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# Alexander Kruglov's verse on laziness and reading on the endpaper of “My First ABC”, 1890
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/pozhelanie-vsem-detiam-na-budushchuiu-nedeliu/
- Published: 2026-10-30T19:47:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-30T21:41:01.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: The Golden Age, Archive, Books, Observations, Education

A wish for all children for the coming week:

> Beware, children, of idleness  
> As of a bad habit.  
> And read each day  
> If only a single page.

*Literal translation*

A little verse by Alexander Kruglov from the endpaper of "My First Alphabet Book", published in 1890 by the M.O. Wolff publishing partnership.