This post features Co-operation - Boris and the Giant Turnip, with video and supporting information that can be used in a school assembly.

Boris, his family and the whole village are hungry because the harvest has been so wet. Boris fears that they will all starve, until his wife, Katya, shows him the giant turnip that's growing in their field. The turnip is so large it could actually save the village from starvation. In fact, it's so enormous that Boris can't get it out of the ground and he's reluctant to ask for help. First Katya helps Boris...then Ivan his grandson...then a goat...Zilya the dog...and finally a mouse. At last they manage to to pull the turnip up and the village is saved.
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