Little Shrew’s Adventure. Storybook

By Svetlana Demushkina

A children's fairy tale, the heroes of which are various animals and insects.
Book one, book two, book three et book four.
Little Shrew's plate is always full.
He needs to tidy up in his deep hole on the lake shore, find forage and take care of himself.
But this doesn't mean he has no time for friends and fetes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Volodymyr Bagirov
• Release date: Dec 16, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201595234

Svetlana Demushkina

Svetlana Demushkina (Bagirova) Full name: Svetlana Yulievna Demushkina (Bagirova) (Russian: Светлана Юльевна Дёмушкина (Багирова)) Svetlana Demushkina was born to a family of engineering geologists in Tumen (Russia). She finished a physics and mathematics school № 40 in Simferopol (Crimea). In 1995, Svetlana Demushkina (Bagirova) graduated with honours from the Crimean Environmental Engineering and Resort Construction Institute (former branch of the Dnepropetrovsk Civil Engineering Institute) with a degree in water supply, wastewater disposal and water engineering and management) and she was qualified as a civil engineer. Demushkina (Bagirova) had a grant from the Cabinet of Ministers of the Crimea for her academic studies.  She works in the field of Designs indoor utility networks.

Book preview

Book One

Chapter 1

The shrew is a tiny, tiny animal who lives in a burrow and is a good swimmer.

His biggest problem is that he is always hungry.

Little Shrew lived on the shore of a lake. A long corridor led from the entrance of his cosy burrow to his bedroom. Little Shrew had lined his bedroom with dry leaves and grass, and there he was, the hero of our story, sleeping sweetly on his comfy bed. From time to time, he twitched his tail and wriggled his long nose. Perhaps he was having a nice dream about hunting for grasshoppers or digging up a juicy earthworm.

Suddenly Little Shrew jerked all four of his paws and sat up sharply. He shook the last bits of sleep out of his head, and decided that he had been woken up by the loud rumbling of his empty stomach. Hunting in his sleep had definitely not satisfied him. He urgently needed to fill the empty space.

Little Shrew poked the tip of his long nose out of his burrow and sniffed. Mmmm ... a cheerful sunny morning: it was going to be a splendidly warm day. He ate a big breakfast on the lake shore and then started making his plans. First he would meet up with his friends and pop down to the stream with them for a swim. Then he would tease One-Eyed Caiman. Most important of all, he must discuss with his friends what present he should give the daughter of the firefly king.

Chapter 2

The firefly king had one daughter, Iris, and she was the most beautiful firefly in the whole jungle. Iris had been alive for nearly thirty-eight days. The thirty-eighth day is the day on which fireflies light up for the first time. They become adults, and are allowed to fly through the woods until morning, while all the younger fireflies, whose lamps have not yet been lit, must go to bed at midnight sharp. Of course, the little ones don’t like going to bed so early, because all the most interesting things happen in the jungle after midnight.

Dwarves emerge from their underground halls to harvest the moonlight. They fill their lanterns with it, and mix it with iron, so that everything they make with the iron glows in the dark.

Wood elves leave their caves to collect pollen from the wings of moths. No one knows what they do with it. The elves have many secrets like this. They write them all down in their books of magic, and guard the books with their lives.

Bullying trolls hunt for hairs from jaguars’ tails, or raid the nests of black caimans for their eggs (something which is very unpopular with black caimans).

All this is so interesting and entertaining that little fireflies can hardly wait for their thirty-eighth day.

Chapter 3

The fireflies’ lamps were all different colours. Some were green, others were yellow or red, and others again were blue. Members of the royal family (and no one else) lit up in two colours: the firefly king glowed blue and green, and the queen shone pink and orange.

None of the fireflies knew in advance what colour their lamp would be. They all had to wait until their thirty-eighth day to find out. Grown-ups tried to predict the colour of the children’s lamps, and a lot of arguments flared up in firefly families as a result. Mums and Grans would fall out over what colour orchids would suit their darling daughters and granddaughters, and Grandads and Dads could spend hours debating the colour of bow ties, trying to stop their lads from dropping a clanger. After all, an orange lamp would not go at all well with a yellow orchid, and a green bow tie would be completely lost against a blue lamp.

Strangely enough, the ties and orchids always perfectly matched the

Reviews for Little Shrew’s Adventure. Storybook

[Volodymyr Bagirov · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A very warm-hearted and enlightening book.
It tells children a fairy story that will teach them many interesting things about animals.
Strongly recommended, particularly for younger children.
The book is ideal for bedtime reading for kids.