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Listen, Elephant

Listen, Elephant

Original title: Послушай-ка, слон One day, instead of taking the vitamins his mother so thoughtfully gave him, Pinya secretly feeds them to Dominic, a white porcelain elephant he found in the attic. After a while, Dominic suddenly discovers that his bookshelf has become a bit cramped. Thus, Pinya gains a […]

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Twenty Years Under the Bed

Twenty Years Under the Bed

Original title: Dvadtsat’ let pod krovat’yu Twenty Years Under the Bed by Viktor Dragunsky is a humorous short story from the Deniska’s Stories cycle. The children decide to play hide-and-seek in a communal apartment. Denis hides under a neighbor’s bed, but the game ends before anyone remembers about him. Left […]

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School for Sillies

School for Sillies

King Kilian is convinced he’s the cleverest man alive — and that his daughter is just as clever. So clever, in fact, that she’ll only marry someone even smarter than she is, which means: no one at all. The princess despairs over a life of loneliness until she meets Kit, […]

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