Крошка Нильс Карлсон

Grustno, esli u tebi͡a net ni sestrënki, ni bratika, i t͡selymi dni͡ami ty doma odin, kogda ni obmolvitʹsi͡a ne s kem, ni poigratʹ. Vot togda v tvoeĭ zhizni i poi͡avli͡ai͡utsi͡a samye neobychnye druzʹi͡a: kroshka-domovoĭ rostom ne bolʹshe palʹt͡sa, malenʹkai͡a ėlʹfa iz i͡ablonevogo sada, derevi͡annai͡a kukushka iz nastennykh chasov, sposobnai͡a petʹ i veselitʹ, i dazhe govori͡ashchai͡a kukla, kotorai͡a vyrosla na gri͡adke iz zërnyshka...

It's sad if you don't have a sister or a brother, and you're home alone all day, with no one to talk to or play with. That's when the most unusual friends appear in your life: a tiny brownie no bigger than a finger, a little elf from an Apple orchard, a wooden cuckoo from a wall clock that can sing and cheer, and even a talking doll that grew on a bed of seeds...