CONTENTS ZhitkovMug under the Christmas tree 5 Brave duckling 9 D. Mamin-Sibiryak Parable about Milk, oatmeal Porridge and gray cat Murka 12 L. Voronkova, Masha the Confused 19 How Masha Got Scared in the Garden 27 Troubled Chicken 34 Tannin's Pie 35 V. BerestovHow to find a path 38The braggart snake 40Honest caterpillar 43The stork and the nightingale 47 N. PritulinaHow a wolf and a hare exchanged boots 48New Year's tale 53The grove caught fire 58How Misha taught the fox a lesson 62Forest garden 66How a hedgehog sewed boots for a caterpillar 70 V. OseevaChatterboxes 73 What day? 75Good housewife 76Magic word 78 L. PanteleevFenka 83 G. TsyferovAbout the chicken and the sun (From the series “About the chicken, the sun and the bear”) 98 Source: