Maeterlinck's Blue Bird read summary. Bluebird, Maeterlinck Maurice

She tells the children to go in search of the Blue Bird. She is annoyed that children do not distinguish between obvious things. “You have to be brave to see what is hidden,” says Berilyuna and gives Tiltil a green cap with a diamond, by turning which a person can see “the soul of things.” As soon as Tyltil puts on her cap and turns the diamond, everything around her is miraculously transformed: the old witch turns into a fairy-tale princess, the poor furnishings of the hut come to life.

The Souls of Hours and the Souls of Loaves appear, Fire appears in the form of a rapidly moving man in a red tights. The Dog and the Cat also take on human form, but remain in the masks of a bulldog and a cat. The dog, having acquired the opportunity to put his feelings into words, with enthusiastic cries of “My little deity!” jumps around Tiltil. The cat coyly and incredulously extends its paw to Mytyl. Water begins to flow from the tap like a sparkling fountain, and from its streams a girl appears with her hair flowing, in seemingly flowing clothes.

She immediately engages in combat with Fire. This is the Soul of Water. A jug falls from the table and a white figure rises from the spilled milk. This is the timid and bashful Soul of Milk. From the sugar loaf, tearing the blue wrapper, a sugary fake creature in blue and white clothes comes out. This is the Soul of Sugar. The flame of a fallen lamp instantly turns into a luminous girl of incomparable beauty under a sparkling transparent blanket.

This is the Soul of Light. There is a strong knock on the door. Tyltil, in fright, turns the diamond too quickly, the walls of the hut fade, the Fairy again becomes an old woman, and Fire, Bread, Water, Sugar, the Soul of Light, the Dog and the Cat do not have time to return back to Silence. The fairy orders them to accompany the children in search of the Blue Bird, predicting their death at the end of the journey. Everyone except the Soul of Light and the Dog does not want to go. However, after promising to find a suitable outfit for everyone, the Fairy takes them all away through the window.

And Mother Til and Father Til, who look through the door, see only children sleeping peacefully. In the palace of the Berylyun Fairy, dressed in luxurious fairy-tale costumes, the souls of animals and objects are trying to plot against children. They are led by the Cat. She reminds everyone that before, “before man,” whom she calls “despot,” everyone was free, and expresses the fear that, having taken possession of the Blue Bird, man will comprehend the Soul of Things, Animals and Elements and will finally enslave them. The dog objects furiously.

When the Fairy, children and the Soul of Light appear, everything becomes quiet. The Cat hypocritically complains about the Dog, and he gets hit by Tilty. Before a long journey to feed the children, Bread cuts off two slices from his belly, and Sugar breaks off his fingers for them (which immediately grow back, so Sugar always has clean hands). First of all, Tyltil and Mytil have to visit the Land of Memories, where they must go alone, unaccompanied.

There Tyltil and Mytil visit their deceased grandparents, and there they see their deceased brothers and sisters. It turns out that the dead seem to be immersed in sleep, and when loved ones remember them, they awaken. After fiddling around with the younger children and having lunch with the whole family, Tyltil and Mytil hurry to leave so as not to be late for the meeting with the Soul of Light. At the children's request, the grandparents give them the blackbird, which seemed completely blue to them. But when Tyltil and Mytil leave the Land of Memories, the bird turns black. The Cat is the first to arrive in the Palace of Night to warn the mistress of the impending danger - the arrival of Tiltil and Mytyl. The night cannot prevent a person from opening the gates of its secrets.

The Cat and the Night can only hope that the person does not catch the real Blue Bird, the one that is not afraid of daylight. The children appear, accompanied by Dog, Bread and Sugar. Night first tries to deceive, then intimidate Tiltil and not give him the key that opens all the doors in her palace. But Tyltil opens the doors one by one.

Because of one, several harmless Ghosts slip out, because of another, where the diseases are located, Runny Nose manages to run out, because of the third, they almost break free into war. Then Tyltil opens the door behind which Night stores extra Stars, her favorite Fragrances, Will-o'-the-Wisp Lights, Fireflies, Dew, Nightingale Singing. Night does not advise opening the next, large middle door, warning that behind it lie visions so menacing that they do not even have a name. Tyltil's companions - all except the Dog - hide in fear. Tyltil and the Dog, struggling with their own fear, open the door, behind which there is a garden of wondrous beauty - a garden of dreams and night light, where magical blue birds flutter tirelessly among the stars and planets.

Tyltil calls his companions, and, having each caught several blue birds, they leave the garden. But soon the caught birds die - the children were unable to discover the only Blue Bird that endures the light of day. Forest. The Cat comes in, greets the trees, talks to them. Sets them on children. The trees have a reason not to love the woodcutter's son.

And now Tyltil is thrown to the ground, and the Dog has barely freed himself from Ivy’s shackles, he is trying to protect his owner. Both of them are on the verge of death, and only the intervention of the Soul of Light, who tells Tyltil to turn the diamond on his cap to plunge the trees into darkness and silence, saves them. The cat manages to hide his involvement in the riot. Children are looking for the Blue Bird in the cemetery.

At midnight, Tyltil turns the diamond with fear, the graves open up, and whole sheaves of ghostly, magically beautiful white flowers appear from them. Birds sing enthusiastic hymns to the Sun and Life. “Where are the dead?..- There are no dead...” - Tyltil and Mytil exchange remarks. In search of the Blue Bird, the children find themselves in the Gardens of Beatitudes. The Fat Beatitudes almost drag Tyltil and his companions into their orgies, but the boy turns the diamond, and it becomes clear how pitiful and ugly the Fat Beatitudes are.

The domestic Bliss appears and is amazed that Tyltil is unaware of their existence. This is the Bliss of Being Healthy, the Bliss of Loving Parents, the Bliss of Blue Sky, the Bliss of Sunny Days, the Bliss of Seeing Lighting Stars. They send the fleetest-footed Bliss to Run Barefoot Through the Dew to announce the arrival of the children of Great Joy, and soon tall, beautiful angelic beings in shining clothes appear. Among them are the Great Joy of Being Fair, the Joy of Being Kind, the Joy of Understanding and the purest Joy of Motherly Love. She seems to the children like their mother, only much more beautiful... Motherly Love claims that at home she is the same, but with her eyes closed nothing can be seen. Having learned that the children were brought by the Soul of Light, Motherly Love convenes other Great Joys, and they welcome the Soul of Light as their mistress.

Great Joys ask the Soul of Light to throw back the veil that still hides the unknown Truths and Bliss. But the Soul of Light, fulfilling the order of its Master, only wraps itself more tightly in the veil, saying that the hour has not yet come, and promising to come someday openly and boldly. Hugging goodbye, she parted with the Great Joys. Tyltil and Mytil, accompanied by the Soul of Light, find themselves in the Azure Palace of the Kingdom of the Future. The Azure Children come running to them.

These are children who will someday be born on Earth. But you cannot come to Earth empty-handed, and each of the children is going to bring there some of his own inventions: the Machine of Happiness, thirty-three ways to prolong life, two crimes, a car flying through the air without wings. One of the kids is an amazing gardener who grows extraordinary daisies and huge grapes, another is the King of the Nine Planets, and another is called to destroy Injustice on Earth. Two azure children stand hugging each other.

These are lovers. They cannot stop looking at each other and constantly kiss and say goodbye, because on Earth they will be separated by centuries. Here Tyltil and Mytil meet their brother, who should soon be born. Dawn is busy - the hour when children are born.

A bearded old man, Time, appears with a scythe and an hourglass. He takes those who are about to be born onto the ship. The ship that takes them to Earth floats by and disappears. Distant singing can be heard - it’s the Mothers singing as they greet their children. Time, in amazement and anger, notices Tyltil, Mytyl and the Soul of Light.

They escape from him by turning the diamond. The Soul of Light hides the Blue Bird under the veil. At the fence with a green gate - Tyltil does not immediately recognize his home - the children part with their companions. Bread returns to Tiltil the cage for the Blue Bird, which remained empty. “The bluebird, apparently, either does not exist at all, or changes color as soon as it is put in a cage...

“says the Soul of Light. The souls of Objects and Animals say goodbye to children. Fire almost burns them with stormy caresses, Water murmurs farewell speeches, Sugar utters false and sweet words. The children persuade the Soul of Light to stay with them, but this is not in her power.

She can only promise to be with them “in every sliding moonbeam, in every tenderly looking... star, in every dawn, in every lit lamp,” in every pure and clear thought. Eight o'clock strikes. The gate opens and immediately slams behind the children.

The woodcutter's hut was magically transformed - everything here became new and joyful. Jubilant daylight breaks through the cracks of the locked shutters. Tyltil and Mytil are sweetly filmed in their cribs. Mother Til comes to wake them up. The children begin to talk about what they saw during the trip, and their speeches frighten the mother. She sends her father for the doctor. But then Neighbor Berlengo appears, very similar to Fairy Berylyuna.

Tyltil begins to explain to her that he was unable to find the Blue Bird. The neighbor guesses that the children dreamed something, perhaps when they were sleeping, moonlight fell on them. She herself talks about her granddaughter - the girl is unwell, does not get up, the doctor says: nerves... The mother persuades Tiltil to give the girl the turtle dove that she dreams of. Tyltil looks at the turtle dove, and she seems to him like a Blue Bird. He gives the cage with the bird to his neighbor.

Children see with new eyes their home and what is in it - bread, water, fire, a cat and a dog. There is a knock on the door, and Neighbor Berlengo comes in with a blond, unusually beautiful Girl. The girl clutches the turtledove Tyltil to her chest. To Tyltil and Mytyl, the neighbor's granddaughter seems like the Soul of Light. Tyltil wants to explain to the Girl how to feed the turtle dove, but the bird takes advantage of the moment and flies away.

The girl cries in despair, and Tiltil promises her to catch the bird. Then he addresses the audience: “We ask you very much: if any of you finds it, let him bring it to us - we need it in order to become happy in the future...”

Maurice Maeterlinck's play "The Blue Bird", a summary of which will be presented below, is a famous work by the Belgian playwright, written in 1908. For the first time in Russia it was staged on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater. Its main idea is to be brave enough to see what is hidden.

The plot of the play

The play "The Blue Bird", a summary of which you are now reading, begins on Christmas Eve. The main characters are Mytil and Tiltil, they are the children of a woodcutter who sleep peacefully in their cribs. Suddenly they are awakened by the sounds of music outside the window, they run to the window and see a luxurious Christmas party in the house opposite.

At this time someone knocks on the door. An old woman in a green robe appears on the threshold. This is the fairy Berylune, who tells the children to immediately go in search of the Blue Bird. At the same time, she is very annoyed that Mytil and Tiltil do not distinguish between obvious things. One must be brave to see what is hidden, so she will guide them.

After this, Berilyuna gives the boy a green cap with a diamond, with the help of which he can now see the “soul of things.” When a boy puts it on and turns the diamond, all the objects around him are miraculously transformed. The witch turns into a beautiful princess, and the decor of their hut immediately comes to life. He sees the souls of Clocks, Fire and even Loaves. For example, Fire appears before him in the form of a man in red tights.

Even the Cat and the Dog take on a human form. The Dog sincerely rejoices at Tiltil, and the Cat incredulously extends his hand to Tiltil. At the same time, water begins to flow from the tap like a sparkling fountain, and a young maiden with long hair appears. This is the soul of Water. She enters into battle with Fire. They knock over the jug from the table, from where Milk's soul appears. And from the flame of a fallen lamp the soul of Light rises.

At this moment there is a knock on the door again, Tyltil turns the diamond too quickly, everything around fades. The fairy orders all the revived souls to accompany the children, predicting their death at the end of the journey. Only the Dog and the soul of Light agree. But in the end, the fairy promises everyone to choose a suitable outfit. When parents Tiltil and Mytil enter the house, they see only children sleeping peacefully in their beds.

Start of the journey

In the play "The Blue Bird", a summary of which is in front of you, the heroes find themselves in the palace of Berilyun. Animals and objects dress up in fairy tale costumes. The Cat declares itself to be in charge. She calls people despots and reminds them that previously they were all free.

The cat suggests that, having acquired the Blue Bird, people will learn the soul of the elements, animals and things, and after that they will finally enslave them. Only the faithful Dog is categorically against the conspiracy. When the main characters return along with the fairy and the soul of Light, everyone immediately falls silent. The Cat begins to snitch on the Dog, who gets it from Tiltil.

Before setting off on a long journey, Bread shares slices that he cuts straight from his stomach, and Sugar manages to sweeten this meal. True, they immediately grow back.

In the Land of Memories

First of all, the heroes of M. Maeterlinck's play "The Blue Bird" (a brief summary will help you quickly remember the plot) go to the Land of Memories. Her children need to visit alone.

In the Land of Memories, Mytil and Tiltil visit their grandparents, and there they also meet their brothers and sisters who died in infancy. It turns out that the dead fall into sleep, awakening only when the living remember them. The main characters play with the children, have lunch with the whole family, and then rush back so as not to miss a date with the soul of Light. The old men give them the blackbird, which seems completely blue to them. But, returning from the Land of Memories, they are convinced that the blackbird has turned black again.

Palace of Night

One of the characters in the play “The Blue Bird” (a brief summary will allow you to better understand the author’s intentions) is still plotting against children. It's a cat. She comes to the Palace of Night to warn the mistress about the children's visit. But Night is not able to stop them, so Cat and Night can only count on the fact that the people’s plan will not succeed and the Blue Bird will not fall into their hands.

In the play "The Blue Bird" (a summary for the reader's diary is given in this article) Night tries in every possible way to confuse the children. She intimidates Tiltil and does not give him the key that can open all the doors in her palace. But the boy still begins to open the doors one after another.

He encounters ghosts, disease and war. Behind one of the doors, Tyltil finds the heavenly bodies, his favorite smells, fireflies, and nightingale singing.

Magic garden

When the boy finds himself in front of the largest door, Night advises him not to open it. All the hero’s companions, except the faithful Dog, are hiding. As soon as the door opens, it reveals an amazingly beautiful garden with many magical blue birds.

From the book “The Blue Bird,” a summary of which does not replace the work itself, we learn that the boy calls his comrades from their hiding places, each of them catches several blue birds at once, and only after that they leave the garden. But it soon turns out that they were never able to find the real Blue Bird. All the birds they took from the garden die, frightened by daylight.

In the forest

Meanwhile, in the play "The Blue Bird", a brief summary of which will allow you to find out the plot without reading the book, the Cat continues to plot intrigues for the main characters. She comes to the forest and begins to turn the trees against Tiltil and Mytil. And trees, naturally, have a reason to dislike the woodcutter’s children.

When Tyltil comes to the forest, he is instantly knocked to the ground, only the Dog saves him from Ivy’s bonds. They both find themselves on the verge of death, only the intervening soul of Light saves them, prompting Tyltil to turn the diamond on his cap. Immediately after this, the trees plunge into darkness, this saves them. And the Cat was able to keep her calls for rebellion a secret.

Searches in the cemetery

The search leads the heroes to the cemetery. In the play "The Blue Bird" by Maurice Maeterlinck (the summary places special emphasis on this), a boy turns a diamond at exactly 12 o'clock at night. Immediately after this, the graves open up and beautiful magical white flowers appear from them. The birds begin to sing hymns to life and the sun. And Mytil and Tiltil are only surprised that there are no dead people anywhere.

Their next stop is the Gardens of Beatitudes. The fat Beatitudes that get in their way almost drag the protagonist and his comrades into their orgies, but the boy turns the diamond at the last moment and sees how ugly these Beatitudes are.

Children encounter domestic bliss, the existence of which they did not even suspect before, because they lived in poverty and deprivation. These are such seemingly simple Bliss as Being Healthy, Seeing Lighting Stars, Blue Sky and Sunny Days or Running through the Dew Barefoot.

Soon Great Joys appear, among which are the Joy of Being Kind, the Joy of Being Fair, the purest and brightest of them is the Joy of Motherly Love. The children note that she is very similar to their real mother, only much more beautiful.

Mother's love

In the play "The Blue Bird", a summary of which will encourage many to read the book itself, Mother's Love learns that the children came with the soul of Light. She greets her as her mistress.

Great Joys ask her to throw back the veil, under which unknown Bliss and Truth are hidden. But the soul of Light, on the contrary, wraps itself even more tightly in this veil, answering that the hour has not come yet. But she promises to appear someday. In parting, she hugs the Great Joys and leaves them.

Kingdom of the future

In the play "The Blue Bird" the heroes, together with the soul of Light, come to the Kingdom of the Future and visit the Azure Palace there. The Azure Children immediately run out to meet them.

These are babies who will be born on Earth in the near future. But they will not come empty-handed; each of them will have some kind of invention that will make life easier for humanity. For example, it could be a Happiness Machine that knows 33 ways to prolong life.

One of the Azure Children grows daisies of extraordinary beauty, and the other proclaims himself the King of the Nine Planets and promises to destroy injustice on Earth. Two more Azure Children represent love. They stand hugging each other and can’t stop looking at each other. They only kiss and talk about the upcoming separation, because on earth they will be separated by several centuries.

Immediately the main characters find their brother, who will very soon be born into their family. As soon as the sun rises, new children begin to be born. At this moment, an old man named Time comes, who has an hourglass and a braid. Everyone who is about to be born boards the ship, which takes them to earth. From afar you can only hear the singing of mothers who are waiting for their children.

Fascinated by what is happening, the heroes reveal their presence to the old man Time, who becomes angry. Tyltil turns the diamond in time.

Homecoming

The journey of the main characters of the fairy tale “The Blue Bird” (the summary describes it only partially) is coming to an end. Tyltil finds himself in front of his home, but does not immediately recognize it. The children finally part with their companions.

Bread gives the boy a cage in which no one has been able to live. The Soul of Light admits that perhaps such a bird either does not exist at all, or it skillfully changes color as soon as it is in a cage.

The souls of animals and things say goodbye to children. The farewell fire almost burns them with its caresses. Water murmurs tender words of farewell, and Sugar utters completely sweet and false words. The dog is worried more than anyone else; he is scared that he will no longer be able to talk to his beloved owner.

The children try to convince at least the soul of Light to stay with them, but she admits that this is not in her power. She only promises to be with them in every moonbeam and dawn. At exactly 8 o'clock the gate opens, the children go into the yard, and it immediately slams behind them.

Cabin makeover

From Maeterlinck's play "The Blue Bird", a summary of which you now know, we learn that Tyltyl and Mytyl are very surprised when they see how the woodcutter's hut has changed during their absence. Everything became happier and newer.

Daylight shines through the shutters and the children sleep peacefully in their beds. The mother begins to gently and affectionately wake them up. And then they vying with each other to talk about their magical journey. Their conversations only frighten the woman, she sends for the doctor.

Neighbor Fairy

But instead of a doctor, their neighbor Berlengo appears on the doorstep, who surprisingly resembles the fairy Berilyuna. Tyltil, having confused them, admits that he was never able to find the Blue Bird. The neighbor understands that the children have dreamed of some kind of fairy tale. She begins to talk about her granddaughter, who has been sick for a long time, does not get out of bed, and the doctors blame everything on her nerves.

Then Tiltil’s mother persuades him to give his neighbor’s daughter a turtle dove. She has been dreaming about it for a long time. In the play “The Blue Bird,” a brief summary of which will help you prepare for an exam or lesson, a boy looks at his turtledove, and for a moment it seems to him that she is that same Blue Bird. Tyltil gives away the cage with the bird.

It's interesting that children begin to look differently at the things they have in their home. For water, bread, sugar, a cat and a dog. Soon the neighbor returns with a blond girl who is clutching a turtledove to her chest. Tyltil and Mytil begin to seem that she is surprisingly similar to the soul of Light.

Tyltil begins to explain to her how to care for the bird, but it flies away. The girl is crying, Tyltil promises her to catch the turtle dove.

The play ends with an appeal to the audience, in which Tyltil asks that whoever meets her be sure to bring the bird. It is necessary that there be happiness in the future.

Christmas Eve. The woodcutter's children, Tyltil and Mytil, sleep in their cribs. Suddenly they wake up. Attracted by the sounds of music, the children run to the window and look at the Christmas festivities in the rich house opposite. There is a knock on the door. An old woman appears in a green dress and a red cap. She is hunchbacked, lame, one-eyed, with a hooked nose, and walks with a stick. This is the Fairy Berylune. She tells the children to go in search of the Blue Bird. She is annoyed that children do not distinguish between obvious things. “You have to be brave to see what is hidden,” says Berilyuna and gives Tiltil a green cap with a diamond, by turning which a person can see the “soul of things.” As soon as Tyltil puts on her cap and turns the diamond, everything around her is miraculously transformed: the old witch turns into a fairy-tale princess, the poor furnishings of the hut come to life. The Souls of Hours and the Souls of Loaves appear, Fire appears in the form of a rapidly moving man in a red tights. The Dog and the Cat also take on a human form, but remain in the masks of a bulldog and a cat. The dog, having acquired the opportunity to put his feelings into words, with enthusiastic cries of “My little deity!” jumps around Tiltil. The cat coyly and distrustfully extends its hand to Mytil. Water begins to flow from the tap like a sparkling fountain, and from its streams a girl appears with her hair flowing, in seemingly flowing clothes. She immediately engages in combat with Fire. This is the Soul of Water. A jug falls from the table and a white figure rises from the spilled milk. This is the timid and bashful Soul of Milk. A sugary fake creature in blue and white clothes comes out of the sugar loaf, tearing the blue wrapper. This is the Soul of Sugar. The flame of a fallen lamp instantly turns into a luminous girl of incomparable beauty under a sparkling transparent blanket. This is the Soul of Light. There is a strong knock on the door. Tyltyl, in fright, turns the diamond too quickly, the walls of the hut fade, the Fairy again becomes an old woman, and Fire, Bread, Water, Sugar, the Soul of Light, the Dog and the Cat do not have time to return back to Silence, the fairy orders them to accompany the children in search of the Blue Bird, predicting their death at the end of the journey. Everyone except the Soul of Light and the Dog does not want to go. However, after promising to find a suitable outfit for everyone, the fairy takes them all away through the window. And Mother Til and Father Til, who look through the door, see only children sleeping peacefully.

In the palace of the Berylyun Fairy, dressed in luxurious fairy-tale costumes, the souls of animals and objects are trying to plot against children. They are led by the Cat. She reminds everyone that before, “before man,” whom she calls “despot,” everyone was free, and expresses the fear that, having taken possession of the Blue Bird, man will comprehend the Soul of Things, Animals and Elements and will finally enslave them. The dog objects furiously. When the Fairy, children and the Soul of Light appear, everything becomes quiet. The Cat hypocritically complains about the Dog, and he gets hit by Tiltil. Before a long journey to feed the children, Bread cuts off two slices from his belly, and Sugar breaks off his fingers for them (which immediately grow back, so Sugar always has clean hands). First of all, Tyltil and Mytil have to visit the Land of Memories, where they must go alone, unaccompanied. There Tyltil and Mytil visit their deceased grandparents, and there they see their deceased brothers and sisters. It turns out that the dead seem to be immersed in sleep, and when loved ones remember them, they awaken. After fiddling around with the younger children and having lunch with the whole family, Tyltil and Mytil hurry to leave so as not to be late for the meeting with the Soul of Light. At the children's request, the grandparents give them the blackbird, which seemed completely blue to them. But when Tyltil and Mytil leave the Land of Memories, the bird turns black.

The Cat is the first to arrive in the Palace of Night to warn the mistress of the impending danger - the arrival of Tiltil and Mytyl. The night cannot prevent a person from opening the gates of its secrets. The Cat and the Night can only hope that the person does not catch the real Blue Bird, the one that is not afraid of daylight. The children appear, accompanied by Dog, Bread and Sugar. Night first tries to deceive, then intimidate Tiltil and not give him the key that opens all the doors in her palace. But Tyltil opens the doors one by one. Because of one, several harmless Ghosts slip out, because of another, where the diseases are located, Runny Nose manages to run out, because of the third, wars almost break free. Then Tyltil opens the door behind which Night stores extra Stars, her favorite Fragrances, Will-o'-the-Wisp Lights, Fireflies, Dew, Nightingale Singing. Night does not advise opening the next, large middle door, warning that behind it lie visions so menacing that they do not even have a name. Tyltil's companions - all except the Dog - are hiding in fear. Tyltil and the Dog, struggling with their own fear, open the door, behind which there is a garden of wondrous beauty - a garden of dreams and night light, where magical blue birds flutter tirelessly among the stars and planets. Tyltil calls his companions, and, having each caught several blue birds, they leave the garden. But soon the caught birds die - the children were unable to discover the only Blue Bird that endures the light of day.

Forest. The Cat comes in, greets the trees, talks to them. Sets them on children. The trees have a reason not to love the woodcutter's son. And now Tyltil is thrown to the ground, and the Dog has barely freed himself from Ivy’s shackles, he is trying to protect his owner. Both of them are on the verge of death, and only the intervention of the Soul of Light, who tells Tiltil to turn the diamond on his cap to plunge the trees into darkness and silence, saves them. The cat manages to hide his involvement in the riot.

Children are looking for the Blue Bird in the cemetery. At midnight, Tyltil turns the diamond with fear, the graves open up, and whole sheaves of ghostly, magically beautiful white flowers appear from them. Birds sing enthusiastic hymns to the Sun and Life. “Where are the dead?.. - There are no dead...” - Tyltil and Mytil exchange remarks.

In search of the Blue Bird, the children and their escort end up in the Gardens of Beatitudes. The Fat Beatitudes almost drag Tyltil and his companions into their orgies, but the boy turns the diamond, and it becomes clear how pitiful and ugly the Fat Beatitudes are. The domestic Bliss appears and is amazed that Tyltil is unaware of their existence. This is the Bliss of Being Healthy, the Bliss of Loving Parents, the Bliss of Blue Sky, the Bliss of Sunny Days, the Bliss of Seeing Lighting Stars. They send the most fleet-footed Bliss to Run Barefoot Through the Dew to announce the arrival of the Great Joy children, and soon tall, beautiful angel-like beings in shining clothes appear, Among them is the Great Joy of Being Fair, the Joy of Being Kind, the Joy of Understanding and the purest Joy of Motherly Love. She seems to the children like their mother, only much more beautiful... Motherly Love claims that at home she is the same, but with her eyes closed nothing can be seen. Having learned that the children were brought by the Soul of Light, Motherly Love convenes other Great Joys, and they welcome the Soul of Light as their mistress. Great Joys ask the Soul of Light to throw back the veil, which still hides unknown Truths and Bliss. But the Soul of Light, fulfilling the order of its Master, only wraps itself more tightly in the veil, saying that the hour has not yet come, and promising to come someday openly and boldly. Hugging goodbye, she parted with the Great Joys.

Tyltil and Mytil, accompanied by the Soul of Light, find themselves in the Azure Palace of the Kingdom of the Future. The Azure Children come running to them. These are children who will someday be born on Earth. But you cannot come to Earth empty-handed, and each of the children is going to bring there some of their own inventions: the Machine of Happiness, thirty-three ways to prolong life, two crimes, a car flying through the air without wings. One of the kids is an amazing gardener who grows extraordinary daisies and huge grapes, another is the King of the Nine Planets, another one is called to destroy Injustice on Earth. Two azure children stand hugging each other. These are lovers. They cannot stop looking at each other and constantly kiss and say goodbye, because on Earth they will be separated by centuries. Here Tyltil and Mytil meet their brother, who should soon be born. Dawn is busy - the hour when children are born. A bearded old man, Time, appears with a scythe and an hourglass. He takes those who are about to be born onto the ship. The ship that takes them to Earth floats by and disappears. Distant singing can be heard - it’s the Mothers singing, welcoming their children. Time, in amazement and anger, notices Tyltil, Mytyl and the Soul of Light. They escape from him by turning the diamond. The Soul of Light hides the Blue Bird under the veil.

At the fence with a green gate - Tyltil does not immediately recognize his home - the children part with their companions. Bread returns to Tiltil the cage for the Blue Bird, which remained empty. “The Blue Bird, apparently, either does not exist at all, or changes color as soon as it is put in a cage...” says the Soul of Light. The souls of Objects and Animals say goodbye to children. Fire almost burns them with stormy caresses, Water murmurs farewell speeches, Sugar utters false and sweet words. The dog impulsively rushes to the children, he is horrified by the thought that he will no longer be able to talk to his adored owner. The children persuade the Soul of Light to stay with them, but this is not in her power. She can only promise to be with them “in every sliding moonbeam, in every tenderly looking star, in every dawn, in every lit lamp,” in every pure and clear thought. Eight o'clock strikes. The gate opens and immediately slams behind the children.

The woodcutter's hut has been magically transformed - everything here has become newer, more joyful. Jubilant daylight breaks through the cracks of the locked shutters. Tyltil and Mytil sleep sweetly in their cribs. Mother Til comes to wake them up. The children begin to talk about what they saw during the trip, and their speeches frighten the mother. She sends her father for the doctor. But then Neighbor Berlengo appears, very similar to the fairy Berilyuna. Tyltil begins to explain to her that he was unable to find the Blue Bird. The neighbor guesses that the children dreamed something, perhaps when they were sleeping, moonlight fell on them. She herself talks about her granddaughter - the girl is unwell, does not get up, the doctor says - nerves... The mother persuades Tiltil to give the girl the turtle dove that she dreams of. Tyltil looks at the turtledove, and she seems to him to be a Blue Bird. He gives the cage with the bird to his neighbor. Children see with new eyes their home and what is in it - bread, water, fire, a cat and a dog. There is a knock on the door, and Neighbor Berlengo comes in with a blonde, unusually beautiful Girl. The girl clutches the turtledove Tyltil to her chest. To Tyltil and Mytyl, the neighbor's granddaughter seems like the Soul of Light. Tyltil wants to explain to the Girl how to feed the turtle dove, but the bird takes advantage of the moment and flies away. The girl cries in despair, and Tiltil promises her to catch the bird. Then he addresses the audience: “We ask you very much: if any of you finds it, let him bring it to us - we need it in order to become happy in the future...”

Retold

The summary of “The Blue Bird” tells us about an amazing story that begins on Christmas Eve. Two children, Mytil and Tiltil, already sleeping soundly in their cribs, wake up from the sounds of music coming from the house opposite. The rich neighbors are in full swing of the celebration. Suddenly there is a knock on the door, and an old woman in a green dress and a red cap appears on the threshold. The old woman is standing, leaning on a stick, she is hunchbacked and limps. In addition, she has only one eye, and her nose looks like an ominous hook. She turns to the children and encourages them to go look for the Blue Bird. Berilyune doesn’t like that the young heroes don’t see the obvious. “You need to be brave to see what is hidden,” says the old woman and hands Tiltil a green cap decorated with a diamond. According to her, by turning the diamond, the owner of the hat will be able to see “the soul of things.”

Seeing the world with different eyes is easy

Tyltil follows her instructions and turns the stone. And instantly an amazing picture opens before the boy’s eyes: before his eyes, the decrepit witch turns into a magical princess, and the poor furnishings of the hut come to life. We continue the summary of “The Blue Bird”. New characters are joining the action. These are the souls of the Hours, the Loaves. The flame turns into a fast-moving man dressed in a red tights. Cat and Dog also take on human form, although they retain their cat and bulldog masks. The dog is extremely happy that he can finally put his feelings into words and with joyful cries of “My little deity!” gallops around Tiltil. The cat, maintaining its grace, extends its hand to Mytyl. Water begins to flow from the tap in a sparkling stream, and in the streams of liquid the figure of a girl with flowing hair appears in a seemingly flowing robe. Almost at the same moment she enters into battle with Fire, because this is the Soul of Water. Other Souls appear - Milk, Sugar, Light, Bread. However, this amazing moment is interrupted by a knock on the door. Frightened, Tyltil very quickly turns the diamond on the cap back. The fairy again appears before the children in the guise of a weak old woman, the walls of the hut fade, but the Souls do not have time to return to Silence again. The fairy instigates them to accompany the children during the search for the Blue Bird. However, no one wants to go except the Soul of Light and the Dog. The fairy uses a trick and promises to find suitable outfits for everyone, after which she takes everyone out through the window. The mother and father of the Tiley family open the door and see only the babies sleeping peacefully in their cribs.

Where did the journey of Mytyl and Tiltil lead?

Next, a brief summary of “The Blue Bird” tells how the children find themselves in the palace of the fairy Berilyuna. The souls of objects and animals have already dressed up in elegant fairy-tale costumes and begun to plot against the children. The main one at this meeting is the Cat. She says that souls have been enslaved, and, having found the Blue Bird, they will finally take possession of them. But the appearance of the fairy herself, accompanied by the Soul of Light and children, silences them. In order for the children to have a little refreshment before their long journey, Bread cuts off a couple of slices from its belly, and Sugar breaks off its fingers, which immediately grow back.

The first destination on the children's journey is the Land of Memories. Mytil and Tiltil go there unaccompanied. A brother and sister visit their deceased grandparents and see their deceased sisters and brothers. Here they learn that those who have passed on to another world seem to be immersed in sleep, but awaken when loved ones remember them. After having dinner with their family, the children gather to meet the Soul of Light. Grandparents give their grandchildren a blackbird that appears completely blue to them. However, as soon as the children leave the Land of Memories, the bird changes its color to black.

But our journey is just beginning. The summary of “The Blue Bird” tells about the events taking place in the Palace of Night, where the Cat is the first to reach. She warns the hostess that Tyltil and Mytil are heading towards her. However, the Night has no power to prevent a person from learning its secrets, and therefore she and the Cat can only hope that the children will not be able to catch the real Blue Bird. When the brother, sister, as well as Sugar, Bread and Dog appear in the palace, Night tries for a long time to confuse them so as not to give them the keys to unlock any doors in the building. But Tyltil, without listening to her, opens all the doors in turn. Diseases, runny nose, wars are hidden behind the first three. Behind the fourth door, Tyltil discovers his favorite Scents of the night, Fireflies, Will-o'-the-Wisps, the Nightingale's Singing, and Dew. Night strongly does not recommend opening the large middle door and convinces its guests that behind it are hidden such terrible visions that they were not even given a name. All the boy's companions, except the Dog, are hiding. However, Tyltil overcomes his fear. On the other side of the door opens a magical garden of night light and dreams, where fabulous blue birds flutter between planets and stars. The boy, his sister and each of their companions catch several birds and carry them out, but soon they die - they never managed to find the only one that can withstand

We continue the summary of Maeterlinck’s “The Blue Bird”. The characters will have to visit several more amazing places, where young heroes and their assistants meet both dangerous, insidious characters, and those who want to help them. Children have time to visit the ancient Forest, the cemetery, and the Garden of Beatitudes.

Particularly interesting was their stop at the Azure Palace of the Future Kingdom. Here they meet the Azure children - people who are yet to be born. Each of them has already prepared some kind of gift for the world. For one it is the Machine of Happiness, for another it is several ways to prolong life, for the third it is a machine that flies without the help of wings. Here Tyltil and Mytil meet their brother, who is just about to be born.

Homecoming

And now the fairy tale “The Blue Bird,” a summary of which you are now reading, takes us back to the green hedge, behind which is the Tiley hut. Here the children say goodbye to their companions. Bread gives Tiltil the cage prepared for the Blue Bird, which remains empty. And the Soul of Light says that perhaps the Blue Bird does not exist at all, or it changes its color when it is locked up.

In the morning, when the mother came to wake up Tiltil and Mytil, the children began to enthusiastically tell her about their nightly adventure. This scared the mother, she sent the father for the doctor. However, here Berlengo’s neighbor appears in the house, looking very much like the fairy Berilyuna. Having heard another retelling of the children's journey, she claims that they dreamed something while they were sleeping under the light of the moon. Berlengo talks about how her granddaughter is not feeling well - the girl doesn’t get out of bed, and the doctor puts it all down to nerves. The mother asks Tiltil to give the sick girl the turtle dove that she had long dreamed of. The boy looks at the turtledove, and it seems to him that in front of him is the same Blue Bird.

Children see their home with completely new eyes: a cat and a dog, fire and water - everything now seems alive to them, not the same as before. Soon Berlengo's neighbor appears on the doorstep, accompanied by an unusually beautiful girl who is clutching a turtle dove to her chest. To Tyltil and his sister, the girl seems like the Soul of Light. Tyltil himself wants to explain to his new acquaintance how to feed the turtledove, but, taking advantage of the moment, the bird slips out of human hands and flies away. The girl begins to cry, and Tiltil tries to console her and promises that he will soon find the bird.

This is how the summary ends. “The Blue Bird” (Maeterlinck is an author who managed to write a work that makes you look at the world around you in a new way) will certainly appeal to both adults and children.

gives Tyltil a green cap with a diamond, by turning which a person can see the “soul of things.” As soon as Tyltil puts on her cap and turns the diamond, everything around her is miraculously transformed: the old witch turns into a fairy-tale princess, the poor furnishings of the hut come to life. The Souls of Hours and the Souls of Loaves appear, Fire appears in the form of a rapidly moving man in a red tights. The Dog and the Cat also take on human form, but remain in the masks of a bulldog and a cat. The dog, having acquired the opportunity to put his feelings into words, with enthusiastic cries of “My little deity!” jumps around Tiltil. Cat

Mitil extends his hand coyly and incredulously. Water begins to flow from the tap like a sparkling fountain, and from its streams a girl appears with her hair flowing, in seemingly flowing clothes. She immediately engages in combat with Fire. This is the Soul of Water. A jug falls from the table and a white figure rises from the spilled milk. This is the timid and bashful Soul of Milk. From the sugar loaf, tearing the blue wrapper, a sugary fake creature in blue and white clothes comes out. This is the Soul of Sugar. The flame of a fallen lamp instantly turns into a luminous girl of incomparable beauty under a sparkling transparent blanket. This is the Soul of Light. There is a strong knock on the door. Tyltyl, in fright, turns the diamond too quickly, the walls of the hut fade, the Fairy becomes an old woman again, and Fire, Bread, Water, Sugar, the Soul of Light, the Dog and the Cat do not have time to return back to Silence, the fairy orders them to accompany the children in search of the Blue Bird, predicting their death at the end of the journey. Everyone except the Soul of Light and the Dog does not want to go. However, after promising to find a suitable outfit for everyone, the fairy takes them all away through the window. And Mother Til and Father Til, who look through the door, see only children sleeping peacefully.
In the palace of the Berylyun Fairy, dressed in luxurious fairy-tale costumes, the souls of animals and objects are trying to plot against children. They are led by the Cat. She reminds everyone that before, “before man,” whom she calls “despot,” everyone was free, and expresses the fear that, having taken possession of the Blue Bird, man will comprehend the Soul of Things, Animals and Elements and will finally enslave them. The dog objects furiously. When the Fairy, children and the Soul of Light appear, everything becomes quiet. The Cat hypocritically complains about the Dog, and he gets hit by Tiltil. Before a long journey to feed the children, Bread cuts off two slices from his belly, and Sugar breaks off his fingers for them (which immediately grow back, so Sugar always has clean hands). First of all, Tyltil and Mytil have to visit the Land of Memories, where they must go alone, unaccompanied. There Tyltil and Mytil visit their deceased grandparents, and there they see their deceased brothers and sisters. It turns out that the dead seem to be immersed in sleep, and when loved ones remember them, they awaken. After fiddling around with the younger children and having lunch with the whole family, Tyltil and Mytil hurry to leave so as not to be late for the meeting with the Soul of Light. At the children's request, the grandparents give them the blackbird, which seemed completely blue to them. But when Tyltil and Mytil leave the Land of Memories, the bird turns black.
The Cat is the first to arrive in the Palace of Night to warn the mistress of the impending danger - the arrival of Tiltil and Mytyl. The night cannot prevent a person from opening the gates of its secrets. Cat and Night can only hope that man will not catch the real Blue Bird, the one that is not afraid of daylight. The children appear, accompanied by Dog, Bread and Sugar. Night first tries to deceive, then intimidate Tiltil and not give him the key that opens all the doors in her palace. But Tyltil opens the doors one by one. Because of one, several harmless Ghosts slip out, because of another, where the diseases are located, Runny Nose manages to run out, because of the third, wars almost break free. Then Tyltil opens the door behind which Night stores extra Stars, her favorite Fragrances, Will-o'-the-Wisp Lights, Fireflies, Dew, Nightingale Singing. Night does not advise opening the next, large middle door, warning that behind it lie visions so menacing that they do not even have a name. Tyltil's companions - all except the Dog - hide in fear. Tyltil and the Dog, struggling with their own fear, open the door, behind which there is a garden of wondrous beauty - a garden of dreams and night light, where magical blue birds flutter tirelessly among the stars and planets. Tyltil calls his companions, and, having each caught several blue birds, they leave the garden. But soon the caught birds die - the children were unable to discover the only Blue Bird that endures the light of day.
Forest. The Cat comes in, greets the trees, talks to them. Sets them on children. The trees have a reason not to love the woodcutter's son. And now Tyltil is thrown to the ground, and the Dog has barely freed himself from Ivy’s shackles, he is trying to protect his owner. Both of them are on the verge of death, and only the intervention of the Soul of Light, who tells Tiltil to turn the diamond on his cap to plunge the trees into darkness and silence, saves them. The cat manages to hide his involvement in the riot.
Children are looking for the Blue Bird in the cemetery. At midnight, Tyltil turns the diamond with fear, the graves open up, and whole sheaves of ghostly, magically beautiful white flowers appear from them. Birds sing enthusiastic hymns to the Sun and Life. “Where are the dead?.. - There are no dead...” - Tyltil and Mytil exchange remarks.
In search of the Blue Bird, the children and their escort end up in the Gardens of Beatitudes. The Fat Beatitudes almost drag Tyltil and his companions into their orgies, but the boy turns the diamond, and it becomes clear how pitiful and ugly the Fat Beatitudes are. The domestic Bliss appears and is amazed that Tyltil is unaware of their existence. This is the Bliss of Being Healthy, the Bliss of Loving Parents, the Bliss of Blue Sky, the Bliss of Sunny Days, the Bliss of Seeing Lighting Stars. They send the most fleet-footed Bliss to Run Barefoot Through the Dew to announce the arrival of the Great Joy children, and soon tall, beautiful angel-like beings in shining clothes appear, Among them is the Great Joy of Being Fair, the Joy of Being Kind, the Joy of Understanding and the purest Joy of Motherly Love. She seems to the children like their mother, only much more beautiful... Motherly Love claims that at home she is the same, but with her eyes closed nothing can be seen. Having learned that the children were brought by the Soul of Light,
Motherly Love calls together other Great Joys, and they welcome the Soul of Light as their mistress. Great Joys ask the Soul of Light to throw back the veil, which still hides unknown Truths and Bliss. But the Soul of Light, fulfilling the order of its Master, only wraps itself more tightly in the veil, saying that the hour has not yet come, and promising to come someday openly and boldly. Hugging goodbye, she parted with the Great Joys.
Tyltil and Mytil, accompanied by the Soul of Light, find themselves in the Azure Palace of the Kingdom of the Future. The Azure Children come running to them. These are children who will someday be born on Earth. But you cannot come to Earth empty-handed, and each of the children is going to bring there some of his own inventions: the Machine of Happiness, thirty-three ways to prolong life, two crimes, a car flying through the air without wings. One of the kids is an amazing gardener who grows extraordinary daisies and huge grapes, another is the King of the Nine Planets, and another one is called upon to destroy Injustice on Earth. Two azure children stand hugging each other. These are lovers. They cannot stop looking at each other and constantly kiss and say goodbye, because on Earth they will be separated by centuries. Here Tyltil and Mytil meet their brother, who should soon be born. Dawn is busy - the hour when children are born. A bearded old man, Time, appears with a scythe and an hourglass. He takes those who are about to be born onto the ship. The ship that takes them to Earth floats by and disappears. Distant singing can be heard - it’s the Mothers singing as they greet their children. Time, in amazement and anger, notices Tyltil, Mytyl and the Soul of Light. They escape from him by turning the diamond. The Soul of Light hides the Blue Bird under the veil.
At the fence with a green gate - Tyltil does not immediately recognize his home - the children part with their companions. Bread returns to Tiltil the cage for the Blue Bird, which remained empty. “The Blue Bird, apparently, either does not exist at all, or changes color as soon as it is put in a cage...” says the Soul of Light. The souls of Objects and Animals say goodbye to children. Fire almost burns them with stormy caresses, Water murmurs farewell speeches, Sugar utters false and sweet words. The dog impulsively rushes towards the children, horrified by the thought that he will no longer be able to talk to his adored owner. The children persuade the Soul of Light to stay with them, but this is not in her power. She can only promise to be with them “in every sliding moonbeam, in every tenderly looking star, in every dawn, in every lit lamp,” in every pure and clear thought. Eight o'clock strikes. The gate opens and immediately slams behind the children.
The woodcutter's hut was magically transformed - everything here became newer, more joyful. Jubilant daylight breaks through the cracks of the locked shutters. Tyltil and Mytil sleep sweetly in their cribs. Mother Til comes to wake them up. The children begin to talk about what they saw during the trip, and their speeches frighten the mother. She sends her father for the doctor. But then Neighbor Berlengo appears, very similar to the fairy Berilyuna. Tyltil begins to explain to her that he was unable to find the Blue Bird. The neighbor guesses that the children dreamed something, perhaps when they were sleeping, moonlight fell on them. She herself talks about her granddaughter - the girl is unwell, does not get up, the doctor says - nerves... The mother persuades Tiltil to give the girl the turtle dove that she dreams of. Tyltil looks at the turtledove, and she seems to him to be a Blue Bird. He gives the cage with the bird to his neighbor. Children see with new eyes their home and what is in it - bread, water, fire, a cat and a dog. There is a knock on the door, and Neighbor Berlengo comes in with a blonde, unusually beautiful Girl. The girl clutches the turtledove Tyltil to her chest. To Tyltil and Mytyl, the neighbor's granddaughter seems like the Soul of Light. Tyltil wants to explain to the Girl how to feed the turtle dove, but the bird takes advantage of the moment and flies away. The girl cries in despair, and Tiltil promises her to catch the bird. Then he addresses the audience: “We ask you very much: if any of you finds it, then let him bring it to us - we need it in order to become happy in the future...”

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