11 things for which we are grateful to Eduard Uspensky

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Cheburashka, faith in justice and bright jokes - Lifehacker recalls what was given to us by a popular children's writer who passed away.

1. For a happy childhood

Among the huge number of Ouspensky's heroes there are those suitable for any age: Antoshka and Red-freckled for kids, Vera with Anfisa and Gena with Cheburashka for older children. But most of the characters accompany us throughout our lives. We bet you can name three quotes from cartoons about Prostokvashino without thinking for a second?

If we were crazy, then not both at once. They go crazy one by one. It’s just the flu all together get sick.

"Three from Prostokvashino"

2. For non-childish themes in children's works

In the 90s, Ouspensky told children about the free market, stocks and investments in the book "Business of Crocodile Genes", wrote the fairy tale "Uncle Fyodor, Dog, Cat and Politics." In any of his works, he was not afraid to raise non-childish topics. The story of Cheburashka teaches you to be tolerant and not judge a book by its cover, the Kolobkov investigation - that overprotection is not the best way to show love.

Wisdom of life without moralizing packaging is what distinguishes Ouspensky's works favorably.

People have to be targeted somewhere. Something very important.

“We're not rockets,” Dad grumbled, “to point us somewhere. You just have to live.

"Aunt Uncle Fyodor"

3. For the correct recipe for a sandwich

Now we know exactly how to turn bread and sausage into a gourmet meal.

Wrong you, Uncle Fedor, eat a sandwich. You hold it up with the sausage, and you have to put it on your tongue with the sausage. Then it will be tastier.

"Uncle Fyodor the dog and the cat"

4. For the love of reading

The cycle about Prostokvashino is not limited to three stories that were filmed. In different years, who just did not come to the village: Uncle Fedor's aunt, Uncle Fedor's girl, Kadushkin's grandfather and many other characters. You can meet them only on the pages of books that we have reread over and over again.

Edward Uspensky writer

When a child reads books, he learns to build a model of the world in his head. He reads about something and immediately imagines this picture. This is called imagination.

5. For humor

In cartoons, every phrase is an aphorism, and most of them went to the people. Sharp observations, funny conclusions, destroying expectations - any book by Ouspensky can be read from the stage, and you get a cool stand-up show.

- Chief, - Bulochkin asked. - And how did you guess that the janitor is a blonde with glasses?

- It's very simple, - said Kolobok. - My method is attention plus memory. She has been working in our park for six years. Her photograph hangs on the Hall of Fame at the entrance.

"Koloboks are conducting the investigation"

6. For family values

Uncle Fyodor's parents, of course, have a lot of questions. But, at least, for the sake of each other, they are ready to compromise and ski through the winter forest. And there is also "Octopuses" - a cartoon based on Ouspensky's poem, in which the octopus with many children copes with the offspring quite successfully, the red-haired boy who "did not beat the grandfather, he loved the grandfather" and other imperfect, but lovely families.

- Dad, tell me, please, when was the last time you saw a bouquet with roses in our house?

“Never,” Dad says.

- And why? - asks Uncle Fyodor.

- Because since I got married, my views have changed. I believe that the most valuable gift for a woman is a sack of potatoes. Do you know how many bags I carried for your mom?

"Winter in Prostokvashino"

7. For applied knowledge

Fixies are not only loved by children. Thanks to the cartoon, many have finally figured out how some mechanisms work, and what needs to be done to fix them.

The animated series is based on Ouspensky's story "The Guarantor Men", which was published in 1974.

Sometimes butter does more good deeds than cannons, and sausages do better than flyers.

"Warranty little men"

8. For horror stories

With the book Red Hand, Black Sheet, Green Fingers, one could properly prepare for a summer vacation in a camp where horror stories were held in high esteem. However, uncomplicated stories are not only truly scary, but also amuse, like everything the writer touched.

Many claimed that he drank every day, no one knows what, and this brought him to the grave. But what evil tongues will not say about a person who works at a large chemical plant and has access to alcohol.

"Red hand, black sheet, green fingers"

9. For ABVGDyka

It was Ouspensky who came up with the idea of an educational program, the title, and wrote the script for the first ten issues. "ABVGDeyka" teaches children to read and count for over 40 years - the first series of the program was published in 1975.

ABVGDeyka, ABVGDeyka -

This is study and play

ABVGDeyka, ABVGDeyka, It's time for children to know the ABC.

10. For Cheburashka

Invented by Uspensky, Cheburashka is loved not only in Russia. In the book, he was described as an ugly creature with small ears, but we know him very differently.

Cheburashka became the mascot of the Russian Olympic team, an animated series was shot about him in Japan, in Sweden he was a participant in television programs. Argentine star Natalia Oreiro admitted that her son is in love with Cheburashka.

Why do children love Cheburashka? Because next to him the child feels strong, because he needs to be protected.

Edward Uspensky writer

11. Because good always triumphs over evil

There is no understatement in Ouspensky's books. Good always triumphs, even if he has to achieve his strength. Think of Gena's Crocodile's Vacation, where heroes fight against an ink factory and poachers. Gena, good-natured and intelligent, loses his temper to restore justice.

And with the belief that justice will prevail, life is always more pleasant.

The worst thing is that in the same American cartoons, invincible evil acts, and evil must be finite.

Edward Uspensky writer