N. Nosov in 1958 wrote a short story about Dunno. First, it was published in the journal "Youth", and later - as a separate book. Now we will offer you its summary. “Dunno in the Solar City” is easy to read in the author's presentation and contains many funny details.
Dreams of Dunno
Our hero was very fond of reading fairy tales and made friends with the girl Knopochka, who also loved them. Dunno completely lost faith in fairy tales and wizards, but somehow not only saved the old man from the dog, which he let go for a walk, but also ran to find out if the dog had hurt him.
The old man turned out to be a wizard and gave Dunno a magic wand.
Journey
Dunno with a Button asked a car for a magic wand. Patchkulya Pestrenky joined them. They went to the sunny city. On the road, they saw cars of different designs, a steamboat and a steam locomotive, a tractor and a combine. Now we will find out what the adventures of friends are and their summary. Dunno in the Sunny City and his friends noticed that all the houses in it are very beautiful, and there are many cars that have a variety of designs in the streets.
They went into a multi-story building that had an escalator. Riding it, they went further and saw dining rooms in which shorties not only ate, but also sat at chess, lotto, dominoes, read newspapers. In the courtyards everyone played ping pong, soccer, volleyball, and towns. In some places there were swimming pools. Theater or cinema was in almost every home. Looking at one of the tall houses, Dunno came across a shorty named Listik and called him a donkey. Leaf politely spoke with him, but the unrestrained Dunno turned Leaf into a donkey. What else will our hero do, we will learn by reading the summary (“Dunno in the Solar City” is a unique work).
Further adventures
Once in the hotel, travelers saw a huge screen on the wall. The writer predicted the advent of modern flat-wall TVs. Nosov looked ahead for many years. Dunno in the Solar city and its satellites will see the touch control of navigation devices, laser printing, video surveillance systems. When Dunno went to bed, then conscience spoke to him. She rebuked him for his behavior with Leaf. The next morning, Dunno from the newspapers finds out that a new donkey has appeared in the zoo. He decides to fix the situation and calls Knopochka and Pachkul to go to the zoo. Conscience tormented Dunno all the time and rushed him. He mistakenly turns 3 real donkeys into shorties one by one.
They turned out to be hooligans. Because of one of them, our hero got into the police. He was very scared and decided to get out of it with the help of a magic wand. The walls collapsed, and policeman Svistulkin suffered a concussion and ended up in the hospital. Conscience will then talk with Dunno about his behavior, and for now we continue our brief summary. Dunno in the Sunny City will see many miracles.
Adventure Continuation
Friends will be amazed that there are houses in the Solar City that rotate. They will meet interesting shorties: architect Kubik, engineer Klepka, artist and chess player Nitochka.
They will visit the sports and water towns where they play sports and swim in the pools. They will see theatrical, chess and cheerful towns. Dunno, having learned from newspapers about the unrest in the city, wants to stop everything with a magic wand, but loses it, and when she finds it, it turns out that she no longer has magic power. At this time, N. Nosov again arranges a meeting of our travelers with the wizard. He will know their desires.
They want everything to go well in the city: donkeys should go to the zoo, Leaf should turn into a shorty, policeman Svistulkin should recover. The good wizard managed to do everything.
“Dunno in the Solar City”: the main characters
- Dunno is a very cunning, lazy dreamer, boastful, ignorant, but smart and quick-witted and very charming.
- A button is a smart, kind girl who believes in miracles. She knows how to restrain, when she sees, from the wrong deeds of her friends.
- Pachkulya Motley - lazy, good-natured and always dirty. He asked the wizard to make him love to wash. His wish came true.
- Dunno's conscience. She appears constantly and does not allow him to forget about evil deeds.
The story of N. Nosov unobtrusively teaches children to be attentive, sociable, kind.