Valeriy Zhiglov

Our Silver Pond

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© Valeriy Zhiglov, 2017

This book shall become a funny and interesting present for your child. It tells how amazing our mother nature is, and it also tells about its multiple creatures possessing unique abilities. Reading it, one would inevitably wonder how little our knowledge is about the world of animals.

ISBN 978-5-4483-0058-5

Created with Ridero smart publishing system

Contents

1. Our Silver Pond
2. Chameleon
3. Belka
4. Prairie trophy
5. Pine honey
6. Fireflies
7. Our Silver Pond
8. Fledgling crow
   1. Unexpected
   2. Here is what scientific and educational publications in ornithology tell about crows
9. Unexpected visitors

Dedicated to my children

Arcady and Marina,

grandchildrenDaria and Ekaterina

and also sisters Larisa, Natalia and Irina

Chameleon

After I completed my third year in a school, my father allowed me to join him in a geological expedition for the whole summer.

By the end of August, someone brought many good melons to our tent camp. It was a hot noon, the Sun was merciless, no wind at all, no wish to eat at all