childhoods what Dr Seuss or Roald Dahl are to English children. Poems such as Doctor Aibolit (Doctor Ouchithurts - character based loosely on Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle ) and Krokodil (Crocodile) have been delighting children for generations, while the redoutable washstand of Moidodyr (Wash-em-clean) has been terrifying them into washing behind the