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I was scraped in the bin,
Ground in the mill,
Shaken in the tin,
Baked on the grill,
Cooled on the sill.
From old grandpa I fled,
From old grandma I fled,
And now I’ll flee from you!
Then he rolls away so fast that he cannot be caught.
Kolobok rolls farther and farther. Along the way he
meets other animals, Wolf and Bear. Each wants to eat this
tasty bun. But Kolobok does not want to be eaten. So he
begs to sing each one his funny song. Then he flees. With
each narrow escape, he adds a new line to his song.
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and Wolf both fail to trap Kolobok, the singing runaway
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Finally Kolobok meets the crafty Fox. The bun sings
his little song:
I was scraped in the bin,
Ground in the mill,
Shaken in the tin,
Baked on the grill, Cooled on the sill.
From old grandpa I fled,
From old grandma I fled,
From cross-eyed Hare I fled,
From big gray Wolf I fled,
From bandy Bear I fled,
And soon I’ll flee from you!
But Fox outwits Kolobok. “What a delightful little
song!” she says, before Kolobok can flee. “What a pity it
is . . . the only trouble is . . . oh dear! I’m rather old.
I just don’t hear too well. Come, sit down on my nose and
sing it again.”
I think that you can guess what happens to Kolobok.
He is caught and eaten, of course!
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