Loud readings of Alyonushka's fairy tales. School encyclopedia


M,"Children's literature", 1989

“Alenushka’s Tales” were written by Mamin-Sibiryak for his daughter Alyonushka, Elena Dmitrievna Mamina. Hence the special character of the book “Alyonushka’s Tales” - full of immeasurable fatherly love, but not blind love. Mamin-Sibiryak's audio tales are educational in nature. The child must learn to be careful and overcome selfish tendencies. Fairy tales were published in magazines " Children's reading", "Sprouts" in 1894 - 1896. They were published as a separate edition in 1896 and have been reprinted many times since then. “This is my favorite book,” Mamin-Sibiryak admitted in a letter to his mother, “it was written by love itself, and therefore it will survive everything rest".
The audio book "Alenushkin's Tales" is compiled from complete audio texts, a summary of all the fairy tales of the Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak, taken from the 7th volume of "Fairy Tales of the Peoples of the World" - "Tales of Russian Writers", 1989 edition: audio fairy tale "Pricazka", audio "Tale about a brave hare - long ears, slanting eyes, short tail", audio "Tale about Kozyavochka", audio "Tale about Komar Komarovich - long nose and about shaggy Misha - short tail", audio tale "Vanka's name day", audio "The Tale of Sparrow Vorobeich, Ruff Ershovich and the cheerful chimney sweep Yasha", audio "The Tale of How the Last Fly Lived", audio "Smarter than Everyone", audio "The Parable of Milk, Oatmeal Porridge and the Gray Cat Murka", audio " It's time to sleep". These audio fairy tales by D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak are suitable for listening online to the youngest children, children from 0. These are the most best audio bedtime stories for children to listen to. The audio collection "Alyonushka's Tales" also includes: a beautiful sad audio fairy tale-story "The Gray Neck" and a magical audio "The Tale of King Pea and his beautiful daughters Princess Kutafya and Princess Pea" with a complex adventurous plot and folk jokes.
The audiobook "Alyonushka's Tales" can be listened to online or downloaded to the audio library for children from 6 years old, and "The Gray Neck" - for children from 3 years old.

The audio book of the Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak "Alenushkin's Tales" provides a biography of the author, summary all included audio fairy tales, namely: audio fairy tale "The Gray Neck", audio "The Tale of the Glorious King Pea...", audio "Alenushka's Tales" ("Fairy Tale", "The Tale of the Brave Hare...", "The Tale of Kozyavochka",...

A wonderful sad audio fairy tale-story "The Gray Neck". The Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak repeatedly corrected its text. First published under the title "Serushka" in the magazine "Children's Reading" in 1893. Later, the writer changed the title and added a chapter that talks about the salvation of Gray Neck. The dark ending isn't...

Audio fairy tale by Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak "The Tale of the Glorious King Pea and his beautiful daughters Princess Kutafya and Princess Pea." The audio fairy tale begins with an intricate saying: “Soon the fairy tale is told, but not soon the deed is done. Fairy tales are told to old people and old women for consolation, to young people for instruction, but...

Audio "The Tale of the Glorious King Pea and His Beautiful Daughters Princess Kutafya and Princess Pea" by Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak. Chapters 3, 4 and 5. “Every day the glorious Tsar Pea became worse and worse, and the people kept looking for who spoiled him...” This is how the author describes the transformation of the cheerful Tsar Pea into a despot. "...glorious...

Audio fairy tale by Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak "The Tale of the Glorious King Pea and his beautiful daughters Princess Kutafya and Princess Pea." Chapter 6, 7 and 8. The people in the kingdom of Peas protested against his tyranny, war and famine. Princess Pea turned into a fly and flew into the dungeon, where the princess’s sister was sitting in the tower...

Audio fairy tale by Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak "The Tale of the Glorious King Pea and his beautiful daughters Princess Kutafya and Princess Pea." Chapter 9, 10, 11. Princess Pea arranged the wedding of King Kosar and Princess Kutafya. She, in the form of a lame, pockmarked and hunchbacked Sandal, brought the hungry and tired King Pea...

Audio fairy tale by Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak "The Tale of the Glorious Tsar Gorokh and his daughters Kutafya and Goroshinka." Chapters 12 and 13. Queen Lukovna, in order not to anger her husband and ashamed of the guests, hid Pea in her room. Little Sandal, aka the enchanted princess Pea, looked at the fun from the window and cried. And also...

Audio fairy tale by Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak "The Tale of the Glorious King Pea and his daughters Princess Kutafya and Princess Pea." Chapters 14 and 15. “Sandalfoot was absolutely delighted when they made her a goose farmer. True, they fed her poorly - they sent only scraps from the royal table to the backyard, but with early morning she stole...

Audio book "Alenushka's Tales" by the Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak - audio fairy tales for the youngest children, audio bedtime stories. "Alenushka's Tales" were published in the magazines "Children's Reading" and "Vskhody" in 1894 - 1896. A separate edition of "Alenushkin's Tales" was published in 1896 and has since been reprinted many times. "That's mine...

In the audio fairy tale about the brave Hare, the Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak, with laconic touches accessible to children, presents an important, turning point in the life of the “brave Hare”. "...The bunny was afraid for a day, afraid for two, afraid for a week, afraid for a year; and then he grew up big, and suddenly he got tired of being afraid. “I’m not afraid of anyone!” -...

Audio fairy tale by Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak "The Tale of Kozyavochka". After listening to this audio tale, we will learn about most of the life of a small insect from spring to autumn. The little booger flies from the grass to the flower, feeding on the “sweet juice” of the flower, hiding under the leaves of the grass from the wind, rain and from enemies. With a bumblebee and a worm she has...

Audio fairy tale by Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak “The fairy tale about Komar Komarovich - a long nose and about shaggy Misha - a short tail” - a typical fairy tale about animals. A fairy tale about that. how mosquitoes defended their original swamp from a bear, who decided to sleep in the coolness of their swamp in the heat. The indignant Komar Komarovich resolutely attacked...

Audio fairy tale by the Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak “Vanka’s Name Day” about a scandal with a fight that grew out of nothing. At first, many guests gathered for Vanka’s name day. music played, everyone danced, rejoiced, feasted, behaved decorously and decently. Suddenly the Katya doll whispered to the Anya doll: “What do you think, Anya, who is the most beautiful here?” IN...

Audio fairy tale by the Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak “The Tale of Sparrow Vorobeich, Ersh Ershovich and the cheerful chimney sweep Yasha” - about two friends Sparrow Vorobeich and Ersh Ershovich. How equally difficult it was for them to live in the winter cold, how similar their enemies were, the hawk and the pike. One day, friends quarreled over a worm. Sandpiper snipe...

Audio fairy tale by Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak "The Tale of How the Last Fly Lived" - about a cheerful young fly, about good people, which "...everywhere brought various pleasures to the flies." Alyonushka left “...for the flies a few drops of spilled milk, and most importantly - crumbs of bread and sugar... Cook Pasha...

Audio fairy tale by the Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak “Smarter than All” about a arrogant turkey who considered himself the smartest and wanted everyone in the poultry yard to think so. “Out of pride, the turkey never rushed to feed with others... The turkey was such a modest and kind bird and was constantly upset that the turkey was always with...

The household audio fairy tale by the Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak “The Parable of Milk and Oatmeal Porridge” is an amazingly kind and affectionate fairy tale that immediately makes both milk and any porridge very tasty. "...The most amazing thing was that this was repeated every day. Yes, how they put a pot of milk and an earthenware saucepan with... on the stove in the kitchen...

Audio fairy tale-lullaby of the Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak “The Saying” at the beginning of “Alenushkin’s Tales” and “It’s Time to Sleep” at the end of this cycle. “Alyonushka’s Tales” were written by Mamin-Sibiryak for his daughter Alyonushka, Elena Dmitrievna Mamina. "...One of Alyonushka's eyes falls asleep, Alyonushka's other ear falls asleep..." Further in...

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Test

subject: Children's literature with workshop on expressive reading

on the topic: D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak"Alenushka's Tales"

Performed:

Sapozhnikova Valeria Aleksandrovna

Tulun 2016

Introduction

1. History of the collection

3. Features of the language

Conclusion

Bibliography

Introduction

Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak has said more than once that “a child is the best reader.” He wrote stories and fairy tales for children: “Emelya the Hunter”, “Winter Quarters on Studenoy”, “Grey Neck”, “Spit”, “The Rich Man and Eremka”. Mamin-Sibiryak had his own, thoughtful attitude towards children's literature. He believed that books for children shape the mind and educate the feelings of a child. Seeing the future of humanity in children, the writer put forward deep social problems in his works addressed to them and revealed the truth of life in artistic images. About “Alenushka’s Tales,” which the writer invented for his little daughter, he said: “This is my favorite book - love itself wrote it, and therefore it will outlive everything else.”

Mamin-Sibiryak took children's literature very seriously. He called a children's book a “living thread” that takes the child out of the nursery and connects him with the wider world of life. Addressing writers, his contemporaries, Dmitry Narkisovich urged them to truthfully tell children about the life and work of the people. He often said that only an honest and sincere book is beneficial: “A children’s book is a spring Sunbeam, which makes the dormant forces of the child’s soul awaken and causes the seeds thrown on this fertile soil to grow.”[Mamin-Sibiryak D.N. « picture book p.2]

1. History of the collection

Dmitry Mamin was born on November 6, 1852 in the Visimo-Shaltansky factory village, forty kilometers from Nizhny Tagil, in the family of a priest of the factory church. The family was cultured. The book was not a whim or amusement in her, but a necessity. The names of Karamzin and Krylov, Aksakov, Pushkin and Gogol, Koltsov and Nekrasov, Turgenev and Goncharov were near and dear to both children and adults here. And everyone loved the nature of the Urals. She poured into the soul from childhood and throughout her life warmed, inspired, and helped not to lose her attachment to her native land, to the Fatherland.

Years have passed. Mamin - Siberian became a writer. He created dozens of novels and stories, hundreds of stories. He lovingly depicted in them the simple people and the beauty of the Ural nature.

In 1890 he divorced his first wife, and in 1891 he married the artist Maria Abramova and moved to St. Petersburg. A year later, Abramova died during childbirth, leaving... her daughter Alyonushka (Elena) in the arms of her father, shocked by this death.

Elena-Alyonushka was born a sick child. The doctors said "I'm not going to live." But the father, the father’s friends, the nanny-teacher - “Aunt Olya” pulled Alyonushka out of the “other world”. While Alyonushka was little, her father sat by her crib for days and hours. No wonder they called her “father’s daughter.”

When the girl began to understand, her father began to tell her fairy tales, first those he knew, then he began to compose his own fairy tales, began to write them down, and collect them.

These tales were created sporadically from 1894 to 1897 and were not originally intended for publication - they were written for a seriously ill daughter, who sometimes had difficulty falling asleep at night. Subsequently, one of my friends came up with the idea of ​​publishing them.

“Alyonushka’s Tales” were conceived as pedagogical commandments for a child who needs to be persistent, independent and self-valued in life.

Fairy tales were published in the magazines “Children's Reading” and “Vskhody” in 1894-1896. A separate edition of “Alenushka’s Tales” was published in 1897 and was reprinted several times after that. Even now, his “Alenushka’s Tales” are published annually and translated into other languages. Much has been written about them; they are associated with folklore traditions and the writer’s ability to present moral lessons in an entertaining way.

2. Gallery fairy tale images animal world

The heroes of Mamin-Sibiryak are the same as the heroes of many folk tales: shaggy clumsy bear, hungry wolf, cowardly hare, cunning sparrow. They think and talk to each other like people. But at the same time, these are real animals. The bear is depicted as clumsy and stupid, the wolf as angry, the sparrow as a mischievous, agile bully.

Names and nicknames help to introduce them better.

Here Komarishche - a long nose - is a big, old mosquito, but Komarishko - a long nose - is a small, still inexperienced mosquito.

Objects also come to life in his fairy tales. The toys celebrate the holiday and even start a fight. Plants talk. In the fairy tale “Time to Bed,” pampered garden flowers are proud of their beauty. They look like rich people in expensive dresses. But the writer prefers modest wildflowers. Mamin-Sibiryak sympathizes with some of his heroes, and laughs at others. He writes with respect about the working person, condemns the slacker and the lazy.

The writer also did not tolerate those who are arrogant, who think that everything was created only for them. The fairy tale “How the Last Fly Lived” tells about one stupid fly who is convinced that the windows in houses are made so that she can fly into and out of rooms, that they only set the table and take out jam from the cupboard. in order to treat her that the sun shines for her alone. Well, of course, only a stupid, funny fly can think that way!

What do the lives of fish and birds have in common? And the writer answers this question with the fairy tale “About Sparrow Vorobeich, Ruff Ershovich and the cheerful chimney sweep Yasha.” Although Ruff lives in the water, and Sparrow flies through the air, fish and birds equally need food, chase after tasty morsels, suffer from cold in winter, and in summer they have a lot of troubles...

Great power act together, together. How powerful the bear is, but mosquitoes, if they unite, can defeat the bear (“The Tale about Komar Komarovich - a long nose and about shaggy Misha - a short tail”).

3. Features of the language

At the center of “Alyonushka’s Tales” are animals, fish, insects, dolls, but humans almost never appear in them. Mamin-Sibiryak’s skills were manifested in solving the most difficult task - in an extremely laconic form to give children an idea of ​​​​the laws of human existence. It is no coincidence that the language of “Alenushka’s Tales” was called “Mother’s Syllable” by his contemporaries.

"Alyonushka's Tales" by Mamin-Sibiryak -- classic sample how to write for children. The entire system of artistic images, composition, style, language are related to the educational and educational goals that the author set by telling fairy tales to his daughter, and then writing them down for wide range readers.

Artistic techniques fairy tales correspond to the peculiarities of perception of young children. At the heart of every fairy tale is real life, real heroes. All of them are close and familiar to the child - a hare, a cat, a crow, ordinary fish, insects, attractive people (the cheerful chimney sweep Yasha, the girl Alyonushka), things and toys (shoe, spoon, Vanka-Vstanka, dolls). But fairy tales would not be truly children's tales if these ordinary heroes did not perform extraordinary actions, if interesting incidents did not happen to them. Children like the skillful combination of reality and fantasy in Alyonushka's Tales. The doll and toys in the fairy tale “Vanka’s Name Day” look completely ordinary: Anya’s doll had a slightly damaged nose, Katya was missing one arm, the “well-used Clown” hobbled on one leg, Alenushkin’s Shoe had a hole in his toe. But all these objects familiar to the child are transformed: they begin to move, talk, fight, make peace. The child perceives them as living beings. As in a folk tale, a talking animal or thing does not lose its real, familiar features. For example, Sparrow is pugnacious and perky. The cat loves milk, and Broomstick even at the feast says: “It’s okay, I’ll stand in the corner.”

The dedication of the fairy tales to little Alyonushka defined lyricism, sincerity and lullaby intonation: “Bai-bai-bai... one of Alyonushka’s eyes is sleeping, the other is watching; One ear of Alyonushka is sleeping, the other is listening. Sleep, Alyonushka, sleep, beauty, and dad will tell fairy tales.” The style of this saying by Mamin-Sibiryak is close to folk ones. The writer carefully worked on fairy tales, using the richness of Russian folk speech, polishing his style in them, which his contemporaries aptly called “Mother’s syllable.”

The language of Mamin-Sibiryak’s children’s works is fresh and colorful, full of proverbs and sayings, witty and apt sayings. Thus, the arrogance and arrogance of the Turkey in the fairy tale “Smarter than Everyone” is emphasized in his dialogue with the inhabitants of the poultry yard. When the Turkey demands to be recognized as the smartest, they answer him: “Who doesn’t know that you are the smartest bird!..” So they say: “Smart as a turkey.” The irony of this characteristic is clear to preschoolers.

4. Educational value of fairy tales

Indeed, “Alyonushka’s Tales” are an excellent example of high art for children. They are imbued with humanism and saturated with noble social and moral ideas.

They are instructive, but their morality is smart, expressed not declaratively, but embodied in a system of artistic images, simple and accessible to children.

Each fairy tale is a unique lesson, devoid of primitive clarity, a model of behavior weak creature V big world. At first it seems to the newly born Kozyavochka that the world is beautiful and belongs to her alone, but, alas, the very first meetings leave her in amazement - everything already belongs to someone, and the little boogers are threatened with trouble from all sides. Look for your place in life. Don’t be defenseless and dependent, like the yellow bird Canary, but try not to be petty, like Voronushka. Remember that even small mosquitoes are capable of defeating a bear, know that courage “takes the city,” but don’t get too carried away with victory. Don't judge by the laws of the "poultry yard". Keep in mind that while two people are quarreling, the third one will definitely benefit from it. And most importantly, you must be able to love life.

The fairy tale “Vanka’s Name Day” exposes acquisitiveness, self-praise, pugnacity, and love of gossip. The author depicts all this in such a way that the morality turns out to be close and understandable to small children. The fairy tale includes dolls, toys, and household items.

In many of Mamin-Sibiryak’s fairy tales, along with stupid, greedy and pugnacious characters, there are simple and intelligent heroes. In the fairy tale “Vanka’s Name Day,” the holey Alenushkin Shoe and the toy Bunny behave most modestly. But they are the ones who are blamed by the pugnacious toys for starting the quarrel. The child reader will undoubtedly be on the side of the unjustly offended Bunny and Shoe; he will understand a lot about the relationships between people, and will think about injustice. True, the author, taking into account the limited social experience of children, does not give his images the sharpness that is inherent in works for adults.

In the fairy tales of Mamin-Sibiryak, cruel laws of social discord and rivalry often operate in the conventional world of animals, only outwardly expressed in the forms of the natural struggle for existence. The fairy-tale analogy between the lives of people and animals does not at all replace social phenomena with biological ones. Rather, on the contrary: the social is transferred to the animal world, which is why fairy tales awakened very important political associations and feelings in the minds of the young reader. Mamin-Sibiryak's tales are imbued with the idea of ​​humanity and awaken sympathy for the weak and oppressed.

The writer’s images are vital, connected with the ideas that the child already has. They are typical. These are living individuals.

Humor is also associated with the character of the heroes in other tales of Mamin-Sibiryak. The reader becomes funny when Komar Komarovich and his mosquito army drive a huge Bear out of the swamp. AND funny situation helps to understand one of the thoughts put into this fairy tale by the author, the idea of ​​the victory of the weak when they unite.

Mamin-Sibiryak's tales are dynamic. Each character is given in action. For example, Sparrow Vorobeich reveals his mischief and thievery in his relationships with birds, fish and the chimney sweep Yasha. Murka the cat cannot hide his trickery under hypocritical speech - his deeds expose him. mother's tale - Siberian educational

Dolls and toys in the fairy tale “Vanka’s Name Day” are shown in motion. They talk, have fun, feast, quarrel, fight, make peace. These lively pictures will not only make the reader smile.

In the fairy tale “Smarter than Everyone,” arrogance, stupidity, and arrogance are ridiculed. The turkey, who considered himself an aristocrat among the inhabitants of the poultry yard, demands universal recognition that he is the smartest bird.

A distinctive feature of “Alenushka’s Tales” is their lyricism and sincerity. The author tenderly paints the image of his listener and reader - little Alyonushka. Flowers, insects, and birds treat her lovingly. And she herself says: “Dad, I love everyone.”

“Alyonushka’s Tales” are an excellent example of creativity for little ones; they have become firmly established in reading for more than one generation of children.

Conclusion

Mamin-Sibiryak began writing fairy tales when he was already an adult. Many novels and stories were written before them. A talented, warm-hearted writer, Mamin-Sibiryak enlivened the pages of children's books, penetrating young hearts with his kind words. You need to read Mamin-Sibiryak’s tales of Alyonushka especially thoughtfully, where the author easily and informatively laid down the deep meaning, the strength of his Ural character and the nobility of thought.

People begin to read Mamin-Sibiryak in kindergarten or junior school. Alyonushka's collection of Mamin-Sibiryak's tales is the most famous of them. These small tales from several chapters they speak to us through the mouths of animals and birds, plants, fish, insects and even toys. The nicknames of the main characters touch adults and amuse children: Komar Komarovich - long nose, Ersh Ershovich, Brave Bunny- long ears and others. Mamin-Sibiryak wrote “Alenushkin’s Tales” not only for entertainment; the author skillfully combined useful information with exciting adventures.

Bibliography

1. Mamin-Sibiryak D.N. Alyonushka's fairy tales. - M.: Children's literature, 2014. Art. 2 (272 Art.)

2. Mamin-Sibiryak D.N.. Book with pictures - M.: Pravda, 1958 p.2

3. Mamin-Sibiryak D.N. Stories and fairy tales. - M.: Children's literature, 1985.

4. Russian children's literature / Ed. F.I. Setina. - M.: Education, 1972.

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Russian prose writer and playwright Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak (1852-1912) entered literature with a series of essays about the Urals. Many of his first works were signed under the pseudonym “D. Siberian". Although his real name is Mamin.

The writer's first major work was the novel Privalov's Millions (1883), which was a great success at that time. In 1974, this novel was filmed.
In 1884, his novel “Mountain Nest” was published in the journal Otechestvennye zapiski, which established Mamin-Sibiryak’s reputation as an outstanding realist writer.
Latest large works writer - the novels “Characters from the Life of Pepko” (1894), “Shooting Stars” (1899) and the story “Mumma” (1907).

Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak

In his works, the writer depicted the life of the Urals and Siberia in the post-reform years, the capitalization of Russia and the associated breakdown public consciousness, norms of law and morality.
“Alyonushka’s Tales” were written by the author already in his mature years - in 1894-1896. for his daughter Alyonushka (Elena).

D. Mamin-Sibiryak with his daughter Alyonushka

The works of Mamin-Sibiryak for children are still relevant today, because they have an informative plot, are truthful, and are written in a good style. Children will learn about the difficult life of that time and get acquainted with wonderful descriptions of the writer’s native Ural nature. The author took children's literature very seriously, because... believed that through it the child communicates with the natural world and the world of people.
Mamin-Sibiryak’s tales also had a pedagogical goal: raising fair, honest children. He believed that words of wisdom thrown on fertile soil will definitely sprout.
Mamin-Sibiryak's tales are varied and designed for children of any age. The author did not embellish life, but always found warm words that convey kindness and moral strength ordinary people. His love for animals cannot leave anyone indifferent; children's hearts vividly respond to this feeling.

D. Mamin-Sibiryak “Alyonushka’s Tales”

Fairy tales from this collection are available to children starting from kindergarten or primary school age. His fairy tales themselves speak to children through the lips of animals and birds, plants, fish, insects and even toys. They help to instill in children hard work, modesty, the ability to make friends, and a sense of humor. The nicknames of the main characters alone are worth it: Komar Komarovich - long nose, Ruff Ershovich, Brave Hare - long ears...
The collection “Alyonushka’s Tales” includes 11 fairy tales:

1. "Saying"
2. “The Tale of the Brave Hare – Long Ears, Slanting Eyes, Short Tail”
3. “The Tale about Kozyavochka”
4. “The tale about Komar Komarovich - a long nose and about shaggy Misha - a short tail”
5. “Vanka’s name day”
6. “The Tale of Sparrow Vorobeich, Ruff Ershovich and the cheerful chimney sweep Yasha”
7. “The Tale of How the Last Fly Lived”
8. “The Tale of Voronushka – the black little head and the yellow bird Canary”
9. “Smarter than everyone else”
10. “The Parable of Milk, Oatmeal Porridge and Gray Cat Murka”
11. “Time for bed”

D. Mamin-Sibiryak “The Tale of the Brave Hare - long ears, slanting eyes, short tail”

This is a very good fairy tale, like all the others.
Everyone has small weaknesses, but what matters is how others treat them.
Let's read the beginning of the fairy tale.
“A bunny was born in the forest and was afraid of everything. A twig will crack somewhere, a bird will fly up, a lump of snow will fall from a tree - the bunny is in hot water.
The bunny was afraid for a day, afraid for two, afraid for a week, afraid for a year; and then he grew up big, and suddenly he got tired of being afraid.
- I'm not afraid of anyone! - he shouted to the whole forest. “I’m not afraid at all, that’s all!”
The old hares gathered, the little bunnies came running, the old female hares tagged along - everyone listened to how the Hare boasted - long ears, slanting eyes, a short tail - they listened and did not believe their own ears. There has never been a time when the hare was not afraid of anyone.
- Hey, slanting eye, aren’t you afraid of the wolf?
“I’m not afraid of the wolf, or the fox, or the bear—I’m not afraid of anyone!”
See how other animals in the forest react to this statement. They did not laugh at the hare or criticize him, although everyone understood that these words were spoken by the hare rashly and thoughtlessly. But good animals They supported him in this impulse, everyone had fun. We read further: “This turned out to be quite funny. The young hares giggled, covering their faces with their front paws, the kind old hare women laughed, even the old hares, who had been in the paws of a fox and tasted wolf teeth, smiled. A very funny hare!.. Oh, how funny! And everyone suddenly felt happy. They started tumbling, jumping, jumping, racing each other, as if everyone had gone crazy.”
According to the laws fairy tale plot a wolf was supposed to appear here at that moment. He appeared. And he decided that now he would eat the hare.
The hare, seeing the wolf, jumped in fear and fell straight on the wolf, “rolled head over heels on the wolf’s back, turned over again in the air and then gave such a screeching sound that it seemed like he was ready to jump out of his own skin.” And the wolf, out of fear, also ran, but in the other direction: “when the Hare fell on him, it seemed to him that someone had shot at him.”
As a result, the animals found a hare under a bush, almost alive from fear, but they saw the situation completely differently:
- Well done, oblique! - all the hares shouted in one voice. - Oh, yes, a scythe!.. You cleverly scared the old Wolf. Thank you brother! And we thought you were bragging.
The brave Hare immediately perked up. He crawled out of his hole, shook himself, narrowed his eyes and said:
- What would you think! Oh you cowards...
From that day on, the brave Hare began to believe that he was really not afraid of anyone.

D. Mamin-Sibiryak “The Tale of Sparrow Vorobeich, Ruff Ershovich and the cheerful chimney sweep Yasha”

Vorobey Vorobeich and Ersh Ershovich lived in great friendship. Each time they met, they invited each other to visit, but it turned out that neither of them could live in the circumstances of the other. Sparrow Vorobeich said:
- Thank you brother! I would love to come visit you, but I’m afraid of water. It’s better if you come and visit me on the roof...
And Yorsh Ershovich responded to his friend’s invitation:
- No, I can’t fly, and I’m suffocating on the air. It’s better to swim on the water together. I'll show you everything...
And so they were good friends, loved to talk, despite the fact that they were completely different. But their troubles and joys were similar. “For example, winter: how cold poor Sparrow Vorobeich is! Wow, what cold days there were! It seems that my whole soul is ready to freeze out. Sparrow Vorobeich gets ruffled, tucks his legs under him and sits. The only salvation is to climb into a pipe somewhere.” “Ruff Ershovich also had a hard time in the winters. He climbed somewhere deeper into the pool and dozed there for whole days. It’s dark and cold, and you don’t want to move.”
Sparrow Vorobeich had a friend - chimney sweep Yasha. “Such a cheerful chimney sweep - he sings all the songs. He cleans the pipes and hums. Moreover, he will sit down on the very ridge to rest, take out some bread and eat it, and I pick up the crumbs. We live soul to soul. “I also like to have fun,” Vorobey Vorobeich told his friend.

Illustration by Yu. Vasnetsov

But there was a quarrel between the friends. One summer, a chimney sweep finished his work and went to the river to wash off the soot. There he heard a strong scream and hubbub, the angry Vorobey Vorobeich shouted loud accusations at his friend, and he himself was all disheveled, angry... It turns out that Vorobey Vorobeich got a worm and carried it home, and Ersh Ershovich took possession of this worm by deception, shouting: "Hawk!". Sparrow Vorobeich released the worm. And Yorsh Ershovich ate it. So there was a fuss about this. In the end, it turned out that Vorobey Vorobeich had acquired the worm by dishonest means, and besides, he had stolen a piece of bread from the chimney sweep. All the birds, big and small, rushed after the thief. Further, the events of the fairy tale unfolded like this: “There was a real dump. Everyone just tears it up, only the crumbs fly into the river; and then the edge also flew into the river. At this point the fish grabbed onto it. A real fight began between the fish and the birds. They tore the whole edge into crumbs and ate all the crumbs. As it is, there is nothing left of the edge. When the edge was eaten, everyone came to their senses and everyone felt ashamed. They chased the thief Sparrow and ate the stolen piece along the way.”
And Alyonushka, having learned about this story, concluded:
Oh, how stupid they all are, both the fish and the birds! And I would share everything - both the worm and the crumb, and no one would quarrel. Recently I divided four apples... Dad brings four apples and says: “Divide in half - for me and Lisa.” I divided it into three parts: I gave one apple to dad, the other to Lisa, and took two for myself.”
The fairy tales of Mamin-Sibiryak emanate warmth and childhood. I want to read them aloud and see the happy and kind faces of the children.
In addition to the cycle “Alyonushka’s Tales,” the writer has other fairy tales:

1. "Gray Neck"
2. “Forest Tale”
3. “The Tale of the Glorious King Pea”
4. "Stubborn goat"

D. Mamin-Sibiryak “Gray Neck”

“The Gray Neck” is not only the writer’s most famous fairy tale, but also generally the most famous work in children’s literature. She

attracts with its touchingness, evokes a desire to protect the weak and helpless, to help those in need in need. The natural world in this tale is depicted in unity and harmony with the human world.
... Migratory birds were getting ready to travel. Only in the family of Duck and Drake there was no joyful pre-flight bustle - they had to come to terms with the thought that their Gray Neck would not fly south with them, she would have to spend the winter here alone. Back in the spring, her wing was damaged: a Fox crept up to the brood and grabbed the duckling. The Old Duck boldly rushed at the enemy and fought off the duckling; but one wing turned out to be broken.
The Duck was very sad that Gray Neck would have a hard time being alone, she even wanted to stay with her, but Drake reminded her that, besides Gray Neck, they had other children to take care of.
And so the birds flew away. Mother taught Gray Neck:
- You stay near that bank where the spring runs into the river. The water there won't freeze all winter...
Soon Gray Neck met the Hare, who also considered the Fox his enemy and was as defenseless as Gray Neck, and saved his life by constant flight.
Meanwhile, the hole in which the duck was swimming was getting smaller and smaller due to the advancing ice. “Seraya Neck was in despair because only the very middle of the river, where a wide ice hole had formed, did not freeze. There was no more than fifteen fathoms of free space left to swim. Gray Neck’s grief reached its final pitch when the Fox appeared on the shore - it was the same Fox who broke her wing.”

The fox began to hunt for the duck and lure it to itself.
The old hunter saved Gray Neck. He went out hunting for a hare or a fox for his old woman's fur coat. “The old man took the Gray Neck from the wormwood and put it in his bosom. “I won’t tell the old woman anything,” he thought as he headed home. “Let her fur coat and collar take a walk in the forest together.” The main thing is that the granddaughters will be so happy.”
And how happy little readers are when they learn about the salvation of Gray Neck!

Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak(real name Mamin; 1852-1912) - Russian prose writer and playwright.

He entered the literature with a series of travel essays “From the Urals to Moscow” (1881-1882), published in the Moscow newspaper “Russian Vedomosti”. Then his essays “In the Stones” and short stories (“At the Border of Asia”, “In Thin Souls” and others) were published in the magazine “Delo”. Many were signed under the pseudonym “D. Siberian".

The writer’s first major work was the novel “Privalov’s Millions” (1883), which was published for a year in the magazine “Delo” and was a great success. In 1884, the novel “Mountain Nest” appeared in the magazine “Otechestvennye zapiski,” which established Mamin-Sibiryak’s reputation as an outstanding realist writer.

Long trips to the capital (1881-1882, 1885-1886) strengthened literary connections Mom's Sibryak. He met V. G. Korolenko, N. N. Zlatovratsky, V. A. Goltsev and other writers. During these years I wrote and published a lot short stories and essays.

The writer's last major works were the novels “Characters from the Life of Pepko” (1894), “Shooting Stars” (1899) and the story “Mumma” (1907).

In his novels and stories, the writer depicted the life of the Urals and Siberia in the post-reform years, the capitalization of Russia and the associated breakdown of social consciousness, legal norms and morality.

Alyonushka's tales

  • Saying
  • A fairy tale about a brave Hare - long ears, slanting eyes, short tail
  • Tale about Kozyavochka
  • A fairy tale about Komar Komarovich - a long nose and about furry Misha - a short tail
  • Vanka's name day
  • A fairy tale about Sparrow Vorobeich, Ruff Ershovich and the cheerful chimney sweep Yasha
  • The Tale of How the Last Fly Lived
  • A fairy tale about Voronushka - a black little head and a yellow bird, Canary
  • Smarter than everyone else. Fairy tale
  • The parable of Milk, Oatmeal Porridge and the gray cat Murka
  • It's time to sleep
"Alyonushka's Tales" by D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak It's dark outside. Snowing. He closed the window glass. Alyonushka, curled up in a ball, lies in bed. She never wants to fall asleep until dad tells a story. Alyonushka's father, Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak, is a writer. He sits at the table, bending over the manuscript of his future book. So he gets up, comes closer to Alyonushka’s bed, sits down in a soft chair, begins to tell... The girl listens attentively about the stupid turkey who imagined that he was smarter than everyone else, about how the toys were collected for the name day and what came of it. The tales are wonderful, one more interesting than the other. But one of Alyonushka’s eyes is already asleep... Sleep, Alyonushka, sleep, beauty. Alyonushka falls asleep with her hand under her head. And outside the window it was still snowing... So the two of them spent the long winter evenings - father and daughter. Alyonushka grew up without a mother; her mother died long ago. The father loved the girl with all his heart and did everything to make her have a good life. He looked at his sleeping daughter and was reminded of his own childhood years. They took place in a small factory village in the Urals. At that time, serf workers still worked at the plant. They worked from early morning until late evening, but vegetated in poverty. But their masters and masters lived in luxury. Early in the morning, when workers were walking to the factory, troikas flew past them. It was after the ball, which lasted all night, that the rich people went home. Dmitry Narkisovich grew up in a poor family. Every penny counted in the house. But his parents were kind, sympathetic, and people were drawn to them. The boy loved it when factory workers came to visit. They knew so many fairy tales and fascinating stories ! Mamin-Sibiryak especially remembered the legend about the daring robber Marzak, who in ancient years hid in the Ural forest. Marzak attacked the rich, took their property and distributed it to the poor. And the tsarist police never managed to catch him. The boy listened to every word, he wanted to become as brave and fair as Marzak was. The dense forest where, according to legend, Marzak once hid, began a few minutes' walk from the house. Squirrels were jumping in the branches of the trees, a hare was sitting at the edge of the forest, and in the thicket one could meet the bear himself. The future writer explored all the paths. He wandered along the banks of the Chusovaya River, admiring the chain of mountains covered with spruce and birch forests. There was no end to these mountains, and therefore he forever associated with nature “the idea of ​​will, of wild space.” The boy's parents taught him to love books. He was engrossed in Pushkin and Gogol, Turgenev and Nekrasov. A passion for literature arose in him early. At the age of sixteen he was already keeping a diary. Years have passed. Mamin-Sibiryak became the first writer to paint pictures of life in the Urals. He created dozens of novels and stories, hundreds of stories. He lovingly portrayed in them the common people, their struggle against injustice and oppression. Dmitry Narkisovich has many stories for children. He wanted to teach the children to see and understand the beauty of nature, the riches of the earth, to love and respect the working person. “It’s a joy to write for children,” he said. Mamin-Sibiryak also wrote down the fairy tales that he once told his daughter. He published them as a separate book and called it “Alyonushka’s Tales.” These tales contain the bright colors of a sunny day, the beauty of generous Russian nature. Together with Alyonushka you will see forests, mountains, seas, deserts. The heroes of Mamin-Sibiryak are the same as the heroes of many folk tales: a shaggy, clumsy bear, a hungry wolf, a cowardly hare, a cunning sparrow. They think and talk to each other like people. But at the same time, these are real animals. The bear is depicted as clumsy and stupid, the wolf is angry, the sparrow is mischievous, an agile bully. Names and nicknames help to introduce them better. Here Komarishche - a long nose - is a big, old mosquito, but Komarishko - a long nose - is a small, still inexperienced mosquito. Objects also come to life in his fairy tales. The toys celebrate the holiday and even start a fight. Plants talk. In the fairy tale “Time to Bed,” pampered garden flowers are proud of their beauty. They look like rich people in expensive dresses. But the writer prefers modest wildflowers. Mamin-Sibiryak sympathizes with some of his heroes, and laughs at others. He writes with respect about the working person, condemns the slacker and the lazy. The writer also did not tolerate those who are arrogant, who think that everything was created only for them. The fairy tale “How the Last Fly Lived” tells about one stupid fly who is convinced that the windows in houses are made so that she can fly into and out of rooms, that they only set the table and take out jam from the cupboard. in order to treat her that the sun shines for her alone. Well, of course, only a stupid, funny fly can think that way! What do the lives of fish and birds have in common? And the writer answers this question with the fairy tale “About Sparrow Vorobeich, Ruff Ershovich and the cheerful chimney sweep Yasha.” Although Ruff lives in the water, and Sparrow flies through the air, fish and birds equally need food, chase after the tasty morsel, suffer from the cold in winter, and even in summer they have a lot of troubles... Great power to act together, together . How powerful the bear is, but mosquitoes, if they unite, can defeat the bear (“The Tale about Komar Komarovich - a long nose and about shaggy Misha - a short tail”). Of all his books, Mamin-Sibiryak especially valued Alyonushka's Tales. He said: “This is my favorite book - love itself wrote it, and therefore it will outlive everything else.” Andrey Chernyshev ALPNUSHKIN'S TALES Saying Bye-bye-bye... One of Alyonushka's eyes is sleeping, the other is watching; One ear of Alyonushka is sleeping, the other is listening. Sleep, Alyonushka, sleep, beauty, and dad will tell fairy tales. It seems that everyone is here: the Siberian cat Vaska, the shaggy village dog Postoiko, the gray Little Mouse, the Cricket behind the stove, the motley Starling in a cage, and the bully Rooster. Sleep, Alyonushka, now the fairy tale begins. The high moon is already looking out the window; over there the sideways hare hobbled on his felt boots; the wolf's eyes glowed with yellow lights; Mishka bear sucks his paw. Old Sparrow flew up to the window itself, knocked his nose on the glass and asked: how soon? Everyone is here, everyone is assembled, and everyone is waiting for Alyonushka’s fairy tale. One of Alyonushka’s eyes is asleep, the other is watching; One ear of Alyonushka is sleeping, the other is listening. Bye-bye-bye...

    TALE ABOUT THE BRAVE HARE -

LONG EARS, SLITTING EYES, SHORT TAIL A bunny was born in the forest and was afraid of everything. A twig will crack somewhere, a bird will fly up, a lump of snow will fall from a tree - the bunny is in hot water. The bunny was afraid for a day, afraid for two, afraid for a week, afraid for a year; and then he grew up big, and suddenly he got tired of being afraid. - I'm not afraid of anyone! - he shouted to the whole forest. - I’m not afraid at all, that’s all! The old hares gathered, the little bunnies came running, the old female hares tagged along - everyone listened to how the Hare boasted - long ears, slanting eyes, a short tail - they listened and did not believe their own ears. There has never been a time when the hare was not afraid of anyone. - Hey, slanting eye, aren’t you afraid of the wolf? - I’m not afraid of the wolf, and the fox, and the bear - I’m not afraid of anyone! This turned out to be quite funny. The young hares giggled, covering their faces with their front paws, the kind old hare women laughed, even the old hares, who had been in the paws of a fox and tasted wolf teeth, smiled. A very funny hare!.. Oh, how funny! And everyone suddenly felt happy. They started tumbling, jumping, jumping, racing each other, as if everyone had gone crazy. - What’s there to say for a long time! - shouted the Hare, who had finally gained courage. - If I come across a wolf, I’ll eat it myself... - Oh, what a funny Hare! Oh, how stupid he is!.. Everyone sees that he is both funny and stupid, and everyone laughs. The hares scream about the wolf, and the wolf is right there. He walked, walked in the forest about his wolf business, got hungry and just thought: “It would be nice to have a bunny snack!” - when he hears that somewhere very close, hares are screaming and they remember him, the gray Wolf. Now he stopped, sniffed the air and began to creep up. The wolf came very close to the playful hares, heard them laughing at him, and most of all - the boastful Hare - slanting eyes, long ears, short tail. “Eh, brother, wait, I’ll eat you!” - thought the gray Wolf and began to look out to see the hare boasting of his courage. But the hares don’t see anything and are having more fun than ever. It ended with the boastful Hare climbing onto a stump, sitting on his hind legs and speaking: “Listen, you cowards!” Listen and look at me! Now I’ll show you one thing. I... I... I... Here the braggart’s tongue seemed to freeze. The Hare saw the Wolf looking at him. Others did not see, but he saw and did not dare to breathe. Then a completely extraordinary thing happened. The boastful hare jumped up like a ball, and out of fear fell straight onto the wide wolf’s forehead, rolled head over heels along the wolf’s back, turned over again in the air and then gave such a kick that it seemed like he was ready to jump out of his own skin. The unfortunate Bunny ran for a long time, ran until he was completely exhausted. It seemed to him that the Wolf was hot on his heels and was about to grab him with his teeth. Finally, the poor fellow was completely exhausted, closed his eyes and fell dead under a bush. And the Wolf at that time ran in the other direction. When the Hare fell on him, it seemed to him that someone had shot at him. And the Wolf ran away. You never know how many other hares you can find in the forest, but this one was kind of crazy... It took the rest of the hares a long time to come to their senses. Some ran into the bushes, some hid behind a stump, some fell into a hole. Finally, everyone got tired of hiding, and little by little the bravest ones began to peek out. - And our Hare cleverly scared the Wolf! - everything was decided. - If it weren’t for him, we wouldn’t have left alive... But where is he, our fearless Hare?.. We started looking. We walked and walked, but the brave Hare was nowhere to be found. Had another wolf eaten him? Finally they found him: lying in a hole under a bush and barely alive from fear. - Well done, oblique! - all the hares shouted in one voice. - Oh, yes, a scythe!.. You cleverly scared the old Wolf. Thank you brother! And we thought you were bragging. The brave Hare immediately perked up. He crawled out of his hole, shook himself, narrowed his eyes and said: “What would you think!” Eh, you cowards... From that day on, the brave Hare began to believe that he was really not afraid of anyone. Bye-bye-bye...

    A TALE ABOUT THE GOAT

    I

Nobody saw how Kozyavochka was born. It was a sunny spring day. Kozyavochka looked around and said: - Good!.. Kozyavochka spread her wings, rubbed her thin legs one against the other, looked around again and said: - How good! good!.. And all mine!.. Kozyavochka rubbed her legs again and flew off. He flies, admires everything and is happy. And below the grass is turning green, and hidden in the grass is a scarlet flower. - Kozyavochka, come to me! - the flower shouted. The little booger descended to the ground, climbed onto the flower and began to drink the sweet flower juice. - How kind you are, flower! - says Kozyavochka, wiping her stigma with her legs. “Good guy, but I can’t walk,” the flower complained. “It’s still good,” Kozyavochka assured. - And everything is mine... Before she had time to finish speaking, a furry Bumblebee flew in with a buzz - and straight to the flower: - LJ... Who climbed into my flower? LJ... who drinks my sweet juice? LJ... Oh, you trashy Booger, get out! Lzhzh... Get out before I sting you! - Excuse me, what is this? - Kozyavochka squealed. - Everything, everything is mine... - Zhzh... No, mine! Kozyavochka barely escaped the angry Bumblebee. She sat down on the grass, licked her legs, stained with flower juice, and got angry: - What a rude Bumblebee! - No, sorry - mine! - said the furry little worm, climbing a stalk of grass. Kozyavochka realized that the Worm couldn't fly, and spoke more boldly: - Excuse me, Worm, you're mistaken... I'm not stopping you from crawling, but don't argue with me! touch me I don’t like this, I must admit... You never know how many of you are flying around here... You are a frivolous people, and I am a serious worm... Frankly speaking, everything belongs to me. I’ll crawl onto the grass and eat it, I’ll crawl onto any flower and eat it too. Goodbye!..

    II

In a few hours, Kozyavochka learned absolutely everything, namely: that, in addition to the sun, blue sky and green grass, there are also angry bumblebees, serious worms and various thorns on flowers. In a word, it was a big disappointment. Kozyavochka was even offended. For mercy's sake, she was sure that everything belonged to her and was created for her, but here others think the same thing. No, something is wrong... It can't be. Kozyavochka flies further and sees water. - This is mine! - she squealed cheerfully. - My water... Oh, how fun!.. There is grass and flowers here. And other boogers fly towards Kozyavochka. - Hello, sister! - Hello, dears... Otherwise, I’m getting bored of flying alone. What are you doing here? - And we are playing, sister... Come to us. We have fun... Were you born recently? - Just today... I was almost stung by the Bumblebee, then I saw the Worm... I thought that everything was mine, but they say that everything is theirs. The other boogers reassured the guest and invited her to play together. Above the water, the boogers played like a pillar: circling, flying, squeaking. Our Kozyavochka was choking with joy and soon completely forgot about the angry Bumblebee and the serious Worm. - Oh, how good! - she whispered in delight. - Everything is mine: the sun, the grass, and the water. I absolutely don’t understand why others are angry. Everything is mine, and I don’t interfere with anyone’s life: fly, buzz, have fun. I allow... Kozyavochka played, had fun and sat down to rest on the marsh sedge. You really need to relax! Kozyavochka watches how other little boogers are having fun; suddenly, out of nowhere, a sparrow darts past, as if someone had thrown a stone. - Oh, oh! - the little boogers shouted and rushed in all directions. When the sparrow flew away, a whole dozen little boogers were missing. - Oh, robber! - the old boogers scolded. - I ate a whole dozen. It was worse than Bumblebee. The little booger began to be afraid and hid with other young little boogers even further into the swamp grass. But here there is another problem: two of the boogers were eaten by a fish, and two by a frog. - What is it? - Kozyavochka was surprised. - This doesn’t look like anything at all... You can’t live like this. Oh, how disgusting!.. It’s good that there were a lot of boogers and no one noticed the loss. Moreover, new boogers arrived that were just born. They flew and squealed: “Everything is ours... Everything is ours...” “No, not everything is ours,” our Kozyavochka shouted to them. - There are also angry bumblebees, serious worms, nasty sparrows, fish and frogs. Be careful, sisters! However, night came, and all the boogers hid in the reeds, where it was so warm. The stars poured out in the sky, the moon rose, and everything was reflected in the water. Oh, how good it was!.. “My month, my stars,” our Kozyavochka thought, but she didn’t tell anyone this: they’ll just take that away too...

    III

This is how Kozyavochka lived the whole summer. She had a lot of fun, but there was also a lot of unpleasantness. Twice she was almost swallowed by a nimble swift; then a frog sneaked up unnoticed - you never know how many enemies there are! There were also joys. Kozyavochka met another similar little booger, with a shaggy mustache. She says: - How pretty you are, Kozyavochka... We will live together. And they healed together, they healed very well. All together: where one goes, there goes another. And we didn’t notice how the summer flew by. It started to rain and the nights were cold. Our Kozyavochka laid eggs, hid them in the thick grass and said: - Oh, how tired I am!.. No one saw how Kozyavochka died. Yes, she didn’t die, but only fell asleep for the winter, so that in the spring she could wake up again and live again.

    TALE ABOUT KOMAR KOMAROVICH -

LONG NOSE AND HAIRY MISHA - SHORT TAIL

    I

This happened at midday, when all the mosquitoes hid from the heat in the swamp. Komar Komarovich - his long nose snuggled under a wide leaf and fell asleep. He is sleeping and hears a desperate cry: - Oh, fathers!.. oh, carraul!.. Komar Komarovich jumped out from under the leaf and also shouted: - What happened? And the mosquitoes fly, buzz, squeak - you can’t make out anything. - Oh, fathers!.. A bear came to our swamp and fell asleep. As soon as he lay down in the grass, he immediately crushed five hundred mosquitoes; As soon as he breathed, he swallowed a whole hundred. Oh, trouble, brothers! We barely managed to get away from him, otherwise he would have crushed everyone... Komar Komarovich - the long nose - immediately became angry; I was angry with both the bear and the stupid mosquitoes that squeaked to no avail. - Hey, stop squeaking! - he shouted. - Now I’ll go and drive away the bear... It’s very simple! And you are only yelling in vain... Komar Komarovich became even more angry and flew away. Indeed, there was a bear lying in the swamp. He climbed into the thickest grass, where mosquitoes had lived since time immemorial, lay down and sniffed through his nose, only a whistle sounded, as if someone was playing a trumpet. What a shameless creature!.. He climbed into someone else’s place, destroyed so many mosquito souls in vain, and still sleeps so sweetly! - Hey, uncle, where did you go? - Komar Komarovich shouted throughout the forest, so loudly that even he himself became scared. Furry Misha opened one eye - no one was visible, opened the other eye - he barely saw that a mosquito was flying right over his nose. - What do you need, buddy? - Misha grumbled and also began to get angry. Well, I just settled down to rest, and then some scoundrel squeaks. - Hey, go away in good health, uncle! .. Misha opened both eyes, looked at the impudent man, sniffed and became completely angry. - What do you want, you worthless creature? - he growled. - Leave our place, otherwise I don’t like to joke... I’ll eat you and your fur coat. The bear felt funny. He rolled over to the other side, covered his muzzle with his paw, and immediately began snoring.

    II

Komar Komarovich flew back to his mosquitoes and trumpeted throughout the swamp: “I cleverly scared the furry Bear!.. He won’t come another time.” The mosquitoes marveled and asked: “Well, where is the bear now?” - I don’t know, brothers... He got very scared when I told him that I would eat him if he didn’t leave. After all, I don’t like to joke, but I said it straight out: I’ll eat it. I'm afraid that he might die of fear while I'm flying to you... Well, it's my own fault! All the mosquitoes squealed, buzzed and argued for a long time about what to do with the ignorant bear. Never before had there been such a terrible noise in the swamp. They squeaked and squeaked and decided to drive the bear out of the swamp. - Let him go to his home, in the forest, and sleep there. And our swamp... Our fathers and grandfathers lived in this very swamp. One prudent old woman, Komarikha, advised her to leave the bear alone: ​​let him lie down, and when he gets some sleep, he will go away, but everyone attacked her so much that the poor thing barely had time to hide. - Let's go, brothers! - Komar Komarovich shouted most of all. - We'll show him... yes! Mosquitoes flew after Komar Komarovich. They fly and squeak, it’s even scary for them. They arrived and looked, but the bear lay there and didn’t move. - Well, that’s what I said: the poor fellow died of fear! - Komar Komarovich boasted. “It’s even a little pity, what a healthy bear howl... “Yes, he’s sleeping, brothers,” squeaked a small mosquito, flying up to the bear’s very nose and almost being pulled in there, as if through a window. - Oh, shameless! Ah, shameless! - all the mosquitoes squealed at once and raised a terrible hubbub. - He crushed five hundred mosquitoes, swallowed a hundred mosquitoes and he himself sleeps as if nothing had happened... And furry Misha sleeps and whistles through his nose. - He's pretending to be asleep! - Komar Komarovich shouted and flew towards the bear. - Now I’ll show him... Hey, uncle, he’ll pretend! As soon as Komar Komarovich swoops in, as he digs his long nose right into the black bear’s nose, Misha jumps up and grabs his nose with his paw, and Komar Komarovich is gone. - What, uncle, didn’t you like? - Komar Komarovich squeaks. - Go away, otherwise it will be worse... Now I’m not the only Komar Komarovich - a long nose, but my grandfather, Komarishche - a long nose, and my younger brother, Komarishko - a long nose, came with me! Go away, uncle... - But I won’t leave! - the bear shouted, sitting down on his hind legs. - I’ll crush you all... - Oh, uncle, you’re bragging in vain... Komar Komarovich flew again and stabbed the bear right in the eye. The bear roared in pain, hit himself in the face with his paw, and again there was nothing in his paw, only he almost tore out his own eye with a claw. And Komar Komarovich hovered just above the bear’s ear and squeaked: “I’ll eat you, uncle...

    III

Misha became completely angry. He uprooted a whole birch tree and began to beat mosquitoes with it. It hurts all over his shoulder... He beat and beat, he was even tired, but not a single mosquito was killed - everyone hovered over him and squeaked. Then Misha grabbed a heavy stone and threw it at the mosquitoes - again to no avail. - What, did you take it, uncle? - Komar Komarovich squeaked. - But I’ll still eat you... How long or how short did Misha fight with the mosquitoes, but there was a lot of noise. A bear's roar could be heard in the distance. And how many trees he tore out, how many stones he tore up!.. He all wanted to catch the first Komar Komarovich, - after all, right here, right above his ear, the bear was hovering, but enough of it was a bear with his paw, and again nothing, he just scratched his whole face into blood. Misha finally became exhausted. He sat down on his hind legs, snorted and came up with a new thing - let's roll on the grass to crush the entire mosquito kingdom. Misha rode and rode, but nothing came of it, but only made him even more tired. Then the bear hid its face in the moss. It turned out even worse - mosquitoes clung to the bear's tail. The bear finally became furious. “Wait, I’ll ask you this!” he roared so loudly that it could be heard five miles away. - I’ll show you a thing... I... I... I... The mosquitoes have retreated and are waiting to see what will happen. And Misha climbed the tree like an acrobat, sat down on the thickest branch and roared: “Come on, now come to me... I’ll break everyone’s noses!” The mosquitoes laughed in thin voices and rushed at the bear with the whole army. They squeak, circle, climb... Misha fought and fought, accidentally swallowed about a hundred mosquito troops, coughed and fell off the branch like a sack... However, he got up, scratched his bruised side and said: - Well, have you taken it? Have you seen how deftly I jump from a tree?.. The mosquitoes laughed even more subtly, and Komar Komarovich trumpeted: - I’ll eat you... I’ll eat you... I’ll eat... I’ll eat you! strength, but it’s a shame to leave the swamp. He sits on his hind legs and only blinks his eyes. A frog saved him from trouble. She jumped out from under the hummock, sat down on her hind legs and said: “You don’t want to bother yourself, Mikhailo Ivanovich, in vain!.. Don’t pay any attention to these crappy mosquitoes.” Not worth it. “It’s not worth it either,” the bear rejoiced. - I mean it... Let them come to my den, but I... I... How Misha turns, how he runs out of the swamp, and Komar Komarovich - his long nose flies after him, flies and shouts: - Oh, brothers, hold on! The bear will run away... Hold it!.. All the mosquitoes gathered, consulted and decided: “It’s not worth it! Let him go - after all, the swamp is left behind us! "

    VANKIN'S NAME DAY

    I

Beat, drum, ta-ta! tra-ta-ta! Play, pipes: work! tu-ru-ru!.. Let's get all the music here - today is Vanka's birthday!.. Dear guests, you are welcome... Hey, everyone, get here! Tra-ta-ta! Tru-ru-ru! Vanka walks around in a red shirt and says: “Brothers, you are welcome... Treats as much as you like.” Soup made from the freshest wood chips; cutlets from the best, purest sand; pies made from multi-colored pieces of paper; and what tea! From the best boiled water. You are welcome... Music, play!.. Ta-ta! Tra-ta-ta! Tru-tu! Tu-ru-ru! There was a room full of guests. The first to arrive was the pot-bellied wooden top. - LJ... LJ... where is the birthday boy? Zhzh... zhzh... I really like to have fun in good company... Two dolls arrived. One with blue eyes, Anya, her nose was a little damaged; the other with black eyes, Katya, she was missing one arm. They arrived decorously and took a place on a toy sofa. “Let’s see what kind of treat Vanka has,” Anya noted. - He's really bragging about something. The music is not bad, but I have serious doubts about the food. “You, Anya, are always dissatisfied with something,” Katya reproached her. - And you are always ready to argue. The dolls argued a little and were even ready to quarrel, but at that moment a strongly supported Clown hobbled on one leg and immediately reconciled them. - Everything will be fine, young lady! Let's have great fun. Of course, I’m missing one leg, but the top can spin on just one leg. Hello, Volchok... - LJ... Hello! Why does one of your eyes look black? - Nonsense... I was the one who fell off the sofa. It could be worse. - Oh, how bad it can be... I sometimes hit the wall with all my running, right with my head!.. - It’s good that your head is empty... - It still hurts... LJ... Try it -You’ll find out for yourself. The clown just clicked his copper plates. He was generally a frivolous man. Petrushka came and brought with him a whole bunch of guests: his own wife, Matryona Ivanovna, the German doctor Karl Ivanovich and the big-nosed Gypsy; and the Gypsy brought with him a three-legged horse. - Well, Vanka, receive guests! - Petrushka spoke cheerfully, clicking his nose. - One is better than the other. My Matryona Ivanovna alone is worth something... She really loves to drink tea with me, like a duck. “We’ll find some tea, Pyotr Ivanovich,” Vanka answered. - And we are always happy to have good guests... Sit down, Matryona Ivanovna! Karl Ivanovich, you are welcome... The Bear and the Hare, Granny's gray Goat with the Crested Duck, the Cockerel and the Wolf also came - Vanka had a place for everyone. The last to arrive were Alenushkin's Shoe and Alenushkin's Broomstick. They looked - all the places were occupied, and Little Broom said: “It’s okay, I’ll stand in the corner... But Shoe didn’t say anything and silently crawled under the sofa.” It was a very venerable Shoe, although worn out. He was a little embarrassed only by the hole that was on the nose itself. Well, it’s okay, no one will notice under the sofa. - Hey, music! - Vanka commanded. The drum beat: tra-ta! ta-ta! The trumpets began to play: work! And all the guests suddenly felt so happy, so happy...

    II

The holiday started off great. The drum beat by itself, the trumpets themselves played, the top hummed, the clown clinked his cymbals, and Petrushka squealed furiously. Oh, how fun it was!.. - Brothers, go for a walk! - Vanka shouted, smoothing out his flaxen curls. Anya and Katya laughed in thin voices, the clumsy Bear danced with Broomstick, the gray Goat walked with the Crested Duck, the Clown tumbled, showing his art, and Doctor Karl Ivanovich asked Matryona Ivanovna: - Matryona Ivanovna, does your tummy hurt? - What are you saying, Karl Ivanovich? - Matryona Ivanovna was offended. - Where did you get that from?.. - Come on, show your tongue. - Leave me alone... - I'm here... - the silver spoon with which Alyonushka ate her porridge rang in a thin voice. She was still lying calmly on the table, and when the doctor started talking about language, she couldn’t resist and jumped off. After all, the doctor always examines Alyonushka’s tongue with her help... - Oh, no... no need! - Matryona Ivanovna squealed and waved her arms so funny, like a windmill. “Well, I don’t impose myself with my services,” Spoon was offended. She even wanted to get angry, but at that moment the top flew up to her, and they began to dance. The top was buzzing, the Spoon was ringing... Even Alenushkin's Shoe couldn't resist, he crawled out from under the sofa and whispered to Nikolai: - I love you very much, Nikolai... Nikolai closed her eyes sweetly and just sighed. She loved to be loved. After all, she was always such a modest little broom and never put on airs, as sometimes happened with others. For example, Matryona Ivanovna or Anya and Katya - these cute dolls loved to laugh at other people's shortcomings: the Clown was missing one leg, Petrushka had a long nose, Karl Ivanovich was bald, the Gypsy looked like a firebrand, and the birthday boy Vanka got the most of it. “He’s a bit of a man,” said Katya. “And, besides, he’s a braggart,” added Anya. Having had fun, everyone sat down at the table, and the real feast began. The dinner went as if it were a real name day, although there were some small misunderstandings. The bear almost ate the Bunny instead of the cutlet by mistake; The top almost got into a fight with the Gypsy over the Spoon - the latter wanted to steal it and had already hidden it in his pocket. Pyotr Ivanovich, a well-known bully, managed to quarrel with his wife and quarreled over trifles. “Matryona Ivanovna, calm down,” Karl Ivanovich persuaded her. - After all, Pyotr Ivanovich is kind... Perhaps you have a headache? I have excellent powders with me... “Leave her, doctor,” said Parsley. - This is such an impossible woman... However, I love her very much. Matryona Ivanovna, let's kiss... - Hurray! - Vanka shouted. - It's much better than quarreling. I can't stand it when people quarrel. Look... But then something completely unexpected and so terrible happened that it’s even scary to say. The drum beat: tra-ta! ta-ta-ta! The trumpets played: tru-ru! ru-ru-ru! The Clown's plates clinked, the Spoon laughed with a silver voice, the Top buzzed, and the amused Bunny shouted: bo-bo-bo! Granny's little gray Goat turned out to be the most fun of all. First of all, he danced better than anyone, and then he shook his beard so funny and roared in a creaky voice: mee-ke-ke!..

    III

Excuse me, how did all this happen? It is very difficult to tell everything in order, because of the participants in the incident, only one Alenushkin Bashmachok remembered the whole incident. He was prudent and managed to hide under the sofa in time. Yes, that's how it was. First, wooden cubes came to congratulate Vanya... No, not like that again. That's not how it started at all. The cubes really came, but it was all the fault of black-eyed Katya. She, she, right!.. This pretty rogue whispered to Anya at the end of dinner: “What do you think, Anya, who is the most beautiful here?” It seems that the question is the simplest, but meanwhile Matryona Ivanovna was terribly offended and told Katya directly: “What do you think, that my Pyotr Ivanovich is a freak?” “Nobody thinks that, Matryona Ivanovna,” Katya tried to justify herself, but it was too late. “Of course, his nose is a little big,” continued Matryona Ivanovna. - But this is noticeable if you only look at Pyotr Ivanovich from the side... Then, he has bad habit It’s scary to squeak and fight with everyone, but he’s still a kind person. As for the mind... The dolls began arguing with such passion that they attracted everyone's attention. First of all, of course, Petrushka intervened and squeaked: “That’s right, Matryona Ivanovna... The most beautiful person here, of course, I am! At this point all the men were offended. For mercy, such a self-praise is this Petrushka! It's disgusting to even listen to! The clown was not a master of speech and was offended in silence, but Doctor Karl Ivanovich said very loudly: “So, we are all freaks?” Congratulations, gentlemen... All at once there was a hubbub. The Gypsy shouted something in his own way, the Bear growled, the Wolf howled, the gray Goat shouted, the Top hummed - in a word, everyone was completely offended. - Gentlemen, stop it! - Vanka persuaded everyone. - Don’t pay attention to Pyotr Ivanovich... He was just joking. But it was all in vain. Karl Ivanovich was mainly worried. He even pounded the table with his fist and shouted: “Gentlemen, the treat is good, there’s nothing to say!.. We were invited as guests only to call them freaks...” “Dear ladies and gentlemen!” - Vanka tried to shout over everyone. - For that matter, gentlemen, there is only one freak here - it’s me... Are you satisfied now? Then... Excuse me, how did this happen? Yes, yes, that's how it was. Karl Ivanovich became completely heated and began to approach Pyotr Ivanovich. He shook his finger at him and repeated: “If I weren’t educated person and if I didn’t know how to behave decently in decent society, I would tell you, Pyotr Ivanovich, that you are even quite a fool... Knowing Petrushka’s pugnacious character, Vanka wanted to stand between him and the doctor, but on the way he hit his long nose with his fist Parsley. It seemed to Parsley that it was not Vanka who hit him, but the doctor... What happened here!.. Parsley grabbed the doctor; Gypsy, who was sitting on the side, for no apparent reason began to beat the Clown, the Bear rushed at the Wolf with a growl, the Wolf hit the Goat with his empty head - in a word, a real scandal ensued. The dolls squealed in thin voices, and all three fainted with fear. “Oh, I feel sick!” Matryona Ivanovna shouted, falling from the sofa. - Gentlemen, what is this? - Vanka yelled. - Gentlemen, I’m the birthday boy... Gentlemen, this is finally impolite!.. There was a real fight, so it was already difficult to make out who was beating whom. Vanka tried in vain to break up the fighting and ended up starting to beat everyone who came under his arm, and since he was stronger than everyone else, it was bad for the guests. - Carraul!!. Fathers... oh, carraul! - Petrushka yelled the loudest of all, trying to hit the doctor harder... - They killed Petrushka to death... Carraul!.. Only Shoe left the landfill, managing to hide under the sofa in time. He even closed his eyes in fear, and at that time the Bunny hid behind him, also looking for salvation in flight. - Where are you going? - Shoe grumbled. “Be quiet, otherwise they’ll hear, and both will get it,” persuaded the Bunny, peeking out of a hole in his sock with a sideways eye. - Oh, what a robber this Petrushka is!.. He beats everyone and he himself yells good obscenities. A good guest, nothing to say... And I barely escaped from the Wolf, ah! It’s scary to even remember... And there the Duck is lying upside down. They killed the poor thing... - Oh, how stupid you are, Bunny: all the dolls are fainting, and so is the Ducky along with the others. They fought, fought, and fought for a long time, until Vanka kicked out all the guests, except for the dolls. Matryona Ivanovna had long been tired of lying in a faint, she opened one eye and asked: “Gentlemen, where am I?” Doctor, look, am I alive?.. No one answered her, and Matryona Ivanovna opened her other eye. The room was empty, and Vanka stood in the middle and looked around in surprise. Anya and Katya woke up and were also surprised. “There was something terrible here,” said Katya. - A good birthday boy, nothing to say! The dolls immediately attacked Vanka, who absolutely did not know what to answer. And someone beat him, and he beat someone, but for what reason is unknown. “I really don’t know how it all happened,” he said, throwing up his hands. - The main thing is that it’s offensive: after all, I love them all... absolutely all of them. “And we know how,” Shoe and Bunny responded from under the sofa. - We saw everything!.. - Yes, it’s your fault! - Matryona Ivanovna attacked them. - Of course, you... You made some porridge and hid yourself. “They, they!..” Anya and Katya shouted in one voice. - Yeah, that's what it's all about! - Vanka was delighted. - Get out, robbers... You visit guests only to quarrel with good people. The Shoe and the Bunny barely had time to jump out the window. - Here I am... - Matryona Ivanovna threatened them with her fist. - Oh, what crappy people there are in the world! So Ducky will say the same thing. “Yes, yes...” confirmed the Duck. “I saw with my own eyes how they hid under the sofa.” The duck always agreed with everyone. “We need to return the guests...” Katya continued. - We'll have some more fun... The guests returned willingly. Some had a black eye, some walked with a limp; Petrushka's long nose suffered the most. - Oh, robbers! - everyone repeated in one voice, scolding Bunny and Shoe. - Who would have thought?.. - Oh, how tired I am! “I beat off all my hands,” Vanka complained. - Well, why bring up the old things... I’m not vindictive. Hey, music!.. The drum beat again: tra-ta! ta-ta-ta! The trumpets began to play: work! ru-ru-ru!.. And Petrushka shouted furiously: - Hurray, Vanka!..

    TALE ABOUT SPARROW VOROBEYCH,

ERSH ERSHOVICH AND THE HAPPY CHIMNEY SWEEPER YASHA

    I

Vorobey Vorobeich and Ersh Ershovich lived in great friendship. Every day in the summer, Sparrow Vorobeich flew to the river and shouted: - Hey, brother, hello!.. How are you doing? “Nothing, we live small,” answered Ersh Ershovich. - Come visit me. My brother, it’s good in deep places... The water is quiet, there’s as much water weed as you want. I'll treat you to frog eggs, worms, water boogers... - Thank you, brother! I would love to go visit you, but I’m afraid of water. It’s better if you fly to visit me on the roof... I, brother, will treat you with berries - I have a whole garden, and then we’ll get a crust of bread, and oats, and sugar, and a live mosquito. You love sugar, don't you? - What is he like? - So white... - How are the pebbles in our river? - Here you go. And if you put it in your mouth, it’s sweet. I can't eat your pebbles. Shall we fly to the roof now? - No, I can’t fly, and I’m suffocating on the air. It’s better to swim on the water together. I'll show you everything... Sparrow Vorobeich tried to go into the water - he would go up to his knees, and then it would be scary. That's how you can drown! Sparrow Vorobeich will drink some light river water, and on hot days he will buy himself somewhere in a shallow place, clean his feathers, and go back to his roof. In general, they lived amicably and loved to talk about various matters. - How do you not get tired of sitting in the water? - Sparrow Vorobeich was often surprised. - If you're wet in the water, you'll catch a cold... Ruff Ershovich was surprised in turn: - How do you, brother, not get tired of flying? Look how hot it is in the sun: you’ll almost suffocate. And it's always cool here. Swim as much as you want. Don't be afraid in the summer everyone comes to my water to swim... And who will go to your roof? - And how they walk, brother!.. I have a great friend - chimney sweep Yasha. He always comes to visit me... And he’s such a cheerful chimney sweep, he sings all the songs. He cleans the pipes and hums. Moreover, he will sit down on the very ridge to rest, take out a piece of bread and eat it, and I pick up the crumbs. We live soul to soul. I also like to have fun. Friends and troubles were almost the same. For example, winter: how cold poor Sparrow Vorobeich is! Wow, what cold days there were! It seems that my whole soul is ready to freeze out. Sparrow Vorobeich gets ruffled, tucks his legs under him and sits. The only salvation is to climb into a pipe somewhere and warm up a little. But there’s a problem here too. Once Vorobey Vorobeich almost died thanks to his best friend, a chimney sweep. The chimney sweep came and when he lowered his cast-iron weight with a broom down the chimney, he almost broke Sparrow Vorobeich’s head. He jumped out of the chimney covered in soot, worse than a chimney sweep, and now scolded: “What are you doing, Yasha?” After all, this way you can kill to death... - How did I know that you were sitting in the pipe? - Be careful ahead... If I hit you on the head with a cast-iron weight, would that be good? Ruff Ershovich also had a hard time in the winter. He climbed somewhere deeper into the pool and dozed there for whole days. It’s dark and cold, and you don’t want to move. Occasionally he swam to the ice hole when he called Sparrow Sparrow. He will fly up to a hole in the water to drink and shout: “Hey, Ersh Ershovich, are you alive?” “He’s alive...” Ersh Ershovich responds in a sleepy voice. - I just want to sleep. Generally bad. We're all asleep. - And it’s no better with us either, brother! What can I do, I have to endure... Wow, what an evil wind there is!.. Here, brother, you can’t sleep... I keep jumping on one leg to keep warm. And people look and say: “Look, what a cheerful sparrow!” Oh, just to wait for the warmth... Are you asleep again, brother? And in the summer there are troubles again. Once a hawk chased Sparrow Sparrow for about two miles, and he barely managed to hide in the river sedge. - Oh, he barely escaped alive! - he complained to Ersh Ershovich, barely catching his breath. - What a robber!.. I almost grabbed him, but then I should have remembered his name. “It’s like our pike,” comforted Ersh Ershovich. - I, too, recently almost fell into her mouth. How it will rush after me like lightning. And I swam out with other fish and thought that there was a log in the water, and how this log would rush after me... What are these pikes for? I’m surprised and can’t understand... - And me too... You know, it seems to me that the hawk was once a pike, and the pike was a hawk. In a word, robbers...

    II

Yes, that’s how Vorobey Vorobeich and Ersh Ershovich lived and lived, chilled in winter, rejoiced in summer; and the cheerful chimney sweep Yasha cleaned his pipes and sang songs. Everyone has their own business, their own joys and their own sorrows. One summer, a chimney sweep finished his work and went to the river to wash off the soot. He goes and whistles, and then he hears a terrible noise. What happened? And the birds are hovering over the river: ducks, geese, swallows, snipes, crows, and pigeons. Everyone is making noise, yelling, laughing - you can’t make out anything. - Hey you, what happened? - the chimney sweep shouted. “And so it happened...” chirped the lively titmouse. - So funny, so funny!.. Look what our Sparrow Vorobeich is doing... He’s completely furious. The titmouse laughed in a thin, thin voice, wagged its tail and soared over the river. When the chimney sweep approached the river, Sparrow Vorobeich flew into him. And the scary one is like this: the beak is open, the eyes are burning, all the feathers stand on end. - Hey, Vorobey Vorobeich, are you making noise here, brother? - asked the chimney sweep. “No, I’ll show him!..” yelled Sparrow Vorobeich, choking with rage. - He doesn’t know what I’m like yet... I’ll show him, damned Ersh Ershovich! He will remember me, the robber... - Don't listen to him! - Ersh Ershovich shouted to the chimney sweep from the water. - He's still lying... - Am I lying? - Vorobey Vorobeich yelled. - Who found the worm? I'm lying!.. Such a fat worm! I dug it up on the shore... I worked so hard... Well, I grabbed it and dragged it home to my nest. I have a family - I have to carry food... I just fluttered with a worm over the river, and the damned Ruff Ershovich - so that the pike swallowed him! - when he shouts: “Hawk!” I screamed in fear - the worm fell into the water, and Ruff Ershovich swallowed it... Is this called lying?! And there was no hawk... “Well, I was joking,” Ersh Ershovich justified himself. - And the worm was really tasty... All kinds of fish gathered around Ruff Ershovich: roach, crucian carp, perch, little ones - they listen and laugh. Yes, Ersh Ershovich cleverly joked about his old friend! And it’s even funnier how Vorobey Vorobeich got into a fight with him. It keeps coming and going, but it can’t take anything. -Choke on my worm! - Sparrow Vorobeich scolded. - I’ll dig myself another one... But the shame is that Ersh Ershovich deceived me and is still laughing at me. And I called him to my roof... Good buddy, nothing to say! Yasha, the chimney sweep, will say the same thing... He and I also live together and sometimes even have a snack together: he eats - I pick up the crumbs. “Wait, brothers, this very matter needs to be judged,” said the chimney sweep. - Just let me wash my face first... I will sort out your case honestly. And you, Vorobey Vorobeich, calm down a little for now... - My cause is just, - why should I worry! - Vorobey Vorobeich yelled. - But I’ll show Ersh Ershovich how to joke with me... The chimney sweep sat down on the bank, put a bundle with his lunch next to it on a pebble, washed his hands and face and said: - Well, brothers, now we’ll judge the court... You , Ersh Ershovich, is a fish, and you, Vorobey Vorobeich, are a bird. Is that what I say? - So! So!.. - everyone shouted, both birds and fish. - Let's talk further! The fish must live in the water, and the bird must live in the air. Is that what I say? Well... A worm, for example, lives in the ground. Fine. Now look... The chimney sweep unwrapped his bundle, put a piece of rye bread, which was his entire lunch, on the stone, and said: - Look: what is this? This is bread. I earned it and I will eat it; I'll eat and drink some water. So? So, I’ll have lunch and won’t offend anyone. Fish and birds also want to dine... So you have your own food! Why quarrel? Sparrow Vorobeich dug up the worm, which means he earned it, and that means the worm is his... - Excuse me, uncle... - a thin voice was heard in the crowd of birds. The birds parted and let the Sandpiper Snipe go forward, who approached the chimney sweep himself on his thin legs. - Uncle, this is not true. - What's not true? - Yes, I found a worm... Just ask the ducks - they saw it. I found it, and Sparrow swooped in and stole it. The chimney sweep was embarrassed. It didn't turn out that way at all. “How is this so?” he muttered, gathering his thoughts. - Hey, Vorobey Vorobeich, are you really lying? - It’s not me who’s lying, it’s Bekas who’s lying. He conspired with the ducks... - Something’s not right, brother... um... Yes! Of course, the worm is nothing; but it’s just not good to steal. And whoever stole must lie... Is that what I say? Yes... - That's right! That’s right!..” everyone shouted in unison again. - But you still judge between Ruff Ershovich and Sparrow Vorobeich! Who is right?.. Both made noise, both fought and raised everyone to their feet. - Who is right? Oh, you mischievous ones, Ersh Ershovich and Vorobey Vorobeich!.. Really, mischievous ones. I will punish both of you as an example... Well, make up quickly, right now! - Right! - everyone shouted in unison. - Let them make peace... - And I’ll feed the Sandpiper Snipe, who worked getting the worm, with crumbs, - the chimney sweep decided. - Everyone will be happy... - Excellent! - everyone shouted again. The chimney sweep had already extended his hand for bread, but there was none. While the chimney sweep was reasoning, Vorobey Vorobeich managed to steal it. - Oh, robber! Ah, the rogue! - all the fish and all the birds were indignant. And everyone rushed in pursuit of the thief. The edge was heavy, and Sparrow Vorobeich could not fly far with it. They caught up with him just above the river. Large and small birds rushed at the thief. There was a real dump. Everyone just tears it up, only the crumbs fly into the river; and then the edge also flew into the river. At this point the fish grabbed onto it. A real fight began between the fish and the birds. They tore the whole edge into crumbs and ate all the crumbs. As it is, there is nothing left of the edge. When the edge was eaten, everyone came to their senses and everyone felt ashamed. They chased the thief Sparrow and ate the stolen piece along the way. And the cheerful chimney sweep Yasha sits on the bank, looks and laughs. It all turned out very funny... Everyone ran away from him, only Snipe the sandpiper remained. - Why don’t you fly after everyone? - asks the chimney sweep. - And I would fly, but I’m small, uncle. The big birds are just about to peck... - Well, it’ll be better this way, Bekasik. Both of you and I were left without lunch. Apparently, they haven’t done much work yet... Alyonushka came to the bank, began asking the cheerful chimney sweep Yasha what had happened, and she also laughed. - Oh, how stupid they all are, both the fish and the birds! And I would share everything - the worm and the crumb, and no one would quarrel. Recently I divided four apples... Dad brings four apples and says: “Divide in half - for me and Lisa.” I divided it into three parts: I gave one apple to dad, the other to Lisa, and took two for myself.

    A TALE ABOUT

HOW LIVED THE LAST FLY

    I

How fun it was in the summer!.. Oh, how fun! It’s hard to even tell everything in order... There were thousands of flies. They fly, buzz, have fun... When little Mushka was born, she spread her wings, and she also began to have fun. So much fun, so much fun that you can’t tell. The most interesting thing was that in the morning they opened all the windows and doors to the terrace - whichever window you want, go through that window and fly. “What a kind creature man is,” little Mushka marveled, flying from window to window. - These windows were made for us, and they open them for us too. Very good, and most importantly - fun... She flew into the garden a thousand times, sat on the green grass, admired the blooming lilacs, the delicate leaves of the blossoming linden tree and the flowers in the flower beds. The gardener, still unknown to her, had already taken care of everything in advance. Oh, how kind he is, this gardener!.. Mushka had not yet been born, but he had already managed to prepare everything, absolutely everything that little Mushka needed. This was all the more surprising because he himself did not know how to fly and even walked sometimes with great difficulty - he was swaying and the gardener was muttering something completely incomprehensible. - And where do these damned flies come from? - grumbled the good gardener. Probably the poor guy said this simply out of envy, because he himself only knew how to dig ridges, plant flowers and water them, but could not fly. Young Mushka deliberately circled over the gardener's red nose and bored him terribly. Then, people are generally so kind that everywhere they brought various pleasures to the flies. For example, Alyonushka drank milk in the morning, ate a bun, and then begged Aunt Olya for sugar - she did all this only to leave a few drops of spilled milk for the flies, and most importantly, crumbs of the bun and sugar. Well, please tell me, what could be tastier than such crumbs, especially when you’ve been flying all morning and are hungry?.. Then, the cook Pasha was even kinder than Alyonushka. Every morning she went to the market specifically for flies and brought amazingly tasty things: beef, sometimes fish, cream, butter - in general, the kindest woman in the whole house. She knew very well what flies needed, although she also did not know how to fly, like the gardener. A very good woman overall! And Aunt Olya? Oh, this wonderful woman, it seems, specially lived only for flies... She opened all the windows with her own hands every morning so that it would be more convenient for the flies to fly, and when it rained or was cold, she closed them so that the flies did not wet their wings and caught a cold. Then Aunt Olya noticed that flies really loved sugar and berries, so she began to boil the berries in sugar every day. The flies now, of course, realized why this was all being done, and out of gratitude they climbed straight into the bowl of jam. Alyonushka loved jam very much, but Aunt Olya gave her only one or two spoons, not wanting to offend the flies. Since the flies could not eat everything at once, Aunt Olya put some of the jam in glass jars (so that the mice, who were not supposed to have any jam at all, would not eat it) and then served it to the flies every day when she drank tea. - Oh, how kind and good everyone is! - young Mushka admired, flying from window to window. - Maybe it’s even good that people can’t fly. Then they would turn into flies, big and voracious flies, and would probably eat everything themselves... Oh, how good it is to live in the world! “Well, people are not quite as kind as you think,” remarked the old Fly, who loved to grumble. - It only seems so... Have you paid attention to the man whom everyone calls “dad”? - Oh yes... This is a very strange gentleman. You are absolutely right, good, kind old Fly... Why does he smoke his pipe when he knows perfectly well that I cannot stand tobacco smoke at all? It seems to me that he is doing this just to spite me... Then, he absolutely does not want to do anything for the flies. I once tried the ink he always uses to write something like that, and I almost died... This is finally outrageous! I saw with my own eyes how two such pretty, but completely inexperienced flies drowned in his inkwell. It was a terrible picture when he pulled out one of them with a pen and put a magnificent blot on the paper... Imagine, he did not blame himself for this, but us! Where is the justice?.. - I think that this dad is completely devoid of justice, although he has one virtue... - answered the old, experienced Fly. - He drinks beer after lunch. This is not a bad habit at all! I must admit, I don’t mind drinking beer either, although it makes me dizzy... What can I do, it’s a bad habit! “And I love beer too,” admitted young Mushka and even blushed a little. “It makes me so happy, so happy, although the next day my head hurts a little.” But dad, perhaps, doesn’t do anything for the flies because he doesn’t eat jam himself, and only puts sugar in a glass of tea. In my opinion, you cannot expect anything good from a person who does not eat jam... All he can do is smoke his pipe. The flies generally knew all the people very well, although they valued them in their own way.

    II

The summer was hot, and every day there were more and more flies. They fell into the milk, climbed into the soup, into the inkwell, buzzed, twirled and pestered everyone. But our little Mushka managed to become a real big fly and almost died several times. The first time she got her feet stuck in the jam, so she barely crawled out; another time, in her sleep, she ran into a lit lamp and almost burned her wings; the third time I almost fell between the window sashes - in general there were enough adventures. “What is it: these flies made life impossible!..” complained the cook. - They look like crazy people, they climb everywhere... We need to harass them. Even our Fly began to find that there were too many flies, especially in the kitchen. In the evenings, the ceiling was covered with a living, moving net. And when they brought provisions, the flies rushed at it in a living heap, pushed each other and quarreled terribly. The best pieces went to only the most spirited and strong, while the rest got leftovers. Pasha was right. But then something terrible happened. One morning Pasha, along with provisions, brought a pack of very tasty pieces of paper - that is, they became tasty when they were laid out on plates, sprinkled with fine sugar and doused with warm water. - This is a great treat for flies! - said the cook Pasha, placing the plates in the most prominent places. Even without Pasha, the flies realized that this was being done for them, and in a cheerful crowd they attacked the new dish. Our Fly also rushed to one plate, but she was pushed away rather rudely. - Why are you pushing, gentlemen? - she was offended. - However, I’m not so greedy as to take something from others. This is finally impolite... Then something impossible happened. The greediest flies paid the first price... At first they wandered around like drunk people, and then they completely collapsed. The next morning Pasha swept up a whole large plate of dead flies. Only the most prudent remained alive, including our Fly. - We don’t want papers! - everyone squealed. - We don’t want to... But the next day the same thing happened again. Of the prudent flies, only the most prudent flies remained intact. But Pasha found that there were too many of these, the most prudent ones. “There is no life from them...” she complained. Then the gentleman, whose name was Papa, brought three glass, very beautiful caps, poured beer into them and put them on plates... Then the most sensible flies were caught. It turned out that these caps are just flytraps. The flies flew to the smell of beer, fell into the hood and died there because they did not know how to find a way out. “Now that’s great!” Pasha approved; she turned out to be a completely heartless woman and rejoiced at someone else's misfortune. What's so great about it, judge for yourself. If people had the same wings as flies, and if you put flytraps the size of a house, then they would be caught in exactly the same way... Our Fly, taught by the bitter experience of even the most prudent flies, stopped completely believing people. They only seem kind, these people, but in reality all they do is deceive gullible poor flies all their lives. Oh, this is the most cunning and evil animal, to tell the truth!.. The number of flies has greatly decreased due to all these troubles, but now there is a new problem. It turned out that summer had passed, the rains began, a cold wind blew, and generally unpleasant weather set in. - Has summer really passed? - the surviving flies were surprised. - Excuse me, when did it pass? This is finally unfair... Before we knew it, it was autumn. It was worse than poisoned pieces of paper and glass flytraps. From the approaching bad weather one could seek protection only from one’s worst enemy, that is, master man. Alas! Now the windows were no longer open for whole days, but only occasionally the vents. Even the sun itself only shone precisely to deceive the gullible house flies. How would you like this picture, for example? Morning. The sun looks so cheerfully into all the windows, as if inviting all the flies into the garden. You might think that summer is coming back again... And well, gullible flies fly out the window, but the sun only shines, and does not warm. They fly back - the window is closed. Many flies died in this way on cold autumn nights only due to their gullibility. “No, I don’t believe it,” said our Fly. - I don’t believe anything... If the sun is deceiving, then who and what can you trust? It is clear that with the onset of autumn all the flies experienced the worst mood of spirit. Almost everyone's character immediately deteriorated. There was no mention of the former joys. Everyone became so gloomy, lethargic and dissatisfied. Some even went so far as to start biting, which had never happened before. Our Fly's character had deteriorated to such an extent that she did not recognize herself at all. Previously, for example, she pitied other flies when they died, but now she thought only about herself. She was even ashamed to say out loud that she thought: “Well, let them die - I’ll get more.” Firstly, there are not so many real warm corners in which a real, decent fly can live the winter, and secondly, I’m just tired of other flies that climbed everywhere, snatched the best pieces from under their noses and generally behaved quite unceremoniously. It's time to rest. These other flies clearly understood these evil thoughts and died by the hundreds. They didn’t even die, but they definitely fell asleep. Every day fewer and fewer of them were made, so that there was absolutely no need for either poisoned pieces of paper or glass flytraps. But this was not enough for our Fly: she wanted to be completely alone. Think how wonderful it is - five rooms, and only one fly!..

    III

Such a happy day has come. Early in the morning our Fly woke up quite late. She had long been experiencing some kind of incomprehensible fatigue and preferred to sit motionless in her corner, under the stove. And then she felt that something extraordinary had happened. As soon as I flew up to the window, everything became clear at once. The first snow fell... The ground was covered with a bright white veil. - Oh, so this is what winter is like! - she realized immediately. - She is completely white, like a piece of good sugar... Then the Fly noticed that all the other flies had completely disappeared. The poor things could not bear the first cold and fell asleep wherever it happened. At another time the fly would have felt sorry for them, but now she thought: “That’s great... Now I’m all alone!.. No one will eat my jam, my sugar, my crumbs... Oh, how good!..” She flew around all the rooms and was once again convinced that she was completely alone. Now you could do absolutely whatever you wanted. And how good it is that the rooms are so warm! It’s winter outside, but the rooms are warm and cozy, especially when the lamps and candles are lit in the evening. With the first lamp, however, there was a little trouble - the fly flew into the fire again and almost got burned. “This is probably a winter trap for flies,” she realized, rubbing her burnt paws. - No, you won’t fool me... Oh, I understand everything perfectly!.. Do you want to burn the last fly? But I don’t want this at all... There’s also the stove in the kitchen - don’t I understand that this is also a trap for flies!.. The last Fly was happy for only a few days, and then suddenly she became bored, so bored, so bored , which seems impossible to tell. Of course, she was warm, she was full, and then, then she began to get bored. She flies, flies, rests, eats, flies again - and again she becomes more bored than before. - Oh, how bored I am! - she squeaked in the most pitiful thin voice, flying from room to room. - If only there was one more fly, the worst one, but still a fly... No matter how much the last Fly complained about her loneliness, absolutely no one wanted to understand her. Of course, this made her even angrier and she pestered people like crazy. It will sit on someone’s nose, someone’s ear, or it will start flying back and forth before their eyes. In a word, real crazy. - Lord, how can you not want to understand that I am completely alone and that I am very bored? - she squeaked to everyone. “You don’t even know how to fly, and therefore you don’t know what boredom is.” If only someone would play with me... No, where are you going? What could be more clumsy and clumsy than a person? The ugliest creature I have ever met... Both the dog and the cat were tired of the last Fly - absolutely everyone. What upset her most was when Aunt Olya said: “Oh, the last fly... Please don’t touch it.” Let him live all winter. What is it? This is a direct insult. It seems they no longer consider her a fly. “Let him live,” say what a favor you did! What if I'm bored! What if I, perhaps, don’t want to live at all? I don’t want to - that’s all.” The last Fly was so angry with everyone that even she became scared. She flies, buzzes, squeaks... The Spider sitting in the corner finally took pity on her and said: “Dear Fly, come to me.” .. What a beautiful web I have! - I humbly thank you... Now I’ve found a friend! I know what your beautiful web is. You probably once were a person, and now you’re just pretending to be a spider. - As you know, I’ll tell you I wish you well." - Oh, how disgusting! It's called wishing well: to eat the last Fly!.. They had a big quarrel, and yet it was boring, so boring, so boring that you can't even tell. The Fly was absolutely angry with everyone, tired and loudly declared: “If that’s the case, if you don’t want to understand how bored I am, then I’ll sit in the corner all winter! with grief, remembering the past summer fun. How many cheerful flies there were; and she still wanted to remain completely alone. It was a fatal mistake... The winter dragged on endlessly, and the last Fly began to think that there would be no more summer at all. She wanted to die, and she cried quietly. It was probably people who invented winter, because they invent absolutely everything that is harmful to flies. Or maybe it was Aunt Olya who hid the summer somewhere, like she hides sugar and jam?.. The last Fly was ready to completely die out of despair, when something completely special happened. She, as usual, was sitting in her corner and angry, when suddenly she heard: zh-zh-zh!.. At first she did not believe her own ears, but thought that someone was deceiving her. And then... God, what was that!.. A real live fly flew past her, still very young. She had just been born and was happy. - Spring begins!.. spring! - she buzzed. How happy they were for each other! They hugged, kissed and even licked each other with their proboscis. Old Fly talked for several days about how badly she had spent the whole winter and how bored she was alone. Young Mushka just laughed in a thin voice and could not understand how boring it was. - Spring! spring!.. - she repeated. When Aunt Olya ordered to put out all the winter frames and Alyonushka looked out the first open window, the last Fly immediately understood everything. “Now I know everything,” she buzzed, flying out the window, “we, flies, make summer...

    A TALE ABOUT THE CROW -

A BLACK HEAD AND A YELLOW BIRD CANARY A crow sits on a birch tree and slaps its nose on a twig: clap-clap. She cleaned her nose, looked around and croaked: - Karr... karr! What are you happy about? - Leave me alone... I have no time, don’t you see? Oh, how never before... Carr-carr-carr!.. And still business and business. “I’m tired, poor thing,” Vaska laughed. - Shut up, couch potato... You’ve been lying all over the place, all you know is to bask in the sun, but I haven’t known peace since the morning: I sat on ten roofs, flew around half the city, examined all the nooks and crannies. And I also need to fly to the bell tower, visit the market, dig in the garden... Why am I wasting my time with you, I have no time. Oh, how never before! Crow smacked the twig with her nose for the last time, perked up and was just about to fly up when she heard a terrible scream. A flock of sparrows was rushing, and some small yellow bird was flying ahead. - Brothers, hold her... oh, hold her! - the sparrows squealed. - What's happened? Where? - Crow shouted, rushing after the sparrows. The Crow flapped her wings a dozen times and caught up with the flock of sparrows. The yellow bird escaped from last bit of strength and rushed into a small garden where lilac, currant and bird cherry bushes grew. She wanted to hide from the sparrows chasing her. A yellow bird hid under a bush, and the Crow was right there. -Who are you going to be? - she croaked. The sparrows sprinkled the bush as if someone had thrown a handful of peas. They got angry at the little yellow bird and wanted to peck it. - Why are you offending her? - asked Crow. “Why is it yellow?” all the sparrows squealed at once. The crow looked at the little yellow bird: indeed, it was all yellow, shook its head and said: “Oh, you mischievous people... After all, this is not a bird at all!.. Do such birds exist?.. But by the way, get away... Me we need to talk to this miracle. She's just pretending to be a bird... The sparrows squeaked, chattered, became even angrier, but there was nothing to do - they had to get out. Conversations with Vorona are short: the burden is enough and the spirit is gone. Having dispersed the sparrows, the Crow began to interrogate the little yellow bird, which was breathing heavily and looking so pitifully with its black eyes. - Who are you going to be? - asked Crow. - I'm Canary... - Look, don't lie, otherwise it will be bad. If it weren't for me, the sparrows would have pecked you... - Really, I'm a Canary... - Where did you come from? - And I lived in a cage... in a cage I was born, and grew up, and lived. I kept wanting to fly like other birds. The cage stood on the window, and I kept looking at the other birds... They were so happy, but the cage was so cramped. Well, the girl Alyonushka brought a cup of water, opened the door, and I broke out. She flew and flew around the room, and then through the window and flew out. - What were you doing in the cage? - I sing well... - Come on, sing. The canary sang. The crow tilted its head to the side and was surprised. -You call this singing? Ha-ha... Your owners were stupid if they fed you for singing like that. If only I had someone to feed, a real bird like me... Just now she croaked, and Vaska the rogue almost fell off the fence. This is singing!.. - I know Vaska... The most terrible beast. How many times has he approached our cage? His eyes are green, they’re burning, he’ll put out his claws... - Well, some are scared, and some aren’t... He’s a big trickster, that’s true, but there’s nothing scary. Well, we’ll talk about that later... But I still can’t believe that you’re a real bird... - Really, auntie, I’m a bird, just a bird. All canaries are birds... - Okay, okay, we'll see... But how are you going to live? “I need a little: a few grains, a piece of sugar, a cracker, and I’m full.” - Look, what a lady!.. Well, you can manage without sugar, but somehow you’ll get some grains. Actually, I like you. Do you want to live together? I have an excellent nest on my birch tree... - Thank you. Only the sparrows... - If you live with me, no one will dare to lay a finger on you. Not only the sparrows, but also the rogue Vaska knows my character. I don’t like to joke... The Canary immediately took courage and flew away with the Crow. Well, the nest is excellent, if only there was a cracker and a piece of sugar... The Crow and the Canary began to live and live in the same nest. Although the crow sometimes liked to grumble, it was not an angry bird. The main flaw in her character was that she was jealous of everyone, and considered herself offended. - Well, why are stupid chickens better than me? But they are fed, they are looked after, they are protected,” she complained to the Canary. - Also, take the pigeons... What's the use of them, but no, no, and they'll throw them a handful of oats. Also a stupid bird... And as soon as I fly up, everyone now starts chasing me. Is this fair? And they scold after him: “Oh, you crow!” Have you noticed that I will be better than others and even more beautiful?.. Let’s say that you don’t have to say this to yourself, but they force you to. Is not it? The canary agreed with everything: - Yes, you are a big bird... - That’s exactly what it is. They keep parrots in cages, take care of them, and why is a parrot better than me?.. So, the stupidest bird. All he knows is to yell and mutter, but no one can understand what he is muttering about. Is not it? - Yes, we also had a parrot and it bothered everyone terribly. - You never know how many other such birds there are, who live for no one knows why!.. Starlings, for example, will fly in like crazy from nowhere, live through the summer and fly away again. Swallows too, tits, nightingales - you never know how many such rubbish there are. Not a single serious, real bird at all... It smells a little cold, that’s it and let’s run away wherever we look. In essence, Crow and Canary did not understand each other. The Canary did not understand this life in the wild, and the Crow did not understand it in captivity. - Has anyone ever thrown you a grain, auntie? - Canary was surprised. - Well, one grain? - How stupid you are... What kind of grains are there? Just be careful that someone doesn’t kill you with a stick or a stone. People are very angry... Canary could not agree with the latter, because people fed her. Maybe it seems so to the Crow... However, the Canary soon had to convince herself of human anger. One day she was sitting on the fence, when suddenly a heavy stone whistled overhead. Schoolchildren were walking down the street and saw a Crow on the fence - how could one not throw a stone at it? - Well, have you seen it now? - asked the Crow, climbing onto the roof. - That's all they are, that is, people. - Maybe you did something to annoy them, auntie? - Absolutely nothing... They’re just so angry. They all hate me... The Canary felt sorry for poor Crow, whom no one, no one loved. After all, you can’t live like that... There were enough enemies in general. For example, Vaska the cat... With what oily eyes he looked at all the birds, pretended to be asleep, and Canary saw with her own eyes how he grabbed a small, inexperienced sparrow - only the bones crunched and the feathers flew... Wow, scary! Then the hawk - also good: floats in the air, and then like a stone and falls on some careless bird. The canary also saw the hawk dragging the chicken. However, Crow was not afraid of cats or hawks, and even she herself was not averse to feasting on a small bird. At first Canary didn’t believe it until she saw it with her own eyes. Once she saw a whole flock of sparrows chasing the Crow. They fly, squeak, crackle... The canary got terribly scared and hid in the nest. - Give it back, give it back! - the sparrows squealed furiously, flying over the crow's nest. - What is it? This is robbery!.. The Crow darted into its nest, and the Canary saw with horror that she had brought a dead, bloody sparrow in her claws. - Auntie, what are you doing? “Be quiet...” Crow hissed. Her eyes were terrible - they were shining... The canary closed her eyes in fear, so as not to see how the Crow would tear the unfortunate sparrow. “After all, she’ll eat me too someday,” thought the Canary. But Crow, having eaten, became kinder every time. He cleans his nose, sits comfortably somewhere on a branch and dozes sweetly. In general, as Canary noticed, the auntie was terribly gluttonous and did not disdain anything. Now she drags a crust of bread, now a piece of rotten meat, now some scraps that she was looking for in garbage pits. The latter was Crow's favorite pastime, and Canary could not understand what pleasure it was to dig in a garbage pit. However, it was difficult to blame Crow: every day she ate as much as twenty canaries would not eat. And Crow's only concern was about food... He would sit on the roof somewhere and look out. When Crow was too lazy to find food herself, she resorted to tricks. When he sees that the sparrows are fiddling with something, he will immediately rush. It’s as if she’s flying past, and she’s screaming at the top of her lungs: “Oh, I have no time... absolutely no time!” “It’s not good, auntie, to take away from others,” the indignant Canary once remarked. - Not good? What if I’m always hungry? - And others want too... - Well, others will take care of themselves. It’s you, sissies, who feed everyone in cages, but we all have to finish it off for ourselves. And so, how much do you or the sparrow need?.. I pecked at some grains and was full for the whole day. Summer flew by unnoticed. The sun definitely became colder and the days became shorter. It started to rain and a cold wind blew. The canary felt like the most unfortunate bird, especially when it was raining. But Crow definitely doesn’t notice anything. - So what if it rains? - she was surprised. - It goes on and on and stops. - It’s cold, aunty! Oh, how cold!.. It was especially bad at night. The wet Canary was shaking all over. And the Crow is still angry: - What a sissy!.. It will be more when the cold hits and it snows. The crow even felt offended. What kind of bird is this if it is afraid of rain, wind, and cold? After all, you can’t live like this in this world. She again began to doubt whether this Canary was really a bird. Probably just pretending to be a bird... - Really, I’m a real bird, aunty! - Canary assured with tears in her eyes. - Only I get cold... - That's it, look! But it still seems to me that you are just pretending to be a bird... - No, really, I’m not pretending. Sometimes Canary thought deeply about her fate. Perhaps it would be better to stay in the cage... It’s warm and satisfying there. She even flew up several times to the window where her original cage stood. Two new canaries were already sitting there and envied her. “Oh, how cold it is...” the chilled Canary squeaked pitifully. - Let me go home. One morning, when Canary looked out of the crow's nest, she was struck by a sad picture: the ground had been covered with the first snow overnight, like a shroud. Everything was white all around... And most importantly, the snow covered all the grains that the Canary ate. There was rowan left, but she could not eat this sour berry. The Crow sits, pecks at the rowan tree and praises: “Oh, the berry is good!” After fasting for two days, the Canary fell into despair. What will happen next?.. This way you can die of hunger... The Canary sits and grieves. And then he sees that the same schoolchildren who threw stones at Crow came running into the garden, spread a net on the ground, sprinkled delicious flaxseed and ran away. “They’re not evil at all, these boys,” Canary rejoiced, looking at the spread net. - Auntie, the boys brought me food! - Good food, nothing to say! - Crow grumbled. - Don’t even think about sticking your nose in there... Do you hear? As soon as you start pecking the grains, you will end up in the net. - And then what will happen? - And then they’ll put you in a cage again... Canary thought: I want to eat, but I don’t want to be in a cage. Of course, it’s cold and hungry, but still it’s much better to live in freedom, especially when it’s not raining. The Canary hung on for several days, but hunger was not an issue - she was tempted by the bait and fell into the net. “Fathers, guard!..” she squeaked pitifully. - I will never do it again... It’s better to die of hunger than to end up in a cage again! It now seemed to the canary that there was nothing better in the world than a crow's nest. Well, yes, of course, it was cold and hungry, but still - complete freedom. She flew wherever she wanted... She even cried. The boys will come and put her back in the cage. Luckily for her, she flew past Raven and saw that things were bad. “Oh, you stupid!..” she grumbled. - After all, I told you that don’t touch the bait. - Auntie, I won’t do it again... The crow arrived on time. The boys were already running to grab the prey, but the Crow managed to tear the thin net, and the Canary found herself free again. The boys chased the damned Crow for a long time, threw sticks and stones at her and scolded her. - Oh, how good! - Canary rejoiced, finding herself back in her nest. - That's good. Look at me... - Crow grumbled. The Canary began to live again in the crow's nest and no longer complained about the cold or hunger. Once the Crow flew off to prey, spent the night in the field, and returned home, the Canary lies in the nest with its legs up. Raven turned her head to the side, looked and said: “Well, I said that this is not a bird!”

    SMARTER THAN EVERYONE

Fairy tale

    I

The turkey woke up, as usual, earlier than the others, when it was still dark, woke up his wife and said: “I’m smarter than everyone else?” Yes? The turkey, half asleep, coughed for a long time and then answered: “Oh, so smart... Cough, cough!.. Who doesn’t know that?” Cough... - No, tell me straight: smarter than everyone else? There are simply enough smart birds, but the smartest one is me. - Smarter than everyone else... cough! Smarter than everyone else... Cough-cough-cough!.. - That's it. The turkey even got a little angry and added in such a tone that the other birds could hear: “You know, it seems to me that they respect me little.” Yes, quite a bit. - No, it seems so to you... Cough-cough! - Turkey calmed him down, starting to straighten the feathers that had gotten lost during the night. - Yes, it just seems... Birds couldn’t be smarter than you. Cough-cough-cough! - And Gusak? Oh, I understand everything... Let’s say he doesn’t say anything directly, but mostly remains silent. But I feel that he silently does not respect me... - Don’t pay attention to him. It's not worth it... cough! Have you noticed that Gusak is stupid? - Who doesn’t see this? It’s written all over his face: stupid gander, and nothing more. Yes... But Gusak is okay - is it possible to be angry with a stupid bird? But the Rooster, the simplest rooster... What did he cry about me the day before? And how he shouted - all the neighbors heard. He, it seems, even called me very stupid... Something like that in general. - Oh, how strange you are! - Turkey was surprised. “Don’t you know why he even screams?” - Well, why? - Cough-cough-cough... It’s very simple, and everyone knows it. You are a rooster, and he is a rooster, only he is a very, very simple rooster, a very ordinary rooster, and you are a real Indian, overseas rooster - so he screams with envy. Every bird wants to be an Indian rooster... Cough-cough-cough!.. - Well, it’s not easy, mother... Ha-ha! Look what you want! Some simple cockerel - and suddenly wants to become an Indian - no, brother, you're being naughty!.. He will never be an Indian. The Turkey was such a modest and kind bird and was constantly upset that the Turkey was always quarreling with someone. And today, he hasn’t had time to wake up, and he’s already thinking of someone to start a quarrel with or even a fight with. Generally the most restless bird, although not evil. The Turkey felt a little offended when other birds began to laugh at the Turkey and called him a chatterbox, a blabbermouth and a breaker. Let's say they were partly right, but find a bird without flaws? That's exactly what it is! There are no such birds, and it’s even somehow more pleasant when you find even the smallest flaw in another bird. The awakened birds poured out of the chicken coop into the yard, and a desperate hubbub immediately arose. The chickens were especially noisy. They ran around the yard, climbed to the kitchen window and frantically shouted: “Oh, where!” Ah-where-where-where... We want to eat! The cook Matryona must have died and wants to starve us to death... “Gentlemen, have patience,” remarked Gusak, who was standing on one leg. - Look at me: I’m also hungry, and I’m not screaming like you. If I screamed at the top of my lungs... like this... Go-go!.. Or like this: e-go-go-go!!. The gander cackled so desperately that the cook Matryona immediately woke up. “It’s good for him to talk about patience,” one Duck grumbled, “that throat is like a pipe.” And then, if I had such a long neck and such a strong beak, then I, too, would preach patience. She herself would sooner have eaten than anyone else, and would advise others to be patient... We know this goose’s patience... The Rooster supported the Duck and shouted: - Yes, it’s good for the Gusak to talk about patience... And who pulled the two best feathers out of my tail yesterday ? It’s even ignoble to grab it right by the tail. Let’s say we quarreled a little, and I wanted to peck Gusak’s head - I won’t deny it, that was my intention - but it’s my fault, not my tail. Is that what I say, gentlemen? Hungry birds, like hungry people, were made unjust precisely because they were hungry.

    II

Out of pride, the turkey never rushed with others to feed, but patiently waited for Matryona to drive away the other greedy bird and call him. It was the same now. The turkey walked to the side, near the fence, and pretended to be looking for something among various rubbish. - Cough, cough... oh, how I want to eat! - the Turkey complained, walking behind her husband. - Well, Matryona threw the oats... yes... and, it seems, the remains of yesterday's porridge... cough-cough! Oh, how I love porridge!.. It seems that I would always eat one porridge, my whole life. I even sometimes see her at night in my dreams... The Turkey loved to complain when she was hungry, and demanded that the Turkey certainly feel sorry for her. Among the other birds, she looked like an old woman: she was always hunched over, coughing, and walked with a kind of broken gait, as if her legs had been attached to her only yesterday. “Yes, it’s good to eat porridge,” Turkey agreed with her. - But a smart bird never rushes to food. Is that what I say? If my owner doesn't feed me, I'll die of hunger...right? Where will he find another turkey like this? - There’s nothing else like it anywhere... - That’s it... And the porridge, in essence, is nothing. Yes... It's not about the porridge, but about Matryona. Is that what I say? If Matryona were there, there would be porridge. Everything in the world depends on Matryona alone - oats, porridge, cereals, and crusts of bread. Despite all these reasonings, Turkey began to experience pangs of hunger. Then he became completely sad when all the other birds had eaten their fill, and Matryona did not come out to call him. What if she forgot about him? After all, this is a completely nasty thing... But then something happened that made the Turkey forget even about his own hunger. It started with the fact that one young hen, walking near the barn, suddenly shouted: - Oh-where! Of course, the Rooster yelled: - Carraul!.. Who's there? The birds that came running to hear the cry saw a completely unusual thing. Right next to the barn, in a hole lay something gray, round, covered entirely with sharp needles. “Yes, it’s a simple stone,” someone remarked. “He was moving,” explained the Chicken. - I also thought it was a stone, I approached, and then it moved... Really! It seemed to me that he had eyes, but stones do not have eyes. “You never know what might seem out of fear to a stupid chicken,” remarked the Turkey. - Maybe it's... it's... - Yes, it's a mushroom! - Gusak shouted. - I saw exactly these mushrooms, only without needles. Everyone laughed loudly at Gusak. “It looks more like a hat,” someone tried to guess and was also ridiculed. - Does a hat have eyes, gentlemen? “There’s no need to talk in vain, but we need to act,” the Rooster decided for everyone. - Hey you, thing with needles, tell me, what kind of animal is it? I don’t like to joke... do you hear? Since there was no answer, the Rooster considered himself insulted and rushed at the unknown offender. He tried to peck twice and stepped aside in embarrassment. “It’s... it’s a huge burdock cone, and nothing more,” he explained. - There’s nothing tasty... Would anyone like to try it? Everyone was chatting, whatever came to mind. There was no end to guesswork and speculation. Only Turkey was silent. Well, let others chat, and he will listen to other people's nonsense. The birds chattered, screamed and argued for a long time until someone shouted: “Gentlemen, why are we racking our brains in vain when we have a Turkey?” He knows everything... “Of course, I know,” responded the Turkey, spreading his tail and puffing out his red gut on his nose. - And if you know, then tell us. - What if I don’t want to? Yeah, I just don't want to. Everyone began to beg Turkey. - After all, you are our smartest bird, Turkey! Well, tell me, my dear... What should I say to you? The turkey struggled for a long time and finally said: “Okay, I guess I’ll say... yes, I’ll say.” Just first tell me who you think I am? “Who doesn’t know that you are the smartest bird!” everyone answered in unison. - That's what they say: smart as a turkey. - So you respect me? - We respect you! We respect everyone!.. The turkey broke down a little more, then he became all fluffy, inflated his intestines, walked around the sophisticated animal three times and said: - This is... yes... Do you want to know what it is? - We want!.. Please don’t be tormented, but tell me quickly. - This is someone crawling somewhere... Everyone was just about to laugh, when a giggle was heard, and a thin voice said: - That's the smartest bird!.. hee hee... From under the needles a black muzzle with with two black eyes, sniffed the air and said: “Hello, gentlemen... How come you didn’t recognize this Hedgehog, little gray little Hedgehog?.. Oh, what a funny Turkey you have, excuse me, what is he like... How can I say this more politely?.. Well, stupid Turkey...

    III

Everyone even became scared after such an insult as the Hedgehog inflicted on the Turkey. Of course, the Turkey said something stupid, that’s true, but it doesn’t follow from this that the Hedgehog has the right to insult him. Finally, it is simply impolite to come to someone else's house and insult the owner. Whatever you want, the Turkey is still an important, representative bird and certainly no match for some unfortunate Hedgehog. Everyone somehow went over to Turkey’s side, and a terrible uproar arose. “Perhaps he thinks we’re all stupid too!” - shouted the Rooster, flapping his wings - He insulted us all!.. - If anyone is stupid, it’s him, that is, the Hedgehog, - declared the Gusak, stretching his neck. - I noticed it right away... yes!.. - Can mushrooms be stupid? - answered the Hedgehog. - Gentlemen, we are talking to him in vain! - the Rooster shouted. - He won’t understand anything anyway... It seems to me that we are just wasting our time. Yes... If, for example, you, Gander, grab his bristles with your strong beak on one side, and Turkey and I grab his bristles on the other, now it will be clear who is smarter. After all, you can’t hide your intelligence under stupid stubble... - Well, I agree... - said Gusak. - It will be even better if I grab his stubble from behind, and you, Rooster, will peck him right in the face... Right, gentlemen? Who is smarter will now be seen. The turkey was silent the whole time. At first he was stunned by the Hedgehog's audacity, and he could not find what to answer. Then Turkey got angry, so angry that even he himself became a little scared. He wanted to rush at the brute and tear him into small pieces so that everyone could see it and be convinced once again how serious and strict the Turkey bird is. He even took a few steps towards the Hedgehog, sulked terribly and was just about to rush when everyone started shouting and scolding the Hedgehog. The turkey stopped and patiently began to wait for how it would all end. When the Rooster offered to drag the Hedgehog by the bristles in different directions, the Turkey stopped his zeal: - Excuse me, gentlemen... Maybe we will arrange this whole thing peacefully... Yes. It seems to me that there is a slight misunderstanding here. Leave it to me, gentlemen, it’s all up to me... “Okay, we’ll wait,” the Rooster reluctantly agreed, wanting to fight with the Hedgehog as quickly as possible. “But nothing will come of this anyway...” “But that’s my business,” the Turkey answered calmly. - Yes, listen to how I’m going to talk... Everyone crowded around the Hedgehog and began to wait. The turkey walked around him, cleared his throat and said: - Listen, Mr. Hedgehog... Explain yourself seriously. I don't like troubles at home at all. “God, how smart he is, how smart!..” thought Turkey, listening to her husband in silent delight. “First of all, pay attention to the fact that you are in a decent and well-mannered society,” Turkey continued. - Does this mean something... yes... Many consider it an honor to come to our yard, but - alas! - rarely does anyone succeed. - Is it true! True!.. - voices were heard. - But this is so, between us, and the main thing is not this... The turkey stopped, paused for importance and then continued: - Yes, that’s the main thing... Did you really think that we have no idea about hedgehogs? I have no doubt that the Gusak, who mistook you for a mushroom, was joking, and the Rooster too, and the others... Isn’t that true, gentlemen? - Quite rightly, Turkey! - everyone shouted at once so loudly that the Hedgehog hid his black muzzle. "Oh, how smart he is!" - thought Turkey, who was beginning to guess what was going on. “As you can see, Mr. Hedgehog, we all love to joke,” continued the Turkey. - I'm not talking about myself... yes. Why not joke? And, it seems to me, you, Mr. Hedgehog, also have a cheerful character... “Oh, you guessed right,” admitted the Hedgehog, again sticking out his muzzle. - I have such a cheerful character that I can’t even sleep at night... Many people can’t stand it, but I’m bored of sleeping. - Well, you see... You will probably get along in character with our Rooster, who bawls like crazy at night. Everyone suddenly felt cheerful, as if the only thing everyone needed to complete their life was the Hedgehog. The Turkey was triumphant that he had so cleverly gotten out of an awkward situation when the Hedgehog called him stupid and laughed right in his face. “By the way, Mr. Hedgehog, admit it,” said Turkey, winking, “after all, you were, of course, joking when you called me just now... yes... well, a stupid bird?” - Of course, I was joking! - assured the Hedgehog. - I have such a cheerful character!.. - Yes, yes, I was sure of it. Did you hear, gentlemen? - Turkey asked everyone. - We heard... Who could doubt it! The Turkey leaned close to the Hedgehog’s ear and whispered to him in confidence: “So be it, I’ll tell you a terrible secret... yes... Only one condition: don’t tell anyone.” True, I’m a little ashamed to talk about myself, but what can you do if I’m the smartest bird! Sometimes this even embarrasses me a little, but you can’t hide a sewing in a bag... Please, just don’t say a word about this to anyone!..

    PARABLE OF MILK,

OATMEAL PORridge AND GRAY CAT MURKA

    I

Whatever you want, it was amazing! And the most amazing thing was that this was repeated every day. Yes, as soon as they put a pot of milk and a clay pan with oatmeal on the stove in the kitchen, that’s how it will begin. At first they stand as if nothing is wrong, and then the conversation begins: - I am Molochko... - And I - oat porridge! At first the conversation goes quietly, in a whisper, and then Kashka and Molochko gradually begin to get excited. - I am Milk! - And I am oatmeal Porridge! The porridge was covered with a clay lid on top, and it grumbled in its pan like an old woman. And when she started to get angry, a bubble would float to the top, burst and say: “But I’m still an oatmeal porridge... pum!” Milk thought this boasting was terribly offensive. Please tell me what kind of unprecedented thing - some kind oatmeal! The milk began to get hot, foamed up and tried to get out of its pot. The cook overlooked it a little, and looked - Milk poured onto the hot stove. - Oh, this is Milk for me! - the cook complained every time. - If you overlook it a little, it will run away. - What should I do if I have such a hot temper! - Molochko justified himself. - I’m not happy when I’m angry. And then Kashka constantly brags: “I am Kashka, I am Kashka, I am Kashka...” He sits in his saucepan and grumbles; Well, I'll be angry. Sometimes it got to the point that Kashka would run away from the saucepan, despite its lid, and would crawl onto the stove, and she kept repeating: “And I am Kashka!” Porridge! Porridge... shhh! It’s true that this didn’t happen often, but it still happened, and the cook repeated in despair over and over again: “This is the Porridge for me!.. And it’s simply amazing that it doesn’t sit in the saucepan!”

    II

The cook was generally worried quite often. And there were quite a few different reasons for such excitement... For example, what was one cat Murka worth! Note that it was a very beautiful cat and the cook loved him very much. Every morning began with Murka following the cook and meowing in such a pitiful voice that it seemed that a heart of stone could not stand it. - What an insatiable womb! - the cook was surprised, driving away the cat. - How many livers did you eat yesterday? - That was yesterday! - Murka was surprised in turn. - And today I’m hungry again... Meow!.. - I’d catch mice and eat, lazy fellow. “Yes, it’s good to say that, but I would try to catch at least one mouse myself,” Murka justified himself. - However, it seems that I’m trying hard enough... For example, last week who caught the mouse? Who gave me scratches all over my nose? That's the kind of rat I caught, and it grabbed my nose... It's just easy to say: catch mice! Having eaten enough liver, Murka would sit somewhere near the stove, where it was warmer, close his eyes and doze sweetly. - See how full I am! - the cook was surprised. - And he closed his eyes, lazybones... And keep giving him meat! “After all, I’m not a monk, so I don’t eat meat,” Murka justified himself, opening only one eye. - Then, I also like to eat fish... It’s even very nice to eat fish. I still can’t say which is better: liver or fish. Out of politeness, I eat both... If I were a person, I would certainly be a fisherman or a peddler who brings us liver. I would feed all the cats in the world to my fill and I would always be full... Having eaten, Murka liked to occupy himself with various foreign objects for his own entertainment. Why, for example, not sit for two hours on the window where the cage with the starling hung? It's very nice to watch a stupid bird jump. - I know you, old rogue! - Starling shouts from above. - There’s no need to look at me... - What if I want to meet you? - I know how you meet... Who recently ate a real, living sparrow? Uh, disgusting!.. - Not at all disgusting, - and even vice versa. Everyone loves me... Come to me, I'll tell you a fairy tale. - Ah, the rogue... Nothing to say, a good storyteller! I saw you telling your stories to the fried chicken you stole from the kitchen. Good! - As you know, I’m speaking for your pleasure. As for the fried chicken, I actually ate it; but he was no good anyway.

    III

By the way, every morning Murka sat at the heated stove and patiently listened to how Molochko and Kashka quarreled. He couldn’t understand what was going on and just blinked. - I am Milk. - I am Kashka! Porridge-Porridge-cough... - No, I don’t understand! “I really don’t understand anything,” said Murka. - Why are they angry? For example, if I repeat: I am a cat, I am a cat, cat, cat... Will anyone be offended?.. No, I don’t understand... However, I must admit that I prefer milk, especially when it not angry. One day Molochko and Kashka were quarreling especially heatedly; They quarreled to the point that half of them spilled onto the stove, and a terrible fume arose. The cook came running and just clasped her hands. - Well, what am I going to do now? - she complained, putting Milk and Porridge away from the stove. - You can’t turn away... Leaving Milk and Porridge aside, the cook went to the market to get provisions. Murka immediately took advantage of this. He sat down next to Molochko, blew on him and said: “Please don’t be angry, Molochko...” Milk noticeably began to calm down. Murka walked around him, blew again, straightened his mustache and said very affectionately: “That’s it, gentlemen... It’s generally not good to quarrel.” Yes. Choose me as a justice of the peace, and I will immediately sort out your case... The black Cockroach sitting in the crack even choked with laughter: “That’s how the justice of the peace... Ha-ha! Ah, the old rogue, that’s all he can come up with!..” But Molochko and Kashka were glad that their quarrel would finally be sorted out. They themselves did not even know how to tell what was the matter and what they were arguing about. “Okay, okay, I’ll sort it all out,” said Murka the cat. - I won’t lie to you... Well, let’s start with Molochka. He walked around the pot with Milk several times, tasted it with his paw, blew on Milk from above and began to lap it up. - Fathers!.. Guard! - shouted the Cockroach. “He’ll cry out all the milk, but they’ll think of me!” When the cook returned from the market and ran out of milk, the pot was empty. Murka the cat slept right next to the stove in a sweet sleep, as if nothing had happened. - Oh, you wretch! - the cook scolded him, grabbing him by the ear. - Who drank the milk, tell me? No matter how painful it was, Murka pretended that he didn’t understand anything and couldn’t speak. When they threw him out the door, he shook himself, licked his crumpled fur, straightened his tail and said: “If I were a cook, all the cats would do nothing but drink milk from morning to night.” However, I’m not angry with my cook, because she doesn’t understand this...

    IT'S TIME TO SLEEP

    I

One of Alyonushka's eyes falls asleep, Alyonushka's other ear falls asleep... - Dad, are you here? - Here, baby... - You know what, dad... I want to be a queen... Alyonushka fell asleep and smiled in her sleep. Oh, so many flowers! And they all smile too. They surrounded Alyonushka’s crib, whispering and laughing in thin voices. Scarlet flowers, blue flowers, yellow flowers, blue, pink, red, white - as if a rainbow had fallen to the ground and scattered with living sparks, multi-colored lights and cheerful children's eyes. - Alyonushka wants to be a queen! - the field bells jingled merrily, swaying on thin green legs. - Oh, how funny she is! - whispered the modest Forget-Me-Nots. “Gentlemen, this matter needs to be seriously discussed,” the yellow Dandelion cheerfully intervened. - At least, I didn’t expect this... - What does it mean to be a queen? - asked the blue field Cornflower. “I grew up in the fields and I don’t understand your city ways.” “It’s very simple...” the pink Carnation intervened. - It's so simple that there's no need to explain. The queen is... this... You still don’t understand anything? Oh, how strange you are... A queen is when the flower is pink, like me. In other words: Alyonushka wants to be a carnation. Seems clear? Everyone laughed merrily. Only the Roses were silent. They considered themselves offended. Who doesn’t know that the queen of all flowers is one Rose, tender, fragrant, wonderful? And suddenly some Carnation calls herself a queen... This is unlike anything. Finally, only Rose got angry, turned completely crimson and said: “No, excuse me, Alyonushka wants to be a rose... yes!” Rose is a queen because everyone loves her. - This is cute! - Dandelion got angry. - And who, in this case, do you take me for? “Dandelion, don’t be angry, please,” the forest Bells persuaded him. - It spoils the character and, moreover, is ugly. Here we are - we are silent about the fact that Alyonushka wants to be a forest bell, because this is clear by itself.

    II

There were a lot of flowers, and they argued so funny. The wildflowers were so modest - like lilies of the valley, violets, forget-me-nots, bells, cornflowers, wild carnations; and the flowers grown in the greenhouses were a little pompous - roses, tulips, lilies, daffodils, gillyflowers, like rich children dressed up for the holidays. Alyonushka was more fond of modest wildflowers, from which she made bouquets and wove wreaths. How nice they all are! “Alyonushka loves us very much,” the Violets whispered. - After all, we are the first in the spring. As soon as the snow melts, we are here. “And so do we,” said the Lilies of the Valley. - We are also spring flowers... We are unpretentious and grow right in the forest. - Why is it our fault that it’s cold for us to grow right in the field? - the fragrant, curly Levkoi and Hyacinths complained. “We are only guests here, and our homeland is far away, where it is so warm and there is no winter at all.” Oh, how nice it is there, and we constantly miss our dear homeland... It’s so cold here in the north. Alyonushka loves us too, and even very much... “And it’s good with us too,” the wildflowers argued. - Of course, sometimes it is very cold, but it’s great... And then, the cold kills our worst enemies, like worms, midges and various insects. If it weren't for the cold, we would have had a bad time. “We also love the cold,” Roses added. Azalea and Camellia were told the same thing. They all loved the cold when they were gaining color. “Here’s what, gentlemen, we’ll tell you about our homeland,” suggested white Narcissus. - This is very interesting... Alyonushka will listen to us. After all, she loves us too... Then everyone started talking at once. Roses remembered with tears the blessed valleys of Shiraz, Hyacinths - Palestine, Azaleas - America, Lilies - Egypt... Flowers gathered here from all corners of the world, and everyone could tell so much. Most of the flowers came from the south, where there is so much sun and no winter. How nice it is there!.. Yes, eternal summer! What huge trees grow there, what wonderful birds, how many beautiful butterflies that look like flying flowers, and flowers that look like butterflies... “We are only guests in the north, we are cold,” whispered all these southern plants. Native wildflowers even took pity on them. Indeed, one must have great patience when the cold north wind blows, the cold rain pours and the snow falls. Let's say the spring snow is melting soon, but it's still snow. “You have a huge drawback,” Vasilek explained, having heard enough of these stories. - I don’t argue, you are perhaps sometimes more beautiful than us, simple wildflowers - I willingly admit this... yes... In a word, you are our dear guests, and your main drawback is that you grow up only for the rich people, and we grow for everyone. We are much kinder... For example, you will see me in the hands of every village child. How much joy I bring to all poor children!.. You don’t have to pay money for me, you just have to go out into the field. I grow with wheat, rye, oats...

    III

Alyonushka listened to everything the flowers told her about and was surprised. She really wanted to see everything herself, all those amazing countries they were just talking about. “If I were a swallow, I would fly right now,” she finally said. - Why don’t I have wings? Oh, how good it is to be a bird!.. Before she had time to finish speaking, a ladybug crawled up to her, a real ladybug, so red, with black spots, with a black head and such thin black antennae and thin black legs. - Alyonushka, let's fly! - Ladybug whispered, moving her antennae. - But I don’t have wings, Ladybug! - Sit on me... - How can I sit down when you’re little? - But look... Alyonushka began to look and was more and more surprised. Ladybug spread her stiff upper wings and doubled in size, then spread her thin lower wings, like a cobweb, and became even larger. She grew before Alyonushka's eyes until she became big, big, so big that Alyonushka could freely sit on her back, between her red wings. It was very convenient. -Are you okay, Alyonushka? - asked Ladybug. - Very. - Well, now hold on tight... At the first moment, when they flew, Alyonushka even closed her eyes in fear. It seemed to her that she was not flying, but everything was flying under her - cities, forests, rivers, mountains. Then it began to seem to her that she had become so small, small, as small as the head of a pin, and, moreover, as light as the fluff of a dandelion. And the ladybug flew quickly, quickly, so that the air only whistled between its wings. “Look what’s down there...” Ladybug told her. Alyonushka looked down and even clasped her little hands. - Oh, so many roses... red, yellow, white, pink! The ground was as if covered with a living carpet of roses. “Let’s go down to earth,” she asked Ladybug. They went down, and Alyonushka became big again, as she was before, and Ladybug became small. Alyonushka ran for a long time through the pink field and picked a huge bouquet of flowers. How beautiful they are, these roses; and their aroma makes you dizzy. If only this whole pink field could be moved there, to the north, where roses are only dear guests!.. “Well, now we fly on,” said the Ladybug, spreading her wings. She again became big and big, and Alyonushka became small and small.

    IV

They flew again. It was so good all around! The sky was so blue, and below was even bluer - the sea. They flew over a steep and rocky coast. - Are we really going to fly across the sea? - asked Alyonushka. - Yes... just sit still and hold on tight. At first Alyonushka was even scared, but then nothing. There was nothing left except sky and water. And ships rushed across the sea like big birds with white wings... Small ships looked like flies. Oh, how beautiful, how good!.. And ahead you can already see the seashore - low, yellow and sandy, the mouth of some huge river, some kind of White City, as if it were built from sugar. And beyond was a dead desert, where only pyramids stood. Ladybug landed on the river bank. Green papyri and lilies grew here, wonderful, tender lilies. “It’s so good here,” Alyonushka spoke to them. - It’s not winter for you? - What is winter? - Lily was surprised. - Winter is when it snows... - What is snow? Lily even laughed. They thought the little northern girl was playing a joke on them. It is true that every autumn huge flocks of birds flew here from the north and also talked about winter, but they themselves did not see it, but spoke from hearsay. Alyonushka also did not believe that there was no winter. So, you don’t need a fur coat or felt boots? We flew on. But Alyonushka was no longer surprised by the blue sea, or the mountains, or the sun-burnt desert where hyacinths grew. “I’m hot...” she complained. - You know, Ladybug, it’s not even good when it’s eternal summer. - Who is used to it, Alyonushka. They flew to high mountains, on the tops of which lay eternal snow. It wasn't so hot here. Impenetrable forests began behind the mountains. It was dark under the arch of trees because sunlight did not penetrate here through the dense treetops. Monkeys were jumping on the branches. And how many birds there were - green, red, yellow, blue... But most amazing of all were the flowers that grew right on the tree trunks. There were flowers of a completely fiery color, some were variegated; there were flowers that looked like small birds and large butterflies - the whole forest seemed to be burning with multi-colored living lights. “These are orchids,” explained Ladybug. It was impossible to walk here - everything was so intertwined. They flew on. Here a huge river overflowed among the green banks. Ladybug landed right on the big one White flower, growing in water. Alyonushka has never seen such large flowers before. “This is a sacred flower,” Ladybug explained. - It's called a lotus...

    V

Alyonushka saw so much that she finally got tired. She wanted to go home: after all, home was better. “I love snow,” said Alyonushka. - It’s not good without winter... They flew again, and the higher they rose, the colder it became. Soon snowy glades appeared below. Only one coniferous forest was turning green. Alyonushka was extremely happy when she saw the first Christmas tree. - Christmas tree, Christmas tree! - she shouted. - Hello, Alyonushka! - the green Christmas tree shouted to her from below. It was a real Christmas tree - Alyonushka recognized it immediately. Oh, what a sweet Christmas tree!.. Alyonushka bent down to tell her how cute she was, and suddenly flew down. Wow, how scary!.. She turned over several times in the air and fell straight into the soft snow. Out of fear, Alyonushka closed her eyes and did not know whether she was alive or dead. - How did you get here, baby? - someone asked her. Alyonushka opened her eyes and saw a gray-haired, hunched old man. She also recognized him immediately. This was the same old man who brings Christmas trees, gold stars, boxes with bombs and the most amazing toys to smart children. Oh, he is so kind, this old man!.. He immediately took her in his arms, covered her with his fur coat and asked again: “How did you get here, little girl?” - I traveled on a ladybug... Oh, how much I saw, grandfather!.. - Yes, yes... - And I know you, grandfather! You bring Christmas trees for the children... - Well, well... And now I’m also organizing a Christmas tree. He showed her a long pole that didn’t look like a Christmas tree at all. - What kind of tree is this, grandfather? It's just a big stick... - But you'll see... The old man carried Alyonushka to a small village, completely covered with snow. Only roofs and chimneys were exposed from the snow. The village children were already waiting for the old man. They jumped and shouted: - Christmas tree! Christmas tree!.. They came to the first hut. The old man took out an unthreshed sheaf of oats, tied it to the end of a pole, and raised the pole to the roof. Now small birds that don’t fly away for the winter came from all sides: sparrows, blackbirds, buntings, and began to peck at the grain. - This is our Christmas tree! - they shouted. Alyonushka suddenly felt very happy. It was the first time she had seen how they set up a Christmas tree for birds in winter. Oh, how fun!.. Oh, what a kind old man! One sparrow, who was fussing more than anyone else, immediately recognized Alyonushka and shouted: “But this is Alyonushka!” I know her very well... She fed me crumbs more than once. Yes... And the other sparrows also recognized her and squealed terribly with joy. Another sparrow flew in, which turned out to be a terrible bully. He began to push everyone aside and snatch the best grains. It was the same sparrow that fought with the ruff. Alyonushka recognized him. - Hello, little sparrow!.. - Oh, is that you, Alyonushka? Hello!.. The bully sparrow hopped on one leg, winked slyly with one eye and said to the kind Christmas old man: “But she, Alyonushka, wants to be a queen... Yes, I heard her say it myself just now.” - Do you want to be a queen, baby? - asked the old man. - I really want to, grandpa! - Great. There is nothing simpler: every queen is a woman, and every woman is a queen... Now go home and tell this to all the other little girls. Ladybug was glad to get out of here as quickly as possible, before some mischievous sparrow ate it. They flew home quickly, quickly... And there all the flowers were waiting for Alyonushka. They argued all the time about what a queen was. Bye-bye-bye... One of Alyonushka’s eyes is sleeping, the other is watching; One ear of Alyonushka is sleeping, the other is listening. Everyone has now gathered around Alyonushka’s crib: the brave Hare, and Medvedko, and the bully Rooster, and the Sparrow, and the black little Crow, and Ruff Ershovich, and the little Kozyavochka. Everything is here, everything is at Alyonushka’s. “Dad, I love everyone...” Alyonushka whispers. - I love black cockroaches, Dad... The other eye closed, the other ear fell asleep... And near Alyonushka’s crib the spring grass grows cheerfully green, the flowers are smiling - there are many flowers: blue, pink, yellow, blue, red. A green birch tree bent over the crib and whispered something so tenderly. And the sun is shining, and the sand is turning yellow, and the blue sea wave is calling Alyonushka to it... - Sleep, Alyonushka! Get strong... Bye-bye-bye...

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Tales of Mamin-Sibiryak

Fairy tales

Alyonushka's tales

Biography Mamin-Sibiryak Dmitry Narkisovich

Mamin-Sibiryak Dmitry Narkisovich (1852 - 1912) - famous Russian writer, ethnographer, prose writer, playwright and storyteller.

Mamin-Sibiryak (real name Mamin) was born on November 6, 1852 in the Visimo-Shaitansky factory village of the Verkhotursky district of the Perm province, 140 km from Nizhny Tagil. This village, located in the depths Ural mountains, was founded by Peter I, and the rich merchant Demidov built an iron factory here. The father of the future writer was the factory priest Narkis Matveevich Mamin (1827-1878). The family had four children. They lived modestly: my father received a small salary, little more than a factory worker. For many years he taught children for free at a factory school. “Without work, I never saw my father or mother. Their day was always full of work,” recalled Dmitry Narkisovich.

From 1860 to 1864 Mamin-Sibiryak studied in the Visimskaya village primary school for the children of workers, located in a large hut. When the boy was 12 years old, his father took him and his older brother Nikolai to Yekaterinburg and sent them to a religious school. True, the wild bursat morals had such an effect on the impressionable child that he fell ill, and his father took him away from school. With great joy, Mamin-Sibiryak returned home and for two years he felt completely happy: reading alternated with wanderings in the mountains, spending the night in the forest and in the houses of mine workers. Two years flew by quickly. The father did not have the means to send his son to the gymnasium, and he was again taken to the same bursa.

He received a home education, then studied at the Visim school for children of workers, later at the Yekaterinburg Theological School (1866-1868) and at the Perm Theological Seminary (1868-1872).
His first creative attempts date back to his stay here.

In the spring of 1871, Mamin moved to St. Petersburg and entered the medical-surgical academy in the veterinary department, and then transferred to medicine. In 1874, Mamin passed the university exam and spent about two years at the Faculty of Science.

Began publishing in 1875.
The beginnings of talent, a good acquaintance with nature and the life of the region are noticeable in this work.
The author's style is already clearly outlined in them: the desire to depict nature and its influence on people, sensitivity to the changes taking place around them.

In 1876, Mamin-Sibiryak switched to law, but did not complete the course here either. He studied at the Faculty of Law for about a year. Excessive work, poor nutrition, lack of rest broke the young body. He developed consumption (tuberculosis). In addition, due to financial difficulties and his father’s illness, Mamin-Sibiryak was unable to pay the tuition fee and was soon expelled from the university. In the spring of 1877, the writer left St. Petersburg. The young man reached out to the Urals with all his heart. There he recovered from his illness and found strength for new works.

Once in his native place, Mamin-Sibiryak collects material for a new novel from Ural life. Trips around the Urals and the Urals expanded and deepened his knowledge of folk life. But new novel, conceived back in St. Petersburg, had to be postponed. My father fell ill and died in January 1878. Dmitry remained the only breadwinner big family. In search of work, as well as to educate his brothers and sister, the family moved to Yekaterinburg in April 1878. But even in a large industrial city, the dropout student failed to get a job. Dmitry began giving lessons to lagging schoolchildren. The tedious work was poorly paid, but Mamin turned out to be a good teacher, and he soon gained fame as the best tutor in the city. He did not leave his literary work in the new place; When there was not enough time during the day, I wrote at night. Despite financial difficulties, he ordered books from St. Petersburg.

14 years of the writer’s life (1877-1891) pass in Yekaterinburg. He marries Maria Yakimovna Alekseeva, who became not only a wife and friend, but also an excellent adviser on literary issues. During these years, he makes many trips around the Urals, studies literature on history, economics, ethnography of the Urals, immerses himself in folk life, communicates with “simple people” who have a huge life experience, and was even elected as a member of the Yekaterinburg City Duma. Two long trips to the capital (1881-1882, 1885-1886) strengthened the writer’s literary connections: he met Korolenko, Zlatovratsky, Goltsev and others. During these years he writes and publishes many short stories and essays.

But in 1890, Mamin-Sibiryak divorced his first wife, and in January 1891 he married a talented artist from the Yekaterinburg drama theater Maria Moritsovna Abramova and moves with her to St. Petersburg, where he takes place final stage his life. Here he soon became close to the populist writers - N. Mikhailovsky, G. Uspensky and others, and later, at the turn of the century, with the greatest writers of the new generation - A. Chekhov, A. Kuprin, M. Gorky, I. Bunin, highly who appreciated his works. A year later (March 22, 1892), his dearly beloved wife Maria Moritsevna Abramova dies, leaving her sick daughter Alyonushka in the arms of her father, shocked by this death.

Mamin-Sibiryak took children's literature very seriously. He called a children's book a “living thread” that takes the child out of the nursery and connects him with the wider world of life. Addressing writers, his contemporaries, Mamin-Sibiryak urged them to truthfully tell children about the life and work of the people. He often said that only an honest and sincere book is beneficial: “A children’s book is a spring ray of sunshine that awakens the dormant powers of a child’s soul and causes the seeds thrown on this fertile soil to grow.”

Children's works are very diverse and are intended for children of different ages. The younger children know Alyonushka's Tales well. Animals, birds, fish, insects, plants and toys live and talk happily in them. For example: Komar Komarovich - long nose, Shaggy Misha - short tail, Brave Hare - long ears - slanting eyes - short tail, Sparrow Vorobeich and Ruff Ershovich. Talking about the funny adventures of animals and toys, the author skillfully combines fascinating content with useful information, kids learn to observe life, they develop feelings of camaraderie and friendship, modesty and hard work. Mamin-Sibiryak’s works for older children tell about the life and work of workers and peasants in the Urals and Siberia, about the fate of children working in factories, fields and mines, about young travelers along the picturesque slopes of the Ural Mountains. Wide and diverse world, the life of man and nature are revealed to young readers in these works. Mamin-Sibiryak’s story “Emelya the Hunter,” which was awarded an international prize in 1884, was highly appreciated by readers.

Many works of Mamin-Sibiryak have become classics of world literature for children, revealing the high simplicity, noble naturalness of feelings and love of life of their author, who inspires with the poetic skill of domestic animals, birds, flowers, insects (collection of stories Children's Shadows, 1894; textbook stories of Emel- hunter, 1884; Winter hut on Studenoy, 1892; Gray Neck, 1893; Alyonushkin's tales, 1894-1896).

The last years of his life the writer was seriously ill. On October 26, 1912, his fortieth anniversary was celebrated in St. Petersburg creative activity, but Mamin already had a bad reaction to those who came to congratulate him - a week later, on November 15, 1912, he died. Many newspapers carried obituaries. The Bolshevik newspaper Pravda dedicated a special article to Mamin-Sibiryak, in which it noted the great revolutionary significance of his works: “A bright, talented, warm-hearted writer has died, under whose pen the pages of the past of the Urals came to life, an entire era of the march of capital, predatory, greedy, who knew no restraint. not with anything". “Pravda” highly appreciated the writer’s achievements in children’s literature: “He was attracted by the pure soul of a child, and in this area he gave a number of wonderful essays and stories.”

D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak was buried at the Nikolskoye cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra; two years later, the suddenly deceased daughter of the writer “Alyonushka”, Elena Dmitrievna Mamina (1892-1914), was buried nearby. In 1915, a granite monument with a bronze bas-relief was erected on the grave. And in 1956, the ashes and monument of the writer, his daughter and wife, M.M. Abramova, were moved to the Literatorskie bridge of the Volkovsky cemetery. On the grave monument of Mamin-Sibiryak the words are carved: “To live a thousand lives, to suffer and rejoice in a thousand hearts - that’s where real life and real happiness are.”

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