<P> Dunno and Kozlik work odd jobs but are still starving and living in poverty in a rat infested basement . Kozlik gets bit by a rat and becomes sick . Just then, Dunno gets a job as a dog nanny for a rich woman, Mrs Minoga ("lamprey"), and makes enough money for a doctor for Kozlik who slowly recovers, but Mrs. Minoga finds out that Dunno took her dogs to the rat infested basement and fires him . Dunno and Kozlik then end up living on the street . Since Kozlik has lost his hat and Dunno lost his shoes they are breaking the law and get sent to Fool's Island which has a toxic atmosphere that turns all the people there into sheep which are then sheared for their wool . </P> <P> Later Dunno's friends come to Moon with giant seeds, which results in elimination of poverty and establishment of a communism - like economical system and saves Dunno and Kozlik from Fool's Island . </P> <P> Named for its abundance of flowers, all streets are named after flowers as well . The Flower City is located by the Cucumber River, on the shore of which many cucumbers grow . Here boy - shorties and girl - shorties live together, but often have trouble getting along . </P> <Ul> <Li> Dunno (Незнайка, from Russian "не знаю", "I don't know") - the title character of the trilogy and the most infamous personality in Flower City . As an anti-hero, this boy - shorty is both ignorant, lazy, rude, and conceited and at the same time curious, kind, enterprising, and unbelievably lucky . He is highly reminiscent of the popular Russian folk hero Ivan the Fool, a flawed young man who always manages to come out on top . He also resembles Khlestakov of Nikolai Gogol . </Li> <Li> Gunky (Гунька) - a boy - shorty, Dunno's best friend </Li> <Li> Doono (Знайка, from "знаю", "I know") - a boy - shorty scientist, the smartest of the boy - shorties, often adopts the leadership role </Li> <Li> Bendum (Винтик, or "little bolt") and Twistum (Шпунтик, from "little peg") - boy - shorty mechanics </Li> <Li> Trills (Гусля, from "гусли", or "gusli") - a boy - shorty musician </Li> <Li> Blobs (Тюбик, or "tube") - a boy - shorty painter </Li> <Li> Pee - Wee (Кнопочка, or "little button") - a girl - shorty who becomes best friends with Dunno </Li> <Li> Daisy (Ромашка, or "camomile") - a girl - shorty </Li> <Li> Swifty (Торопыжка, from "торопиться", or "to hurry") - a boy - shorty who is always in a hurry </Li> <Li> Scatterbrain (Растеряйка, from "растерять", or "to lose") - a boy - shorty who always loses and forgets things </Li> <Li> Dr. Pillman (Доктор Пилюлькин, from "пилюля", or "pill") - a boy - shorty physician </Li> <Li> Roly - Poly (Пончик, or "doughnut") - a very chubby boy - shorty who likes to eat sweets </Li> <Li> Treacly - Sweeter (Сиропчик, or "little syrup") - a very chubby boy - shorty who likes to drink carbonated water with syrup </Li> <Li> Shot (Пулька, from "пуля", "bullet") - a boy - shorty hunter </Li> <Li> Dot (Булька, from "бульдог", "бультерьер", or "bulldog", "bull terrier") - Shot's dog </Li> <Li> Posey (Цветик, or "bloomer") - a boy - shorty poet </Li> <Li> Pachkulya Pyostrenky (Пачкуля Пёстренький, or "dirty and garishly spotted") - a boy - shorty who is always dirty and never surprised at anything </Li> <Li> Grumps (Ворчун, from "ворчать", "to grumble") - a boy - shorty who always grumbles and complains </Li> <Li> Mums (Молчун, from "молчать", "to be silent") - a boy - shorty who is always quiet </Li> <Li> Tinkle (Мушка, from "муха", or "fly" (insect)) - a girl - shorty </Li> <Li> Glass - Eye (Стекляшкин, from "стекляшка", or "piece of glass") - a boy - shorty astronomer </Li> <Li> Kapelka (Капелька, or "little drop") - a girl - shorty who cries when it rains </Li> </Ul>

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