“Trishka’s Caftan”, Fable by Ivan. A. Krylov

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Russian Literature – Children Books – Russian Poetry – Ivan. A. Krylov – Contents

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Trishka’s Caftan

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TRISHKA’S caftan was out at elbows. Why should he ponder long over it? He took to his needle, cut a quarter off each sleeve ; so mended the elbows. The caftan was all right again, only his arms were bare for a quarter of their length. That is no great matter; but every one is always laughing at Trishka. So Trishka says,

” As I ‘m no fool, I’ll set this affair straight also. I’II make the sleeves longer than they were before. Oh ! Trishka is no common-place fellow.”

So he cut off the skirts of his caftan, and used them to lengthen his sleeves. Then Trishka was happy, though he had a caftan which was as short as a waistcoat. In a similar way have I sometimes seen other embarrassed people set their affairs straight. Take a look at them as they dash away. They have all got on Trishka’s caftan.

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Russian Literature – Children Books – Russian Poetry – Ivan. A. Krylov – Contents

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