Three piglets in business. The big game. Marina Korsakova
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Название: Three piglets in business. The big game
Автор: Marina Korsakova
Издательство: Издательские решения
isbn: 9785006401402
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Next was the piglets’ turn.
“Well,” Major began. “We’ll build house. Good house…” and suddenly he was lost for a moment. It turned out it was not easy to tell a whole crowd about your idea.
“We will build house, and we promise,” Junior added excitedly, “we promise that… we will build house!”
The animals waited. Thin Ferret unwrapped the candy, and the paper rustled very loudly in the silence.
“We have been living in this forest all our lives,” Middle said. “We value your trust and we will build this house as if it was our own!”
The first autumn wind came. Suddenly the piglet remembered that the house he had built for himself had been blown away by Wolf, and it seemed to him that everyone else thought the same thing.
“All right,” the ferrets said. “Please, dear Fox, please, continue.”
“Thank you,” Fox regally said, and took a graceful step towards the big oak tree. Suddenly she pulled out from the depths of her cloak a piece of paper rolled up in a tube and, unfolding it, stuck it to the trunk with snaps.
The poster had the words all in capital letters, “IMAGE. PRESTIGE. DESIGN”, and in rather smaller letters, “The Newest Technology”, and in very small letters, “First Class! High Quality!”.
“Dear forest residents!” Fox said, elegantly clearing her throat. “The residential complex ‘Wise Fox’ is boldness and uniqueness. The latest technology.” Fox pointed to the poster. “Luxurious views. Legendary landmarks. Suitable colors.”
“What are they?” the hares asked.
“White, snowy, porcelain, marble and silver,” the Fox said frankly. Seeing that the hares didn’t understand, Fox added: “No yellow, green… or,” Fox glanced at the piglets, “like… how do they call it… oh, pink.”
“But we like pink,” the twin elks got sad.
Fox looked at them carefully and added:
“There also will be mirrors everywhere in the housing complex!”
“We like mirrors,” the twin elks got happy.
“There will be a lot of glass in the house,” Fox continued. “Glass and metal. It will be a sparkling house, like a big sparkling snowdrift! Or an iceberg. It will be a very modern transparent house, like a white lollipop. Clean lines, nothing extra, a total go for the new! Faster, higher, stronger!”
The hares started clapping.
“First class!” Fox said, finishing the presentation and pointing at the poster with an elegant gesture. “High quality!”
Silence covered the Glade. The sky was serene, white clouds floated over the Walnut Glade. Fox bowed, waving her luxurious tail. The animals shouted “Yay!”
“According to the terms of the competition,” Fat Ferret said, “today we have to decide which of the competitors go to the second round. And I think we all understand that the most likely candidate for the title of the Chief Forest Builder is Fox, and of course she goes to the second round!”
Fox glowed and looked at the hares so nicely, as if she imagined them stewed in sour cream.
“What we need to decide is,” Thin Ferret continued, “whether the piglets pass to the second round and does Otter pass?”
“Definitely!” said Marten, fond of fresh fish very much.
“Sorry, but swimming rings… that’s just too much!” Aunt Elk snorted.
“I agree,” Fat Ferret said. “Then the three piglets are in the second round together with Fox.”
“Wait a minute,” Fox intervened. “What piglets?” she looked around, and then for some reason under her feet. “These ones?! Well, let’s be honest, are they really builders? Just some misfits with snouts…”
Junior howled in offence. The clock struck at the Walnut Glade.
“It’s time for lunch,” Thin Ferret said, collecting the notebooks. “I suggest the following. All the competitors get into the second round! Though, of course, it will be too much of an advance for some.” He looked sternly at Junior. “Tomorrow in the second round we will be joined by another competent judge, Bear. And we will finally decide which of the competitors will stay in the competition!”
The animals hurried to lunch. The smell of a mushroom soup spread over the forest.
The three little piglets went home. They were not in the best mood possible.
* * *
Considering how upset they were, they drank some herbal tea. Then the piglets decided to discuss what had happened. Middle was the first to speak.
“I thought and still think,” he cleaned his throat, “this whole thing is rather dangerous.”
“Just this Fox,” Junior said. “She is very… bad actually. She plays up to everyone. She’s… stupid! And her poster is stupid! And… I’m not a misfit with a snout!”
“No,” Major said thoughtfully. “She’s smart. And her idea with a poster was good.”
Middle and Junior the piglets looked at their brother in surprise.
“You,” Junior asked suspiciously. “Whose side are you on anyway?”
“I’m on our side,” Major replied. “And for us to win, we have to be honest. We have to admit that someone can do something better than we do it. We need to learn from them. The jury liked Fox. She was really good. She had a great speech, and she knew exactly what she wanted to say… But we were not prepared and got confused.”
The piglets were silent.
“I didn’t like Fox either,” Major continued. “She’s arrogant and I don’t trust her. But if we want to build a house, win the competition and become real businessmen, we must not scold her, but work hard and become better.”
…Having made a lot of cherry compote, they spent the whole day till late at night preparing a new speech.
In the morning Bear appeared at the Walnut Glade, Otter spoke about the water houses, Fox repeated her sweet speech, and then СКАЧАТЬ