Flower with Seven Petals

In 1940, Valentin Kataev wrote the fairy tale "Flower with Seven Petals," dedicating it to his friend, writer Boris Levin, and "thinking about how to pity people." In the story, a girl named Zhenya receives a flower with seven petals as a gift, each of which can grant a wish. Zhenya spent six petals on trivial things, and thanks to the seventh petal, she was able to heal a crippled boy named Vitya. Thus, Zhenya gained a wonderful friend. In 1948, the animated film "Flower with Seven Petals" was released, which subsequently won the first prize at the international film festival in Czechoslovakia. In this book, the fairy tale "Flower with Seven Petals" is illustrated with frames from that very cartoon.