Tractor and Cockroach

The Cockroach was small and fast,
The Tractor was powerful and big.
They met on the road
And began to fight each other.

The Cockroach was more mobile than Tractor,
He deftly twisted and turned over.
But the Tractor did not give up,
He kept moving forward.




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The Cockroach climbed into a narrow gap,
But the Tractor managed to break it all.
A Cockroach hid in the grass,
But Tractor smoked grass with exhaust gas.

The Cockroach decided that it was time for him to stop,
And he regretted that he fought with the Tractor.
The Tractor smiled and forgave the Cockroach,
And he offered to work together on the field.

This is how the fable could have ended,
If it was written by a school teacher
Or a slobbering humanist from the 19th century.
But life is not like that, it's not like that at all.

We are honest realists, we will not deceive anyone,
Let's face it, like the last time:
Tractor drove through Cockroach without even noticing,
All that left of the Cockroach was wet nothingness.



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.