Animal tales with an unusual beginning. Folk tales about animals: list and names
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Russian folk tale "Fox and Cancer"
The fox and the crayfish stood together and talked to each other. The fox says to the cancer: "Let's run with you." Cancer answers: "Well, fox, well, come on!"
Began to be distilled. As soon as the fox ran, the cancer clung to its tail. The fox ran to the place, but the cancer does not detach. The fox turned to look, wagged its tail, the cancer unhooked and said: "I've been waiting for you here for a long time."
Russian folk tale "Fox and black grouse"
The grouse was sitting in a tree. The fox came up to him and said:
- Hello, grouse, my friend! As soon as I heard your little voice, I came to see you.
“Thank you for your kind words,” said the black grouse.
The fox pretended not to hear, and says:
- What are you saying? I can not hear. You, grouse, my friend, went for a walk on the grass, talk to me, otherwise I won't hear from the tree.
Teterev said:
- I'm afraid to go to the grass. It is dangerous for us birds to walk on the ground.
- Or are you afraid of me? - said the fox.
- Not you, so I'm afraid of other animals, - said the black grouse. - There are all kinds of animals.
- No, grouse, my friend, yesterday a decree was announced so that there was peace throughout the earth. Now the animals do not touch each other.
- This is good, - said the black grouse, - otherwise the dogs are running. If everything were the same as before, you would have to leave. And now you have nothing to fear.
The fox heard about the dogs, pricked up her ears and wanted to run.
- Where are you going? - said the black grouse. - After all, there is a decree, the dogs are not touched.
“Who knows,” said the fox, “maybe they didn’t hear the decree.
And she ran away.
Russian folk tale "Little fox-sister and a wolf"
There lived a grandfather and a woman. The grandfather says to the woman:
- You, woman, bake pies, and I will harness the sleigh and go for the fish.
I've caught fish and is taking home a whole cart. Here he goes and sees: the chanterelle is curled up in a ball and lies on the road. The grandfather got off the cart, went up to the fox, but she does not move, she lies as if she were dead.
- That will be a present for my wife! - said the grandfather, took the chanterelle and put it on the cart, while he went ahead.
And the chanterelle took the time and began to throw everything out of the cart, little by little, for a fish and a fish, all for a fish and a fish. She threw out all the fish and left herself.
- Well, old woman, - says the grandfather, - what collar I brought for your fur coat!
- There on the cart, and the fish, and the collar.
A woman came up to the cart: no collar, no fish, and began to scold her husband:
- Oh, you, so and so! You still decided to cheat!
Then the grandfather realized that the chanterelle was not dead. Grieved, grieved, but there is nothing to do.
And the chanterelle gathered all the scattered fish, sat down on the road and eats for itself. The gray wolf comes:
- Hello, sister!
- Hello, brother!
- Give me fish!
- Get it yourself and eat it.
- I can not.
- I caught it! You, brother, go to the river, put your tail in the ice-hole, sit and say: “Catch, fish, both small and large! Catch, fish, both small and large! " The fish itself will cling to the tail.
The wolf went to the river, lowered its tail into the hole and began to sentence:
- Catch, fish, both small and large! Catch, fish, both small and large!
The fox followed him; walks around the wolf and says:
- The stars are clear, clear in the sky,
Freeze, freeze, wolf's tail!
- What are you, little fox-sister, say?
- I'm helping you.
For a long, long time the wolf sat by the ice-hole, its tail froze; I tried to get up - it wasn’t there!
"Eka, how many fish - and you can't get it out!" - thinks.
He looks, and the women go for water and shout:
- Wolf, wolf! Hit him, hit him!
They came running and began to beat the wolf - some with a yoke, some with a bucket, some with anything. The wolf jumped, jumped, tore off its tail and started running without looking back.
“Okay,” he thinks, “I’ll repay you, sister!”
Meanwhile, while the wolf was puffing its sides, the little fox-sister wanted to try: could it be possible to pull off something else? I climbed into one of the huts, where the women were baking pancakes, but hit my head in a tub of dough, got smeared and ran. And the wolf to meet her:
- Is that how you teach? I've been beaten all over!
- Eh, wolf-brother! - says the little fox-sister. - At least your blood came out, but I have a brain, they nailed me more painfully than yours: I drag my way.
- And that's true, - says the wolf, - where can you go, sister, sit on me, I'll take you.
The chanterelle sat on his back, and he took her. Here chanterelle-sister sits and sings slowly:
- Broken unbeaten lucky,
Broken unbeaten lucky!
- What are you, sister, say?
- I, brother, say: "The broken beaten is lucky."
- So, sister, so!
Russian folk tale "Fox, Wolf and Bear"
The fox lay under the bush, turned over from side to side, thought and wondered: what to eat, what to profit from. I decided to hunt chickens in the village.
A fox is walking through the forest, a wolf runs towards her and asks:
- Where, godfather, are you going, wandering?
- I'm going, kumanyok, to the village, to hunt chickens! - the fox answers.
- Take me too! Otherwise I will conquer, the dogs in the village will bark, the peasants and women will scream.
- Let's go, let's go, kumanyok! You will help!
A fox and a wolf are walking along the road, a bear drags towards him and asks:
- Where, sister, are you going?
- I'm going, brother, to the village, to hunt chickens! - the fox answers.
- Take me too! And then I'll growl, the dogs in the village will bark, the peasants and women will scream,
- Let's go, let's go, brother! You will help!
They came to the village. Fox says:
- Come on, brother fat-heeled bear, go to the village. And when men and women are chasing you, run away into the forest. I'll train chickens for your share.
The bear went through the village. The peasants and women saw him, grabbed the stakes and rocker arms, and began to beat the bear. The clubfoot escaped, barely carrying his legs into the forest.
Fox says:
- Well, kumanyok gray top, run to the village! Men and women ran after the bear, but the dogs remained. They will snatch you, they will chase you, you run into the forest. I'll train chickens for your share.
The wolf ran to the village. The dogs smelled him, came running, began to bite. The wolf barely carried his legs into the forest, he was barely alive.
Meanwhile, the fox entered the chicken coop. Grabbed the chickens and into the bag. And it was like that. She ran along the hillocks, along the stumps, along the sparse bushes and ran into the forest.
The fox put the bag of chickens on the ground. And in another bag, which was larger, she put stones, cones and acorns and attached them nearby. She herself sat down under a bush to rest. A wolf and a bear came running and shouted:
- Hey, fox, where is the prey ?! Where is our share ?!
- Yes, there are sacks of chickens, - says the fox, - take any.
The wolf and the bear rushed to the prey. They chose the largest and heaviest bag filled with stones, cones and acorns, and dragged it into the forest.
And the fox laughed at the stupid wolf and bear, put a sack with chickens on its back and ran to its hole.
Russian folk tale "How a wolf lived with a peasant"
Once upon a time there was a wolf. Tired of him chasing hares, walking hungry in the woods. He decided to become a rooster and live with the peasant. He thinks: “The rooster sits on the fence, cries songs all day. The owner feeds him for it. " He came to the blacksmith and said;
The blacksmith forged him. The wolf took the cock's voice and went to the village. He climbed onto the fence and sang: “Ku-ka-re-ku! Ku-ka-re-ku! " The man went out into the yard. He sees - a wolf sits on the fence and cries like a cock's voice. He took him to his service - to wake him at dawn. Night has come. The wolf went to bed. In the morning the man woke up, looked, and the sun was already overhead, work was in full swing in the field. The wolf did not wake him up at dawn with a rooster's cry. The man took a stick and drove the wolf out of the yard.
The wolf ran away. He walks, beaten, through the forest and thinks: “It's bad to be a rooster. I will better dog... The dog sits by the porch, barks all day. The owner feeds her for it. " The wolf came again to the blacksmith and asks:
The blacksmith forged him. The wolf took the dog's voice and went to the village. I climbed into the man’s yard, sat down by the porch and let’s bark: "Woof-woof, woof-woof!" A man came out onto the porch: He sees a wolf sitting and barking like a dog. I took him to serve myself - to guard the house. The wolf sat by the porch. The sun baked his withers. He went and hid under the barn in the shade. And a thief climbed into the house and took away all the good. The man returned from the field, looked - everything in the house was stolen. The wolf did not keep him out. The man got angry, grabbed a stick and drove the wolf out of the yard.
The wolf ran away. He walks, beaten, through the forest and thinks: “It's bad to be a dog. Better to be a pig. The pig lies in a puddle, grunts all day. The owner feeds her for it. " The wolf came to the blacksmith and asks:
Until the fall, the man fed the wolf. In the fall he came to the barn and said:
- You can't take bacon from this pig, but you can peel off the skin on a hat!
The wolf heard that the man was going to rip off his skin, jumped out of the barn and ran into the forest. He didn't live with the peasant anymore.
Russian folk tale "The Frog and the Sandpiper"
A sandpiper flew to a new swamp. He saw a frog and said: - Hey, frog, move to my swamp to live. My swamp is better than yours. In my swamp, there are large bumps, the banks are steep, midges themselves fly into the mouth.
The frog believed the sandpiper and went to live in his swamp. Jumps, jumps. There is a stump on the road, asks:
- Where are you going, frog?
- Each sandpiper praises its swamp, - says the stump. - Look, you'll get into trouble! Come back!
- Where are you going, frog?
- I'm going to live on a sandpiper in a swamp. His swamp is better than mine. On its swamp there are large bumps, steep banks, midges themselves fly into the mouth.
- Each sandpiper praises its swamp, - says the puddle. - Look, you'll get into trouble! Come back!
- Where are you going, frog?
- I'm going to live on a sandpiper in a swamp. His swamp is better than mine. On its swamp there are large bumps, steep banks, midges themselves fly into the mouth.
- Each sandpiper praises its swamp, - says the snail. - Look, you'll get into trouble! Come back!
The frog did not listen to her and went on. Here she jumps, jumps. Finally she rode up to the sandpiper in the swamp. I looked around: hummocks - from the top, banks - canopies, midges do not fly. She jumped into the water - and got bogged down in the bog, barely got out. Found a dry place and thinks: "We need to climb higher, look around." He sees that there is a pole nearby. She began to climb up it. Climbed to the heron on the leg and - right into her beak hit.
Russian folk tale "Ship"
The bast shoe floats on the river. She saw the mouse and says:
She got into it and swam. A hare is running, he saw a bast shoe and says:
- I am a grater mouse!
- Where are you sailing?
- I am sailing to distant kingdoms, to neighboring states, to see others and show myself. And who are you?
- I'm a runaway bunny! Take me with you.
The mouse took a hare with her, and they swam on. The fox runs, saw the bast shoe and says:
- What a pretty boat, braided and new from bast! Who is sailing in the boat?
- I am a grater mouse!
- I, runaway bunny!
- Where are you sailing?
- I am a fox - divya beauty! Take me with you.
They took the mouse and the hare with the fox and swam on. A wolf is running, he saw a bast shoe and says:
- What a pretty boat, braided and new from bast! Who is sailing in the boat?
- I am a grater mouse!
- I, runaway bunny!
- I, the fox - divya beauty!
- Where are you sailing?
- We will sail to distant kingdoms, to neighboring states, to see others and show ourselves. And who are you?
- I am a wolf - gray side! Take me with you.
They took a mouse, a hare and a fox with a wolf, and they swam on. A bear is walking, he saw a bast shoe and says:
- What a pretty boat, braided and new from bast!
And roared:
Wow, huh-huh, I'll float!
Wow-gu-gu, I'll float!
On the water, on the water
To be seen everywhere!
The bear climbed onto the boat. The bast crackled, the bast snapped — and the boat fell apart. The animals rushed into the water, reached the shore and scattered in all directions.
Russian folk tale "How mice shared flour"
Two mice lived at the edge of a large field. Their minks were nearby. Once they heard a knock: "You-la-you, you-laty." They think: "What kind of knock is that?" We got out of the holes. They looked, and these are men on the current * threshing wheat with flails. One mouse says:
- Come on, girlfriend, we will train wheat and bake pies.
- Let's! - the other agrees.
Here is one mouse running and carrying grain. Another mouse threshes this grain on a millstone **. We worked all day. It turned out to be a pile of flour. One mouse says:
- Come on, girlfriend, share the flour! I have two measurements ***, and you have one.
- No, I have two measurements, and you have one! Says another mouse. - I worked more than you - I carried grain!
- I worked harder! - the first one disagrees. - I've been spinning the millstones all day!
- No, I worked harder!
- No, me! ..
They argued, argued - who should take how much flour. An hour passed, two ... It was already getting dark. Suddenly a strong wind came, picked up the flour and scattered it all over the ground.
Two mice grieved and scattered to their burrows.
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* Current is a platform for threshing grain.
** Grindstone, millstone - here: manual stone wheel for grinding, grinding grain into flour.
*** Measure, measure — here: Russian folk unit for the capacity of flour, cereals.
The role of animals in Russian folk art extremely large and varied. In almost all fairy tales, one or another animal appears. Among them are the fox, bear, wolf, hare, hedgehog, magpie and others. With these well-known bright characters adults tell their children what is good and what is bad. The first fairy tales in history appeared long before the invention of books and writing and were passed from mouth to mouth, from generation to generation. That is why they are called folk. Consider the most popular animals that appear in fairy tales, and compare how their "fairy" characteristics coincide with their description in real life.
"Fox-sister", "Fox-when talking beautiful", "Fox Patrikeevna", Lisafya, Fox-gossip - this is how the Fox is affectionately called in Russians folk tales... This redhead cheat is definitely a beloved character of all time. And she is invariably cunning, clever, quick-witted, calculating, rancorous and insidious. So, only she was able to outwit and eat poor Kolobok, to fool a stupid wolf whose tail was frozen to the hole, and even to deceive a man by pretending to be dead. The main idea of these tales is to tell children that in life it is not strength that is important, but cunning. Despite this, the fox is still a negative character. In some fairy tales, peaceful animals that have suffered from this red-haired cheat have to work very hard to outwit and teach Lisa herself a lesson.
But is the fox really so cunning and clever? The German zoologist Alfred Brehm in his book "The Life of Animals" claims that the cunning of the fox in Russian fairy tales is greatly exaggerated, but the wolf's mind is, on the contrary, underestimated. Otherwise, the real common fox is in many ways similar to the “fabulous” one: red hair, a beautiful fluffy tail, the fox often hunts a hare or visits nearby chicken coops.
"Bear clubfoot", "Mikhail Potapych" or simply Mishka in their popularity, does not lag behind Fox. This character is often depicted in fairy tales as lazy, fat, and awkward. Big and clubfoot, he is slow, stupid and dangerous. Often he threatens the weak with his strength, but in the end he always loses, because it is not strength that is important, but quickness, dexterity and intelligence - this is the meaning of tales with the participation of Mishka. The most popular fairy tales are Three Bears, Masha and the Bear, Vershki and Koreshki. However, in real life, Brown bear not as slow as you might think. He can run very fast and, moreover, is not particularly stupid. As for the rest, his "fabulous" image has a lot with him. common features: he is really big, dangerous and a little clubfoot: when walking, his toes look a little inward, and his heels - outward.
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"Bunny-Runner", "Bunny-Coward" or "Oblique" is also a very common hero of Russian fairy tales. His main feature- cowardice. In some tales, the Hare is presented as a cowardly, but at the same time boastful, cocky and stupid hero, and in some - on the contrary, as a moderately cautious and intelligent forest animal.
For example, in the fairy tale "Bunny-Bastard" or "Fear has big eyes", the cowardice of the Hare is ridiculed, main idea these fairy tales - you must always be bold. At the same time, in the fairy tale "Zayushkin's hut", the Bunny appears before us positive character who needs support and protection.
In real life, the hare, like its “fairytale” character, is long-eared, fast, agile, careful and attentive. Due to the special position of the eyes, the hare can look not only forward, but also backward. During the chase, the hare can "squint" its eye to calculate the distance to its pursuer. For this ability, the hare was nicknamed Oblique. The main enemy of the hare, as in fairy tales, is the fox.
"The gray wolf - with his teeth", "The wolf-wolf - from under the bush, the snatch", "The fool-wolf" is presented in most cases as a negative character, stupid, angry, hungry and dangerous. But, in most cases, he is so stupid that, in the end, he is left with nothing. For example, "the tale of the Fox and the Wolf" or "The Wolf and the Seven Kids". In these tales, the wolf is the embodiment of evil, and the main message for children is that good always triumphs over evil. Nevertheless, in some tales the wolf appears before us as a wise and true friend a person who is always ready to help, an example of this is the fairy tale "Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf."
In real life, a wolf can indeed be extremely dangerous. Often he is hungry and wanders through the forest in search of food. But his intelligence is grossly underestimated. The wolf is an intelligent and organized animal; a clear structure and discipline can be traced in the wolf pack. Wolves create incredible strong couples, their alliances are strong, and the wolves themselves are the real personification of loyalty and love for each other. A tamed wolf can indeed become loyal and devoted friend for a person.
Thorny Hedgehog - has long appeared before us in the form of a kind, quick-witted old man, wise in life. Despite his small stature and small legs, he always comes out the winner thanks to his extraordinary mind and cunning. So, for example, in the fairy tale "The Hare and the Hedgehog" - the hedgehog outwitted and killed the poor Hare, with whom they allegedly ran a race, and in the fairy tale "The Help Wand", the Hedgehog taught the Hare different life wisdom, explaining what is needed to survive first just think with your head.
In real life, the Hedgehog is not distinguished by an outstanding intelligence, but he is not stupid either. In case of danger, the hedgehog curls up into a spiny ball, which makes it inaccessible to predators, as stated in fairy tales.
Russian folk tale "Teremok"
The mouse runs across the field. He sees - there is a teremok:
Nobody answered. The mouse opened the door, entered - began to live.
The frog is galloping. Sees - the teremok:
- Someone who lives in the little house, someone who lives in a low one?
- I, little mouse, and who are you?
“I’m a frog frog. Let me in.
And they began to live together.
The bunny is running. Sees - the teremok:
- Someone who lives in the little house, someone who lives in a low one?
- I, little mouse.
- I, frog-frog, and who are you?
- I am a runaway bunny, ears are debts, legs are short. Let me go.
- OK Go!
The three of them began to live.
The fox runs, asks:
- Someone who lives in the little house, someone who lives in a low one?
- I, mouse-norunzha.
- I, frog-frog.
- I, runaway bunny, ears are debts, legs are short, and who are you?
- I am a fox-sister, Lizaveta-beauty, fluffy tail. Let me go.
- Go, fox.
The four of them began to live.
A wolf is running across the field. He sees - a little house, asks:
- Someone who lives in the little house, someone who lives in a low one?
- I, little mouse.
- I, frog-frog.
- I, little fox-sister, Lizaveta-beauty, fluffy tail, and who are you?
- I am a wolf-wolf, big mouth. Let me go.
- Okay, go, just live peacefully. The five of them began to live.
A bear walks, a clubfoot walks. I saw the teremok - roared:
- Someone who lives in the little house, someone who lives in a low one?
- I, little mouse.
- I, frog-frog.
- I, runaway bunny, ears are debts, legs are short.
- I, little fox-sister, Lizaveta-beauty, fluffy tail.
- I, wolf-wolf, big mouth, and who are you?
“I’m a bear, bloody bastard!”
And he did not ask to go to the teremok. He can't get through the door, he climbed upstairs.
It swayed, cracked - and the little tower collapsed. We barely had time to run out - a mouse, a frog, a frog, a runaway bunny, ears are debts, legs are short, a chanterelle is a sister, Lizaveta is a beauty, a fluffy tail, a wolf-wolf, a big mouth.
And the bear, the bloody bastard, went into the forest.
The fairy tale "Ryaba Chicken"
There lived a grandfather and a woman,
And they had Ryaba chicken.
The chicken took the testicle:
The testicle is not simple, Golden.
Grandfather beat, beat - did not break;
Baba beat, beat - did not break.
The mouse was running
She waved her tail:
Testicle fell
And it crashed.
The grandfather and the woman are crying!
The chicken clucks:
- Don't cry, grandfather, don't cry, woman.
I'll lay another testicle for you,
Not golden - simple.
Fairy tale "Turnip"
My grandfather planted a turnip - a big, big turnip has grown.
My grandfather began to drag a turnip out of the ground.
Pulls-pulls, cannot pull.
The grandfather called for the help of the grandmother.
Grandma for the grandfather, grandfather for the turnip.
Grandma called her granddaughter.
The granddaughter for the grandmother, the grandmother for the grandfather, the grandfather for the turnip.
They pull, pull, they cannot pull.
The granddaughter of the Beetle called.
A bug for a granddaughter, a granddaughter for a grandmother, a grandmother for a grandfather, a grandfather for a turnip.
They pull, pull, they cannot pull.
The Bug called the cat Masha.
Masha for a bug, a bug for a granddaughter, a granddaughter for a grandmother, a grandmother for a grandfather, a grandfather for a turnip.
They pull, pull, they cannot pull.
The cat, Masha, clicked the mouse.
A mouse for Masha, Masha for a bug, a bug for a granddaughter, a granddaughter for a grandmother, a grandmother for a grandfather, a grandfather for a turnip.
Pull-pull -
pulled out
Fairy tale "Kolobok"
Once upon a time there was an old man with an old woman.
So the old man asks:
- Bake me, old, gingerbread man.
- Yes, from what to bake something? There is no flour.
- Eh, old woman. Label the barn, scratch the sipes - and that's it.
The old woman did just that: she rubbed it, scraped up handfuls of two flour, kneaded the dough with sour cream, rolled a bun, fried it in butter and put a sheet on the window.
Tired of lying on the bun - he rolled from the window to the bench, from the bench to the floor - and to the door, jumped over the threshold, into the passage, from the entrance to the porch, from the porch to the courtyard, and then beyond the gate, further and further.
A bun rolls along the road, and a hare meets him:
- No, don’t eat me, scythe, but rather listen to what song I’ll sing for you.
The hare raised its ears, and the bun sang:
- I am a bun, a bun,
Methen in the barn,
Scratched along the siphon
Mixed on sour cream,
Sazhen in the stove,
The window is cold.
I left my grandfather
I left my grandmother
From you hare
Don't be cunning to leave.
A bun rolls along a path in the forest, and a gray wolf meets him:
- Gingerbread man, gingerbread man! I will eat you!
- Don't eat me, gray wolf: I'll sing you a song. And the bun sang:
- I am a bun, a bun,
Methen in the barn,
Scratched along the siphon
Mixed on sour cream,
Sazhen in the stove,
The window is cold.
I left my grandfather
I left my grandmother
I left the hare
From you wolf
Don't be cunning to leave.
A bun is rolling through the forest, and a bear is walking towards it, breaking brushwood, bushes to the ground oppression.
- Gingerbread man, gingerbread man, I'll eat you!
- Well, where are you, clubfoot, eat me! You better listen to my song.
The gingerbread man began to sing, and Misha hung up his ears:
- I am a bun, a bun,
Methen in the barn,
Scratched along the siphon
Mixed on sour cream,
Sazhen in the stove,
The window is cold.
I left my grandfather
I left my grandmother
I left the hare
I left the wolf
From you, bear,
Half the heat to leave.
And the bun rolled - the bear just looked after him.
A bun is rolling, and a fox meets him: - Hello, bun! What a pretty, ruddy you are!
The gingerbread man is glad that he was praised, and sang his own song, and the fox listens and creeps closer and closer:
- I am a bun, a bun,
Methen in the barn,
Scratched along the siphon
Mixed on sour cream,
Sazhen in the stove,
The window is cold.
I left my grandfather
I left my grandmother
I left the hare
I left the wolf
I left the bear
From you fox
Don't be cunning to leave.
- Glorious song! - said the fox. - But the trouble is, my dear, that I have become old - I can hardly hear. Sit on my face and sing one more time.
The gingerbread man was glad that his song was praised, jumped on the fox's face and sang:
- I am a bun, a bun ...
And his fox - din! - and ate it.
Fairy tale "Cockerel and a bean seed".
Once upon a time there was a cockerel and a hen.
The cockerel was in a hurry, he was in a hurry, but the hen would say to herself:
- Petya, take your time. Petya, take your time.
Once the cockerel pecked at the beans, but in a hurry he choked. Choked, not breathing, not hearing, as if the dead were lying.
The chicken got scared, rushed to the mistress, shouts:
- Oh, hostess! Give the cockerel some butter to grease the neck as soon as possible: the cockerel choked on a bean grain.
The hostess says:
- Run quickly to the cow, ask her for milk, and I'll kill the butter.
The chicken rushed to the cow:
- Cow, my dear, give me some milk as soon as possible. The hostess will knock butter out of the milk, I will grease the cockerel's neck with butter: the cockerel choked on a bean grain.
- Go quickly to the owner, let him bring me fresh herbs.
The chicken runs to the owner:
- Master, master! Give the cow some fresh grass, the cow will give milk, the hostess will knock butter out of the milk, I will grease the cockerel's throat with oil: the cockerel has choked on a bean grain.
- Run quickly to the blacksmith for the scythe.
The hen rushed to the blacksmith as fast as she could:
- Blacksmith, blacksmith, give the owner a good braid as soon as possible. The owner will give the cow grass, the cow will give milk, the hostess will give me butter, I will grease the cockerel's neck, the cockerel choked on a bean grain.
The blacksmith gave the owner a new scythe, the owner gave the cow fresh grass, the cow gave milk, the hostess knocked down the butter, gave the chicken oil.
The chicken smeared the neck of the cockerel. A grain of bean slipped through. The cockerel jumped up and shouted at the top of his throat: - Ku-ka-re-ku!
Fairy tale "About a chanterelle with a rolling pin"
Once a chanterelle picked up a rolling pin on the road. I came with her to the village and knocked on the extreme hut:
- Here, knock!
- Who's there?
- It's me, fox! Let me go for the night kind people!
- We are already cramped.
- Yes, and I will not take a place. I lie on a bench, a tail under the bench, a rolling pin under the stove.
- Well, if so, come in.
The chanterelle went to bed, and in the morning it got up before everyone else, burned a rolling pin in the stove and wakes up the owners:
- And where did my rolling pin go? Now give me the chicken for her!
What to do - the owner gave her the chicken.
Here is a chanterelle along the road and sings:
The chanterelle found a rolling pin
Took her chicken instead.
In the evening I came to another village and again to the first hut:
- Let me go, good people, spend the night!
- We ourselves do not have enough space.
“I don’t need a place: I’ll lie down under the window, cover myself with my tail, and put a chicken in a corner.”
They let her in. And in the morning, before dawn, the chanterelle got up, quickly ate the chicken and raised a cry:
- Who ate my chicken? I won’t take less duck for her.
We gave her the duck. And again she walks and sings:
The chanterelle found a rolling pin
Took her chicken instead.
A chanterelle came with a chicken,
The chanterelle with the duck left.
And in the third village knocks in the evening.
- Knock Knock! Let me spend the night!
- We already have seven in the shops.
- So I will not embarrass you. Itself near the wall, a ponytail under the head, a duck behind the stove.
- Okay, settle down.
The chanterelle settled down. Again in the morning she jumped up, ate the duck, burned the feathers in the stove and began to scream:
- Where is my favorite duck? Give me at least one girl for her.
And although the peasant has many children, he is sorry to give the fox a stray girl. Then he put the dog in the bag.
- Get, redhead, the best girl!
The fox pulled the bag onto the road and said:
- Come on, girl, sing a song!
He hears - someone is grumbling in the bag. She was surprised and untied the bag. And the dog will jump out - and well, wag it!
The cheat rushed to run, and the dog followed her. And drove the redhead away from the village.
Fairy tale "Masha and the Bear"
Once upon a time there was a grandfather and a woman, and they had a granddaughter Masha. Girlfriends have gathered for berries, call Masha with them.
- Go, - said the grandfather and grandmother, - but look, do not lag behind, where everything is, there you will be.
Masha has gone.
Suddenly, out of nowhere - a bear. Masha was frightened and cried. The bear grabbed it and carried it.
And the girlfriends came running to the village and told that they had lost Masha.
They were looking for her grandfather and grandmother, but they did not find it, they began to cry, began to grieve.
And the bear brought Masha to his home and said:
- Don't cry, I won't eat you! I'm bored alone, you will stay with me.
You can't help grief with tears, Masha began to think how to get away from the bear. She lives with a bear. The bear brought her honey, berries, peas - everything. Masha is not happy.
- Why are you not happy about anything? The bear asks.
- What should I be happy about? How can I not grieve! Grandpa and Grandma think you ate me. Take them a present from me - a body of pies. Let them know I'm alive.
The bear brought flour, Masha baked pies - a large dish. The bear found a body where to put the pies.
Masha said to the bear:
“You’ll carry it, don’t eat it, dear.” I will look from the hill - I will see.
While the bear was getting ready, Masha took the time, climbed into the back and covered herself with a dish of pies.
The bear took the body, loaded it on its back and carried it.
He walks along paths past fir trees and birches, where it descends into a ravine, rises upward. Tired - says: - What a heavy body!
I'll sit on a tree stump
Take off the pie.
Masha heard and shouted:
- See see!
Not far from grandfather's yard.
The bear grumbled:
- See how big-eyed!
Sits high
Looks far away.
Goes, goes, again says:
- I'll sit on a tree stump,
Take off the pie.
And Masha shouted again:
- See see!
Don't sit on a tree stump, don't eat a pie -
Very close to grandfather's yard!
The bear didn’t sit on the stump, didn’t eat the pie, and moved on. I reached the village and found Mashin's house. Knock knock at the gate! The dog barked. And others came running from everywhere. Such barking was raised!
Only grandfather and grandmother opened the gates, the bear threw off the body from the back - and ran away. And the dogs follow him, catch up, bite. I barely escaped.
Grandfather and grandmother saw the body, came closer, the granddaughter climbed out of it, alive and well. Grandfather and grandmother do not believe their eyes. They hug her, kiss her. And what to say about Masha! I was so glad!
Grandfather, grandmother and Masha began to live in the old way, to make good and forget the bad.
Fairy tale "Koza-Dereza"
Once upon a time there was a grandfather and a woman and a granddaughter Masha. They had no cow, no pig, no cattle - only one goat. Goat, black eyes, crooked leg, sharp horns. Grandfather loved this goat very much. Once the grandfather sent the grandmother to graze the goat. She grazed, grazed and drove home. And the grandfather sat down at the gate and asked:
- I didn’t eat, didn’t drink, my grandmother didn’t graze me. As I ran across the bridge, I grabbed maple leaf, - that's all my food.
The grandfather got angry with the grandmother, shouted and sent the granddaughter to graze the goat. She grazed, grazed and drove home. And the grandfather sat down at the gate and asked:
- My goat, goat, black eyes, crooked leg, sharp horns, what did you eat, what did you drink?
And the goat answered:
- I didn’t eat, didn’t drink, my granddaughter didn’t graze me. As I ran across the little bridge, grabbed a maple leaf - that's all my food.
The grandfather got angry with his granddaughter, shouted, went to graze the goat himself. Pass, pass, feed and drive home. And he ran ahead, sat down at the gate and asked:
- My goat, goat, black eyes, crooked leg, sharp horns, did she eat well, did she drink well?
And the goat says:
- I did not eat, did not drink, but as I ran across the bridge, grabbed a maple leaf - that's all my food!
The grandfather got angry at the liar, grabbed the belt, let's beat her on the sides. Barely the goat broke free and ran into the forest.
She ran into the forest and climbed into the hare's hut, locked the doors, climbed onto the stove. And the bunny ate cabbage in the garden. The bunny came home - the door is locked. The bunny knocked and said:
- Who, who occupies my hut, who won't let me into the house?
- I am a goat-dereza, black eyes, crooked leg, sharp horns! I will top-top with my feet, I will stab you with my horns, I will sweep you with my tail!
The bunny got scared and started to run. Sits under a bush, cries, wipes tears with his paw.
A gray wolf walks past, a torn side.
- What are you crying about, zayinka, what are you shedding tears about?
- How can I, zayinka, not cry, how can I, gray, not grieve: I built myself a hut on the edge of the forest, and a goat tree climbed into it, it won't let me go home.
A gray wolf approached the hut and shouted:
- Go, goat, from the stove, free the hare's hut!
And the goat answered him:
- How I jump out, how I jump out, how I kick in with my feet, stab with horns - scraps will go through the back streets!
The wolf got scared and ran away!
A bunny sits under a bush, cries, wipes away tears with his paw. There is a bear, a thick leg.
- About what, zainka, crying, what, gray, tears pouring?
- How can I, zayinka, not cry, how can I, gray, not grieve: I built myself a hut on the edge of the forest, and a goat-dereza climbed up to me, does not let me go home.
- Do not grieve, zayinka, I will drive her out.
The bear went to the hut and let's roar:
- Go, goat, from the stove, free the hut for the bunny!
And the goat answered him:
- As I jump out, but as I jump out, as I kick in with my feet, I will stab with my horns - scraps will go through the back streets!
The bear got scared and run away!
A bunny sits under a bush, cries, wipes away tears with his paw.
There is a cockerel, a red comb, spurs on its legs.
- What are you, zainka, crying, what are you, gray, shedding tears?
- How not to cry, how not to grieve: I built a hut, and a goat-dereza climbed into it, it won't let me go home.
- Do not grieve, zayinka, I will drive her out.
- I drove - did not drive out, the wolf drove - did not drive out, the bear drove - did not drive out, where do you, Petya, drive out!
- Well, let's see!
Petya came to the hut and how he shouted:
- I'm going, I'm going soon, spurs on my feet, I carry a sharp scythe, I will take the head of a goat! Cook-re-ku!
The goat was frightened and how it would flop off the stove! From the stove to the table, from the table to the floor, to the door, and run into the forest! They only saw her.
And the bunny again lives in its hut, chews a carrot, bows to you.
Russian folk tale "Little fox-sister and a wolf"
There lived a grandfather and a woman. The grandfather says to the woman:
- You, woman, bake pies, and I will harness the sleigh and go for the fish.
I've caught fish and is taking home a whole cart. Here he goes and sees: the chanterelle is curled up in a ball and lies on the road. The grandfather got off the cart, went up to the fox, but she won't turn over, she lies to herself as if she were dead.
- That will be a present for my wife! - said the grandfather, took the chanterelle and put it on the cart, while he went ahead.
And the chanterelle took the time and began to throw everything out of the cart, little by little, for a fish and a fish, all for a fish and a fish. She threw out all the fish and left herself.
- Well, old woman, - says the grandfather, - what collar I brought for your fur coat!
- There, on the cart - both the fish and the collar. A woman came up to the cart: no collar, no fish, and began to scold her husband:
- Oh, you, so and so! You still decided to cheat!
Then the grandfather realized that the chanterelle was not dead. Grieved, grieved, but there is nothing to do.
And the chanterelle gathered all the scattered fish in a pile, sat down on the road and eats for itself. The gray wolf comes:
- Hello, sister!
- Hello, brother!
- Give me fish!
- Get it yourself and eat it.
- I can not.
- Eka, I caught it! You, brother, go to the river, put your tail in the ice-hole, sit and say: “Catch, fish, both small and large! Catch, fish, both small and large! " The fish will cling to your tail by itself. Look, stay a little longer, otherwise you won't catch it!
The wolf went to the river, lowered its tail into the hole and began to sentence:
Caught a fish,
both small and large!
Caught a fish,
both small and large!
The fox followed him; walks around the wolf and wails:
Clear, clear the stars in the sky
Freeze, freeze,
wolf tail!
- What are you, little fox-sister, say?
- I'm helping you.
And she herself, the cheat, keeps repeating:
Freeze, freeze,
wolf tail!
For a long, long time the wolf sat by the ice-hole, the whole night did not leave its place, its tail froze; I tried to get up - it didn't work!
"Eka, how many fish have fallen - and you can't get it out!" He thinks.
He looks, and the women go for water and shout, seeing the gray:
- Wolf, wolf! Hit him, hit him!
They came running and began to beat the wolf - some with a yoke, some with a bucket, some with anything. The wolf jumped, jumped, tore off its tail and started running without looking back.
“Well,” he thinks, “I’ll repay you, sister!”
Meanwhile, while the wolf was puffing its sides, the little fox-sister wanted to try: could it be possible to pull off something else? I climbed into one of the huts, where the women were baking pancakes, but hit my head in a tub of dough, got smeared and ran.
And the wolf to meet her:
- Is that how you teach? I've been beaten all over!
- Eh, wolf-brother! - says the little fox-sister. - At least your blood came out, but I have a brain, they nailed me more painfully than yours: I drag my way.
- And that's true, - says the wolf, - where can you go, sister, sit on me, I'll take you.
The chanterelle sat on his back, and he took her.
Here the little fox-sister sits and sings slowly:
Broken unbroken lucky
Broken unbeaten lucky!
- What are you, sister, say?
- I, brother, say: "The broken beaten is lucky."
- So, sister, so!
Throughout the history of human existence, animals have played and play a huge role in the world. literary art, including fairy tales for children. In wonderful and mysterious tales, we meet witches and queens, princes and elves, dragons and talking animals. From ancient times, when a person first scratched a buffalo on the walls of caves, and up to the present, animals are depicted in mythical stories and Russian folk tales. The rich history of the animal world, presented in mythology and fairy tales, continues endlessly. These animals awaken our creative spirit and feed our imaginations.
Animal Tales for Young Children is one of the sections of the list of fairy tales that have been passed down from generation to generation over the centuries. Wonderful and wonderful things happen to small and large animals. Some of them are kind and sympathetic, others are evil and insidious. In fairy tales, animals can turn into beautiful princes and extraordinary beauties, speak human language, laugh, cry and experience.
The best fairy tales about animals with pictures
Young children always listen with enthusiasm and special interest to the tales of Prishvin and Leo Tolstoy, where the main characters are animals, admiring their exploits and condemning evil deeds. Animals that help people are portrayed as strong, agile, fast, cunning and kind. Fictional talking creatures in the form of beasts, possessing human qualities, entertain kids and adults, making them worry extraordinary adventures referred to in short stories with pictures. For hundreds of years, we and our children have been learning about scary dragons, unicorns and other extraordinary creatures of animal origin. These creatures appeared in such tales as "The Adventures of Pinocchio", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Alice in Wonderland", "Cinderella" and many, many others. 
Storytellers characterize animals with human behavior in their stories, for example, in the fairy tale "About the Three Little Pigs" or "The Wolf and the Seven Kids", evil, greedy and at the same time kind and sensual animals are shown. They, like people, are able to love and hate, deceive and admire. On our website you can read 1 tale summary to each fairy tale and choose exactly the one that will appeal to your child. 
Animal tales never go out of style. From year to year we will read, compose and tell them to our children, experience and admire the good deeds of animals and rejoice in their victories and achievements. Contemporary authors continue folk traditions and the traditions of the storytellers of the past, creating new stories with new names, where the main characters are animals.
For children, a fairy tale is amazing, but fictional story O magic items, monsters and heroes. However, if you look deeper, it becomes clear that a fairy tale is a unique encyclopedia that reflects the life and moral foundations of any nation.
For several hundred years, people have come up with great amount fairy tales. Our ancestors passed them on by word of mouth. They changed, disappeared and came back again. Moreover, they can be absolutely different characters... Most often, the heroes of Russian folk tales are animals, and in European literature the main characters are more often princesses and children.
Fairy tale and its meaning for the people
A fairy tale is a narrative story about fictional, non-actual events involving fictional characters and magic characters... Fairy tales composed by the people and being a creation folklore traditions exist in every country. The inhabitants of Russia are closer to Russian folk tales about animals, tsars and Ivan the Fool, the inhabitants of England - about leprechauns, gnomes, cats, etc.
Fairy tales have a powerful educational power. A child from the cradle listens to fairy tales, associates himself with the characters, puts himself in their place. Thanks to this, he develops specific model behavior. Folk tales about animals are taught respect to our smaller brothers.
It is also worth noting that Russian folk tales include words such as "master", "man". This awakens curiosity in the child. With the help of fairy tales, you can interest the child in the story.
Everything that is invested in a child in childhood remains with him forever. Correctly brought up on fairy tales, a kid will grow up to be a decent and responsive person.
Composition
Most fairy tales are written according to the same system. It represents the following scheme:
1) Inception... This describes the location where the events will take place. If about animals, then in the beginning the description will begin with the forest. Here the reader or listener gets to know the main characters.
2) Tie... At this stage of the tale, the main intrigue takes place, which turns into the beginning of the plot. Let's say the hero has a problem and must solve it.
3) Climax... It is also called the pinnacle of the tale. Most often this is the middle of the piece. The situation is heating up, the most important actions are taking place.
4) Interchange... At this point the main character solves his problem. All characters live happily ever after (as a rule, folk tales have a good, kind ending).
Most fairy tales are built according to this scheme. It can also be found in works of authorship, only with significant additions.
Russian folk tales
They represent a huge block of folklore works. Russian fairy tales are varied. Their plots, actions and characters are somewhat similar, but, nevertheless, each is unique in its own way. Sometimes the same folk tales about animals come across, but their names are different.
All Russian folk tales can be classified as follows:
1) Folk tales about animals, plants and inanimate nature ("Terem-teremok", "Hen-ryaba", etc.)
2) Magic ("Self-assembled tablecloth", "Flying ship").
3) "Vanya rode on a horse ...")
4) ("About the white bull", "The priest had a dog").
5) Household ("The Master and the Dog", "Good Pop", "Good and Bad", "Pot").
There are quite a few classifications, but we have considered the one proposed by V. Ya. Propp, one of outstanding researchers Russian fairy tale.
Images of animals
Every person who grew up in Russia can list the main animals that are the characters of Russian fairy tales. Bear, wolf, fox, hare are the heroes of Russian fairy tales. Animals live in the forest. Each of them has its own image, in literary criticism called allegory. For example, the wolf we meet in Russian fairy tales is always hungry and angry. It is always Because of his anger or greed, he often gets into trouble.
The bear is the master of the forest, the king. In fairy tales, he is usually portrayed as a just and wise ruler.
The fox is an allegory of cunning. If this animal is present in a fairy tale, then some of the other heroes will definitely be deceived. The hare is an image of cowardice. He is usually the eternal victim of the fox and the wolf intent on eating him.
So, it is these heroes that Russian folk tales about animals present to us. Let's see how they behave.
Examples of
Consider some folk tales about animals. The list is huge, we will try to analyze only a few. For example, let's take the fairy tale "The Fox and the Crane". It tells the story of Fox, who invited Crane to her place for dinner. She cooked porridge, spread it on a plate. And Crane is uncomfortable to eat, so he didn't get the porridge. Such was the trick of the thrifty Fox. The crane invited Lisa to dinner, cooked okroshka and offered to eat from a jug with a high neck. But Lisa never made it to okroshka. The moral of the tale: as it comes around, so, unfortunately, it will respond.
An interesting tale about Kotofey Ivanovich. One man brought the cat to the forest and left it there. The fox found him and married him. She began to tell all the animals how strong and feisty he was. The wolf and the bear decided to come and see him. The fox warned that it was better for them to hide. They climbed up a tree, and under it they laid the meat of a bull. A cat with a fox came, the cat pounced on the meat, began to say: "Meow, meow ...". And the wolf and the bear think: "Not enough! Not enough!" They marveled, wanted to take a closer look at Kotofei Ivanovich. Leaves rustled, and the cat thought it was a mouse, and clutched at their muzzles with its claws. The wolf and the fox ran away.
These are Russian folk tales about animals. As you can see, the fox leads everyone around.
Animals in English fairy tales
Positive heroes in English fairy tales are a chicken and a rooster, a cat and a cat, a bear. The fox and the wolf are always negative characters... It is noteworthy that, according to the research of philologists, the cat in English fairy tales has never been a negative character.
Like Russians, English folk tales about animals divide characters into good and evil. Good always triumphs over evil. Also, works have a didactic purpose, that is, at the end there are always moral conclusions for readers.
Examples of English fairy tales about animals
The work "The Cat King" is interesting. It tells the story of two brothers who lived in the forest with a dog and a black cat. One brother stayed on a hunt once. Upon his return, he began to tell miracles. Says he saw the funeral. Many cats carried a coffin with a depicted crown and scepter. Suddenly the black cat, lying at his feet, raised his head and cried out: " Old Peter died! I am the king of cats! "Then he jumped into the fireplace. Nobody saw him again.
Let's take the comic tale "Willie and the Piglet" as an example. One owner entrusted his stupid servant to carry the pig to his friend. However, Willie's friends persuaded him to go to the inn, and while he was drinking, they jokingly changed the pig for the dog. Willie thought it was a devil's joke.
Animals in other genres of literature (fables)
It should be noted that Russian literature includes not only Russian folk tales about animals. It is also rich in fables. The animals in these works have such human qualities as cowardice, kindness, stupidity, envy. I.A.Krylov especially liked to use animals as characters. His fables "The Crow and the Fox", "The Monkey and the Glasses" are known to everyone.
Thus, we can conclude that the use of animals in fairy tales and fables gives literature a special charm and style. Moreover, in English and Russian literature, the heroes are the same animals. Only their stories and characteristics are completely different.