Konstantin Ananin Poems

I feel Nan’s and Mummy’s hands
Far away, in distant lands.
Eagles are soaring in the sky.
Ermines always try to hide.
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When a boy, I knew everything,
But now I know nothing.
It is known education
Helps us to get information.
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- When will you think of cutting
The hedge?
___________- When I’ve finished thinking.
- What of?
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- A star has fallen. Ah!
- I haven’t seen, but the star
Rain has begun. We can see
Stars fall at any time.
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- I don’t want to fly
To that distant Milky Way!
- Don’t be so shy,
Everything's OK!
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- One, two, three…
- What shall we play?
- Hide-and-seek,
Six, seven, eight,
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- I’m going to give you some
Books for your birthday.
- Never mind, I’ve read the one
You gave me on New Year’s Day.
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First come, first served. (Proverb) .
When angry, count a hundred. (Proverb) .

- It’s dinner-time! Come on in!
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- “What a lean Billy-goat! ” said
Wolf hiccupping when he’d had
The poor goat for lunch.
- You haven’t said if he munched
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(First read “Is it… happiness? ”)

But I’ll fill the silence
With nice new sounds.
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