The Tale of Lost Time

The kindest storyteller in the world, Evgeny Lvovich Schwartz, wrote a fun form and very deep in meaning tale about how four schoolchildren suddenly became old men and women because they were always late and wasted precious time for nothing.
Live, witty, and colorful illustrations for the tale were drawn by the talented artist Irina Ivanovna Kazakova. Her old boys and young grandfathers remind the young reader of a simple truth: a person who foolishly wastes time does not notice how he grows old…