Корзина с еловыми шишками

Konstantin Paustovskiĭ obladal redkim talantom - podmechatʹ to, chto uskolʹzaet ot "lenivykh chelovecheskikh glaz". Pochemu elovye shishki vesi͡at gorazdo bolʹshe sosnovykh? Pochemu cheloveka, idushchego po nekoshenomu poli͡u, mozhet neotstupno presledovatʹ lastochka i krichatʹ tak, budto u neë otni͡ali ptent͡sa? Pisatelʹ zarazhaet chitateli͡a voskhishcheniem prirodoĭ, raskryvaet prostye, kazalosʹ by, istiny. V sbornik voshli samye izvestnye detskie rasskazy pisateli͡a o prirode, kotorye izuchai͡ut v shkole: "Korzina s elovymi shishkami", "Rastrëpannyĭ vorobeĭ", "Kot-vori͡uga", "Zhilʹt͡sy starogo doma", "Podarok", "Barsuchiĭ nos", "Zai͡achʹi lapy".

Konstantin Paustovsky had a rare talent — to notice what eludes the "lazy human eyes." Why do fir cones weigh much more than pine cones? Why can a swallow persistently chase a man walking through an uncut field and scream as if a baby bird had been taken away from him? The writer infects the reader with admiration for nature, reveals seemingly simple truths. The collection includes the writer's most famous children's stories about nature, which are studied at school: "Basket with fir cones", "Disheveled Sparrow", "Cat thief", "Tenants of the old house", "Gift", "Badger nose", "Rabbit paws".