Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat
Russian children's book by Eduard Uspensky
Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat (Russian: Дядя Фёдор, пёс и кот, romanized: Dyadya Fyodor, pyos i kot, lit. '"Uncle Fyodor, The Dog and The Cat"') is a children's novella written by Eduard Uspensky and first published in 1974. It is the first story in the series set in the fictional village of Milkville (Russian: Простоквашино, romanized: Prostokvashino, IPA: [prəstɐˈkvaʂɨnə]; lit."soured milk–ville") created by Uspensky. The series features a city boy named Fyodor, or Fedya for short, and his friends, the talking animals. The stories focus on their adventures in Prostokvashino and their relationships with its residents, including the irritable postman Pechkin.
In 1993 it was translated from Russian by Michael Henry Heim with illustrations by Vladimir Shpitalnik.
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Fyodor lives in the apartment with his parents, who call him "Uncle" (a Russian designation for adult males) because of his seriousness, independence, and intelligence. He learns to read at 4, and starts cooking for himself at 6. Unlike his mother, he is very fond of animals. One day he meets a stray talking cat, who used to spend his nights in the apartment building's attic but has nowhere to live now due to the repair works going on in the building. Fyodor takes the cat home, but his mother doesn't let him keep it, so the boy decides to run away and take his cat with him.
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