Царь зверей
Sergei Sedov
King of the animals
From the book “The fairy stories of the Child’s World”
Once upon a time in the soft toys’ department the animals decided to choose a king.
They agreed, that lion would be their king. But which one? There were three lions: one was tall, second had a loud voice and third was small and quiet.
“Let our king be a tall Lion! Everyone will be scared of our Lion even waterfowl, tin and robot transformers”, said the Old Tortoise, who lived in the soft toys’ department from the last century.
So, the tall Lion became the king. At the same time he threw away two elephants and three monkeys from the most prestigious top shelf and occupied it with all his magnificence. All the rest of the toys were in a heap on the floor. They bow in front of him and thought: “He is a real king!”
Suddenly he was sold to Senia. Senia was a short six years old boy, he would never be able to see the tall Lion from the counter, if the tall Lion was not so big and magnificent and didn’t sit so high.
“We lost our king, but, let not be sad! The life goes on! Let our king be a Lion with a loud voice”, said the Old Tortoise.
Everybody said yes, because they wanted to have the king.
At the same time the Lion with a loud voice snarled with a very loud sound.
R-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r! He did it so scary that not only all soft toys but waterfowl, tin and robot transformers became quiet too. Even toy guns stopped shooting and tanks stopped buzzing. The two sellers fell down and big oak table trembled in the director’s office.
All the soft toys looked at the Lion with a loud voice and thought: “He is a real king”.
At this moment Vasia entered in the Child’s World. He had headphones from the player in his ears. But he heard the Lion’s growl, because it was too loud. He likes everything loud, so he bought the Lion with a loud voice.
Poor animals! They were sad after their lost. Many of them were crying, despite the fact that moisture is harmful to their health. Then the Old Tortoise said: “Don’t cry, soft toys, we have a third Lion. No matter if it is small and quiet, but it is a Lion”.
So, the small and quiet Lion became the king. He was a very modest Lion. He never jump forward and never came out from elephants and hippopotamuses’ backs. The buyers didn’t see him and he remained the king in the soft toys’ department. Until now he is a king. What do you think why the animals behave well, do not quarrel, do not fight with robots? Because they know: there is somewhere nearby an invisible and a quiet king…
But, if one of you, kids, will see in the soft toys’ department a small and quiet Lion, and will buy it, he will be happy. Of course, to be a king is good, but to be a favorite toy is better. And don’t worry for the soft toys’ department. Rumors say, that new toys will come to the shop, there will be seven or eight Lions.
King of the animals
From the book “The fairy stories of the Child’s World”
Once upon a time in the soft toys’ department the animals decided to choose a king.
They agreed, that lion would be their king. But which one? There were three lions: one was tall, second had a loud voice and third was small and quiet.
“Let our king be a tall Lion! Everyone will be scared of our Lion even waterfowl, tin and robot transformers”, said the Old Tortoise, who lived in the soft toys’ department from the last century.
So, the tall Lion became the king. At the same time he threw away two elephants and three monkeys from the most prestigious top shelf and occupied it with all his magnificence. All the rest of the toys were in a heap on the floor. They bow in front of him and thought: “He is a real king!”
Suddenly he was sold to Senia. Senia was a short six years old boy, he would never be able to see the tall Lion from the counter, if the tall Lion was not so big and magnificent and didn’t sit so high.
“We lost our king, but, let not be sad! The life goes on! Let our king be a Lion with a loud voice”, said the Old Tortoise.
Everybody said yes, because they wanted to have the king.
At the same time the Lion with a loud voice snarled with a very loud sound.
R-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r! He did it so scary that not only all soft toys but waterfowl, tin and robot transformers became quiet too. Even toy guns stopped shooting and tanks stopped buzzing. The two sellers fell down and big oak table trembled in the director’s office.
All the soft toys looked at the Lion with a loud voice and thought: “He is a real king”.
At this moment Vasia entered in the Child’s World. He had headphones from the player in his ears. But he heard the Lion’s growl, because it was too loud. He likes everything loud, so he bought the Lion with a loud voice.
Poor animals! They were sad after their lost. Many of them were crying, despite the fact that moisture is harmful to their health. Then the Old Tortoise said: “Don’t cry, soft toys, we have a third Lion. No matter if it is small and quiet, but it is a Lion”.
So, the small and quiet Lion became the king. He was a very modest Lion. He never jump forward and never came out from elephants and hippopotamuses’ backs. The buyers didn’t see him and he remained the king in the soft toys’ department. Until now he is a king. What do you think why the animals behave well, do not quarrel, do not fight with robots? Because they know: there is somewhere nearby an invisible and a quiet king…
But, if one of you, kids, will see in the soft toys’ department a small and quiet Lion, and will buy it, he will be happy. Of course, to be a king is good, but to be a favorite toy is better. And don’t worry for the soft toys’ department. Rumors say, that new toys will come to the shop, there will be seven or eight Lions.
