Good Doctor Aibolit!
He is sitting under a tree.
Come to him for treatment
And the cow and the she-wolf,
And the bug and the worm,
And a bear!

He will heal everyone, he will heal everyone
Good Doctor Aibolit!

And the fox came to Aibolit:
“Oh, I was bitten by a wasp!”

And the watchdog came to Aibolit:
“A chicken pecked me on the nose!”

And the hare came running
And she screamed: “Ay, ah!”
My bunny got hit by a tram!
My bunny, my boy
Got hit by a tram!
He ran along the path
And his legs were cut,
And now he's sick and lame,
My little bunny!”

And Aibolit said:
"No problem! Give it here!
I'll sew him new legs,
He will run along the track again.”
And they brought a bunny to him,
So sick, lame,
And the doctor sewed his legs,
And the bunny jumps again.
And with him the mother hare
I also went dancing.
And she laughs and shouts:
“Well, thank you, Aibolit!”

Suddenly a jackal came from somewhere
He rode on a mare:
“Here is a telegram for you
From Hippopotamus!

"Come, doctor,
To Africa soon
And save me, doctor,
Our babies!

"What's happened? Really
Are your children sick?

"Yes Yes Yes! They have a sore throat
Scarlet fever, cholera,
Diphtheria, appendicitis,
Malaria and bronchitis!

Come quickly
Good Doctor Aibolit!”

"Okay, okay, I'll run,
I will help your children.
But where do you live?
On the mountain or in the swamp?

"We live in Zanzibar,
In the Kalahari and Sahara,
On Mount Fernando Po,
Where does Hippo walk?
Along the wide Limpopo."

And Aibolit stood up, Aibolit ran,
He runs through fields, through forests, through meadows.
And Aibolit repeats only one word:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:
“Hey, Aibolit, come back!”
And Aibolit fell and lies in the snow:
“I can’t go any further.”

And now to him from behind the tree
Shaggy wolves run out:
“Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We’ll get you there quickly!”

And Aibolit galloped forward
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

But in front of them is the sea
It rages and makes noise in the open space.
And there is a high wave in the sea,
Now she will swallow Aibolit.

"Oh, if I drown,
If I go down,

With my forest animals?
But then a whale swims out:
“Sit on me, Aibolit,
And, like a big ship,
I’ll take you ahead!”

And sat on the whale Aibolit
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And the mountains stand in front of him on the way,
And he begins to crawl through the mountains,
And the mountains are getting higher, and the mountains are getting steeper,
And the mountains go under the very clouds!

"Oh, if I don't get there,
If I get lost on the way,
What will happen to them, to the sick,
With my forest animals?
And now from a high cliff
Eagles descended to Aibolit:
“Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We’ll get you there quickly!”

And Aibolit sat on the eagle
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And in Africa,
And in Africa,
On the black Limpopo,
Sits and cries
In Africa
Sad Hippopo.

He's in Africa, he's in Africa
Sits under a palm tree
And by sea from Africa
He looks without rest:
Isn't he going on a boat?
Dr. Aibolit?

And they prowl along the road
Elephants and rhinoceroses
And they say angrily:
“Why is there no Aibolit?”

And there are hippos nearby
Grabbing their tummies:
They, the hippos,
Stomachs hurt.

And then the ostrich chicks
They squeal like piglets
Oh, it's a pity, a pity, a pity
Poor ostriches!

They have measles and diphtheria,
They have smallpox and bronchitis,
And their head hurts
And my throat hurts.

They lie and rave:
“Well, why isn’t he going?
Well, why isn't he going?
Dr. Aibolit?"

And she took a nap next to her
toothy shark,
toothy shark
Lying in the sun.

Oh, her little ones,
Poor baby sharks
It's been twelve days already
My teeth hurt!

And a dislocated shoulder
The poor grasshopper's;
He doesn't jump, he doesn't jump,
And he cries bitterly
And the doctor calls:
“Oh, where is the good doctor?
When will he come?

But look, some kind of bird
It rushes closer and closer through the air,
Look, Aibolit is sitting on a bird
And he waves his hat and shouts loudly:
"Long live sweet Africa!"

And all the kids are happy and happy:
“I’ve arrived, I’ve arrived! Cheers cheers!"

And the bird circles above them,
And the bird lands on the ground,
And Aibolit runs to the hippos,
And pats them on the tummies,
And everyone in order
Gives me chocolate
And sets and sets thermometers for them!

And to the striped ones
He runs to the tiger cubs
And to the poor hunchbacks
Sick camels
And every Gogol,
Mogul everyone,
Gogol-mogol,
Gogol-mogol,
Serves him with Gogol-Mogol.

Ten nights Aibolit
Doesn't eat, doesn't drink and doesn't sleep,
Ten nights in a row
He heals unfortunate animals
And he sets and sets thermometers for them.

So he cured them,
Limpopo!
So he cured the sick,
Limpopo!
And they went to laugh
Limpopo!
And dance and play around,
Limpopo!

And the shark Karakula
Winked with her right eye
And he laughs, and he laughs,
As if someone was tickling her.

And the little hippos
Grabbed their tummies
And they laugh and burst into tears -
So that the oak trees shake.

Here comes Hippo, here comes Popo,
Hippo-popo, Hippo-popo!
Here comes the Hippopotamus.
It comes from Zanzibar,
He goes to Kilimanjaro -
And he shouts and he sings:
“Glory, glory to Aibolit!
Glory to the good doctors!

DR. AIBOLIT

Part one
JOURNEY TO THE COUNTRY OF MONKEYS

Chapter 1. THE DOCTOR AND HIS ANIMALS

Once upon a time there lived a doctor. He was kind. His name was Aibolit. And he had an evil sister, whose name was Varvara.

More than anything in the world, the doctor loved animals.

Hares lived in his room. There was a squirrel living in his closet. A crow lived in the cupboard. A prickly hedgehog lived on the sofa. White mice lived in the chest. But of all his animals, Dr. Aibolit loved most the duck Kiku, the dog Ava, the little pig Oink-Oink, the parrot Carudo and the owl Bumba.

His evil sister Varvara was very angry with the doctor because he had so many animals in his room.

Drive them away this very minute,” she shouted. - They only dirty the rooms. I don't want to live with these nasty creatures!

No, Varvara, they are not bad! - said the doctor. - I am very glad that they live with me.

From all sides, sick shepherds, sick fishermen, woodcutters, and peasants came to the doctor for treatment, and he gave everyone medicine and everyone immediately became healthy. If some village boy hurts his hand or scratches his nose, he immediately runs to Aibolit - and, look, ten minutes later he is as if nothing had happened, healthy, cheerful, playing tag with the parrot Karudo, and the owl Bumba treats his lollipops and apples.

One day a very sad horse came to the doctor. She quietly told him:

Lama, von, fifi, kuku!

The doctor immediately understood what this meant in animal language:

“My eyes hurt. Give me glasses, please."

The doctor had long ago learned to speak like an animal. He said to the horse:

Kapuki, kapuki!

In animal terms this means:

"Sit down please".

The horse sat down. The doctor put glasses on her, and her eyes stopped hurting.

Chaka! - said the horse, waved its tail and ran into the street.

“Chaka” means “thank you” in an animal way.

Soon all the animals that had bad eyes received glasses from Dr. Aibolit. Horses began to wear glasses, cows began to wear glasses, cats and dogs began to wear glasses. Even old crows did not fly out of the nest without glasses.

Every day more and more animals and birds came to the doctor.

Turtles, foxes and goats came, cranes and eagles flew in.

Doctor Aibolit treated everyone, but he didn’t take money from anyone, because what kind of money do turtles and eagles have!

Soon the following notices were posted on trees in the forest:

HOSPITAL OPENED
FOR BIRDS AND ANIMALS.
GO FOR TREATMENT
GET THERE ASAP!

These advertisements were posted by Vanya and Tanya, neighbor children whom the doctor had once cured of scarlet fever and measles. They loved the doctor very much and willingly helped him.

Chapter 2. MONKEY CHICHI

One evening, when all the animals were sleeping, someone knocked on the doctor’s door.

Who's there? - asked the doctor.

The doctor opened the door and a monkey, very thin and dirty, entered the room. The doctor sat her down on the sofa and asked:

What is hurting you?

“Neck,” she said and began to cry.

Only then did the doctor see that there was a rope around her neck.

“I ran away from the evil organ grinder,” said the monkey and began to cry again. “The organ grinder beat me, tortured me and dragged me along with him everywhere on a rope.

The doctor took the scissors, cut the rope and smeared such an amazing ointment on the monkey’s neck that the neck immediately stopped hurting. Then he bathed the monkey in a trough, gave it something to eat and said:

Live with me, monkey. I don't want you to be offended.

The monkey was very happy. But when she was sitting at the table and gnawing on the large nuts that the doctor treated her to, an evil organ grinder ran into the room.

Give me the monkey! - he shouted. - This monkey is mine!

Will not give it back! - said the doctor. - I won’t give it up for anything! I don't want you to torture her.

The enraged organ grinder wanted to grab Doctor Aibolit by the throat.

But the doctor calmly told him:

Get out this minute! And if you fight, I will call the dog Ava, and she will bite you.

Ava ran into the room and said menacingly:

In animal language this means:

“Run, or I’ll bite you!”

The organ grinder got scared and ran away without looking back. The monkey stayed with the doctor. The animals soon fell in love with her and named her Chichi. In animal language, “chichi” means “well done.”

As soon as Tanya and Vanya saw her, they exclaimed in one voice:

Oh, how cute she is! How wonderful!

And they immediately began to play with her as if they were their best friend. They played burners and hide and seek, and then all three took hands and ran to the seashore, and there the monkey taught them a funny monkey dance, which is called “tkella” in the animal language.

Chapter 3. DOCTOR AIBOLIT AT WORK

Every day animals came to Dr. Aibolit for treatment: foxes, rabbits, seals, donkeys, camels. Some had a stomach ache, some had a toothache. The doctor gave each one medicine, and they all immediately recovered.

One day a tailless kid came to Aibolit, and the doctor sewed a tail on it.

And then a bear came from a distant forest, all in tears. She moaned and whimpered pitifully: a large splinter was sticking out of her paw. The doctor pulled out the splinter, washed the wound and lubricated it with his miraculous ointment.

The bear's pain went away right away.

Chaka! - the bear shouted and ran home cheerfully - to the den, to her cubs.

Then a sick hare trudged towards the doctor, which was almost killed by dogs.

And then a sick ram came, who had a bad cold and was coughing. And then two chickens came and brought a turkey, who was poisoned by toadstool mushrooms.

The doctor gave each and every one medicine, and everyone immediately recovered, and everyone said “chaka” to him. And then, when all the patients left, Doctor Aibolit heard something rustling behind the doors.

Sign in! - the doctor shouted.

And a sad butterfly came to him:

I burned my wing on a candle.

Help me, help me, Aibolit:

My wounded wing hurts!

Doctor Aibolit felt sorry for the moth. He put it in his palm and looked at the burnt wing for a long time. And then he smiled and cheerfully said to the moth:

Don't be sad, moth!
You lie down on your side:
I'll sew you another one,
Silk, blue,
New,
good
Wing!

And the doctor went into the next room and brought from there a whole heap of all kinds of scraps - velvet, satin, cambric, silk. The scraps were multi-colored: blue, green, black. The doctor rummaged among them for a long time, finally choosing one - bright blue with crimson specks. And he immediately cut out an excellent wing from it with scissors, which he sewed onto the moth.

The moth laughed
And he rushed to the meadow,
And flies under the birches
With butterflies and dragonflies.

And cheerful Aibolit
From the window he shouts:
"Okay, okay, have fun,
Just watch out for the candles!”

So the doctor fussed with his patients until late in the evening.

In the evening he lay down on the sofa and fell asleep sweetly, and he began to dream of polar bears, deer, and sailors.

Suddenly someone knocked on his door again.

Chapter 4. CROCODILE

In the city where the doctor lived there was a circus, and in the circus there lived a big Crocodile. There it was shown to people for money.

Crocodile had a toothache, and he came to Doctor Aibolit for treatment. The doctor gave him a wonderful medicine, and his teeth stopped hurting.

How good you are! - said the Crocodile, looking around and licking his lips. - How many bunnies, birds, mice do you have! And they are all so fatty and delicious. Let me stay with you forever. I don't want to go back to the circus owner. He feeds me poorly, beats me, offends me.

Stay,” said the doctor. - Please! Only, mind you: if you eat even one hare, even one sparrow, I will drive you out.

Okay,” said the Crocodile and sighed. - I promise you, doctor, that I will not eat hares, squirrels, or birds.

And the Crocodile began to live with the doctor.

He was quiet. He didn’t touch anyone, he lay under his bed and kept thinking about his brothers and sisters who lived far, far away, in hot Africa.

The Doctor fell in love with the Crocodile and often talked to him. But the evil Varvara could not stand the Crocodile and threateningly demanded that the doctor drive him away.

“I don’t want to see him,” she screamed. - He's so nasty, toothy. And it ruins everything, no matter what it touches. Yesterday I ate my green skirt that was lying on my window.

And he did well,” said the doctor. - The dress should be hidden in the closet, and not thrown out of the window.

Because of this nasty Crocodile,” Varvara continued, “people are afraid to come to your house. Only poor people come, and you do not take payment from them, and now we are so poor that we have nothing to buy bread for ourselves.

“I don’t need money,” Aibolit answered. - I’m fine without money. The animals will feed both me and you.

Chapter 5. FRIENDS HELP THE DOCTOR

Varvara told the truth: the doctor was left without bread. For three days he sat hungry. He had no money.

The animals that lived with the doctor saw that he had nothing to eat and began to feed him. Bumba the owl and Oink-Oink the pig set up a vegetable garden in the yard: the pig was digging the beds with its snout, and Bumba was planting potatoes. The cow began to treat the doctor with her milk every morning and evening. The hen laid eggs for him.

And everyone began to care about the doctor. The dog Ava was sweeping the floors. Tanya and Vanya, together with the monkey Chichi, brought him water from the well.

The doctor was very pleased.

I have never had such cleanliness in my house. Thank you, children and animals, for your work!

The children smiled cheerfully at him, and the animals answered in one voice:

Karabuki, marabuki, boo!

In animal language this means:

“How can we not serve you? After all, you are our best friend."

And the dog Ava licked him on the cheek and said:

Abuzo, mabuzo, bang!

In animal language this means:

“We will never leave you and will be your faithful comrades.”

Chapter 6. SWALLOW

One evening the owl Bumba said:

Hush hush! Who's that scratching behind the door? It looks like a mouse.

Everyone listened, but heard nothing.

There’s no one outside the door,” said the doctor. - It seemed so to you.

No, it didn’t seem like it,” the owl objected. - I hear someone scratching. It's a mouse or a bird. You can believe me. We owls hear better than humans.

Bumba was not mistaken.

The monkey opened the door and saw a swallow on the threshold.

Swallow - in winter! What a miracle! After all, swallows cannot stand frost and, as soon as autumn comes, they fly away to hot Africa. Poor thing, how cold she is! She sits in the snow and trembles.

Martin! - the doctor shouted. - Go into the room and warm yourself up by the stove.

At first the swallow was afraid to enter. She saw that a Crocodile was lying in the room and thought that he would eat her. But Chichi the monkey told her that this Crocodile is very kind. Then the swallow flew into the room, looked around and asked:

Chiruto, kisafa, poppy?

In animal language this means:

“Please tell me, does the famous doctor Aibolit live here?”

“Aibolit is me,” said the doctor.

“I have a big request to ask you,” said the swallow. - You must go to Africa now. I flew from Africa on purpose to invite you there. There are monkeys down there in Africa, and now those monkeys are sick.

What hurts them? - asked the doctor.

“They have a stomach ache,” said the swallow. - They lie on the ground and cry. There is only one person who can save them, and that is you. Take your medicines with you and let’s go to Africa as soon as possible! If you don't go to Africa, all the monkeys will die.

“Oh,” said the doctor, “I would gladly go to Africa!” I love monkeys and I'm sorry they are sick. But I don't have a ship. After all, to go to Africa, you need to have a ship.

Poor monkeys! - said the Crocodile. - If the doctor does not go to Africa, they should all die. He alone can cure them.

And the Crocodile cried with such big tears that two streams flowed across the floor.

Suddenly Doctor Aibolit shouted:

Still, I will go to Africa! Still, I will cure sick monkeys! I remembered that my friend, the old sailor Robinson, whom I once saved from an evil fever, had an excellent ship.

He took his hat and went to the sailor Robinson.

Hello, sailor Robinson! - he said. - Be kind, give me your ship. I want to go to Africa. There, not far from the Sahara Desert, there is a wonderful Land of Monkeys.

“Okay,” said the sailor Robinson. - I will give you a ship with pleasure. After all, you saved my life, and I am glad to provide you with any service. But make sure you bring my ship back, because I have no other ship.

“I’ll definitely bring it,” said the doctor. - Don't worry. I just wish I could go to Africa.

Take it, take it! - Robinson repeated. - But be careful not to break it on the pitfalls!

“Don’t be afraid, I won’t break you,” said the doctor, thanked the sailor Robinson and ran home.

Animals, gather together! - he shouted. - Tomorrow we are going to Africa!

The animals were very happy and began jumping and clapping their hands. The monkey Chichi was the most happy:

I'm going, I'm going to Africa,
To lovely lands!
Africa, Africa,
My motherland!

“I won’t take all the animals to Africa,” said Doctor Aibolit. - hedgehogs, bats and rabbits should stay here in my house. The horse will remain with them. And I’ll take with me Crocodile, Chichi the monkey and Carudo the parrot, because they come from Africa: their parents, brothers and sisters live there. In addition, I will take with me Ava, Kika, Bumba and Oink-Oink the pig.

What about us? - Tanya and Vanya shouted. - Are we really going to stay here without you?

Yes! - said the doctor and shook their hands firmly. - Goodbye, dear friends! You will stay here and take care of my garden and garden. We will be back very soon! And I will bring you a wonderful gift from Africa.

Tanya and Vanya hung their heads. But they thought a little and said:

There is nothing to be done: we are still small. Bon Voyage! And when we grow up, we will certainly go traveling with you.

Still would! - said Aibolit. -You just need to grow up a little.

Chapter 7. TO AFRICA!

The animals quickly packed their things and set off. Only hares, rabbits, hedgehogs, and bats remained at home.

Arriving at the seashore, the animals saw a wonderful ship. The sailor Robinson stood right there on the hill. Vanya and Tanya, together with the pig Oink-Oink and the monkey Chichi, helped the doctor bring in suitcases with medicines.

All the animals boarded the ship and were about to set off, when suddenly the doctor shouted in a loud voice:

Wait, wait, please!

What's happened? - asked the Crocodile.

Wait! Wait! - the doctor shouted. - After all, I don’t know where Africa is! You need to go and ask.

The crocodile laughed:

Do not go! Calm down! The swallow will show you where to sail. She often visited Africa. Swallows fly to Africa every autumn.

Certainly! - said the swallow. - I'll be happy to show you the way there.

And she flew ahead of the ship, showing Doctor Aibolit the way.

She flew to Africa, and Doctor Aibolit directed the ship after her. Wherever the swallow goes, there goes the ship.

At night it became dark, and the swallow was not visible.

Then she lit a flashlight, took it in her beak and flew with the flashlight, so that the doctor could see even at night where to lead his ship.

They drove and drove, and suddenly they saw a crane flying towards them.

Tell me, please, is the famous doctor Aibolit on your ship?

Yes, - answered the Crocodile. - The famous doctor Aibolit is on our ship.

Ask the doctor to swim quickly, said the crane, because the monkeys are getting worse and worse. They can't wait for him.

Do not worry! - said the Crocodile. - We are racing with full sails. The monkeys won't have to wait long.

Hearing this, the crane was happy and flew back to tell the monkeys that Doctor Aibolit was already close.

The ship ran quickly across the waves. The crocodile was sitting on the deck and suddenly saw dolphins swimming towards the ship.

Tell me, please, - asked the dolphins, - is the famous doctor Aibolit sailing on this ship?

Yes, - answered the Crocodile. - The famous doctor Aibolit is sailing on this ship.

Please, ask the doctor to swim quickly, because the monkeys are getting worse and worse.

Do not worry! - answered the Crocodile. - We are racing with full sails. The monkeys won't have to wait long.

In the morning the doctor said to the Crocodile:

What's that up ahead? Some big land. I think this is Africa.

Yes, this is Africa! - Crocodile shouted. - Africa! Africa! Soon we will be in Africa! I see ostriches! I see rhinos! I see camels! I see elephants!

Africa, Africa!
Dear lands!
Africa, Africa!
My motherland!

Chapter 8. STORM

But then a storm arose. Rain! Wind! Lightning! Thunder! The waves became so big that it was scary to look at them.

And suddenly - fuck-tar-ra-rah! There was a terrible crash and the ship tilted on its side.

What's happened? What's happened? - asked the doctor.

Shipwreck! - the parrot shouted. - Our ship hit a rock and crashed! We're drowning. Save yourself who can!

But I can't swim! - Chichi screamed.

I can't either! - Oink-Oink screamed.

And they cried bitterly. Fortunately. The crocodile put them on his broad back and swam along the waves straight to the shore.

Hooray! Everyone is saved! Everyone reached Africa safely. But their ship was lost. A huge wave hit him and smashed him into small pieces.

How do they get home? After all, they have no other ship. And what will they say to the sailor Robinson?

It was getting dark. The doctor and all his animals really wanted to sleep. They were wet to the bone and tired.

But the doctor did not think about rest:

Hurry, hurry forward! We need to hurry! We need to save the monkeys! The poor monkeys are sick and they can't wait for me to cure them!

Chapter 9. DOCTOR IN TROUBLE

Then Bumba flew up to the doctor and said in a frightened voice:

Hush hush! Someone's coming! I hear someone's steps!

Everyone stopped and listened.

A shaggy old man with a long gray beard came out of the forest and shouted:

What are you doing here? And who are you? And why did you come here?

“I am Doctor Aibolit,” said the doctor. - I came to Africa to cure sick monkeys.

Ha ha ha! - the shaggy old man laughed. - “Cure

sick monkeys! Do you know where you ended up?

“I don’t know,” said the doctor. - Where?

To the robber Barmaley!

To Barmaley! - exclaimed the doctor. - Barmaley is the most evil person in the whole world! But we would rather die than surrender to the robber! Let's quickly run there - to our sick monkeys... They cry, they wait, and we must cure them.

No! - said the shaggy old man and laughed even louder. - You won't leave here anywhere! Barmaley kills everyone who is captured by him.

Let's run! - the doctor shouted. - Let's run! We can save ourselves! We will be saved!

But then Barmaley himself appeared in front of them and, waving a saber, shouted:

Hey you, my faithful servants! Take this stupid doctor with all his stupid animals and put him in jail, behind bars! Tomorrow I will deal with them!

Barmaley's evil servants ran up, grabbed the doctor, grabbed the Crocodile, grabbed all the animals and took them to prison. The doctor bravely fought them off. The animals bit, scratched, and tore themselves out of their hands, but there were many enemies, the enemies were strong. They threw their prisoners into prison, and the shaggy old man locked them there with a key.

And he gave the key to Barmaley. Barmaley took it away and hid it under his pillow.

Poor we are, poor! - Chichi said. - We will never leave this prison. The walls here are strong, the doors are iron. We will no longer see the sun, flowers, or trees. Poor we are, poor!

The back grunted and the dog howled. And the Crocodile cried with such big tears that a wide puddle became on the floor.

Chapter 10. THE FEAT OF THE PARROT CARUDO

But the doctor said to the animals:

My friends, we must not lose heart! We must break out of this damned prison - because sick monkeys are waiting for us! Stop crying! Let's think about how we can be saved.

“No, dear doctor,” said the Crocodile and cried even harder. - We cannot be saved. We are dead! The doors of our prison are made of strong iron. Can we really break down these doors? Tomorrow morning, at first light, Barmaley will come to us and kill us all!

Kika the duck whined. Chichi took a deep breath. But the doctor jumped to his feet and exclaimed with a cheerful smile:

Still, we will be saved from prison!

And he called the parrot Carudo to him and whispered something to him. He whispered so quietly that no one except the parrot heard. The parrot nodded his head, laughed and said:

And then he ran up to the bars, squeezed between the iron bars, flew out into the street and flew to Barmaley.

Barmaley was fast asleep on his bed, and under his pillow was hidden a huge key - the same one with which he locked the iron doors of the prison.

Quietly, the parrot crept up to Barmaley and pulled out a key from under the pillow. If the robber had woken up, he would certainly have killed the fearless bird.

But, fortunately, the robber was fast asleep.

Brave Karudo grabbed the key and flew as fast as he could back to prison.

Wow, this key is so heavy! Karudo almost dropped it on the way. But still he flew to the prison - and right out the window, to Doctor Aibolit. The doctor was delighted when he saw that the parrot had brought him the key to the prison!

Hooray! We are saved - he shouted. - Let’s run quickly before Barmaley wakes up!

The doctor grabbed the key, opened the door and ran out into the street. And behind him are all his animals. Freedom! Freedom! Hooray!

Thank you, brave Karudo! - said the doctor. - You saved us from death. If it weren't for you, we would be lost. And the poor sick monkeys would have died along with us.

No! - said Carudo. - It was you who taught me what to do to get out of this prison!

Hurry, hurry to the sick monkeys! - said the doctor and hastily ran into the thicket of the forest. And with him - all his animals.

Chapter 11. OVER THE MONKEY BRIDGE

When Barmaley found out that Doctor Aibolit had escaped from prison, he became terribly angry, his eyes sparkled, and he stamped his feet.

Hey you, my faithful servants! - he shouted. Run after the doctor! Catch him and bring him here!

The servants ran into the thicket of the forest and began to look for the announcer Aibolit. And at this time, Doctor Aibolit with all his animals was making his way through Africa to the Land of the Monkeys. He walked very quickly. Oink-Oink the pig, who had short legs, could not keep up with him. The doctor picked her up and carried her. The mumps was severe, and the doctor was terribly tired.

How I wish I could rest! - he said. - Oh, if only we could get to the Land of the Monkeys sooner!

Chichi climbed a tall tree and screamed loudly:

I see Monkey Country! Monkey Country is coming! Soon, soon we will be in the Land of the Monkeys!

The doctor laughed with joy and hurried forward.

The sick monkeys saw the doctor from a distance and cheerfully clapped their hands:

Hooray! Doctor Aibolit has come to us! Doctor Aibolit will cure us immediately, and we will be healthy tomorrow!

But then Barmaley’s servants ran out of the thicket of the forest and rushed in pursuit of the doctor.

Hold him! Hold it! Hold it! - they shouted.

The doctor ran as fast as he could. And suddenly there is a river in front of him. It is impossible to run further. The river is wide and cannot be crossed. Now Barmaley's servants will catch him! Oh, if there was a bridge across this river, the doctor would run across the bridge and immediately find himself in the Land of the Monkeys!

Poor we are, poor! - said the pig Oink-Oink. - How do we get to the other side? In a minute, these villains will catch us and put us in prison again.

Then one of the monkeys shouted:

Bridge! Bridge! Make a bridge! Hurry up! Don't waste a minute! Make a bridge! Bridge!

The doctor looked around. Monkeys have neither iron nor stone. What will they make the bridge out of?

But the monkeys built the bridge not from iron, not from stone, but from living monkeys. There was a tree growing on the bank of the river. One monkey grabbed this tree, and the other grabbed this monkey by the tail. So all the monkeys stretched out like a long chain between the two high banks of the river.

Here's the bridge, run! - they shouted to the doctor.

The doctor grabbed the owl Bumba and ran over the monkeys, over their heads, over their backs. Behind the doctor are all his animals.

Quicker! - the monkeys shouted. - Quicker! Quicker!

It was difficult to walk across the living monkey bridge. The animals were afraid that they were about to slip and fall into the water.

But no, the bridge was strong, the monkeys held each other tightly - and the doctor quickly ran to the other bank with all the animals.

Hurry, hurry forward! - the doctor shouted. - You can’t hesitate for a minute. After all, our enemies are catching up with us. See, they are also running across the monkey bridge... They will be here now! Quicker! Quicker!..

But what is it? What's happened? Look: in the very middle of the bridge, one monkey unclenched his fingers, the bridge fell through, crumbled, and Barmaley’s servants fell head over heels from a great height straight into the river.

Hooray! - the monkeys shouted. - Hooray! Doctor Aibolit is saved! Now he has no one to fear! Hooray! The enemies didn't catch him! Now he will cure our sick! They are here, they are close, they are moaning and crying!

Chapter 12. STUPID BEASTS

Doctor Aibolit hurried to the sick monkeys.

They lay on the ground and moaned. They were very sick.

The doctor began to treat the monkeys. It was necessary to give each monkey medicine: one - drops, the other - powders. Each monkey had to put a cold compress on its head, and mustard plasters on its back and chest. There were many sick monkeys, but only one doctor.

One cannot cope with such a job.

Kika, Crocodile, Carudo and Chichi tried their best to help him, but they soon got tired and the doctor needed other assistants.

He went into the desert - where the lion lived.

“Be so kind,” he said to the lion, “please help me treat the monkeys.”

Leo was important. He looked menacingly at Aibolit:

Do you know who I am? I am a lion, I am the king of beasts! And you dare ask me to treat some filthy monkeys!

Then the doctor went to the rhinoceroses.

Rhinos, rhinos! - he said. - Help me treat the monkeys! There are many of them, but I am alone. I can't do the job alone.

The rhinoceroses only laughed in response:

We will help you! Be thankful that we didn't gore you with our horns!

The doctor became very angry with the evil rhinoceroses and ran into the neighboring forest - where the striped tigers lived.

Tigers, tigers! Help me treat the monkeys!

Rrr! - answered the striped tigers. - Leave while you're still alive!

The doctor left them very sad.

But soon the evil animals were severely punished.

When the lion returned home, the lioness said to him:

Our little son is sick - he cries and moans all day. What a pity that there is no famous doctor Aibolit in Africa! He heals wonderfully. No wonder everyone loves him. He would have cured our son.

Doctor Aibolit is here,” said the lion. - Behind those palm trees, in Monkey Country! I just talked to him.

What happiness! - exclaimed the lioness. - Run and call him to our son!

No, said the lion, I won’t go to him. He won't treat our son because I hurt him.

You offended Doctor Aibolit! What are we going to do now? Do you know that Doctor Aibolit is the best, most wonderful doctor? He alone of all people can speak like an animal. He treats tigers, crocodiles, hares, monkeys and frogs. Yes, yes, he even heals frogs, because he is very kind. And you offended such a person! And he offended you just when your son was sick! What will you do now?

Leo was taken aback. He didn't know what to say.

“Go to this doctor,” cried the lioness, “and tell him that you ask for forgiveness!” Help him in any way you can. Do whatever he says and beg him to cure our poor son!

There is nothing to do, the lion went to Doctor Aibolit.

“Hello,” he said. - I came to apologize for my rudeness. I am ready to help you... I agree to give the monkeys medicine and apply all sorts of compresses to them.

And the lion began to help Aibolit. For three days and three nights he looked after the sick monkeys, and then he approached Doctor Aibolit and timidly said:

My son, whom I love very much, is sick... Please, be so kind as to cure the poor lion cub!

Fine! - said the doctor. - Willingly! I will cure your son today.

And he went into the cave and gave his son such medicine that within an hour he was healthy.

Leo was delighted, and he felt ashamed that he had offended the good doctor.

And then the children of rhinoceroses and tigers got sick. Aibolit immediately cured them. Then the rhinoceroses and tigers said:

We are very ashamed that we offended you!

“Nothing, nothing,” said the doctor. - Next time, be smarter. Now come here - help me treat the monkeys.

Chapter 13. GIFT

The animals helped the doctor so well that the sick monkeys soon recovered.

“Thank you doctor,” they said. “He cured us of a terrible disease, and for this we should give him something very good.” Let's give him a beast that people have never seen before. Which is not found either in the circus or in the zoological park.

Let's give him a camel! - one monkey shouted.

No,” said Chichi, “he doesn’t need a camel.” He saw camels. All people saw camels. Both in zoological parks and on the streets.

Well, so ostrich! - another monkey shouted. - We'll give him an ostrich!

No,” said Chichi, “he also saw ostriches.”

Did he see the Tyanitolkai? - asked the third monkey.

No, he’s never seen a tyanitolkai,” Chichi answered. - There has not yet been a single person who has seen the Tyanitolkaev.

“Okay,” said the monkeys. - Now we know what to give the doctor: we will give him a tyanitolkay!

Chapter 14. PULL

People have never seen tyanitolkai, because tyanitolkai are afraid of people: if they notice a person, they run into the bushes!

You can catch other animals when they fall asleep and close their eyes. You will approach them from behind and grab their tail. But you cannot approach a tyanitolkai from behind, because the tyanitolkai has the same head from behind as in the front.

Yes, he has two heads: one in front, the other in back. When he wants to sleep, first one head sleeps, and then the other. Immediately he never sleeps. One head is asleep, the other is looking around so that the hunter does not creep up. That is why not a single hunter has been able to catch a pulley, that is why not a single circus or zoological park has this animal.

The monkeys decided to catch one tyanitolkai for Dr. Aibolit.

They ran into the very thicket and there they found a place where the tyanitolkai had taken refuge.

He saw them and started to run, but they surrounded him, grabbed him by the horns and said:

Dear Pull! Would you like to go with Doctor Aibolit far, far away and live in his house with all the animals? You will feel good there: both satisfying and fun.

Tyanitolkay shook both heads and answered with both mouths:

“Good doctor,” said the monkeys. - He will feed you honey gingerbread, and if you get sick, he will cure you of every disease.

Doesn't matter! - said Pull Pull. - I wish to stay here.

The monkeys persuaded him for three days, and finally Tyanitolkai said:

Show me this vaunted doctor. I want to look at him.

The monkeys took Tyanitolkai to the house where Aibolit lived and knocked on the door.

Come in,” said Kika.

Chichi proudly led the two-headed beast into the room.

What it is? - asked the surprised doctor.

He had never seen such a miracle.

This is Pull-Push,” Chichi answered. - He wants to meet you. The tyanitolkai is the rarest animal of our African forests. Take him with you to the ship and let him live in your house.

Will he want to come to me?

“I’ll go to you willingly,” Tyanitolkai said unexpectedly. “I immediately saw that you are kind: you have such kind eyes.” The animals love you so much, and I know that you love the animals. But promise me that if I get bored with you, you will let me go home.

Of course, I’ll let you go,” said the doctor. - But you will feel so good with me that you are unlikely to want to leave.

That's right, that's right! This is true! - Chichi screamed. - He is so cheerful, so brave, our doctor! We live so comfortably in his house! And next door, two steps away from him, live Tanya and Vanya - you will see, they will love you deeply and become your closest friends.

If so, I agree, I'm going! - Tyanitolkay said cheerfully and nodded to Aibolit for a long time, first one head, then the other.

Chapter 15. MONKEYS SAY FAREWELL TO THE DOCTOR

Then the monkeys came to Aibolit and invited him to dinner. They gave him a wonderful farewell dinner: apples, honey, bananas, dates, apricots, oranges, pineapples, nuts, raisins!

Long live Doctor Aibolit! - they shouted. - He is the kindest person on earth!

Then the monkeys ran into the forest and rolled out a huge, heavy stone.

This stone, they said, will stand in the place where Doctor Aibolit treated the sick. This will be a monument to the good doctor.

The doctor took off his hat, bowed to the monkeys and said:

Goodbye, dear friends! Thank you for your love. I'll come to you again soon. Until then, I will leave with you the Crocodile, the parrot Carudo and the monkey Chichi. They were born in Africa - let them remain in Africa. Their brothers and sisters live here. Goodbye!

“I myself will be bored without you,” said the doctor. - But you won’t stay here forever! In three or four months I will come here and take you back. And we will all live and work together again.

“If so, we will stay,” the animals answered. - But make sure you come quickly!

The doctor said a friendly goodbye to everyone and walked along the road with a cheerful gait. The monkeys went to accompany him. Every monkey wanted to shake Dr. Aibolit’s hand at all costs. And since there were many monkeys, they shook his hand until the evening. The doctor’s hand even hurt.

And in the evening a misfortune happened.

As soon as the doctor crossed the river, he again found himself in the country of the evil robber Barmaley.

Tes! - Bumba whispered. - Please speak more quietly! Otherwise we might not be captured again.

Chapter 16. NEW TROUBLES AND JOYS

Before she had time to utter these words, Barmaley’s servants ran out of the dark forest and attacked the good doctor. They had been waiting for him for a long time.

Yeah! - they shouted. - We finally caught you! Now you won't leave us!

What to do? Where to hide from merciless enemies?

But the doctor was not at a loss. In an instant, he jumped onto Tyanitolkai, and he galloped like the fastest horse. Barmaley's servants are behind him. But since Tyanitolkai had two heads, he bit everyone who tried to attack him from behind. And another will be hit with his horns and thrown into a thorny bush.

Of course, Pull Pull alone could never defeat all the villains. But his faithful friends and comrades rushed to the doctor’s aid. Out of nowhere, the Crocodile came running and began to grab the robbers by the bare heels. The dog Ava flew at them with a terrible growl, knocked them down and sank its teeth into their throats. And above, along the branches of the trees, the monkey Chichi rushed and threw large nuts at the robbers.

The robbers fell, groaned in pain, and in the end they were forced to retreat.

They fled in shame into the thicket of the forest.

Hooray! - Aibolit shouted.

Hooray! - the animals shouted.

And the pig Oink-Oink said:

Well, now we can rest. Let's lie down here on the grass. We are tired. We want to sleep.

No, my friends! - said the doctor. - We must hurry. If we hesitate, we will not be saved.

And they ran forward as fast as they could. Soon Tyanitolkai carried the doctor to the seashore. There, in the bay, near a high rock, stood a large and beautiful ship. It was Barmaley's ship.

We are saved! - the doctor was delighted.

There was not a single person on the ship. The doctor and all his animals quickly climbed onto the ship, raised the sails and wanted to set off into the open sea. But as soon as he set sail from the shore, Barmaley suddenly ran out of the forest.

Stop! - he shouted. - Stop! Wait a minute! Where have you taken my ship? Come back this very minute!

No! - the doctor shouted to the robber. - I don’t want to return to you. You are so cruel and evil. You tortured my animals. You threw me in jail. You wanted to kill me. You are my enemy! I hate you! And I take your ship from you so that you will no longer commit robbery at sea! So that you do not rob defenseless sea vessels passing by your shores.

Barmaley became terribly angry: he ran along the shore, cursed, shook his fists and threw huge stones after him. But Doctor Aibolit only laughed at him. He sailed on Barmaley's ship straight to his country and a few days later he landed on his native shores.

Chapter 17. PULL AND VARVARA

Ava, Bumba, Kika and Oink-Oink were very happy to return home. On the shore they saw Tanya and Vanya, who were jumping and dancing for joy. The sailor Robinson stood next to them.

Hello, sailor Robinson! - Doctor Aibolit shouted from the ship.

Hello, hello, doctor! - answered the sailor Robinson. - Was it good for you to travel? Did you manage to cure sick monkeys? And tell me, where did you put my ship?

“Ah,” answered the doctor, “your ship is lost!” He crashed on the rocks off the very coast of Africa. But I brought you a new ship, this one will be better than yours.

Well, thank you! - said Robinson. - I see this is an excellent ship. Mine was also good, but this one is just a sight for sore eyes: so big and beautiful!

The doctor said goodbye to Robinson, sat astride Tyanitolkai and rode through the city streets straight to his home. On every street, geese, cats, turkeys, dogs, piglets, cows, horses ran out to him, and they all shouted loudly:

Malakucha! Malakucha!

In animal terms this means:

“Long live Doctor Aibolit!”

Birds flocked from all over the city: they flew over the doctor’s head and sang funny songs to him.

The doctor was glad to have returned home.

Hedgehogs, hares and squirrels still lived in the doctor's office. At first they were afraid of Tyanitolkai, but then they got used to him and fell in love with him.

And Tanya and Vanya, when they saw Tyanitolkaya, laughed, squealed, and clapped their hands with joy. Vanya hugged one of his necks, and Tanya hugged the other. For an hour they stroked and caressed him. And then they held hands and danced “tkella” in joy - that cheerful animal dance that Chichi taught them.

You see,” said Doctor Aibolit, “I fulfilled my promise: I brought you a wonderful gift from Africa, the likes of which children have never been given before.” I'm very glad that you liked it.

At first, Tyanitolkai was shy of people, hiding in the attic or cellar. And then he got used to it and went out into the garden, and he even liked that people came running to look at him and affectionately called him the Miracle of Nature.

Less than a month had passed before he was already boldly walking through all the streets of the city together with Tanya and Vanya, who were inseparable from him. Children kept running up to him and asking him to give them a ride. He did not refuse anyone: he immediately dropped to his knees, boys and girls climbed onto his back, and he took them all over the city, all the way to the sea, cheerfully nodding his two heads.

And Tanya and Vanya wove beautiful multi-colored ribbons into his long mane and hung a silver bell on each neck. The bells were ringing, and when Tyanitolkai walked through the city, from afar you could hear: ding-ding, ding-ding, ding-ding! And, hearing this ringing, all the residents ran out into the street to take another look at the wonderful beast.

Evil Varvara also wanted to ride Tyanitolkai. She climbed onto his back and started hitting him with an umbrella:

Run quickly, two-headed donkey!

Tyanitolkay got angry, ran up a high mountain and threw Varvara into the sea.

Help! Save! - Varvara screamed.

But no one wanted to save her. Varvara began to drown.

Ava, Ava, dear Ava! Help me get to the shore! - she shouted.

But Ava answered: “Rry!..”

In animal language this means:

“I don’t want to save you, because you are evil and nasty!”

The old sailor Robinson sailed past on his ship. He threw a rope to Varvara and pulled her out of the water. Just at this time, Doctor Aibolit was walking along the shore with his animals. He shouted to the sailor Robinson:

And the sailor Robinson took her far, far away, to a desert island, where she could not offend anyone.

And Doctor Aibolit lived happily in his small house and from morning to night he treated birds and animals that flew and came to him from all over the world.

Three years passed like this. And everyone was happy.

Part two

PENTA AND THE SEA PIRATES

Chapter 1. CAVE

Doctor Aibolit loved to walk.

Every evening after work, he took an umbrella and went with his animals somewhere into the forest or field.

Tianitolkai walked next to him, Kika the duck was running in front, Ava the dog and Oink-Oink the pig were behind him, and the old owl Bumba was sitting on the doctor’s shoulder.

They went very far, and when Doctor Aibolit was tired, he sat astride Tyanitolkai, and he merrily raced him through the mountains and meadows.

One day, while walking, they saw a cave on the seashore. They wanted to enter, but the cave was locked. There was a large lock on the door.

What do you think, said Ava, what is hidden in this cave?

There must be honey gingerbreads there,” said Tyanitolkai, who loved sweet honey gingerbreads more than anything in the world.

No, said Kika. - There are candies and nuts.

No, said Oink-Oink. - There are apples, acorns, beets, carrots...

“We need to find the key,” said the doctor. - Go find the key.

The animals ran in all directions and began to look for the key to the cave. They searched under every stone, under every bush, but they did not find the key anywhere.

Then they crowded again at the locked door and began to look through the crack. But it was dark in the cave and they saw nothing. Suddenly the owl Bumba said:

Hush hush! It seems to me that there is something alive in the cave. It's either a man or a beast.

Everyone began to listen, but heard nothing.

Doctor Aibolit said to the owl:

I think you're wrong. I hear nothing.

Still would! - said the owl. - You can’t even hear. You all have worse ears than mine.

Yes, said the animals. - We don't hear anything.

“And I hear,” said the owl.

What do you hear? - asked Doctor Aibolit.

I hear; a man put his hand in his pocket.

Such miracles! - said the doctor. “I didn’t know you had such wonderful hearing.” Listen again and tell me what you hear?

I hear a tear rolling down this man’s cheek.

A tear! - the doctor shouted. - A tear! Is there really someone crying behind the door? We need to help this person. He must be in great grief. I don't like it when they cry. Give me the axe. I'll break down this door.

Chapter 2. PENTA

Tyanitolkay ran home and brought the doctor a sharp ax. The doctor swung and hit the locked door with all his might. Once! Once! The door shattered into splinters, and the doctor entered the cave.

The cave is dark, cold, damp. And what an unpleasant, nasty smell it has!

The doctor lit a match. Oh, how uncomfortable and dirty it is here! No table, no bench, no chair! There is a pile of rotten straw on the floor, and a little boy sits on the straw and cries.

Seeing the doctor and all his animals, the boy got scared and cried even more. But when he noticed how kind the doctor’s face was, he stopped crying and said:

So you're not a pirate?

No, no, I'm not a pirate! - said the doctor and laughed. - I am Doctor Aibolit, not a pirate. Do I look like a pirate?

No! - said the boy. - Even though you have an axe, I’m not afraid of you. Hello! My name is Penta. Do you know where my father is?

“I don’t know,” the doctor answered. - Where could your father have gone? Who is he? Tell!

My father is a fisherman,” Penta said. - Yesterday we went out to sea to fish. Me and him, together in a fishing boat. Suddenly, sea robbers attacked our boat and took us prisoner. They wanted their father to become a pirate, so that he would rob and sink ships with them. But my father did not want to become a pirate. “I am an honest fisherman,” he said, “and I don’t want to commit robbery!” Then the pirates got terribly angry, grabbed him and took him to an unknown location, and they locked me in this cave. I haven't seen my father since then. Where is he? What did they do to him? They must have thrown him into the sea and he drowned!

The boy began to cry again.

Do not Cry! - said the doctor. - What's the use of tears? It’s better to think about how we can save your father from the robbers. Tell me, what is he like?

He has red hair and a red beard, very long.

Doctor Aibolit called Kiku the duck to him and quietly said in her ear:

Chari-bari, chava-cham!

Chuka-chuk! - Kika answered.

Hearing this conversation, the boy said:

How funny you say! I don't understand a word.

I talk to my animals like animals. “I know animal language,” said Doctor Aibolit.

What did you tell your duck?

I told her to call the dolphins.

Chapter 3. DOLPHINS

The duck ran to the shore and shouted in a loud voice:

Dolphins, dolphins, swim here! Doctor Aibolit is calling you.

The dolphins immediately swam to the shore.

Hello, doctor! - they shouted. - What do you want from us?

“There’s a problem,” said the doctor. - Yesterday morning, pirates attacked one fisherman, beat him and, it seems, threw him into the water. I'm afraid he drowned. Please search the entire sea. Will you find him in the depths of the sea?

What is he like? - asked the dolphins.

“Red,” the doctor answered. - He has red hair and a large, long red beard. Please find it!

“Okay,” said the dolphins. - We are glad to serve our beloved doctor. We will search the whole sea, we will ask all the crayfish and fish. If the red fisherman drowned, we will find him and tell you tomorrow.

The dolphins swam out to sea and began to look for the fisherman. They searched the whole sea up and down, they sank to the very bottom, they looked under every stone, they asked all the crayfish and fish, but nowhere did they find the drowned man.

In the morning they swam ashore and told Doctor Aibolit:

We haven't found your fisherman anywhere. We looked for him all night, but he was not in the depths of the sea.

The boy was very happy when he heard what the dolphins said.

So my father is alive! Alive! Alive! - he shouted, and jumped, and clapped his hands.

Of course he's alive! - said the doctor. - We will certainly find him!

He put the boy astride Tyanitolkai and rode him for a long time along the sandy seashore.

Chapter 4. EAGLES

But Penta remained sad all the time. Even riding Tyanitolkai did not amuse him. Finally he asked the doctor:

How will you find my father?

“I will call the eagles,” said the doctor. - Eagles have such keen eyes, they see far, far away. When they fly under the clouds, they see every insect that crawls on the ground. I will ask them to search the whole earth, all the forests, all the fields and mountains, all the cities, all the villages - let them look for your father everywhere.

Oh, how smart you are! - Penta said. - You came up with this wonderfully. Call the eagles quickly!

The Doctor knows eagles, and the eagles flew to him.

Hello, doctor! What do you want?

Fly to all ends, said the doctor, and find a red-haired fisherman with a long red beard.

“Okay,” said the eagles. - We will do everything possible for our beloved doctor. We will fly high, high and examine the whole earth, all the forests and fields, all the mountains, cities and villages and try to find your fisherman.

And they flew high, high above the forests, above the fields, above the mountains. And each eagle peered vigilantly to see if there was a red fisherman with a large red beard.

The next day the eagles flew to the doctor and said:

We searched the whole land, but did not find the fisherman anywhere. And if we haven’t seen him, it means he’s not on earth!

Chapter 5. ABBA THE DOG LOOKS FOR A FISHERMAN

What do we do? - asked Kika. - The fisherman must be found at all costs: Penta is crying, not eating, not drinking. He is sad without his father.

But how will you find him! - said Pull Pull. - The eagles didn’t find him either. That means no one will find it.

Not true! - Ava said. - Eagles, of course, are smart birds, and their eyes are very keen, but only a dog can search for a person. If you need to find a person, ask the dog, and it will certainly find him.

Why do you offend the eagles? - said Ava OinkOink. - Do you think it was easy for them to fly around the whole earth in one day, inspect all the mountains, forests and fields? You were lying on the sand, idle, and they were working and searching.

How dare you call me a slacker? - Ava got angry. - Do you know that if I want, I can find the fisherman in three days?

Well, whatever you want! - said Oink-Oink. - Why don’t you want to? Want it!.. You won’t find anything, you’ll just brag!

And Oink-Oink laughed.

So, do you think I'm a braggart? - Ava shouted angrily. - Well, okay, we'll see!

And she ran to the doctor.

Doctor! - she said. - Ask Penta to give you something that his father held in his hands.

The doctor went to the boy and said:

Do you have any thing that your father held in his hands?

Here,” said the boy and took a large red handkerchief out of his pocket.

The dog ran up to the scarf and began to sniff it greedily.

“It smells like tobacco and herring,” she said. - His father smoked a pipe and ate good Dutch herring. I don’t need anything else... Doctor, tell the boy that in less than three days I will find his father. I'll run up that high mountain.

“But it’s dark now,” said the doctor. - You can’t search in the dark!

“Nothing,” said the dog. “I know its smell, and I don’t need anything else.” I can smell even in the dark.

The dog ran up a high mountain.

“Today the wind is from the north,” she said. - Let's smell what it smells like. Snow... A wet fur coat... another wet fur coat... wolves... seals, wolf cubs... smoke from a fire... birch...

Can you really smell so many smells in one breeze? - asked the doctor.

“Of course,” Ava said. - Every dog ​​has an amazing nose. Any puppy can smell smells that you will never smell.

And the dog began to sniff the air again. For a long time she did not say a word and finally said:

Polar bears... deer... little mushrooms in the forest... ice... snow, snow and... and... and...

Gingerbread? - asked Tyanitolkay.

No, not gingerbread,” Ava answered.

Nuts? - asked Kika.

No, not nuts,” Ava answered.

Apples? - asked Oink-Oink.

No, not apples,” Ava answered. - Not nuts, not gingerbread, not apples, but fir cones. This means there are no fisherman in the north. Let's wait for the wind to blow from the south.

“I don’t believe you,” said Oink-Oink. - You're making it all up. You don’t hear any smells, you’re just talking nonsense.

Leave me alone,” Ava shouted, “or I’ll bite your tail off!”

Hush hush! - said Doctor Aibolit. - Stop swearing!.. I see now, my dear Ava, that you really have an amazing nose. Let's wait until the wind changes. And now it's time to go home. Hurry! Penta is shaking and crying. He is cold. We need to feed him. Well, Pull, expose your back. Penta, mount! Ava and Kika, follow me!

Chapter 6. ABBA CONTINUES TO SEARCH FOR THE FISHERMAN

The next day, early in the morning, Ava again ran up the high mountain and began to smell the wind. The wind was from the south. Ava sniffed for a long time and finally said:

It smells like parrots, palm trees, monkeys, roses, grapes and lizards. But it doesn't smell like a fisherman.

Give it another sniff! - said Bumba.

It smells like giraffes, turtles, ostriches, hot sands, pyramids... But it doesn't smell like a fisherman.

You'll never find a fisherman! - Oink-Oink said with a laugh. - There was nothing to brag about.

Ava didn't answer. But the next day, early in the morning, she again ran up the high mountain and sniffed the air until the evening. Late in the evening she rushed to the doctor, who was sleeping with Penta.

Get up, get up! - she screamed. - Get up! I found a fisherman! Wake up! Enough sleep. Do you hear - I found a fisherman, I found, I found a fisherman! I can smell him. Yes Yes! The wind smells of tobacco and herring!

The doctor woke up and ran after the dog.

“The west wind is blowing from across the sea,” the dog shouted, “and I smell the fisherman!” He is across the sea, on the other side. Hurry, hurry there!

Ava barked so loudly that all the animals rushed to run up the high mountain. Penta is ahead of everyone.

“Run quickly to the sailor Robinson,” Ava shouted to the doctor, “and ask him to give you a ship!” Hurry up, otherwise it will be too late!

The doctor immediately started running to the place where the sailor Robinson’s ship stood.

Hello, sailor Robinson! - the doctor shouted. - Be so kind as to borrow your ship! I need to go to sea again on one very important matter,

Please, said the sailor Robinson. - But be careful not to get caught by pirates! Pirates are terrible villains, robbers! They will take you prisoner, and my ship will be burned or sunk...

But the doctor did not listen to the sailor Robinson. He jumped onto the ship, seated Penta and all the animals and rushed into the open sea.

Ava ran onto the deck and shouted to the doctor:

Zaksara! Zaksara! Xu!

In dog language this means:

“Look at my nose! On my nose! Wherever I turn my nose, lead your ship there.”

The doctor unfurled the sails and the ship ran even faster.

Hurry, hurry! - the dog screamed.

The animals stood on the deck and looked ahead to see if they would see the fisherman.

But Penta did not believe that his father could be found. He sat with his head down and cried.

Evening came. It became dark. Kika the duck said to the dog:

No, Ava, you won't find a fisherman! I feel sorry for poor Penta, but there is nothing to do - we must return home.

And then she turned to the doctor:

Doctor, doctor! Turn your ship around! We won't find a fisherman here either.

Suddenly the owl Bumba, who was sitting on the mast and looking forward, shouted:

I see a big rock in front of me - over there, far, far away!

Hurry there! - the dog screamed. - The fisherman is there on the rock. I can smell him... He's there!

Soon everyone saw that a rock was sticking out of the sea. The Doctor steered the ship straight towards this rock.

But the fisherman was nowhere to be seen.

I knew that Ava wouldn’t find the fisherman! - Oink-Oink said with a laugh. “I don’t understand how the doctor could believe such a braggart.”

The doctor ran up the rock and began to call the fisherman. But no one responded.

Gin-gin! - Bumba and Kika shouted.

“Gin-gin” means “ay” in animal language.

But only the wind rustled over the water and the waves crashed against the rocks.

Chapter 7. FOUND!

There was no fisherman on the rock. Ava jumped from the ship onto the rock and began running along it back and forth, sniffing every crack. And suddenly she barked loudly.

Kinedele! Nop! - she screamed. - Kinedele! Nop!

In animal language this means:

“Here, here! Doctor, follow me, follow me!

The doctor ran after the dog.

There was a small island next to the rock. Ava rushed there. The doctor did not lag behind her a single step. Ava ran back and forth and suddenly slipped into some kind of hole. It was dark in the pit. The doctor lowered himself into the pit and lit his lantern. And what? In a hole, on the bare ground, lay some red-haired man, terribly thin and pale.

It was Penta's father.

The doctor tugged at his sleeve and said:

Please get up. We've been looking for you for so long! We really, really need you!

The man thought it was a pirate, clenched his fists and said:

Get away from me, robber! I will defend myself to the last drop of blood!

But then he saw how kind the doctor’s face was and said:

I see that you are not a pirate. Give me something to eat. I am starving.

The doctor gave him bread and cheese. The man ate everything to the last crumb and stood up.

How did you get here? - asked the doctor.

I was thrown here by evil pirates, bloodthirsty, cruel people! They didn't give me any food or drink. They took my dear son from me and took me to an unknown location. Do you know where my son is?

What is your son's name? - asked the doctor.

His name is Penta,” answered the fisherman.

“Follow me,” the doctor said and helped the fisherman get out of the hole.

Ava the dog ran ahead.

Penta saw from the ship that his father was coming towards him, and rushed towards the fisherman and shouted:

Found! Found! Hooray!

Everyone laughed, rejoiced, clapped their hands and sang:

Honor and glory to you,

Daring Ava!

Only Oink-Oink stood aside and sighed sadly.

Forgive me, Ava,” she said, “for laughing at you and calling you a braggart.”

Okay,” Ava answered, “I forgive you.” But if you hurt me again, I will bite your tail off.

The doctor took the red-haired fisherman and his son home to the village where they lived.

When the ship landed on the shore, the doctor saw a woman standing on the shore. It was Penta's mother, a fisherman. For twenty days and nights she stood on the shore and kept looking into the distance, out to sea: was her son returning home? Is her husband coming home?

Seeing Penta, she rushed to him and began to kiss him.

She kissed Penta, she kissed the red-haired fisherman, she kissed the doctor; she was so grateful to Ava that she wanted to kiss her too.

But Ava ran into the bushes and grumbled angrily:

What nonsense! I can't stand kissing! If she so wants, let him kiss Oink-Oink.

But Ava was only pretending to be angry. In fact, she was happy too.

In the evening the doctor said:

Well, goodbye! Time to go home.

No, no,” the fisherman shouted, “you must stay with us!” We will catch fish, bake pies and give Tyanitolkai sweet gingerbread.

“I would gladly stay another day,” said Tyanitolkay, smiling with both mouths.

And I! - Kika screamed.

And I! - Bumba picked up.

That's good! - said the doctor. - In that case, I will stay with them to stay with you.

And he went with all his animals to visit the fisherman and fisherman.

Chapter 8. ABBA RECEIVES A GIFT

The doctor rode into the village riding Tyanitolkai. When he drove along the main street, everyone bowed to him and shouted:

Long live the good doctor!

Village schoolchildren met him on the square and gave him a bouquet of wonderful flowers.

And then the dwarf came out, bowed to him and said:

I would like to see your Ava.

The dwarf's name was Bambuco. He was the oldest shepherd in that village. Everyone loved and respected him.

Ava ran up to him and waved her tail.

Bambuco took out a very beautiful dog collar from his pocket.

Ava the dog! - he said solemnly. - The residents of our village give you this beautiful collar because you found a fisherman who was kidnapped by pirates.

Ava wagged her tail and said:

You may remember that in animal language this means: “Thank you!”

Everyone began to look at the collar. In large letters on the collar was written:

ABVE IS THE SMARTEST. TO A KIND AND BRAVE DOG.

Aibolit stayed with Penta’s father and mother for three days. It was a very fun time. Tyanitolkai chewed sweet honey gingerbread from morning to night. Penta played the violin while OinkOink and Bumba danced. But the time has come to leave.

Goodbye! - the doctor said to the fisherman and fisherwoman, sat astride Tyanitolkai and rode to his ship.

The whole village saw him off.

It would be better if you stayed with us! - the dwarf Bambuco told him. - Now pirates roam the sea. They will attack you and take you captive along with all your animals.

I'm not afraid of pirates! - the doctor answered him. - I have a very fast ship. I will spread my sails and the pirates will not catch up with my ship!

With these words, the doctor set sail from the shore.

Everyone waved their handkerchiefs at him and shouted “hurray.”

Chapter 9. PIRATES

The ship ran quickly across the waves. On the third day, the travelers saw some deserted island in the distance. There were no trees, no animals, no people visible on the island - only sand and huge stones. But there, behind the stones, terrible pirates were hiding. When a ship sailed past their island, they attacked that ship, robbed and killed people, and let the ship sink. The pirates were very angry with the doctor because he kidnapped the red fisherman and Penta from them, and they had been lying in wait for him for a long time.

The pirates had a large ship, which they hid behind a wide rock.

The Doctor did not see either the pirates or their ship. He walked along the deck with his animals. The weather was beautiful, the sun was shining brightly. The doctor felt very happy. Suddenly the pig Oink-Oink said:

Look, what kind of ship is that there?

The doctor looked and saw that from behind the island, on black sails, some kind of black ship was approaching them - black, like ink, like soot.

I don't like these sails! - said the pig. - Why are they not white, but black? Only on ships do pirates have black sails.

Oink-Oink guessed right: villainous pirates were racing under black sails. They wanted to catch up with Doctor Aibolit and take cruel revenge on him for kidnapping the fisherman and Penta from them.

Quicker! Quicker! - the doctor shouted. - Unfurl all sails!

But the pirates were getting closer and closer.

They're catching up with us! - Kika shouted. - They're close. I see their scary faces! What evil eyes they have!.. What should we do? Where to run? Now they will attack us and throw us into the sea!

Look,” said Ava, “who is that standing there at the stern?” Don't you recognize it? This is him, this is the villain Barmaley! He has a saber in one hand and a pistol in the other. He wants to destroy us, shoot us, destroy us!

But the doctor smiled and said:

Don't be afraid, my dears, he won't succeed! I came up with a good plan. Do you see the swallow flying over the waves? She will help us escape from the robbers. - And he shouted in a loud voice: - Na-za-se! Na-za-se! Karachuy! Karabun!

In animal language this means:

“Swallow, swallow! Pirates are chasing us. They want to kill us and throw us into the sea!”

The swallow came down to his ship.

Listen, swallow, you have to help us! - said the doctor. - Karafu, marafu, duk!

In animal language this means:

“Fly quickly and call the cranes!”

The swallow flew away and a minute later returned with the cranes.

Hello, Doctor Aibolit! - the cranes shouted. - Don’t worry, we’ll help you out now!

The doctor tied a rope to the bow of the ship, the cranes took hold of the rope and pulled the ship forward.

There were a lot of cranes, they rushed forward very quickly and pulled the ship behind them. The ship flew like an arrow. The doctor even grabbed his hat to prevent it from flying into the water.

The animals looked back - the pirate ship with black sails was left far behind.

Thank you, cranes! - said the doctor. - You saved us from pirates.

If it weren't for you, we would all be lying at the bottom of the sea.

Chapter 10. WHY DID THE RATS ESCAPE?

It was not easy for the cranes to drag a heavy ship behind them. After a few hours they were so tired that they almost fell into the sea. Then they pulled the ship to the shore, said goodbye to the doctor and flew away to their native swamp.

But then the owl Bumba came up to him and said:

Look there. You see, there are rats on the deck! They jump from the ship straight into the sea and swim to the shore one after another!

That's good! - said the doctor. - Rats are evil, cruel, and I don’t like them.

No, this is very bad! - Bumba said with a sigh. - After all, rats live below, in the hold, and as soon as a leak appears at the bottom of the ship, they see this leak before anyone else, jump into the water and swim straight to the shore. This means our ship will sink. Just listen to what the rats are saying.

Just at this time two rats crawled out of the hold. And the old rat said to the young one:

Last night I went to my hole and saw that water was pouring into the crack. Well, I think we need to run. Tomorrow this ship will sink. Run away before it's too late.

And both rats rushed into the water.

Yes, yes,” cried the doctor, “I remembered!” Rats always run away before the ship sinks. We must escape from the ship now, otherwise we will go down with it! Animals, follow me! Quicker! Quicker!

He collected his things and quickly ran ashore. The animals hurried after him. They walked for a long time along the sandy shore and were very tired.

Let’s sit down and rest,” said the doctor. - And let's think about what to do.

Are we really going to stay here for the rest of our lives? - said Tyanitolkay and began to cry.

Large tears rolled down from all four of his eyes.

And all the animals began to cry with him, because everyone really wanted to return home.

But suddenly a swallow flew in.

Doctor, doctor! - she screamed. - A great misfortune has happened: your ship has been captured by pirates!

The doctor jumped to his feet.

What are they doing on my ship? - he asked.

“They want to rob him,” answered the swallow. - Run quickly and drive them out of there!

No,” said the doctor with a cheerful smile, “there is no need to drive them away.” Let them sail on my ship. They won't swim far, you'll see! We’d better go and, before they notice, we’ll take their ship in exchange. Let's go and capture the pirate ship!

And the doctor rushed along the shore. Behind him - Pull and all the animals.

Here is the pirate ship.

There's no one on it! All the pirates are on Aibolit's ship!

Hush, hush, don't make noise! - said the doctor. - Let’s sneak onto the pirate ship slowly so that no one sees us!

Chapter 11. Trouble after Trouble

The animals quietly boarded the ship, quietly raised the black sails and quietly sailed along the waves. The pirates didn't notice anything.

And suddenly a big disaster happened.

The fact is that the pig Oink-Oink caught a cold.

At that very moment, when the doctor tried to silently swim past the pirates, Oink-Oink sneezed loudly. And once, and twice, and three times.

The pirates heard someone sneezing. They ran out onto the deck and saw that the doctor had captured their ship.

Stop! Stop! - they shouted and set off after him.

The Doctor let go of his sails. The pirates are about to catch up with their ship. But he rushes forward and forward, and little by little the pirates begin to fall behind.

Hooray! We are saved! - the doctor shouted.

But then the most terrible pirate, Barmaley, raised his pistol and fired. The bullet hit Tyanitolkay in the chest. Tyanitolkai staggered and fell into the water.

Doctor, doctor, help! I am drowninig!

Poor Pull-Push! - the doctor shouted. - Stay in the water a little longer! Now I will help you.

The Doctor stopped his ship and threw a rope to Pull-Push.

Pull and Pull grabbed the rope with his teeth. The doctor dragged the wounded animal onto the deck, bandaged its wound and set off again. But it was too late: the pirates rushed with full sail.

We'll finally catch you! - they shouted. - And you and all your animals! There, on your mast, sits a nice duck! We'll fry her soon. Haha, this will be a delicious meal. We'll roast the pig too. We haven't eaten ham for a long time! Tonight we'll have pork cutlets. Ho-ho-ho! And you, doctor, we’ll throw you into the sea - among the toothy sharks,

Oink-Oink heard these words and began to cry.

Poor me, poor me! - she said. - I don't want to be fried and eaten by pirates!

Ava also cried - she felt sorry for the doctor:

I don't want him to be swallowed by sharks!

Chapter 12. THE DOCTOR IS SAVED!

Only the owl Bumba was not afraid of the pirates. She calmly said to Ava and Oink-Oink:

How stupid you are! What are you afraid of? Don't you know that the ship on which the pirates are chasing us will soon sink? Remember what the rat said? She said that today the ship will certainly sink. There is a wide gap in it and it is full of water. And the pirates will drown along with the ship. What have you to fear? The pirates will drown, but we will remain safe and sound.

But Oink-Oink continued to cry.

By the time the pirates drown, they will have time to fry both me and Kiku! - she said.

Meanwhile, the pirates were sailing closer and closer. Ahead, at the bow of the ship, stood the chief pirate, Barmaley. He waved his saber and shouted loudly:

Hey you monkey doctor! You don't have long to heal the monkeys - soon we'll throw you into the sea! There you will be swallowed by sharks.

The doctor shouted back:

Beware, Barmaley, lest the sharks swallow you! There is a leak in your ship, and you will soon go to the bottom!

You are lying! - Barmaley shouted. - If my ship sank, rats would run away from it!

The rats have long since escaped, and soon you will be at the bottom along with all your pirates!

Only then did the pirates notice that their ship was slowly sinking into the water. They began to run around the deck, began to cry, and shouted:

Save!

But no one wanted to save them.

The ship sank deeper and deeper to the bottom. Soon the pirates found themselves in the water. They floundered in the waves and kept shouting:

Help, help, we're drowning!

Barmaley swam to the ship on which the doctor was and began to climb the rope onto the deck. But the dog Ava bared his teeth and said menacingly: “Rrr!..” Barmaley got scared, screamed and flew headfirst back into the sea.

Help! - he shouted. - Save me! Get me out of the water!

Chapter 13. OLD FRIENDS

Suddenly sharks appeared on the surface of the sea - huge, scary fish with sharp teeth and a wide open mouth.

They chased the pirates and soon swallowed them all.

That's where they belong! - said the doctor. - After all, they robbed, tortured, killed innocent people. So they paid for their crimes.

The doctor swam for a long time on the stormy sea. And suddenly he heard someone shouting:

Boen! Boen! Baravan! Baven!

In animal language this means:

"Doctor, doctor, stop your ship!"

The Doctor lowered his sails. The ship stopped and everyone saw Karudo the parrot. He flew quickly over the sea.

Carudo! It's you? - the doctor cried. - How glad I am to see you! Fly, fly here!

Carudo flew up to the ship, sat on the high mast and shouted:

Look who's following me! Over there, right on the horizon, in the west!

The doctor looked at the sea and saw that a Crocodile was swimming far, far away in the sea. And on the back of the Crocodile sits the monkey Chichi. She waves a palm leaf and laughs.

The Doctor immediately sent his ship towards Crocodile and Chichi and lowered a rope from the ship for them.

They climbed the rope onto the deck, rushed to the doctor and began to kiss him on the lips, cheeks, beard, and eyes.

How did you end up in the middle of the sea? - the doctor asked them.

He was happy to see his old friends again.

Ah, doctor! - said the Crocodile. - We were so bored without you in our Africa! It's boring without Kiki, without Ava, without Bumba, without cute Oink-Oink! We so wanted to return to your house, where squirrels live in the closet, a prickly hedgehog on the sofa, and a hare with her babies in the chest of drawers. We decided to leave Africa, cross all the seas and settle with you for life.

Please! - said the doctor. - I am very happy.

Hooray! - Bumba screamed.

Hooray! - all the animals shouted.

And then they held hands and began to dance around the mast:

Shita rita, tita drita!

Shivandada, shivanda!

We are our native Aibolit

We will never leave!

Only the monkey Chichi sat aside and sighed sadly.

What happened to you? - asked Tyanitolkay.

Ah, I remembered the evil Varvara! Again she will offend us and torment us!

“Don’t be afraid,” cried Tyanitolkay. - Varvara is no longer in our house! I threw her into the sea, and she now lives on a desert island.

On a desert island?

Everyone was happy - Chichi, Crocodile, and Carudo: Varvara lives on a desert island!

Long live Tyanitolkai! - they shouted and started dancing again:

Shivandars, shivandars,

Hazelnuts and hazelnuts!

It's good that Varvara is not there!

It's more fun without Varvara! Tyanitolkai nodded his two heads at them, and both his mouths smiled.

The ship raced with full sails, and by evening the duck Kika, having climbed the high mast, saw her native shores.

We've arrived! - she screamed. - Another hour and we will be home!.. In the distance is our city - Pindemonte. But what is it? Look, look! Fire! The whole city is on fire! Is our house on fire? Oh, what horror! What a misfortune!

There was a high glow over the city of Pindemonte.

Hurry to the shore! - the doctor commanded. - We must put out this fire! Let's take buckets and fill it with water!

But then Karudo flew up the mast. He looked through the telescope and suddenly laughed so loudly that everyone looked at him in surprise.

You don’t need to put out this flame,” he said and laughed again, “because it’s not a fire at all.”

What is it? - asked Doctor Aibolit.

Illuminations! - answered Karudo.

What does it mean? - asked Oink-Oink. - I have never heard such a strange word.

Now you’ll find out,” said the parrot. - Be patient for ten more minutes.

Ten minutes later, when the ship approached the shore, everyone immediately understood what illumination was. On all the houses and towers, on the coastal cliffs, on the tops of the trees - lanterns were shining everywhere: red, green, yellow, and on the shore there were bonfires, the bright flames of which rose almost to the sky.

Women, men and children in festive, beautiful clothes danced around these fires and sang funny songs.

As soon as they saw that the ship on which Doctor Aibolit had returned from his journey had moored to the shore, they clapped their hands, laughed and everyone, as one person, rushed to greet him.

Long live Doctor Aibolit! - they shouted. - Glory to Doctor Aibolit!

The doctor was surprised. He did not expect such a meeting. He thought that only Tanya and Vanya and, perhaps, the old sailor Robinson would meet him, but he was met by a whole city with torches, with music, with cheerful songs! What's the matter? Why is he being honored? Why is his return celebrated so much?

He wanted to get on Tyanitolkaya and go to his home, but the crowd picked him up and carried him in their arms - straight to the wide Primorskaya Square.

People looked from all the windows and threw flowers to the doctor.

The doctor smiled, bowed - and suddenly saw Tanya and Vanya making their way towards him through the crowd.

When they approached him, he hugged them, kissed them and asked:

How did you know that I defeated Barmaley?

“We learned about this from Penta,” Tanya and Vanya answered. - Penta came to our city and told us that you freed him from terrible captivity and saved his father from robbers.

Only then did the doctor see that Penta was standing on a hillock, far, far away, waving his father’s red handkerchief at him.

Hello Penta! - the doctor shouted to him.

But at that moment the old sailor Robinson approached the doctor, smiling, shook his hand firmly and said in such a loud voice that everyone in the square heard him:

Dear, beloved Aibolit! We are so grateful to you for clearing the entire sea of ​​vicious pirates who stole our ships. After all, until now we have not dared to go on a long voyage, because pirates threatened us. And now the sea is free and our ships are safe. We are proud that such a brave hero will fall in our city. We have built a wonderful ship for you, and let us bring it to you as a gift.

Glory to you, our beloved, our fearless doctor Aibolit! - the crowd shouted in one voice. - Thank you, thank you!

The doctor bowed to the crowd and said:

Thank you for the kind meeting! I'm happy that you love me. But I would never, never have been able to cope with the sea pirates if my faithful friends, my animals, had not helped me. Here they are here with me, and I want to welcome them with all my heart and express my gratitude to them for their selfless friendship!

Hooray! - the crowd shouted. - Glory to the fearless animals of Aibolit!

After this solemn meeting, the doctor sat on Tyanitolkaya and, accompanied by animals, headed to the door of his house.

The bunnies, squirrels, hedgehogs and bats were happy to see him!

But before he could greet them, a noise was heard in the sky. The doctor ran out onto the porch and saw that it was cranes flying. They flew up to his house and, without saying a word, brought him a large basket of magnificent fruits: the basket contained dates, apples, pears, bananas, peaches, grapes, oranges!

This is for you, doctor, from the Land of the Monkeys!

The doctor thanked them and they immediately flew back.

And an hour later a great feast began in the doctor’s garden. On long benches, at a long table, in the light of multi-colored lanterns, all Aibolit’s friends sat down: Tanya, Vanya, Penta, the old sailor Robinson, the swallow, Oink-Oink, Chichi, Kika, Carudo, and Bumba. , and Tyanitolkay, and Ava, and squirrels, and hares, and hedgehogs, and bats.

The doctor treated them to honey, candies and gingerbread, as well as those sweet fruits that were sent to him from the Land of the Monkeys.

The feast was a great success. Everyone joked, laughed and sang, and then got up from the table and went to dance right there in the garden, in the light of multi-colored lanterns.

Aibolit is a fairy tale by Korney Chukovsky in verse, which has delighted adults and children for almost a hundred years. It describes the feat of Doctor Aibolit. Day and night, animals come running to him for help, and the doctor helps everyone. The fame of the best doctor for animals spread throughout the world. One day an unusual guest arrived at Aibolit. What will change in the life of a talented doctor after this visit? Read in the tale about talent, mercy, empathy, self-denial and the importance of doing your job well.

Part 1

Good Doctor Aibolit!
He is sitting under a tree.
Come to him for treatment
And the cow and the she-wolf,
And the bug and the worm,
And a bear!

Everyone will be healed, they will be healed
Good Doctor Aibolit!

Part 2

And the fox came to Aibolit:
"Oh, I was bitten by a wasp!"

And the watchdog came to Aibolit:
"A chicken pecked me on the nose!"
And the hare came running

And she screamed: “Ay, ah!
My bunny got hit by a tram!
My bunny, my boy
Got hit by a tram!
He ran along the path
And his legs were cut,
And now he's sick and lame,
My little bunny!"

And Aibolit said: “It doesn’t matter!
Give it here!
I'll sew him new legs,
He will run along the track again."
And they brought a bunny to him,
So sick, lame,
And the doctor sewed his legs.
And the bunny jumps again.
And with him the mother hare
I also went dancing.
And she laughs and shouts:
"Well, thank you, Aibolit!"

Part 3

Suddenly a jackal came from somewhere
He rode on a mare:
"Here is a telegram for you
From Hippopotamus!"

"Come, doctor,
To Africa soon
And save me, doctor,
Our babies!"

"What is it? Is it really
Are your children sick?"

"Yes, yes, yes! They have a sore throat,
Scarlet fever, cholera,
Diphtheria, appendicitis,
Malaria and bronchitis!

Come quickly
Good Doctor Aibolit!"

"Okay, okay, I'll run,
I will help your children.
But where do you live?
On the mountain or in the swamp?

"We live in Zanzibar,
In the Kalahari and Sahara,
On Mount Fernando Po,
Where does Hippo walk?
Along the wide Limpopo.

Part 4

And Aibolit stood up and Aibolit ran.
He runs through fields, through forests, through meadows.
And Aibolit repeats only one word:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:
"Hey, Aibolit, come back!"
And Aibolit fell and lies in the snow:
"I can't go any further."

And now to him from behind the tree
Shaggy wolves run out:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We'll get you there quickly!"

And Aibolit galloped forward
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

Part 5

But here in front of them is the sea -
It rages and makes noise in the open space.
And there is a high wave in the sea,
Now she will swallow Aibolit.

"Oh" if I drown
If I go down.

With my forest animals?

But then a whale swims out:
"Sit on me, Aibolit,
And, like a big ship,
I'll take you ahead!"

And sat on the whale Aibolit
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

Part 6

And the mountains stand in front of him on the way,
And he begins to crawl through the mountains,
And the mountains are getting higher, and the mountains are getting steeper,
And the mountains go under the very clouds!

"Oh, if I don't get there,
If I get lost on the way,
What will happen to them, to the sick,
With my forest animals?

And now from a high cliff
Eagles flew to Aibolit:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We'll get you there quickly!"

And Aibolit sat on the eagle
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

Part 7

And in Africa,
And in Africa,
On black
Limpopo,
Sits and cries
In Africa
Sad Hippopo.

He's in Africa, he's in Africa
Sits under a palm tree
And by sea from Africa
He looks without rest:
Isn't he going on a boat?
Dr. Aibolit?

And they prowl along the road
Elephants and rhinoceroses
And they say angrily:
“Why is there no Aibolit?”

And there are hippos nearby
Grabbing their tummies:
They, the hippos,
Stomachs hurt.

And then the ostrich chicks
They squeal like piglets.
Oh, it's a pity, a pity, a pity
Poor ostriches!

They have measles and diphtheria,
They have smallpox and bronchitis,
And their head hurts
And my throat hurts.

They lie and rave:
"Well, why isn't he going?
Well, why isn’t he going?
Dr. Aibolit?"

And she took a nap next to her
toothy shark,
toothy shark
Lying in the sun.

Oh, her little ones,
Poor baby sharks
It's been twelve days already
My teeth hurt!

And a dislocated shoulder
The poor grasshopper's;
He doesn't jump, he doesn't jump,
And he cries bitterly
And the doctor calls:
"Oh, where is the good doctor?
When will he come?"

Part 8

But look, some kind of bird
It rushes closer and closer through the air.
Look, Aibolit is sitting on a bird
And he waves his hat and shouts loudly:
"Long live sweet Africa!"

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Fairy tale Aibolit

Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky

Fairy tale Aibolit summary:

The fairy tale “Aibolit” is about the good doctor Aibolit, who sits under a tree and treats animals. Everyone comes to Aibolit with their illnesses, and the good doctor refuses no one. He helps both the fox, who was bitten by an evil wasp, and the watchdog, whose nose was pecked by a chicken. Aibolit sews new ones on to a bunny whose legs were cut by a tram and he becomes healthy and begins to jump.

Suddenly a jackal appears riding a mare and gives Aibolit a telegram from Hippopotamus, in which he asks the doctor to quickly come to Africa and save the babies who are very sick. The good doctor immediately agrees to help the kids and, having learned from the jackal where they live, he sets off. He runs through fields, meadows and forests, but he gets so tired that he falls into the snow and cannot go any further. And then wolves run out to him and offer him a ride. But here in front of them is a raging sea. Aibolit doesn't know what to do. But then a whale swims up and helps the doctor. But there are mountains in front of them. And then eagles fly from a high mountain, and Aibolit, sitting astride an eagle, quickly rushes to Africa, to his sick.

And in Africa, all the animals are waiting for their savior - Doctor Aibolit. They look at the sea and wonder if it is floating? After all, 6 hegemotic animals have stomach ache, ostrich chicks squeal in pain. The grasshopper has a dislocated shoulder, he does not jump, does not jump. But then an eagle descends to the ground, carrying Aibolit. And all the children are happy, and the parents are happy. And Aibolit feels the bellies of the hippos and gives them all a chocolate bar and puts thermometers on them. And he treats tiger cubs and camels with eggnog. For ten nights in a row the good doctor does not eat, drink or sleep. He treats sick animals. And so he cured everyone. Everyone is healthy, everyone is happy, everyone is laughing and dancing. And the hippos grabbed their bellies and laughed so hard that the trees shook, And the Hippopotamus sings: “Glory, glory to Aibolit! / Glory to the good doctors!”

The basis of the fairy tale is based on revealing a person’s love for animals, sincere help, and also shows the profession of a doctor and how important it is.

Fairy tale Aibolit read:

Good Doctor Aibolit!
He is sitting under a tree.

Come to him for treatment
And the cow and the she-wolf,

And the bug and the worm,
And a bear!

He will heal everyone, he will heal everyone
Good Doctor Aibolit!

And the fox came to Aibolit:
“Oh, I was bitten by a wasp!”

And the watchdog came to Aibolit:
“A chicken pecked me on the nose!”

And the hare came running
And she screamed: “Ay, ah!
My bunny got hit by a tram!
My bunny, my boy
Got hit by a tram!
He ran along the path
And his legs were cut,
And now he's sick and lame,
My little bunny!”

And Aibolit said: “It doesn’t matter!
Give it here!
I'll sew him new legs,
He will run on the track again.”
And they brought a bunny to him,
So sick, lame,
And the doctor sewed his legs,
And the bunny jumps again.
And with him the mother hare
I also went dancing
And she laughs and shouts:
“Well, thank you. Aibolit!

Suddenly a jackal came from somewhere
He rode on a mare:

“Here is a telegram for you
From Hippopotamus!

"Come, doctor,
To Africa soon
And save me, doctor,
Our babies!

"What's happened? Really
Are your children sick?

"Yes Yes Yes! They have a sore throat
Scarlet fever, cholera,
Diphtheria, appendicitis,
Malaria and bronchitis!

Come quickly
Good Doctor Aibolit!”
"Okay, okay, I'll run,
I will help your children.
But where do you live?
On the mountain or in the swamp?

"We live in Zanzibar,
In the Kalahari and Sahara,
On Mount Fernando Po,
Where does Hippo walk?
Along the wide Limpopo."

And Aibolit stood up and Aibolit ran.
He runs through fields, but through forests, through meadows.
And Aibolit repeats only one word:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:
“Hey, Aibolit, come back!”
And Aibolit fell and lies in the snow:
“I can’t go any further.”
And now to him from behind the tree
Shaggy wolves run out:

“Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We’ll get you there quickly!”

And Aibolit galloped forward
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

But here in front of them is the sea -
It rages and makes noise in the open space.

And there is a high wave in the sea.
Now she will swallow Aibolit.

"Oh, if I drown,
If I go down,

With my forest animals?

But then a whale swims out:
“Sit on me, Aibolit,
And, like a big ship,
I’ll take you ahead!”

And sat on the whale Aibolit
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And the mountains stand in front of him on the way,
And he begins to crawl through the mountains,

And the mountains are getting higher, and the mountains are getting steeper,
And the mountains go under the very clouds!
"Oh, if I don't get there,
If I get lost on the way,
What will happen to them, to the sick,
With my forest animals?

And now from a high cliff
Eagles flew to Aibolit:
“Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We’ll get you there quickly!”
And Aibolit sat on the eagle
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And in Africa,
And in Africa,
On black
Limpopo,
Sits and cries
In Africa
Sad Hippopo.

He's in Africa, he's in Africa
Sits under a palm tree
And by sea from Africa
He looks without rest:
Isn't he going on a boat?
Dr. Aibolit?
And they prowl along the road
Elephants and rhinoceroses
And they say angrily:
“Why is there no Aibolit?”

And there are hippos nearby
Grabbing their tummies:

They, the hippos,
Stomachs hurt.
And then the ostrich chicks
They squeal like piglets.
Oh, it's a pity, a pity, a pity
Poor ostriches!

They have measles and diphtheria,
They have smallpox and bronchitis,
And their head hurts
And my throat hurts.
They lie and rave:
“Well, why isn’t he going?
Well, why isn't he going?
Dr. Aibolit?"

And she took a nap next to her
toothy shark,
toothy shark
Lying in the sun.

Oh, her little ones,
Poor baby sharks
It's been twelve days already
My teeth hurt!
And a dislocated shoulder
The poor grasshopper's;
He doesn't jump, he doesn't jump,
And he cries bitterly
And the doctor calls:
“Oh, where is the good doctor?
When will he come?

But look, some kind of bird
It rushes closer and closer through the air.

Look, Aibolit is sitting on a bird
And he waves his hat and shouts loudly:
"Long live sweet Africa!"

And all the kids are happy and happy:
“I’ve arrived, I’ve arrived! Hooray! Hooray!"

And the bird circles above them,
And the bird lands on the ground.

And Aibolit runs to the hippos,
And pats them on the tummies,

And everyone in order
Gives me chocolate
And sets and sets thermometers for them!

And to the striped ones
He runs to the tiger cubs.
And to the poor hunchbacks
Sick camels

And every Gogol,
Mogul everyone,
Gogol-mogol,
Gogol-mogol,
Serves him with Gogol-Mogol.

Ten nights Aibolit
Doesn't eat, doesn't drink and doesn't sleep,
Ten nights in a row
He heals unfortunate animals
And he sets and sets thermometers for them.

So he cured them,
Limpopo!
So he cured the sick.
Limpopo!

And they went to laugh
Limpopo!
And dance and play around,
Limpopo!

And the shark Karakula
Winked with her right eye
And he laughs, and he laughs,
As if someone was tickling her.

And the little hippos
Grabbed their tummies
And they laugh and burst into tears -
So the oak trees shake.

Here comes Hippo, here comes Popo,
Hippo-popo, Hippo-popo!
Here comes the Hippopotamus.
It comes from Zanzibar.
He goes to Kilimanjaro -
And he shouts and he sings:

“Glory, glory to Aibolit!
Glory to the good doctors!

Korney Chukovsky

Dr. Aibolit

Good Doctor Aibolit!
He is sitting under a tree.
Come to him for treatment
And the cow and the she-wolf,
And the bug and the worm,
And a bear!

He will heal everyone, he will heal everyone
Good Doctor Aibolit!

And the fox came to Aibolit:
“Oh, I was bitten by a wasp!”

And the watchdog came to Aibolit:
“A chicken pecked me on the nose!”

And the hare came running
And she screamed: “Ay, ah!”
My bunny got hit by a tram!
My bunny, my boy
Got hit by a tram!
He ran along the path
And his legs were cut,
And now he's sick and lame,
My little bunny!”

And Aibolit said:
"No problem! Give it here!
I'll sew him new legs,
He will run along the track again.”
And they brought a bunny to him,
So sick, lame,
And the doctor sewed his legs,
And the bunny jumps again.
And with him the mother hare
I also went dancing.
And she laughs and shouts:
“Well, thank you, Aibolit!”

Suddenly a jackal came from somewhere
He rode on a mare:
“Here is a telegram for you
From Hippopotamus!

"Come, doctor,
To Africa soon
And save me, doctor,
Our babies!

"What's happened? Really
Are your children sick?

"Yes Yes Yes! They have a sore throat
Scarlet fever, cholera,
Diphtheria, appendicitis,
Malaria and bronchitis!

Come quickly
Good Doctor Aibolit!”

"Okay, okay, I'll run,
I will help your children.
But where do you live?
On the mountain or in the swamp?

"We live in Zanzibar,
In the Kalahari and Sahara,
On Mount Fernando Po,
Where does Hippo walk?
Along the wide Limpopo."

And Aibolit stood up, Aibolit ran,
He runs through fields, through forests, through meadows.
And Aibolit repeats only one word:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:
“Hey, Aibolit, come back!”
And Aibolit fell and lies in the snow:
“I can’t go any further.”

And now to him from behind the tree
Shaggy wolves run out:
“Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We’ll get you there quickly!”

And Aibolit galloped forward
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

But in front of them is the sea
It rages and makes noise in the open space.
And there is a high wave in the sea,
Now she will swallow Aibolit.

"Oh, if I drown,
If I go down,

With my forest animals?
But then a whale swims out:
“Sit on me, Aibolit,
And, like a big ship,
I’ll take you ahead!”

And sat on the whale Aibolit
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And the mountains stand in front of him on the way,
And he begins to crawl through the mountains,
And the mountains are getting higher, and the mountains are getting steeper,
And the mountains go under the very clouds!

"Oh, if I don't get there,
If I get lost on the way,
What will happen to them, to the sick,
With my forest animals?
And now from a high cliff
Eagles descended to Aibolit:
“Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We’ll get you there quickly!”

And Aibolit sat on the eagle
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"

And in Africa,
And in Africa,
On the black Limpopo,
Sits and cries
In Africa
Sad Hippopo.

He's in Africa, he's in Africa
Sits under a palm tree
And by sea from Africa
He looks without rest:
Isn't he going on a boat?
Dr. Aibolit?

And they prowl along the road
Elephants and rhinoceroses
And they say angrily:
“Why is there no Aibolit?”

And there are hippos nearby
Grabbing their tummies:
They, the hippos,
Stomachs hurt.

And then the ostrich chicks
They squeal like piglets
Oh, it's a pity, a pity, a pity
Poor ostriches!

They have measles and diphtheria,
They have smallpox and bronchitis,
And their head hurts
And my throat hurts.

They lie and rave:
“Well, why isn’t he going?
Well, why isn't he going?
Dr. Aibolit?"

And she took a nap next to her
toothy shark,
toothy shark
Lying in the sun.

Oh, her little ones,
Poor baby sharks
It's been twelve days already
My teeth hurt!

And a dislocated shoulder
The poor grasshopper's;
He doesn't jump, he doesn't jump,
And he cries bitterly
And the doctor calls:
“Oh, where is the good doctor?
When will he come?

But look, some kind of bird
It rushes closer and closer through the air,
Look, Aibolit is sitting on a bird
And he waves his hat and shouts loudly:
"Long live sweet Africa!"

Chukovsky's fairy tale: Aibolit

Aibolit

Good Doctor Aibolit!
He is sitting under a tree.
Come to him for treatment
And the cow and the she-wolf,
And the bug and the worm,
And a bear!
Everyone will be healed, they will be healed
Good Doctor Aibolit!
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And the fox came to Aibolit:
Oops, I was bitten by a wasp!
And the watchdog came to Aibolit:
A chicken pecked me on the nose!
And the hare came running
And she screamed: Ay, ay!
My bunny got hit by a tram!
My bunny, my boy
Got hit by a tram!
He ran along the path
And his legs were cut,
And now he's sick and lame,
My little bunny!
And Aibolit said: It doesn’t matter!
Give it here!
I'll sew him new legs,
He will run along the path again.
And they brought a bunny to him,
So sick, lame,
And the doctor sewed his legs.
And the bunny jumps again.
And with him the mother hare
I also went dancing.
And she laughs and shouts:
Well, thank you, Aibolit!
3
Suddenly a jackal came from somewhere
He rode on a mare:
Here's a telegram for you
From Hippopotamus!
Come, doctor,
To Africa soon
And save me, doctor,
Our kids!
What's happened? Really
Are your children sick?
Yes Yes Yes! They have a sore throat
Scarlet fever, cholera,
Diphtheria, appendicitis,
Malaria and bronchitis!
Come quickly
Good Doctor Aibolit!
Okay, okay, I'll run
I will help your children.
But where do you live?
On a mountain or in a swamp?
We live in Zanzibar,
In the Kalahari and Sahara,
On Mount Fernando Po,
Where does Hippo walk?
Along the wide Limpopo.
4
And Aibolit stood up and Aibolit ran.
He runs through fields, through forests, through meadows.
And Aibolit repeats only one word:
Limpopb, Limpopo, Limpopo!
And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:
Hey, Aibolit, come back!
And Aibolit fell and lies in the snow:
I can't go any further.
And now to him from behind the tree
Shaggy wolves run out:
Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We'll get you there quickly!
And Aibolit galloped forward
And only one word repeats:
Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!
5
But here in front of them is the sea -
It rages and makes noise in the open space.
And there is a high wave in the sea,
Now she will swallow Aibolit.
Oh if I drown
If I go down.
With my forest animals?
But then a whale swims out:
Sit on me, Aibolit,
And, like a big ship,
I'll take you ahead!
And sat on the whale Aibolit
And only one word repeats:
Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!
6
And the mountains stand in front of him on the way,
And he begins to crawl through the mountains,
And the mountains are getting higher, and the mountains are getting steeper,
And the mountains go under the very clouds!
Oh, if I don't get there,
If I get lost on the way,
What will happen to them, to the sick,
With my forest animals?
And now from a high cliff
Eagles flew to Aibolit:
Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We'll get you there quickly!
And Aibolit sat on the eagle
And only one word repeats:
Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!
7
And in Africa,
And in Africa,
On black
Limpopo,
Sits and cries
In Africa
Sad Hippopo.
He's in Africa, he's in Africa
Sits under a palm tree
And by sea from Africa
He looks without rest:
Isn't he going on a boat?
Dr. Aibolit?
And they prowl along the road
Elephants and rhinoceroses
And they say angrily:
Why is there no Aibolit?
And there are hippos nearby
Grabbing their tummies:
They, the hippos,
Stomachs hurt.
And then the ostrich chicks
They squeal like piglets.
Oh, it's a pity, a pity, a pity
Poor ostriches!
They have measles and diphtheria,
They have smallpox and bronchitis,
And their head hurts
And my throat hurts.
They lie and rave:
Well, why isn't he going?
Well, why isn’t he going?
Dr. Aibolit?
And she took a nap next to her
toothy shark,
toothy shark
Lying in the sun.
Oh, her little ones,
Poor baby sharks
It's been twelve days already
My teeth hurt!
And a dislocated shoulder
The poor grasshopper's;
He doesn't jump, he doesn't jump,
And he cries bitterly
And the doctor calls:
Oh, where is the good doctor?
When will he come?
8
But look, some kind of bird
It rushes closer and closer through the air.
Look, Aibolit is sitting on a bird
And he waves his hat and shouts loudly:
Long live sweet Africa!
And all the kids are happy and happy:
I have arrived, I have arrived! Hooray! Hooray!
And the bird is circling above them,
And the bird lands on the ground.
And Aibolit runs to the hippos,
And pats them on the tummies,
And everyone in order
Gives me chocolate
And sets and sets thermometers for them!
And to the striped ones
He runs to the tiger cubs
And to the poor hunchbacks
Sick camels
And every Gogol,
Mogul everyone,
Gogol-mogol,
Gogadem-mogol,
Serves him with Gogol-Mogol.
Ten nights Aibolit
Doesn't eat, doesn't drink and doesn't sleep,
Ten nights in a row
He heals unfortunate animals
And he sets and sets thermometers for them.
9
So he cured them,
Limpopo! So he cured the sick,
Limpopo! And they went to laugh
Limpopo! And dance and play around,
Limpopo!
And the shark Karakula
Winked with her right eye
And he laughs, and he laughs,
As if someone was tickling her.
And the little hippos
Grabbed their tummies
And they laugh and burst into tears -
So the oak trees shake.
Here comes Hippo, here comes Popo,
Hippo-popo, Hippo-popo!
Here comes the Hippopotamus.
It comes from Zanzibar,
He goes to Kilimanjaro -
And he shouts and he sings:
Glory, glory to Aibolit!
Glory to the good doctors!