Sergey Mikhalkov. learned Cat, Wall and House

              LEARNED CAT

     A Mouse saved herself from Cat by getaway,
     Cat almost caught her but a hole was on way.

     Cat waited. And Cat set about
     and got as dog: "Bow-wow. bow-wow".

     And Mouse thought:"Dog - now, no Cat".
     And she got out! And it was, of couse, her end.

     Now Cat - Cat cunning, winning -
     he said for you: "One foreign launguage -
     it is useful thing!"


              WALL AND HOUSE

     Old Wall - part of stronghold -just as past whole world
     must be exploded by power, - of couse! -
     because it hid a bit of house's fine face.

     Lo - main decision took. And signed, and sealed, and brace,
     and once, by night explosion shook this place.

     And what's about Wall? - Wall stayed as Wall. It split a small.
     But - House? - "And great was its fall!"

     I wanted say - how they it made before and now:
     before - for many days, but now - anyhow.


              HALF-TRUTH

     "Where is my father?" - Son-Worm asked his Mother.
     "He goes fishing", - Mother said to him.

     Half-truth and truth were very close things.