Anfisa and Animals — set of funny postcards cards about little hooligan girl and her friends.
Idea, design, lettering and distichs: Alexander Toropchin
Illustrations: Vitaly Ilyin
Distichs: Galina Bozhock
Translation: Shashi Do
Idea, design, lettering and distichs: Alexander Toropchin
Illustrations: Vitaly Ilyin
Distichs: Galina Bozhock
Translation: Shashi Do
Made in BARBA www.barba.ru
Anfisa and Animals(Anfisa i zveri)
Anfisa is mustering Mice’s grand swarm
Wearing the powerful chAnfisa and the Mice
Anfisa is writing her sonnets with quills
The Swans are stark-naked, and catching a chill
Anfisa is making the Hippo foureyes
His nausea he simply cannot disguise
Anfisa aspires without a coach
To skillfully wrestle bristles of the Roach
Anfisa has painted the antlers of Deer
She’s lazy, hence clean are the sides and the rear
Anfisa is crumbling the pastry around
By crumbles all Centipedes are quite spellbound
Anfisa’s enjoying her windowsill scenery:
The Hedgehogs are succulent thorny pot greenery
Anfisa is loading the worrisome Dove
With some outrageously punitive stuff
Anfisa is sure that every Whale
Could certainly master melodious wail
Anfisa is happy to help and consort
The Kangaroo’s baby she’s taking on board
Anfisa believes that the Bugs are no fright
The Bugs are prudential: no fight, better flight
Anfisa surprises the Lion no end
He’s got for his birthday the muffins of sand
Anfisa is lacing her luxury shoes
With two Worms that are dangling loose
Anfisa adores the Jellyfish ways:
In her stingy leggings she stubbornly stays
Anfisa is torturing Snakes, for it matters:
For her and her mommy she’s making nice sweaters
Anfisa is dreading the ghastly Wood Louse
Come night, and the Louse is haunting the house
Anfisa swops things in her fanciful manner
The telly has horns, and the Goat has antennae
Anfisa is definite: Rhinos must wear
Not just one horn but fifteen, everywhere
Anfisa makes moths surrender and yield:
The back of the Panda’s a lavender field
Anfisa is in command of the Shrimps
And numerous other aquatic nymphs
Anfisa cuts open the Cuckoo’s neck
She is taking out the batteries pack
Anfisa is puzzled by the Fox’s hairstyle
She’ll tend to it closely in a short while
Anfisa sees through the Donkey’s sweet soul
Subduing him well with the raspberry bowl
Anfisa doesn’t need any juicer, so far
She squeezes the Heron’s carrot nectar
Anfisa bites the Giraffe in the nape
And neither the others can really escape
Anfisa is treating the Cat with a party
The Cat is enjoying her borschtch, and her latte
