Two Dogs

Title

en_US Two Dogs

en_US KrMi5

Description

en_US Language note: Russian

en_US Miniature

Ivan Andreyevich Krylov

Creator

en_US Krylov, Ivan Andreyevich See all items with this value

Date

2022-11-07T16:11:30Z

2018-09

en_US 2015?

Date Available

2022-11-07T16:11:30Z

Date Issued

en_US 2015

Abstract

en_US This is certainly the collection of smallest books within this collection! And each set of five volumes comes with its own magnetic case! The dust-jacket cover provides a colored illustration for the fable. Here is an online version of this less known fable: Barbos, the faithful yard-dog, who serves his master zealously, happens to see his old acquaintance Joujou, the curly lap-dog, seated at the window on a soft down cushion. Sidling fondly up to her, like a child to a parent, he all but weeps with emotion; and there, under the window, he whines, wags his tail, and bounds about. "What sort of a life do you lead now, Joujoutka, ever since the master took you into his mansion? You remember, no doubt, we used often to suffer hunger out in the yard. What is your present service like?" "It would be a sin in me to murmur against my good fortune," answers Joujoutka. "My master cannot make enough of me. I live amidst riches and plenty, and I eat and drink off silver. I frolic with the master, and, if I get tired, I take my ease on carpets or on a soft couch. And how do you get on?" "I?" replied Barbos, letting his tail dangle like a whip, and hanging his head. "I live as I used to do. I suffer from cold and hunger; and here, while guarding my master's house, I have to sleep at the foot of the wall, and I get drenched in the rain. And if I bark at the wrong time, I am whipped. But how did you, Joujou, who were so small and weak, get taken into favour, while I jump out of my skin to no purpose? What is it you do?" "' What is it you do?' A pretty question to ask !" replied Joujou, mockingly. "I walk upon my hind legs." The illustration emphasizes the worn body of Barbos and the cushion on which Joujou rests in the windowsill.

Identifier

en_US 12388 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/138701

Language

en_US rus

Publisher

en_US Miniknigi Livemaster

Subject

Ivan Andreyevich Krylov See all items with this value