Here's a soft feather bed under your back. Marshak

Once upon a time there was a girl. What was her name?
Who called
He knew.
You don’t know.

How old was she?
How many winters
So many years -
Forty not yet.
And only four years.

And she had ... Who did she have?
Gray,
Whiskered,
All striped.
Who is that? Kitty.

The girl began to lay the kitten to sleep.

Here's under your back
Soft feather bed.

Top on the feather bed
A clean sheet.

Here under your ears
White pillows.

Down blanket
And a handkerchief at the top.

I put the kitten down and went to supper.

Comes back - what is it?

The ponytail is on the pillow
There are ears on the sheet.

Is that how they sleep? She turned the kitten over, laid it down as it should:

Under the back -
Perinka.

On the perinka -
Bed sheet.

Under the ears -
Pillows.

And she herself went to supper. Comes again - what is it?

No feather beds,
No sheets
No pillow
Not to be seen
And the mustache,
Striped
Got over
Under the bed.

Is that how they sleep? What a silly kitten!

The girl wanted to redeem the kitten.

Brought
A piece
Soaps,
And a loofah
I got it,
And water
From the boiler
In the tea room
A cup
I brought it.

The kitten did not want to wash -
He knocked over the trough
And in the corner behind the chest
Washes the foot with his tongue.

What a silly kitten!

The girl began to teach the kitten to speak:

Kitty, tell me: ball.
And he says: meow!

Say: lo-shad.
And he says: meow!

Say: e-lek-three-ch-tst.
And he says: meow meow!

All "meow" and "meow"! What a silly kitten!

The girl began to feed the kitten.

Brought oatmeal -
He turned away from the cup.

Brought him radishes -
He turned away from the bowl.

I brought a piece of bacon.
The kitten says: - Not enough!

What a silly kitten!

There were no mice in the house, but a lot of pencils. They lay on the table by
dads and hit the kitten in the paws. As he jumped, he caught the pencil,
like a mouse

And let's roll it -
From under the chair under the bed
From table to stool,
From dresser to sideboard.
Will push - and a scratch!
And then he drove it under the cabinet.

Waiting on the rug by the closet
I hid, breathing a little ...
Short cat paw -
Don't get a pencil!

What a silly kitten!
The girl wrapped the kitten in a scarf and went with him to the garden.
People ask: - Who is this with you?
And the girl says: - This is my daughter.
People ask: - Why does your daughter have gray cheeks?
And the girl says: - She hasn't bathed for a long time.
People ask: - Why does she have furry paws, and a mustache like dad?
The girl says: - She hasn't shaved for a long time.
And as the kitten jumps out, as it runs, everyone saw that it was a kitten -
Mustachioed - Striped.
What a silly kitten!

And then,
And then
He became a smart cat,

And the girl also grew up, became even smarter and studies a hundred in the first grade
first school.

Marshak's touching poem "Mustache-striped" about a girl who played with her kitten like a little son will surely please your little one. After all, probably, each of us once played "mothers and daughters". And when, instead of an inanimate doll, such a striped mustache is played - the game becomes much more interesting and lively! 🙂

And even though the mustachioed striped sometimes seemed like a stupid kitten, in the end, he still grew into an intelligent cat.

Samuel Marshak

Mustachioed - Striped

Once upon a time there was a girl. What was her name?
Who called
He knew.
You don’t know.

How old was she?
How many winters
So many years -
Forty not yet.
And only four years.

And she had ... Who did she have?
Gray,
Whiskered,
All striped.
Who is that? Kitty.

The girl began to lay the kitten to sleep.

- Here's under your back
Soft feather bed.

Top on the feather bed
A clean sheet.

Here under your ears
White pillows.

Down blanket
And a handkerchief at the top.

Comes back - what is it?

The ponytail is on the pillow
There are ears on the sheet.

Is that how they sleep? She turned the kitten over, laid it down as it should:

Under the back -
Perinka.

On the perinka -
Bed sheet.

Under the ears -
Pillows.

And she herself went to supper. Comes again - what is it?

No feather beds,
No sheets
No pillow
Not to be seen
And the mustache,
Striped
Got over
Under the bed.

Is that how they sleep? What a silly kitten!

The girl wanted to redeem the kitten.

Brought
A piece
Soaps,
And a loofah
I got it,
And water
From the boiler
In the tea room
A cup
I brought it.

The kitten did not want to wash -
He knocked over the trough
And in the corner behind the chest
Washes the foot with his tongue.

What a silly kitten!

The girl began to teach the kitten to speak:

- Kitty, tell me: ball.
And he says: meow!

- Say: lo-shad.
And he says: meow!

- Say: e-lek-three-ch-tst.
And he says: meow meow!

All "meow" and "meow"! What a silly kitten!

The girl began to feed the kitten.

Brought oatmeal -
He turned away from the cup.

Brought him radishes -
He turned away from the bowl.

I brought a piece of bacon.
The kitten says: - Not enough!

What a silly kitten!

There were no mice in the house, but a lot of pencils. They lay on Dad's table and fell into the paws of the kitten. As he jumped, he caught the pencil like a mouse,

And let's roll it -
From under the chair under the bed
From table to stool,
From dresser to sideboard.
Will push - and a scratch!
And then he drove it under the cabinet.

Waiting on the rug by the closet
I hid, breathing a little ...
Short cat paw -
Don't get a pencil!

What a silly kitten!
The girl wrapped the kitten in a scarf and went with him to the garden.
People ask: - Who is this with you?
And the girl says: - This is my daughter.
People ask: - Why does your daughter have gray cheeks?
And the girl says: - She hasn't bathed for a long time.
People ask: - Why does she have furry paws, and a mustache like dad?
The girl says: - She hasn't shaved for a long time.
And as the kitten jumps out, as it runs, everyone saw that it was a kitten -
Mustachioed - Striped.
What a silly kitten!

And then,
And then
He became a smart cat,

And the girl also grew up, became even smarter and is in the first grade of the 101st school.

Once upon a time there was a girl. What was her name?
Who called
He knew.
You don’t know.

How old was she?
How many winters
So many years -
Forty not yet.
And only four years.

And she had ... Who did she have?
Gray,
Whiskered,
All striped.
Who is that? Kitty.

The girl began to lay the kitten to sleep.

- Here's under your back
Soft feather bed.

Top on the feather bed
A clean sheet.

Here under your ears
White pillows.

Down blanket
And a handkerchief at the top.

I put the kitten down and went to supper.

Comes back - what is it?

The ponytail is on the pillow
There are ears on the sheet.

Is that how they sleep? She turned the kitten over, laid it down as it should:

Under the back -
Perinka.

On the perinka -
Bed sheet.

Under the ears -
Pillows.

And she herself went to supper. Comes again - what is it?

No feather beds,
No sheets
No pillow
Not to be seen
And the mustache,
Striped
Got over
Under the bed.

Is that how they sleep? What a silly kitten!

The girl wanted to redeem the kitten.

Brought
A piece
Soaps,
And a loofah
I got it,
And water
From the boiler
In the tea room
A cup
I brought it.

The kitten did not want to wash -
He knocked over the trough
And in the corner behind the chest
Washes the foot with his tongue.

What a silly kitten!

The girl began to teach the kitten to speak:

- Kitty, tell me: ball.
And he says: meow!

- Say: lo-shad.
And he says: meow!

- Say: e-lek-three-ch-tst.
And he says: meow meow!

All "meow" and "meow"! What a silly kitten!

The girl began to feed the kitten.

Brought oatmeal -
He turned away from the cup.

Brought him radishes -
He turned away from the bowl.

I brought a piece of bacon.
The kitten says: - Not enough!

What a silly kitten!

There were no mice in the house, but a lot of pencils. They lay on the table by
dads and hit the kitten in the paws. As he jumped, he caught the pencil,
like a mouse

And let's roll it -
From under the chair under the bed
From table to stool,
From dresser to sideboard.
Will push - and a scratch!
And then he drove it under the cabinet.

Waiting on the rug by the closet
I hid, breathing a little ...
Short cat paw -
Don't get a pencil!

What a silly kitten!
The girl wrapped the kitten in a scarf and went with him to the garden.
People ask: - Who is this with you?
And the girl says: - This is my daughter.
People ask: - Why does your daughter have gray cheeks?
And the girl says: - She hasn't bathed for a long time.
People ask: - Why does she have furry paws, and a mustache like dad?
The girl says: - She hasn't shaved for a long time.
And as the kitten jumps out, as it runs, everyone saw that it was a kitten -
Mustachioed - Striped.
What a silly kitten!

And then,
And then
He became a smart cat,

And the girl also grew up, became even smarter and studies a hundred in the first grade
first school.

Analysis of the poem "Mustache-striped" Marshak

"Mustachioed striped" by Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak first appeared on the pages of the magazine "Hedgehog".

An early version of the verse was published in 1929. The version with the textbook title came out a year later. The final version was formed by the mid-1950s, with drawings by V. Lebedev. The writer's son, Yakov (home name - Lyalik) was not even two years old when he first heard the story of a kitten and its businesslike mistress. My father put his books aside and began to improvise (first in prose). Critics took the book with hostility, scolded for the old-fashioned theme and its solutions. In terms of genre - a poetic story, rhythmized prose (it is more easily perceived by a child) alternates with verses (choreic), rhyme is adjacent. The story begins as the beginning of a fairy tale, and also as a teaser. The name of the heroine remains unknown, but the age, although reluctantly, the narrator still reports: four years. Further - the signs of the girl's pet: gray, mustache. The one who needs to be put to bed, bathed, taught to speak and walk. In fact, she plays with him like a doll. Followed by a series of folklore enumerative gradations about a feather bed, a blanket and a handkerchief. Diminutive suffixes enhance the likeness of a lullaby. There are a minimum of adjectives and they are simple (soft, white), and even fewer epithets (stupid). The heroine "went to supper", and the kitten, of course, robbed in the crib. The poet repeats emphasizes that the girl, throwing the spoon, ran several times to see her pupil sleeping. Indignant questions (“is it how they sleep?”) And exclamations about the stupidity of the kitten are designed to make the listener smile. The child understands the game of both the girl and the narrator. It was also not possible to rub the kitten's sides with a washcloth, to increase the vocabulary - even more so (it did not go further than natural meowing), and feeding your own porridge was not an easy task. But the heroine does not lose heart, she carries the mischievous person into the garden. Adults play along, ask questions. Of course, this is her daughter. I just haven't shaved for a long time. And if the kitten had not escaped, no one would have understood anything, of course. Over time, he, of course, grew wiser, and the girl almost grew up in general - she went to first grade. One hundred and first school. So the story actually happened, just yesterday, you can find a girl in that school, ask. The poems describe a city, a house, there are household details (bed, cauldron, chest, bowl). A game in the kitten's own taste is also described - to drive pencils "under the cupboard". There are no adults in the poems, as if the "smart girl" lives alone and is engaged in the development (physical and mental) of the cat. S. Marshak deliberately presents the story in this way, knowing child psychology. In essence, the story is in the spirit of realism. The animal does not speak, no magical creatures or adventures, but the poet competently opens the door to the children's world, living with rules and emotions that adults usually have already forgotten. Sound rhymes, clarity of composition allow children to memorize these verses with ease. Comparison: like a mouse. A number of prefixed verbs, onomatopoeia (tsap-scratch), verb, dialogic.

The first enthusiastic listener to S. Marshak's "Mustache-Striped" was his little son.


Kids in a cage

Tiger cub
Hey, don't get too close -
I'm a tiger cub, not a pussy!

Elephant
They gave a shoe to an elephant.
He took one shoe
And he said: - We need it wider,
And not two, but all four!

Giraffe
Picking flowers is easy and simple
Small children
But to the one who is so tall
It is not easy to pick a flower!

Camel
Poor little camel:
The child is not allowed to eat.
He ate in the morning today
Only two such buckets!

Baby ostrich
I am a young ostrich
Arrogant and proud.
When I'm angry, I kick
Callous and hard.

When I get scared I run
Stretching your neck.
But I cannot fly,
And I can't sing.

Zebras
Striped horses
African horses,
It's good for you to play hide and seek
In the meadow among the grass!

The horses are lined
Like school notebooks
The horses are painted
From hooves to head.

White bears
We have a spacious reservoir.
My brother and I are swimming together.
The water is cool and fresh.
The watchmen change it.
We swim from wall to wall
Now on the side, then on the back.
Stay right dear
Don't kick me!

Owlets
Look at the little owls
The little ones are sitting side by side.
When they are awake
They are eating.
When they eat
They don't sleep.

Penguin
Am I good, kids?
It looks like a big bag.
On the seas in the old days
I overtook the steamers.
And now I'm here in the garden
I swim quietly in the pond.

Lebedenok
Why does water flow
From this baby?
He recently came from the pond,
Give me a towel!

Eskimo dog
There is a note on the twig:
"Don't get close!"
Do not believe the note -
I am the kindest beast.
Why am I sitting in a cage
I don't know myself, kids.

Where did you dine, sparrow?

- Where did you dine, sparrow?
- At the zoo with animals.

I had lunch first
Behind the bars of the lion.

I refreshed myself from the fox.
I drank some water from the walrus.

I ate a carrot from an elephant.
I ate millet with a crane.

I stayed with a rhinoceros,
I ate some bran.

I attended a feast
In tailed kangaroos.

Was at a festive dinner
A furry bear.

A toothed crocodile
Almost swallowed me.

The tale of the stupid mouse

A mouse in a mink sang at night:
- Sleep, little mouse, shut up.
I will give you a bread crust
And a candle stub.
The mouse answers her:
- Your voice is too thin.
Better mom, not food,
Look for my nanny!
A mouse ran - mother,
She began to call the duck as a nanny:
- Come to us aunt duck,
Shake our baby.
The duck began to sing to the mouse:
- Ha-ha-ha, sleep, baby!
After the rain in the garden
I'll find you a worm.
Stupid little mouse
She answers her sleepily:
- No, your voice is not good.
You sing too loud!
The mother mouse ran,
She began to call the toad as a nanny:
- Come to us, aunt toad,
Shake our baby.
The toad has become important to croak:
- Kva-kva-kva, don't cry!
Sleep, little mouse, until the morning
I'll give you a mosquito.
Stupid little mouse
She answers her sleepily:
- No, your voice is not good.
You sing very boringly!
The mother mouse ran
Call the aunt horse as a nanny:
- Come to us, aunt horse,
Shake our baby.
- Hoo! - the horse sings.
- Sleep, little mouse, sweet and sweet,
Turn on your right side
I'll give you a bag of oats!
Stupid little mouse
She answers her sleepily:
- No, your voice is not good.
You sing very scary!
The mother mouse ran
Call Aunt Pig as a nanny:
- Come to us, aunt pig,
Shake our baby.
The pig began to grunt hoarsely,
Naughty lulling:
- Sleep, my gray, oink-oink,
I'll give you a carrot!
Stupid little mouse
She answers her sleepily:
- No, your voice is not good.
You sing very roughly!
The mouse-mother began to think:
We must call the chicken.
- Come to us, aunt kluche,
Shake our baby.
The mother hen cackled:
- Where-where! Don't be afraid, baby.
Get under the wing -
It's quiet and warm there.
Stupid little mouse
She answers her sleepily:
- No, your voice is not good.
You won't fall asleep that way!
The mother mouse ran,
She began to call the pike as a nanny:
- Come to us, aunt pike,
Shake our baby.
The pike began to sing to the mouse
He did not hear a sound:
Shook open your mouth
And you can't hear what he sings ...
Stupid little mouse
She answers her sleepily:
- No, your voice is not good.
You sing too softly!
The mother mouse ran,
She began to call the cat as a nanny:
- Come to us, aunt cat,
Shake our baby.
The cat began to sing to the mouse:
- Meow meow, sleep, my baby!
Meow meow, let's go to bed
Meow meow, on the bed.
Stupid little mouse
She answers her sleepily:
- Your voice is so good.
You sing very sweetly.
The mother mouse came running
I looked at the bed
Looking for a stupid mouse
And you can't see the mouse ...

The striped mustache is a work of S. Ya.Marshak, familiar and beloved by thousands of children and adults. It tells about how the girl took care of her kitten. How did she do it, did the kitten understand her, and how many mistakes did the young mistress make in her upbringing? Find out with your child when you read a poetic tale about how not to patronize your pets. She will tell you why you should respect the right of anyone, even the smallest creature, to be yourself and accept friends as they are.

Once upon a time there was a girl. What was her name?
Who called
He knew.
You don’t know.

How old was she?
How many winters
So many years -
Forty not yet.
And only four years.

And she had ... Who did she have?
Gray,
Whiskered,
All striped.
Who is that? Kitty.

The girl began to lay the kitten to sleep.

- Here's under your back
Soft feather bed.

Top on the feather bed
A clean sheet.

Here under your ears
White pillows.

Down blanket
And a handkerchief at the top.

I put the kitten down and went to supper.

Comes back - what is it?

The ponytail is on the pillow
There are ears on the sheet.

Is that how they sleep? She turned the kitten over, laid it down as it should:

Under the back -
Perinka.

On the perinka -
Bed sheet.

Under the ears -
Pillows.

And she herself went to supper. Comes again - what is it?

No feather beds,
No sheets
No pillow
Not to be seen
And the mustache,
Striped
Got over
Under the bed.

Is that how they sleep? What a silly kitten!

The girl wanted to redeem the kitten.

Brought
A piece
Soaps,
And a loofah
I got it,
And water
From the boiler
In the tea room
A cup
I brought it.

The kitten did not want to wash -
He knocked over the trough
And in the corner behind the chest
Washes the foot with his tongue.

What a silly kitten!

The girl began to teach the kitten to speak:

- Kitty, tell me: ball.
And he says: meow!

- Say: lo-shad.
And he says: meow!

- Say: e-lek-three-ch-tst.
And he says: meow meow!

All "meow" and "meow"! What a silly kitten!

The girl began to feed the kitten.

Brought oatmeal -
He turned away from the cup.

Brought him radishes -
He turned away from the bowl.

I brought a piece of bacon.
The kitten says: - Not enough!

What a silly kitten!

There were no mice in the house, but a lot of pencils. They lay on the table by
dads and hit the kitten in the paws.

As he jumped, he caught the pencil,
like a mouse

And let's roll it -
From under the chair under the bed
From table to stool,
From dresser to sideboard.
Will push - and a scratch!
And then he drove it under the cabinet.

Waiting on the rug by the closet
I hid, breathing a little ...
Short cat paw -
Don't get a pencil!

What a silly kitten!
The girl wrapped the kitten in a scarf and went with him to the garden.


People ask: - Who is this with you?
And the girl says: - This is my daughter.
People ask: - Why does your daughter have gray cheeks?
And the girl says: - She hasn't bathed for a long time.
People ask: - Why does she have furry paws, and a mustache like dad?
The girl says: - She hasn't shaved for a long time.
And as the kitten jumps out, as it runs, everyone saw that it was a kitten -
Mustachioed - Striped.
What a silly kitten!

And then,
And then
He became a smart cat,

And the girl also grew up, became even smarter and studies a hundred in the first grade
first school.

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