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None Join Buzz in this whimsical story that shows that flies can be special pets! A fly went flying. A boy named Buzz went walking. The boy wanted to catch something smart for The Amazing Pet Show, but he bumped into a fly instead. A fly that . . . knew the boy’s name! Buzz! And thus began the strong bond between Buzz and Fly Guy. Over and over again, they heard people say, “Flies can’t be pets—they’re pests!” And each time, Fly Guy proved them wrong. He’s a smart fly that can do tricks, and he’s very special to Buzz. Read along in this whimsical story as Buzz and his most unlikely of pets challenge people’s perceptions. Do you think flies are smart? Why? show full description Show Short Description

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Chapter 1 A fly went flying. He was looking for something to eat— something tasty . . . something slimy. A boy went walking. He was looking for something to catch— something smart . . . something for The Amazing Pet Show. They met. Boink! The boy caught the fly in a jar. “A pet!” he said. The fly was mad. He wanted to be free. He stomped his foot and said, “Buzz!” The boy was surprised! He said, “You know my name! You are the smartest pet in the world!” Chapter 2 Buzz took the fly home. “This is my pet,” Buzz said to Mom and Dad. “He is smart. He can say my name. Listen!” Buzz opened the jar. The fly flew out. “Flies can’t be pets,” said Dad. “They are pests!” He got the flyswatter. The fly cried, “Buzz!” And Buzz came to the rescue! “You are right,” said Dad. “This fly is smart.” “He needs a name,” said Mom. Buzz thought for a minute. “Fly Guy,” said Buzz. And Fly Guy said, “Buzz!” It was time for lunch. Buzz gave Fly Guy something to eat. Fly Guy was happy. Chapter 3 Buzz took Fly Guy to The Amazing Pet Show. The judges laughed. “Flies can’t be pets,” they said. “Flies are pests!” Buzz was sad. He opened the jar. “Shoo, Fly Guy,” he said. “Flies can’t be pets.” But Fly Guy liked Buzz. He had an idea. He did some fancy flying. The judges were amazed. “The fly can do tricks,” they said. “But flies can’t be pets.” Then Fly Guy said, “Buzz!” The judges were more amazed. “The fly knows the boy’s name,” they said. “But flies can’t be pets.” Fly Guy flew high, high, high into the sky! Then he dived down, down, down into the jar. “The fly knows his jar!” the judges said. “This fly is a pet.” So they let Fly Guy in the show! He even won an award. Tallest Pet, Cutest Pet, Pet with Most Legs, Heaviest Pet, Smartest Pet. And so began a beautiful friendship.

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Reading with Dr. Seuss: From Easiest to Hardest

I LOVED reading Dr. Seuss books when I was a kid reading them over and over again. I couldn’t wait for the day when my own children could finally read all those wonderful Dr. Seuss books from my childhood. I learned very quickly though that Dr. Seuss books are not all clumped into one reading level. As a matter of fact they span all the way from Kinder to Third and even Fourth grade reading levels!

To help other parents and teachers find the right reading levels for their kids, I put together a list of Dr. Seuss books by grade level. But…before you check out the list, let’s figure out what reading level your child is reading at first so that you will know which books to dive into. I use this super easy trick. You can watch this short 3 minute video to figure out your child’s reading level:

Ok so now that you have your child’s reading level, let’s go through the list. I have linked the titles if you would like to purchase any of these books, so here it goes:

Kindergarten:

You will find characteristics in these Dr. Seuss books that are appropriate for emergent kindergarten readers. These Dr. Seuss books contain lots of familiar objects, actions and situations as well as many pictures that provide support. The language in these books is simple with mostly 1-3 sentence patterns. There are lots of high-frequency and predictable wording that is helpful for the kindergarten reader. Also the font size in these books are large with large amounts of spacing between the words and the sentences.

The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss’s Wacky Book of Opposites

The Ear Book (Bright & Early Board Books(TM))

Great Day for Up (Bright & Early Books(R))

The Eye Book (Bright & Early Board Books(TM))

Bears in the Night

You will find characteristics in these Dr. Seuss books that are appropriate for emergent first grade readers. These Dr. Seuss books contain lots of familiar objects, actions, and situations as well as many pictures that provide support. The language in these books contains realistic narratives with a sequence of events. There are lots of high-frequency words and 1-2 syllable words. The pages in the books will have approximately 2-6 lines of text in them.

The Berenstain Bears Inside Outside Upside Down

Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb (Bright & Early Board Books)

Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (Bright and Early Books for Beginning Beginners)

The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree

Snug House, Bug House (Bright & Early Books(R))

Fred and Ted Go Camping (Beginner Books(R))

Fred and Ted Like to Fly (Beginner Books)

Go, Dog Go (I Can Read It All By Myself, Beginner Books)

Wacky Wednesday (Beginner Books(R))

Old Hat New Hat (Bright & Early Board Books(TM))

Middle of First Grade:

Put Me In the Zoo (Bright & Early Board Books(TM))

The Nose Book

Green Eggs and Ham

Hooper Humperdink…? Not Him! (Bright & Early Books(R))

Hop on Pop

Are You My Mother? (Bright & Early Board Books(TM))

The Bike Lesson

End of First Grade:

A Fish Out of Water (Beginner Books)

Little Black, A Pony

Sam and the Firefly

The Big Honey Hunt, 50th Anniversary Edition (The Berenstain Bears)

The Shape of Me and Other Stuff: Dr. Seuss’s Surprising Word Book

I Want to Be Somebody New! (Beginner Books(R))

Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You : Dr. Seuss’s Book of Wonderful Noises (Bright and Early Board Books)

Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!

Robert the Rose Horse

The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone

A Fly Went by (Beginner Books(R))

The Bears’ Picnic

The Berenstain Bears on the Moon

The Berenstain Bears He Bear, She Bear

In a People House (Bright & Early Books(R))

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (I Can Read It All by Myself)

Beginning of Second Grade:

You will find characteristics in these Dr. Seuss books that are appropriate for emergent second grade readers. These Dr. Seuss books contain more challenging vocabulary with memorable characters and more descriptions and details in the characters and plots of the stories. The language in these books contains realistic narratives with a sequence of events. There are lots of high-frequency words and 1-2 syllable words. The pages in the books will have approximately 6-10 lines of text in them.

Flap Your Wings (Beginner Books(R))

I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words

Mrs. Wow Never Wanted a Cow (Beginner Books(R))

Stop, Train, Stop! A Thomas the Tank Engine Story

The Bears’ Vacation

Dr. Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!

Fox in Socks (Beginner Books(R))

Have You Seen My Dinosaur? (Beginner Books(R))

I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!

Middle of Second Grade:

The Cat in the Hat

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back

The Tooth Book (Bright & Early Board Books(TM))

There’s a Wocket in My Pocket! (Dr. Seuss’s Book of Ridiculous Rhymes)

Thomas and Friends: Trains, Cranes and Troublesome Trucks (Thomas & Friends) (Beginner Books(R))

Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo

I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (Beginner Books)

I Wish That I Had Duck Feet (Beginner Books)

Please Try to Remember the First of Octember! (Beginner Books)

The Bear Detectives

End of Second Grade:

Babar Loses His Crown (Babar (Harry N. Abrams))

The Bear Scouts

The Digging-Est Dog (Beginner Books(R))

Honey Bunny Funnybunny (Beginner Books(R))

It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny (Beginner Series)

Beginning of Third Grade:

You will find characteristics in these Dr. Seuss books that are appropriate for emergent third grade readers. These Dr. Seuss books contain challenging vocabulary with memorable characters and more descriptions and details in the characters and plots of the stories. The language in these books contains realistic narratives with a sequence of events and each page contains full pages of text.

Dr Seuss’s Sleep Book

Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

Middle of Third Grade:

The Lorax (Classic Seuss)

The Sneetches and Other Stories

End of Third Grade:

Horton Hears a Who!

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Classic Seuss)

Happy Birthday to You!

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Fly in the bath - Chukovsky. Full text of the poem - A fly in a bath

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A fly in a bath

A fly flew into the bath,
wanted to take a steam bath.

The cockroach was chopping wood,
He was flooding the bathhouse for the fly.

A shaggy bee
Brought her a washcloth.

The fly was washing,
The fly was washing,
The fly was steaming,
Yes, it fell down,
Rolled
And hit.

Dislocated rib,
Dislocated shoulder.

"Hey, goosebump,
Call the doctors!"
Grasshoppers came,
They gave the fly drops to drink.

The fly has become as it was,
Good and cheerful.

And rushed again
Fly along the street.

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Gilded belly!

On animals

Moidodyr

blanket

Failed,

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Part

On Animals

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Good Doctor Aibolit!

He is sitting under a tree.

For children

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My phone rang.

Who is speaking?

About animals

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Read the book "Fly or Lavrenty Zaitsev on a business trip", Vladimir Sergeyevich Belobrov

Vladimir Belobrov, Oleg Popov

Mukha or Lavrenty Zaitsev on a business trip

Greens of Lavra, reaching the trembling ...

(Joseph Brodsky)

Lawareti Lawaretes saved the fly

Lavrenti Lawn brushed his teeth in the toilet of a compartment wagon, looking into the mirror at the mirror at the mirror at the mirror at the mirror behind him are the snow-covered tops of the trees.

"A fairly clean wagon," Lavrenty thought as he polished his upper teeth and moved on to his lower ones.0003

Before he could think it, a fly flew by, made a circle and aimed to land on Lawrence's forehead. Lavrenty scared the fly away with an energetic movement of his eyebrows and the fly. The fly changed its mind about landing on its forehead and, flying away, sat down on a light bulb.

Lavrenty stopped brushing his teeth, raised his head and stared at the fly. White foam appeared from Zaitsev's mouth.

“I was wrong...” he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. “I was wrong. sometime they sleep ... Flies sleep between the panes ... Probably, this fly slept between the windows of a warm car, and now, when we are traveling through the Far East, it woke up from the cold ... That's how interesting it has become to live ... The fly flies into a car in warmer climes and falls asleep without thinking about anything.Meanwhile, the train takes her to hell knows where across the country!She wakes up from the cold . .. wakes up and shivering!.. She doesn't understand anything... Will she have enough Doesn't she have a mind not to fly out of the train into the street? Or she will fly out and die ... "0003

Someone outside impatiently tugged at the handle...

"My stop is coming soon," Lavrenty Zaitsev took a soap dish, shook the soap into a hole on the sleepers, drove a fly from a light bulb onto the window and covered it with a soap dish on top. Carefully, so that the fly does not fly out, he put on the lid and put the soap dish in his pocket.

They shouted from behind the door:

-- Did you fall asleep?

-- Why not?

Zaitsev opened the door. There were three people behind the door. A grandmother in slippers, a pot-bellied man in a tracksuit and a young fair-haired girl in leggings.

Lavrentiy Zaitsev wanted to say something rude, but when he noticed the girl, he forgot what it was. It seemed to him that he fell in love with a stranger at first sight.

"How did I not notice her before," he thought sadly. I won't see her again in my life... But it was her image that haunted me from my youth... She looks like a sticker girl from the GDR on my first guitar... Some guys pasted over the whole soundboard with German broads, but I - - No. I always liked only one ... I married a similar one, thinking that she was as beautiful as the girl from my guitar ... And she turned out to be an ordinary bitch from a hosiery factory ... Now she sits at home and waits, when I return from a business trip and bring her money earned by wild labor in Siberia for rags..."

The girl looked Lavrentiy up and down with curiosity and straightened the towel over her shoulder.

"Fate gave me a chance by putting this girl in the same car with me. And I, like a cretin, catch flies in the toilet... I missed my chance..." Lavrenty went into the compartment and sat down, continuing to think.

-- Did something happen? asked the neighbor in the compartment, looking at him. ..

The head of her twelve-year-old son hung from the top shelf.

"Your face is covered in toothpowder," he said and laughed.

"The water has run out," Lavrenty muttered, blushed and began to wipe his face with a towel. - You have to hand over your underwear. Five minutes later, Ussuriysk...

- Well, all the best to you, - the neighbor stood up and pushed her son's head away from the wall. "You'll fall off, you dumbass, and hit your temple on the table!" Who will bury you?

- And I'll ask my friends, - he answered. - I'll tell them - bury me in the garden!

"Pip under your tongue," the neighbor crossed herself. - You can't say that! Otherwise you will call on your head ... devils ...

-- There are no devils. These are all lies. There is low energy and four bodies of dharma! And it does not act on the head, but on the lower chakras of the coccyx.

"Shut up, you bastard! .. I picked up rubbish from the newspapers," she uttered the last words for Lavrenty.

Lavrenty kept silent because he was focused on something else. Rather, on the other. He thought about that stranger from the vestibule, with whom he did not have time to get acquainted, and his chances became less and less every minute.

-- Previously, such rubbish was not written in the newspapers and there was order! continued the neighbor, without waiting for an answer. - And now they will write as they want, and the children read! That's childish crime for you! They clog children's heads instead of taking them to... a circus or a zoo!

The conductor rushed through the car, shouting:

-- Ussuriysk! Ussuriysk! To whom to go out - go out, otherwise you will leave!

Lavrenty sighed, took the suitcase and went to the exit.

On the platform, the conductor was spitting sunflower seeds into the gap between the car and the platform. Steam came out of her mouth.

Lavrentiy was about to say goodbye to the conductor, when he suddenly heard behind him:

-- Please help me carry the suitcase.

LAVRENTY ZAYTSEV IS LUCKY

Lavrenty looked around. On the steps stood a girl of dreams in a short fur coat of mink tails with a large leather suitcase.

Zaitsev could not believe his eyes. What he thought he'd lost forever was falling into his hands.

Lavrenty rushed to the girl and grabbed her suitcase.

-- Let me help you!

-- Excuse me for asking you, -- the girl pulled out a pack of women's cigarettes from her purse and lit up. “I was supposed to be met, but I don’t see anyone here ... Could you,” she smiled stunningly, “put me in a taxi.”

-- With pleasure, -- Zaitsev shook the other man's suitcase. - I will not only put you in a taxi, but I will also escort you home so that you do not have to carry a suitcase from the car to the apartment, - (Did I start too boldly? - Lavrenty doubted.)

-- Yes?.. Is it convenient for you?..

-- It is very convenient for me!

-- Well... I don't know... It would be nice, of course. .. The suitcase is very heavy, - the girl wrinkled her little button nose.

"Ah," Lavrenty waved. -- Nonsense! and shook the suitcase again.

-- You are so kind...

They went out to the station square. The square was decorated with a huge poster depicting the Ussuri tiger. Above it was written: "Welcome to Ussuriysk, the pearl of the Far East!" And at the bottom in italics: "Drink the Ussuri balm - a miracle of nature!".

Lavrentiy Zaitsev came to Ussuriysk for the first time and did not know anything here. He looked around. On the right, in a gray five-story building, he saw a grocery store. To the left, the bus stop was crowded with people.

-- Where are you going? - a man with keys on his finger approached Lavrenty.

The girl said the address from behind her shoulder.

"Fifty dollars," said the driver.

"Let's go," said Zaitsev and followed the driver, banging his suitcase on his leg.

LAVRENTY ZAITSEV IN A TAXI

Lavrenty put his suitcase in the trunk and got into the back seat with the girl.

-- On the horses! The driver put in the key.

Outside the windows of the car flashed low houses and warmly dressed people, whose mouths were steaming.

- It's cold here, - said Zaitsev, to start a conversation.

-- Is it cold! - said the driver without turning around and slammed his hands on the steering wheel. It was cold last week! The crows froze on the fly! I saw it myself! A crow flies - r-r-time! - fell down - ready! .. And you are not from Moscow by any chance?

-- From Moscow.

-- Immediately visible.

"Yeah," said the girl. - I also noticed you on the train and realized that you were from Moscow.

Zaitsev was pleased that he was noticed on the train and he smiled, thinking about his growing chances.

The driver whistled a popular movie tune.

"By the way, we didn't get to know each other," the girl said to Lavrenty. "Sveta," she fluttered her eyelashes.

-- Lavrenty, -- Lavrenty unexpectedly held out his hand to the girl, but immediately caught himself and put it in his pocket. - For some reason I knew that your name was Svetlana. - He just said it. In fact, Lavrenty thought that her name was different, like Gretchen.

-- I suppose you were named after Lavrenty Palych? the driver asked. -- Fragrant flower of the prairie Lavrenty Palych Beria! Haha!

Zaitsev was offended. He's been asked the same questions all his life.

-- In honor of Saint Lawrence.

-- What kind of saint is he?

-- They flayed his skin and cut off his ears.

-- Wow! We also had one of our ears cut off last year because he didn't pay money.

-- Men! Svetlana winced. -- Stop! Disgusting to listen to!

Everyone was silent for a while.

- But I saw an advertisement for Ussuri Balsam at the station, - said Lavrenty. -- Good?

-- Thing! The driver gave a thumbs up. - Infused with horns. Now we will pass by a company store - I recommend taking a couple of bottles to brighten up the evening.

-- A wonderful idea, -- Lavrenty cheerfully rubbed his hands and looked at Svetlana.

Sveta smiled mysteriously.

-- We have arrived -- the car stopped at the door of the store.

-- I'm right now -- Lavrenty jumped out of the car.

LAVRENTY ZAITSEV IN THE STORE

Behind the counter stood a plump woman in a signature green apron with a tiger on her chest.

Lavrenty found with his eyes the right bottle with the price tag, multiplied the price of the balm by two, added fifty dollars for a taxi and deducted the amount from the travel allowance. It's OK.

"Two bottles of Ussuriysky," he said, holding out a banknote to the saleswoman. - Good balm? asked Lavrenty in the back.

"We're doing well." The woman bent down and pulled two bottles out of a drawer. - On the horns. - She wiped the dust with a rag and handed the goods to Zaitsev. - Do you need a check?

-- Needed, -- Lavrenty remembered the financial statements, took the check and put it in his wallet. What a beautiful apron you have. - He suddenly thought that if he brought such a wife, it would be an inexpensive gift with local flavor. You can easily get off by adding a couple of cedar cones to the apron. - Can I buy an apron like that?

-- They're not actually for sale. These are our signature clothes.

-- Well, after all, maybe it's somehow possible?

"Eh," the blonde sighed and looked up at the ceiling. - I suppose you want to bring a souvenir to your wife?..

Lavrenty nodded and smiled.

-- Well, I don't know what to do with you... I have one spare, - she bent down and pulled an apron from under the counter.

-- How much do I owe you?

The price of the apron turned out to be low, as Lavrenty wanted.

The saleswoman put the purchases in a branded bag with a picture of a tiger.

"You Muscovites are in luck," she sighed. - It's interesting in Moscow... Theaters-cinemas... And we have only drunken fools... Eh...

- How did you know that I'm a Muscovite?

-- I see...

LAVRENTY ZAITSEV IN THE TAXI AGAIN

Lavrenty went out into the street and went to the car. Opening the door, he saw a tiger's head on it, which he had not noticed before.

"Everywhere you look, there are only tigers around," he said, sitting down.

"Ussuriysk is a city of tigers," the driver answered. “We have the best tigers in the world!” And we are proud of them... There are no tigers in Moscow! Only in the circus! .. And I also saw a badge of some city, which has a brand name - three herrings! In such a city, I think, it is uncivilized to live if there is nothing but herring there!

-- Maybe there is the best herring in the world? suggested Lawrence.

- Well then, - agreed the driver and after a pause, added, - But I think that the best herring in the world is worse than the best tigers in the world... What kind of house do you need?

-- That one over there, -- Sveta pointed her finger.

We arrived. Lavrenty paid and brought out the suitcase.

It's already dark.

"I wouldn't be able to do anything at work today. .." he thought.

LAVRENTY ZAYTSEV GUEST

The house was five-story, without an elevator. Svetlana lived on the fourth floor. The suitcase was so heavy that while Lavrenty was dragging it, he was all sweaty.

-- Phew, -- Zaitsev put the suitcase in front of the door and wiped the sweat from his forehead. - Well, I brought it. He looked inquiringly at Svetlana.

-- Would you like to come in for a coffee?

-- With pleasure.

They went into the hallway. Svetlana flipped the switch. Lawrence looked around.

From the hallway he saw the corner of the kitchen and part of the room with the bed.

"Here, put on these slippers," Svetlana pulled leather slippers out of the closet and handed them to Zaitsev. “Wash your hands for now, and I’ll make coffee.”

Lavrenty went into the bathroom, turned on the water, looked around. He was looking for traces of a man's residence in this apartment. And he found them.

-- Eh!

Lavrenty saw a razor and a shaving brush on the shelf.

"Although," he thought hopefully, "maybe it's Sveta who shaves his armpits and legs."

His gaze, fixed on the razor, softened.

Zaitsev washed his hands and remembered that he had a rescued fly sitting in his soap box.

At this time, Sveta called out from the corridor:

-- Now I'll bring you a towel!

-- Don't! shouted Lavrenty to her. - I'll manage! He wiped his hands on his pants and left.

He liked the kitchen. Fragrant coffee was brewed on the stove in a copper cezve. Wooden shelves with patterns in the Russian style made the kitchen cozy, like a tower-house. On the door of the Korean refrigerator there is a holographic sticker of a tiger in a jump. The light switch was a decorative cord in the shape of a tiger's tail.

"Ussuriysk is a city of tigers" - Lavrenty remembered the driver's words and went to get the Ussuri balm.

-- The coffee has boiled! he shouted.

Sveta ran into the kitchen, gasped and turned off the gas. She managed to change into a kimono with scarlet roses and looked amazing in it.

-- Ah! I completely forgot about coffee! Sit down at the table... Lavrenty.

Zaitsev sat on a wooden chair and put a bottle on the table:

-- Let's get acquainted...

-- I almost don't drink, as you can tell... Except one drop in coffee...

-- Well, it's not serious! ? Lavrenty thought that one drop would be clearly not enough to create an appropriate environment. - I believe that one glass will not harm anyone, but on the contrary - it is useful ... to drink.

"I don't know..." Sveta hesitated. - Oh, this alcohol!.. Well, well... I'll probably drink one glass...

She took pot-bellied glasses from the shelf and put them on the table.

Lavrenty looked approvingly, opened the bottle and poured a full glass.

-- Whoa! I won't drink that much, - Sveta waved her hand.

-- Don't drink right away, Svetlana. Drink gradually, then it's fine. .. I know that the strongest people in Russia live in the Far East... Grigory Rasputin and others...

LAVRENTY ZAITSEV DREAMS

It was very good for Lavrenty to sit in this cozy kitchen with the girl of his dreams. They quietly drank one bottle and almost finished the second. The miracle of nature, the Ussuri balm, did its job, dispersing the blood and intoxicating the heads with fantasies. Lavrenty has already managed to tell Svetlana about his life and worldview. Svetlana complained that in this small Far Eastern town, few people understand her. Lavrenty admitted that he recognized in Svetlana the girl of his dreams from a German decal. They already kissed once. And this kiss seemed to Lawrence the best in his life.

A blizzard started outside the window, which made the warm kitchen even more comfortable and beautiful.

Lavrenty did not think very clearly that it was probably time to move on to the second part of the program. He thought of the bed he had seen from the hallway. But he doubted. Still, this was the girl of his dreams and, perhaps, it was necessary to do something differently with her - not like with others. Maybe you need to start by inviting her to the theater ... Or to a concert ... Treat her to champagne during the intermission ... Sitting in the hall holding hands. Then walk along the dark snow-covered streets of an unfamiliar city and watch how fluffy snowflakes fall on her fur hat in the light of yellow lanterns. And being captivated by the magical atmosphere of a winter night, casually recall Pushkin's poems about love ... Frost and sun is a wonderful day ... In general, get to know each other better. And then... And then... lean towards her, lift the snow-covered ear of her hat and whisper: Svetlana! I love you Svetlana! I dreamed about you all my life! And now we'll never be apart! I will take you to Moscow, because in this small Far Eastern town no one is able to understand you properly! .. They will go to the station, buy tickets to Moscow, and then they will return to Svetlana and it will be the most intoxicating night of their lives . . .

LAVRENTY ZAYTSEV INSISTS HIS

Lavrenty narrowed his eyes slyly and said:

-- Svetlana, I invite you to the theatre.

-- What?..

-- I invite you to the theatre! he repeated. - Do you have a theater here?

-- Yes, of course! You, probably, Muscovites, think that theaters are only in Moscow. We have an excellent Ussuri Dramatic Theater named after Dersu Uzala in our city!

"Very good," Lavrenty smiled stupidly. - Let's get into it now.

-- Are you bored with me? Svetlana was offended.

-- How can you say that?! Lavrenty poured the rest of the balm into the glasses.

-- What else can I say?! Do you miss my company?

-- Svetlana, you didn't understand... me. Think how wonderful it is to spit on everything now and go to the theater... Let's sit holding hands... let's drink champagne there...

-- First of all, it's late. The theater is already closed. And you can drink champagne here. Besides, it's cold outside... It seemed to me that you and I are doing so well...

The news that the theater was closed puzzled Lavrenty a little, but did not dampen his ardor. Lavrenty was completely in the grip of dreams of walks, snowflakes, poetry and romantic feelings associated with this whole affair.

-- Is the theater closed?.. -- he asked, ignoring Sveta's last remark. - Well, then to the restaurant! He stood up and held out his hand to the girl. - Please, Sveta, do not refuse! You will see how great it will be for us there!

Svetlana sighed and went to get dressed.

LAVRENTY ZAYTSEV IN A TAXI AGAIN

They left the house. Chalk blizzard. It was very cold and hard to see.

-- Where is your best restaurant? shouted Lavrenty, trying to outshout the howling of the icy wind.

-- Huh?! Svetlana did not hear. -- What did you say?!

-- I say -- where is your best restaurant?!

-- Let's catch a taxi, it's very cold! We must go to the center! . . Maybe we will come back ?!

-- No way! Here, eternal ice and snowdrifts and the sun almost does not shine! But we don't like Europe! Blizzard and wind are at our hearts! Go ahead, Svetlana! To the goal!

Lavrenty stepped confidently into the darkness.

Svetlana turned up her collar and ran after her.

They went out onto the road and tried to hail a taxi for about twenty minutes. Lavrenty ran from one side of the road to the other, while Svetlana stood under the lantern and chattered her teeth.

Finally, a green taxi light appeared out of the black haze.

Lavrenty jumped out onto the road, yelled and waved his arms.

The machine has braked.

-- Where are you going? The driver leaned out of the open door.

Lavrenty noticed a tiger's head on the door.

-- To the center! he shouted. -- In a restaurant!

-- Fifty dollars.

They got into the car and drove off.

Lavrentiy did not follow the road, because he kept kissing and hugging Svetlana in the back seat.

We arrived at the Ussuri Tiger restaurant.

"Chief, drive right up to the entrance," Lavrenty ordered. - I want my beloved not to freeze in the street!

"Chirik," the driver muttered.

-- Here, -- Zaitsev pulled money out of his wallet, leaned over the front seat and shoved it into the driver's breast pocket.

The driver pulled out the money, looked at it and put it away.

"Just get out as soon as possible so I don't get ripped off," he asked.

At the entrance, Lavrenty picked up Svetlana in his arms and carried her into the restaurant.

The porter helpfully opened the door for them.

LAVRENTY ZAYTSEV IN THE RESTAURANT

The restaurant was warm and cozy. In the foyer hung a huge panel depicting a tiger jumping on a deer.

Lavrentiy and Svetlana went into the hall. The lights were dimmed, and candles burned everywhere on the tables.

Lavrentiy took his hand to the side and read an excerpt from a popular poem by Pasternak:

-- There was snow all over the earth, to all limits! The candle burned on the table of light burned! . .

Lavrenty liked everything. Everything worked out as he planned - a blizzard, a romantic walk, passionate kisses in the car, a beautiful check-in at a restaurant, and now twilight and poetry! Lawrence liked the heads of tigers on the walls of the hall, the antlers of deer, stuffed capercaillie and giant woodpeckers.

A waiter in the uniform of a Siberian hunter led them to a vacant table in the corner, removed the menu from the Zhostovo tray with a white-gloved hand and placed it on the table.

- While we are reading, - Lavrenty told him, - bring us two glasses of Miracle-Nature-Ussuriysk-balm.

-- Two fifty? the waiter asked.

- Two hundred, - Lavrenty showed two fingers.

Svetlana pulled out a cigarette and wanted to light it with a candle, but Lavrenty stopped her hand:

-- You can't use a candle - a bad omen.

"I don't believe in omens," she replied. - Signs were invented by churchmen. There are no clues. There are only low energies and four bodies of dharma. ..

Lavrenty vaguely remembered that he had heard this somewhere before.

-- What is Dharma? -- he asked.

Svetlana shrugged her shoulders:

-- You can't tell right away... -- She opened the menu. -- Dharma... dharma... Pork... lamb... beef... game...

-- Ah... Got it! Lavrenty rejoiced. - I'll be wild! He took the menu from Svetlana and snapped his finger.

The waiter brought the balm, took the order and left.

On stage, the ensemble sang a song about hares.

Lavrenty left the table, went up to the leader and ordered a song about tigers for fifty dollars.

-- A song about tigers is performed for our guest from Moscow Lavrentiy and his fiancee Svetlana!

Lavrenty got up, nodded left and right, and pointed to Svetlana, meaning that she was in charge here.

Having played the intro, the ensemble sang:

Quietly in the dense taiga

All the animals fell asleep for a long time

And only the jumping tiger

equals!

Why are you not sleeping, strict

King of the Ussuri taiga?

I find out on a snowdrift

Your four legs

It can be seen that you are not calm

It can be seen that you are tired of

It is difficult in the world a hero

to be from a mustache

I learn on snowdrifts

Its four legs .

Looking for someone at night

Tsar of the Ussuri taiga...

"No worse, actually, than in the theatre," thought Lavrenty. An impulse seized him. He squeezed Svetlana's hand under the table and, leaning towards her, whispered:0003

-- Are you okay with me?..

Svetlana nodded.

-- Svetlana! I love you Svetlana! I dreamed about you all my life! And now we'll never be apart! I'll take you to Moscow, because in this small Far Eastern town no one is able to understand you properly!..

Svetlana blushed and said:

-- Why did you call me your fiancee in front of everyone?

-- What for?!.. Look! He took his passport out of his pocket and opened it to the marital status page. -- Wedding Palace number four of the city of Moscow, 29September 1985. Registered marriage with Mrs. Ismagilova A.S. Act record seven four zero nine! .. And now! .. - Zaitsev tore a page out of his passport and burned it over a candle.

The page hissed and black smoke came from it. Zaitsev threw the paper into the ashtray to burn out.

- And now - he pulled out a ballpoint pen, found a blank page in his passport and wrote:

"Marriage registered with the best girl in Ussuriysk Svetlana!"

Then he crossed out "Ussuriisk" and wrote "Planets" on top, and handed the document to Sveta:

-- Now YOU are my wife!

"Let's go home," Svetlana said, putting her passport away. - You got drunk!

-- No way! I have never felt so great! We must drink champagne to our future!

-- You've had enough!

LAVRENTY ZAITSEV DRINKED

Then Lavrenty did not remember everything. He remembered how they drank champagne, how then he passionately told Svetlana about something ... Then he, it seems, climbed onto the stage and said into the microphone: "Sveta, I love you" ... Then he ordered another song about tigers... Then... then they, it seems, somehow noisily left the restaurant... It seems that Lavrenty beat glasses for happiness, shouted "bitterly" and climbed up to Sveta to kiss. .. Then they ended up on the street and Sveta tried to catch a car, and Lavrenty forbade her to do this, because they had to take a walk and read poetry ... place, and he ran behind some house and pissed on the wall ... And then he could not find the place where he asked Sveta to wait. He searched, searched, searched, and then he met three pretty Ussuri men, to whom, it seems, he explained the whole situation and they promised to help and find Svetlana ... And then they, it seems, drank together and Lavrenty did not remember anything further ...

LAVRENTY ZAITSEV IN THE POLICE

He woke up at the police station. He lay naked on a hard bench. He was cold and very sick. Headache. He languished for several hours. Finally he was taken to the office and a young mustachioed lieutenant began to draw up a protocol.

It turned out that the police found Lavrentiy in his jacket, sleeping in a snowdrift. He had no money or papers. There was only a soap dish on the table in front of the lieutenant.

-- What's this? asked the lieutenant.

-- Soap dish.

-- What's in the soap dish?

-- Fly.

-- Why?

-- I wanted to save her.

-- From whom.

-- From the cold, -- Lavrenty winced.

-- Why? The lieutenant wrote something down in a journal.

-- In order not to freeze...

The lieutenant looked up from the table and looked sternly at Lavrenty.

"You are very suspicious," he said slowly. - You don't have any documents and you're acting like a fool... Surname?

-- Zaitsev.

Lieutenant wrote down.

-- Name?

-- Lawrence.

The lieutenant looked up from his notes.

-- Lavrenty Zaitsev?.. Are you kidding me, are you drunk?

-- Why?

-- Do you think I'm stupid?!

-- Cough-cough...

-- Don't cough! There are no such names!

-- Why?

-- You have to be the last idiot to name your child that after Beria was exposed!

Lavrenty sighed and thought badly about his parents, because of whom he had to listen to the same thing all his life. ..

"I wasn't named after Beria," he said wearily. - I was named after St. Lawrence...

- Is this the same Lavrenty, whose ears were cut off?.. - suddenly asked the policeman.

Lavrenty raised his eyebrows:

-- How do you know?

- Do you think that only fools work in the militia?!.. Last year we covered the sect. I interrogated one reverend. He told me a lot of funny things ... So, let's summarize ... Your name is Lavrenty Zaitsev in honor of the saint, you go without documents, sleep on snowdrifts and save flies in a soap dish ... Most likely, you escaped from a psychiatric hospital, where you were forced being treated... You escaped from a psychiatric hospital and the first thing, of course, got drunk... And yet, my intuition tells me that you are from Moscow!

-- How did you know?

-- I have a nose for you.

Lavrenty clung to this topic and tried to tell the lieutenant everything that had happened to him.

It seemed to Lavrenty that by the end of the story the lieutenant almost believed him and looked at him somehow more humanly.

"That's about the same story," finished Zaitsev.

-- Well, let's say that's the case... What is the bride's surname?

Lavrenty shrugged his shoulders:

-- Somehow I didn't ask...

-- Hmm... Address?

-- I don't know...

-- Why don't you know anything, Lavrenty Palych?.. Eh?..

Lavrenty shrugged his shoulders again.

- Well, well, - the policeman took the soap box and brought it to his ear. - Buzzing something, her mother ... So you say that there is a fly?

-- Yes.

- So that's it... There are no documents, you don't know the bride's last name, you don't know the address either, but you claim that you have a fly in the soap box?.. Here, - the lieutenant handed Lavrenty the soap dish, - show me.

Lavretiy lifted the lid with his fingernail. The soap dish opened, a fly flew out of it and flew to the light bulb.

-- Her mother! - the lieutenant jumped up from the table, folded the newspaper, put a chair on the table, climbed on it and hit the fly.

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