100 Stories About Alyosha and his Friends

“Glad to meet you,” answers Ricky Long Ears.

“How did you get to our yard?” Moc asks.

“I lived in a big park with my mother, father and brother Nicky,” Ricky says. “We played with Nicky near our hole. Suddenly a big dog appeared. I was afraid and started to run. Then I did not know where I was. I was cold and tired and hungry and I wanted to sleep. I saw your yard and wanted to hide here. And then I saw your big and beautiful castle.”

“Do you want to be our friend and live with us?” Happy Hop asks.

“I want to be your friend but I want to find my mother and father and my brother Nicky. I think they worry about me. I want to live with them but I can come to play with you,” Ricky Long Ears says.

“I think we must help Ricky to find his family,” Bertha says.

At this moment Father comes to Alyosha.

“Oh, a new friend?” he asks.

“Dad, meet Ricky Long Ears,” Alyosha says. “We must help him to find his family.” And Alyosha tells Father Ricky’s story. “Dad, can you help us too?”

“I think I can,” Father says, “I know a big park where rabbits live. But at first, let’s have breakfast. I think Ricky is hungry. And after breakfast, we can try to find his family.”

CHAPTER 25. RICKY FINDS NICKY

After breakfast, Alyosha and Father and all the friends start to the park where rabbits live. The park is rather far and in ten minutes Moc says, “I am tired.”

“Me too,” Happy Hop says.

“I am not tired, Bertha is not tired, why are you tired?” Timoshka asks.

“Because they are small, smaller than you and Bertha. And their legs are small too,” Alyosha explains. “Their legs are smaller than your legs.”

“Alyosha, Alyosha, may I sit in your pocket?” Moc asks.

“Me too,” Happy Hop says.

Alyosha takes his small friends and puts them into his pocket.

It is so nice to sit in the pocket so high, much higher than Timoshka and Bertha!

Now they can go quick, much quicker than before.

When they come to the park Moc suddenly cries, “I see a small white rabbit! There under that big tree! Near a big hole. And he looks very sad.”

“It is my brother Nicky,” Ricky says, “And this is our den. Let’s go quicker!”

“Wait,” Alyosha says, “let’s make a surprise for Nicky.”

He goes to the small white rabbit and asks, “Are you Nicky?”

“Yes, I am,” the rabbit answers.

“And why are you so sad?” Alyosha asks.

“Because I don’t know where my brother Ricky is,” Nicky says. “In the morning he was afraid of a big dog and ran away and now I don’t know where he is.”

“Surprise!” the friends cry and Ricky comes to his brother.

Nicky is happy.

Ricky is happy.

Timoshka, Bertha and Moc are happy.

Happy Hop is jumping very high because he is very happy.

Alyosha and Father are smiling, they are happy too.

“Thank you, my friends,” Ricky says. “You helped me to find my family.”

“Come to play with us someday,” Alyosha says, “you both.”

CHAPTER 26. STRANGE HENS