Little Bear and Other Stories / Маленький медвежонок и другие рассказы. 3-4 классы, стр. 6
The moon did not answer, but Owl said, “I will come back and see you again, moon. But now I must go home.”
Owl walked back home. He looked at the sky.
The moon was still there. It was following him.
“No, no, moon,” said Owl. “It is kind of you to light my way. But you must stay over the sea where you look so fine.”
Owl walked a little farther. He looked at the sky again.
There was the moon following him.
“Dear moon,” said Owl, “you really must not come home with me. My house is small. You would not fit in it. And I have nothing to give you for supper.”
Owl walked and walked. The moon followed him over the tops of the trees.
“Moon,” said Owl, “I think that you do not hear me.”
Owl climbed to the top of a hill. He shouted loudly, “Good-bye, moon!”
The moon went behind some clouds. Owl looked and looked. The moon was gone.
“It is always a little sad to say good-bye to a friend,” said Owl.
Owl came home. He put on his pajamas and went to bed.
The room was very dark. Owl was still feeling sad.
Suddenly, silver light filled Owl’s bedroom. Owl looked out of the window.
The moon came from behind the clouds.
“Moon, you followed me all the way home! What a good, round friend you are!” said Owl.
Then Owl put his head on the pillow and closed his eyes.
The moon was shining through the window.
Owl did not feel sad.
Mouse Tales
by Arnold Lobel
The Wishing Well
A mouse once found a wishing well.
“Now all of my wishes can come true!” she cried.
She threw a penny into the wishing well and made a wish.
“Ouch!” said the wishing well.
The next day the mouse came back to the well.
She threw a penny into the wishing well and made a wish.
“Ouch!” said the well.
The next day the mouse came back again.
She threw a penny into the wishing well.
“I wish this well would not say ouch,” she said.
“Ouch!” said the well. “That hurts!”
“What shall I do?” cried the mouse. “My wishes will never come true!”
The mouse ran home. She took the pillow from her bed.
“This may help,” said the mouse, and she ran back to the well.
The mouse threw the pillow into the well.
Then she threw a penny into the well and made a wish.
“Ah! That feels much better!” said the well.
“Good,” said the mouse. “Now I can start wishing.”
Then the mouse made many wishes by the well.
And every one of them came true.
Clouds
A little mouse went for a walk with his mother.
They went to the top of the hill and looked at the sky.
“Look!” said Mother.”We can see pictures in the clouds.”
The little mouse and his mother saw many pictures in the clouds.
They saw a castle, a rabbit, and a mouse.
“I will go and pick flowers,” said Mother.
“I will stay here and watch the clouds,” said the little mouse.
The little mouse saw a big cloud in the sky. It became bigger and bigger.
The cloud became a cat. The cat came closer and closer to the little mouse.
“Help!” shouted the little mouse, and he ran to his mother.
“There is a big cat in the sky!” cried the little mouse. “I am scared!”
Mother looked at the sky. “Do not be scared,” she said. “See, the cat is a cloud again.”
The little mouse saw that this was true, and he felt better.
He helped his mother pick flowers, but he did not look at the sky the whole day.
Very Tall Mouse and Very Short Mouse
Once there was a very tall mouse and a very short mouse who were good friends.
When they met, Very Tall Mouse said, “Hello, Very Short Mouse.” And Very Short Mouse said, “Hello, Very Tall Mouse.”
The two friends went for a walk together.
When they walked, Very Tall Mouse said, “Hello, birds!”
And Very Short Mouse said, “Hello, bugs!”
When they passed by a garden, Very Tall Mouse said, “Hello, flowers.”
And Very Short Mouse said, “Hello, roots.”
When they passed by a house, Very Tall Mouse said, “Hello, roof.”
And Very Short Mouse said, “Hello, cellar.”
One day the two mice were caught in a rain.
Very Tall Mouse said, “Hello, raindrops.”
And Very Short Mouse said, “Hello, puddles.”
They ran home to get dry.
“Hello, ceiling,” said Very Tall Mouse.
“Hello, floor,” said Very Short Mouse.
Soon the rain was over. The two friends ran to the window.
Very Tall Mouse held Very Short Mouse up to see.
“Hello, rainbow,” they both said together.
The Mouse and the Winds
A mouse went sailing in his boat, but there was no wind.
The boat did not move.
“Wind!” shouted the mouse. “Come here and blow my boat across the lake!”
“Here I am,” said the west wind.
The west wind blew and blew. The mouse and the boat went up in the air and landed on the roof of a house.
“Wind!” shouted the mouse. “Come here and blow my boat off this house!”
“Here I am,” said the east wind.
The east wind blew and blew. The mouse and the boat and the house went up in the air and landed on the top of a tree.
“Wind!” shouted the mouse. “Come here and blow my boat off this house and off this tree!”
“Here I am,” said the south wind.
The south wind blew and blew. The mouse and the boat and the house and the tree went up in the air and landed on the top of a mountain.
“Wind!” shouted the mouse. “Come here and blow my boat off this house and off this tree and off this mountain!”
“Here I am,” said the north wind.
The north wind blew and blew. The mouse and the boat and the house and the tree and the mountain went up in the air and fell into the lake.
The mountain became an island.
The tree landed on the island and started to bloom.
The house landed next to the tree.
A lady looked out of a window of the house and said, “What a nice place to live!”
And the mouse just sailed away.
The Journey
There was a mouse who wanted to visit his mother.
So he bought a car and drove to his mother’s house.
He drove and drove and drove until the car broke.
But at the side of the road there was a person who was selling roller skates.
So the mouse bought two roller skates and put them on.
He rolled and rolled and rolled until the wheels broke.
But at the side of the road there was a person who was selling boots.
So the mouse bought two boots and put them on.