Ivan Andreevich Krylov is a beloved writer, his fables are "the property of the people, they constitute the book of the wisdom of the people themselves."
Ivan Andreevich's fables are short and long, understandable and with a complex meaning, mainly intended for an adult audience. But the little reader also does not plan to stay away and wants to know the fables of the great grandfather Krylov.
Krylov's children's fables are written with an amazing sense of humor. They do not contain harsh moralizing, but only briefly underlined truths, which will not hurt anyone, including children, to know.
The works of Ivan Andreevich are a school of life. What is good and what is bad, children will understand by reading such fables as "Dragonfly and Ant", "Swan, Pike and Cancer", "Crow and Fox", "Elephant and Pug", "Quartet", "Monkey and Glasses" .
monkey and glasses
The monkey has become weak in his eyes in old age;
And she heard people
That this evil is not yet so big of a hand:
You just need to get glasses.
She got half a dozen glasses for herself;
Twirls his glasses this way and that:
Now he will press them to the crown, then he will string them on the tail,
Now he sniffs them, then he licks them;
The glasses don't work at all.
"Ugh abyss! - she says, - and that fool,
Who listens to all people's lies;
Everything about Points was just lied to me;
And there is no use for a hair in them.
The monkey is here with annoyance and sadness
O stone so sufficed them,
That only the spray sparkled.
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Unfortunately, the same thing happens to people:
No matter how useful a thing is, without knowing the price,
The ignoramus about her tends to get worse;
And if the ignorant is more knowledgeable,
So he keeps pushing her.
Dragonfly and Ant
Jumper Dragonfly
Summer sang red;
Didn't have time to look back
As winter rolls in the eyes.
The field is dead;
There are no more bright days,
As under each leaf
Both the table and the house were ready.
Everything is gone: with a cold winter
Need, hunger comes;
The dragonfly no longer sings:
And who will come to mind
On the stomach to sing hungry!
Evil melancholy dejected,
She crawls to the Ant:
"Don't leave me, dear godfather!
Give me the strength to gather
And until spring only days
Feed and warm!" -
“Gossip, this is strange to me:
Did you work during the summer? -
Ant tells her.
“Before that, my dear, was it?
In soft ants we have
Songs, playfulness every hour,
So it made my head spin." -
“Ah, so you ...” - “I am without a soul
The whole summer she sang. -
"Did you sing along? this business:
So come on, dance!”
Swan, Pike and Cancer
When there is no agreement among comrades,
Their business will not go well,
And nothing will come out of it, only flour.
Once a Swan, Cancer and Pike
Carried with luggage, a cart came from
And together the three all harnessed themselves to it;
They are climbing out of their skin, but the cart is still not moving!
The luggage would have seemed easy for them:
Yes, the Swan breaks into the clouds,
Cancer moves back, and Pike pulls into the water.
Who is to blame among them, who is right - it is not for us to judge;
Yes, only things are still there.
A Crow and a fox
How many times have they told the world
That flattery is vile, harmful; but it's not all right,
And in the heart the flatterer will always find a corner.
Somewhere a god sent a piece of cheese to a crow;
Crow perched on the spruce,
I was quite ready to have breakfast,
Yes, I thought about it, but I kept the cheese in my mouth.
The Fox ran close to that misfortune;
Suddenly, the cheese spirit stopped Lisa:
The fox sees the cheese, the fox is captivated by the cheese.
The cheat approaches the tree on tiptoe;
He wags his tail, does not take his eyes off the Crow
And he says so sweetly, breathing a little:
"Darling, how pretty!
Well, what a neck, what eyes!
To tell, so, right, fairy tales!
What feathers! what a sock!
And, of course, there must be an angelic voice!
Sing, little one, don't be ashamed! What if, sister,
With such beauty, you are a master of singing, -
After all, you would be our king bird!
Veshunin's head was spinning with praise,
From joy in the goiter breath stole, -
And to Lisitsy's friendly words
The crow croaked at the top of its crow's throat:
Cheese fell out - with him there was a cheat.
Elephant and Pug
They drove the Elephant through the streets,
As you can see for show -
It is known that Elephants are a curiosity with us -
So crowds of onlookers followed the Elephant.
No matter how you take it, meet Moska them.
Seeing the Elephant, well, rush at him,
And bark, and squeal, and tear,
Well, just get into a fight with him.
“Neighbour, stop being ashamed”,
The mongrel says to her: “Do you want to mess with the Elephant?
Look, you are already wheezing, and he goes to himself
Forward
And he does not notice your barking at all.
"Eh, eh!" Moska answers her:
"That's what gives me and spirit,
What am I, without a fight at all,
I can get into big bullies.
Let the dogs say:
“Ay, Pug! know she's strong
What barks at the Elephant!
Quartet
naughty monkey,
Donkey,
Goat,
Yes, clubfoot Mishka
They decided to play a quartet.
Got notes, bass, viola, two violins
And they sat down on the meadow under the limes, -
Captivate the world with your art.
They hit the bows, they tear, but there is no sense.
“Stop, brothers, stop! - shouts Monkey. - Wait!
How does the music go? You don't sit like that.
You are with the bass, Mishenka, sit down against the viola,
I, prima, will sit against the second;
Then the music will go wrong:
We will dance the forest and mountains!”
They sat down, began the Quartet;
He still doesn't get along.
“Wait, I found the secret! -
The Donkey shouts, - we, surely, will get along,
Let's sit next to each other."
They obeyed the Donkey: they sat down decorously in a row;
And yet the Quartet is not going well.
Here, more than ever, their analysis went
And disputes
Who and how to sit.
It happened to the Nightingale to fly to their noise.
Here with a request all to him, to solve their doubts.
“Perhaps,” they say, “take patience for an hour,
To put our Quartet in order:
And we have notes, and we have instruments,
Just tell us how to sit down! -
“To be a musician, you need the ability
And your ears are softer, -
The Nightingale answers them, -
And you, friends, no matter how you sit down,
You're not good at being musicians."
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FOX AND LION
The fox was caught in the claws of a lion.
The cheat instantly found the words,
arrogantly declare,
What is she in the forest - to be held in high esteem,
Animals, they say, keep everyone in fear ...
And, suddenly, the lion does not know about it ?!
After all, whoever thinks to offend,
Retribution can not be avoided!
Already the hair on the mane stood up -
“We have seen such talkers.
At liars - spit in the eyes - dew!
Cunning everything, old fox!”
“Well, if you don’t believe me, make sure.
Walk through the forest with me
Not even a formidable roar is needed,
All the animals will scatter in an instant!
And here in the forest a lion with a fox
(This won't even happen)
They go like close friends.
Animals fled in fear
And the birds, in flocks that strayed -
It's time to fly over the seas!
The lion hesitated, however.
“The fox does not lie. And how to be here
After all, they all fled - out of fear ?!
Perhaps I should be friends with a fox!
But the truth of the story is...
They were not afraid of the fox, but of the lion!
CAT AND LION
What will not meet in fate ...
Walked on my own
Suddenly meeting on a forest path
Lion kitten, somehow, a cat.
Haven't learned to be angry yet
Having told, the lion cub, that the lioness mother
Hunters killed in a fight
He began to cry bitterly like a child.
It seemed like a little more
A cat is crying with a lion cub.
Listening with bated breath
Took in a child...
It's time to become a formidable lion.
There is not enough food for such an animal!
I wasn't fed up with what I had...
The lion decided to eat the mother cat.
Ready, it was already, and attack,
The cat climbed up the tree.
The lion, no matter how hard he tried to climb,
And, evil - remained under the tree.
“What happened all of a sudden?
You taught me a lot.
On a tree, did not show the lion -
Him to climb himself!”
“You are a lion, the master of all animals.
But, strong - my Angel, Guardian!
What can "on the chest of a snake"
I didn’t teach that!”
TWO MACAKES
Barely knowing the bliss of a moment,
Don't be in a hurry to teach others
Hurrying to give advice,
Find out if they are needed.
Morality is as old as the world, however.
Reminds us of her story
About how the first time macaque
I ate a ripe pineapple...
Delight knew no bounds!
It seemed that all dreams came true!
Grandfather decided to surprise me with this:
“Try, grandfather, and you!”
But the grandfather, waking up, got angry:
“Who wakes up the old ones in the morning?!
I was born with pineapples!
I'll die with pineapples! ..
Now, if sweet youth
You can bring grandfather -
And I don't think it's stupid
And you - wake me up ... Wake up!
OWL, FOX AND Hedgehog
The fox gave advice to the hedgehog:
"Listen to what I tell you,
Thorns are no longer in fashion,
That a fur coat in the heat is not according to the weather!
Would you go to the hairdresser
And asked him to shave
Your unfashionable needles
About which only - bad talk.
Let him cut his hair "under the turtle" ...
You will see how everyone around gasps!”
The hedgehog rushed from the forest to the city,
Ashamed of being left behind.
He rarely heard advice,
When I suddenly met an owl,
I asked her if the fox was right -
Thorns, they say, are they out of fashion?
The owl answered: "You yourself,
In appearance, the animal is not stupid, like,
In the world, tea, lived a lot.
You look, and you will live far ...
When you go to the hairdresser
Ask to refresh
He, after a haircut, all lotion -
Carrot, apple, honey…”
“Why should I be so honored?”
- "So that everything is tastier ... the fox to eat!"
TWO BADGERS
"If the friendship is over,
it means it ... was not!
Proverb
I suddenly saw a badger from the mountain -
From his own hole
A close friend came out with luggage
(Considered until now).
And how then, not feeling the legs,
With luggage quickly ran.
And he could also see
How a grief-friend fell into a trap ...
The thief began to scream loudly.
Well, you need to save a friend!
Forgiving a friend for a trick,
Thus helped two friends!
If you hold grudges against your friends,
What will we leave for the enemies?
WOLF AND FOX
Stole a red cheat
The man has a basket deftly,
That was full of fish.
I was about to eat it all by myself
She's been salivating,
When suddenly a wolf appeared before her,
(Koi knew a lot about fish).
“And how and what did you catch?”
“I only lowered my tail into the hole,
The basket was already full!
"Blimey! the wolf thought
As soon as the advice of the fox fell silent -
She doesn’t feel sorry for her tail!!!”
So the truth, gray, without recognizing
Having torn off the tail of the cheat,
Rushed to the pond ... fishing ...
If only the cheat shared,
You look, the tail would not have been lost!
hedgehog and fox
According to Plutarch*
The fox argued with the hedgehog.
Probably not a controversy
That boasting that only with a snake,
Compare tricks, match her!
And, as a diligent student,
Spreading his ears, he listened to the hedgehog.
Envying, his head drooped ...
“Oh, I would like that too!” And well:
Though the fox managed to manage
A trick to bypass the trap,
The hunter who followed
He threw a net on the cheat.
Only the nose saw the animal,
Anticipating your new catch -
“Come on - into the network! .. And who is that,
Well, I'll figure it out for sure!
The hedgehog curled up in fear,
What did not let the "student" down:
The hunter could not catch
And ... cursed the cactus-animal ...
What morality to be - I don’t know ...
One trick, but - WHAT-A-Y!!!
* Plutarch of Chaeronea (ancient Greek Πλούταρχος) (c. 45 - c. 127) -
Greek philosopher, biographer, moralist.
LION AND JACKAL
It is not enough for a jackal to be a jackal!
He would, jackal, be more modest.
An, no! I wanted fame to go
About him in the desert among the animals.
He decided to the lion, for the sake of vanity,
(Any animal - do not dream),
Say to pay attention:
“Well, you fight with me!”
The lion looked lazily, sleepily.
I couldn't understand it at all.
What disturbs - in his bosom!
Closing his eyes, he went to sleep.
The tongue of the jackal is long.
Again the lion's peace was disturbed:
“I will tell all the animals in the desert,
That the lion was afraid to fight with me!
“These speeches disturb my sleep!
Let the wind blow through the desert
How the lion suddenly turned out to be a coward,
Why, the king of beasts - he fought with a jackal!
LAZY BOA
Bathed in the sun tangerines
The long boa constrictor slept under them ...
It's time for the boa constrictor to start.
"Just reach out!" they shout at him.
Well, the snake had one goal -
Cut minutes for sleep.
He lazily swallowed the aphids -
“Perhaps I’ll sleep more!”
Thus was born a joke about laziness,
(Is she related to you?)
There is always a minute
To kill an hour, another!
WOLF AND MULE
According to Aesop
Not a wolf, but only pitiful "relics" ...
A little more and the wind blew away ...
I suddenly saw how near the grove
A mule grazes on the lawn ...
“... What breed do you belong to?
You are not a cow and you are not an ox!
You graze like a mare,
But at the same time - you're like a donkey!
The mule answered, breathing in through his nostrils:
"I've been an orphan since I was little...
Who am I by name - I do not know
But the name is not a secret at all ...
Look at the back hooves
(To you, we will not lie with them):
On them, (already washed in the river),
You will also read my name!
So bypassing the mule to the left,
The hungry wolf went to read ... (?)
There are "powers" - and without the wind it "blew away" ...
For kilometers, like, five ...
“Toli is a fool?! Tol - tired?!
Fool - and only! Wonders!!!" --
She exclaimed in surprise,
All watching, fox ...
It was given to the rogue to know
That this wolf... COULD NOT READ!
BRAVE HUNTER
The hunter decided to look for the lion's footprint.
And only lit up the dew with rays,
The hunter is already looking for a lion's footprint in the forest.
And somewhere in the evening, wearily crouching,
I saw a woodcutter walking through the clearing.
He called out: “Have you seen the lion's footprint?
In search of him, I went out into the forest a little light.
In response, they heard: “There is no need for a trace, believe me.
I am ready to show you where the beast itself is!
But the brave hunter, adjusting his sling,
He said: “Not a lion, but only a trace I am looking for!”
There lived a brave hunter - he is not braver!
That hunter decided to find the lion's trail...
OWL AND WOLF
Roamed the forest in search of animals,
Though well-fed, but terribly angry
Lone wolf (the world has not seen evil),
Not knowing where he will find peace.
I almost bit off a hare's paw,
And the squirrel was almost bitten ...
The whole anthill with paws in an armful
Without regret from the cliff - down.
What did the well-fed seem to lack?
To this question, the wolf said to the owl:
“I am my anger, if I already got it,
I decided to pluck the beast on everything!
Owl, yawning (since it only naps during the day):
“I hear somewhere on the right, there, in the bushes,
It must have been a living movement.
To know someone is hiding their fear from you!”
How I rushed into the bushes - it's not interesting,
But from the bushes - a battered wolf himself ...
“Who did this to me is not known,
But that anger, no matter how it happened ... Sense!
What was the secret, since she indicated, knowing? -
“To break evil on the weak, go, not ah!
There is no secret, but the truth is only this:
The bear took all the anger out of you in the bushes!”
Morality is not the one where among the sheep
The tail dissolves well done ...
In defense of the weak, remember us
That he himself is weak in front of someone!
(And, since someone's anger could "get it" -
On the strong, everything is more reliable, pluck!)
PARABLE OF TWO WOLVES
Between Truth and Falsehood
Known only to one
What is the opportunity for?
Make your own choice!
An Indian shared with his grandson
One ancient truth.
Granddaughter strove for knowledge
And ... to wisdom, as such.
Grandfather told that in a man -
The fight of hardened two wolves.
One - for kindness in the world,
The other is for the kingdom of sins!
Barely, for a while, they will scatter,
How they cling to each other again.
One - to serve revenge on a saucer,
The other is for peace and love!
Grandson, listening spellbound,
I felt for the story.
Asked a question casually -
"Which wolf wins?"
Satisfied with this question,
And with wise cunning in the eyes,
(Grandfather told, you see, not just
The story of two wolves
“Well, if you asked a question, then listen:
To be undefeated -
Only wolves want to eat
Whom do you choose to feed!
See you soon!
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Fox cub and owl
Vladimir ShebzukhovClinging to the malicious burdock,
When the road passed
The fox cub was angry, it’s not easy to know,
Kohl barked with all his might.Forest bird at the fox
Asked if you need advice?
Lai did not give, (and he was loud)
Quite often, sleep owl!"Well, if it's not hard to give you
Owl's wise advice,
You see, he will help to avoid
Prickly, everyday troubles!"You can't, admit it to yourself,
Defeat these thorns
Going on the road, try
Bypass them!Forget about prickly troubles
If you go around them once, twice ...
You will give advice
When will you appreciate my advice!The owl is right, I was convinced of that
Little fox, because the advice helped ...Malicious burdock, no matter how angry,
From anger and longing ... withered!Answered:
August 8th, 2014 at 23:09Hi! Something already repeating!? This verse has already been published before.
Vladimir Shebzukhov
Irisha… I don’t remember.. I don’t think I sent it.. look what a charm (there are amazing illustrations for it, I’m sending it)
COANY HUNTER
A cowardly hunter came across a lair.
In the eyes (unforeseen), instantly fright.
The teddy bear was sitting alone at the threshold,
He looked around with interest.The hunter, with fear, turned to him:
“Are you at home, mom?” Suddenly, timidly - “No!”.
Pleasant, cowardly, surprised again,
Hearing about dad, the same answer.“Well, then, beast, do not expect mercy!
For a long time I dreamed of going out on a bear!
Anyone wishing for such an arrangement,
When the bear itself appeared before you!The baby cried, he did not understand many words,
But, the smell of danger - for sure!
There was also a cry, out of habit, involuntarily ...
The whole forest trembled from him - "Grandma-ah-ah-ah!!!"Not everyone can become a hero
Able to offend the weak!Answered:
December 3rd, 2013 at 21:49@Vladimir, there was no such poem yet. This entry is about the "Brave Hunter" And, by the way, look at the picture of him
Vladimir Shebzukhov Answered:
December 3rd, 2013 at 21:54@Irina, A.. yes yes yes ... how do you like this hunter? .. cool yes?
Vladimir Shebzukhov Answered:
December 3rd, 2013 at 22:01@Irina,
The most interesting thing .. The brave hunter is written according to Aesop ... there I also have a moral (this is a fable)
That's the talker (if the tongue is without bones),
Only right in words - he is not a braggart at all!
And touch things, surprise people with them,
Find the reason. After all, that's what ... talker!
…………..
But when morality was not written .. we performed at school and there was a joke among high school students when I read it .. now with morality, an adult fable .. and without, for children (smile smile)Answered:
December 3rd, 2013 at 22:07@Vladimir, I agree 200%. You almost agree (about morality) and adults may not understand
And emoticons can be put in a comment by clicking on one of them at the bottom of the comment fieldVladimir Shebzukhov Answered:
December 3rd, 2013 at 22:13@Irina, I have a psychological trick ... sometimes I write deliberately (smile smile)
Anna Kotsaba
The fables made me very happy, I generally like Vladimir's writing style! Anna Kotsaba invites you to visit and offers to read the post Dolphinarium and its artists
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July 5th, 2013 at 19:46@Anna Kotsaba, Thank you, Anechka .. in the adult collection of fables, the FOX AND THE LION have such a moral
Falling asleep under the whisper of this fairy tale,
Children dream of benefits from friendship.
A fairy tale is useful for adults
Not to be confused: with the boss ... a shadow!Iryna
Irisha! Wonderful illustrations for Vladimir's wonderful fables! I didn’t know that you also have such a wonderful godmother too! Iryna invites you to visit and invites you to read the post Kiwi Ice Cream - Cooking at Home
Wladlena
Wonderful stories and illustrations! It's just a treasure trove for parents with children. Thank you for your hard work.
Wladlena invites you to visit and invites you to read the post Useful tips for tourists - choosing a tour operator, part 1Vladimir Shebzukhov Answered:
July 5th, 2013 at 04:31 pm@Wladlena,
I don’t even know who exactly to respond to the reviews, I can thank everyone for the reviews in the person of the author of the comment ... Happiness for the writer is the recognition of readers! Because we write something for people. With the acquisition of the Internet, I completely lost the desire to publish! I stayed in Moscow only one bookstore, where my Fables and Rubais are still lying. And I have enough books in the foyer for sale at my performances in the musical life of Moscow.
It may be interesting how I became a fabulist ... I started with quatrains - switched to rubaiyat, then wrote and published a collection of Anecdotes from different countries and peoples in verse. A year before the departure of the Great Artist Yu.V. Nikulin gave him, for which he praised me for such an unusual folklore work (jokes are composed by the people). Further, literary friends brought me the works of Aesop, and said that more than half of his works were not written in verse .. So the collection of Fables according to Aesop came out.
And now look what happens ... if you add morality to the joke (and it was already ready in my numerous ruby-quatrains), then it turns out to be a fable (hence the reader’s smile and serious thoughts at the end) and also, if you come up with a plot for ready-made ruby - also a fable!
I was smiled in the comment - such a word “storehouse”, about two years ago on one site they also wrote this = “Your work is an inexhaustible storehouse of wisdom, dear author, I’m just reading it out!” Summer makeup tips from NSP Vladimir Shebzukhov Answered (a):
July 5th, 2013 at 04:33 pm@Elena Kartavtseva,
Well .. "mother-Elena", we ourselves are glad and grateful to you !!!Elena Kartavtseva Answered:
July 5th, 2013 at 20:41@Vladimir, you have no idea how glad I am that you and Irochka “sang together”. I have a golden rule not to leave any question unanswered, and if there is an opportunity to help or provide assistance, even more so. When the offer came from you, I couldn't brush it off. The topic of children's poems didn't suit my theme of the site, but I have a wonderful virtual friend - Irina. She is well done for accepting your proposal, and it “spun” ... .. Continued success in your work! Elena Kartavtseva invites you to visit and invites you to read the post Men's problems: prostate inflammation. Prevention
Vladimir Shebzukhov Answered:
July 5th, 2013 at 23:05@Elena Kartavtseva, Spaiiiiiiiiiibo, Lenochka .. this is a very good human trait - do not leave requests aside! I am just as “restless”!
Vladimir Shebzukhov
they just brought me from the performance .. turn on the computer .. and on you ... Irisha is like those bees under "add a comment" Not to mention her exquisite taste (illustrations and construction of poems) Irina-a deep bow to you from me, the author !!! Even no words .. well, todas are my gentle, fraternal Chelomki !!!
The fable was a LAZY BOA ...
Zoya Answered:
July 5th, 2013 at 23:12@Vladimir Shebzukhov,
Vladimir, this is wonderful. I like children who read extracurricular literature outside the curriculum. and share their knowledge with classmates.
I also remember that I read a fable about a lion and a fox a very long time ago, but I don’t remember where.
Compilation, preface, notes and explanations by V.P. Anikina
Artists S. Bordyug and N. Trepenok
Russian genius
Twenty-year-old Ivan Andreevich Krylov, still a little-known writer, published his first fables in 1788, without a signature, in the St. Petersburg magazine Morning Hours. And he published the first book of fables years later - only in 1809. Not without success, having worked in various types of creativity, Krylov realized that the fable genre was most successful for him. The fable became an almost exclusive genre of his work. And soon the glory of a first-class author came to the writer.
The artistic gift of Krylov the fabulist was fully revealed when he combined his extensive knowledge in the field of ancient and new European literatures with the realization that the type of creativity he had chosen by nature belongs to the kind of creativity in which folk morality is expressed. This morality, for example, is revealed in Russian fairy tales about animals, in proverbs, in teachings - in general, in peasant fables. In Russia, an intricate story has long been called fable. "Fables-fairy tales" are inseparable from the living conduct of a story-fiction, flavored with a joke, a lesson. This was not understood for a long time by many of Krylov's predecessors, who failed because they did not realize that the fable is inseparable from the spoken language. Thus, the hard-working philologist known in the 18th century, a member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences V.K. Tredyakovsky (1703-1768), long before Krylov, published a retelling of several "Aesopian fables". Among them was the fable "The Wolf and the Crane". Its plot is the same as that of Krylov, but in the presentation of the fable, almost everything is alien to colloquial speech.
A wolf choked on a sharp bone on a certain day.
So that he was not able to howl, but he became all in a stump.
For that, he hired a crane at a price,
To extract the nose from the throat with longitude.
Tredyakovsky guessed that the fable story should be told in a folk way, and it was not by chance that he introduced into his translation some colloquial words and expressions (although not without distortion): remained heavy, bookish. Compare with Tredyakovsky's translation of Krylov's fable:
That wolves are greedy, everyone knows:
Wolf, eaten, never
Doesn't understand bones.
For something on one of them trouble came:
He nearly choked on a bone.
The wolf can't neither gasp nor breathe;
It's time to stretch your legs!
The whole system of presentation is light, elegant, understandable to any Russian person! This is our living speech. Krylov followed the intonation of the oral story; in the fable story there is not even a shadow of any kind of artificiality.
The famous philologist of the 20th century, Viktor Vladimirovich Vinogradov, specially studied the language and style of Krylov's fables and noted dozens of folk proverbs in them. The scientist gave a long list of proverbs and sayings that the fabulist used, called them "semantic bonds", that is, connections that give the presentation of a fable story a semantic unity. Here are some of them: “The family is not without its black sheep” (“Elephant in the Voivodeship”), “Though the eye sees, but the tooth is dumb” (“The Fox and the Grapes”), “Poverty is not a vice” (“The Farmer and the Shoemaker”), “From the fire to the frying pan” (“The Lady and the Two Servants”), “Do not spit in the well - it will come in handy to drink water” (“The Lion and the Mouse”) and dozens of others. The fabulist relied on the usual designations in our language and comparisons of animals and birds with people: a crow is a prophetic, but greedy for flattery, a stubborn donkey, a cunning fox, a strong but stupid bear, a cowardly hare, a dangerous snake, etc. And they act like people. Proverbs and sayings, proverbs and allegory words included in fables received development and semantic clarifications from Krylov.
Krylov's primacy among fabulists is preserved to this day. And in our time, his fables captivate readers. He is put on a par with the greatest artists of all times and peoples. No one is surprised that he is compared with the ancient Greek Aesop, with other world-famous fabulists. But most of all he is appreciated in Russia as an artist who expressed the common sense and mind of our people.
V.P. AnikinA Crow and a fox
How many times have they told the world
That flattery is vile, harmful; but it's not all right,
And in the heart the flatterer will always find a corner.
Somewhere a god sent a piece of cheese to a crow;
Crow perched on the spruce,
To have breakfast, it was quite ready,
Yes, I thought about it, but I kept the cheese in my mouth.
The Fox ran close to that misfortune;
Suddenly, the cheese spirit stopped Lisa:
The fox sees the cheese, - the fox was captivated by the cheese.
The cheat approaches the tree on tiptoe;
He wags his tail, does not take his eyes off the Crow,
And he says so sweetly, breathing a little:
"Darling, how pretty!
Well, what a neck, what eyes!
To tell, so, right, fairy tales!
What feathers! what a sock!
Sing, little one, don't be ashamed! What if, sister,
With such beauty, and you are a master of singing,
After all, you would be our king bird!
Veshunin's head was spinning with praise,
From joy in the goiter breath stole, -
And to the friendly fox words
The crow croaked at the top of its crow's throat:
Cheese fell out - with him there was a cheat.
Oak and Cane
With the Reed, the Oak once entered into speech.
“Verily, you have the right to grumble against nature,”
He said: “Sparrow, and that one is hard for you.
A little light breeze will ripple the water,
You will stagger, you will begin to weaken
And so you bend down lonely,
What a pity to look at you.
Meanwhile, on a par with the Caucasus, proudly,
Not only do I block the rays of the sun,
But, laughing at both whirlwinds and thunderstorms,
I stand firm and straight
The Fables for Children section presents the best fables of famous fabulists (short fables in prose, fables in verse), which will be interesting for joint reading and discussion with children.
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The title of the first Russian fabulist rightfully belongs to Ivan Andreevich Krylov. For children, he wrote about 200 fables. Only Krylov, in a joking manner, could easily expose the shortcomings of people. The language of the fables is close to colloquial, so they are easy to remember, many expressions from Krylov's fables have become aphorisms and are widely used by writers, journalists, and have entered colloquial speech. Everyday live scenes, animal characters, laconic morality, subtle humor make Krylov's fables favorite works of adults and children. And the children really like to stage Krylov's fables.
The fables in Leo Tolstoy's prose are the author's adaptation of Aesop's popular fables. But Tolstoy's talent as a writer made small masterpieces of wisdom out of well-known plots, instructive stories that teach young readers lessons of mutual assistance and mercy, warn against arrogance, ignorance, greed, meanness, laziness.
Precisely because the poems of Sergei Mikhalkov are very loved by kids, are easy to remember, written in a simple, accessible language for children, and the images are bright and understandable for children's perception, Mikhalkov's fables also attract children. After all, each of them is a small instructive story, where Good and Evil are on the scales. Help your child with the help of amazing short fables with morals to comprehend wise life truths. Read for yourself, encourage children to read. Let many valuable discoveries help you and your children to make the best fables of famous fabulists. And their wisdom will teach children not only to see vices and virtues, but also to understand people, find the right decisions in life, and defend their point of view.
Legendary information, a collection of 400 fables and the artistic language of allegory, which was called the "Aesopian language" - this is what constitutes the legacy of the ancient Greek fabulist Aesop, who lived in the middle of the 6th century BC. It is he who is considered the creator of the fable genre. Xanthus, the owner of the obstinate slave, who composed witty moralizing stories, set him free. Aesop's name stuck with the fable genre. And the plots of his fables are often found in famous fabulists, so it is useful to introduce children to his best fables. By the way, many fabulists borrowed from Aesop the plot of his fable “The Wolf and the Lamb”: Phaedrus, Babriy, Krylov, Tolstoy. Aesop's fables can be read at any age.
In his fables, La Fontaine, in the form of animals, shows the behavior of people in various life situations, condemning the human shortcomings and vices of the society contemporary to the author. In some of the author's fables, morality is absent, the reader must himself come to the truth, hidden by the author behind deep philosophical reasoning, witty irony or subtle humor. The wise fables of Lafontaine are very relevant today: they will teach teenagers to better understand people. La Fontaine's fables for children will also be useful in that many stories are taken by the author from ancient Greek mythology, Indian legends, and French folklore.
Children like short fables in verse more, they are easier to perceive because of their rhythm. But with great pleasure they will listen to fables in prose. And animal characters, which are a generalization of human qualities, are easily perceived by children, since they already have experience in communicating with animals - characters in fairy tales.
Fables serve as confirmation of the popular expression “Wisdom is never too much”. They absorbed folk wisdom, honed and cut by the talent of the great fabulists of many centuries and generations. A fable is one of the oldest literary genres, an epic work, poetic or prose, with a brief morality. The characters of the fable are animals, things, plants, people. Often, fables have an allegorical form. In the images of animals, the authors of fables ridicule human shortcomings and vices of society. Short fables with morals make the reader think about life's values.
It is impossible to find a person who does not like to read and listen to fables in verse or prose, does not remember the ignorant Monkey or the cunning Fox from Krylov's fables, the lazy Fly and the hard worker Bee, the Elephant-painter, the narcissistic Amanita from Mikhalkov's fables. In childhood, reading Krylov's fable "The Wolf and the Lamb", we treated the defenseless Lamb with compassion and indignantly at the impunity of the impudent Wolf. Rereading funny, laid-back stories, it is worth considering what educational potential they contain.
Both children and adults love to read and listen to fables. The texts of the fables are ancient. They appeared a very long time ago. In ancient Greece, for example, Aesop's fables were known in prose. The most prominent and sensational fables of modern times were the fables of Lafontaine. In Russian poetry, many fabulists have shown themselves, but the fables of Krylov, Tolstoy and Mikhalkov have become the most famous.
What is a fable and how does it differ from a fairy tale or a poem? The main difference between a fable and other literary genres is the moralizing and often even satirical nature of writing. Although the main characters of the fables are animals or even objects, the story is still about people, and their vices are ridiculed. And of course, an integral part of the fable is its moral. More often pronounced, written at the end of the fable, and sometimes veiled, but in any case understandable.
As for the origin of fables, there are only two concepts. The first of them is German, and the second is American. The German one says that fairy tales about animals were born from myths, from which, in turn, children's fables began to stand out separately, the basis of which was the text, and morality was already an addition unusual for a fairy tale. The American school believes that the moral of the fable is the basis, but the text of the fable for children is an addition that might not exist.
The fables that have survived to this day, with rare exceptions, represent animals as the main characters. For example, a fox or a wolf behave like people and talk like people. At the same time, one or more human vices are attributed to each animal, which are condemned. The usual cunning of a fox, the wisdom of an owl, the cunning of a snake and other virtues or vices. The characteristic features of people are often clearly traced.
Fables for children are also good because they are very small in size, they are read quickly, regardless of whether they are in verse or prose, and therefore they are perceived better. You will not have time to lose the thread, but perceive the meaning on the fly, often even children immediately understand the morality and all the conclusions. You can read more than one children's fable at a time, but several at once, but you shouldn't be zealous either - the child's interest will be lost and the meaning of reading will disappear.
Sometimes there are unique fables for children, which are always well-known, and whose heroes are so characteristic characters that their names are often used as common nouns. In this section, we collect the fables of the best authors, those who really brought something new to this genre and are recognized fabulists of world literature.
