By Samuel Marshak
Translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear
Pictures by Marc Rosenthal
First Published in the Soviet Union in 1928,
Translation published 1999
"'Driver, stake me to the drain!
Striver, brake me to the strain!
Let me explain,
It's fairly plain . . .
Turn down that lane,
Arrive by five!'
The driver was so startled
He forgot how to drive.
Oh, that absentminded fellow from Portobello Road!"
We all sometimes have those mornings when we put the milk away in the cupboard and the cereal away in the fridge. This fellow is doing things like that from the moment he wakes up until he makes a very humorous train mistake, all the while too absentminded to notice the confused and protesting looks from those around him. It's a silly, funny, lighthearted read with great illustrations.
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