What government post was held by Mr. twister. Marshak's poem
"Mr. Twister"
Arriving in the country, try
comply with its laws and customs
avoid misunderstanding...
From an old guide
There is
Abroad
Office
Cook.
If a
You
will overcome
Boredom
And you will want
See the world -
Tahiti Island,
Paris and Pamir, -
Cook
For you
In one minute
On the ship
Prepare the cabin
Or order
Submit a plane
Or a camel
After you
Will send
Give you
room
In the best hotel
warm bath
And breakfast in bed.
Mountains and bowels,
North and South,
Palms and cedars
Cook will show you.
Mister
twister,
former minister,
Mister
twister,
Dealer and banker
Factory owner,
newspapers, ships,
Decided at your leisure
Travel around the world.
Fine!-
exclaimed
His daughter Susie.-
Let's visit
In the Soviet Union!
I will eat
grainy caviar,
Live to catch sturgeon,
Ride on a trio
Over the Volga River
And run to the collective farm
For raspberries!
My friend, you have amazing taste!
Her father told her at dinner.
Why would you go to Soviet Union?
Let's go to the Danes and Swedes.
Let's go to Naples, let's go to Baghdad!
But my daughter said: - I want to go to Leningrad!
And what the daughter requires
Must be fulfilled. Dot.
At that very moment
Cracking device:
Four cabins
New York - Leningrad,
with bathtub,
living room,
fountain
And a garden.
Just look
To not be
Near
Negroes
Malays
And other things
Rabble.
twister
Does not love
Colored people!
Cook
In phone
Answers:
- There is!
Will be done,
Your Honor.
Smooth
For ten
minutes
Before departure
twister
Appeared
On board the ship.
Near -
Old woman
With huge glasses
Near -
damsel
With a monkey in hand.
Following
Four
Go
giant,
Twenty four
They carry suitcases.
The ship is sailing
On the green waves
The ship is sailing
From America to us.
He swims to the east
Dear direct.
The ocean thunders
Over high
stern.
Mister
twister,
former minister,
Mister
twister,
Banker and rich man
Factory owner,
newspapers, ships,
On the ocean
Plays ball.
Part of the steamer
Covered with mesh.
running mister
And swings a racket.
At noon, tired of the game and the heat,
Twister, having run in plenty,
Drives bone balls with a cue
On the billiard field.
The waves are foaming and rushing forward
Multi-storey palace-steamboat.
In white cabins
steamboat palace
You won't find
Colored people:
Negroes
Malays
And other people
Shaking in the sea
Another ship.
Negro
Malays
Wet and hot.
splashing wave,
And the stoker smokes.
Mister
twister,
Millionaire,
Rides a tourist
IN USSR.
Noise is coming
Leningradsky
Port.
The city rises
Due to the right
Board.
gray waters,
Lots of columns.
Smoke factories
The sky is dark.
Hold on mister
Hand on the hat
Fast
To the pier
Runs away
Down the ladder.
Here, evaluating
Petropavlovsk
Spire,
Important
sits down
To the car.
The ladies are seated.
Stacked things.
Automobile
snapped ominously
And rolled
Asphalt
shursha,
In the faces of passers-by
gasoline
Breathing.
Mister
twister,
former minister,
Mister
twister,
Millionaire,
Factory owner,
newspapers, ships,
Entering the hotel
"Angleterre".
Holds in the mouth
golden cigar
And says
In English
Doorman:
Whether there is a
In a hotel
Do you have numbers?
To you
telegram
Sent
Yesterday.
There is,-
Responsible
Mustachioed gatekeeper, -
Number
Ninth
And number
Tenth.
first staircase,
Third floor.
following you
Deliver luggage!
Here's to the doorman
Pass
chain
twister
With my wife
Monkey
And daughter.
In a mirror cage
They enter.
flared up in a cage
colored lights,
And she drove smoothly and quickly
Up the family of a retired minister.
Past the mirrors
According to the patterns of the carpet
Slow step
They go to the rooms
Strict doorman
in a frock coat
with galloons,
Next -
visitor
In a wide Panama
Next -
Old woman
With travel glasses
Next -
damsel
With a monkey in hand.
Suddenly a foreigner
Exclaimed: - 0 God!
- God! - they said
Old woman and daughter.
Up the stairs
There was a black man
Dark as the sky
On a moonless night.
Shel
Black
huge
Growth
Above
From the room
One hundred ninety.
Black
hand
touching
railing,
He walked
Calmly
And a pipe
Kuriles.
And in the mirrors
Each other
similar,
walked
Blacks
walked
Blacks...
Everyone
hand
concerned
railing,
Everyone
short
handset
Kuriles.
twister
Could not
Refrain from anger.
Looks
Right
And looks
Left...
Let's go!-
They said
Old woman and daughter.-
Let's go from here
Get away immediately!
Where they sell
Rooms
Black people
We are for a moment
stay
Can not!
Down
Step by step
Big
Jumping
Rushing
visitor
In wide Panama.
Next -
Old woman
With travel glasses
Next -
damsel
With a monkey in hand...
Got in the car
Angry Yankees
Tail pinched
To your monkey.
Strict doorman
Gives them respect
Goes to the booth
And basses into the phone:
Twenty-zero-twenty
Additional three hundred.
Who am I talking to?
With the office "Tourist"?
I will inform you
Good news:
At your service
There are two rooms -
With bathroom, living room,
Reception, canteen.
We are waiting for visitors.
Be healthy!
Winds down the street
Light dust.
Rushing down the street
Automobile.
Next to the driver
sits reclining
twister
On soft
Leather pillows.
Listens to the rustle of running wheels,
Tightly dressed in rubber
Watching it run
Silver dog -
Mark on the car.
The old woman and daughter are shaking behind.
The wind flutters their veils.
The sun is setting and night is coming.
The ladies are very tired.
Gogol street,
Third entrance.
- No, - they answer, -
The hotel places.
Pestel street,
First entrance.
- No, - they answer, -
The hotel places.
Rebellion Square,
Fifth entrance.
- No, - they answer, -
The hotel places.
Arrived
Lot
To the people
To the congress.
No, unfortunately
In hotel
Places!
Right
rear
The tire burst.
Soon
motor
Not enough gas...
Mister Twister,
former minister,
Mister Twister,
Millionaire,
Factory owner,
newspapers, ships,
Returned to the hotel
"Angleterre".
Next -
Old woman
With travel glasses
Next -
damsel
With a monkey in hand.
Only they
called
At the door,-
Instantly lit up
Entrance to Angleterre.
struck
Above
Twelve
Hours.
Strict doorman
Pulled back the bolt.
Late!-
told them
Gatekeeper
Whiskered.-
Busy
Ninth,
And busy
Tenth.
International
getting ready
Congress.
There are no free
In hotel
Places!
What should I do?
I'm very tired!-
Mister
Twister
The daughter whispered.
If overnight
nowhere
We won't find
May be,
buy
Any
House?
Buy!-
Father
Answers
Sighing.-
You're not in Chicago
My dear.
House above the Neva
I would be happy to buy...
Don't want to
Sell Leningrad!
We'll have to sleep
In some park!
Twister said
And headed for the door.
daughter
And mother
Would have taken a hit
But calmed them down
Mustachioed doorman.
one
He laid
In a Swiss bed
Another
He suggested
Buffet stand.
A Twister
In the hall
sat down
On a chair
exclaimed:
- Oh my God!-
And also
Fell asleep...
Tired from the road
Fell asleep on the doorstep
Soviet hotel
"Angleterre"
Mister
twister,
former minister,
Mister
twister,
Millionaire...
Asleep -
And in a dream
He shudders:
He dreams
Amazing dream.
He dreams
What a tramp
Homeless
Sad
He wanders
Through the dark streets.
All of a sudden
aircraft
There is a knock -
From heaven to earth
descending
Cook.
twister
rushes
To Mr.
cook,
Presses on the fly
energetic hand,
sits down quickly
To him on the plane
Slams the door -
And floats to the sky.
Here in front of them
Native America -
mansion house
At the green square.
old servant
Unlocks
Entrance.
- No, he says.
In America
Places!
tight
Closed
Oak doors.
twister
Woke up
Back at Angleterre.
Woke up with anxiety
On the very threshold
Soviet hotel
"Angleterre"
Mister Twister,
former minister,
Mister Twister,
Millionaire...
He took off his jacket
And hung it on a chair.
sat comfortably
And fell asleep again.
In the morning
Quietly
Came
boy
Drawer and brushes
Brought with you.
Cheerful and fun
Got busy with:
collected shoes,
Walking around the corridor
White shoes
Whitewashed with chalk
Black -
Rubbed with black ointment.
Brightly, brilliantly
Cleaned up with a cloth...
Suddenly on the platform
playing ball,
Left the room
Two Negroes -
Jenny girl
And her brother Tom.
Children
On Twister
Silently looked:
- Poor old man!
He sleeps on a chair...
Even the boot
He didn't take off
Before bedtime!-
Quietly said
Thoughtful Tom.
The guy with the brush
Answered: - Guys,
It's not the poor old man
And rich.
He flatly
Refused yesterday
With you in the neighborhood
Take the numbers.
Very proud
He is white-skinned
Here it sleeps
On a chair in the hallway!
So, guys!
The boy said
Re-taking
For cleaning boots
yellow and red,
Wide and narrow
Swedish,
Turkish,
German,
French...
Cleaned out
Smooth
At the appointed time
Multiple couples
Multicolored boots.
Just pointed
For the last
Gloss -
Sees:
off the chair
Rises
Foreigner,
Looks around
Gets a cigarette case...
All of a sudden
From the office
The doorman comes out.
There is,-
He says-
Two rooms side by side
with bathtub,
living room,
fountain
And a garden.
If you want to,
I will guide you
Only with this
Keep in mind:
room on the right
Filmed by a Chinese
The room on the left
Removed by a Malay.
Number above you
Removes the Mongolian.
The number below you
Mulatto and Creole!
Millionaire
turned around
To the doorman
flung away
Dear cigar
And screamed
In English:
- Oh "kay!
Give
From rooms
Keys
Hurry!
Taking
Under the arm
Daughter
And the monkey
Rushing
skipping
By "Angleterre"
Mister Twister,
former minister,
Mister Twister,
Millionaire.
There is
Abroad
And you will want
See the world
Tahiti Island,
Paris and Pamir
In one minute
On the ship
Prepare the cabin
Or order
Submit a plane
Or a camel
In the best hotel
warm bath
And breakfast in bed.
Mountains and bowels,
North and South,
Palms and cedars
Cook will show you.
2
Mister
former minister,
Dealer and banker
Factory owner,
newspapers, ships,
Decided at your leisure
Travel around the world.
exclaimed
His daughter Susie.
Let's visit
In Soviet Union!
I will eat
grainy caviar,
Live to catch sturgeon,
Ride on a trio
Over the Volga River
And run to the collective farm
For raspberries!
My friend, you have amazing taste!
Her father told her at dinner.
Why do you want to go to the Soviet Union?
Let's go to the Danes and Swedes.
Let's go to Naples, let's go to Baghdad!
But my daughter said: - I want to go to Leningrad!
And what the daughter requires
Must be fulfilled. Dot.
3
At that very moment
Cracking device:
Four cabins
New York - Leningrad,
with bathtub,
living room,
fountain
Just look
To not be
Malays
And other things
Colored people!
In phone
Answers:
Will be done,
Your Honor.
4
R ovno
For ten
Before departure
On board the ship.
With huge glasses
With a monkey in hand.
giant,
Twenty four
They carry suitcases.
5
The ship is sailing
On the green waves
The ship is sailing
From America to us.
He swims to the east
Dear direct.
The ocean thunders
Over high
former minister,
Banker and rich man
Factory owner,
newspapers, ships,
On the ocean
Plays ball.
Part of the steamer
Covered with mesh.
running mister
And swings a racket
At noon, tired of the game and the heat,
Twister, having run in plenty,
Drives bone balls with a cue
On the billiard field.
The waves are foaming and rushing forward
Multi-storey palace-steamboat.
In white cabins
steamboat palace
You won't find
Colored people:
Malays
And other people
Shaking in the sea
Another ship.
Malays
Wet and hot.
splashing wave,
And the stoker smokes.
6
Mister
Millionaire,
Rides a tourist
Noise is coming
Leningradsky
The city rises
Due to the right
gray waters,
Lots of columns.
Smoke factories
The sky is dark.
Hold on mister
Hand on the hat
To the pier
Down the ladder.
Here, evaluating
Petropavlovsk
To the car.
The ladies are seated.
Stacked things.
Automobile
snapped ominously
And rolled
Asphalt
In the faces of passers-by
gasoline
7
Mister
former minister,
Millionaire,
Factory owner,
newspapers, ships,
Entering the hotel
"Angleterre".
Holds in the mouth
golden cigar
And says
In English
Doorman:
Do you have numbers?
telegram
Responsible
mustachioed gatekeeper,
first staircase,
Third floor.
following you
Deliver luggage!
Here's to the doorman
Pass
chain
Monkey
And daughter.
In a mirror cage
They enter.
flared up in a cage
colored lights,
And she drove smoothly and quickly
Up the family of a retired minister.
8
M imo mirrors
According to the patterns of the carpet
Slow step
They go to the rooms
Strict doorman
in a frock coat
with galloons,
visitor
In a wide Panama
With travel glasses
With a monkey in hand.
Suddenly a foreigner
He exclaimed: - Oh my God!
God! - said
Old woman and daughter.
Up the stairs
There was a black man
Dark as the sky
On a moonless night.
Black
huge
From the room
One hundred ninety.
Calmly
And in the mirrors
Each other
Blacks
Blacks...
short
Refrain from anger.
And looks
Old woman and daughter.
Let's go from here
Get away immediately!
Where they sell
Black people
We are for a moment
stay
Can not!
Step by step
Big
Jumping
visitor
In wide Panama.
With travel glasses
With a monkey in hand...
Got in the car
Angry Yankees
Tail pinched
To your monkey.
Strict doorman
Gives them respect
Goes to the booth
And basses into the phone:
Twenty-zero-twenty
Additional three hundred.
Who am I talking to?
With the office "Tourist"?
I will inform you
Good news:
At your service
There are two numbers
With bathroom, living room,
Reception, canteen.
We are waiting for visitors.
Be healthy!
9
The rushing down the street
Light dust.
Rushing down the street
Automobile.
Next to the driver
sits reclining
On soft
Leather pillows.
Listens to the rustle of running wheels,
Tightly dressed in rubber
Watching it run
silver dog
Mark on the car.
The old woman and daughter are shaking behind.
The wind flutters their veils.
The sun is setting and night is coming.
The ladies are very tired.
Gogol street,
Third entrance.
Neg, - they answer,
The hotel places.
Pestel street,
First entrance.
No, they answer
The hotel places.
Rebellion Square,
Fifth entrance.
No, they answer
The hotel places.
To the congress.
No, unfortunately
In hotel
The tire burst.
Not enough gas...
10
Mister Twister,
former minister,
Millionaire,
Factory owner,
newspapers, ships,
Returned to the hotel
"Angleterre".
With travel glasses
With a monkey in hand.
Only they
called
Instantly lit up
Entrance to Angleterre.
Twelve
Strict doorman
Pulled back the bolt.
told them
Gatekeeper
International
getting ready
There are no free
In hotel
What should I do?
I'm very tired!
Twister
The daughter whispered.
If overnight
We won't find
May be,
Any
Answers
You're not in Chicago
My dear.
House above the Neva
I would be happy to buy...
Don't want to
Sell Leningrad!
We'll have to sleep
In some park!
Twister said
And headed for the door.
Would have taken a hit
But calmed them down
Mustachioed doorman.
He laid
In a Swiss bed
He suggested
Buffet stand.
A Twister
In the hall
exclaimed:
Tired from the road
Fell asleep on the doorstep
Soviet hotel
"Angleterre"
former minister,
Millionaire...
11
C pit
He shudders:
He sleeps
Amazing dream.
He dreams
What a tramp
Homeless
He wanders
Through the dark streets.
aircraft
There's a knock
From heaven to earth
descending
rushes
To Mr.
Presses on the fly
energetic hand,
sits down quickly
To him on the plane
slams the door
And floats to the sky.
Here in front of them
Native America
mansion house
At the green square.
old servant
Unlocks
No, he says
In America
Closed
Oak doors.
Woke up
Back at Angleterre.
Woke up with anxiety
On the very threshold
Soviet hotel
"Angleterre"
former minister,
Millionaire...
He took off his jacket
And hung it on a chair.
sat comfortably
And fell asleep again.
12
In the morning
Quietly
Drawer and brushes
Brought with you.
Cheerful and fun
Got busy with:
collected shoes,
Walking around the corridor
White shoes
Whitewashed with chalk
Rubbed with black ointment.
Brightly, brilliantly
Cleaned up with a cloth...
Suddenly on the platform
playing ball,
Left the room
Two blacks
Jenny girl
And her brother Tom.
On Twister
Silently looked:
Poor old man!
He sleeps on a chair...
Even the boot
He didn't take off
Before bedtime!
Quietly said
Thoughtful Tom.
The guy with the brush
Answered: - Guys,
It's not the poor old man
And rich.
He flatly
Refused yesterday
With you in the neighborhood
Take the numbers.
Very proud
He is white skinned
Here it sleeps
On a chair in the hallway!
So, guys!
The boy said
Re-taking
For shoe cleaning
yellow and red,
Wide and narrow
Swedish,
Turkish,
German,
French...
Cleaned out
At the appointed time
Multiple couples
Multicolored boots.
Just pointed
For the last
Foreigner,
Looks around
Gets a cigarette case...
From the office
The doorman comes out.
He says
Two rooms side by side
with bathtub,
living room,
fountain
If you want to,
I will guide you
Only with this
Keep in mind:
room on the right
Filmed by a Chinese
The room on the left
Removed by a Malay.
Number above you
Removes the Mongolian.
number below you
Mulatto and Creole!
Millionaire
turned around
To the doorman
flung away
Dear cigar
And screamed
In English:
From rooms
Hurry!
Under the arm
And the monkey
skipping
By "Angleterre"
former minister,
There is
Abroad
Office
Cook.
If a
You
will overcome
Boredom
And you will want
See the world -
Tahiti Island,
Paris and Pamir, -
Cook
For you
In one minute
On the ship
Prepare the cabin
Or order
Submit a plane
Or a camel
After you
Will send
Give you
room
In the best hotel
warm bath
And breakfast in bed.
Mountains and bowels,
North and South,
Palms and cedars
Cook will show you.
Mister
twister,
former minister,
Mister
twister,
Dealer and banker
Factory owner,
newspapers, ships,
Decided at your leisure
Travel around the world.
Fine!-
exclaimed
His daughter Susie.-
Let's visit
In Soviet Union!
I will eat
grainy caviar,
Live to catch sturgeon,
Ride on a trio
Over the Volga River
And run to the collective farm
For raspberries!
My friend, you have amazing taste!
Her father told her at dinner.
Why do you want to go to the Soviet Union?
Let's go to the Danes and Swedes.
Let's go to Naples, let's go to Baghdad!
But my daughter said: - I want to go to Leningrad!
And what the daughter requires
Must be fulfilled. Dot.
At that very moment
Cracking device:
Four cabins
New York - Leningrad,
with bathtub,
living room,
fountain
And a garden.
Just look
To not be
Near
Negroes
Malays
And other things
Rabble.
twister
Does not love
Colored people!
Cook
In phone
Answers:
- There is!
Will be done,
Your Honor.
Smooth
For ten
minutes
Before departure
twister
Appeared
On board the ship.
Near -
Old woman
With huge glasses
Near -
damsel
With a monkey in hand.
Following
Four
Go
giant,
Twenty four
They carry suitcases.
The ship is sailing
On the green waves
The ship is sailing
From America to us.
He swims to the east
Dear direct.
The ocean thunders
Over high
stern.
Mister
twister,
former minister,
Mister
twister,
Banker and rich man
Factory owner,
newspapers, ships,
On the ocean
Plays ball.
Part of the steamer
Covered with mesh.
running mister
And swings a racket.
At noon, tired of the game and the heat,
Twister, having run in plenty,
Drives bone balls with a cue
On the billiard field.
The waves are foaming and rushing forward
Multi-storey palace-steamboat.
In white cabins
steamboat palace
You won't find
Colored people:
Negroes
Malays
And other people
Shaking in the sea
Another ship.
Negro
Malays
Wet and hot.
splashing wave,
And the stoker smokes.
Mister
twister,
Millionaire,
Rides a tourist
IN USSR.
Noise is coming
Leningradsky
Port.
The city rises
Due to the right
Board.
gray waters,
Lots of columns.
Smoke factories
The sky is dark.
Hold on mister
Hand on the hat
Fast
To the pier
Runs away
Down the ladder.
Here, evaluating
Petropavlovsk
Spire,
Important
sits down
To the car.
The ladies are seated.
Stacked things.
Automobile
snapped ominously
And rolled
Asphalt
shursha,
In the faces of passers-by
gasoline
Breathing.
Mister
twister,
former minister,
Mister
twister,
Millionaire,
Factory owner,
newspapers, ships,
Entering the hotel
"Angleterre".
Holds in the mouth
golden cigar
And says
In English
Doorman:
Whether there is a
In a hotel
Do you have numbers?
To you
telegram
Sent
Yesterday.
There is,-
Responsible
Mustachioed gatekeeper, -
Number
Ninth
And number
Tenth.
first staircase,
Third floor.
following you
Deliver luggage!
Here's to the doorman
Pass
chain
twister
With my wife
Monkey
And daughter.
In a mirror cage
They enter.
flared up in a cage
colored lights,
And she drove smoothly and quickly
Up the family of a retired minister.
Past the mirrors
According to the patterns of the carpet
Slow step
They go to the rooms
Strict doorman
in a frock coat
with galloons,
Next -
visitor
In a wide Panama
Next -
Old woman
With travel glasses
Next -
damsel
With a monkey in hand.
Suddenly a foreigner
Exclaimed: - 0 God!
- God! - they said
Old woman and daughter.
Up the stairs
There was a black man
Dark as the sky
On a moonless night.
Shel
Black
huge
Growth
Above
From the room
One hundred ninety.
Black
hand
touching
railing,
He walked
Calmly
And a pipe
Kuriles.
And in the mirrors
Each other
similar,
walked
Blacks
walked
Blacks…
Everyone
hand
concerned
railing,
Everyone
short
handset
Kuriles.
twister
Could not
Refrain from anger.
Looks
Right
And looks
Left…
Let's go!-
They said
Old woman and daughter.-
Let's go from here
Get away immediately!
Where they sell
Rooms
Black people
We are for a moment
stay
Can not!
Down
Step by step
Big
Jumping
Rushing
visitor
In wide Panama.
Next -
Old woman
With travel glasses
Next -
damsel
With a monkey in hand...
Got in the car
Angry Yankees
Tail pinched
To your monkey.
Strict doorman
Gives them respect
Goes to the booth
And basses into the phone:
Twenty-zero-twenty
Additional three hundred.
Who am I talking to?
With the office "Tourist"?
I will inform you
Good news:
At your service
There are two rooms -
With bathroom, living room,
Reception, canteen.
We are waiting for visitors.
Be healthy!
Winds down the street
Light dust.
Rushing down the street
Automobile.
Next to the driver
sits reclining
twister
On soft
Leather pillows.
Listens to the rustle of running wheels,
Tightly dressed in rubber
Watching it run
Silver dog -
Mark on the car.
The old woman and daughter are shaking behind.
The wind flutters their veils.
The sun is setting and night is coming.
The ladies are very tired.
Gogol street,
Third entrance.
- No, - they answer, -
The hotel places.
Pestel street,
First entrance.
- No, - they answer, -
The hotel places.
Rebellion Square,
Fifth entrance.
- No, - they answer, -
The hotel places.
Arrived
Lot
To the people
To the congress.
No, unfortunately
In hotel
Places!
Right
rear
The tire burst.
Soon
motor
Not enough gas...
Mister Twister,
former minister,
Mister Twister,
Millionaire,
Factory owner,
newspapers, ships,
Returned to the hotel
"Angleterre".
Next -
Old woman
With travel glasses
Next -
damsel
With a monkey in hand.
Only they
called
At the door,-
Instantly lit up
Entrance to Angleterre.
struck
Above
Twelve
Hours.
Strict doorman
Pulled back the bolt.
Late!-
told them
Gatekeeper
Whiskered.-
Busy
Ninth,
And busy
Tenth.
International
getting ready
Congress.
There are no free
In hotel
Places!
What should I do?
I'm very tired!-
Mister
Twister
The daughter whispered.
If overnight
nowhere
We won't find
May be,
buy
Any
House?
Buy!-
Father
Answers
Sighing.-
You're not in Chicago
My dear.
House above the Neva
I would be happy to buy...
Don't want to
Sell Leningrad!
We'll have to sleep
In some park!
Twister said
And headed for the door.
daughter
And mother
Would have taken a hit
But calmed them down
Mustachioed doorman.
one
He laid
In a Swiss bed
Another
He suggested
Buffet stand.
A Twister
In the hall
sat down
On a chair
exclaimed:
- Oh my God!-
And also
Fell asleep...
Tired from the road
Fell asleep on the doorstep
Soviet hotel
"Angleterre"
Mister
twister,
former minister,
Mister
twister,
Millionaire…
Asleep -
And in a dream
He shudders:
He dreams
Amazing dream.
He dreams
What a tramp
Homeless
Sad
He wanders
Through the dark streets.
All of a sudden
aircraft
There is a knock -
From heaven to earth
descending
Cook.
twister
rushes
To Mr.
cook,
Presses on the fly
energetic hand,
sits down quickly
To him on the plane
Slams the door -
And floats to the sky.
Here in front of them
Native America -
mansion house
At the green square.
old servant
Unlocks
Entrance.
- No, he says.
In America
Places!
tight
Closed
Oak doors.
twister
Woke up
Back at Angleterre.
Woke up with anxiety
On the very threshold
Soviet hotel
"Angleterre"
Mister Twister,
former minister,
Mister Twister,
Millionaire…
He took off his jacket
And hung it on a chair.
sat comfortably
And fell asleep again.
In the morning
Quietly
Came
boy
Drawer and brushes
Brought with you.
Cheerful and fun
Got busy with:
collected shoes,
Walking around the corridor
White shoes
Whitewashed with chalk
Black -
Rubbed with black ointment.
Brightly, brilliantly
Cleaned up with a cloth...
Suddenly on the platform
playing ball,
Left the room
Two Negroes -
Jenny girl
And her brother Tom.
Children
On Twister
Silently looked:
- Poor old man!
He sleeps on a chair...
Even the boot
He didn't take off
Before bedtime!-
Quietly said
Thoughtful Tom.
The guy with the brush
Answered: - Guys,
It's not the poor old man
And rich.
He flatly
Refused yesterday
With you in the neighborhood
Take the numbers.
Very proud
He is white-skinned
Here it sleeps
On a chair in the hallway!
So, guys!
The boy said
Re-taking
For cleaning boots
yellow and red,
Wide and narrow
Swedish,
Turkish,
German,
French…
Cleaned out
Smooth
At the appointed time
Multiple couples
Multicolored boots.
Just pointed
For the last
Gloss -
Sees:
off the chair
Rises
Foreigner,
Looks around
Takes out a cigarette case...
All of a sudden
From the office
The doorman comes out.
There is,-
He says-
Two rooms side by side
with bathtub,
living room,
fountain
And a garden.
If you want to,
I will guide you
Only with this
Keep in mind:
room on the right
Filmed by a Chinese
The room on the left
Removed by a Malay.
Number above you
Removes the Mongolian.
The number below you
Mulatto and Creole!
Millionaire
turned around
To the doorman
flung away
Dear cigar
And screamed
In English:
- OK!
Give
From rooms
Keys
Hurry!
Taking
Under the arm
Daughter
And the monkey
Rushing
skipping
By "Angleterre"
Mister Twister,
former minister,
Mister Twister,
Millionaire.
Mister
twister,
former minister,
Mister Twister,
Dealer and banker
Factory owner,
Newspapers, ships.
Decided at your leisure
Travel around the world.
In America and in many other countries, where there are millionaires and beggars, where a person is valued not on merit, but on the amount of money that he has, where people with yellow or black skin are not considered people, Mr. Twister is used to to flattery and obsequiousness, to the fact that any of his desires and whims is the law.
And once in the Soviet Union, a beautiful city Leningrad, at first he could not understand in any way that everything is different with us, as in the world of money, what for Soviet people skin color, important ranks, or the number of suitcases stuffed to the brim with foreign stickers are of no importance ...
While Mr. Twister is trying to get out of this unpleasant situation in which he got through his own fault, we will talk about the person who came up with this clever funny story.
You probably already remembered his name yourself. Well of course it's wonderful Soviet poet, playwright and translator, who loved children very much and created magnificent works for them, - Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (1887-1964).
He was a man of a big and kind heart, and his talent was just as great and kind. Marshak became a poet very early.
Already at the age of thirteen he was composing good poetry. great writer Maxim Gorky helped him, as they used to say, "to break out into the people." Samuil Yakovlevich worked in children's magazines and newspapers, gained a lot of experience, visited England and Scotland. And from the end of the 20s, S. Ya Marshak became not just one of outstanding poets Soviet country. He headed the largest children's publishing house, through "his hands" passed many children's writers, now recognized as classics - Zhitkov, Ilyin, Mikhalkov ...
The satirical pamphlet "Mr. Twister" is read by Nikolai Vladimirovich Litvinov, an artist who captivates listeners with his kind, intelligent, bewitching voice. Today's adults probably remember A. Tolstoy's "The Adventures of Pinocchio" or Gaidar's "Blue Cup", read and played on the radio by then young Litvinov. The most important thing in his talent is the ability, while remaining invisible to us, to create lively, interesting, sometimes surprisingly funny, sometimes a little scary or very touching images. A thousand-year-old "genie from a bottle" Old Man Hottabych, a cheerful wooden Pinocchio, a narrator in Gaidar's or Zhitkov's novels and stories ... Litvinov not only speaks "in different voices". He knows how to do much more: to become one, then another, then the third, - and all these people are different for him, each has his own character, habits, manner of speaking, laughing, upset or indignant.
And today, listening to Litvinov talk about the adventures of Mr. Twister in the Land of the Soviets, you seem to see the snobby rich man, and his capricious daughter Suzy, and the mocking doorman in the hotel - and many other heroes of the cheerful, witty and sonorous story in verse by Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak.