Snoutie and His Friends

Diana Malivani

Snoutie and his Friends

An Illustrated Story

Translated from Russian into English

by Lucy Gunderson

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This story is dedicated to a little girl by the name of Michelle

The author would like to express her deep gratitude to her husband for his support and assistance with this book

Snoutie and his Friends is an illustrated story for children that tells about the amazing adventures of Snoutie and his friends in the Big Magical Forest

Come join us in our tale

As we enter the great Big Forest!

It’s filled with wonders galore

And holds

Mysteries, secrets, and more!

The amazing fragrance of flowers,

And the soft rustling of leaves,

And the hundreds of thousands of big, bright stars

Shimmering high above the trees.

Snoutie

CONTENTS

SNOUTIE AND HIS FRIENDS

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER,

IN WHICH THE READER MEETS SNOUTIE

CHAPTER ONE,

IN WHICH THE LITTLE TRAVELERS SET OUT FOR THE BIG FOREST AND DADDY TELLS MICHELLE ABOUT SNOUTIE

CHAPTER TWO,

IN WHICH SNOUTIE VISITS FRIENDS, GOOSE BECOMES A CEREMONIAL GIFT, AND MICHELLE HOSTS A CELEBRATION

CHAPTER THREE,

IN WHICH EVERYONE IS SURPRISED BY SNOUTIE’S DISCOVERY, A PUMPKIN TURNS INTO A LITTLE HOUSE, AND BALLOONS FLY OVER THE FOREST

CHAPTER FOUR,

IN WHICH BURLY BOARY GETS STRANDED ON AN ISLAND, SNOUTIE ORGANIZES A RESCUE PARTY, AND BEAVER CUB GNAWS THROUGH A SAILBOAT

CHAPTER FIVE,

IN WHICH A BEAK APPEARS ON A SNOWMAN, A TOP HAT RUNS THROUGH THE FOREST, AND GOSLING JULIENNE CHANGES HIS LIFE

CONCLUDING CHAPTER,

IN WHICH ALL THE CREATURES GATHER AT CHEZ ROYAL CHEF RABBIT

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER,

IN WHICH THE READER MEETS SNOUTIE

The Snoutie Family – Mama Snoutie, Papa Snoutie, and Little Snoutie – lived in a cozy wooden house at the foot of a tall green hill, on the banks of a small river, close to the edge of the Big Magical Forest.

Little Snoutie was a dear, comical little creature, who looked like a funny cross between a baby elephant and a piglet. The most incredible thing about his face was his snunk, which was a short trunk that ended in the small button of a snout. It was extremely flexible, and he was always stretching it w-a-a-a-y far out and pulling it w-a-a-a-y back in as he poked at everything he came across. Snoutie used his snunk to dig up sweet potato tubers from the ground and shuck juicy ears of corn, which he loved more than anything.

Snoutie’s ears looked like the ears of an elephant, but they were softer and covered in a delicate down. He had a thick hide, which was hidden under a short, brown coat of fur. Although Snoutie was born with stripes and spots, these disappeared as he got older, and his fur grew darker and turned rough, just like his Mama’s and Papa’s. Like them, he also had neat little hooves on his paws.

Snoutie was quite chubby, which often made him seem clumsy and silly, but he was actually very flexible. He was able to jump up very high, and he had no trouble crawling under fallen trees. Papa Snoutie taught Little Snoutie how to swim and how to stand on his hind legs while resting his front legs against the trunk of a tree so that he could reach the green branches more easily. You see, adult Snouties have no problem walking around on their hind legs, but this is harder for the little ones.