Samuil Marshak
A sparrow where did you have your lunch?..

— A sparrow where did you have your lunch?
— At the zoo I had it much.
First the food and beverage
I found at the lion`s cage.

With the fox the lunch was shorter.
The walrus poured me glass of water.
Big elephant gave me a carrot.
The tall crane was a millet fan of.

I dropped in to the rhino then
Just to eat a little bran.
The kangaroos with gorgeous tail
Invited me to feast that day.

I visited the dinner where
A master was a hairy bear.
And the large-toothed crocodile
Tried to eat me for a while.

Translated by George G.