“The Squirrel-who-can-do-many-things”(by L. Kulikoff)Gymnasium 19,

Kurgan:The presentation was made by some students of the 8th G form: Vic Sedelnikova,Kate Serebryakova,Dasha SmirnovaDima Khodyuk

Illustrated byYana Doni(4B)

English teacher: S.V. Bochkareva.

Some weeks ago we thought about the idea of making presentation for children. And we decided that the best book was one of our countrymen’s tales.

And we chose the fairy tale of Leonid

Kulikoff. The story was translated into two

languages: into Ukrainian (in 1979) and into Lithuanian (in 1981).

So we decided to make it in English too.

Leonid Kulikoff was born on the 7th of August, 1924 in the town of Ivanovo-Vosnesensk.In 1940 Leonid became ill. Since that time he had been a disabled person. He couldn’t move with his legs, he could only use his hands. Kulikoff and his family had been living in Kurgan region since 1941. In the village of Polovinnoe he began to write his first verses for children.In 1959 Kulikoff became the member of the Union of Soviet writers. The eleven books were published from 1951 till 1970, and some gramophone records with his poems and fairy tales were made by the firm “Melody”.Leonid Kulikoff died on the 7th of September in 1980.

Real heroes live in the stories.Their author is Kulikoff. We’d like to tell you one story,where a Squirrel could do a “play-off”.

We can learn to be clever, kind!We could learn to help our friends!

Our text is simply recited! Read the story in English! Let’s discover Kulikoff’s Land!

Read our short re-mix of the Kulikoff’s tale in prose lines!

There was a house under a green fir-tree.And a Squirrel lived there.And her name was “The Squirrel-who-can-do-many-things”.She lived happily and drank tea with nuts.

In the evening the Squirrel-who-can-do-many-things sang songs at the ladder.

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  Our Squirrel was a real Girl-Master – she made a blouse for the Fox, and slippers for the Hair, and baby’s loose jacket for the Bear, and some gloves for her babies, and even a red sun-dress for the Little Mouse. She dried mushrooms, she treated animals!

Oh, the SQUIRREL was a real MASTER!!!

One day a Crane came to her house. She cried and said: “My baby has just been born. And he’s caught a cold, because of the cold wind! And he is ill now!”

The Squirrel said: “You will get over!Please, take the medicine!”The Baby-crane did it! And he became healthy again!

He began going around the meadows!He began flying over the swamps!The Squirrel-who-can-do-many-things treated him! Oh, that was great! 

Our Squirrel ran to the swamp, where the Baby-crane lived.He was really ill! He couldn’t play, he couldn’t eat anything!

One day a Wolf came to the Squirrel’s house and he cried: “Come to us, oh, Squirrel! My son is ill. And he is crying! Help my son, please! Please, take the bone out of his throat!”

The Squirrel ran to the Wolf. But what did she see there? Nobody was ill! And the Wolf’s son was playing and running around!

The Squirrel wondered, But the Wolf laughed and said: “Yes, nobody is ill. We just want to eat! And we’ll eat you now!”

The angry Wolf began to shout: “Catch her! She’s gone!”But he couldn’t catch the Squirrel!

The Squirrel jumped up into the chimney, and she climbed up.So, she was on the roof!

At that time some cranes were flying to the Lake.They saw the Squirrel on the roof, took her and brought her away!

Oh, at last our Squirrel was at her house! But she lost her key while she was “flying”…..

So she couldn’t open the door!

What a pity!

The Squirrel came to her neighbors!

So, the Bear, the Fox, the Hare, the Elk, the Woodpecker had been trying to open the door for a long time.

But they couldn’t do anything……

What a pity!

And the Wolf came, he said: “Only I can help you!” “No!”, - answered the Squirrel, - you will never be my friend! You want to eat me!”

All the animals became angry! They began to bite the Wolf and said: “You mustn’t touch the Squirrel-who-can-do-many-things! You mustn’t hurt her!”And the Wolf, howling and screaming ran away as fast as an arrow!

He found the key in the meadows, in the thorny bushes.

Suddenly the merry Baby-crane came from the green meadows.He didn’t bring any warms, but he brought the Squirrel’s key!

And the mistress took the key.And the door was open!

All the animals began to dance!They invited the Squirrel: “ Come to us, please! Come to us, oh, dear Squirrel!”

In 2015 году there was a contest “The Literary brand of Kurgan” among sculptures. And the best composition was called “The Squirrel-who-can-do-many-things”! It was made by Boris Orekhoff.

Dear friends, study Russian to READ the book about the “Squirrel-who-can-do-many-things”! It’s so interesting! The Squirrel is so clever and kind!

Come to the library named by Kulikoff!If you want to be lucky, touch the squirrel’s tail!If you want to pass your exams well, just rub this bronze book , which is the symbol of wisdom!