a jet!
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Here I am at home. |
Owls before!
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Ordinary Zhenkin hear the roar:
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"Don't extinguish
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fire,
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don't ask
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Me,
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Doesn't matter
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I won't sleep
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Whole bed
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I'll turn over
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I don't wish
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I can not,
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Better for owls
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I will run away…”
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I shouted: - Zhenya, brother, trouble!
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After all, two owls are flying here!
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Here you made a mess! |
—
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And I told him everything.
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And Zhenya immediately fell silent,
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As if he had never screamed in his life.
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And more he in the evenings
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Does not raise rams.
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As soon as they say: "It's time to sleep,"
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He sleeps until morning.
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And owls don't sleep at night
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Capricious guys are guarded. |