One day with the request himself to bear monkey:
"Dearest godfather! Do not refuse you bear!
By sheer truth if I could say:
Gorazd I dance? "
"Very well, we'll see!" - And she said, the village
And the importance of wearing glasses.
Bear the same - Kazachka! "Well, godmother, what
I dance? Eh? "-" I will say without further ado,
I do not like to lose a word!
You plyashesh very plohovato. "
"Really - dancer growled out - Or Not!
Likely, you're kidding, my light!
I dance, it seems pretty clever, swimming ...
Surely I
And indeed you do not like? "
Had near them a pig.
"Well, Mr. Bear, great! -
Zahryukaet it -
I impartially
Should say,
What's the best dancer
I had never seen before.
And I've not seen! "
Frowning, the bear growled out: "When
I marmoset condemns
I doubt I would become.
Now confident that I danced badly!
Kuma I tell the truth,
What I really dancer: pig praise me! "
Thomas De Iriate (trans. K.Masalskogo)
Self-Portrait
American artist Beard, William Holbrook (13.04.1825 - 20.02.1900), was born in Painesville, Ohio. William Holbrook began his career as a portrait painter. He studied painting in Italy, Germany and Switzerland. Famous for their ingenuity and originality, was known for his humorous, sometimes satirical works. His works are in many private collections and museums around the world.
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