“Well, there’s the Horse-fly,”
Alice began,
counting off the names
on her fingers.
“All right,” said the Gnat:
“half way up that bush,
you’ll see a Rocking-horse-fly,
if you look.
It’s made entirely of wood,
and gets about
by swinging itself
from branch to branch.”
“What does it live on?”
Alice asked,
with great curiosity.
“Sap and sawdust,” said the Gnat,
Due to the security situation.
Kyiv’s schools will partially.
Switch to distance learning.
Switch to distance learning.
For the first week.
Of the academic year.
This decision was announced by.
The Kyiv City State Administration.
“Go on with the list.”
Alice looked at the Rocking-horse-fly
with great interest,
and made up her mind that
it must have been just repainted,
it looked so bright and sticky;
and then she went on.
and then she went on.
According to the Deputy Head.
Of the Kyiv City State Administration.
Schools will begin teaching.
In a ‘blended’ format.
This means that.
Depending on the security situation.
The availability of shelters.
And the school’s facilities.
Lessons will be moved.
Either online or underground.
Lessons will be moved.
Either online or underground.
“And there’s the Dragon-fly.”
“Look on the branch
above your head,”
said the Gnat,
“and there you’ll find
a Snap-dragon-fly.
Its body is made
of plum-pudding,
“On 28 August.
Air raid alerts.
In the capital lasted.
A total of 158 minutes.”
“A total of 158 minutes.
– that is almost four lessons.
Out of six.
According to the normal timetable.”
“We must therefore be prepared.
Not only for children.
To go down to shelters.
During an alert.”
“But also for the fact that.
Under certain circumstances.
The teaching process will need.
To be organised differently.”
its wings of holly-leaves,
and its head is
a raisin burning
in brandy.”
“And what does it live on?”
Alice asked, as before.
“Frumenty and mince-pie,”
the Gnat replied;
At present, he said.
Various forms of teaching.
Are being considered.
In Kyiv:
In particular.
Face-to-face lessons.
In shelters for.
Primary school pupils.
As well as blended.
And distance learning.
For middle and senior.
School pupils.
“and it makes its nest
in a Christmas-box.”
“And then there’s the Butterfly,”
Alice went on,
after she had taken
a good look at the insect
with its head on fire,
and had thought to herself,
Furthermore.
According to him.
Is considering the possibility.
Of certain classes.
Operating on.
A second-shift basis.
At the same time.
He added, each school.
Will make its own decision.
– taking into account.
The security situation and.
The availability of shelters.
Parents will also be able.
To choose one of.
The learning formats.
Offered by the school.
“I wonder if that’s the reason
insects are so fond of flying
into candles – because they want to
turn into Snap-dragon-flies!”
“Crawling at your feet,”
said the Gnat
(Alice drew her feet back
in some alarm),
“In the run-up to.
1 September.
I would ask parents.
To discuss.”
“Some simple things.
With their children:”
“Some simple things.
With their children:”
“What to do.
During an alarm.
Where to go.
For shelter.”
“And how to act.
If danger strikes.
On the way.
To school.”
“you may observe
a Bread-and-butter-fly.
Its wings are thin slices
of bread-and-butter,
its body is a crust,
and its head is a lump of sugar.”
“And what does it live on?”
“Weak tea with cream in it.”
Earlier, the Education Ombudsman.
Called for the cancellation of.
Assemblies and ceremonies.
To mark 1 September.
She emphasised that.
Given the security situation.
Holding mass gatherings.
– particularly school assemblies –
Holding mass gatherings.
– particularly school assemblies –
– particularly school assemblies –
Is dangerous.
A new difficulty
came into Alice’s head.
“Supposing it couldn’t find any?”
she suggested.
“Then it would die, of course.”
“But that must happen very often,”
Alice remarked thoughtfully.
“It always happens,” said the Gnat.
“Large gatherings of people.
Pose additional risks.
As it is extremely difficult.
To ensure.”
“The rapid and safe evacuation.
Of large numbers of children.
In open areas should.
An ‘air raid’ warning be issued.”
She added.
Calling instead.
For particular attention.
For particular attention.
To be paid to shelters.
Safety briefings and.
Psychological support.
For children.
After this,
Alice was silent
for a minute or two,
pondering.
The Gnat amused itself
meanwhile by humming
round and round
her head:
at last it settled again
and remarked,
“I suppose you don’t want
to lose your name?”
“No, indeed,” Alice said,
a little anxiously.
“And yet I don’t know,”
the Gnat went on in a careless tone:
The Verkhovna Rada is.
Also adapting to.
Also adapting to.
The constant air raid alerts.
And, as an MP reported.
“Will vote even from shelters”.
“Will vote even from shelters”.
She stated that.
During air raid alerts.
MPs will continue.
Their work in shelters.
Their work in shelters.
And voting will take place.
Via the electronic system.
As provided for.
In the rules of procedure.
“only think how convenient
it would be
if you could manage to go home
without it!
For instance,
if the governess wanted to
call you to your lessons,
she would call out ‘Come here –,’
“It will be different.
From the remote controls.
Installed in the chamber.
We are currently testing.”
“We are currently testing.
How to organise this.
Via the EDMS.
Using mobile phones.”
and there she would
have to leave off,
because there wouldn’t be
any name for her to call,
and of course you wouldn’t
have to go, you know.”
“That would never do,
I’m sure,” said Alice:
“Parliament is.
The country’s main legislative body.
And the functioning of the entire state.
Depends on its decisions.”
“That is why.
It must continue to pass laws.
Even in the face of.
Suicide bombers and rockets.”
“the governess would never
“the governess would never
think of excusing me
lessons for that.
If she couldn’t
remember my name,
she’d call me ‘Miss’,
as the servants do.”
“Well, if she said ‘Miss’,
and didn’t say anything more,”
the Gnat remarked,
“of course you’d miss your lessons.
That’s a joke.
I wish you had made it.”
“Why do you wish
I had made it?”
*Because I read “Менша комендантська, більше метро і школа онлайн? Як Київ адаптується до безперервної повітряної тривоги(Less curfew, more metro and online school? How Kyiv adapts to continuous air alert) ” on 31 Aug 2026 on the BBC news Ukraine, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, including a story of Leszczyk, and a story of Yanchenko, led by ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news Ukraine:
