Little Vovka Baranov the Whiner was trying in vain to draw an imposing peasant cottage to represent the home of the kulak Pakhomov. Маленький Вовка Баранов, по прозвищу "Бяшка", тщетно пытался нарисовать богатую крестьянскую избу, жилище кулака Пахома.
His efforts were so convincing that afterwards little Vovka Baranov, nicknamed Whiner, kept looking into his mouth to see if his tongue was still there. Маленький Вовка Баранов, по прозвищу "Бяшка", потом все время глядел ему в рот, высматривая, есть там язык или нет.
He almost bumped into Genka, who jumped aside and cast a frightened look at the sleeve of his brand-new tunic, to see if the Whiner had smudged it. But nothing had happened. Он чуть не задел Генку. Генка отскочил в сторону и с испугом посмотрел на рукав своей новенькой гимнастерки.