They gave the elephant shoes and he took one shoe. Poem by a child in a cage
Kids in a cage
Elephant
They gave the shoes to the elephant.
He took one shoe
And he said: - We need wider ones,
And not two, but all four!
Giraffe
Picking flowers is easy and simple
Small children
But to the one who is so tall,
It's not easy to pick a flower!
Tiger cub
Hey, don't stand too close
I'm a tiger cub, not a pussy!
Zebras
striped horses,
African horses,
It's good to play hide and seek
In the meadow among the grass!
Lined horses
Like school notebooks
Painted horses
From hooves to head.
White bears
We have a spacious pond.
My brother and I swim together.
The water is cool and fresh.
The guards change her.
We're swimming from wall to wall
Sometimes on the side, sometimes on the back.
Stay to the right, darling
Don't touch me with your foot!
Owls
Look at the little owls -
The little ones are sitting next to each other.
When they don't sleep,
They are eating.
When they eat
They don't sleep.
Baby Ostrich
I am a young ostrich,
Arrogant and proud.
When I'm angry, I kick
Calloused and hard.
When I'm scared I run
Stretching your neck.
But I can't fly,
And I can't sing.
A+ A-
Children in a cage - Samuel Marshak
Tiger cub
Hey, don't stand too close -
I'm a tiger cub, not a pussy!
Elephant
They gave the shoes to the elephant.
He took one shoe
And he said: - We need wider ones,
And not two, but all four!
Zebras
striped horses,
African horses,
It's good to play hide and seek
In the meadow among the grass!
Lined horses
Like school notebooks
Painted horses
From hooves to head.
Giraffe
Picking flowers is easy and simple
Small children
But to the one who is so tall,
It's not easy to pick a flower!
Owls
Look at the little owls -
The little ones are sitting next to each other.
When they don't sleep,
They are eating.
When they eat
They don't sleep.
Penguin
Really, kids, am I good?
It looks like a big bag.
On the seas in years past
I overtook steamships.
And now I'm here in the garden
I swim quietly in the pond.
Swan
Why does water flow
From this baby?
He recently came out of the pond,
Give me a towel!
Baby Ostrich
I am a young ostrich,
Arrogant and proud.
When I'm angry I kick
Calloused and hard.
When I'm scared I run
I crane my neck.
But I can't fly,
And I can't sing.
Monkey
Sailed across the ocean
Sailor from Africa
Baby monkey
He brought it to us as a gift.
She sits, sad,
All evening long
And such a song
In his own way he sings:
"In the far hot south,
On palm trees and bushes
My friends are screaming
Swinging on their tails.
Wonderful bananas
In my homeland.
Monkeys live there
And there are no people at all.”
White bears
We have a spacious pond.
My brother and I swim together.
The water is cool and fresh.
The guards change her.
We're swimming from wall to wall
Sometimes on the side, sometimes on the back.
Keep to the right, dear.
Don't touch me with your foot!
Eskimo dog
There is a note on the twig:
"Don't come close!"
Don't believe the note -
I am the kindest animal.
Why am I sitting in a cage?
I don't know myself, kids.
Dingo dog
No, I'm not a wolf or a fox.
You come to our forests,
And there you will see a dog -
Warlike dingo.
Let the kangaroo tell you
Like in the Australian heat
Chased his sister through the forests
Lean, skinny dingo.
She goes into the bushes - and I follow her,
She is in the stream - and I am in the stream,
She's faster - and I'm faster,
The tireless dingo.
She's cunning and I'm not simple
In the morning we ran to the stars,
But I caught her by the tail
The relentless dingo.
Now I'm in everyone's sight
In the zoological garden,
I'm spinning like a top and waiting for meat,
Restless dingo.
Camel
Poor little camel:
The child is not allowed to eat.
He ate this morning
Only two of these buckets!
Lion cubs
Don't you know dad -
A big, red lion?
He has heavy paws
And a shaggy head.
He screams loudly - in a bass voice,
And you can hear him far away.
He eats meat at lunch
And we suck milk.
(Illustration by V. Simonov)
Confirm ratingRating: 4.8 / 5. Number of ratings: 102
Help make the materials on the site better for the user!
Write the reason for the low rating.
Send
Thanks for your feedback!
Read 5459 times
Other poems by Marshak
-
The House That Jack Built - Samuel Marshak
This is the house that Jack built. And this is wheat, which is stored in a dark closet in the house that Jack built. And this is a cheerful tit bird...
-
A hen and ten ducklings - Samuil Marshak
Do you know the fairy tale about the grandfather and the woman and the pockmarked hen? If you know her, I can tell you another tale. Once upon a time there lived another grandfather and woman, and there was...
-
Christmas tree - Sergei Mikhalkov
I will cut down a Christmas tree in the forest, I will bring a Christmas tree to school! All covered in ice icicles, In strong resin cones, With resin on the trunk, With a snowflake on resin. If...
Jumping Firefly
Bazhov P.P. 
A fairy tale about a magical girl - the fairy-tale Ognevushka, she appeared to the mine workers from the fire, began to dance, and then disappeared near the tree. And there was such a sign that where it would disappear - that’s where you had to look for gold. Jumping Firefly read Sat...
Stone Flower
Bazhov P.P. 
One day, Danil’s student appeared with a noble master carver. He was an orphan, thin and sickly, but the master immediately noticed his talent and his true eye. Danila grew up, learned a craft, but wanted to learn the secret of beauty, so that in stone...
Malachite Box
Bazhov P.P. 
The girl Tanya received a malachite box with women's jewelry from her father. Mom put them on several times, but she couldn’t walk in them: they were too tight and too tight. The jewelry was magical, they made Tanyusha into another Mistress of the Copper Mountain. Malachite Box …
Mining master
Bazhov P.P. 
A story about loyalty and love for a loved one. The girl Katerina was left alone, her fiancé Danila disappeared to no one knows where. Everyone told her that she needed to forget him, but Katerina did not listen to anyone and firmly believed that he...
How a man divided geese
Tolstoy L.N. 
A fairy tale about a clever and savvy poor man who went to ask his master for bread, and in gratitude roasted the master’s goose. The master asked the man to divide the goose among all members of his family. How a man divided the geese read U...
About the elephant
Zhitkov B.S. 
How an elephant saved its owner from a tiger
Zhitkov B.S. 
One Hindu went into the forest with his elephant to collect firewood. Everything was going well, but suddenly the elephant stopped obeying its owner and began to listen to sounds. The owner got angry with him and began hitting his ears with a branch. ...
Zhitkov B.S. 
One day the sailors were resting on the shore. Among them was one hefty sailor, he had the strength of a bear. The sailors decided to go to the local circus. At the end of the performance, a kangaroo wearing boxing gloves was brought into the arena. Kangaroo read On a sailing…
What is everyone's favorite holiday? Of course, New Year! On this magical night, a miracle descends on the earth, everything sparkles with lights, laughter is heard, and Santa Claus brings long-awaited gifts. A huge number of poems are dedicated to the New Year. IN …
In this section of the site you will find a selection of poems about the main wizard and friend of all children - Santa Claus. Many poems have been written about the kind grandfather, but we have selected the most suitable ones for children aged 5,6,7 years. Poems about...
Winter has come, and with it fluffy snow, blizzards, patterns on the windows, frosty air. The children rejoice at the white flakes of snow and take out their skates and sleds from the far corners. Work is in full swing in the yard: they are building a snow fortress, an ice slide, sculpting...
A selection of short and memorable poems about winter and New Year, Santa Claus, snowflakes, and a Christmas tree for the younger group of kindergarten. Read and learn short poems with children 3-4 years old for matinees and New Year's Eve. Here …
1 - About the little bus who was afraid of the dark
Donald Bisset 
A fairy tale about how mother bus taught her little bus not to be afraid of the dark... About the little bus who was afraid of the dark read Once upon a time there was a little bus in the world. He was bright red and lived with his dad and mom in the garage. Every morning …
2 - Three kittens
Suteev V.G. 
A short fairy tale for the little ones about three fidgety kittens and their funny adventures. Little children love short stories with pictures, which is why Suteev’s fairy tales are so popular and loved! Three kittens read Three kittens - black, gray and...
ZOO
Early, early we get up
We call the watchman loudly:
- Watchman, watchman, hurry up
Go out and feed the animals!
The watchman came out of the guardhouse,
He sweeps the paths
Smoking a pipe at the gate,
He doesn't give us lunch.
Long, long time at the bars,
We stand with our throats agape.
We know, we know without a watch,
That lunch is ready for us.
At lunch, at lunch
We don't chat with our neighbor,
We forget about everything
And we chew, chew, chew.
It's hard work -
Cheeks are shiny with sweat.
After eating you need sleep.
An elephant is leaning and dozing.
Showing yourself to the people
The hippopotamus goes into the water.
The owl is sleeping, clinging to a stump,
The deer sleeps and the seal sleeps.
Dark brown bear cub
He grumbles to himself in his sleep,
Only a pony and a camel
They get to work.
On a camel, on a camel,
Like in the desert, people drive
They pass by the ditch,
Behind which they see a lion,
They drive past the cage
Where eagles sit on a branch.
Clumsy, shaggy and thin,
A camel walks through the garden.
And in a circle, on the site,
Black-maned horses
They rush side by side and in single file,
They wave their bangs and tail.
But now it gets cold.
Strangers are leaving the garden.
The lights are burning behind the fence,
And we are left alone.
ELEPHANT
They gave the shoes to the elephant.
He took one shoe
And he said: “We need wider ones.”
And not two, but all four!
GIRAFFE
Picking flowers is easy and simple
Small children
But to the one who is so tall,
It's not easy to pick a flower!
TIGER CUB
Hey, don't stand too close -
I'm a tiger cub, not a pussy!
ZEBRAS
striped horses,
African horses,
It's good to play hide and seek
In the meadow among the grass!
Lined horses
Like school notebooks
Painted horses
From hooves to head.
WHITE BEARS
We have a spacious pond.
My brother and I swim together.
The water is cool and fresh.
The guards change her.
We're swimming from wall to wall
Sometimes on the side, sometimes on the back.
Stay to the right, darling
Don't touch me with your foot!
OWLS
Look at the little owls -
The little ones are sitting next to each other.
When they don't sleep,
They are eating.
When they eat
They don't sleep.
OSTRICH
I am a young ostrich,
Arrogant and proud.
When I'm angry, I kick
Calloused and hard.
When I'm scared I run
Stretching your neck.
But I can't fly,
And I can't sing.
PENGUIN
Really, kids, am I good?
It looks like a big bag.
On the seas in years past
I overtook steamships.
And now I'm here in the garden
I swim quietly in the pond.
SWAN
Why does water flow
From this baby?
He recently came out of the pond,
Give me a towel!
CAMEL
Poor little camel:
The child is not allowed to eat.
He ate this morning
Only two of these buckets!
Eskimo dog
There is a note on the twig:
"Don't come close!"
Don't believe the note -
I am the kindest animal.
Why am I sitting in a cage?
I don't know myself, kids.
PENGUIN
We are two brothers, two chicks.
We are fresh out of the egg.
What kind of bird is our mother?
Where can we find her?
We don't know anyone here
And we don’t even know who we are.
Geese? Ostriches? Peacocks?
You guessed it! We are penguins.
KANGAROO
Here's a look at the game
Two Australian kangaroos.
They play leapfrog
In the zoological garden.
DINGO DOG
No, I'm not a wolf or a fox.
You come to our forests,
And there you will see a dog -
Warlike dingo.
Let the kangaroo tell you
Like in the Australian heat
Chased his sister through the forests
Lean, skinny dingo.
She goes into the bushes - and I follow her,
She is in the stream - and I am in the stream,
She's faster - and I'm faster,
The tireless dingo.
She is cunning, and I am not simple.
In the morning we ran to the stars,
But I caught her by the tail
The relentless dingo.
Now I'm in everyone's sight
In the zoological garden,
I'm spinning like a top and waiting for meat,
Restless dingo.
LION CUB
Don't you know dad?
A big, red lion?
His paws are heavy
And a shaggy head.
He screams loudly - in a bass voice,
And you can hear him far away.
He eats meat at lunch
And we suck milk.
LION CUB
No, wait, wait, wait,
I'll deal with you!
My father in one leap
Deals with a bull.
It would be a shame if I
I won't catch the sparrow.
Hey, come back while you're still alive!
Mother! Mother! Flew away!..
LIONESS
What a foggy summer
In this unkind country!
I'm dressed in a warm dress
But it's cold, I'm cold!
They call me savage
Because I'm sitting in sadness,
Dreaming of hot Africa,
About soft, hot sand.
I met a crocodile here.
He smiled at me like a friend.
“Do you want,” I asked him, “
To the bananas and palm trees to the south?
“Child,” he answered sadly, “
Don’t see my native land!”
And tears from the crocodile's eyes
It started running down my black cheeks.
HYENA
The rhinoceroses snored
A long-legged ostrich is dozing.
Thick-skinned hippopotamus
Lay down quietly on your stomach.
A camel sleeps with its knees bent.
But I, a hyena, can’t sleep!
My time is coming:
I will howl until the morning.
During the day I was silent gloomily -
I'm afraid of the noise of the day -
But my hoarse laughter
It scares everyone at night!
Even lions are afraid of me...
How can you not laugh at them?
BEAR
Here's a bear, a bear, a bear!
Who wants to watch?
Come visit Misha,
Throw some sweet gingerbread to Misha.
Misha asks, Misha waits,
With his mouth wide open.
No, to the right! No, to the left!
We missed, you bastards!
Now they're in the mouth!
What a gingerbread - pure honey!
For such a treat
We'll put on a show.
Come on, Misha, take a bow!
Come on, Misha, somersault!
JACKAL
My father is a steppe jackal
I was looking for food for myself.
Far away in the land of sand
He accompanied the caravans
And in the desert under the moon
Crying loudly in silence.
He ate bones and scraps,
And now he lives in a cage.
He's sheltered from the rain here
And you are always full.
ELEPHANT
African young
Doused with water.
I washed my hair and ears -
And the tub became dry.
For a good elephant
We need a whole river.
Take it away
pelvis,
Bring it
Fontanka!
MONKEY
Sailed across the ocean
Sailor from Africa
Baby monkey
He brought it to us as a gift.
She sits, sad,
All evening long
And such a song
In his own way he sings:
"In the far hot south,
On palm trees and bushes,
My friends are screaming
Swinging on their tails.
Wonderful bananas
In my homeland.
Monkeys live there
And there are no people at all.”
KANGAROO
Long-tailed kangaroo
He calls his sister for a walk,
And my sister is sitting in a bag
On mom's belly.
Early, early we get up
We call the watchman loudly:
Watchman, watchman, hurry up
Go out and feed the animals!
The watchman came out of the guardhouse,
He sweeps the paths
Smoking a pipe at the gate,
He doesn't give us lunch.
Long, long time at the bars,
We stand with our throats agape.
We know, we know without a watch,
That lunch is ready for us.
At lunch, at lunch
We don't chat with our neighbor,
We forget about everything
And we chew, chew, chew.
It's a hard job
Cheeks are shiny with sweat.
After eating you need sleep.
An elephant is leaning and dozing.
Showing yourself to the people
The hippopotamus goes into the water.
The owl is sleeping, clinging to a stump,
The deer sleeps and the seal sleeps.
Dark brown bear cub
He grumbles to himself in his sleep,
Only a pony and a camel
They get to work.
On a camel, on a camel,
Like in the desert, people drive
They pass by the ditch,
Behind which they see a lion,
They drive past the cage
Where eagles sit on a branch.
Clumsy, shaggy and thin,
A camel walks through the garden.
And in a circle, on the site,
Black-maned horses
They rush side by side and in single file,
They wave their bangs and tail.
But now it gets cold.
Strangers are leaving the garden.
The lights are burning behind the fence,
And we are left alone.
ELEPHANT
Give some shoes to the elephant.
He took one shoe
And he said: - We need wider ones,
And not two, but all four!
GIRAFFE
Picking flowers is easy and simple
Small children
But to the one who is so tall,
It's not easy to pick a flower!
TIGER CUB
Hey, don't stand too close
I'm a tiger cub, not a pussy!
ZEBRAS
striped horses,
African horses,
It's good to play hide and seek
In the meadow among the grass!
Lined horses
Like school notebooks
Painted horses
From hooves to head.
WHITE BEARS
We have a spacious pond.
My brother and I swim together.
The water is cool and fresh.
The guards change her.
We're swimming from wall to wall
Sometimes on the side, sometimes on the back.
Stay to the right, darling
Don't touch me with your foot!
OWLS
Look at the little owls
The little ones are sitting next to each other.
When they don't sleep,
They are eating.
When they eat
They don't sleep.
OSTRICH
I am a young ostrich,
Arrogant and proud.
When I'm angry, I kick
Calloused and hard.
When I'm scared I run
Stretching your neck.
But I can't fly,
And I can't sing.
PENGUIN
Really, kids, am I good?
It looks like a big bag.
On the seas in years past
I overtook steamships.
And now I'm here in the garden
I swim quietly in the pond.
SWAN
Why does water flow
From this baby?
He recently came out of the pond,
Give me a towel!
CAMEL
Poor little camel:
The child is not allowed to eat.
He ate this morning
Only two of these buckets!
Eskimo dog
There is a note on the twig:
"Don't come close!"
Don't believe the note
I am the kindest animal.
Why am I sitting in a cage?
I don't know myself, kids.
PENGUIN
We are two brothers, two chicks.
We are fresh out of the egg.
What kind of bird is our mother?
Where can we find her?
We don't know anyone here
And we don’t even know who we are.
Geese? Ostriches? Peacocks?
You guessed it! We are penguins.
KANGAROO
Enjoy the game
Two Australian kangaroos.
They play leapfrog
In the zoological garden.
DINGO DOG
No, I'm not a wolf or a fox.
You come to our forests,
And there you will see a dog
Warlike dingo.
Let the kangaroo tell you
Like in the Australian heat
Chased his sister through the forests
Lean, skinny dingo.
She goes into the bushes - and I follow her,
She is in the stream - and I am in the stream,
She's faster - and I'm faster,
The tireless dingo.
She is cunning, and I am not simple.
In the morning we ran to the stars,
But I caught her by the tail
The relentless dingo.
Now I'm in everyone's sight
In the zoological garden,
I'm spinning like a top and waiting for meat,
Restless dingo.
LION CUB
Don't you know daddy
A big, red lion?
His paws are heavy
And a shaggy head.
He screams loudly - in a bass voice,
And you can hear him far away.
He eats meat at lunch
And we suck milk.
LION CUB
No, wait, wait, wait,
I'll deal with you!
My father in one leap
Deals with a bull.
It would be a shame if I
I won't catch the sparrow.
Hey, come back while you're still alive!
Mother! Mother! Flew away!..
LIONESS
What a foggy summer
In this unkind country!
I'm dressed in a warm dress
But it's cold, I'm cold!
They call me savage
Because I'm sitting in sadness,
Dreaming of hot Africa,
About soft, hot sand.
I met a crocodile here.
He smiled at me like a friend.
“Do you want,” I asked him,
To the bananas and palm trees to the south?
“Child,” he answered sadly,
Don’t see my native land!”
And tears from the crocodile's eyes
It started running down my black cheeks.
HYENA
The rhinoceroses snored,
A long-legged ostrich is dozing.
Thick-skinned hippopotamus
Lay down quietly on your stomach.
A camel sleeps with its knees bent.
But I, a hyena, can’t sleep!
My time is coming:
I will howl until the morning.
During the day I was silent sullenly
I'm afraid of the noise of the day
But my hoarse laughter
It scares everyone at night!
Even lions are afraid of me...
How can you not laugh at them?
BEAR
In from bear, bear, bear!
Who wants to watch?
Come visit Misha,
Throw some sweet gingerbread to Misha.
Misha asks, Misha waits,
With his mouth wide open.
No, to the right! No, to the left!
We missed, you bastards!
Now they're in the mouth!
What a gingerbread - pure honey!
For such a treat
We'll put on a show.
Come on, Misha, take a bow!
Come on, Misha, somersault!
JACKAL
My father is a steppe jackal
I was looking for food for myself.
Far away in the land of sand
He accompanied the caravans
And in the desert under the moon
Crying loudly in silence.
He ate bones and scraps,
And now he lives in a cage.
He's sheltered from the rain here
And you are always full.
ELEPHANT
And the freak is young
Doused with water.
Wash my head and ear
And the tub became dry.
For a good elephant
We need a whole river.
Take it away
Bring it
Fontanka!
MONKEY
P sailed across the ocean
Sailor from Africa
Baby monkey
He brought it to us as a gift.
She sits, sad,
All evening long
And such a song
In his own way he sings:
"In the far hot south,
On palm trees and bushes,
My friends are screaming
Swinging on their tails.
Wonderful bananas
In my homeland.
Monkeys live there
And there are no people at all.”
KANGAROO
D long-tailed kangaroo
He calls his sister for a walk,
And my sister is sitting in a bag
On mom's belly.
Poem by Samuil Marshak “Children in a Cage” in mp3 format - listen or download for free.
Verse Children in a Cage read:
Zoo
Early, early we get up
We call the watchman loudly:
- Watchman, watchman, hurry up
Go out and feed the animals!
The watchman came out of the guardhouse,
He sweeps the paths
Smoking a pipe at the gate,
He doesn't give us lunch.
Long, long time at the bars,
We stand with our throats agape.
We know, we know without a watch,
That lunch is ready for us.
At lunch, at lunch
We don't chat with our neighbor,
We forget about everything
And we chew, chew, chew.
It's a hard job
Cheeks are shiny with sweat.
After eating you need sleep.
An elephant is leaning and dozing.
Showing yourself to the people
The hippopotamus goes into the water.
The owl is sleeping, clinging to a stump,
The deer sleeps and the seal sleeps.
Dark brown bear cub
He grumbles to himself in his sleep,
Only a pony and a camel
They get to work.
On a camel, on a camel,
Like in the desert, people drive
They pass by the ditch,
Behind which they see a lion,
They drive past the cage
Where eagles sit on a branch.
Clumsy, shaggy and thin,
A camel walks through the garden.
And in a circle, on the site,
Black-maned horses
They rush side by side and in single file,
They wave their bangs and tail.
But now it gets cold.
Strangers are leaving the garden.
The lights are burning behind the fence,
And we are left alone.
Elephant
They gave the shoes to the elephant.
He took one shoe
And he said: “We need wider ones.”
And not two, but all four!
Giraffe
Picking flowers is easy and simple
Small children
But to the one who is so tall,
It's not easy to pick a flower!
Tiger cub
Hey, don't stand too close
I'm a tiger cub, not a pussy!
Zebras
striped horses,
African horses,
It's good to play hide and seek
In the meadow among the grass!
Lined horses
Like school notebooks
Painted horses
From hooves to head.
White bears
We have a spacious pond.
My brother and I swim together.
The water is cool and fresh.
The guards change her.
We're swimming from wall to wall
Sometimes on the side, sometimes on the back.
Stay to the right, darling
Don't touch me with your foot!
Owls
Look at the little owls
The little ones are sitting next to each other.
When they don't sleep,
They are eating.
When they eat
They don't sleep.
Baby Ostrich
I am a young ostrich,
Arrogant and proud.
When I'm angry, I kick
Calloused and hard.
When I'm scared I run
Stretching your neck.
But I can't fly,
And I can't sing.
Penguin
Really, kids, am I good?
It looks like a big bag.
On the seas in years past
I overtook steamships.
And now I'm here in the garden
I swim quietly in the pond.
Swan
Why does water flow
From this baby?
He recently came out of the pond,
Give me a towel!
Camel
Poor little camel:
The child is not allowed to eat.
He ate this morning
Only two of these buckets!
Eskimo dog
There is a note on the twig:
"Don't come close!"
Don't believe the note
I am the kindest animal.
Why am I sitting in a cage?
I don't know myself, kids.
Little penguins
We are two brothers, two chicks.
We are fresh out of the egg.
What kind of bird is our mother?
Where can we find her?
We don't know anyone here
And we don’t even know who we are.
Geese? Ostriches? Peacocks?
You guessed it! We are penguins.
Kangaroo
Here's a look at the game
Two Australian kangaroos.
They play leapfrog
In the zoological garden.
Dingo dog
No, I'm not a wolf or a fox.
You come to our forests,
And there you will see a dog
Warlike dingo.
Let the kangaroo tell you
Like in the Australian heat
Chased his sister through the forests
Lean, skinny dingo.
She goes into the bushes - and I follow her,
She is in the stream - and I am in the stream,
She's faster - and I'm faster,
The tireless dingo.
She is cunning, and I am not simple.
In the morning we ran to the stars,
But I caught her by the tail
The relentless dingo.
Now I'm in everyone's sight
In the zoological garden,
I'm spinning like a top and waiting for meat,
Restless dingo.
Lion cubs
Don't you know dad?
A big, red lion?
His paws are heavy
And a shaggy head.
He screams loudly - in a bass voice,
And you can hear him far away.
He eats meat at lunch
And we suck milk.
Lion Cub
No, wait, wait, wait,
I'll deal with you!
My father in one leap
Deals with a bull.
It would be a shame if I
I won't catch the sparrow.
Hey, come back while you're still alive!
Mother! Mother! Flew away!..
Lioness
What a foggy summer
In this unkind country!
I'm dressed in a warm dress
But it's cold, I'm cold!
They call me savage
Because I'm sitting in sadness,
Dreaming of hot Africa,
About soft, hot sand.
I met a crocodile here.
He smiled at me like a friend.
“Do you want,” I asked him,
To the bananas and palm trees to the south?
“Child,” he answered sadly,
Don’t see my native land!”
And tears from the crocodile's eyes
It started running down my black cheeks.
Hyena
The rhinoceroses snored
A long-legged ostrich is dozing.
Thick-skinned hippopotamus
Lay down quietly on your stomach.
A camel sleeps with its knees bent.
But I, a hyena, can’t sleep!
My time is coming:
I will howl until the morning.
During the day I was silent sullenly
I'm afraid of the noise of the day
But my hoarse laughter
It scares everyone at night!
Even lions are afraid of me...
How can you not laugh at them?
Bear
Here's a bear, a bear, a bear!
Who wants to watch?
Come visit Misha,
Throw some sweet gingerbread to Misha.
Misha asks, Misha waits,
With his mouth wide open.
No, to the right! No, to the left!
We missed, you bastards!
Now they're in the mouth!
What a gingerbread - pure honey!
For such a treat
We'll put on a show.
Come on, Misha, take a bow!
Come on, Misha, somersault!
Jackal
My father is a steppe jackal
I was looking for food for myself.
Far away in the land of sand
He accompanied the caravans
And in the desert under the moon
Crying loudly in silence.
He ate bones and scraps,
And now he lives in a cage.
He's sheltered from the rain here
And you are always full.
Elephant
African young
Doused with water.
Wash my head and ear
And the tub became dry.
For a good elephant
We need a whole river.
Take it away
pelvis,
Bring it
Fontanka!
Monkey
Sailed across the ocean
Sailor from Africa
Baby monkey
He brought it to us as a gift.
She sits, sad,
All evening long
And such a song
In his own way he sings:
"In the far hot south,
On palm trees and bushes,
My friends are screaming
Swinging on their tails.
Wonderful bananas
In my homeland.
Monkeys live there
And there are no people at all.”
Kangaroo
Long-tailed kangaroo
He calls his sister for a walk,
And my sister is sitting in a bag
On mom's belly.
