Vladimir Suteev. Mouse and Pencil I translated this little tale by myself. This is the fifth story from the storybook that I'm going to translate as a practice. Any corrections are very welcome :) There once lived the Pencil on Vova's table. On one occasion, when Vova was sleeping, the little Mouse climbed on a table. He saw the Pencil, grabbed it and started to drag it in his mouse hole. - Let me, please! - pleaded the Pencil. - What do you need me for? I'm wooden, you can't eat me. - I will crunch you! - said the Mouse. - My teeth are itched and I need to crunch something all the time. Like that! - and the Mouse badly bit the Pencil. - Ouch!.. - said the Pencil. - Then let me draw something in last time and after that you can do whatever you want. - All right, - the Mouse accepted it, - draw! But then I will crunch you into small pieces anyway. The Pencil sighed heavily and drew a circle. - Is that a cheese? - asked the Mouse. - Maybe that is, - said the Pencil and drew another three small circles. - Of course, that's a cheese and these are the holes in it. - guessed the Mouse. - Maybe, these are, - agreed the Pencil and drew another big one circle. - This is an apple! - exclaimed the Mouse. - Maybe, this is, - said the Pencil and drew several oblong circles like that. - I know, these are sausages! - cried out the Mouse licking his lips. - Come on, end it quickly, my teeth are itched awfully. - Wait a minute, - said the Pencil. When he started to draw these triangles, the Mouse cried: - This is look like a ca... Stop drawing! But the pencil already drew the large whiskers... - This is pretty real cat! - squeaked the scared Mouse. - Help! - and he went running to his hole. Since that time the Mouse hasn't budged from there. And the Pencil lives with Vova even now, he just become so very little. And you can try to draw a cat like that with your pencil to scare the mice.