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Essay-tale about winter in English

Winter came. Puddle of cold and snow. Snowdrifts appeared on the streets. Snow covered trees. It was cold.

Boy Grisha went to sculpt snowman. He invited a friend Christine. Together they rolled snow globes. Christina made two small snow globe. Grisha made one big snow globe. Together they have snowman. But snowman had no eyes, nose and hands. Then Christine found on the street two branches. The snowman appeared hands. Grisha brought from home carrots and two coals. The snowman appeared eyes and nose.

Suddenly revived snowman. He started to sing a beautiful Christmas song. The children started to sing along to it. They began to dance near the snowman.

Translation:

Winter came. The puddles are frozen. Snowdrifts appeared on the streets. The trees were covered with snow. It was cold.

The boy Grisha went to build a snowman. He invited his friend Christina. Together they began to roll snow globes. Christina made two small snow globes. Grisha made one big snow globe. Together they made a snowman. But the snowman had no eyes, nose or hands. Then Christina found two branches on the street. The snowman has arms. Grisha brought carrots and two coals from home. The snowman has eyes and a nose.

Suddenly the snowman came to life. He started singing beautiful Christmas songs. The children began to sing along with him. They started dancing near the snowman.

Essay-tale about spring in English

The snow had melted. Trees blossomed. Green grass appeared on the laws. Ran sonorous streams in the streets. Blew fresh wind.
The boys went for a walk in the Park. We saw on the fresh earth first flowers - snowdrops. Snowdrops were yellow. Next to flowers fluttered magical fairies. They waved to us.

We have collected some flowers and went back home.

Translation:

The snow has melted. The trees have blossomed. Green grass appeared on the lawns. Sounding streams ran in the streets. A fresh wind blew.

The boys and I went for a walk in the park. We saw the first flowers on the fresh soil - snowdrops. The snowdrops were yellow. Magic fairies fluttered next to the flowers. They waved at us.

We picked some flowers and headed back home.

Essay-tale about summer in English

Come the warm and hot summer. In meadows blossomed beautiful flowers. My friends went to the river to catch fish. When we came, we saw clear water of the river. In the river splashed big fish.

We got a fishing rod and began to fish. Suddenly, Petya got a real goldfish. Goldfish don't talk. It shone in the sun with Golden scales.

My friends looked at the fish and released it back into the river.

Translation:

Warm hot summer has arrived. Beautiful flowers bloomed in the meadows. My friends and I went to the river to fish. When we arrived, we saw the clear clean water of the river. A big fish was splashing in the river.

We took out our fishing rods and started fishing. Suddenly Petya came across a real goldfish. The goldfish didn't speak. She glowed in the sun with golden scales.

My friends and I looked at the fish and released it back into the river.

Essay-tale about autumn in English

Now is the Golden autumn. From the trees began to fall leaves. The leaves were red and yellow colors. The grass turned yellow.

Me and Masha went to the city to walk. A cold wind blew. We put on warm clothes. Mary put on her coat, and I put on my jacket.

When we walked down the street, we saw a flock of birds. The birds were going to fly away to the South. They talked among themselves and were ready to start. Suddenly the birds fell from the trees, and took off. We waved to them by hand.

Translation:

Golden autumn has arrived. Leaves began to fall from the trees. The leaves were red and yellow. The grass has turned yellow.

Masha and I went into the city for a walk. A cold wind was blowing. We put on warm clothes. Masha put on her coat, and I put on my jacket.

As we walked along the street, we saw a flock of birds. The birds were about to fly south. They talked among themselves and got ready to go. Suddenly the birds broke out of the trees and flew away. We waved our hands after them.

Fairy tales can be good material. This is primarily due to the fact that fairy tales are interesting and educational. Moreover, we know the translation of many fairy tales from childhood and we don’t need to take a dictionary to translate them.

Fairy tale in English - The tortoise and the hare

The hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. “I have never yet been beaten,” he said, “when I put out my full speed. I challenge anyone here to race with me.”

The tortoise said quietly, “I accept your challenge.” “That is a good joke,” said the hare. "I could dance around you all the way."

“Keep your boasting until you’ve been beaten,” answered the tortoise. "Shall we race?" So a course was fixed and a start was made. The hare darted almost out of sight at once, but soon stopped and, to show his contempt for the tortoise, lay down to have a nap. The tortoise plodded on and plodded on, and when the hare awoke from his nap, he saw the tortoise nearing the finish line, and he could not catch up in time to save the race. Plodding wins the race.

Translation of a fairy tale into Russian - The Tortoise and the Hare

The hare once boasted that he was faster than all the animals. “No one has ever beaten me before,” he said, “when I was at full speed. I challenge anyone to compete with me."

The turtle said quietly, “I accept the challenge.” “It’s a good joke,” said the hare. "I'll dance around you the whole race."

“Bragging before you get beaten,” the turtle replied. “Are we going to compete?” So, the race was agreed upon and the start was given. The hare immediately disappeared over the horizon, but soon stopped and, to show contempt for the tortoise, lay down to take a nap. The tortoise walked on and on, and when the hare woke up, he saw that the tortoise was near the finish line and he was no longer there in time to save the race. Slow and hard won the race.

Below is a short literary translation of this fairy tale-fable:

The tortoise and the hare were arguing which of them was faster. They appointed a time and place for the competition and went their separate ways. But the hare, relying on its natural agility, did not try to run, but lay down near the road and fell asleep. But the turtle understood that it was moving slowly, and therefore ran without a break.

So she overtook the sleeping hare and received the winning reward.

Thus, this fairy tale shows that patience and work will grind everything down.

Below are Russian fairy tales in English with translation into Russian:

Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka (ALYONUSHKA)
THE SCARLET FLOWER
The turnip with translation
Kolobok (The bun) with translation
Three little pigs
THE GOLDEN FISH (goldfish)
Teremok (The wooden house) with translation
Goldilocks and the three bears

You can download all the above fairy tales in English in one document.

English for children
Children's stories in English - for training reading techniques and independent translation.

A total of ten stories in English for children:

JUMBO THE LITTLE ELEPHANT

Once upon a time a baby elephant named Jumbo used to live in a forest. He always used to dream that one day he would be able to swim. His mother tried hopelessly to make him believe that he is very heavy in weight thats why he could not swim. But he never listened.
He would reach by the river and happily look at his glance in it.

Once he slept early and then he dreamed that he was swimming deep in the river. He was swimming here and there and frolicking happily. He made friendshp with some small but harmless fishes. He even found a place to take the rest in nights. He was very happy. He could see the colors of different lights that were flickering ceaselessly. The lights were coming out from some fishes that were very beautiful and colorful.

After seeing him, the colorful fishes went to him and they asked his name. He said his name was Jumbo and from the very next day he became friends with them.
Now they would daily play hide and seek together. But in the meantime Jumbo could not realize the mischievous plan of those fishes. The fishes were actually very amused at the look of Jumbo. They wanted to make his big ears there home. They thought how would it like be if they play hide and seek in Jumbo’s big fans like ears and his mouth.

One day when Jumbo was fast asleep after playing, all those colorful fishes arrived and entered his mouth and making exit fom his ears. They were playing and making fun of Jumbo. When Jumbo woke up he realized that he made a big mistake by making friendship with them.
He cried but nobody came for his help. At last his mother woke him up from his dream. Seeing his mother in front of him, Jumbo cried inconsolably and promised that he would never ever think of swimming in the future. That made mother his happy and she served him hot delicious food

THE CROCODILE

There was once a baby crocodile. He had a beautiful shiny tail and all the other crocodiles were horrible to him because they were jealous of him.
One day the little baby crocodile counted all his beautiful shiny scales and there were a thousand. A lot more than he thought. So he counted all the other crocodiles and there were twenty and that was including the grown up crocodiles. He decided that he had many scales and could spare forty from his tummy so he wished for forty of his scales to be on his pillow by morning, but there weren’t any. Even three weeks later there weren’t any.
Then one day a magic crocodile granted him a wish. He wished for forty of his scales to be on his pillow when he woke up in the morning.
He woke up and there were forty beautiful shiny scales on his pillow. So he gave all twenty crocodiles, including his parents two scales each.
From then on everyone was kind to the little baby crocodile who had given away forty of his beautiful shiny scales.

HONEY NUT CARROT CAKE

Joseph hurried to finish his breakfast. It was a bright and sunny day and he wanted to go outside and play.

He swallowed a mouthful of cereal. "Bye, Mom," he said. "I'm going outside to play ball."

“Not before you get your chores done,” his mother said. I’m baking a pie for dessert and I want you to go pick some raspberries.”

Joseph’s mouth watered as he thought about taking a delicious bite of pie.

“I love to pick raspberries,” he said, grabbing a basket and skipping out the door.

Walking through the meadow, he came upon a rabbit munching on a carrot.

"Hello, Mr. Rabbit," Joseph said. "Would you be so kind to tell me where I might find some raspberries?"

“I couldn’t be much help finding raspberries,” the rabbit said, wiggling his nose. “My carrots have an excellent crunch, why don’t you try a bunch?”

Joseph pulled some carrots out of the ground and put them in his basket. “Thank you, Mr. Rabbit,” Joseph said, and skipped away whistling.

Hearing a noise high up in a tree, Joseph stopped and saw a squirrel gathering nuts and storing them in a hole.

“Pardon me, Mr. Squirrel, but would you be so kind to tell me where I might find some raspberries?”

“Oh, little boy, there are no raspberries up here. There are only nuts to pick from the trees. Try some nuts before you leave, and you’ll forget about raspberries.”

Joseph picked some nuts from the tree and dropped them in the basket. He waved goodbye to Mr. Squirrel and continued his journey.

He entered the dark forest and was scared...just a little. But maybe he would find raspberries. He heard a noise ahead of him. Walking slowly towards the noise, he found a black bear sitting on a log eating something gooey.

“P-p-pardon me, M-M-Mr. B-b-ear, do you know where I might find some raspberries?”

“Little boy, come closer to me and I’ll give you something tasty called honey,” the bear smiled.

Joseph stepped closer to the bear and dipped his hand in the honey. It tasted delicious and sweet.

The bear leaned towards Joseph and roared. “The honey tastes good, but not as good as you will little boy.”

Joseph screamed and ran out of the forest. He jumped over rocks and ran through the meadow all the way home. He looked behind him and was happy to find that the bear didn’t follow him. Looking down at his basket he frowned. He had carrots, nuts, and some of the bear’s honey that dripped in the basket, but no raspberries.

Walking into the kitchen he had an idea. With his mother’s help, Joseph baked a surprise dessert using his carrots, nuts, and honey. At dessert, he ate every crumb of his honey-nut carrot cake and it was the best cake he ever tasted.

THE LITTLE FISH WHO SWAM TO THE BIG OCEAN

Once upon a time, there was a fish named George. He lived in the water, as all fish did but something was different about George, he did not like the water. He swam and swam around in the water, and every place he swam, he would find something that he did not like. First, he said that the rocks were to big, then he said that the rocks were too small. Nothing would please him. The other fish in his school, all fish belong to a school, would try to cheer him up. They did not understand why he was unhappy. They loved swimming around in the shallow water and being together.

The school lived in the inter-coastal waters of South Florida. This water was full of life and warmth. There was always plenty of food and activity and there was never a dull moment for these fish. However, for some reason, George felt restless and discontent and he wanted more. One day, a big, old and wise fish came to visit his school. He listened intently. The old and wise one was telling of vast waters and limitless swimming. He was telling of great whales and big fish. He was also telling about great light and darkness. Suddenly George wanted to experience this too. The other fish in his school were not interested but George was eager. He swam with the big fish towards these vast waters with great dreams. He did not know where he was going but he trusted the older and wiser fish..

Soon the water began to feel cold and he was seeing giant fish that looked very hungry. He would have been afraid for his life, but he was much too excited by the new sights. Soon they came to a cave and they found a safe place for the night with food nearby.

George liked it in the cave. It was very quiet and he could hear calming sounds. Melodious sound seemed to be coming from a long distance. Even when the big fish swam away, George decided to remain. This was against all normal fish instinct, as fish wants to be with other fish. However, as I said earlier, George was not a normal fish. The melodious sound fascinated him and he could not stop listening to it. He even began to distinguish the different tones and types of sound. He listened and he listened. He did not eat or move because he was so busy listening. The more he listened, the more he began to understand about who he really was. The more he listened, the more he fell into a different awareness and soon he forgot that he was a fish and that he did not like the water.

One day the big and wise fish was swimming by the cave and he thought about George, so he went into the cave. There he found George just where he had left him quite some time ago. George had changed however, and did not look the same at all. He was shining in a special way and his breathing was extremely slow. George recognized the old and wise fish and welcomed him.

George was now also old and wise and the two left the cave together.

By Acharya E.T.

A WINTER NIGHT IN THE FOREST

It was a winter night and the cool breeze is making animals seek some shelter and a cover on their bodies. The sparrows entered their nests, the rabbits went into their burrows, the parrots went into the holes on the tree trunks, the squirrels hide into the shoots of the coconut tree. Thus all those birds and animals settled down to face the chill night. Dr.Dove was watching all these animals in the bright moon light from its whole on the nearby rocky hill.

By mid night the chilliness increased and a couple of crows had fallen seriously ill for the exposure to the severe cold.

As the Sun rises all the animals and birds started coming out and assembled at the bottom of the rocky hill.

What a cold it was last night. The winter has just begun now. By January it would be very cold. If the cold winds blow like this we will certainly reduce in number – said a crane that lives on the nearby thorn bushes.

I could hear the sound of my teeth as I shivered in the night – said a dog.

Though we are big we too feel the cold said an elephant.

Though I am in my Den I felt it too.

Here comes an idea – said Dr. .Dove by landing on a big stone.

We all know that the Lion lives in a big den in this hill. I have seen another small day that can comfortably accommodate our Lion. It is just on the other side of this Hill. I feel that the Lion can leave this big den and occupy the small one so that those animals that have no home can take shelter in the big den. Thus they can protect themselves from exposing to the severe cold.

As soon as Dr. Dove completed telling this, the lion roared and rejected the idea. I need this big den let animals seek shelter in the small den that you had located.

Looking at the elephants Dr .Dove said – Dear Lion this is only for the winter months and rainy days the rest of the time you can use this big den. The elephants trumpeted in support of this statement and encouraged the lion to agree.

Seeing the unity and the support Dr. Dove got from the herd of Elephants the Lion said: OK I agree.

The animals are disbursed in search of food.

It was night again. All those animals that have no home gathered in the big den and felt good to be there. As the night advances the cold winds blew more frequently and making the animals shiver even in the Den. Some how they spent the night and gathered again at the bottom of the hill to share their experiences.

Since the day is not so deep it can protect us partially from the severe cold. We have to live with it – opined the deer.

Having listened to this discussion, Dr. Dove said: I have another idea to help you keep warm. You all can collect the twigs and our elephant friends can bring dried logs in the forest to the den. As mid night one of you can make these twigs and dried logs into a small heap and set fire. Then the day gets the warmth from this fire.

Great idea jumped a monkey.

That night the animals made their own hearth and felt the warmth and slept comfortably.

The animals make it a practice.

MARVIN THE CURIOUS MOUS

Marvin was a little white mouse about two years old. He was one of a litter of 29 other mice. His mom was always worried that he was going to get hurt. He was so curious about the world “Curiosity killed the cat,” she warned. Marvin never really listened to his mother’s warnings. The world was just too big to be ignored.
Marvin lived in a small hole in a wall of a house. The owners of the house just moved out and new humans moved in. The little mouse ran around curiously. He never saw so many wonderful new things. The old humans that lived here didn’t own so much stuff.
There were so many treasures to explore. Where to start, Marvin didn’t know. Then he saw it! He never saw anything like it before. What was it?
It was big and black and round. It had three holes on the top. Marvin the little mouse wanted to explore more. “What was it used for? he thought to himself. He's closer. He crawled to the top of the strange object.
Then something terrible happened to poor Marvin. He fell into one of those big holes.
It was so dark and scary. Poor Marvin did not know what to do. He tried to come out but the inside was so slippery he couldn’t climb out.
It wasn’t until a human picked up the object that Marvin found a way to escape. You see who ever picked it up made the holes face the floor and Marvin slide right out.
“That was neat,” thought Marvin after he got over being afraid. He thought it was so neat he decided to do more exploring.
The next thing Marvin found was weird looking. It was big, really big and odd shaped too. Marvin remembered the shape of a human foot. It kind of looked like that, but Marvin knew that humans couldn’t’ take their feet off. So what was it?
Marvined crawled inside, it was wet and smelly. Marvin didn't want to stay very long inside of it. Marvin tried to get out as fast as he could. There was one problem though. A human was near the thing he was in. The human screamed when she saw Marvin. Marvin hated when humans did that, it hurt his ears.
Marvin knew that the scream would cause the other humans to bring the CAT! Marvin knew that meant he had to run. That is exactly what Marvin did, he ran. Poor little Marvin ran as fast as his little feet could take him.
“Whew,” he thought once he was in a safe place. "That was a close one." Marvin made a silent promise to avoid humans at all cost. He also needed to avoid the CAT. Marvin wasn’t stupid, for a mouse cats meant bad news.
Well, that was over. Time for Marvin to explore more. So Marvin slowly crawled out of his hiding spot and found something he new well. It was cheese and it was sitting on a wood thing. “The humans must have dropped it,” thought Marvin.
So Marvin walked up to the cheese and quickly grabbed it. Before Marvin knew what was happening he heard a loud SNAP! Poor Marvin’s tail was caught under a metal bar and boy did it hurt.
Marvin didn't know what to do. All he could do was cry. He was scared and alone. Most of all, Marvin was in pain. At first he thought he could maybe wiggle his way out. That didn't work. Next he tried to pick up the bar. That didn't work. The he saw a human and knew it was the end.
The human picked up the trap with Marvin in it. “Poor little guy,” the man said. He lifted up the bar and freed Marvin. Then he patted Marvin on the head and let him go.
Marvin couldn't believe it. He was free. He wasn’t going to be fed to the CAT. He was so happy he walked playfully away. He would always remember the kind man that saved his life.
Most of all Marvin would remember to be a little less curious.

PUFFER BUNNY AND THE ESCAPE TO THE MEADOW

Once upon a time, there was a little bunny named Puffer Bunny. He was so fluffy that everyone wanted to cuddle him. He lived with some children in a comfortable bungalow. The kids were named BoBo, Bobby, and Kit. Bobby was especially fond of little Puffer because he had raised him from a baby.

One day they were playing in the back yard and Puffer Bunny took off jumping and prancing. He wiggled under the fence and headed off through the pasture behind the house. By the time the kids could get over the fence, Puffer was long gone.

Meanwhile, Puffer had scurried down into a hole and was crawling through a long tunnel. He felt something wet and cold. He held his breath in fear, but when his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he realized he was nose to nose with another little bunny! He let out a sigh of relief! The new little bunny whispered, “My name is Doodlebug.” Doodlebug took Puffer by the paw and led him down through more passages and into a cozy little burrow. His brothers and sisters were snuggled together, all warm and safe. There was Dipsy, Dapper, and Dolly and the baby twins, Digger and Dodger. Puffer was thrilled to see a whole family of bunnies!

However, outside of the little burrow, the kids were worried sick about their little bunny. They saw a little fox trot off into the deep woods. They just knew that the fox had gotten their little Puffer. Bobby cried quietly while Bobo and Kit tried to figure out what to do. BoBo said, "Guys, it's time we headed home."

All the kids climbed back over the fence and trudged home. The night was long with worry.

Back in the bunny burrow, Puffer was really enjoying himself. He and Doodlebug slipped out for a little mischief. See Puffer was always exploring and Doodlebug could never say no to an adventure. The two frisky bunnies frolicked towards the woods. Just as they were approaching a rotten log, a rattle-snake slithered up. The two bunnies froze. The snake had the bunnies cornered. Their hearts were pounding so loud that the earth shook. The snake said, “Yum, dinner!” And his body lurched forward at Doodlebug. Quickly, Puffer Bunny jumped over the snake, grabbed the rattle, and shook it with all his might! What a sound it made! That snake jumped up in surprise-which gave the two buddies just enough time to bound on outa’ there.

Doodlebug’s mom rang the dinner bell just as they were coming back to the rabbit hole. She saw the looks on their faces and gave them each a hearty hug. She had fixed a dinner of cabbage and carrots, and they ate all they could eat. When the fluffy little bunnies finished their dinner, they invited Puffer to spend the night. He was delighted!

The next morning, Puffer pranced on home to his little bungalow. The kids were overjoyed that he was safe!

THE MISSING PICNIC FOOD

Once upon a time there was a forest fire in a big, big forest. All the little animals that lived there early as fast as they could get away from the hot flames. Squirrels, raccoons, foxes, snakes, turtles, rabbits, mice and many other animals had to find new homes. Some of them went to other forests, some of them went to parks, and some of them actually had to make their little homes in the yards of human beings, or, people.

Far, far away from the fire was a house where three little children lived. Their names were Thomas, Kathy, and Carrie. They all went to school but on this September day it was Saturday. They had been playing all morning. Now it was lunchtime. They were hungry. They asked their mom if they could have lunch, and she said, “Why don’t you have a picnic in the yard”?

That sounded like a great idea, but WHERE in the yard? So Mom told them to lay a picnic cloth in the green grassy grass near the scruffy old juniper bushes. While they were doing that, she would make some celery sticks, carrot sticks, and some yummy peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

When the kids had spread out the picnic blanket, they ran into the kitchen and asked if lunch was ready. Mom told them to take the carrot sticks and plates out to the blanket, and to take their drinks also. So Thomas, Kathy and Carrie took these things out to the blanket and arranged them carefully. Then they ran as fast as they could, huffing and puffing, back to the kitchen and said to Mom, “What else have you done so far”? So she said, “I’ve got your celery sticks cut up for you now – run these out to your picnic blanket.” So out ran the three kids as fast as they could go to add these to the carrots on their plates.

But when they got to the blanket, something was wrong. Where were the carrot sticks? They were all gone! "This must be a trick," said Kathy. “Let’s leave the celery sticks here and see what happens!”

Then they ran as fast as they could back to Mom, who by now was making the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. They told her that someone had stolen the carrot sticks. She said, "You're kidding!" and they said “Come on – we’ll show you!”

Mom hurried out with them to the picnic blanket. But now, not only were the carrot sticks missing, but the celery sticks were gone, too! Mom said, “Maybe one of your neighbor friends is hiding them just to be silly.”

So everyone spread out and looked behind trees, bushes, and just about everywhere. Unfortunately, they couldn’t find the carrots, the celery, or anyone hiding.

Finally Mom said, “Well, your drinks are still out here. Let's get your sandwiches. You guys go ahead and eat them out here and maybe something will turn up.”

So Thomas, Kathy and Carrie sat down to their picnic and they ate their sandwiches. Of course, while they sat there, they couldn’t help but look around for the sneaky celery and carrot thief.

They were just about finished eating when Carrie looked over at the juniper bushes and saw something move. She softly said, “Shshsh!” to Thomas and Kathy. “There’s something wiggling over there! See the bushes moving? So everyone sat very still, and a little brown animal came to the edge of the bushes and looked at them. It was a rabbit. Quietly it went back into the bushes.

“I have an idea,” said Thomas. “Let’s get more celery and carrots, and see if that rabbit is our thief. We’ll put them at the edge of the bushes, and watch from the window.”

They quietly went back into the house and got Mom to cut up more celery and carrots. They carefully put them down near the bushes and walked back to the house. As they watched, the little rabbit came out and grabbed the vegetables in his mouth and carried them back into the juniper bushes. Mom had watched, too, and she said that she had never seen a rabbit in the yard before. She thought that maybe because of the forest fire, he had needed to look for a new home.

“Maybe we can keep feeding this rabbit, and he will stay here for a long time,” Mom said.

That is just what they did. They fed the little rabbit every day. A few weeks went by. The weather turned cooler and finally winter came and they didn’t see the rabbit. Sometimes they would take food out to the edge of the bushes, and sometimes the food would disappear, and other times it just stayed there. All winter they worried about the rabbit – was he cold, was he scared, did he move somewhere else?

Finally, spring came. They watched for the rabbit day after day. In early April, the day before Easter, when the trees had just a few leaves, Thomas, Kathy, and Carrie took the food out to the bushes, and as they watched, the little rabbit came out and grabbed it! Whatever he had done during the winter, he was OK now!

The kids continued to feed him, and one day, the little rabbit came out to get his food, and he had four little rabbits with him! Their rabbit was a Mommy rabbit!

So from that time on, the kids fed the rabbits, and year after year, there was always a little rabbit family that lived in their scruffy old juniper bushes.

By Paula Fayad

A SQUIRREL IN A WINTER NIGHT

You are aware that during winter the trees shed leaves and make the birds and other small animals that live on them to face cold nights.

One cold night a squirrel found it difficult to bear the cold. It was on a search for a place that can protect it from the cold. It ran into the parasol of a hut that belongs to an old man who lives on the outskirts of the forest.

As soon as the squirrel started moving in the parasol of his hut the old man heard the sound of it, came out and found the squirrel shivering with cold. He extended his hand and waved his fingers to come on to it. The squirrel for a moment kept quite and it remembered what all it had seen this old man doing earlier. It appeared from this recalling that this old man is a good one. It slowly moved onto the hand of the old man who caressed it with his another hand and took it crawling in side.

It was very warmth inside the hurt and it made the squirrel stop shivering soon and fall asleep. It slept for more than three hours and woke up with the sound of the cupboard door opened by the old man. The old man noticed this and came near the squirrel with a hot cup of tomato soup. He fed the squirrel with the spoon and emptied the cup.

The squirrel became active and found the holes in the roof of the hut. The old man slept again. As the day breaks out, the old man woke up and found searched for the squirrel in vain. He thought that it had gone back to the forest. He became busy with his daily chores.

As he was about to rest for a nap after the lunch, he heard a noise on the top of the roof. He looked up and found that the holes on the roof are being filled with a lump of fiber. He went out to find out who was at work and saw the squirrel seriously filling the holes one after the other first with the fiber and topping it with a big leaf meticulously.

The old man came inside and started doing some thing. The squirrel on the top of the roof completed its job and entered the hut to find out if it missed any hole. The old man thanked the squirrel and offered a cup of hot milk. The squirrel drank it merrily.

The old man asked, ‘how did get the fiber and the leaves to fill all the holes at once?’

I came out in the morning when you were still sleeping, started collecting the fiber and leaves from the nearby creeper in small quantities and brought them to the rooftop. Once I felt I had enough material to fill the holes I started doing the job that I know well.

Though you are a small animal you have a big mind to think and great strength to do the job. I thank you for your kind help. You can live with me, if you want – said the old man.

The squirrel agreed to it by waving its tail and the head in joy.

Indeed the holes were well filled and the rainfall that occurred a couple of days later made it further firm and there was no leakage in the hut.

They lived together for a long time in the same hut.

THE TIGER AND THE LION

One day a tiger felt that it was more powerful than the lion and wanted to challenge the lion. It went near the lion’s den and started shouting and making all kids of sounds. It was noon and the lion was quickly asleep after a meal. The sounds created by the tiger woke up lion.

Who is there? Shouted the lion.

There was no reply but the shouts of the tiger increased.

The lion came out of its den and stood in front of the tiger that was shouting continuously.

Staring deep into the tiger's eyes the lion asked: Why are you disturbing me, you can go to any other place in the forest and shout as loudly as you can. But I never allow you to disturb me any more.

The tiger looked furiously at the lion and said: Look this forest belongs to all and so is this place too. You have no right to ask me to vacate this. I shall continue to be here and shout, as I like.

In the meantime an elephant that was passing by noticed the argument between the tiger and the lion and came.

‘Stop quarrelling. What is the problem. Let me know,’ demanded the elephant.

The lion explained the reason and the tiger stood to its stance. The elephant felt helpless to resolve their conflict.

Then came Dr.Dove. It has inquired from the elephant: What is going on here? Generally I don't see a tiger and a lion together?

The elephant reported the matter briefly.

That's the entire problem? Yelled Dr. Dove.

The elephant was surprised at the casual attitude of Dr.Dove.

Don’t you think it is not a problem at all? : The elephant asked.

Yes it is very much a problem but not at all a difficult one to solve. The elephant got further perplexed with this response from Dr.Dove.

Dr.Dove now took the lead and starting flying in-between the tiger and the lion.

The tiger and the lion got disturbed with this.

Seeing them giving a pause to their loud arguments, Dr. Pigeon proposed: Dear friends you can solve the problem.

How both the tiger and the lion shouted.

Very simple the tiger can continue to shout and the lion can continue to sleep: said Dr. Pigeon.

You stupid Dr. Dove. You are fit only to pull out the thorns from the feet, clear dust from the eyes and treat cut injuries of the animals but not the problems like this – yelled the lion.

The tiger joined the lion and said: leave us alone we shall solve our problems ourselves.

No my dear friends, please listen to me.

Dr. Pigeon requested the lion to follow and enter the day quickly. The lion thought for a while and then followed Dr.Dove. As the lion entered the den, Dr. Dove took out two lumps of cotton from his kit and approached the Lion.

Mr. Lion please listen to me these lumps of cotton help you proof yourself from the sound pollution being made by the Tiger. Please place these lumps one each in to your ears and experience for yourself.

The lion did as suggested and both the lion and Dr.Dove came out the den silently.

Dr. Dove told the tiger: Mr. Tiger please shout as loudly as you can you will have no objections from the Lion.

The tiger shouted loudly and the lion felt no disturbance.

The lion retuned to its day greeting the Pigeon by waving its paw. The tiger got furious at this gesture and continue shouting at its best – also puzzled as to why the lion has become so calm.

Seeing this confused state of the tiger Dr. Dove told: Mr. Tiger I told the tiger of your power and advised him not to quarrel with you. You are more powerful than the lion. See the lion itself has agreed to it.

Tiger felt very happy and gently stroked by Dr. Dove with his claw in appreciation of his help. Then Dr. Dove told: Mr. Tiger you should not stay here that too before a lion’s den. Because seeing you here other animals might feel that you are serving the lion. So I suggest that you should to that hilltop and live there.

Yes, Dr. Dove I shall follow your advice and I thank you for this: saying this the tiger proceeded to the hilltop.

The elephant was thrilled at this sudden change and looked astonishingly at Dr. Dove.

Dr.Dove fluttered its wings and flew towards south.

Learning English, like any other foreign language, is a long and laborious process.

In order to achieve certain results in the shortest possible time and at the same time not lose the desire to move on, you should pay attention to numerous recommendations, tips and methods for studying and teaching English.

One such technique is the use of fairy tales in the learning process. This technique is especially popular and productive when working with children, but it can also be used by adults at various stages of learning English.

Fairy tales that are used to learn a foreign language can be divided into 4 large groups:

Adapted texts
Beginner difficulty level
Medium difficulty level
Fairy tales of advanced difficulty level

Such a variety of texts allows you to choose exactly the material that will be useful and relevant for a particular student. Learning a language is always progressive, so it’s worth moving from simple to complex.

Even if a spontaneously chosen fairy tale turned out to be suitable, then for progress in learning English to occur, it is not enough just to read it fluently.

It would be much better to work through this fairy tale as much as possible, to sort out all the subtleties, but it is worth remembering that children’s patience is not limitless and this process should not tire the child and introduce discomfort into the learning process.

To do this, you need to correctly build a work scheme:

Do not rush! It is very important for children that everything is clear; if necessary, then you need to make bright accents on the main thing.
Prepare your child for work so that he is not distracted and can concentrate as much as possible.
Removing barriers: linguistic and linguocultural studies.
Perception of a fairy tale at the stage of initial reading. It is very important that children can highlight the main thing and learn more than half of the total volume.
Monitoring understanding of the main content. You should make sure that the children really understood what was stated in the fairy tale, and did not just listen or read mindlessly.
Re-reading(if necessary).
Learning or improving language and speaking skills. You should discuss details with the children, for example, the appearance of the main character, or try to reproduce the dialogue between the characters.

Working in this way with English fairy tales for children, positive dynamics will very soon be visible. The child will receive positive emotions from such activities and will be happy to learn everything new and unknown to him.

Russian fairy tales with translation into English

There is nothing better than listening/reading a fairy tale in English that you know and understand well in Russian. A high-quality translation of fairy tales is available on the website http://mir-skazok.net/category/russkie-skazki or http://nota.triwe.net/children/tales/tales.htm.

In the world of fairy tales, there are fairy tales with identical plots in two languages, and there are texts of original Russian fairy tales specially translated and processed by specialists. Both are ideal for learning English.

Advantages of this type of fairy tale:

Intuition works well. Children know the plot well, so it is easier for them to understand what is currently being said in a fairy tale, even if they do not know some words, expressions or phrases.
It is always possible to compare the English version of a word or expression and its Russian equivalent. Children should not spend a lot of time looking for translations in dictionaries, but just remember this moment in a Russian fairy tale.
Knowledge of Russian folklore, traditions and customs, which are undoubtedly woven into the text.

English fairy tales with translation into Russian

The idea and meaning that is put into fairy tales, in fact, is the same all over the world; as a rule, it is the struggle between good and evil, cultivating kindness and compassion for one’s neighbor, ridiculing laziness, etc.

That is why children easily perceive fairy tales from different countries and English fairy tales are no exception. If you try and remember various Russian fairy tales, you will probably be able to find something with a similar storyline.

English fairy tales translated into Russian have their advantages:

The initial level of knowledge of the English language does not allow one to master complex English texts, Therefore, it is necessary to repeatedly resort to translation into Russian.
A good way to replenish your vocabulary with English idioms, phraseological units and set phrases, which are usually present in fairy tales in large quantities. At the same time, you immediately have the opportunity to get acquainted with the Russian equivalent.
Getting to know English traditions and rules of life.

Interesting English fairy tales for children are presented on the website http://en-land.ru/skazki, children get great pleasure from reading them.

Animated fairy tales in English

Unfortunately, animated fairy tales are not very popular, and for good reason. To better assimilate the material, it is necessary to use as many human abilities and feelings as possible.

This works very well when working with animated fairy tales.

The child sees a book in front of him, he can look at the pictures that tell him the plot of the fairy tale.

Thus:

Different organs work at the same time responsible for the perception of information.
Child practicing reading skills with the correct intonation.
Listening skills are trained and perception of English speech.
Enjoys looking at bright colorful pages, which evenly replace one another.

A good collection of animated fairy tales is presented here http://englishon-line.ru/audirovanie-skaski.html, each child will be able to choose what he likes.

Audio fairy tales for children in English online

Audio tales in English are most often designed for a higher level of knowledge of the language and are suitable for those who already know something, and not just getting acquainted with the language.

Listening to fairy tales is very useful, because it is through the organs of hearing that a person is able to receive the lion's share of information about the world. It is listening comprehension that causes the biggest problem for many when learning English, and fairy tales can lower this barrier.

Probably the main advantage of this kind of fairy tales is that there are a huge number of them on the Internet, for example, http://detkam.e-papa.ru/mp/22/ or http://audiobaby.net/audioskazki-na-anglijskom- jazyke.

In the modern world, even children spend a lot of time online, so why not captivate them by listening to fairy tales, and thus combine business with pleasure. After all, it is scientifically proven that even in the background, speaking English has a beneficial effect on learning this complex language.

Video tales in English online

Which child doesn't like watching cartoons? Absolutely everyone loves them! On the Internet you can find a huge number of different cartoons in the public domain, but not all of them are useful for children to watch.

Children receive no less positive charge and pleasure from this, but at the same time, sometimes without knowing it, they are immersed in a learning environment.

This ease and non-standard approach to learning brings excellent results:

Children are interested and are looking forward to the continuation, the motivation is enormous.
A huge amount is remembered lexical material.
Speech perception improves aurally.
Children learn to concentrate for long periods of time become diligent.

Once upon a time there was a boy whose name was Jack. He lived with a dog, a cat, a donkey and a cockerel. Jack liked to watch cartoons on TV very much and very often he forgot to feed his pets. So they were sad.

When the dog was hungry he came up to Jack and said: "Bow-wow, I`m hungry, I want some meat." Jack answered: "Go away. I want to watch cartoons."

When the cat was hungry he came up to Jack and said: "Meow, I'm hungry, I want some milk." Jack answered: "Go away. I want to watch cartoons."

When the cock was hungry he came up to Jack and said: "Cock-a-doodle-doo, I`m hungry, I want some corn." Jack answered: "Go away. I want to watch cartoons."

When the donkey was hungry he came up to Jack and said: "Hee-haw, I`m hungry, I want some grass." Jack answered: "Go away. I want to watch cartoons."

One day there was a great storm at night. There roof was on fire. The dog, the cat, the cock and the donkey got up and ran to Jack's room. The dog began to bark, the cat began to mew, the donkey began to bray and the cockerel sat on Jack`s head and said: "Cock-a-doodle-doo! Get up quickly, get up quickly!"

Jack got up, opened the door and they ran out. The heavy rain stopped the fire. Everybody was happy and Jack was happy too.

He never forgets to feed his pets now. They don`t have a TV-set any more but live friendly and happily together.

Translation:

Once upon a time there lived a boy named Jack. A dog, a cat, a donkey and a cockerel lived with him. Jack loved watching cartoons on TV and often forgot to feed his pets. That's why they were sad.

When the dog was hungry, she came up to Jack and said: "Woof, woof. I'm hungry, I want meat." Jack replied: "Go away. I want to watch cartoons."

When the cat was hungry, she came up to Jack and said: “Meow, meow. I’m hungry, I want milk.” Jack replied: "Go away. I want to watch cartoons."

When the cockerel was hungry, he came up to Jack and said: "Ku-ka-re-ku. I'm hungry, I want grains." Jack replied: "Go away. I want to watch cartoons."

When the donkey was hungry, he came up to Jack and said: “Eh-ah. I’m hungry, I want some grass.” Jack replied: "Go away. I want to watch cartoons."

One night there was a strong thunderstorm. The roof of the house caught fire. The dog, cat, cockerel and donkey ran into Jack's room. The dog began to bark, the cat began to meow, the donkey began to bray, and the cockerel sat on Jack’s head and said: “Ku-ka-re-ku! Wake up quickly, wake up quickly!”

Jack woke up, opened the door, and they all ran out into the street. Heavy rain put out the fire. Everyone was happy and Jack was happy too.

Now he never forgets to feed his pets. They no longer have a TV, but they live together and happily.

Konovalova Ksenia