Книга Playing with the Sun - Петр Тобуроков

Петр Тобуроков

Playing with the Sun

Why?

Why does our sun shine?

To make our planet warm

Why does it get warm?

To make wheat grow

Why does it grow?

To bake a bread and bun

Why is bread baked?

To make my child well-fed

Why do I need to be well-fed?

To be strong and active.

Why do I need to be strong?

To drive the tractor,

To fly on a plane,

To swim through the sea,

To be a better man!

“Playing with the sun”

All day long

Whom we play with?

All day long

We play with the sun!

If we go to the field,

It walks with us as shadow.

If we walk in the wood,

It follows us through the trees.

If we stand backwards,

It warms our napes.

If we stand still,

It warms our cheeks.

Early in the morning

It calls to go outside.

Lately in the evening

It goes away, why?

“I want to be old enough”

I want to be old enough

To finally go to school.

My books and my notebooks

I promise will be good.

I’ll listen really carefully

To teacher’s every words,

Exciting and amazing things

Surely will be learned.

Oh, when will I be old enough?

To finally go to school,

To carry my new backpack,

While I run to school.

Letters I know

I know the letter A:

Top of it is peak,

At the bottom- two feet

And across the middle.

I know the letter O:

It’s round like a ball

And shaped in oval

As a hoop for hula hoop.

I know the letter T:

As tack without help

It stands on its one leg.

And tries to train a cat

With a stick over its head.

I know the letter G:

It’s a giant green bug

So generous and smart,

It has got a warm heart

And happy to give a hug.

I know the letter H:

It’s horse eating hay

Every hour, every day,

Gets prepared for a long way

To travel the world someday.

Numbers

One

What is number one?

One has none:

Has no friends

Has nothing else

Has no pair

No one’s there

All alone

Two

For stepping and walking

I’ve got two legs

For swinging and waving

I’ve got two hands

To look at you

I’ve got my eyes — two!

To listen to you

I’ve got two ears too!

Three

One rat

Put on a grey hat

Second rat

Put on a white hat

Third rat

Put on a red hat

How many rats are there?

How many hats are on them?

Four

Fall is here, the leaves on the trees

Are gold-like, look at this!

On winter then, it’s getting cold

Frosty forest is really old.

Spring is coming: the snow starts to thaw

And dazzling sun doesn’t go anymore

On summer after it’s so hot

Let's go swimming, have fun a lot.

Fall, spring, summer, winter

We repeated four seasons

Now count all of them

The year was fully finished.

Five

How many fingers do you have?

The first one is pinky

The second — ring finger,

The third one is middle

The fourth — index finger

The fifth is thumb

The strongest one of all time!

Five fingers are at peace

Their house is cozy mitten

They play together, well at least

They never fight even a little.

Six

My pal Mosquito

Tell me how much

Legs do you have?

— I can’t do math

I can’t tell, alas

Do me a favor

You’re cleverer

Count by yourself!

Once legs were counted:

There were six of it.

Cockroach-John Coach

The most famous roach!

You’re big as a bull

Your horns are huge,

So why then are you confused

About amount of leg you use?

— Unlike mosquito

I counted it:

There were six of it.

Seven

Monday