«Today, the first time ever, / For children and grown-ups — / Trained seals and dancing lions, / Somersaulting pups. A troupe of juggling bearcubs, / Squirrel acrobats, / Jumbo, tightrope-walker, / Chorus-singing cats. World champions in athletics, / Two brothers, strong and ...»
«Little Fly so spruce and sprightly, / Golden tummy shining brightly, Right across the field she flew, / Spied a penny. It was new. So she searched the town bazaar. / There she bought a samovar. “Dear Cockroaches, come with me / I invite you all to tea.” To the Fly Cockroaches scu...»
«The sun went strolling in the sky / When suddenly a cloud came by. / Bunny took a look outside. / “Oh, how dark it is!” he cried. And the magpies on the farm / Chattered loudly in alarm. / They hopped about the hills and plains / And shouted to the storks and cranes: / “L...»
«Long the Tsar sat lonely, brooding. / But he, too, was only human. / Tears for one sad year he shed... / And another woman wed. / She (if one be strictly truthful) / Was a born Tsaritsa — youthful, / Slim, tall, fair to look upon, / Clever, witty — and so on. / But sh...»