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I am hiding

I am hiding, I am hiding,

And no one knows where;

For all they can see is my

Toes and my hair.

«Have you looked in the inkwell?»

And Mother said, «Where?»

«In the inkwell,» said Father,

But I was not there.

The lost ring

Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling,

Little Olya has lost her ring!

From her finger it slipped,

Down the porch-steps it tripped,

And it rolled and it rolled

And it ran away

Till it hid in a bush

And there it lay.

Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling.

Who can find little Olya′s ring?

«I,» said the cat,

«I can do that.

But I can′t go far from the house,

Because I′ve spotted a mouse!»

Hushabye-Hush

«Hush, please come,» the caller said.

«Help us put a boy to bed.

His name is Melnikov Anton,

Our patience with him has almost gone!»

Little girl

– Little girl, little girl,

Where have you been?

– I′ve been to see grandmother

Over the green 1.

What did she give you?

Milk in a can.

What did you say for it?

Thank you, Grandam2.

1 over the green – no my сторону луга, за лугом.

2 Grandam – Grandmother.

The trumpet and the drum

«Yes,» said the trumpet to the drum,

«My life is bright, and yours is glum

Although we′re carried side-by-side

When down the street the bandsmen stride.»

«And yet it′s you that got yourself

In such a dreadful fix:

I′ve never seen you set to work

Until you′re thrashed with sticks!»

The three little kittens

Three little kittens

They lost their mittens,

And they began to cry,

«Oh, mother dear,

We greatly fear

Our mittens we have lost.»

Three little kittens

They found their mittens,

And they began to cry,

«Oh, mother dear,

See here, see here,

Our mittens we have found!»

My pet

Someone asked me yesterday:

«Have you got a pet?»

I sadly had to answer them:

«No, I haven′t yet!»

But now I′ve found a butterfly,

And we are great friends, he and I.

Jonathan Bing

Poor old Jonathan Bing

Went out in his carriage to visit the King.

But everyone pointed and said, «Look at that!

Jonathan Bing has forgotten his hat!»

Poor old Jonathan Bing

Went home and put on a new hat for the King,

But up by the palace a soldier said, «Hi!

You can′t see the King; you′ve forgotten your tie!»

The moustache

I′ve got a moustache!

A snow-white moustache!

A sure white,

Pure white

Moustache like silk.

(Know where I got it?

Drinking my milk.)

Grumpy

I′ve got the grumpies1,

And they′ve got me.

So look out, look out,

Old bird in your tree!

Said the whickered owl, «Tu-whit, tu-whoo!

Don′t scream at me. I′m grumpy, too!»

1 I′ve got the grumpies – у меня плохое настроение.

Between Birthdays

My birthdays take so long to start1

They come along a year apart2.

It′s worse than waiting for a bus;

I fear I used to fret and fuss.

But now, when by impatience vexed

Between one birthday and the next,

I think of all that I have seen 

That keeps on happening in between3.

The songs I′ve heard, the things I′ve done,

Make my un-birthdays not so un-4.

1 my birthdays take so long to start – так долго надо ждать дня рождения.

2 a year apart – раз в год.

3 that keeps on happening in between – что происходит от одного дня рождения до другого.

4 make my un-birthdays not so un- – делают все будничные дни не такими уж будничными.

From childhood′s hour

From childhood′s hour I have not been

As others were; I have not seen

As others saw; I could not bring

My passions from a common spring

From the same source I have not taken

My sorrow; I could not awaken

My heart to joy at the same tone 1.

And all I loved alone.

1 I could not awaken my heart to joy at the same tone – я не мог радоваться вместе со всеми.

The cat sat on the mat

Did you ever know a cat

That sat on a mat?

The cats I have seen

Don′t sit and preen.

They frisk and they tease,

They scramble up trees,

They tickle my knees.

They tangle in string,

They pounce and they spring,

They howh, yowl, and quiver,

And gobble up liver.

The fly and the bumble-bee

Fiddle-de-dee, fiddle-de-dee!

The fly has married the bumble-bee.

And all the birds of the air did sing,

«Have you ever seen so strange a thing?

Fiddle-de-dee, fiddle-de-dee!

The fly has married the bumble-bee.»

The dust of snow

The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued.

My wish

I have wished a bird would fly away

And not sing by my house all day;

Have clapped my hands at him from the door

When it seemed as if I could hear him no more.

The fault may partly have been in me,

The bird was not to blame for his key.

And of course there must be something wrong

In wanting to silence any song.

My true love

On Monday, Monday,

My True Love said to me,

«I′ve brought you this nice pumpkin;

I picked it off a tree!»

On Tuesday, Tuesday,

My True Love said to me,

«Look – I′ve brought you sand tarts;

I got them by the sea.»

On Wednesday, Wednesday,

My True Love said to me,

«I′ve caught you this white polar bear;

It came from Tennessee.»

***

There was an Old Man with a beard,

Who said, «It is just as I feared! –

Two Owls and a Hen,

Four Larks and a Wren,

Have all built their nests in my beard!»

***

For years a secret shame destroyed my peace –

I′ve not read Eliot, Auden or MacNeice.

But now I think a thought that brings me hope:

Neither had Chaucer, Shakespear, Milton, Pope.

The book

I′m the book that Nancy read

For fifteen minutes together.

Now I am standing here on my head

While she′s gone to look at the weather.

My leaves are crushed in the cruelest way,

There′s jam on my opening page,

And I would not live with Miss Nancy Gay

Though I shouldn′t be read for an age.

Do you know?

Here in my money-box I see

Twelve brown pennies kept for me.

One I took to buy one day

A big balloon that flew away.

Another time with pennies two

I bought a ball of red and blue.

I bought three penny roses red

When Mummy was so ill in bed.

Two other pennies once I took

To buy my Sunny Stories book.

And tuppence went on sweets for Meg

When she fell and broke her leg.

And then I gave another penny

To a man who hadn′t any.

And now I′d like you please to say

How many have I left today?

Pussy-cat

– Pussy-cat, pussy-cat

Where have you been?

– I have been to Mother,

To see my dear brother.

– Pussy-cat, pussy-cat,

What did you do there?

I frightened a little mouse

Under the chair.

Little girl

–  Little girl, little girl,

Where have you been?

–  Gathering roses

To give to the Queen.

–  Little girl, little girl,

What gave she you?

–  She gave me a diamond

As big as my shoe.

The camel

The camel′s looking so sad,

A week has passed since last he ate.

And you again have bought some ice,

Though you already had it twice!

Out and About

–  Where have you been,

And what did you see?

–  I′ve been to the woods,

I saw a tall tree,

And down at its foot

Where green moss grew,

The earth had uncovered

Four primroses new.

And high on the tree-top

Where leaf buds belong,

A blackbird was learning

To sing his spring song.

Twenty foggies

Twenty foggies went to school

Down beside a little pool;

Twenty little coats of green,

Twenty shifts of white and clean.

Many, many years have passed;

Big frogs they became at last.

They had learned at schooll a lot,

Not one lesson they forgot.

The good little girl

It'’s funny how often they say to me, "Jane,

Have you been a good girl?

Have you been a good girl?"

And when they have said it, they say it again,

"Have you been a good girl?

Have you been a good girl?"

I go to a party, I go out to tea.

I go to an aunt for a week at the sea.

I come back from school or from playing a game;

Wherever I come from, it'’s always the same:

"Well? Have you been a good girl, Jane?"

It'’s always the end of the loveliest day,

"Have you been a good girl?"

"Have you been a good girl?"

I went to the Zoo, and they waited to say,

"Have you been a good girl?"

"Have you been a good girl?"

Well, what did they think that I went there to do?

And why should I want to be bad at the Zoo?

And should I be likely to say if I had?

So that'’s why it'’s funny of Mummy and Dad,

This asking and asking, in case I was bad,

"Well? Have you been a good girl, Jane?"

Billy Boy

«Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,

Oh, where have you been, Charming Billy?»

«I have been to see a wife, she′s the joy of my young life.»

«Did she ask you to come in, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,

Did she ask you to come in, Charming Billy?»

«She did ask me to come in, with a dimple on her chin.»

The Frog is Green

(иллюстрированный стих)

The frog is green, green, green,

And so is the tree.

One, two, three.

Red, red, red is the rose,

Blue, blue, blue is the dress,

Grey, grey, grey is the cat,

And so is the rat.

Blue Sea

Blue sea – green tree.

Brown hand – yellow sand.

Rose red – grey head.

Snow white – black night.

I see pink

I see pink. He sees brown.

I stand up and I sit down.

I see red, I see blue.

I see you and you, and you.

***

Your friend is his friend,

His friend is her friend,

Her friend is your friend,

But who is my friend?

Your friends are our friends,

Our friends are their friends,

Their friends are your friends,

They are all my friends.

***

I can see the door,

The window and the floor.

I can write and she can read.

I can skate and he can ski.

***

Can you hop like a rabbit?

Can you jump like a frog?

Can you walk like a duck?

Can you run like a dog?

Can you fly like a bird?

Can you swim like a fish?

And be still like a good child,

As still as you wish.

П р и м е ч а н и е . При чтении стихотворения дети жестами показывают все действия.

At the New Year Party

New Year’s Day, happy day.

We are all glad and very gay.

We all dance, and sing, and say,

«Welcome, welcome, New Year’s Day!»

Around the New Year Tree

Singing, dancing merrily,

Round the New Year tree,

Merrily, merrily, merrily

Round the New Year tree.

Happy New Year, my friend,

Happy New Year today.

Let us dance hand in hand

I will show you the way.

We Make a Snowman

We make a snowman

Big and round, big and round,

Big and round.

We put the snowman

On the ground, on the ground,

On the ground.

New Year

New things to learn,

A new friend to meet,

A new song to sing,

New joys to greet.

New things to see,

New things to hear,

New things to do

In this glad New Year.

The Grand New Year

It’s coming, boys,

It’s almost here,

It’s coming, girls,

The Grand New Year.

A year to be glad in,

Not to be sad in,

A year to live in,

To gain, to give in.

A year for tryining,

And not for sighing.

A year for striving,

And hearty thriving.

It’s coming, boys,

It’s almost here,

It’s coming, girls,

The Grand New Year.

The Snowman

Come to the garden

And play in the snow,

Make a white snowman

And help him to grow!

«What a nice snowman!»

The children will say.

«What a fine game

For a cold winter day!»

A Friendly Family

This is mummy, kind and dear.

This is daddy, standing near.

This is brother, see how tall.

This is sister, not so tall.

This is baby, sweet and small.

This is the family one and all.

Поверни ладонь к себе. Читая стихотворение, ребенок должен показывать с помощью пальчиков членов семьи: большой палец – мама, указательный палец – папа, средний палец – брат, безымянный палец – сестра, маленький палец – малыш. Произнося последнюю строчку, нужно сжать все пальцы в кулак, чтобы показать, какая это дружная семья.

This is my father

This is my father,

This is my mother,

This is my brother Paul.

This is my sister,

This is my uncle,

How I love them all.