Christmas Theme 4. You’re A Show Freak! Poem by Konstantin Ananin

- Pete, have you ever made chestnuts?
- No, will you make them?
______________________- Yes, but
First of all look how
To take the kernels out.
Here they are! It’s your turn.
__________________________- Ooh!
It’s very difficult to do!
Do it without me! Pam!
- OK. The French fry them
Then peel the nutshell easily,
And, no doubt, quickly.
I think we can do it this way.
Let’s switch on the oven and wait.
- I like it, Pam. What’s now?
- Just wait.
__________- Something’s burst out!
Wasn’t it a cracker
That made this crack there?
Pam, let’s open the door!
----Crack! ----
- Ouch! Pam! Fall on the floor!
- Ah! It was a nut that burst then!
I think we should take them
Out.
______- The nut’s hit my forehead!
- Cover the pan with the lid!
- And you hide behind my back.
----Crack! Crack! ----
- Gosh! Oh! My poor neck!
But I like it when they burst!
These chestnuts are the first
I’ve made myself.
________________- You haven’t yet.
- Nothing can stop me to do that.
- Then start picking them from the floor,
Especially near the door.
- Hey! Stop! What are you about?
- The pan’s empty: they flew out.
- And what a thunder they create!
Ha! You must agree it was great!
I enjoyed hearing them burst.
- I’m afraid all of them are lost.
- I see at least some on the floor.
- Put one in your mouth.
_____________________- What for?
- Taste.
_______- Ugh!
_____________- Burnt!
____________________- Ha! Overdone.
Never mind! We had lots of fun!
We can use this idea.
- How?
_______- Christmas is near.
What about doing this trick?
- Oh! You’re a show freak!
- We’ll hide a Primus and a pan
Under a drum.
_____________- And what?
________________________- Think, Pam.
Cracks turn into peals of thunder,
And everyone must wonder
How we managed to do it.
They begin guessing what can hit
So loudly. I’m sure
Tom lifts the drum.
_________________- You’re cruel!
- This bully must be taught at last.
I wanna tell you of the must.
- What else in addition to peals?
- We must paint the chestnuts, their peel!
- A small firework! I like it!
You’re a real genius, Pete!