N&K

Ka-kow‘Our Dad is stronger,’ Nastya said to the neighbourhood boy Pavlik so loudly that he shuddered.‘No, my Dad is stronger. He can do twenty press-ups.’‘Huh, and our Dad can do thirty press-ups! He can also eat ten onions, and he won’t even cry.’‘And my Dad, when he fights with your Dad, will kick him so hard that he will fly to Cheboksary.’‘No.’‘Well, yes.’‘No-no-no, one hundred thousand times “no”. But then, then…’‘But then we have a cuckoo clock, that's it,’ Ksyusha helped her twin sister win the argument.Nastya and Ksyusha loved to brag about this unusual clock. Their friends and acquaintances often came to see this miracle and count ‘ka-kows’. Surprisingly, the bird had never made a mistake. The clock was a brown house, under which hung two pine cone-shaped weights and a chain. And most importantly, a tiny grey bird lived in the house. The cuckoo was so smooth and shiny that…