The Land of Good Girls

Do good girls behave like that? No, good girls never behave the way Polya does. If only the Petrov family had a good girl growing up! And their wish comes true on New Year’s Day: the bad girl Polya stays in the Old Year, and at the doorstep of the Petrov apartment appears a new girl—very polite and neat. She eats well. But what about Polya? Polya was sent to the Country of Good Girls for re-education. The girls there eat only healthy food, everything is done according to a schedule, and they adore cleaning. “A terrible place.”

And Polina will stay there forever! Unless the faithful dog Balbes sniffs out the way into that country, which isn’t on any map…

“The Country of Good Girls” is an inventive and witty children’s fairy tale by Anna Starobinets, in which fantastic adventures sit alongside serious reflections on good and evil, on devotion and hypocrisy, on meanness and love.

For the continuation of the adventures in the world of “The Country of Good Girls,” listen to the second part of the story—titled “Catlantida”!