My favorite character.
I always really liked the cartoons about Cheburashka. When I learned to read, one of my first books I read was the book "Crocodile Gene and His Friends". Cheburashka is my favorite hero of this book.
Cheburashka is a small animal with large ears, covered with brown fur. He arrived in the city in a box of oranges. The animal was called by the director of the store Cheburashka, in which this box was opened, because the animal was so full of oranges that it constantly cheburahatsya, that is, fell. Cheburashka is very cute, kind and cheerful. He immediately made friends with the crocodile Gena, who was very lonely. Together they did good deeds and they made many friends.
It was a very busy town with lots of people but no cars. People travelled by train and on horses.
Lots of the people from Mineral Park, worked in the mines. After work they liked to spend theit free time in the saloons and restaurants. Evryone was happy and wealthy, but all the stopped.
After 1887 Mineral Park started to change into a quit town. Many families moved to other towns and the shops closed down. Some people tried to stay but there was nothing for them to do. Bu 1912, the town was nearly empty. Today, there are only a few ruined buildings left. People still visit Mineral Park though to get an idea of what life was like in the past