Bastinda is an evil witch from the fairy tale The Wizard of the Emerald City. The evil fairy bastinda from the fairy tale "The Wizard of the Emerald City" Eugene Onegin - characterization of the hero

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Story: "The Wizard of the Emerald City"

THE LAST MAGIC OF BASTINDA

A green-bearded soldier led the travelers to the gates of the Emerald City. The gatekeeper took off everyone's glasses and put them in his bag.
Are you leaving us already? he asked politely.
“Yes, we have to go,” Ellie answered sadly. - Where does the road to the Purple Country begin?
“There is no road there,” said Faramant. “No one willingly goes to the country of the evil Bastinda.
– How do we find it?
"You won't have to worry about that," the gatekeeper exclaimed. – When you come to the Purple Country, Bastinda will find you herself and take you into slavery.
“Maybe we can deprive her of magical powers?” said the Scarecrow.
“Ah, you want to defeat Bastinda? So much the worse for you! No one has yet tried to fight with her except Goodwin, and even that one, - the guard of the gate lowered his voice. - Failed. She will try to capture you before you can do anything. Be careful! Bastinda is a very evil and skillful sorceress, and it is very difficult to deal with her. Go where the sun rises and you will enter her country. I wish you success!
The travelers said goodbye to Faramant and he closed the gates of the Emerald City behind them. Ellie turned east, the others followed her. Everyone was sad, knowing what a difficult task they had to do. Only the careless Totoshka was merrily running around the field and chasing large colorful butterflies: he believed in the strength of the Lion and the Tin Woodman and hoped for the ingenuity of the Straw Scarecrow.
Ellie looked at the dog and yelped in surprise as the ribbon around her neck turned from green to white.
- What does it mean? she asked her friends.
Everyone looked at each other, and the Scarecrow said sagely:
- Sorcery!
For lack of another explanation, everyone agreed with this and walked on. The Emerald City was disappearing into the distance. The country became deserted: travelers approached the possessions of the evil sorceress Bastinda.
Until noon, the sun shone directly into the travelers' eyes, blinding them, but they walked along a rocky plateau, and there was not a single tree to hide in the shade. By evening, Ellie was tired, and Lev had injured his paws and was limping.
We stopped for the night. The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman stood guard while the others fell asleep.
The evil Bastinda had only one eye, but she saw with it in such a way that there was no corner in the Purple Country that would have escaped her gaze.
Going out in the evening to sit on the porch, Bastinda looked around her possessions and shuddered with rage: far, far away, on the border of her possessions, she saw a little sleeping girl and her friends.
The sorceress blew her whistle. A pack of huge wolves with angry yellow eyes, with large fangs protruding from their gaping mouths, ran to Bastinda's palace. The wolves sat down on their hind legs and, breathing heavily, looked at Bastinda.
- Run west! There you will find a little girl who brazenly entered my country and her companions with her. Tear everyone to shreds!
Why don't you take them as slaves? asked the pack leader.
- The girl is weak. Her companions cannot work: one is stuffed with straw, the other is made of iron. And with them Leo, from whom also do not expect any sense.
This is how Bastinda saw it with her one eye.
The wolves took off.
- To shreds! To shreds! the sorceress squealed after her.
But the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman did not sleep. They noticed the approach of the wolves just in time.
"Let's wake up the Lion," said the Scarecrow.

“Don’t,” said the Tin Woodman. “It's my job to deal with the wolves. I'll arrange a good meeting for them!
And he stepped forward. When the leader ran up to the Tin Woodman, his red mouth wide open, the Woodman swung his sharpened ax - and the head of the wolf flew off. The wolves ran in file, one after the other; as soon as the next one rushed at the Tin Woodman, he was already ready with his ax raised up, and the head of the wolf fell to the ground.

Bastinda had forty fierce wolves, and forty times the Tin Woodman lifted his axe. And when he lifted it for the forty-first time, not a single wolf remained alive: they all lay at the feet of the Tin Woodman.
- Great fight! - the Scarecrow admired.
“Trees are harder to cut,” the Woodcutter replied modestly.
Friends waited for the morning. Waking up and seeing a bunch of dead wolves, Ellie got scared. The Scarecrow told about the night battle and the girl thanked the Tin Woodman with all her heart. After breakfast, the company boldly set off.
Old Bastinda liked to soak up her bed. She got up late and went out on the porch to ask the wolves how they killed the impudent travelers.
What was her anger when she saw that the travelers continued to walk, and the faithful wolves lay dead.
Bastinda whistled twice, and a flock of predatory crows with iron beaks swirled in the air. The sorceress shouted:
- Fly west! There are strangers! Peck them to death! Hurry! Hurry!
Crows with an evil croak rushed towards the travelers. Seeing them, Ellie was frightened. But the Scarecrow said:
- Dealing with these is my business! After all, it was not without reason that I was a scarecrow! Get behind me! - And he pulled his hat on his head, spread his arms wide and took on the appearance of a real scarecrow.
The crows were confused and discordantly spun in the air. But the leader of the pack croaked hoarsely:
- What are you afraid of? Scarecrow stuffed with straw! Now I'll ask him!

And the leader wanted to sit on the Scarecrow's head, but he caught him by the wing and instantly twisted his neck. Another crow rushed after her, and the Scarecrow twisted her neck too. The evil Bastinda had forty ravenous crows, and the brave Scarecrow twisted their necks and threw them into a heap.

The travelers thanked the Scarecrow for his resourcefulness and again moved east.
When Bastinda saw that her faithful crows were lying on the ground in a dead heap, the travelers undauntedly went forward, she was seized by both anger and fear.

A green-bearded soldier led the travelers to the gates of the Emerald City. The gatekeeper took off everyone's glasses and put them in his bag.

Are you leaving us already? he asked politely.

“Yes, we have to go,” Ellie answered sadly. - Where does the road to the Purple Country begin?

“There is no road there,” said Faramant. “No one willingly goes to the country of the evil Bastinda.

– How do we find it?

"You won't have to worry about that," the gatekeeper exclaimed. – When you come to the Purple Country, Bastinda will find you herself and take you into slavery.

“Maybe we can deprive her of magical powers?” said the Scarecrow.

“Ah, you want to defeat Bastinda? So much the worse for you! No one has yet tried to fight with her except Goodwin, and even that one, - the guard of the gate lowered his voice. - Failed. She will try to capture you before you can do anything. Be careful! Bastinda is a very evil and skillful sorceress, and it is very difficult to deal with her. Go where the sun rises and you will enter her country. I wish you success!

The travelers said goodbye to Faramant and he closed the gates of the Emerald City behind them. Ellie turned east, the others followed her. Everyone was sad, knowing what a difficult task they had to do. Only the careless Totoshka was merrily running around the field and chasing large colorful butterflies: he believed in the strength of the Lion and the Tin Woodman and hoped for the ingenuity of the Straw Scarecrow.

Ellie looked at the dog and yelped in surprise as the ribbon around her neck turned from green to white.

- What does it mean? she asked her friends.

Everyone looked at each other, and the Scarecrow said sagely:

- Sorcery!

For lack of another explanation, everyone agreed with this and walked on. The Emerald City was disappearing into the distance. The country became deserted: travelers approached the possessions of the evil sorceress Bastinda.

Until noon, the sun shone directly into the travelers' eyes, blinding them, but they walked along a rocky plateau, and there was not a single tree to hide in the shade. By evening, Ellie was tired, and Lev had injured his paws and was limping.

We stopped for the night. The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman stood guard while the others fell asleep.

The evil Bastinda had only one eye, but she saw with it in such a way that there was no corner in the Purple Country that would have escaped her gaze.

Going out in the evening to sit on the porch, Bastinda looked around her possessions and shuddered with rage: far, far away, on the border of her possessions, she saw a little sleeping girl and her friends.

The sorceress blew her whistle. A pack of huge wolves with angry yellow eyes, with large fangs protruding from their gaping mouths, ran to Bastinda's palace. The wolves sat down on their hind legs and, breathing heavily, looked at Bastinda.

- Run west! There you will find a little girl who brazenly entered my country and her companions with her. Tear everyone to shreds!

Why don't you take them as slaves? asked the pack leader.

- The girl is weak. Her companions cannot work: one is stuffed with straw, the other is made of iron. And with them Leo, from whom also do not expect any sense.

This is how Bastinda saw it with her one eye.

The wolves took off.

- To shreds! To shreds! the sorceress squealed after her.

But the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman did not sleep. They noticed the approach of the wolves just in time.

"Let's wake up the Lion," said the Scarecrow.

“Don’t,” said the Tin Woodman. “It's my job to deal with the wolves. I'll arrange a good meeting for them!

And he stepped forward. When the leader ran up to the Tin Woodman, his red mouth wide open, the Woodman swung his sharpened ax - and the head of the wolf flew off. The wolves ran in file, one after the other; as soon as the next one rushed at the Tin Woodman, he was already ready with his ax raised up, and the head of the wolf fell to the ground.

- Great fight! - the Scarecrow admired.

“Trees are harder to cut,” the Woodcutter replied modestly.

Friends waited for the morning. Waking up and seeing a bunch of dead wolves, Ellie got scared. The Scarecrow told about the night battle and the girl thanked the Tin Woodman with all her heart. After breakfast, the company boldly set off.

Old Bastinda liked to soak up her bed. She got up late and went out on the porch to ask the wolves how they killed the impudent travelers.

What was her anger when she saw that the travelers continued to walk, and the faithful wolves lay dead.

Bastinda whistled twice, and a flock of predatory crows with iron beaks swirled in the air. The sorceress shouted:

- Fly west! There are strangers! Peck them to death! Hurry! Hurry!

Crows with an evil croak rushed towards the travelers. Seeing them, Ellie was frightened. But the Scarecrow said:

- Dealing with these is my business! After all, it was not without reason that I was a scarecrow! Get behind me! - And he pulled his hat on his head, spread his arms wide and took on the appearance of a real scarecrow.

The crows were confused and discordantly spun in the air. But the leader of the pack croaked hoarsely:

- What are you afraid of? Scarecrow stuffed with straw! Now I'll ask him!

The travelers thanked the Scarecrow for his resourcefulness and again moved east.

When Bastinda saw that her faithful crows were lying on the ground in a dead heap, the travelers undauntedly went forward, she was seized by both anger and fear.

- How? Wouldn't all my magical art be enough to detain the impudent girl and her companions?

Bastinda stamped her feet and blew her whistle three times. At her call, a cloud of ferocious black bees flocked, the bites of which were fatal.

- Fly west! the sorceress growled. “Find the aliens there and bite them to death!” Faster! Faster!

And the bees flew towards the travelers with a deafening buzz. The Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow spotted them from afar. The scarecrow knew instantly what to do.

"Get the straw out of me!" he shouted to the Tin Woodman. Throw Ellie, Leo and Toto and the bees won't get to them!

He deftly unbuttoned his caftan, and a whole heap of straw spilled out of it. Lion, Ellie and Toto threw themselves on the ground, the Woodcutter quickly threw them and straightened up to his full height.

A cloud of bees with a furious buzz attacked the Tin Woodman. The woodcutter smiled: the bees broke the poisonous stings on the iron and immediately died, because the bees cannot live without a sting. They fell, others flew in their place and also tried to plunge the stings into the woodcutter's iron body.

Soon all the bees lay dead on the ground, like a pile of black coals. Lion, Ellie and Toto got out from under the straw, collected it and stuffed the Scarecrow. The friends are on their way again.

Evil Bastinda was unusually angry and frightened, seeing that her faithful bees had died, and the travelers went on and on. She tore her hair, gnashed her teeth, and for a long time could not utter a word from anger. Finally, the sorceress came to her senses and summoned her servants - blinkers. Bastinda ordered the Miguns to arm themselves and destroy the impudent travelers. The Winkers were not very brave - they blinked pitifully, and tears rolled from their eyes, but they did not dare to disobey the order of their master and began to look for weapons. But since they never had to fight (Bastinda first turned to them for help), they did not have any weapons, and they armed themselves with a saucepan, a frying pan, a flower pot, and some loudly clapped children's crackers.

When Lev saw how the blinkers approached cautiously, hiding behind each other, pushing one another from behind and timidly blinking and squinting, he burst out laughing:

“The battle won’t be long with these!”

He stepped forward, opened his huge mouth, and barked so that the Winkies dropped their pots and pans and baby crackers and scattered in all directions.

The evil Bastinda turned green with fear, seeing that the travelers were moving forward and were already approaching her palace.

I had to use the last magic tool she had left. In the secret bottom of the chest, Bastinda kept a golden hat. The owner of the cap could at any time summon a mighty tribe of flying monkeys and force them to carry out any order. But the hat could only be used three times, and Bastinda had already summoned flying monkeys twice before.

For the first time, with their help, she became the mistress of the country of blinkers, and the second time she repelled the troops of Goodwin the Terrible, who tried to liberate the Purple Country from her power.

That is why Goodwin was afraid of the evil Bastinda and sent Ellie to her, hoping for the strength of her silver shoes.

Bastinde really did not want to use the hat for the third time: after all, her magical power ended there. But the sorceress no longer had any wolves, no crows, no black bees, and the blinkers turned out to be bad warriors and one could not count on them.

And so Bastinda took out her hat, put it on her head and began to conjure. She stamped her foot and shouted loudly magic words:

- Bambara, chufara, loriki, eriki, pickup, trikapu, skoriki, moriki! Appear before me flying monkeys!

And the sky darkened with a flock of flying monkeys that flew towards Bastinda's palace on their mighty wings. The leader of the pack flew up to Bastinda and said:

- You called us to the third and last time! What would you like to do?

“Attack the foreigners who have entered my country and destroy all but the Lion!” I'll harness him to my carriage!

- Will be done! - the leader answered, and the flock flew noisily to the west.

The travelers said goodbye, and he closed the gates of the Emerald City behind them. The Emerald City is gone. The possessions of the one-eyed Bastinda appeared, the sorceress herself stood on the purple balcony and looked through binoculars. Seeing something, she blew her whistle furiously. Pitifully blinking inhabitants of the Purple Country began to gather around - blinkers.

BASTIND. A little girl has brazenly entered my country! She has four companions with her. Catch them all and tear them to shreds!
ONE OF THE WINNERS (timidly). Why doesn't Bastinda want to take them as slaves?
BASTIND. The girl is weak. Her companions cannot work: one is stuffed with straw, the other is made of iron. With them is a lion and an incomprehensible beast, from which there is also nothing to be expected. There they are! The aliens are near! Arm yourself!!! Whoever disobeys my command will not escape death himself.

The winks blinked pitifully, and tears rolled from their eyes, but they did not dare to disobey the order of their mistress and began to look for weapons. But since they never had to fight, they armed themselves with a saucepan, some with a frying pan, some with a flower pot, and some loudly clapped children's crackers. At that moment, Ellie and her friends appeared.

BASTINDA (she gnashed her teeth and for a long time could not utter a word from anger). (And then she screamed with all her might). Beat them to death! Hurry! Hurry!

The Winkies cautiously approached their friends, hiding behind each other, pushing each other and blinking and squinting fearfully. The Cowardly Lion laughed.

COALY LION. With these, the battle will not be long!

He stepped forward, opened his huge mouth, and roared so that the Winkies dropped their pots and pans and baby crackers and fled in all directions. Bastinda jumped up in anger, took out a golden hat, put it on her head and began to conjure.

BASTIND. Bambara, chufara, loriki, eriki, pickup, trikapu, skoriki, moriki! Appear before me flying monkeys!

And the sky darkened with a flock of flying monkeys that flew towards Bastinda's palace on their mighty wings. And their leader stood before Bastinda.

THE LEADER OF THE FLYING MONKEYS. Lady of the Golden Hat! You called us for the third and last time! What would you like to do?
BASTIND. Attack the foreigners who have entered my country and destroy all but the Lion! I'll harness him to my carriage!

Ellie and her friends backed away and took to their heels. And now, in the distance, the shadows of two monkeys flashed, which carried the Scarecrow and the Woodcutter. The Cowardly Lion is behind bars. Ellie, hugging Totoshka, prepared for death. The leader of the flying monkeys himself rushed at her, but then he saw silver shoes on Ellie's feet and froze.

THE LEADER OF THE FLYING MONKEYS. The girl must not be touched! It's a fairy!

He snatched Toto from Ellie's hands and threw him into the cage, and dragged Ellie by the hand to Bastinda.

BASTIND. You didn't follow my order!
THE LEADER OF THE FLYING MONKEYS. We smashed the iron man and gutted the scarecrow, caught the Lion and put him behind bars. But we could not touch the girl with a finger: you yourself know what misfortunes threaten the one who offends the owner of silver shoes.
BASTIND. Those are Gingema's shoes! So Gingema is dead...
THE LEADER OF THE FLYING MONKEYS. Do with the girl what you want! Farewell forever!

The leader fled. Frightened winks were slowly peeking out from everywhere. Bastinda approached Ellie.

BASTIND. Hey! If you don't work well, I'll beat you with a big stick and put you in a dark basement where rats are big greedy rats! - they will eat you and gnaw your tender bones! Hee hee hee! You will clean pots, pans and pans, wash the floor and heat the stove! My cook needs help for a long time! Hey winks! Take the girl to the kitchen! (The winks took away the crying Ellie, and Bastinda went to the cage with the Lion). Leo, I will harness you to the carriage so that the blinkers say: “Look how powerful our sovereign Bastinda is - she even managed to harness a lion!”
COALY LION. I will eat you!
BASTINDA (following Ellie) Apparently the girl doesn't know anything about mysterious power shoes. If I succeed in getting them, I will become more powerful than before.

Bastinda whistled. At her call, two blinkers came, and she signaled them to hide in ambush. Ellie appeared with a bowl in which there was food, and quietly crept to the cage where Lev and Toto were sitting.

ELLIE. I'll bring water now!

While Ellie ran for water, Bastinda stretched the rope, the ends of which were held by frightened winks. Ellie returned with a pitcher, but she tripped on a rope and fell. The slipper fell off, Bastinda grabbed it.

BASTIND. Hee hee hee! And I have a shoe! I'll take the second one off you too! And only then, be calm, I will avenge you for Gingem!

Bastinda went to Ellie, who, out of surprise, grabbed a jug and doused Bastinda with water.

BASTIND. What have you done! 'Cause I'm growing up now! For five hundred years I did not wash my face, did not brush my teeth, did not touch water with my finger, because death from water was predicted for me, and now my end has come!
ELLIE. I'm sorry ma'am, but it's your own fault...

A cloud of steam enveloped Bastinda, and in a minute all that was left of her was a wet spot, an umbrella, a bunch of keys, and a silver slipper.

WINKING. Bastinda is no more!
TOTOSHKA. Ha ha ha! It turns out that Bastinda was no stronger than those snowmen that our boys make in the winter in Kansas!

Winkers came running, they danced for joy and winked at each other. Ellie opened the cage. And Totoshka immediately rushed off somewhere.

ALLY (winks). You are free! I ask you to help find our friends! The flying monkeys said they smashed the Tin Woodman and gutted the Scarecrow!
SOMEONE OF THE WINKINS. Our country has long been famous for its wonderful watchmakers, jewelers, mechanics and tailors. We will find the friends of the owner of the silver slippers and fix them!

Toto brought Bastinda's golden cap in his teeth. Ellie put it on her head, and she was greeted with joy by the people of the Blue Country, who had already dragged the Scarecrow and the Woodcutter. Some blinkers played cheerful music in honor of the victory over Bastinda, others, dancing, sewed the Scarecrow together, and still others, dancing, adjusted the Tin Woodman. And so they parted, and Ellie saw her friends whole and unharmed.

SCARE. Prsht ... frsht ... stsh ... prybry ... khrybry ... I Scarecrow brave! I'm back with Ellie!

Three women from the Purple Country approached the Tin Woodman.

FIRST. iron Man! Stay with us! We are so helpless and timid. We need a sovereign who could protect us from enemies.
SECOND. Suddenly, some evil sorceress will attack us and enslave us again! (At the mere thought of the evil sorceress, the blinkers howled in horror.)
THIRD (addressing everyone). Think for yourself how convenient such a ruler is: he does not eat, does not drink and, therefore, will not burden us with taxes. And if he gets hurt in the battle with the enemies, we can fix him: we already have experience.
TIN WOODMAN. Now I can't leave Ellie. And I need to get a heart in the Emerald City. But then... I'll think about it, and maybe I'll get back to you.
ELLIE. We have a difficult road ahead of us.
SOMEONE OF THE WINKINS. What can a man with a golden hat on his head be sad about? ELLY (she took off her hat and began to read the words written on the lining). Bambara, chufara, loriki, eriki, pickup, trikapu, skoriki, moriki… Appear before me, flying monkeys!

The Winkers parted cautiously, and the Leader of the Flying Monkeys appeared in front of Ellie.

THE LEADER OF THE FLYING MONKEYS. What do you order, mistress of the golden cap?
ELLIE (bravely). Take us to the Emerald City!
THE LEADER OF THE FLYING MONKEYS. Will be done!

He bowed, and Ellie and her friends followed him to where the pack was waiting for them. And when the shadows of the flying monkeys flickered in the sky, the blinkers saw them off with cries of welcome.