Hamster and Tank

Once upon a time there was Hamster in a small cage,
He was spinning the wheel and was satisfied with life.
The cage was small and a little cramped,
This was the only thing Hamster would like to improve.

At the same time, somewhere in the distant fields,
There lived Tank, all made of iron, like Scandinavian god.
Tank hid a power that is hard to imagine,
But he dreamed of something different, of a peaceful life.




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Once, it is not clear how, the world curled up into a ring,
And Hamster and Tank suddenly made mental contact.
"Tank, why are you so big and scary?" - asked Hamster.
"Why are you so small and soft?" - Tank asked in turn.

"I'm interested in trying to be big," - Hamster said.
"And I wouldn't mind being small," - Tank replied.
"I think we should switch places, but I don't know how."
"I support this idea, even though it sounds like madness."

If this story took place somewhere in real life,
None of this would have happened (as you know) because
Tank and Hamster cannot make mental contact.
But described events took place in a fable,
And in a fable (as you know) all sorts of miracles happen.
In a word, Tank and Hamster did not even notice,
How they switched places, honestly.

Tank ended up in a cage on the windowsill,
And Hamster found himself at the training ground,
Both were quite happy with this turn.
Tank without hesitation began to spin the wheel,
It turned out that at heart he had always been hamster.
As for Hamster himself, nothing is known about him.
Some foreign tourists said they saw some tank
On the other side of the sea, on the way to the zoo.

But you know what it's like to trust foreign tourists.
They always talk nonsense and are not even shy.



The original text was written by me in Russian. I haven't studied English systematically so the translation may not be ideal. The main work was done by Google Translate, I just corrected obvious absurdities, where I noticed them and where I did not confuse them with brilliant insights.