The Story of One Summer. Book One

4 hrs. 50 min.

Children's Books, Audio Fairy Tales & Poems

Language Russian

Author Andrey Askovd

Narrator Pavel Mukhratov

Recommended for adults who have forgotten their childhood. Two little rascals come to visit their granddad and grandma. Or rather, their parents bring them—because the parents need to rest at least sometimes. They dump the children on the elderly couple in the village and wash their hands of it. And then the boys start living a free life, pestering their granddad and grandma every single day, driving them to nervous extremes with their pranks. The most amazing thing is that the children do not play pranks on purpose. Everything happens simply because they are children. The juiciest character here is the grandma. She is very patient. Well… as patient as anyone can be. She won’t skimp on a slap or two, and when it comes to a good hard word, it won’t jump into her pocket. And besides, the saying “if something happens in the village and you’re nearby, then it definitely couldn’t have happened without you”—that’s exactly why they are children: nothing can happen without them.

1. The Story of One Summer. Book One 2. Vovka and I: Heading South. Book Two (narrated by Konstantin Romanenko) 3. Vovka and I: Winter Holidays. Book Three (narrated by Pavel Mukhratov)