Read foreign folk tales and stories. Fairy tales of the peoples of Europe

The folklore of the peoples of Europe, which for many centuries developed in parallel with a rich literature, rooted in folk oral creativity and adopted, in one way or another, the traditions of antiquity - ancient Greek and Roman culture, presented the world with classic examples of folk tales. These are fairy tales about animals (for example, "The Bremen Town Musicians" in the adaptation of the Brothers Grimm are famous), fairy tales (among them the world famous "Cinderella"), everyday tales and anecdotes.
Animals in the tales of European peoples are often stable types, the embodiment of certain properties of human nature (the fox and the fox are cunning and deceivers; the wolf is stupid, greedy and ferocious), it is easy to recognize representatives of certain classes in them: for example, in the already mentioned it is not difficult for a wolf to make out a feudal lord. “What a wicked wolf you are! Why are you stomping on the weak? " - Ask the wasps who suffered from him in the French fairy tale "The Wolf, the Snail and the Wasps", already characterizing the evil wolf with their rhetorical question, which also turns out to be a decent fool. Easily deceives the wolf and the owl caught in the teeth of the gray in the funny Portuguese fairy tale "I ate an owl!"
Obvious traces of the deification of the beast or the attitude to these stories as magical for European fairy tales about animals is a long passed stage. Rather, they are allegories, allegories, fables, satirical narratives, often with moralizing overtones. There are also comic tales about animals, which serve primarily to amuse and entertain.
Fairy tales of peoples overseas Europe characterized by a developed plot, dynamic action that captivates the reader and listener. Often these are detailed narratives, in them we find an ideal, from the popular point of view, a hero, kind, mentally generous, who, after adventures, achieves wealth and happiness - marrying a princess or a rich girl.
Tales of the persecuted stepdaughter (such as "Cinderella"), beloved by all the peoples of the world, exist in the folklore of the peoples of foreign Europe in the form of vivid, memorable, detailed narratives that make it possible to create an unusually cute image of an ideal heroine - a patient toiler. These tales about the persecuted stepdaughter are comparable only with the tales on the corresponding topic, which were recorded among the peoples of Asia.
In addition, it should be noted the original Slovak fairy tale about the poor stepdaughter - "Twelve Months", which served as a good basis for the famous play of the same name by S. Marshak.
The world of wizards, sorcerers, good fairies in a European fairy tale has long been perceived as a poetic fiction. Magic wands and magic rings, wonderful pipes and so on turned into imagery, sometimes it is not easy to discern their mythological basis. The world of the fairy tale of foreign European peoples easily and naturally includes not only wonderful helpers - an extraordinary puppy and a cat, an agile frog - but also a joke, irony, disbelief in miracles, which are told in these tales.
Everyday fairy tales of European peoples are close to the atmosphere of real peasant or city life. This is a kind of fairy tale, very common in their folklore, close to an anecdote. Usually they are dominated by the atmosphere of the comic, the element of satire, the witty and dexterous hero of simple origin acts. It is always characterized in an act, in it there are clearly visible traits of a certain social type (artisan, peasant, seasoned soldier) and national traits, by which we recognize the cheerful French pranksters-hunters ("Three hunters") and the desperately brave Croatian soldier ("How the soldier shaved the devil ").
By the way, isn't he one of those fearless soldiers who fought for the independence of their homeland against Ottoman rule in the 70s of the last century? After all, the sympathy of storytellers in some other countries, for example in Vietnam and China, never attracted soldiers. On the contrary, there the soldier is a target for the storyteller's ridicule, since the feudal armies of these countries were often an instrument of suppression of their own peoples. And the people paid the soldiers and guards in the same coin, portraying them as fools and idiots, completely devoid of ingenuity.
Unfortunately, now the facts of the living existence of fairy tales among the peoples of foreign Europe have become rare, and we, perhaps, will hardly be able to hear from our grandfather the storyteller that very Croatian fairy tale "How a soldier shaved the devil" or the Polish fairy tale "Shepherd who shaved a thousand hares" pass". But one can be sure that the Croatians' listeners perceived the soldier as a Croat, and the Polish listeners - the hare shepherd who fled from Tatar captivity in ancient times as a Pole.
Existing for centuries next to literature, the European fairy tale nourished it, gave it its vital juices.
Another Homeric epic - the ancient Greek "Odyssey" (different scientists attribute the life of Homer to different centuries from the 12th to the 7th century BC) contained interesting fairy-tale material. Many works of medieval literature were built on the basis of fairy tales, their images, motives and plots. In novels of chivalry, for example, the famous 12th-century French novelist Chrétien de Troyes, fairytale fiction plays an important role. They feature wizards and sorcerers, enchanted castles, a love drink and other miracles. One of the significant works of French literature of the XII-XIII centuries is the "Novel of Renard", based on fairy tales about animals. Folk themes and plots are also tangible in European literature of the Renaissance - recall the novels of the great Italian writer Giovanni Boc-caccio (1313-1375), creator of The Decameron, as well as the collection Pleasant Nights (1550-1553), written in imitation of him, by Gian Francesca Straparola (1480 - c. 1557), also Italian.
Study of the folklore basis literary works, or, as scientists say, the folklorism of literature, has long become an important direction in science, and it gives us a lot of evidence of the connection between the literary monuments of Europe with the fabulous element.
So, on the basis of narrative folklore, a German folk book of anecdotal stories about the Schildbürgers, the inhabitants of the city of Schilda, was created at the end of the 16th century. These stories sounded like a challenge to respectable burghers, numerous sovereign princes: subsequently, according to The Westphalian Treaty 1648, which legally secured the partition of Germany, she split into three hundred independent principalities. Anecdotes about schildbürgers with the help of laughter, comedy, buffoonery asserted the human right to happiness and personal independence from princes, emperors and other feudal lords. It is known that Friedrich Engels highly valued German folk books and dedicated a special article to them, which was first published in print in 1839. “These old folk books, with their ancient speech, with their misprints and bad engravings, have an extraordinary poetic charm for me. They take me away from our intricate modern "order, turmoil and sophisticated relationships" into a world that is much closer to nature. "
German folk books, including stories about the Schildburgers, were extremely popular. They were read aloud to everyone around them and to themselves, they looked at the engravings, although their quality was far from the best. And the word "schildbuerger" has become a household word.
But nevertheless, the first collection of fairy tales in Europe, apparently, should be considered "The Tale of Fairy Tales" (1634-1636), or "Pentameron", Giambattista Basile (published in 1575-1632), the frame in this collection was the tale of the misadventures of the princess Dzoza and the enchanted prince Tadeo.
In 1697, French fairy tales were published in the adaptation of Charles Perrault (1628-1703), which compiled a collection of "Histories or fairy tales of the past with teachings", which had a subtitle "The Tales of Mother Goose." And the friendly Perrault family often gathered for fairytale evenings, during which the adventures of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots were retold.
The publication of the book of fairy tales by Ch. Perrault, the popularity she won, prepared the French and indeed the European reader for the perception of oriental fairy tales - the famous "Thousand and One Nights", which, by the way, was not a simple recording of fairy tales, but a grandiose collection of works of folk literature. In 1703-1713 came out French translation this set in twelve volumes, made by A. Galland. This was not the first time a European reader met a creation of oriental literature based on fairy tales: the Arabic version of the ancient Indian Panchatantra (III-IV centuries), known as Kalila and Dimna, was translated into Greek in 1081 and received the title "Stsfanit and Ihnilat". During the 13th-16th centuries, translations of the Arabic version into Spanish, Latin, German and other European languages ​​appeared.
The nineteenth century became the century great work collecting fairy tales. First of all, it would be fair to mention the great merit of the famous German scientists, the Brothers Grimm, who published three volumes of German "Children's and Household Tales" in the period from 1812 to 1822. It was a collection that included two hundred fairy tales, not counting the options.
Note that one of the brothers, Jacob Grimm, subsequently highly appreciated scientific activity active collector of folklore of foreign Slavic peoples Vuk Stefanovich Karadzic (1787-1864), Serbian philologist, historian, ethnographer. Karadzic was the first to collect the tales of these peoples.
Of course, now in all European countries there are numerous editions of collections of fairy tales.
There are centers for their study, the "Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales", indexes of fairy tales and motives have been published.

Tales of the peoples of the world

List of filmstrips contained in the first part

Whose	Name	Painter	Volume, Mb
bashkir	Abzelil	N. Urmanche	10,1
scottish	The Adventures of Ian Direk and the Red Fox	G. Grigoriev	13,6
Nanai	Ayoga	V. Chelintseva	4,0
arabic	Aladdin and the magic lamp	I. Pichugin	12,4
Kazakh	Aldar-Kose	A. Orlov	7,3
arabic	Ali Baba and 40 thieves	I. Soroka	10,3
arabic	Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	R. Stolyarov	9,4
cuban	Anansi and the magic fountain	V. Bordzilovsky	7,1
scottish	Assipatl and the Lord of the Sea Serpent	A. Gluzdov	7,4
vietnamese	Bamboo on a hundred knees	E. Ermak	4,9
gypsy	Young lady duchess	O. Kirienko	9,5
Karelian	The poor man and the wind brothers	A. Vorobyova	6,9
ukrainian	About the poor man and the Crow king	G. Kislyakova	5,8
ukrainian	White kingdom	T. Silvashi	6,0
english	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs		8,8
Mongolian	White Dragon		5,3
Latvian	White deer	G. Gorodnicheva	12,1
Sudanese	Fearless Ngeri	R. Bylinskaya	8,0
American. blacks	Big John the Liberator	N. Estis	6,6
afghan	It was or was not	G. Koptelova	5,0
italian	In my land	E. Kharkov	7,3
polish	Wawel Dragon	Yu. Kharkov	4,7
japanese	Fan Tengu	L. Sychev	6,1
Chuvash	Great Serpent and three heroes	V. Ignatov	6,1
Karelian	Cheerful Matti	B. Dosekin	5,2
ukrainian	Visibly and invisibly	V. Golovko	5,6
french	Return of La Rame	E. Meshkov	5,3
arabic	Aladdin's magic lamp	R. Stolyarov	8,9
uzbek	Ali the wizard	R. Bylinskaya	9,0
indian	Wizard Gluskeep	puppet	5,3
french		Yu. Kapitonov	7,7
french	Magic whistle or golden apples	S. Aristakesova	7,9
Norwegian	Ravens of Ut-Resta	Cherbaji	6,2
modern greek	Embroiderer of birds	N. Tambovkina	8,0
swedish	A nail from home	K. Bezborodov	8,9
japanese	Silly Yotaro	L. Sychev	7,1
georgian	Blue carpet	V. Markin	6,3
Czech	Gonza and the violin	V. Plevin	4,9
indian	Potter and thief	N. Vinokurov
Kabardian	Mount Lashin	V. Markin	9,4
vietnamese	The mountain is funny, fair	A. Vinokurov	7,6
Vietnam. story	The mountain is funny, fair	V. Ignatov
spanish	Humpbacked princess	E. Mavlyutov	7,2
Slovak	Literate and his sister Ganechka	E. Savin	5,0
lithuanian	Greatute	T. Balčunienė	3,1
chinese	Pear seed	L. Sychev	6,8
Tatar	Gulchechek	S. Nasyrova	6,6
Mongolian	Gunan Bator	I. Urmanche	8,1
Tatar	Gulnazek	I. Urmanche	6,2
Mongolian	Damdin the musician	N. Estis	7,6
Hungarian	Two greedy teddy bears	A. Lapa	5,9
Hungarian	Two greedy teddy bears	P. Repkin	4,6
georgian	Two rogues	H. Avrutis	7,2
Czech	Twelve months	N. Orlova	10,3
Karelian	Little stove girl	A. Krylov	4,3
Czech	Girl with a golden comb	A. Malishevskaya	5,0
lithuanian	Nine brothers and sister Elenite	G. Grigaitienė	3,2
english	Jack and the beanstalk	K. Sapegin	5,4
english	Jack and the beanstalk	V. Emelyanova	6,9
italian	Jeppone	E. Kharkov	8,3
azerbaijani	How Jirtdan took children away from a terrible diva	V. Ignatov	6,1
english	Joan and the lame goose	R. Stolyarov	8,9
japanese	Long, long tale	L. Sychev	5,3
eskimo	Kind fox	N. Belyakova	5,2
vietnamese	The Dragon	L. Sychev	6,2
bulgarian	A friend in need is a friend indeed	P. Repkin	7,3
Altai	Er-Boko Kaan and the orphan Chichkan	R. Adamovich	9,8
french	Pearl of Adalmina	E. Meshkov	7,9
polish	Living water	M. Severina	7,6
Khakass	For good - good	S. Ilyina	8,0
scottish	Castle on the cliff	Yu. Kharkov	5,38
estonian	Forbidden Node	L. Datsenko	7,1
indian	Hare and lion	puppet	4,8
polish	Shepherd who grazed 1000 hares	N. Ermak	6,4
Moldavian	Morning star and evening star	Yu Severin	12,5
japanese	Wicked stepmother	A. Vinokurov	6,5
bulgarian	Golden girl	V. Zayarny
chinese	Golden shell	V. Zayarny	7,1
vietnamese	Golden shoe		8,1
Ossetian	Deer	V. Psarev	9,2
bashkir	Skillful fingers	N. Estis	4,5
ukrainian	Cossack Mamaryga	N. Ermak	6,2
english	How Jack went looking for happiness		6,2
german	As a fool for fear went	R. Mukhamedzyanov	8,0
Mongolian	How a rabbit of mind was gaining	H. Avrutis	5,4
amer. Indians	How the beasts mined the sun	V. Ignatov	8,8
ethiopian	How Two Cats Fought	H. Avrutis	7,4
Albanian	How the Sun and the Moon went to visit each other	N. Ermak	6,5
ukrainian	Katygoroshek	N. Ermak	7,8
Nanai	Beater	P. Kuzmichev	4,6
Norwegian	Royal hares	E. Kharkov	16,0
indian	Royal word	S. Pekarovskaya	5,0
The Brothers Grimm	King Thrushbeard	Yu. Kharkov	8,35
brothers grimm	The Frog King. Hansel and Gretel	E. Prasse	11,8
Moldavian	Flint-well done	O. Kostyuchenko	6,21
Latvian	How the peasant son of the enchanted brothers saved	A. Sklutauskaite	8,6
scottish	Baby baby	puppet	4,1
armenian	Jug of gold	M. Stolyarova	4,3
Japanese fairy tale	Jug man	L. Gladneva	6,78

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List of filmstrips contained in the second part

Whose	Name	Painter	Volume, Mb
french	Hen and cockerel		4,3
Norwegian	Little speckled hen leaves mom	puppet	4,4
Kazakh	Why does a swallow have a tail with horns	R. Sakhaltuev	5,6
estonian	Forest father and forest mother	I. Pankov
ukrainian	flying ship	V. Markin	8,4
azerbaijani	The fox and the lumberjack	I. Urmanche	5,5
Latvian	Elbow	V. Dosekin	5,8
Kalmyk	Little Mazan	A. Vinokurov	6,5
Khanty	Boy Ide	V. Chumachenko	4,0
italian	Massaro True	R. Sakhaltuev	8,2
Tatar	Master golden hands	A. Trubnikov	4,9
english	Mister Vinegar	V. Sablikov	8,7
bulgarian	Well done and his horned horse	I. Beley	16,4
indian	Motho and Mungo	V. Melnik	6,4
indian	Wise Ananda	L. Sychev	10,9
estonian	A wise counselor	V. Lember-Bogatkina	10,7
ethiopian	How they were looking for a bride for a mouse	N. Estis	6,3
smriy	About crying and laughing apples	R. Stolyarov	5,9
Kyrgyz	Fiery birds	L. Sychev	7,3
georgian	Deer Korbuda		4,3
various	From what? Why? How?	N. Survillo	8,5
assyrian	Hunter Haribu	N. Ermak	8,3
Tajik	Padishah and the hero	N. Ermak	6,4
Belarusian	Pan Kotsky	N. Ermak	6,6
Slovenian	Peter Hammer	N. Belyakova	7,9
scottish	Piriglup	I. Galanin	9,0
armenian	The tailor and the king	S. Aristakesova	8,4
Karelian	Why is the sea water salty?	K. Bezborodov	6,2
african	Why does a hare have long ears?	E. Savin	5,1
vietnamese	Why does a rabbit's nose tremble?	A. Speshneva	4,5
Yakut	Lovely Ukeiden	G. Gorodnicheva	10,9
Yakut	Lovely Ukeiden	V. Ignatov	11,3
italian	The Adventures of Bertoldo	S. Aristakesova	6,0
swedish	Princess in the cave	G. Gorodnicheva	6,3
german	Princess with a long nose	R. Mazel	6,7
korean	Millet tree	K. Ovchinnikov
polish	Bird-happiness	S. Aristakesova	6,6
Belarusian	Let it go	K. Bezborodov	5,2
Chuvash	Blazing fire	R. Bylinskaya	6,6
polish	Figure out what's what	N. Ermak	7,0
georgian	The horned king	V. Ignatov	6,5
georgian	The horned king	V. Markin	6,4
Tajik	Fish Guldor	L. Sychev	9,6
K. Chapek	Salaman grapes	Yu. Kharkov
folk	Homemade Tales 3	E. Sergiy and others.
thai	Silver key	V. Emelyanova	8,11
arabic	Sinbad the Sailor	R. Stolyarov	7,5
italian	Signora Sausage	I. Rublev	5,0
arabic	The Tale of the Fisherman		8,0
georgian	The tale of the poor shoemaker	R. Mazel	6,3
Sami	Glorious Hunter Lauricaj	V. Markin	5,0
turkish	Blind padishah	A. Malakova
Czech	Salt	T. Valetova	5,9
german	Trampled shoes	puppet	6,4
french	Happy Jean	E. Meshkov
Udmurt	Son of fire and son of night	S. Aristakesova	6,8
Karachai	Sulemen and the evil dwarf	V. Markin	7,9
irish	Blackthorn	P. Tkachenko	5,7
italian	Tredicino	M. Mironova	5,4
italian	Three oranges	V. Bordzilovsky	9,4
english	Three piglets	E. Migunov	8,8
english	Three piglets	B. Stepantsev	7,8
japanese	Knock knock knock open the door!	T. Sorokina	5,8
Slovak	Visiting the sun	E. Pruzhansky	5,4
filipino	Smart Marcela	O. Monina	7,0
armenian	Nukima City Smart	N. Estis	7,0
scottish	Farmer James Gray and the giantess Clansheed	E. Vedernikov	5,7
romanian	Fat-Frumos - child of a tear
Chechen	Hasan and Ahmed	R. Bylinskaya	9,4
Serbian	Cunning Ero	V. Ignatov	6,5
Chukchi	I want to roam - I do not want to roam	S. Nasyrova	5,4
Nanai	Brave Azmun	A. Vinokurov
korean	King's flowers	V. Lember-Bogatkina	4,7
indian	The man with the scar. Strawberry	G. Kislyakova
nigerian	Four why	A. Bray	6,1
vietnamese	Wonderful pearl	R. Adamovich	5,7
swiss	Wonderful watch	M. Mironova
Kyrgyz	Wonderful garden	V. Melnik	8,1
Tatar	Shurale	K. Kamaletdinov	7,7
ukrainian	Raizo egg, golden ring	N. Ermak	7,0
Slovak	Yanko peas	Yu. Kharkov	5,9

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Old French tales existed until the 17th century only in oral version... They were composed for children simple people- nannies, cooks and just villagers. Such fantasies were not published as a genre of low literature.

The texts changed the situation folk art, recorded, edited and published by Charles Perrault. Heroes of folklore stepped into the royal palace and castles of high society. Notable statesmen did not shy away from writing fairy tales and even remembered them from their own servants. They were imbued with a sincere interest in unusual plots and felt the educational power of a fairy tale in relation to their own children.

Main plots and heroes

As in most countries, in French folklore, there are children's fairy tales about animals, as well as magical and everyday ones. Many of them were published under the names of those who found and edited oral stories. So folk tales turned into literary copyright.

Small works could be significantly expanded, some of them became softer and kind. The idea of ​​the inevitability of punishment in children's heads was replaced by the desire for the right actions. The fairy tale acquired new facets of beauty and miracles.

Why did the tales of the French spread throughout the world?

Natural humor, artistry and vivid characters of the main characters, an abundance of amazing adventures have given French fairy tales worldwide fame. The processing of folk art by educated writers has improved the style of presentation and understanding of what is happening. Children from all over the world saw what wonderful storytellers write in France and began to read them with pleasure.

Such works have also been published in Russian. This enables our little readers and listeners to plunge headlong into the fantasy world of French magic.

Ch. Perrault "Puss in Boots"

One miller, dying, left a mill, a donkey and a cat to his three sons. The brothers divided the inheritance themselves, did not go to court: the greedy judges will take the last away.

The eldest got a mill, the middle got a donkey, the youngest got a cat.

For a long time the younger brother could not be comforted - he got a miserable inheritance.

“It's good brothers,” he said. - They will live together, they will honestly earn their bread. And I? Well, I'll eat the cat, well, I'll sew mittens from his skin. And then what? To starve to death?

The Cat pretended not to hear anything, and said to the owner with an important air:

- Stop grieving. You'd better give me a bag and a pair of boots to walk in the bushes and swamps, and then we'll see if you have been cheated as much as you think.

At first, the owner did not believe him, but remembered what tricks the Cat comes up with when he catches mice and rats: he hangs upside down on his paws and buries himself in flour. Maybe such a rascal will really help out the owner. So he gave the Cat everything he asked.

The cat famously pulled on his boots, threw a sack over his shoulders and went into the bushes where rabbits were found. He put hare cabbage in a sack, pretended to be dead, lay and waited. Not all rabbits know what tricks are in the world. Someone will even get into the bag to feast on.

No sooner had the Cat stretched out on the ground than his wish was fulfilled. The gullible rabbit climbed into the sack, the Cat pulled the strings, and the trap slammed shut.

Proud of his prey, the Cat walked straight into the palace and asked to be escorted to the king himself.

Entering the royal chambers, the Cat bowed deeply and said:

- Sovereign! The Marquis Karabas (the Cat invented this name for the owner) ordered me to present this rabbit to your Majesty.

“Thank your lord,” the king replied, “and tell me that his gift is to my taste.

Another time, the Cat hid in a wheat field, opened the sack, waited for two partridges to enter, pulled the strings and caught them. He again brought the spoils to the palace. The king gladly accepted the partridges and ordered to pour wine for Kota.

For two or three months the Cat only did what he wore to the king gifts from the Marquis Carabas.

Once the Cat heard that the king was going for a walk along the river bank and was taking his daughter, the most beautiful princess in the world, with him.

- Well, - said the Cat to the owner, - if you want to be happy, obey me. Swim where I tell you. The rest is my concern.

The owner obeyed the Cat, although he did not know what would come of it. He calmly climbed into the water, and the Cat waited for the king to come closer, and how he would shout:

- Save! Help! Ah, the Marquis of Karabas! He will drown now!

The king heard his cry, looked out of the carriage, recognized the same Cat who was carrying him tasty game, and ordered the servants to rush with all their might to help the Marquis Carabas.

The poor marquis was still being pulled out of the water, and the Cat, going up to the carriage, had already managed to tell the king how thieves came and stole all his clothes from his master while he was swimming, and how he, the Cat, shouted at them with all his might and called for help ... (The clothes were really not visible: the rogue hid it under a large stone.)

The king ordered his courtiers to get the best royal outfits and, with a bow, present them to the Marquis Carabas.

As soon as the miller's son put on beautiful clothes, he immediately fell in love with the king's daughter. She also liked the young man. He never thought there were such beautiful princesses in the world.

In a word, young people fell in love with each other at first sight.

Until now, no one knows whether the king noticed it or not, but he immediately invited the Marquis Karabas to get into the carriage and ride together.

The cat was glad that everything was going as he wanted, he overtook the carriage, saw the peasants mowing hay, and said:

- Hey, well done mowers! Either you tell the king that this meadow belongs to the Marquis Carabas, or every one of you will be chopped into pieces and turned into cutlets!

The king really asked whose meadow it was.

- Marquis of Karabas! - the peasants answered trembling with fear.

“You have a wonderful inheritance,” the king said to the marquis.

“As you can see, your majesty,” answered the Marquis Karabas. “If you only knew how much hay is cut from this meadow every year.

And the Cat kept running ahead. He met the reapers and said to them:

- Hey, well done reapers! Either you say that these fields belong to the Marquis Karabas, or every one of you will be chopped into pieces and turned into cutlets!

The king, passing by, wanted to know whose fields it was.

- Marquis of Karabas! - the reapers answered in unison.

And the king, along with the marquis, rejoiced at the rich harvest.

So the Cat ran in front of the carriage and taught everyone who he met, how to answer the king. The king did nothing but marvel at the wealth of the Marquis of Carabas.

Meanwhile, the Cat ran to the beautiful castle where the Ogre lived, as rich as no one had ever seen. It was he who was the real owner of the meadows and fields, past which the king rode.

The cat has already managed to find out who this Ogre and what he can do. He asked to be escorted to the Ogre, bowed deeply to him and said that he could not drive past such a castle and not meet its famous owner.

The cannibal received him with all the politeness one could expect from a cannibal, and invited the Cat to take a break from the journey.

- There are rumors, - said the Cat, - that you know how to turn into any animal, for example, a lion, an elephant ...

- Gossip? Grumbled the Ogre. - Here I will take it and right in front of your eyes I will become a lion.

The cat was so scared when he saw a lion in front of him that he immediately found himself on a drainpipe, although it is not at all easy to climb onto the roof in boots.

When the Ogre returned to his former form, the Cat came down from the roof and confessed how scared he was.

- Impossible? Roared the Ogre. - So look!

And at the same moment, the Ogre fell through the ground, and a mouse ran across the floor. The cat himself did not notice how he grabbed it and ate it.

Meanwhile, the king drove up to the beautiful castle of the Ogre and wished to enter there.

The Cat heard how the carriage rattled on the drawbridge, jumped out to meet and said:

- You are welcome, your majesty, to the castle of the Marquis of Carabas!

- How, Monsieur Marquis, - exclaimed the king, - and the castle is also yours? What a yard, what a building! There is probably no more charming castle in the world! Let's go there, please.

The Marquis gave his hand to the young princess, following the king, they entered a huge hall and found a magnificent dinner on the table. It was prepared by the Ogre for his friends. But those, having learned that the king was in the castle, were afraid to come to the table.

The king admired the marquis himself and his extraordinary wealth so much that after five or perhaps six glasses of excellent wine he said:

- That's what, Monsieur Marquis. It depends only on you whether you marry my daughter or not.

The marquis rejoiced at these words even more than unexpected wealth, thanked the king for the great honor and, of course, agreed to marry the most beautiful princess in the world.

The wedding was celebrated on the same day.

After that, the Cat became a very important gentleman and catches mice just for fun.

Brothers Grimm "The Thrush King"

A king had a daughter; she was extraordinarily beautiful, but, moreover, so proud and arrogant that none of the suitors seemed good enough for her. She refused one after another and, moreover, she laughed at everyone.

Once the king ordered a big feast and called from everywhere, from near and far places, suitors who would like to marry her. We put them all in a row in order, rank and rank; in front were the kings, then the dukes, princes, counts and barons, and finally the nobles.

And they led the princess through the ranks, but in each of the suitors she found some flaw. One was too fat. "Yes, this one is like a wine keg!" - she said. The other was too long. "Lanky, too thin, and no stately gait!" - she said. The third was too short. "Well, what luck is there in him, if he is small and fat to boot?" The fourth was too pale. "This one looks like death." The fifth was too blush. "It's just some kind of turkey!" The sixth was too young. "This young and painfully green, he, like a damp tree, will not catch fire."

And so she found in everyone something to find fault with, but she especially laughed at one kind king who was taller than others and whose chin was slightly crooked.

“Wow,” she said, and laughed, “this one has a chin like the beak of a thrush! - And from that time they called him Drozdovik.

As the old king saw that his daughter had only one thing and knew that she was mocking people and refused to all the bridegrooms who had gathered, he became angry and swore that she would have to take the first beggar she met as her husband, that she would knock on his door.

A few days later a musician appeared and began to sing under the window in order to earn alms for himself. The king heard this and said:

- Let him go upstairs.

The musician entered in his dirty, torn clothes and began to sing a song to the king and his daughter; and when he finished, he asked for alms.

The king said:

- I liked your singing so much That I will give you my daughter as a wife.

The princess was frightened, but the king said:

“I swore an oath to marry you off as the first beggar I came across, and I must keep my oath.

And no persuasion helped; they called the priest, and she had to immediately marry the musician. When this was done, the king said:

- Now you, as the wife of a beggar, do not befit to stay in my castle, you can go anywhere with your husband.

The beggar led her out of the castle by the hand, and she had to walk with him. They came to a dense forest, and she asks:

- Whose forests and meadows are these?

- It's all the king-Drozdovik.

- Oh, what a pity that it is impossible

Give me back Drozdovik!

They walked through the fields, and she asked again:

- Whose fields and river are these?

- It's all the king-Drozdovik!

I would not drive him away, if everything would have been yours.

- Oh, what a pity that it is impossible

Give me back Drozdovik!

Then they passed through big city, and she asked again:

- Whose beautiful is this city?

- - King-Drozdovik for a long time he.

I would not drive him away, if everything would be yours then.

- Oh, what a pity that it is impossible

Give me back Drozdovik!

“I don’t like it at all,” said the musician, “that you still want someone else to be your husband: am I not sweet to you?

They finally came to a small hut, and she said:

- My God, what a small house!

Whose is he, so bad?

And the musician replied:

- This is my house and yours, we will live here with you together.

And she had to bend down to enter the low door.

- And where are the servants? Asked the princess.

- What are these servants? - answered the beggar. - You have to do everything yourself, if you want something to be done. Come on, light up the stove and put on the water to cook dinner for me, I'm very tired.

But the princess did not know how to make a fire and cook, and the beggar had to get to work himself; and it worked out somehow. They ate something from hand to mouth and went to bed.

But as soon as daybreak began, he drove her out of bed, and she had to do homework... So they lived for several days, neither bad nor good, and they ate all their supplies. Then the husband says:

- Wife, that way we will not succeed, we are now eating, but we do not earn anything. Get started weaving baskets.

He went, cut willow rods, brought them home, and she began to weave, but the hard rods wounded her tender hands.

- I see, this will not work for you, - said the husband, - you better take the yarn, perhaps you can handle it.

She sat down and tried to spin yarn; but the coarse threads cut into her delicate fingers, and blood flowed from them.

- You see, - said the husband, - you are not suitable for any job, it will be difficult for me with you. I’ll try to trade in pots and pottery. You will have to go to the market and sell the product.

“Ah,” she thought, “what good will people from our kingdom come to the market and see me sitting and selling pots, they’ll laugh at me!”

But what was to be done? She had to obey, or they would have to starve to death.

The first time things went well - people bought goods from her, because she was beautiful, and paid her what she asked for; even many paid her money, and left the pots for her. That's how they lived on it.

My husband bought many new clay pots again. She sat down with pots at the corner of the market, and arranged the goods around her and began to trade. But suddenly a drunken hussar galloped up, flew right into the pots - and only shards remained of them. She began to cry and from fear did not know what to do now.

- Oh, what will it be for me! - she exclaimed. - What will my husband tell me?

And she ran home and told him about her grief.

“Who’s sitting at the corner of the market with pottery?” - said the husband. - Stop crying; I see you are not fit for a decent job. I was just now in the castle of our king and asked if there would be a need for a dishwasher, and they promised me to take you to work; there they will feed you for it.

And the queen became a dishwasher, she had to help the cook and do the darkest work. She tied two bowls to her bag and brought home in them what she got as her share of the leftovers, and so they ate.

It happened that at that time the wedding of the elder prince was to be celebrated, and then the poor woman went upstairs to the castle and stood at the door to the hall to have a look. So the candles were lit, and guests entered there, one more beautiful than the other, and everything was full of pomp and splendor. And she thought with sorrow in her heart about her evil lot and began to curse her pride and arrogance, which had humiliated her so much and plunged into great poverty. She heard the smell of expensive food, which the servants brought in and out of the hall, and they sometimes threw something from the leftovers to her, she put them in her bowl, intending to take it all home later.

Suddenly the prince entered, he was dressed in velvet and silk, and he had gold chains around his neck. Seeing at the door beautiful woman, he grabbed her hand and wanted to dance with her; but she was frightened and began to refuse - she recognized in him the king-Drozdovik, that he had wooed her and whom she refused with a mockery. But no matter how hard she resisted, he still dragged her into the hall; and suddenly the ribbon on which the bag was hanging broke, and the bowls fell out of it on the floor and the soup spilled out.

As the guests saw this, everyone began to laugh, make fun of her, and she was so ashamed that she was better prepared to sink into the ground. She rushed to the door and wanted to run away, but on the stairs a man overtook her and brought her back. She looked at him, and it was the King-Drozdovik. He affectionately told her:

- Do not be afraid, because I and the musician with whom you lived together in a poor hut are one and the same. I pretended to be a musician out of love for you; and the hussar who broke all the pots for you was me too. I did all this to break your pride and punish you for your arrogance when you laughed at me.

She wept bitterly and said:

“I was so unfair that I didn’t deserve to be your wife.

But he told her:

- Calm down, difficult days are over, and now we will celebrate our wedding.

And the royal maids appeared, put on her magnificent dresses; and her father came, and with him the whole court; they wished her happiness in her marriage to the King Drozdovik; and the real joy has just begun.

And I would like you and me to be there too.

X. K. Andersen "Fire"

A soldier walked along the road: one or two! one-two! The knapsack on the back, the saber on the side. He was walking home from the war. And suddenly on the road he met a witch. The witch was old and terrible. Her lower lip dropped down to her chest.

- Great, servant! - said the witch. - What a glorious saber and a large knapsack you have! Here is a gallant soldier! And now you will have plenty of money.

“Thank you, old witch,” the soldier said.

- You see that big tree? - said the witch. - It's empty inside. Climb the tree, there is a hollow at the top. Climb into this hollow and go down to the very bottom. And I will tie a rope around your waist and pull you back as soon as you shout.

- Why should I climb into this hollow? The soldier asked.

- For money, - said the witch, - the tree is not simple. As you go down to the very bottom, you will see a long underground passage. It is quite light there - hundreds of lamps are burning day and night. Go, without turning, along the underground passage. And when you reach the end, there will be three doors right in front of you. There is a key in each door. Turn it and the door will open. There is a large chest in the first room. A dog is sitting on the chest. The eyes of this dog are like two tea saucers. But don't be afraid. I'll give you my blue checkered apron, spread it across the floor and grab the dog boldly. And if you grab it, put it on my apron as soon as possible. Well, then open the chest and take as much money from it as you want. Yes, only copper money is in this chest. And if you want silver, go to the second room. And there is a chest. And a dog is sitting on that chest. Her eyes are like your mill wheels. Just don't be scared - grab her and put her on your apron, and then take some silver money for yourself. Well, and if you want gold, go to the third room. In the middle of the third room is a chest full of gold. This chest is guarded by the largest dog. Each eye is the size of a tower. If you manage to put her on my apron - your happiness: the dog will not touch you. Then take as much gold as your heart desires!

“This is all very good,” said the soldier. - But what do you take from me for this, old witch? After all, you need something from me.

- I will not take a half from you! - said the witch. - Just bring me an old flint, which you forgot down there, my grandmother, when I climbed there last time.

- Okay, tie me with a rope! - said the soldier.

- Ready! - said the witch. “And here's my checkered apron.

And the soldier climbed a tree. He found a hollow and went down to the very bottom. As the witch said, that's how it turned out: the soldier is looking - there is an underground passage in front of him. And it's as bright as day - hundreds of lamps are burning. The soldier went through this dungeon. Walked, walked and reached the very end. There is nowhere else to go. He sees a soldier - there are three doors in front of him. And in the doorway, the keys stick out.

The soldier opened the first door and entered the room. There is a chest in the middle of the room, a dog sits on the chest. Her eyes are like two tea saucers. The dog looks at the soldier and turns his eyes in different directions.

- What a monster! - said the soldier, grabbed the dog and instantly put it on the witch's apron.

Then the dog calmed down, and the soldier opened the chest and let’s carry money from there. He filled his pockets full of copper money, closed the chest and put the dog on it again, while he went into another room.

The witch told the truth - and there was a dog sitting on a chest in this room. Her eyes were like mill wheels.

- Well, why are you staring at me? No matter how your eyes pop out! - said the soldier, grabbed the dog and put the apron on the witch's apron, and he himself quickly to the chest.

The chest is full of silver. The soldier threw the copper money out of his pockets, stuffed both pockets and the satchel with silver. Then the soldier entered the third room.

He entered - and his mouth was open. Well, miracles! There was a golden chest in the middle of the room, and a real monster sat on the chest. Eyes - neither give nor take two towers. They spun like the wheels of the fastest carriage.

- I wish you good health! - said the soldier and took it under his visor. He had never seen such a dog.

However, he did not look for a long time. He grabbed the dog in an armful, put it on the witch's apron, and opened the chest himself. Father, how much gold there was! With this gold one could buy the whole capital city, all the toys, all the tin soldiers, all the wooden horses and all the gingerbread in the world. It would be enough for everything.

Then the soldier threw silver money out of his pockets and knapsack and with both hands began to rake gold out of the chest. He stuffed his pockets with gold, stuffed his satchel, hat, boots. I gained so much gold that I could hardly budge!

Now he was rich!

He put the dog on the chest, slammed the door and shouted:

- Hey, get it upstairs, old witch!

- Did you take my flint? The witch asked.

- Oh, damn it, you completely forgot about your flint! - said the soldier.

He went back, found the witch's flint and put it in his pocket.

- Well, take it! Found your flint! He shouted to the witch.

The witch yanked the rope and pulled the soldier up. And the soldier found himself again on the high road.

“Well, give me a flint,” said the witch.

- What do you want, witch, is this flint? The soldier asked.

- None of your business! - said the witch. - You got the money, right? Give me the flint!

- Oh no! - said the soldier. “Tell me now, why do you need a flint, or I’ll pull out my saber and chop off your head.”

- I will not say! - answered the witch.

Then the soldier grabbed a saber and chopped off the witch's head. The witch fell to the ground - And then she died. And the soldier tied all his money in a witch's checkered apron, put the knot on his back and went straight to the city.

The city was big and rich. The soldier went to the largest hotel, hired the best rooms for himself and ordered all his favorite foods to be served - after all, he was now a rich man.

The servant who was cleaning his boots was surprised that such a rich gentleman had such bad boots - after all, the soldier had not yet had time to buy new ones. But the next day he bought himself the most beautiful clothes, a hat with a feather and boots with spurs.

Now the soldier has become a real master. He was told about all the miracles that were in this city. They also talked about the king, who had a beautiful daughter, a princess.

- How can I see this princess? The soldier asked.

“Well, it’s not so easy,” he was told. - The princess lives in a large copper castle, and around the castle there are high walls and stone towers. No one, except the king himself, dares neither enter there, nor leave there, because the king was predicted that his daughter was destined to become the wife of a simple soldier. And the king, of course, does not really want to become related to a simple soldier. So he keeps the princess locked up.

The soldier regretted that he could not look at the princess, but, however, did not grieve for a long time. And without the princess he healed merrily: he went to the theater, walked in the royal garden and distributed money to the poor. He himself experienced how bad it is to sit penniless.

Well, since the soldier was rich, lived cheerfully and dressed beautifully, then he had a lot of friends. Everyone called him a nice guy, a real master, and he really liked that.

Here the soldier spent money and sees once - he has only two money left in his pocket. And the soldier had to get over from good places into a cramped closet under the roof itself. He remembered the old days: he himself began to clean his boots and sew up holes on them. None of his friends visited him again - it was too high now to climb to him.

One evening a soldier was sitting in his closet. It was already completely dark, and he did not even have money for a candle. Then he remembered about the witch's flint. The soldier took out a flint-box and began to strike fire. As soon as he hit the flint, the door flew open and a dog with eyes like tea saucers ran in.

It was the same dog that the soldier saw in the first room of the dungeon.

- What do you order, soldier? The dog asked.

- That's a thing! - said the soldier. - It turns out that the fire is not simple. Will it not help me out of trouble? .. Get me some money! He ordered the dog.

And as soon as he spoke, the dogs and the trail disappeared. But before the soldier had time to count to two, the dog was already right there, and in its teeth it had a large bag full of copper money.

The soldier understood now what a wonderful flint he had. It was worth hitting the flint once - a dog appeared with eyes like tea saucers, and two times a soldier hit - a dog with eyes like mill wheels was running towards him. He will strike three times, and the dog, which has each eye the size of a tower, stands in front of him and waits for orders. The first dog drags him copper money, the second - silver, and the third - pure gold.

And now the soldier became rich again, moved to the best rooms, again began to flaunt in an elegant dress.

Then all his friends again got into the habit of going to him and loved him very much.

Once it occurred to a soldier;

“Why don't I see the princess? Everyone says she is so beautiful. What's the use if she stays her life in a brass castle, behind high walls and towers? Well, where is my flint? "

And he hit the flint once. At the same moment a dog appeared with eyes like a saucer.

- That's what, my dear! - said the soldier. - Now, it is true, it is already night, but I want to look at the princess. Get her here for a minute. Well, step march!

The dog immediately ran away, and before the soldier had time to recover, she appeared again, and on her back lay a sleeping princess.

The princess was wonderfully good. At first glance, it was clear that this is a real princess. Our soldier could not resist kissing her - that is why he was a soldier, a real gentleman, from head to toe. Then the dog took the princess back the same way it brought it.

At morning tea, the princess told the king and queen that she had an amazing dream at night: as if she was riding a dog and some soldier kissed her.

- That's the story! Said the queen.

Apparently, she did not like this dream very much.

The next night, an old lady-in-waiting was put on the princess's bed and ordered to find out if it was really a dream or something else.

And the soldier again wanted to death to see the beautiful princess.

And at night, a dog appeared in the copper castle, like yesterday, grabbed the princess and rushed with her at full speed. Here the old lady-in-waiting put on her waterproof boots and set off in pursuit. Seeing that the dog disappeared with the princess in one big house, the lady-in-waiting thought: "Now we will find the young man!" And she drew a large cross with chalk on the gate of the house, and she calmly went home to sleep.

But in vain she calmed down: when the time came to carry the princess back, the dog saw a cross on the gate and immediately guessed what was the matter. She took a piece of chalk and placed crosses on all the gates of the city. It was cleverly thought out: now the lady-in-waiting could not find the necessary gate in any way - after all, there were the same white crosses everywhere.

Early in the morning the king and queen, the old lady-in-waiting, and all the royal officers went to see where the princess went on her dog at night.

- That's where! - said the king, seeing the white cross on the first gate.

- No, that's where! - said the queen, seeing the cross on the other gate.

- And there is a cross, and here! - said the officers.

And no matter what gate they looked at, there were white crosses everywhere. So they did not achieve any sense.

But the queen was a smart woman, a jack of all trades, and not just driving around in carriages. She ordered the servants to bring in her gold scissors and a piece of silk and sewed a beautiful little bag. In this bag she poured buckwheat and tied it imperceptibly on the back of the princess. Then she poked a hole in the bag so that the cereal would gradually fall on the road when the princess went to her soldier.

And at night a dog appeared, put the princess on its back and carried it to the soldier. And the soldier had already managed to fall in love with the princess so much that he wholeheartedly wanted to marry her. And it would not be bad to become a prince.

The dog ran quickly, and the groats poured from the bag all the way from the brass castle to the soldier's house. But the dog didn't notice anything.

In the morning the king and queen left the palace, looked at the road and immediately recognized where the princess had gone. The soldier was captured and imprisoned.

The soldier sat behind bars for a long time. The prison was dark and boring. And then one day the guard said to the soldier:

- Tomorrow you will be hanged!

The soldier became sad. He thought, wondered how to save himself from death, but he could not think of anything. After all, the soldier forgot his wonderful flint at home.

The next morning the soldier went to a small window and began to look through the iron bars into the street. People in droves poured out of the city to see how the soldier would be hanged. The drums were beating, the troops were passing by. And then a boy, a shoemaker in a leather apron and shoes with bare feet, ran past the prison itself. He was skipping, and suddenly one shoe flew off his foot and hit right into the prison wall, near the latticed window at which the soldier was standing.

- Hey, young fellow, do not rush! The soldier shouted. “I’m still here, and it’s not going to be there without me!” But if you run to my house and bring me flint, I will give you four silver coins. Well, live!

The boy was not averse to receiving four silver coins and set off with an arrow for the flint, instantly brought it, gave it to the soldier and ...

Listen to what came of it.

A large gallows was built outside the city. Troops and crowds of people stood around it. The king and queen sat on a magnificent throne. Opposite were the judges and the entire State Council. And now the soldier was led onto the stairs, and the executioner was about to throw a noose around his neck. But then the soldier asked to wait a minute.

- I would very much like, - he said, - to smoke a pipe of tobacco - it will be the very last pipe in my life.

And in this country there was such a custom: the last wish of the condemned to death must be fulfilled. Of course, if it was a completely trifling desire.

Therefore, the king could not refuse the soldier in any way. And the soldier put a pipe in his mouth, pulled out his flint and began to strike fire. He struck the flint once, struck two, struck three - and then three dogs appeared in front of him. One had eyes like tea saucers, the other like mill wheels, the third like towers.

- Come on, help me get rid of the noose! The soldier told them.

Then all three dogs rushed at the judges and at the Council of State: they will grab him by the legs, this by the nose, and let's throw it, so high that, falling to the ground, everyone shattered into smithereens.

- I do not need! I do not want! Cried the king.

But the largest dog grabbed him along with the queen and threw both of them up. Then the army got scared, and the people began to shout:

- Long live the soldier! Be, soldier, our king and marry a beautiful princess!

The soldier was seated in the royal carriage and taken to the palace. Three dogs danced in front of the carriage and shouted "hurray." The boys whistled and the troops saluted. The princess came out of the brass castle and became a queen. Obviously, she was very pleased.

The wedding feast lasted for a whole week. Three dogs also sat at the table, eating, drinking and twirling their huge eyes.

Foreign fairy tales tell about miracles and amazing people, and also ridicule human vices. Good always triumphs over evil, generosity and courage are rewarded according to their merits, and nobility always triumphs over meanness. We present to your attention a list of foreign folk tales that will appeal to children of different ages.

Ayoga

The fairy tale "Ayoga" is named after a girl who became proud because everyone thought she was beautiful. She refused to go to fetch water, and a neighbor's girl went instead. She also got the pie, which my mother baked. From resentment, Ayoga turned into a goose, which flies to this day and repeats its name so that no one is confused with others.

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

The tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" tells the story of two brothers. One of them, Kasim, became rich after the death of his father. And the other - Ali Baba quickly squandered everything. But he was lucky, he found a cave of robbers with treasures. Ali Baba took some good and left. When his brother found out about the treasure and went to the cave, he could not temper his greed. As a result, Kasim died at the hands of robbers.

Aladdin's magic lamp

The work "Aladdin's Magic Lamp" tells about a poor young man and his adventures. Once Aladdin met a dervish who introduced himself as his uncle. In fact, he was a sorcerer who, with the help of a young man, tried to get a magic lamp. As a result of long adventures, Aladdin managed to defeat the dervish and stay with his beloved princess.

Humpbacked princess

The heroine of The Humpbacked Princess once offended a hunchbacked beggar. As a result of the vicissitudes of fate, he became the husband of a princess. When she managed to get rid of her hated spouse, the girl was left with a hump of him. The princess enters the castle of the prince in a golden cloak. As a result, she gets rid of the hump and becomes the wife of the prince.

Jack and the beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk is the story of a poor boy who lived with his mother. Once he traded a cow for magic beans. Climbing a stalk that grew from beans, Jack took the gold, duck and harp of the ogre. The last time the giant tried to catch up with the boy, he cut down the stalk and killed the cannibal. He then married a princess and healed happily.

Pan Kotsky

The fairy tale "Pan Kotsky" tells about a cat that the owner took to the forest when he got old. There he was met by a fox. The cat called himself Pan Kotsky. Lisa invited him to become husband and wife. The red-haired cheat deceived the forest animals, who invited the spouses to dinner, and by cunning made them afraid of the cat.

Why is the sea water salty

The tale "Why is the water in the sea salty" tells the story of two brothers. Once the poor man begged the rich meat. He gave, but sent his brother to old Hiishi. As a reward for his courage, the poor man received a millstone, giving whatever he wanted. Having learned this, the rich man asked for a gift from his brother and did not want to return it back. While fishing, the millstone grinding salt did not stop and sank the boat.

Sinbad the Sailor

The fairy tale "Sinbad the Sailor" tells about the amazing adventures of the hero. One of the three stories tells of an island that turns out to be a whale. The second tells about the meeting of Sinbad with the Roc bird and the amazing rescue of the sailor. In the third, the hero had to survive in a skirmish with a giant cannibal.

Trampled shoes

"Trampled Shoes" is a fairy tale that tells about 12 princesses and their secret. No one was able to find out why the girls' shoes, which were closed in their bedchamber, were worn out the next morning. Those who tried and failed to solve the riddle were deprived of their heads. Only a poor soldier managed to find out the secret of the princesses and get one of them as a wife.

Three piglets

From the fairy tale "Three Little Pigs" children learn about the need to think over everything in advance. Towards the approach of cold weather, one of the piglet brothers, Naf-Naf, built a solid stone house. But Nif-Nif and Nuf-Nuf built frail structures that could not withstand the onslaught of a wolf. All three brothers are saved in the house of the prudent Naf-Naf.

Wonderful pearl

“The Wonderful Pearl” is the tale of the poor girl Ua. She worked for an elder who abused her. Once the girl was asked to save the daughter of the lord of the waters, which she did. As a reward, Ua received a magic pearl that grants wishes. A wonderful thing helped the girl get rid of poverty and live happily with her lover.

Why does a hare have long ears?

The hero of the fairy tale "Why does the hare have long ears" is a small shy animal. He overheard the conversation of the elk with his wife, when he was discussing whom to distribute the horns to. And he begged for the largest horns for himself. And when a bump fell on his head, he was so scared that he got entangled in the bushes. I took away the elk's horns and awarded the hare with big ears for the fact that he likes to eavesdrop.

Three oranges

The tale "Three Oranges" about how the old woman cursed the king's son. According to her prophecy, as soon as he turned 21, the young man went to look for a tree with three oranges. He had to wander for a long time, but he found what he was looking for. Together with the oranges, the prince acquired a beautiful bride and married her.

Golden shoe

The tale "The Golden Shoe" tells the story of two sisters Mugazo and Mukhalok. The first was kind and obedient, but her stepmother did not love her. Mugazo had to experience a lot of troubles, because she turned into a turtle, and a bird, and a persimmon. But thanks to the intercession of the goddess, the girl remained alive and married the king.

Two greedy teddy bears

“Two Greedy Bear Cubs” is an instructive tale for children. It tells about two brothers, bear cubs. One day they went on a journey together. When the cubs got hungry and found a piece of cheese, they didn't know how to divide it. Because of their greed, they trusted a cunning fox who deceived the cubs.

Jug of gold

The work "Jug of Gold" tells the story of a poor plowman who leased land to a neighbor. When he was working in the field, he found a jug of gold. Unable to agree on who it belongs to, the ploughmen turned to the king. However, he saw only a snake instead of gold. Only the wise men helped to resolve such a controversial issue.

The poor man and the wind brothers

"The Poor Man and the Wind Brothers" is a tale about two brothers: the poor and the rich. One was simple-minded but had little goodness. The other is rich but greedy. One day a poor man had to turn to the winds, which left him without torment. They gave the man, but he could not save the gifts. The brother misappropriated them in a dishonest way. But the winds helped the poor man not only return good, but also taught the mind.

How the Sun and the Moon went to visit each other

“How the Sun and the Moon went to visit each other” is a tale about why a night star reflects light. When the Moon came to visit the Sun, she presented a star on a platter. Preparing for a return visit, the King of Light ordered the tailor to sew a dress from the clouds for a gift. But he refused, since the moon is constantly changing shape. Then the Sun allowed the night luminary to use its rays for outfits.

Little Burachok

The fairy tale "Little Burachok" is named after the main character. He was an ordinary plowman, but his wit surpassed any sage. Upon learning of this, the pan did not believe the stories of people and decided to check the man. He called Burachk to him and asked him riddles. But he used his ingenuity and proved that he is smarter than the gentleman.

Pot of porridge

The tale "Pot of Porridge" tells about a kind girl. Having met an old woman in the forest, she treated her to berries, for which she received a magic pot. This wonderful dish was filled with delicious porridge as soon as the right words were spoken. When the girl left, her mother used the pot, but did not know how to stop it. As a result, porridge filled the entire city.