o begemote

[Svetlana Grenier]

 Can anyone remind me the exact text and the author of the joky verses
>        Nelegkaja rabota
>        iz bolota
>            vytashchit' begemota.
> S. Marshak? K. Chukovskij?
>        Thank you.
>            Giampaolo Gandolfo
> 
> 
These verses are the ending of Kornei Chukovsky's poem "Telefon"; the last episode of it goes like this (quoting form memory, so this may have minor mistakes):
"Ia tri nochi ne spal, ia ustal
Mne by zasnut', otdokhnut'...
No tol'ko ia leg--
Zvonok:
--Pomogite! Beda! Beda!
Begite skoree siuda!
--V chem delo?
--Spasite!
--Kogo?
--Begemota!
Nash begemot provalilsia v boloto!
--Provalilsia v boloto?!
--Nu da.  I ni tuda, ni siuda!
Akh, esli vy ne pridete,
On utonet, utonet v bolote!
Umret, propadet begemot!
--Ladno, ladno!  Begu, begu!
Esli smogu, pomogu"
Okh, nelegkaia eto rabota--
Iz bolota tashchit' begemota!

Best, 
Svetlana Grenier



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