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Agile Magpie – Children’s Literature from Uzbekistan

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Agile Magpie – Children’s Literature from Uzbekistan

The story of an agile magpie that survived the cat’s attack

[author title=”Gulnoz Tojiboyeva ” image=”https://sindhcourier.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Gulnoz-Tojiboyeva_Uzbekistan-Sindh-Courier.jpg”]Gulnoz Tojiboyeva, a writer, journalist, scriptwriter, movie translator, designer, artist-restorer, was born in 1991. She is a member of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan and a member of the Eurasian Creative Guild (London). Gulnoz got first place in the Republican seminar of young writers of Uzbekistan in the nomination “Children’s Literature” category. In 2009, she won regional and city stages of the Zulfiya State Prize. She also won 1st place of the International Central Asian myths, fairy tales, legends prize for her screenplay ‘Jayhun and Alanga’ in South Korea in 2014. Gulnoz is the author of 6 books and has translated more than 20 movies into the Uzbek language.[/author]

 

Agile Magpie

Magpie sitting on a cherry twig, is watching intently as the girl eats bread in the yard.

She broke a loaf of bread, threw a piece of bread into the flower bed and left.

— I love children who throw the bread! — shouted Magpie, went down to the ground, began to eat bread.

At that moment, a greedy and arrogant yellow cat, sleeping on the porch, awoke by the noise of a magpie.

— Who’s making that noise? — The cat meowed with displeasure.

The yellow cat stretched out its paws, opened its mouth wide and yawned. After that, cat looked out of the window into the courtyard to find out the cause of the noise. Amazing — in the courtyard, near the flower bed, there is a fat beautiful magpie and there are crumbs of bread!

Seeing this, the cat lost sleep. Her appetite woke up.

— Meow! I’m really hungry! It’s lunch time! — The cat said to herself.

The cat slowly walked out into the yard, soundlessly pressing its paws to the ground. She saw that the magpie, fearing nothing, was still eating with appetite.

— This is tactless! — Said the cat angrily. — How could you eat without permission in my yard?

The cat said so and jumped violently, aiming at the magpie’s head.

Luckily Magpie was very careful. Soon as he heard the cat’s voice, quickly flew away. And the yellow cat managed to bite only the feathers from the Magpie’s tail.

Left without a free lunch, the cat spat furiously on the floor, then went to the barn to catch mice.

Magpie, who lost feathers on her tail, sat on a cherry branch and said:

— No wonder why my mom told me to be smart! If I weren’t nimble, I would be a cat’s lunch now!

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