About the book: year / "The Scarecrow turned out just right! It was not in vain that Toshka tried all December... Or rather, his efforts boiled down to basic whining, and all the work of cutting, cutting and sewing was naturally done for him by his mother. Although dad did his best too - he’s a designer after all! He drew evil eyes on a face smeared with black ink, the mere sight of which made you feel uneasy!.. Then he added a nose - or rather, he just indicated its absence with an inverted triangle - and when he started to smile... for some reason my mother said that she had had enough…»