Extra-curricular event on Cosmonautics Day for schoolchildren....
1
Good Doctor Aibolit!
He sits under a tree.
Come to him for treatment.
Both the cow and the wolf
And a bug, and a worm,
And a bear!
Heal everyone, heal
Good Doctor Aibolit!
2
And the fox came to Aibolit:
"Oh, I got stung by a wasp!"
And the watchdog came to Aibolit:
“A chicken pecked on my nose!”
And the hare came running
And she screamed: “Ai, ai!
My bunny got hit by a tram!
My bunny, my boy
Got hit by a tram!
He ran down the path
And his legs were cut
And now he's sick and lame
My little hare!”
And Aibolit said: “It doesn’t matter!
Give it here!
I'll sew him new legs,
He'll run down the path again."
And they brought him a bunny,
Such a sick, lame,
And the doctor sewed on his legs.
And the hare jumps again.
And with him the hare-mother
She also went to dance.
And she laughs and screams:
“Well, thank you, Aibolit!”
3
Suddenly from somewhere a jackal
Rode on a mare:
"Here's a telegram for you
From Hippo!"
"Come, doctor,
Go to Africa soon
And save me doctor
Our babies!"
"What's happened? Really
Are your kids sick?
"Yes Yes Yes! They have angina
scarlet fever, cholera,
diphtheria, appendicitis,
Malaria and bronchitis!
Come soon
Good Doctor Aibolit!
"Okay, okay, I'll run,
I will help your children.
But where do you live?
On a mountain or in a swamp?
"We live in Zanzibar,
In the Kalahari and the Sahara
On Mount Fernando Po,
Where hippo walks
Along the wide Limpopo.
4
And Aibolit got up, Aibolit ran.
He runs through the fields, through the forests, through the meadows.
And only one word repeats Aibolit:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"
And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:
"Hey, Aibolit, come back!"
And Aibolit fell and lies on the snow:
"I can't go any further."
And now to him because of the Christmas tree
Furry wolves run out:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We will take you alive!”
And Aibolit galloped forward
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"
5
But here is the sea in front of them -
Raging, noisy in space.
And a high wave goes to the sea,
Now she will swallow Aibolit.
"Oh" if I drown
If I go to the bottom.
With my forest animals?
But here comes the whale:
"Sit on me, Aibolit,
And like a big ship
I'll take you forward!"
And sat on the whale Aibolit
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"
6
And the mountains stand in his way
And he starts to crawl over the mountains,
And the mountains are getting higher, and the mountains are getting steeper,
And the mountains go under the very clouds!
"Oh, if I don't get there,
If I get lost along the way
What will become of them, the sick,
With my forest animals?
And now from a high cliff
Eagles flew to Aibolit:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We will take you alive!”
And sat on the eagle Aibolit
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"
7
And in Africa
And in Africa
On black
Limpopo,
Sitting and crying
In Africa
Sad Hippo.
He's in Africa, he's in Africa
Sitting under a palm tree
And on the sea from Africa
Looks without rest:
Doesn't he ride in a boat
Dr. Aibolit?
And roam along the road
Elephants and Rhinos
And they say angrily:
“Well, there is no Aibolit?”
And next to the hippos
Grabbed their tummies:
They, the hippos,
Belly hurts.
And then the ostriches
They squeal like piglets.
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Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry
Poor ostriches!
And measles, and they have diphtheria,
And smallpox, and bronchitis they have,
And their head hurts
And my throat hurts.
They lie and rave:
“Well, why doesn’t he go,
Well, why doesn't he go?
Dr. Aibolit?"
And crouched next to
toothy shark,
toothy shark
Lies in the sun.
Oh, her little ones
The poor sharks
It's been twelve days
Teeth hurt!
And a dislocated shoulder
At the poor grasshopper;
He does not jump, he does not jump,
And he weeps bitterly
And the doctor calls:
“Oh, where is the good doctor?
When will he come?"
8
But look, some bird
Getting closer and closer through the air rushes.
On the bird, look, Aibolit is sitting
And he waves his hat and shouts loudly:
"Long live dear Africa!"
And all the children are happy and happy:
“I have arrived, I have arrived! Hooray! Hooray!"
And the bird circling above them,
And the bird sits on the ground.
And Aibolit runs to the hippos,
And slaps them on the tummies
And all in order
Gives you chocolate
And puts and puts them thermometers!
And to the striped
He runs to the tiger cubs,
And to the poor hunchbacks
sick camels,
And every gogol
Every mogul,
Gogol-mogul,
Gogol-mogul,
He will treat you with mogul-mogul.
Ten nights Aibolit
Doesn't eat, doesn't drink, doesn't sleep
ten nights in a row
He heals the unfortunate animals
And puts and puts them thermometers.
9
So he cured them
Limpopo! Here he cured the sick,
Limpopo! And they went to laugh
Limpopo! And dance and play
Limpopo!
And Shark Karakula
Right eye winked
And laughs, and laughs,
Like someone is tickling her.
And little hippos
Grabbed by the tummies
And laugh, pour -
So the oaks are shaking.
Here's Hippo, here's Popo,
Hippo Popo, Hippo Popo!
Here comes the Hippo.
It comes from Zanzibar
He goes to Kilimanjaro -
And he screams, and he sings:
“Glory, glory to Aibolit!
Glory to the good doctors!
Come to him for treatment.
Both the cow and the wolf
And a bug, and a worm,
And a bear!
Heal everyone, heal
Good Doctor Aibolit!
part 2
And the fox came to Aibolit:
"Oh, I got stung by a wasp!" 
And the watchdog came to Aibolit:
“A chicken pecked on my nose!”
And the hare came running
And she screamed: “Ai, ai!
My bunny got hit by a tram!
My bunny, my boy
Got hit by a tram! 
He ran down the path
And his legs were cut
And now he's sick and lame
My little hare!”
And Aibolit said: “It doesn’t matter!
Give it here!
I'll sew him new legs,
He'll run down the path again."
And they brought him a bunny,
Such a sick, lame,
And the doctor sewed on his legs.
And the hare jumps again.
And with him the hare-mother
She also went to dance.
And she laughs and screams:
“Well, thank you, Aibolit!” 
part 3
Suddenly from somewhere a jackal
Rode on a mare:
"Here's a telegram for you
From Hippo!" 
"Come, doctor,
Go to Africa soon
And save me doctor
Our babies!" 
"What's happened? Really
Are your kids sick?
"Yes Yes Yes! They have angina
scarlet fever, cholera,
diphtheria, appendicitis,
Malaria and bronchitis!
Come soon
Good Doctor Aibolit!
"Okay, okay, I'll run,
I will help your children.
But where do you live?
On a mountain or in a swamp? 
"We live in Zanzibar,
In the Kalahari and the Sahara
On Mount Fernando Po,
Where hippo walks
Along the wide Limpopo.
part 4
And Aibolit got up, Aibolit ran.
He runs through the fields, through the forests, through the meadows.
And only one word repeats Aibolit:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!" 
And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:
"Hey, Aibolit, come back!"
And Aibolit fell and lies on the snow:
"I can't go any further."
And now to him because of the Christmas tree
Furry wolves run out:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We will take you alive!” 
And Aibolit galloped forward
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!" 
part 5
But here is the sea in front of them -
Raging, noisy in space.
And a high wave goes to the sea,
Now she will swallow Aibolit. 
"Oh, if I drown,
If I go to the bottom.
With my forest animals?
But here comes the whale:
"Sit on me, Aibolit,
And like a big ship
I'll take you forward!" 
And sat on the whale Aibolit
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!" 
part 6
And the mountains stand in his way
And he starts to crawl over the mountains,
And the mountains are getting higher, and the mountains are getting steeper,
And the mountains go under the very clouds! 
"Oh, if I don't get there,
If I get lost along the way
What will become of them, the sick,
With my forest animals?
And now from a high cliff
Eagles flew to Aibolit:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We will take you alive!” 
And sat on the eagle Aibolit
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!" 
part 7
And in Africa
And in Africa
On black
Limpopo,
Sitting and crying
In Africa
Sad Hippo. 
He's in Africa, he's in Africa
Sitting under a palm tree
And on the sea from Africa
Looks without rest:
Doesn't he ride in a boat
Dr. Aibolit? 
And roam along the road
Elephants and Rhinos
And they say angrily:
“Well, there is no Aibolit?”
And next to the hippos
Grabbed their tummies:
They, the hippos,
Belly hurts. 
And then the ostriches
They squeal like piglets.
Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry
Poor ostriches!
And measles, and they have diphtheria,
And smallpox, and bronchitis they have,
And their head hurts
And my throat hurts. 
They lie and rave:
“Well, why doesn’t he go,
Well, why doesn't he go?
Dr. Aibolit?"
And crouched next to
toothy shark,
toothy shark
Lies in the sun.
Oh, her little ones
The poor sharks
It's been twelve days
Teeth hurt! 
And a dislocated shoulder
At the poor grasshopper;
He does not jump, he does not jump,
And he weeps bitterly
And the doctor calls:
“Oh, where is the good doctor?
When will he come?" 
part 8
But look, some bird
Getting closer and closer through the air rushes.
On the bird, look, Aibolit is sitting
And he waves his hat and shouts loudly:
"Long live dear Africa!" 
And all the children are happy and happy:
“I have arrived, I have arrived! Hooray! Hooray!"
And the bird circling above them,
And the bird sits on the ground.
And Aibolit runs to the hippos,
And slaps them on the tummies
And all in order
Gives you chocolate
And puts and puts them thermometers! 
And to the striped
He runs to the tiger cubs,
And to the poor hunchbacks
sick camels,
And every gogol
Every mogul,
Gogol-mogul,
Gogol-mogul,
He will treat you with mogul-mogul. 
Ten nights Aibolit
Doesn't eat or drink or sleep
ten nights in a row
He heals the unfortunate animals,
And puts and puts them thermometers. 
part 9
So he cured them
Limpopo! Here he cured the sick,
Limpopo! And they went to laugh
Limpopo! And dance and play
Limpopo!
And Shark Karakula
Right eye winked
And laughs, and laughs,
Like someone is tickling her. 
And little hippos
Grabbed by the tummies
And laugh, pour -
So the mountains are shaking. 
Here's Hippo, here's Popo,
Hippo Popo, Hippo Popo!
Here comes the Hippo.
It comes from Zanzibar
He goes to Kilimanjaro -
And he screams, and he sings:
“Glory, glory to Aibolit!
Glory to the good doctors! 
Good Doctor Aibolit!
He sits under a tree.
Come to him for treatment.
Both the cow and the wolf
And a bug, and a worm,
And a bear!
Heal everyone, heal
Good Doctor Aibolit!
part 2
And the fox came to Aibolit:
"Oh, I got stung by a wasp!"
And the watchdog came to Aibolit:
“A chicken pecked on my nose!”
And the hare came running
And she screamed: “Ai, ai!
My bunny got hit by a tram!
My bunny, my boy
Got hit by a tram!
He ran down the path
And his legs were cut
And now he's sick and lame
My little hare!”
And Aibolit said: “It doesn’t matter!
Give it here!
I'll sew him new legs,
He'll run down the path again."
And they brought him a bunny,
Such a sick, lame,
And the doctor sewed on his legs.
And the hare jumps again.
And with him the hare-mother
She also went to dance.
And she laughs and screams:
“Well, thank you, Aibolit!”
part 3
Suddenly from somewhere a jackal
Rode on a mare:
"Here's a telegram for you
From Hippo!"
"Come, doctor,
Go to Africa soon
And save me doctor
Our babies!"
"What's happened? Really
Are your kids sick?
"Yes Yes Yes! They have angina
scarlet fever, cholera,
diphtheria, appendicitis,
Malaria and bronchitis!
Come soon
Good Doctor Aibolit!
"Okay, okay, I'll run,
I will help your children.
But where do you live?
On a mountain or in a swamp?
"We live in Zanzibar,
In the Kalahari and the Sahara
On Mount Fernando Po,
Where hippo walks
Along the wide Limpopo.
part 4
And Aibolit got up, Aibolit ran.
He runs through the fields, through the forests, through the meadows.
And only one word repeats Aibolit:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"
And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:
"Hey, Aibolit, come back!"
And Aibolit fell and lies on the snow:
And now to him because of the Christmas tree
Furry wolves run out:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We will take you alive!”
And Aibolit galloped forward
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"
part 5
But here is the sea in front of them -
Raging, noisy in space.
And a high wave goes to the sea,
Now she will swallow Aibolit.
"Oh, if I drown,
If I go to the bottom.
With my forest animals?
But here comes the whale:
"Sit on me, Aibolit,
And like a big ship
I'll take you forward!"
And sat on the whale Aibolit
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"
part 6
And the mountains stand in his way
And he starts to crawl over the mountains,
And the mountains are getting higher, and the mountains are getting steeper,
And the mountains go under the very clouds!
"Oh, if I don't get there,
If I get lost along the way
What will become of them, the sick,
With my forest animals?
And now from a high cliff
Eagles flew to Aibolit:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We will take you alive!”
And sat on the eagle Aibolit
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"
part 7
And in Africa
And in Africa
On black
Sitting and crying
Sad Hippo.
He's in Africa, he's in Africa
Sitting under a palm tree
And on the sea from Africa
Looks without rest:
Doesn't he ride in a boat
Dr. Aibolit?
And roam along the road
Elephants and Rhinos
And they say angrily:
“Well, there is no Aibolit?”
And next to the hippos
Grabbed their tummies:
They, the hippos,
Belly hurts.
And then the ostriches
They squeal like piglets.
Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry
Poor ostriches!
And measles, and they have diphtheria,
And smallpox, and bronchitis they have,
And their head hurts
And my throat hurts.
They lie and rave:
“Well, why doesn’t he go,
Well, why doesn't he go?
Dr. Aibolit?"
And crouched next to
toothy shark,
toothy shark
Lies in the sun.
Oh, her little ones
The poor sharks
It's been twelve days
Teeth hurt!
And a dislocated shoulder
At the poor grasshopper;
He does not jump, he does not jump,
And he weeps bitterly
And the doctor calls:
“Oh, where is the good doctor?
When will he come?"
part 8
But look, some bird
Getting closer and closer through the air rushes.
On the bird, look, Aibolit is sitting
And he waves his hat and shouts loudly:
"Long live dear Africa!"
And all the children are happy and happy:
“I have arrived, I have arrived! Hooray! Hooray!"
And the bird circling above them,
And the bird sits on the ground.
And Aibolit runs to the hippos,
And slaps them on the tummies
And all in order
Gives you chocolate
And puts and puts them thermometers!
And to the striped
He runs to the tiger cubs,
And to the poor hunchbacks
sick camels,
And every gogol
Every mogul,
Gogol-mogul,
Gogol-mogul,
He will treat you with mogul-mogul.
Ten nights Aibolit
Doesn't eat or drink or sleep
ten nights in a row
He heals the unfortunate animals,
And puts and puts them thermometers.
part 9
So he cured them
Limpopo! Here he cured the sick,
Limpopo! And they went to laugh
Limpopo! And dance and play
And Shark Karakula
Right eye winked
And laughs, and laughs,
Like someone is tickling her.
And little hippos
Grabbed by the tummies
And laugh, pour -
So the mountains are shaking.
Here's Hippo, here's Popo,
Hippo Popo, Hippo Popo!
Here comes the Hippo.
It comes from Zanzibar
He goes to Kilimanjaro -
And he screams, and he sings:
“Glory, glory to Aibolit!
Glory to the good doctors!
1 part
Good Doctor Aibolit!
He sits under a tree.
Come to him for treatment.
Both the cow and the wolf
And a bug, and a worm,
And a bear!
Heal everyone, heal
Good Doctor Aibolit!
part 2
And the fox came to Aibolit:
"Oh, I got stung by a wasp!"
And the watchdog came to Aibolit:
“A chicken pecked on my nose!” 
And the hare came running
And she screamed: “Ai, ai!
My bunny got hit by a tram!
My bunny, my boy
Got hit by a tram!
He ran down the path
And his legs were cut
And now he's sick and lame
My little hare!”
And Aibolit said:
"No problem! Give it here!
I'll sew him new legs,
He'll run down the path again." 
And they brought him a bunny,
Such a sick, lame,
And the doctor sewed on his legs.
And the hare jumps again.
And with him the hare-mother
She also went to dance.
And she laughs and screams:
“Well, thank you, Aibolit!”
part 3
Suddenly from somewhere a jackal
Rode on a mare: 
"Here's a telegram for you
From Hippo!"
"Come, doctor,
Go to Africa soon
And save me doctor
Our babies!" 
"What's happened? Really
Are your kids sick?
"Yes Yes Yes! They have angina
scarlet fever, cholera,
diphtheria, appendicitis,
Malaria and bronchitis!
Come soon
Good Doctor Aibolit! 
"Okay, okay, I'll run,
I will help your children.
But where do you live?
On a mountain or in a swamp?
"We live in Zanzibar,
In the Kalahari and the Sahara
On Mount Fernando Po,
Where hippo walks
Along the wide Limpopo.
part 4
And Aibolit got up, Aibolit ran. 
He runs through the fields, through the forests, through the meadows.
And only one word repeats Aibolit:
And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:
"Hey, Aibolit, come back!"
And Aibolit fell and lies on the snow:
"I can't go any further."
And now to him because of the Christmas tree
Furry wolves run out:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We will take you alive!” 
And Aibolit galloped forward
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"
part 5
But here is the sea in front of them -
Raging, noisy in space.
And a high wave goes to the sea,
Now she will swallow Aibolit. 
"Oh, if I drown,
If I go to the bottom.
With my forest animals?
But here comes the whale:
"Sit on me, Aibolit,
And like a big ship
I'll take you forward!"
And sat on the whale Aibolit 
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"
part 6
And the mountains stand in his way
And he starts to crawl over the mountains, 
And the mountains are getting higher, and the mountains are getting steeper,
And the mountains go under the very clouds!
"Oh, if I don't get there,
If I get lost along the way
What will become of them, the sick,
With my forest animals?
And now from a high cliff
Eagles flew to Aibolit: 
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We will take you alive!”
And sat on the eagle Aibolit
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"
part 7
And in Africa
And in Africa
On the black Limpopo
Sitting and crying
In Africa
Sad Hippo.
He's in Africa, he's in Africa
Sitting under a palm tree
And on the sea from Africa
Looks without rest: 
Doesn't he ride in a boat
Dr. Aibolit?
And roam along the road
Elephants and Rhinos
And they say angrily:
“Well, there is no Aibolit?”
And next to the hippos
Grabbed their tummies:
They, the hippos,
Belly hurts. 
And then the ostriches
They squeal like piglets.
Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry
Poor ostriches!
And measles, and they have diphtheria,
And smallpox, and bronchitis they have,
And their head hurts
And my throat hurts. 
They lie and rave:
“Well, why doesn’t he go, why doesn’t he go,
Dr. Aibolit?"
And crouched next to
toothy shark,
toothy shark
Lies in the sun.
Oh, her little ones
The poor sharks
It's been twelve days
Teeth hurt! 
And a dislocated shoulder
At the poor grasshopper;
He does not jump, he does not jump,
And he weeps bitterly
And the doctor calls:
“Oh, where is the good doctor?
When will he come?"
part 8
But look, some bird
Getting closer and closer through the air rushes.
On the bird, look, Aibolit is sitting
And he waves his hat and shouts loudly: 
"Long live dear Africa!"
And all the children are happy and happy:
“I have arrived, I have arrived! Hooray! Hooray!"
And the bird circling above them,
And the bird sits on the ground.
And Aibolit runs to the hippos,
And slaps them on the tummies
And all in order
Gives you chocolate
And puts and puts them thermometers! 
And to the striped
He runs to the tiger cubs,
And to the poor hunchbacks
sick camels, 
And every gogol
Every mogul,
Gogol-mogul,
Gogol-mogul,
He will treat you with mogul-mogul.
Ten nights Aibolit
Doesn't eat or drink or sleep 
ten nights in a row
He heals the unfortunate animals,
And puts and puts them thermometers.
part 9
So he cured them, Limpopo!
So he cured the sick, Limpopo!
And they went to laugh, Limpopo!
And dance and play, Limpopo! 
And Shark Karakula
Right eye winked
And laughs, and laughs,
Like someone is tickling her.
And little hippos
Grabbed by the tummies
And laugh, pour -
So the mountains are shaking.
Here's Hippo, here's Popo,
Hippo Popo, Hippo Popo!
Here comes the Hippo.
It comes from Zanzibar
He goes to Kilimanjaro -
And he screams, and he sings:
“Glory, glory to Aibolit!
Glory to the good doctors!
vocabulary work
(analysis of words that children may not understand when reading a fairy tale):
Eggnog
A sweet drink made from eggs and sugar.
Hippopotamus
- hippopotamus.
Hippopotamus (hippopotamus) Zanzibar
is an island in Africa.
Kilimanjaro -
the highest mountain (volcano) in Africa. 
Kilimanjaro. The very top of the volcano. A volcano - this is a mountain, under which there is a huge crack in the ground and through this crack a volcano erupts. Hot mud or lava comes out. Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano - it has not erupted for many years.
Illustrations for the fairy tale "Aibolit" by Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky
Aibolit heals animals
And the fox came to Aibolit
Ostriches and sharks are waiting for Dr. Aibolit
And the watchdog came to Aibolit
Aibolit floats on the sea
Happy and healthy shark
Animals rejoice and dance with Aibolit
Aibolit treats animals
Aibolit flies on an eagle
Aibolit hurries to sick animals
hippos have tummy ache
Animals are treated with chocolate given by Aibolit
Sick animals are waiting for Aibolit
The history of the creation of a fairy tale
“Aibolit” by Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky needs no introduction, since you and I are the generation of parents from the Soviet Union, to whom this fairy tale was read a huge number of times: in the garden, at school, and at home. We remember some passages by heart. It's time to introduce our children to this wonderful fairy tale. Perhaps some words will seem unfamiliar to children, so it is advisable to conduct vocabulary work.
The history of writing the fairy tale "Aibolit" is confusing and interesting. And here's the thing. Many literary critics believe that Doctor Aibolit is plagiarism. That Chukovsky used the already existing work of Hugh Lofting and his fairy tale about Dr. Dolittle, who also saved and treated animals.
Yes, in fact, Korney Ivanovich translated "Dr. Dolittle" from English, and not only translated, but adapted the text for children. The original version of the tale is written in a more complex language, and Chukovsky made it accessible to children, simplified speech, and even introduced his characters.
Another interesting fact. In 1912, Chukovsky met an interesting, kind, sympathetic doctor who agreed to treat the sick for free, sometimes even treating animals. This man's name was Timofei Osipovich Shabad. Chukovsky recalled that a thin, poor girl would come to the doctor, and the doctor would prescribe milk for her instead of a prescription. Realizing that the girl's parents did not have money for milk, he himself gave her two glasses of milk every morning, bought with his own money. Good soul man!
Let literary experts argue, but we understand one thing - both Dr. Doolittle and Dr. Shabad formed the basis of the fairy tale about Aibolit.
Chukovsky bore Aibolit for a long time. Once, while in the Caucasus and swimming in the sea, Korney Ivanovich swam far from the coast. Suddenly the lines came to mind:
"Oh, if I drown
If I go to the bottom ... "
Chukovsky quickly got ashore. Naked and wet, he grabbed a pencil and tissue paper that was lying on the shore, and immediately sketched about twenty lines. The story had neither beginning nor end.
Another time the muse visited him in Kislovodsk in 1928, when he was watching the sick, the following lines suddenly came to mind:
And all around are sick, pale thin
Coughing and groaning, crying and screaming -
These are camels, little guys.
It's a pity, a pity for the poor little camels.
In 1928, the fairy tale about Aibolit was published in the magazine "Hedgehog", only under a different name - "Limpopo". And only in 1936 the fairy tale was renamed into "Aibolit".
Few people know, but Chukovsky worked on Aibolit for a very long time, choosing the right words. Behind each word there should be an image that will be clear to the child.
And he achieved it!
Aibolit
Korney Chukovsky
1
Good Doctor Aibolit!
He sits under a tree.
Come to him for treatment.
Both the cow and the wolf
And a bug, and a worm,
And a bear!
Heal everyone, heal
Good Doctor Aibolit!
2
And the fox came to Aibolit:
"Oh, I got stung by a wasp!"
And the watchdog came to Aibolit:
“A chicken pecked on my nose!”
And the hare came running
And she screamed: “Ai, ai!
My bunny got hit by a tram!
My bunny, my boy
Got hit by a tram!
He ran down the path
And his legs were cut
And now he's sick and lame
My little hare!”
And Aibolit said: “It doesn’t matter!
Give it here!
I'll sew him new legs,
He will run again along the path.
And they brought him a bunny,
Such a sick, lame,
And the doctor sewed on his legs,
And the hare jumps again.
And with him the hare-mother
I also went to dance
And she laughs and screams:
“Well, thank you. Aibolit! 
3
Suddenly from somewhere a jackal
Rode on a mare:
"Here's a telegram for you
From Hippo!" 
"Come, doctor,
Go to Africa soon
And save me doctor
Our babies!" 
"What's happened? Really
Are your kids sick?
"Yes Yes Yes! They have angina
scarlet fever, cholera,
diphtheria, appendicitis,
Malaria and bronchitis!
Come soon
Good Doctor Aibolit!
"Okay, okay, I'll run,
I will help your children.
But where do you live?
On a mountain or in a swamp? 
We live in Zanzibar
In the Kalahari and the Sahara
On Mount Fernando Po,
Where hippo walks
Along the wide Limpopo.
And Aibolit got up, Aibolit ran.
He runs through the fields, but through the forests, through the meadows.
And only one word repeats Aibolit:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"
And in his face the wind, and snow, and hail:
"Hey, Aibolit, come back!"
And Aibolit fell and lies on the snow:
"I can't go any further."
And now to him because of the Christmas tree
Furry wolves run out:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We will take you alive!” 
And Aibolit galloped forward
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"
But here is the sea in front of them - Raging, making noise in the open.
And there is a high wave in the sea.
Now she will swallow Aibolit. 
"Oh, if I drown
If I go to the bottom
With my forest animals?
But here comes the whale:
"Sit on me, Aibolit,
And like a big ship
I'll take you forward!"
And sat on the whale Aibolit
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!" 
6
And the mountains stand in his way
And he starts to crawl over the mountains,
And the mountains are getting higher, and the mountains are getting steeper,
And the mountains go under the very clouds!
"Oh, if I don't get there,
If I get lost along the way
What will become of them, the sick,
With my forest animals? 
And now from a high cliff
Eagles flew to Aibolit:
"Sit down, Aibolit, on horseback,
We will take you alive!” 
And sat on the eagle Aibolit
And only one word repeats:
"Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo!"
And in Africa
And in Africa
On black
Limpopo,
Sitting and crying
In Africa
Sad Hippo.
He's in Africa, he's in Africa
Sitting under a palm tree
And on the sea from Africa
Looks without rest:
Doesn't he ride in a boat
Dr. Aibolit? 
And roam along the road
Elephants and Rhinos
And they say angrily:
“Well, there is no Aibolit?”
And next to the hippos
Grabbed their tummies:
They, the hippos,
Belly hurts.
And then the ostriches
They squeal like pigs.
Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry
Poor ostriches!
And measles, and they have diphtheria,
And smallpox, and bronchitis they have,
And their head hurts
And my throat hurts. 
They lie and rave:
“Well, why doesn’t he go,
Well, why doesn't he go?
Dr. Aibolit?"
And crouched next to
toothy shark,
toothy shark
Lies in the sun.
Oh, her little ones
The poor sharks
It's been twelve days
Teeth hurt!
And a dislocated shoulder
At the poor grasshopper;
He does not jump, he does not jump,
And he weeps bitterly
And the doctor calls:
“Oh, where is the good doctor?
When will he come?"
But look, some bird
Getting closer and closer through the air rushes.
On the bird, look, Aibolit is sitting
And he waves his hat and shouts loudly:
"Long live dear Africa!"
And all the children are happy and happy:
“I have arrived, I have arrived! Hooray! Hooray!"
And the bird is circling above them,
And the bird sits on the ground.
And Aibolit runs to the hippos,
And slaps them on the tummies
And all in order
Gives you chocolate
And puts and puts them thermometers! 
And to the striped
He runs to the tiger cubs.
And to the poor hunchbacks
sick camels,
And every gogol
Every mogul,
Gogol-mogul,
Gogol-mogul,
He will treat you with mogul-mogul. 
Ten nights Aibolit
Doesn't eat, doesn't drink, doesn't sleep
ten nights in a row
He heals the unfortunate animals
And puts and puts them thermometers. 
9
So he cured them
Limpopo!
So he cured the sick.
Limpopo!
And they went to laugh
Limpopo!
And dance and play
Limpopo! 
And Shark Karakula
Right eye winked
And laughs, and laughs,
Like someone is tickling her.
And little hippos
Grabbed by the tummies
And they laugh, they flood - So the oaks are shaking. 
Here's Hippo, here's Popo,
Hippo Popo, Hippo Popo!
Here comes the Hippo.
It comes from Zanzibar.
He goes to Kilimanjaro - And he shouts, and he sings:
“Glory, glory to Aibolit!
Glory to the good doctors! 
