Шлимазл и его волшебная ложка

Chto takoe nastoi͡ashchee schastʹe? Kak i gde naĭti svoi͡u udachu? Zavisit li schastʹe ot vezenii͡a? Iz skazki o Shlimazle my uznaëm, chto ochenʹ chasto schastʹe okazyvaetsi͡a sovsem ri͡adom - kogda nas okruzhai͡ut te, kto nas li͡ubit, i kogda raduemsi͡a prostym neobkhodimym veshcham, a vezenie - daleko ne samoe glavnoe na puti k schastʹi͡u.Lenivyĭ Shlimazl uveren, chto on neudachnik. No ludilʹshchik Moshke obeshchaet emu, chto vsë izmenitsi͡a, kak tolʹko on primetsi͡a za delo, ispolʹzui͡a pri ėtom znamenitui͡u volshebnui͡u lozhku. I kogda Shlimazl sleduet sovetu druga, dazhe sam Moshke izumli͡aetsi͡a, uvidev, chto iz ėtogo poluchaetsi͡a.Zabavnye illi͡ustrat͡sii v prostodushnom narodnom stile peredai͡ut dukh staroĭ evreĭskoĭ istorii, mudro i veselo rasskazyvai͡a o tom, kak my sami stroim svoë schastʹe.'Ochenʹ milai͡a detskai͡a knizhka, korotko govori͡a, o tom, chto shlimazlami, mozhet, i rozhdai͡utsi͡a, no schastlivchikami stanovi͡atsi͡a. Drugimi slovami, schastlivchik ėto obuchennyĭ neudachnik. Prekrasnai͡a, khotʹ i nekhitrai͡a, ėta myslʹ ne tolʹko khorosho rasskazana, no i chudesno narisovana!' - Borukh GorinDli͡a mladshego shkolʹnogo vozrasta.

What is true happiness? How and where to find your luck? Does happiness from luck? From tales of Shlimazel, we find that very often happiness is quite near - when we are surrounded by those who love us, and when they rejoice in simple things. and luck is not the most important thing on the path to happiness.Lazy Shlimazel sure, he's a loser. But the Gnat Tinker promises him that everything will change once he takes over, using the famous magic spoon. And when Shlimazel follows the advice of a friend, even the Gnat is amazing, seeing that this is impossible.Funny illustrations in a simple folk style capture the spirit of the old Jewish history, wisdom and fun talking about how we build happiness.'Very nice children's book, in short, that shlimazel, may be born, but lucky become. In other words, lucky is a trained loser. Beautiful, though simple, this idea is not only well told, but wonderfully drawn!' - Boruch, Grindle primary school age.