Mnogo dnej grustil korol',
Ne znal narod, chto za beda!
I kto-to vo dvorets priviol
Smeshnogo karlika-shuta.
Karlik prygal i krichal,
Narod bezumno khokhotal,
A shut smeshit' ne prekrashchal,
Na pol vdrug korol' upal.
Kho! Kho! Vsio kverkh dnom!
Kho! Kho! Vsio khodunom!
Khokhot so vsekh storon!
Khokhot v vesiolom tsarstve!
Nastupila tishina,
Vse zamerli u tela, rty otkryv,
Skhvatili strazhniki shuta,
A on - kak miach iz ruk u nikh!
Po zalu begal gadkij shut,
A sledom - ves' pridvornyj liud.
No chto za strannaia napast' -
Nikto ne mog shuta pojmat'!
Kho! Kho! Vsio kverkh dnom!
Kho! Kho! Vsio khodunom!
Khokhot so vsekh storon!
Khokhot v vesiolom tsarstve!
Ot ustalosti i smekha
Naschastnyj liud iznemogal,
Valialis' strazhniki v dospekhakh,
I kazhdyj strashno khokhotal.
Ne stalo bol'she korolia,
Vse, kak odin, soshli s uma.
Leteli mesiatsy, goda
V vesiolom tsarstve karlika-shuta!
Kho! Kho! Vsio kverkh dnom!
Kho! Kho! Vsio khodunom!
Khokhot so vsekh storon!
Khokhot v vesiolom tsarstve shuta!
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