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Берлин. В цирке Буша выступает необыкновенный слон Хойти-Тойти, умеющий считать и читать. Однако, однажды слон обижается на своего дрессировщика за неуважительное поведение последнего и уходит из цирка. Полиция уже готова убить животное, но ситуацию спасает профессор Вагнер из Москвы, при одном упоминании имени которого слон успокаивается и возвращается в цирк. Вагнер узнаёт потерявшегося слона, которому он когда-то пересадил мозг погибшего немецкого учёного Ринга. Во время прогулки в Швейцарию слон рассказывает Вагнеру свою историю. Вагнер в специальной экспедиции в Конго пересадил дикому африканскому слону мозг, который жил у него в лаборатории и который заскучал без тела, но был уже слишком велик для человеческого черепа. Во время одной из ночной прогулке по африканским джунглям слон по-человечески испугался леопарда, убежал в лес и заблудился. Он долго блуждал по джунглям, пристал к стаду диких слонов, затем был вьючным слоном у браконьеров, пока, наконец, не нашёл ферму, где его приняли как ручного …Хойти-Тойти.
- GenresScience Fiction
88 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1930
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About the author
Alexander Belyaev
294 books200 followersAlexander Romanovich Belyaev (Russian: Александр Беляев); born 16 March 1884 in Smolensk, Russian Empire; died 6 January 1942 in Pushkin, USSR]
Born in Smolensk, at the age of 30 Alexander became ill with tuberculosis. Treatment was unsuccessful; the infection spread to his spine and resulted in paralysis of the legs. Belyayev suffered constant pain and was paralysed for six years. In search for the right treatment he moved to Yalta together with his mother and old nanny. During his convalescence, he read the work of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and began to write poetry in his hospital bed.
By 1922 he had overcome the disease and in 1923 returned to Moscow where he began his serious literary activity as writer of science fiction novels. In 1925 his first novel, Professor Dowell's Head (Голова Профессора Доуэля) was published. From 1931 he lived in Leningrad with his wife and oldest daughter; his youngest daughter died of meningitis in 1930, aged six. In Leningrad he met H. G. Wells, who visited the USSR in 1934.
In the last years of his life Belyaev lived in the Leningrad suburb of Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo). At the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union during Second World War he refused to evacuate because he was recovering after an operation that he had undergone a few months earlier.
Belyayev died of hunger in the Soviet town of Pushkin in 1942 while it was occupied by the Nazis. His wife and daughter, who managed to survive, were taken away to Poland by the Nazis. The exact location of his grave is unknown. A memorial stone at the Kazanskoe cemetery in the town of Pushkin is placed on the mass grave where his body is assumed to be buried.
Born in Smolensk, at the age of 30 Alexander became ill with tuberculosis. Treatment was unsuccessful; the infection spread to his spine and resulted in paralysis of the legs. Belyayev suffered constant pain and was paralysed for six years. In search for the right treatment he moved to Yalta together with his mother and old nanny. During his convalescence, he read the work of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and began to write poetry in his hospital bed.
By 1922 he had overcome the disease and in 1923 returned to Moscow where he began his serious literary activity as writer of science fiction novels. In 1925 his first novel, Professor Dowell's Head (Голова Профессора Доуэля) was published. From 1931 he lived in Leningrad with his wife and oldest daughter; his youngest daughter died of meningitis in 1930, aged six. In Leningrad he met H. G. Wells, who visited the USSR in 1934.
In the last years of his life Belyaev lived in the Leningrad suburb of Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo). At the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union during Second World War he refused to evacuate because he was recovering after an operation that he had undergone a few months earlier.
Belyayev died of hunger in the Soviet town of Pushkin in 1942 while it was occupied by the Nazis. His wife and daughter, who managed to survive, were taken away to Poland by the Nazis. The exact location of his grave is unknown. A memorial stone at the Kazanskoe cemetery in the town of Pushkin is placed on the mass grave where his body is assumed to be buried.
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July 12, 2017
একটি হাতিকে নিয়ে গল্প, তার দ্বিতীয় জীবনের এডভেঞ্চার। যে হাতি কিনা মানুষের মতো চিন্তা-ভাবনা করতে পারে! আলেকজান্ডার বেলায়েভের মাত্র দু'টি রচনা পড়ারই সৌভাগ্য হয়েছে এ জীবনে- "উভচর মানুষ" ও "হৈটি টৈটি", কে বিচারে প্রথম আর কে দ্বিতীয়, ভাবনার খোরাকই নেই। অসাধারণ সৃষ্টি!
June 23, 2016
Quite a fascinating story. It starts as comedy and then turns into an adventure in the midway. I liked the humor and the adventure in jungle. There was bit of sci-fi flavor too, which has a great impact in overall storyline.
I respect the imagination of the author, it was quite unique. Please read to experience.
I respect the imagination of the author, it was quite unique. Please read to experience.
January 25, 2023
Nice read. Really enjoyed
February 13, 2018
Фантастичний твір про слона, якому пересадили людський мозок і змусили виступати у цирку.
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