Андрей Макаревич. Рассказы и сказки

Nekotorye rasskaziki, na moĭ vzgli͡ad, silʹno ustareli. Ėto, kak ni stranno, i delaet ikh dli͡a meni͡a interesnymi - zhiznʹ nasha neslasʹ s beshenoĭ skorostʹi͡u i meni͡alasʹ pochti ezhednevno, inogda do neuznavaemosti. Poĭdi vspomni segodni͡a. A chto proiskhodit vokrug nas seĭchas, nam i tak izvestno. A vot chto kasaetsi͡a skazok (uzh ne pomni͡u, kto meni͡a na nikh spodvignul - I͡Uz Aleshkovskiĭ, Vova Radunskiĭ?) - skazki kak raz ne starei͡ut. Tak mne kazhetsi͡a. Stranno, pravda? A. Makarevich

Some of the short stories, in my opinion, are very outdated. Strangely enough, this is what makes them interesting to me – our lives were rushing at breakneck speed and changed almost daily, sometimes beyond recognition. Go remember today. And we already know what is happening around us now. But as for fairy tales (I don't remember who inspired me to do them – Yuz Alyoshkovsky, Vova Radunsky?) – fairy tales just don't get old. That's what I think. It's weird, isn't it? A. Makarevich