This record will introduce you to Muffin - a cheerful, funny, kind and very small donkey who has long become a favorite of English children. Yes, perhaps Mafia is famous not only in England, although he was born in this country.
Mafia is a toy, a doll, approximately the same as the well-known heroes of “The Adventures of Pinocchio”. It is made of cardboard and wood, pieces of leather and cloth, and the inside is stuffed with cotton wool. Perhaps this is why he does not stand entirely firmly on his feet and does not always clearly imagine what he can and cannot do. By the way, lovers of homemade products will learn from the author how to “make” Mafin and his cheerful friends.
The fact is that the author of the book, Anne Hogarth, is also the author of the doll. Together with her husband, she plays in a small London puppet theater that travels around the cities of England. There, on the stage of this theater, one fine day a curious, very, very serious and thoughtful toy donkey appeared. At first, only those of the guys who watched funny films met Mafin. puppet shows about a donkey, with its endless questions and small discoveries of the big world.
The fame of Muffin spread throughout England. He amused not tens, but millions of viewers - from television screens. They loved him so much that they had to make a lot of toys so that Mafia would settle in the house of every girl and every boy. The artists also had more worries - they painted a cheerful donkey on children's plates. It appeared on rugs, on wallpaper, on curtains. And when the wind blew such a curtain, it seemed as if Mafin was jumping up, waving his tail with a beautiful bow at the end and, who knows, maybe he was about to speak...
Anne Hogarth has already told many, many short and funny stories about the donkey Mafin. There are even books of different colors that contain these true and only slightly invented stories, riddles, and games; There are, for example, Red, Green, Blue and Purple Muffin books. Of course, they contain a lot of other things, no less funny than stories about a donkey: tales of other authors, folk proverbs, tips on how to make a toy or what game to play so as not to get bored during the whole long day... But basically, “Mafin’s books” are funny collections in which children learn about every step, action, every funny and funny thought. a good toy donkey.
Why is this cardboard donkey so cute? Why, even as they grow up, do children continue to gratefully remember the funny antics of their favorite children’s game hero? What makes not only kids, but also their dads and moms look forward to every new meeting with Muffin?
After all, he is not that smart or capable! And he doesn’t know much about the Mafia - not like, say, the grumpy, important and eternally dissatisfied penguin Peregrine. Or maybe our donkey is superior to other animals in strength or height? And again - no! The hippopotamus Hubert or the giraffe Grace are much larger and stronger than him, and the little blackbird can sing better, and the little black Wally can bake pies...
Everyone loves Mafin because he is very kind, diligent, that he does not tolerate liars and troublemakers, and treats everything in the world with curiosity, and wants to be friends with everyone. Therefore, even the angry Peregrine cannot refuse him anything, and when the Mafia gets into trouble, all the animals and birds rush to his aid. And although Mafia is still just a baby, he himself tries his best to help others. This happened, for example, when he met a huge and scary spider who really wanted to find friends. And Mafin not only tried to become like this himself true friend, but also called all his friends. What came of it, you will find out today. And when this short story ends, think about it carefully, it’s worth it. After all, in our lives sometimes we meet people who are looking for friends. And you have to be very stupid and cruel not to understand this...
Many miracles will happen to the donkey and his cheerful friends. He'll get it magic comb, fulfilling all desires; then our Mafin will become... a detective, otherwise he suddenly wants to change his tail or suddenly become wiser.
If you want to know about all these adventures, you will have to look into the book about Mafina. And today the record will tell you about how our toy friend went in search of treasure. And today Mafin will start baking a wonderful pie for his friends, but the problem is that not everything will work out smoothly with this very pie...
You can't tell everything at once. Let's better listen in order. So, begins the fairy tale about Mafin the donkey, Mafin, who is looking for a treasure...
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Muffin and his cheerful friends
An Hogarth
Muffin and his cheerful friends
Donkey Muffin is one of the favorite heroes of English children. He was born in the puppet theater of Anne Hogarth and her husband Ian Bussell. From there he moved onto London television screens. And then his portraits appeared on children’s toys, on wallpaper, on plates, and on cups. And not only Muffin, but also his cheerful friends - Peregrine the penguin, Oswald the ostrich, Katie the kangaroo and others. You will get acquainted with the adventures of these heroes in our book.
Mafin is looking for treasure
It was a wonderful spring day, and the donkey Mafin was happily running around the garden, looking for something to do. He had already tried on all his ceremonial harnesses and blankets, ate breakfast, watched the carrots grow in the beds, and now dreamed of some miracle happening.
And the miracle happened.
The wind suddenly brought a crumpled piece of paper from somewhere. The leaf hit Mafin right on the forehead and got stuck between the ears.
Mafin took it off, carefully unfolded it and began to examine it - first from one side, then from the other.
Then he suddenly realized that he had not been breathing for a long time from excitement, and he let out the air with such force as if he were not a donkey, but a steam locomotive.
- What a thing!.. But this is a treasure! Buried treasure. And this is the plan of the place where it is hidden.
Muffin sat down and stared at the piece of paper again.
- Yeah! I guessed it! - he exclaimed. – The treasure is hidden under a large oak tree. I’ll run and dig it up now.
But at that moment a heavy sigh was heard behind Mafin. The donkey quickly turned around and saw the penguin Peregrine, who was also closely examining the plan.
- Yeah, a treasure! - whispered Peregrine. – You don’t have to guess for a long time here. There is no doubt: this is a map of the South Pole. The treasure is buried there! I’ll grab my skis and an ice pick and hit the road!
“Map of the South Pole? - Mafin repeated to himself. - South Pole? Hardly! I still think the treasure is buried under the oak tree. Let me take another look at the plan.”
Peregrine began to examine the map through a magnifying glass, and Muffin lay down on his stomach and stretched out his muzzle: he thought that it was better to examine the map while lying down.
“Oak,” whispered Mafin.
“The South Pole,” muttered Peregrine.
Suddenly someone's shadow fell on the map. It was the little black Wally who came up.
- But this is the state of Louisiana in America! - he exclaimed. - I was born there. I’ll immediately pack my things and go after the treasure! Just wondering what is the best way to get there?
All three of them stared at the map again.
- Louisiana! Wally was happy.
“The South Pole,” Peregrine muttered.
“Oak,” whispered Mafin.
Suddenly all three jumped in place because pebbles crunched from behind. It was Oswald the ostrich. Stretching his long neck, he looked at the map and smiled.
– Of course, this is Africa! - he said. – I once lived there. I'm heading out this very minute. Just first you need to remember the plan well.
- This is Louisiana! – Wally exclaimed.
- No, South Pole! - Peregrine objected.
- Oak! Oak! - Mafin insisted.
“Africa,” Oswald whispered. “That’s it,” he said, “I’m taking the plan with me!” “He craned his neck and grabbed a piece of paper with his beak.
At that same second, Wally grabbed it with his brown hand, Peregrine stepped on the corner of the card with a webbed paw, and Muffin grabbed the other corner with his teeth.
And suddenly, out of nowhere, puppy Peter came rushing in, flapping his ears and wagging his tail.
- Thank you, Mafin! Thanks Oswald! Thank you Wally and Peregrine! – he cried, out of breath from running so fast.
Everyone forgot about the map in surprise.
- Thanks for that? - asked Mafin.
- Yes, because you found my piece of paper! - said Peter. “She flew out of my mouth, and I already decided that she was gone.”
- Your piece of paper? - Peregrine muttered.
- Well, yes, but I really wouldn’t want her to get lost. After all, without her I won’t be able to find my treasure!
-What treasure?! - Muffin, Oswald, Wally and Peregrine exclaimed at once.
– Don’t you understand what is drawn here? Here is the path in our garden. Here are the bushes. And here is the flowerbed. And this is where I buried my favorite bone.
And Peter ran away, carefully holding the piece of paper in his teeth.
- Bone! - Mafin groaned.
- Flowerbed! – Oswald sighed.
- Bushes! - Peregrine grumbled.
- But we didn’t even realize! Wally whispered.
And all four, heartbroken, went home. But they were quickly consoled when they saw that tea and sweet cookies were waiting for them.
Muffin bakes a pie
Standing in front of the mirror, Mafin put on his chef’s cap on one side, tied on a snow-white apron and walked into the kitchen with an important air. He decided to bake a pie for his friends - not just any pie, but a real holiday pie: with eggs, apples, cloves and various decorations.
He laid out everything he needed on the kitchen table. It turned out that such a pie requires a lot: a cookbook, a bowl, butter, eggs, sugar, apples, cinnamon, cloves, and a lot of other things.
“Now, if they leave me alone and no one pesters me, I’ll bake a nice pie!”
But as soon as he said this, a loud buzzing sound was heard outside the window and a bee flew into the room. She looked very important, and in her paws she was carrying a jar of honey.
“Our queen sent me!” - said the bee, bowing. “She heard that you are going to bake a sweet cake, and therefore she respectfully asks you to take some honey.” Try how wonderful this honey is!
“Certainly,” said Mafin. - Thank your queen. But the recipe doesn't say anything about honey. It says: “Take sugar...”
- Hey! – the bee buzzed angrily. “Her Majesty the Queen Bee will not accept refusal.” All the best pies are made with honey.
She buzzed so annoyingly that Muffin agreed to take honey and put it in the dough.
– I will convey your gratitude to Her Majesty! - said the bee and, waving its paw, flew out the window.
Mafin sighed with relief.
- OK! - he said. “I hope such a drop of honey won’t harm the pie.”
- Yes, yes, my boy! Are you baking a pie? Good-r-good.
It was Poppy the parrot. She flew through the window and sat down on the table.
- So-so. Very good. But you need fresh eggs! I just laid an egg in this cup for you. Take it, and everything will be fine, my dear!
Muffin was horrified, but he always tried to be polite to Poppy, because Poppy was very old and irritable.
“Thank you, Poppy,” he said. - Just please don’t worry: I already have eggs for the pie. Chicken eggs.
Ann Hogarth (19.07.1910-09.04.1993) - puppet master, was born on 19 July at Frensham, Surrey, the fourth child of William Jackson, a teacher, and his wife, Olivia Hall. Her mother died when she was two years old. Encouraged by winning prizes for public speaking at school, she decided to become an actress and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She then became a manager at the Play Theater in London. The producer was puppet lover Ian Bussell. In 1932, he and Anne created their own puppet show- "Hogarth's Dolls." The couple married in March 1933 and spent their Honeymoon camping on tour in the Cotswolds with company. They handled the business themselves - booking church halls, selling tickets, and finally putting on the shows, for "An hour and a half of twinkling entertainment!" So for 50 years of touring throughout the UK and around the world. Hogarth's Dolls has toured the world, playing in West End theatres, Australia's Outback, and on the ice caps of Canada. During the summer they visited many London parks with a theater tent, delighting countless children. When the Bussells retired they set up a international exhibition dolls, showing all the characters they collected and received during their travels. The dolls are currently owned by a drop-in center in London. After Ian's death in April 1985, Anne moved to Budleigh Salterton. She found living alone as an old woman very frustrating. She was loved and respected by many reasonable criticism the next generation of dolls. She died in a nursing home on April 9, 1993.
Donkey Muffin:
Muffin the Donkey was born in 1933 on the stage of the puppet theater "The Hogarth Puppets", owned by Anne Hogarth and her husband Ian Bussell. In 1946 he appeared in the BBC television program For Children, written by Anne Hogarth. Actress Annette Mills sang and played the piano in the program, on the top of which Muffin danced. This was the first special children's show. Soon it turned into a separate program in which other heroes appeared future book- Sally the seal, Louise the sheep, Peregrine the penguin, Oswald the ostrich. All dolls were designed and made by Anne Hogarth. The program quickly became a favorite children's television. After Mills' death in 1955, Mafin and his friends regularly appeared on television for two more years. They were accompanied by Jan Bussell. Then Anne Hogarth and her husband toured the world with their own puppet theater, the repertoire of which included both the tales of Mafin and a cubist version of Macbeth. In just 11 years, more than three hundred episodes of the program were released. Donkey became a real TV star. There was even a film about him documentary, especially for screening in the USA. In the 1980s, old episodes of the program with great success were shown again on the BBC. In 2005, 26 new episodes about the donkey Mafin and his friends should be shown.
In the early 1950s, Anne Hogarth processed the Muffin stories and published some of them in a small book. Then there were three more issues of stories that differed in cover color - red, blue, purple and green. Stories about Muffin, written by Anne Hogarth, made up a large series of several books - there is the Red Book of Muffin, Blue, Green, Lilac, etc. Then they were all published in one book, “Muffin and His Merry Friends.” The tales have been translated into many languages and are loved by children. different countries. Among the book's illustrators was Annette Mills' daughter Molly Blake.
Fairy tales:
Mafin and his cheerful friends:
- Mafin is looking for treasure.
- Muffin is baking a pie.
- Muffin is unhappy with his tail.
- Donkey Muffin.
- The picture is a mystery.
- Muffin detective.
- How to make a TV yourself.
- Color the picture
- Muffin and his famous zucchini.
- Where is the mistake?
- Marjorie Poppleton. Richard and the moon.
- Sally the seal
- Peregrine the Penguin
- Muffin sings a song.
- Muffin and magic comb.
- Magic squares
- Muffin and spider.
- Where is the mistake?
- Ilene Arthurton. March Lion.
- Mafin is writing a book.
- Muffin is going to Australia.
- Arrival of a kiwi named Kirrie.
- Louise the Sheep
- Muffin and the tramp.
- Muffin and the garden scarecrow.
- Draw!
Ann Hogarth (19 July 1910 – 9 April 1993) was a dollmaker who was born on 19 July 1910 in Frensham, Surrey, the fourth child of William Jackson, a teacher, and his wife, Olivia Hall. Her mother died when she was two years old. Encouraged by winning prizes for public speaking at school, she decided to become an actress and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She then became a manager at the Play Theater in London. The producer was puppet lover Ian Bussell. In 1932, he and Anne created their own puppet theater, the Hogarth Puppets. The couple married in March 1933 and spent their honeymoon camping and touring the Cotswolds with company. They handled the business themselves - booking church halls, selling tickets, and finally putting on the shows, for "An hour and a half of twinkling entertainment!" This was the case for 50 years of touring in the UK and around the world. Hogarth's Dolls has toured the world, playing in West End theatres, Australia's Outback, and on the ice caps of Canada. During the summer they visited many London parks with a theater tent, delighting countless children. When the Bussells retired, they created an international doll exhibition in Devon, displaying all the characters they had collected and acquired during their travels. The dolls are currently owned by a drop-in center in London. After Ian's death in April 1985, Anne moved to Budleigh Salterton. She found living alone as an old woman very frustrating. She was loved and respected by many for her intelligent criticism of the next generation of dolls. She died in a nursing home on April 9, 1993.
