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LITTLE GOLDEN CALF I'f and Petrov. Epigraph - Look both ways when crossing the streets. Rules of traffic. Chapter One - How Panikovsky violated the convention. Pedestrians need to be loved . Pedestrians account for most of
humanity. Moreover , the best part of it.
Pedestrians created the world . It is they who built the city , built high-rise
buildings , constructed sewers and waterways, paved streets and lit them up with electric
lamps. It is they who spread the culture around the
world, invented the printing press , invented gunpowder,
built bridges across the river, deciphered Egyptian
hyroglyphics , introduced into use a safety razor , eliminated the slave trade , and found
one hundred fourteen tasty nutritious meals can be made from soybeans.
And when all was ready, when the home planet relatively well-maintained in appearance,
then came the automobile. It should be noted too, that the car was invented
by pedestrians. But motorists forgot this little detail quickly enough.
Humble and smart pedestrian began to feel the press. Streets built by pedestrians passed
into the hands of motorists. As bridge steel became twice as wide , the
sidewalks were narrowed to the size of the tobacco wrappers . And
Pedestrians became a frightened huddled mass against the walls of their homes.
- In a big city pedestrians lead a martyred life . to
They have introduced some kind of vehicle the ghetto. They are allowed to cross streets
only at intersections, that is, in those places where movement of the strongest and where
the hair on which usually hangs the life of a pedestrian is the one easiest cut
short.