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Summary: About how smart soldiers were able to punish the old woman for her greed and cunning and ultimately outsmart her. Russian tells about it folk tale Soldier's Mystery. One day, soldiers passing by saw the old woman and asked her for a little rest in her house. We stopped at her house and asked to give them something to eat. The greedy old woman did not want to feed them and decided to deceive them. She said that there was no food in the house and she could not treat them with anything. The brave soldiers immediately realized that the old woman simply did not want to share her food with them. One of the soldiers scattered the sheaves, and told the old woman that it was her cattle who scattered it. Granny went to collect them back in a pile. In the meantime, the soldiers were able to take the big fat cock from her. The greedy old woman asked them some riddles, to which they gave a joking answer. In the evening, the old woman's son returned from work and was able to explain the answer to his mother. Only then did the old woman realize that the savvy soldiers simply deceived her and played a trick on her. You can read the fairy tale The Soldier's Riddle online for free on this page on our website. You can listen to the story on audio if you wish. Remember that your comments and feedback are very useful and necessary for all readers, leave your feedback and your thoughts and wishes.
The text of the fairy tale Soldier's Riddle
Passers-by soldiers were walking, stopped by the old woman to rest. They asked to drink and eat, and the old woman responded:
- Baby, what am I going to regale you with? I don't have anything.
And she herself had a boiled rooster in the oven - in a pot, under a frying pan. The soldiers realized this business; one was thieving! - went out into the yard, tore apart the cart with sheaves, returned to the hut and said:
- Grandma, grandma! Look, your cattle eat bread.
The old woman went into the yard, and the soldiers at that time looked into the oven, took out the rooster from the pot, put a piece of it there instead, and hid the rooster in the bag. The old woman came
- Detonki, darlings! Didn't you let the cattle in? Why, detonki, dirty tricks? Don't, darlings!
The soldiers paused, paused, and again asked:
“Give us something to eat, grandma!”
- Take, detonki, kvass and bread; will be with you!
And the old woman took it into her head to boast that she had led them, and asked them a riddle:
- And what, detonki, you are experienced people, you have seen everything, tell me: now in Penskoye, Cherepensky, near Skovorodny, is Kurukhan Kurukhanovich in good health?
- No, grandma!
- And who, detonki, instead of him?
- Yes, Lipan Lipanovich.
- And where is Kurukhan Kurukhanovich?
- Yes, he was transferred to Sumin City, grandmother.
After that, the soldiers left. The son comes from the field, asks the old woman to eat, and she tells him:
- Come on son! I had soldiers and asked me to eat, and I, child, made a riddle to them about the rooster that I have in the oven; they couldn't figure it out.
- Yes, what kind of riddle did you, mother, ask them?
- And here's the one: in Penskoye, Cherepensk, near Skovorodny, is Kurukhan Kurukhanovich still alive? They didn't guess. “No, they’re singing, grandmother!” - "Where is he, dear?" “Yes, he was transferred to Sumin City.” And they don’t know, these children, what I have in the pot!
I looked into the oven, but the rooster flew away; just pulled out the bast.
- Ahti, child, the damned deceived me!
- That's it, mother! You can't fool a soldier, he is a seasoned man.
Experienced knowing person If you don't deceive, he will unravel the deception. It is said with satisfaction and praise about a person who, thanks to his experience, will be able to unravel cunning or deceit.
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Passers-by soldiers were walking, stopped by the old woman to rest. They asked to drink and eat, and the old woman responded: “Baby, what am I going to regale you with? I don't have anything." And she had a boiled rooster in the oven - in a pot, under a frying pan. The soldiers realized this business; one was thieving! - went out into the yard, tore apart a cart with sheaves, returned to the hut and said: “Grandma, and grandmother! Look, your cattle is eating bread.” The old woman went into the yard, and the soldiers at that time looked into the oven, took out the rooster from the pot, put a piece of it there instead, and hid the rooster in the bag. An old woman came: “Detonki, darlings! Didn't you let the cattle in? Why, detonki, dirty tricks? Don't, darlings!" The soldiers paused, paused, and again asked: “Give us something to eat, grandmother!” - “Take, detonki, kvass and bread; will be with you!
And the old woman took it into her head to boast that she had led them, and told them a riddle: “Well, detonki, you are experienced people, you have seen everything; tell me: now in Penskoye, Cherepensk, near Skovorodny, is Kurukhan Kurukhanovich in good health? - "No, grandmother!" - "And who, detonki, instead of him?" - “Yes Lipan Lipanovich” - “Where is Kurukhan Kurukhanovich?” “Yes, they have been transferred to Sumin City, Grandma.” After that, the soldiers left. A son comes from the field, asks the old woman for food, and she tells him: “Come on, son! I had soldiers and asked me to eat, and I told them, child, a riddle about a rooster that I have in the oven; they couldn't figure it out." - “Yes, what kind of riddle did you tell them, mother?” - “But this one: in Penskoye, Cherepensky, near Skovorodny, is Kurukhan Kurukhanovich alive? They didn't back off. “No, they’re singing, grandmother!” - "Where is he, dear?" “Yes, he was transferred to Sumin City.” And they don’t even know, curvin children, what I have in a pot!” I looked into the oven, but the rooster flew away; just pulled out the bast. “Ahti, child, the damned deceived me!” - “That's it, mother! You can't fool a soldier, he's a seasoned man."
Soldier's riddle (variant of fairy tale 2)
Once upon a time there was a woman, she had three sons. They got up early, went into the field, shot the crane, brought it to their mother: “Cook, mother, for dinner!” And we went to mow hay. At that time, soldiers came to the woman - road people; she poured them some cabbage soup and said: "I will tell you a riddle." - "What, grandmother?" - “Doseleva Kurlinskaya-Murlinskaya flew near Nesinsk, and in these years I found myself in the city of Pechinsk, in the village of Gorshinsky.” The soldiers at least realized for a long time what the smell of cabbage soup was, but they pretended not to guess anything. “Think, dear ones, but I’ll go to the cellar for milk.”
While the old woman went to the cellar, the soldiers dragged away the crane from her. "Well, did you solve the riddle?" - asks the old woman. “No, grandmother, they didn’t guess yours, but guessed their own: until now, Kurlinskaya-Murlinskaya near Nesinsk, he flew and ended up in the city of Pechinskaya, and in these years he ended up in the city of Suminsky, in the village of Zaplechinsky. Guess, old lady!” - “No, relatives! Your riddle is longer than mine, I can’t solve it ... "
Soldier's riddle (variant of fairy tale 3)
The old woman cooked a goose in cabbage soup. A soldier comes to her apartment ... “What, serviceman,” the old woman asks, “have you been to the city of Gorshansk, have you known Ggatey Ggateyevich there?” - “How not to know! Only now he is not there: Gagatei Gageteevich went from there to the city of Koshelyansk, to the village of Zaplechanskoye, and instead of him, Pletukhan Pletukhanovich, the son of Kovyryalkin, came to the city of Gorshansk. Here hit the collection; The soldier said goodbye to the old woman and went on a campaign. He goes with his comrades, lo and behold - a tooth from a harrow lies on the road; picked it up and put it in his pocket.
They came to another village. Our soldier went to the stupid woman again for an apartment. I sat down to have dinner, took out a tooth that I found on the way, and well, interfere with cabbage soup. The hostess gives him a salt shaker: “Here, salt, servant!” “I don’t need your salt! I'll interfere with this tooth - all the same that I sprinkled with salt! (And he salted cabbage soup with his salt a long time ago). “Look, what a marvel,” the hostess thinks, “you don’t even need to buy salt with such goodness!” We tried cabbage soup - as there are pickles! "Will you sell the tooth?" - Buy. - "What will you take?" - "A ruble of silver and twenty arshins of canvas." They got along on that. “Here’s a tooth for you,” the soldier says, “when you start to interfere with cabbage soup, say: shuns-buns, be salty cabbage soup! The husband will arrive, there will be flip-flops. I took a ruble of money and a piece of canvas and went where I needed to go.
How can a brave, daring and dashing soldier not be fed? But the old woman did not want to treat the passing soldiers. Nothing, they say, to treat. Granny had food. But it is difficult to deceive an experienced soldier, he himself will deceive anyone you want. And in what way? We learn about this from the Russian folk tale "The Soldier's Riddle" ...
"Soldier's Mystery"
Russian folktale
Passers-by soldiers were walking, stopped by the old woman to rest. They asked to drink and eat, and the old woman responded:
- Baby, what am I going to regale you with? I don't have anything.
And she herself had a boiled rooster in the oven - in a pot, under a frying pan. The soldiers realized this business; one was thieving! - went out into the yard, tore apart the cart with sheaves, returned to the hut and said:
- Grandma, grandma! Look, your cattle eat bread.
The old woman went into the yard, and the soldiers at that time looked into the oven, took out the rooster from the pot, put a piece of it there instead, and hid the rooster in the bag. The old woman came
- Detonki, darlings! Didn't you let the cattle in? Why, detonki, dirty tricks? Don't, darlings!
The soldiers paused, paused, and again asked:
“Give us something to eat, grandma!”
- Take, detonki, kvass and bread; will be with you!
And the old woman took it into her head to boast that she had led them, and asked them a riddle:
- And what, detonki, you are experienced people, you have seen everything, tell me: now in Penskoye, Cherepensky, near Skovorodny, is Kurukhan Kurukhanovich in good health?
- No, grandma!
- And who, detonki, instead of him?
- Yes, Lipan Lipanovich.
- And where is Kurukhan Kurukhanovich?
- Yes, he was transferred to Sumin City, grandmother.
After that, the soldiers left. The son comes from the field, asks the old woman to eat, and she tells him:
- Come on son! I had soldiers and asked me to eat, and I, child, made a riddle to them about the rooster that I have in the oven; they couldn't figure it out.
- Yes, what kind of riddle did you, mother, ask them?
- And here's the one: in Penskoye, Cherepensk, near Skovorodny, is Kurukhan Kurukhanovich still alive? They didn't guess. “No, they’re singing, grandmother!” - "Where is he, dear?" “Yes, he was transferred to Sumin City.” And they don’t know, these children, what I have in the pot!
I looked into the oven, but the rooster flew away; just pulled out the bast.
- Ahti, child, the damned deceived me!
- That's it, mother! You can't fool a soldier, he is a seasoned man.
An experienced, knowledgeable person cannot be deceived, he will unravel the deception. It is said with satisfaction and praise about a person who, thanks to his experience, will be able to unravel cunning or deceit.
Questions for the fairy tale "The Soldier's Riddle". Russian folktale
What kind of food did the old woman hide in the pot, under the frying pan?
Why do you think the old woman did not want to feed the soldiers to their fill?
Why did the old woman start asking riddles?
Who is Kurukhan Kurukhanovich?
Who ultimately wins in this story?
Soldier's riddle (variant of fairy tale 1)
Passers-by soldiers were walking, stopped by the old woman to rest. They asked to drink and eat, and the old woman responded: “Baby, what am I going to regale you with? I don't have anything." And she had a boiled rooster in the oven - in a pot, under a frying pan. The soldiers realized this business; one was thieving! - went out into the yard, tore apart a cart with sheaves, returned to the hut and said: “Grandma, and grandmother! Look, your cattle is eating bread.” The old woman was in the yard, and the soldiers at that time looked into the oven, took out the rooster from the pot, put a piece of it there instead of it 1, and hid the rooster in the bag. An old woman came: “Detonki, darlings! Didn't you let the cattle in? Why, detonki, dirty tricks? Don't, darlings!" The soldiers paused, paused, and again asked: “Give us something to eat, grandmother!” - “Take, detonki, kvass and bread; will be with you!
And the old woman took it into her head to boast that she had led 2 of them, and told them a riddle: “Well, detonki, you are experienced people, you have seen everything; tell me: now in Penskoye, Cherepensk, near Skovorodny, is Kurukhan Kurukhanovich in good health? - "No, grandmother!" - "And who, detonki, instead of him?" - "Yes Lipan Lipanovich 3" - "Where is Kurukhan Kurukhanovich?" “Yes, they have been transferred to Sumin City, Grandma.” After that, the soldiers left. A son comes from the field, asks the old woman for food, and she tells him: “Come on, son! I had soldiers and asked me to eat, and I told them, child, a riddle about a rooster that I have in the oven; they couldn't figure it out." - “Yes, what kind of riddle did you tell them, mother?” - “But this one: in Penskoye, Cherepensky, near Skovorodny, is Kurukhan Kurukhanovich alive? They didn't back off. “No, they’re singing, grandmother!” - "Where is he, dear?" “Yes, he was transferred to Sumin City.” And they don’t even know, curvin children, what I have in a pot!” I looked into the oven, but the rooster flew away; just pulled out the bast. “Ahti, child, the damned deceived me!” - “That's it, mother! You can't fool a soldier, he's a seasoned man."
1 Worn out, old bast shoe.
2 Deceived.
3 Kuruhan from the word: chicken - rooster; lipan from the word: Linden, because bast shoes are woven from lime bast.
Soldier's riddle (variant of fairy tale 2)
Once upon a time there was a woman, she had three sons. They got up early, went into the field, shot the crane, brought it to their mother: “Cook, mother, for dinner!” And we went to mow hay. At that time, soldiers came to the woman - road people; she poured them some cabbage soup and said: "I will tell you a riddle." - "What, grandmother?" - “Doseleva Kurlinskaya-Murlinskaya flew near Nesinsk, and in these years I found myself in the city of Pechinsk, in the village of Gorshinsky.” The soldiers at least realized for a long time what the smell of cabbage soup was, but they pretended not to guess anything. “Think, dear ones, but I’ll go to the cellar for milk.”
While the old woman went to the cellar, the soldiers dragged away the crane from her. "Well, did you solve the riddle?" - asks the old woman. “No, grandmother, they didn’t guess yours, but guessed their own: until now, Kurlinskaya-Murlinskaya near Nesinsk, he flew and ended up in the city of Pechinskaya, and in these years he ended up in the city of Suminsky, in the village of Zaplechinsky. Guess, old lady!” - “No, relatives! Your riddle is longer than mine, I can’t solve it ... "
Soldier's riddle (variant of fairy tale 3)
The old woman cooked a goose in cabbage soup. A soldier comes to her apartment ... “What, serviceman,” the old woman asks, “have you been to the city of Gorshansk, have you known Ggatey Ggateyevich there?” - “How not to know! Only now he is not there: Gagetei Gageteevich went from there to the city of Koshelyansk 1, to the village of Zaplechanskoye, and instead of him, Pletukhan Pletukhanovich, the son of Kovyryalkin 2, arrived in the city of Gorshansk. Here hit the collection; The soldier said goodbye to the old woman and went on a campaign. He goes with his comrades, lo and behold - a tooth from a harrow lies on the road; picked it up and put it in his pocket.
They came to another village. Our soldier went to the stupid woman again for an apartment. I sat down to have dinner, took out a tooth that I found on the way, and well, interfere with cabbage soup. The hostess gives him a salt shaker: “Here, salt, servant!” “I don’t need your salt! I'll interfere with this tooth - all the same that I sprinkled with salt! (And he salted cabbage soup with his salt a long time ago). “Look, what a marvel,” the hostess thinks, “you don’t even need to buy salt with such goodness!” We tried cabbage soup - as there are pickles! "Will you sell the tooth?" - Buy. - "What will you take?" - "A ruble of silver and twenty arshins of canvas." They got along on that. “Here’s a tooth for you,” the soldier says, “when you start to interfere with cabbage soup, say: shuns-buns, be salty cabbage soup! The husband will arrive, there will be flip-flops. I took a ruble of money and a piece of canvas and went where I needed to go.
After that, the man returned home and asked for dinner. Baba poured him some cabbage soup, but she doesn't give salt. “Well, did you forget about the salt?” - “No, master! Now I have such a thing that we won’t buy salt!” She pulled out a tooth and began to stir in a bowl and say: “Shuny-buny, be salty cabbage soup! The husband will arrive, there will be flip-flops! The man tried cabbage soup - completely without salt. “And what did you give for this thing?” - "A ruble of silver and twenty arshins of canvas." Her husband grabbed her by the braid and went to drag it: “Here are the slippers for you, here are the clappers for you!”
1 From the word: purse.
2 From the words: weave and pick.