When I was little, I really liked to have dinner with adults. And my sister Lelya also loved such dinners no less than I did.
First, a variety of food was placed on the table. And this aspect of the matter particularly fascinated me and Lelya.
Secondly, adults each time told interesting facts from their lives. And this also amused Lelya and me.
Of course, the first time we were quiet at the table. But then they got bolder. Lelya began to interfere in conversations. Chattered endlessly. And I, too, sometimes interjected my comments.
Our remarks made the guests laugh. And mom and dad at first were even pleased that the guests see such our mind and such our development.
But then this is what happened at one dinner.
Dad's boss started telling some incredible story about how he saved a fireman. This fireman looks like he died in a fire. And dad's boss pulled him out of the fire.
It is possible that there was such a fact, but only Lelya and I did not like this story.
And Lelya was sitting on pins and needles. She also remembered a story like this one, only more interesting. And she wanted to tell this story as soon as possible, so as not to forget it.
But my father's boss, as luck would have it, spoke extremely slowly. And Lelya could no longer endure.
Waving her hand in his direction, she said:
- What's this! Here we have a girl in the yard ...
Lelya did not finish her thought, because her mother shushed her. And dad looked at her sternly.
Dad's boss blushed with anger. It became unpleasant for him that Lelya said about his story: "What is this."
Addressing our parents, he said:
- I don't understand why you plant children with adults. They interrupt me. And now I've lost the thread of my story. Where did I stop?
Lelya, wanting to make amends for the incident, said:
- You stopped at how the mad fireman told you "merci". But it’s only strange that he could say anything at all, since he was mad and lay unconscious ... Here we have one girl in the yard ...
Lelya again did not finish her memoirs, because she received a slap from her mother.
The guests smiled. And my father's boss blushed even more with anger.
Seeing that things were bad, I decided to improve the situation. I told Lela:
- There is nothing strange in what my father's boss said. It depends on how mad, Lelya. Other burned-out firefighters, although they lie in a swoon, can still speak. They are delirious. And they say themselves without knowing what ... So he said - merci. And he himself, perhaps, wanted to say - the guard.
The guests laughed. And my father's boss, shaking with anger, said to my parents:
You are raising your children badly. They literally don't let me utter a word - they interrupt me all the time with stupid remarks.
Grandmother, who was sitting at the end of the table by the samovar, said angrily, glancing at Lelya:
“Look, instead of repenting of your behavior,” this person again began to eat. Look, she hasn’t even lost her appetite - she eats for two ...
Lelya did not dare to object loudly to her grandmother. But softly she whispered:
- They carry water on angry people.
Grandmother did not hear these words. But my father's boss, who was sitting next to Lelya, took these words personally.
He gasped in surprise when he heard this.
Addressing our parents, he said:
- Whenever I'm going to visit you and think about your children, I'm just reluctant to go to you.
Papa said:
- In view of the fact that the children really behaved extremely cheekily and thus they did not justify our hopes, I forbid them from this day to dine with adults. Let them finish their tea and go to their room.
Having finished the sardines, Lelya and I retired to the cheerful laughter and jokes of the guests.
And since then, we have not sat down with adults for two months.
And two months later, Lelya and I began to beg our father to allow us to dine with adults again. And our father, who was in a good mood that day, said:
- Well, I will allow you to do this, but only I categorically forbid you to say anything at the table. One of your words, spoken aloud, - and you will not sit at the table again.
And so, one fine day, we are again at the table - we have dinner with adults.
This time we sit quietly and silently. We know dad's character. We know that if we say even half a word, our father will never again allow us to sit with adults.
But so far, Lelya and I are not suffering much from this prohibition to speak. Lelya and I eat for four and laugh among ourselves. We think that the adults even made a mistake by not allowing us to talk. Our mouths, free from conversations, are entirely occupied with food.
Lelya and I ate everything possible and switched to sweets.
After eating sweets and drinking tea, Lelya and I decided to go around the second circle - we decided to repeat the meal from the very beginning, especially since our mother, seeing that the table was almost clean, brought new food.
I took a bun and cut off a piece of butter. And the oil was completely frozen - it had just been taken out from behind the window.
I wanted to spread this frozen butter on a bun. But I couldn't do it. It was like stone.
And then I put the oil on the tip of the knife and began to heat it over the tea.
And since I had drunk my tea a long time ago, I began to heat this oil over the glass of my father's boss, with whom I was sitting next.
Dad's boss was saying something and didn't pay attention to me.
Meanwhile, the knife warmed over the tea. The oil melted a little. I wanted to spread it on a roll and already began to take my hand away from the glass. But then my oil suddenly slipped off the knife and fell right into the tea.
I froze with fear.
I stared wide-eyed at the oil that had flopped into the hot tea.
Then I looked around. But none of the guests noticed the incident.
Only Lelya saw what happened.
She began to laugh, looking first at me, then at the glass of tea.
But she laughed even more when her father's boss, telling something, began to stir his tea with a spoon.
He stirred it for a long time, so that all the butter melted without residue. And now the tea was like chicken broth.
Dad's boss took the glass in his hand and began to bring it to his mouth.
And although Lelya was extremely interested in what would happen next and what her father's boss would do when he swallowed this vodka, she was still a little scared. And she even opened her mouth to shout to her father’s boss: “Don’t drink!”
But, looking at dad and remembering that it was impossible to speak, she remained silent.
And I didn't say anything either. I just waved my hands and began to look into the mouth of my father's boss.
Meanwhile, my father's boss raised the glass to his mouth and took a long sip.
But then his eyes widened in surprise. He groaned, jumped up in his chair, opened his mouth and, grabbing a napkin, began to cough and spit.
Our parents asked him:
- What happened to you?
Papa's boss couldn't say anything from fright.
He pointed to his mouth with his fingers, bellowed, and looked at his glass, not without fear.
Then all those present began to examine with interest the tea left in the glass.
Mom, after tasting this tea, said:
- Do not be afraid, ordinary butter floats here, which has melted in hot tea.
Papa said:
- Yes, but it's interesting to know how it got into the tea. Come on, kids, share your observations with us.
Having received permission to speak, Lelya said:
- Minka heated oil over a glass, and it fell.
Here Lelya, unable to stand it, laughed out loud.
Some of the guests also laughed. And some with a serious and preoccupied look began to examine their glasses.
Papa's boss said:
- Thanks again for putting butter in my tea. They could pour tar. I wonder how I would feel if it was tar. Well, these kids are driving me crazy.
One of the guests said:
- I'm interested in something else. The children saw that the oil fell into the tea. However, they didn't tell anyone about it. And allowed to drink such tea. And that is their main crime.
Hearing these words, my father's boss exclaimed:
- Oh, really, nasty children - why didn't you tell me anything. I wouldn't drink that tea then...
Lelya stopped laughing and said:
- Dad didn't tell us to talk at the table. That's why we didn't say anything.
Wiping my tears, I muttered:
“Dad didn’t tell us to say a single word. And then we would say something.
Dad smiled and said:
- These are not ugly children, but stupid ones. Of course, on the one hand, it is good that they unquestioningly carry out orders. We must continue to do the same - follow orders and adhere to the rules that exist. But all this must be done wisely. If nothing happened, you had a sacred duty to remain silent. Oil got into tea or grandmother forgot to turn off the tap at the samovar - you need to shout. And instead of punishment, you would receive gratitude. Everything must be done taking into account the changed situation. And you need to write these words in golden letters in your heart. Otherwise it will be absurd.
Mom said:
- Or, for example, I do not order you to leave the apartment. Suddenly a fire. What are you, stupid children, going to hang around in the apartment until you burn down? On the contrary, you need to jump out of the apartment and raise a commotion.
Grandma said:
- Or, for example, I poured a second glass of tea for everyone. But I didn’t pour Lele. So I did the right thing.
Everyone, except Lelya, laughed. And my father said to my grandmother:
- You did not do the right thing, because the situation has changed again. It turned out that the children were not to blame. And if they are guilty, then they are stupid ... We will ask you, grandmother, to pour tea for Lele.
All the guests laughed. And Lela and I applauded.
But I didn’t understand my father’s words right away.
But later I understood and appreciated these golden words.
And these words, dear children, I have always adhered to in all cases of life. And in my personal affairs. And in the war. And even, imagine, in my work.
In my work, for example, I studied with the old magnificent masters. And I had a great temptation to write according to the rules by which they wrote.
But I saw that the situation had changed. Life and the public are no longer the same as they were. And so I did not begin to imitate their rules.
And maybe that's why I brought people not so much grief. And I was happy to some extent.
However, even in ancient times one a wise man(who was being led to his execution) said: "No one can be called happy before his death."
These were also golden words.

The story of Mikhail Zoshchenko. Illustrations by S. Polyakov

Among the many fairy tales, it is especially fascinating to read the fairy tale "Golden Words" by M. M. Zoshchenko, it feels the love and wisdom of our people. "Good always conquers evil" - this foundation is built on, like this one, and this creation, from an early age laying the foundation of our worldview. How charmingly and penetratingly the description of nature, mythical creatures and life of the people was transmitted from generation to generation. The dialogues of the characters often evoke tenderness, they are full of kindness, kindness, directness, and with their help a different picture of reality emerges. With the virtuosity of a genius, portraits of heroes are depicted, their appearance, rich inner world, they "breathe life" into creation and the events taking place in it. Thanks to the developed children's imagination, they quickly revive the colorful pictures of the world around them in their imagination and fill in the gaps with their visual images. It is sweet and joyful to plunge into a world in which love, nobility, morality and selflessness always prevail, with which the reader is edified. The fairy tale "Golden Words" by M. M. Zoshchenko is definitely worth reading for free online, there is a lot of kindness, love and chastity in it, which is useful for educating a young individual.

When I was little, I really liked to have dinner with adults. And my sister Lelya also loved such dinners no less than I do.

First, a variety of food was placed on the table. And this aspect of the matter particularly fascinated me and Lelya.

Secondly, adults each time told interesting facts from their lives. And this amused Lelya and me.

Of course, the first time we were quiet at the table. But then they got bolder. Lelya began to interfere in conversations. Chattered endlessly. And I, too, sometimes interjected my comments.

Our remarks made the guests laugh. And mom and dad at first were even pleased that the guests see such our mind and such our development.

But then this is what happened at one dinner.

Dad's boss started telling some incredible story about how he saved a fireman. This fireman looks like he died in a fire. And dad's boss pulled him out of the fire.

It is possible that there was such a fact, but only Lelya and I did not like this story.

And Lelya was sitting on pins and needles. She also remembered a story like this one, only more interesting. And she wanted to tell this story as soon as possible, so as not to forget it.

But my father's boss, as luck would have it, spoke extremely slowly. And Lelya could no longer endure.

Waving her hand in his direction, she said:

What's this! Here we have a girl in the yard ...

Lelya did not finish her thought, because her mother shushed her. And dad looked at her sternly.

Dad's boss blushed with anger. It became unpleasant for him that Lelya said about his story: “What is this!”

Addressing our parents, he said:

I don't understand why you put children with adults. They interrupt me. And now I've lost the thread of my story. Where did I stop?

Lelya, wanting to make amends for the incident, said:

You stopped at how the mad fireman said to you "merci". But it’s only strange that he could say anything at all, since he was mad and lay unconscious ... Here we have one girl in the yard ...

Lelya again did not finish her memoirs, because she received a slap from her mother.

The guests smiled. And my father's boss blushed even more with anger.

Seeing that things were bad, I decided to improve the situation. I told Lela:

There is nothing strange in what my father's boss said. It depends on how mad, Lelya. Other burned-out firefighters, although they lie in a swoon, can still speak. They are delirious. And they say they don't know what. So he said - "merci". And he himself, perhaps, wanted to say - "guard".

The guests laughed. And my father's boss, shaking with anger, said to my parents:

You are not raising your children well. They literally don’t let me utter a word - they interrupt me all the time with stupid remarks.

Grandmother, who was sitting at the end of the table by the samovar, said angrily, glancing at Lelya:

Look, instead of repenting for her behavior, this person again began to eat. Look, she hasn’t even lost her appetite - she eats for two ...

They carry water on the angry.

Grandmother did not hear these words. But my father's boss, who was sitting next to Lelya, took these words personally.

He gasped in surprise when he heard this.

Addressing our parents, he said:

Whenever I'm going to visit you and think about your children, I'm just reluctant to go to you.

Papa said:

In view of the fact that the children really behaved extremely cheekily and thus they did not justify our hopes, I forbid them from this day to dine with adults. Let them finish their tea and go to their room.

Having finished the sardines, Lelya and I retired to the cheerful laughter and jokes of the guests.

And since then, for two months, they did not sit down with adults.

And two months later, Lelya and I began to beg our father to allow us to dine with adults again. And our father, who was in a good mood that day, said:

Well, I will allow you to do this, but only I categorically forbid you to say anything at the table. One of your words, spoken aloud, and you will not sit at the table again.

And so, one fine day, we are again at the table, having dinner with adults.

This time we sit quietly and silently. We know dad's character. We know that if we say even half a word, our father will never again allow us to sit with adults.

But so far, Lelya and I are not suffering much from this prohibition to speak. Lelya and I eat for four and laugh among ourselves. We think that the adults even made a mistake by not allowing us to talk. Our mouths, free from conversations, are entirely occupied with food.

Lelya and I ate everything possible and switched to sweets.

After eating sweets and drinking tea, Lelya and I decided to go around the second circle - we decided to repeat the food from the very beginning, especially since our mother, seeing that the table was almost clean, brought new food.

I took a bun and cut off a piece of butter. And the oil was completely frozen - it was just taken out from behind the window.

I wanted to spread this frozen butter on a bun. But I couldn't do it. It was like stone.

And then I put the oil on the tip of the knife and began to heat it over the tea.

And since I had drunk my tea a long time ago, I began to heat this oil over the glass of my father's boss, with whom I was sitting next.

Dad's boss was saying something and didn't pay attention to me.

Meanwhile, the knife warmed over the tea. The oil melted a little. I wanted to spread it on a roll and already began to take my hand away from the glass. But then my oil suddenly slipped off the knife and fell right into the tea.

I froze with fear.

I stared wide-eyed at the oil that had flopped into the hot tea.

Then I looked around. But none of the guests noticed the incident.

Only Lelya saw what happened.

She began to laugh, looking first at me, then at the glass of tea.

But she laughed even more when her father's boss, telling something, began to stir his tea with a spoon.

He stirred it for a long time, so that all the butter melted without residue. And now the tea was like chicken broth.

Dad's boss took the glass in his hand and began to bring it to his mouth.

And although Lelya was extremely interested in what would happen next and what her father's boss would do when he swallowed this vodka, she was still a little scared. And she even opened her mouth to shout to her father’s boss: “Don’t drink!”

But, looking at dad and remembering that it was impossible to speak, she remained silent.

And I didn't say anything either. I just waved my hands and, without looking up, began to look into the mouth of my father's boss.

Meanwhile, my father's boss raised the glass to his mouth and took a long sip.

But then his eyes widened in surprise. He groaned, jumped up in his chair, opened his mouth and, grabbing a napkin, began to cough and spit.

Our parents asked him:

What happened to you?

Papa's boss couldn't say anything from fright.

He pointed to his mouth with his fingers, bellowed, and looked at his glass, not without fear.

Then all those present began to examine with interest the tea left in the glass.

Mom, after tasting this tea, said:

Do not be afraid, ordinary butter floats here, which has melted in hot tea.

Papa said:

Yes, but it's interesting to know how it got into the tea. Come on, kids, share your observations with us.

Having received permission to speak, Lelya said:

Minka was heating oil over a glass, and it fell.

Here Lelya, unable to stand it, laughed out loud.

Some of the guests also laughed. And some with a serious and preoccupied look began to examine their glasses.

Papa's boss said:

Thanks again for putting butter in my tea. They could pour tar. I wonder how I would feel if it was tar... Well, these kids are driving me crazy.

One of the guests said:

I'm interested in something else. The children saw that the oil fell into the tea. However, they didn't tell anyone about it. And allowed to drink such tea. And that is their main crime.

Hearing these words, my father's boss exclaimed:

Oh, really, nasty kids, why didn't you tell me? I wouldn't drink that tea then...

Lelya stopped laughing and said:

Dad told us not to talk at the table. That's why we didn't say anything.

Wiping my tears, I muttered:

Dad didn't tell us to say a single word. And then we would say something.

Dad smiled and said:

These are not ugly children, but stupid ones. Of course, on the one hand, it is good that they unquestioningly carry out orders. We must continue to do the same - follow orders and adhere to the rules that exist. But all this must be done wisely. If nothing happened, you had a sacred duty to remain silent. Oil got into tea or grandmother forgot to turn off the tap at the samovar - you need to shout. And instead of punishment, you would receive gratitude. Everything must be done taking into account the changed situation. And you need to write these words in golden letters in your heart. Otherwise it will be absurd.

Mom said:

Or, for example, I do not order you to leave the apartment. Suddenly a fire. What are you, stupid children, going to hang around in the apartment until you burn down? On the contrary, you need to jump out of the apartment and raise a commotion.

Grandma said:

Or, for example, I poured everyone a second glass of tea. But I didn’t pour Lele. So I did the right thing?

Everyone, except Lelya, laughed. And dad said:

You did not do the right thing, because the situation has changed again. It turned out that the children were not to blame. And if they are guilty, then in stupidity. Well, stupidity is not to be punished. We will ask you, grandmother, to pour Lele tea.

All the guests laughed. And Lela and I applauded.

But I didn’t understand my father’s words right away. But later I understood and appreciated these golden words.

And these words, dear children, I have always adhered to in all cases of life. And in my personal affairs. And in the war. And even, imagine, in my work.

+2

When I was little, I really liked to have dinner with adults. And my sister Lelya also loved such dinners no less than I did.

First, a variety of food was placed on the table. And this aspect of the matter particularly fascinated me and Lelya.

Secondly, adults each time told interesting facts from their lives. And this amused Lelya and me.

Of course, the first time we were quiet at the table. But then they got bolder. Lelya began to interfere in conversations. Chattered endlessly. And I, too, sometimes interjected my comments.

Our remarks made the guests laugh. And mom and dad at first were even pleased that the guests see such our mind and such our development.

But then this is what happened at one dinner.

Dad's boss started telling some incredible story about how he saved a fireman. This fireman looks like he died in a fire. And dad's boss pulled him out of the fire.

It is possible that there was such a fact, but only Lelya and I did not like this story.

And Lelya was sitting on pins and needles. She also remembered a story like this one, only more interesting. And she wanted to tell this story as soon as possible, so as not to forget it.

But my father's boss, as luck would have it, spoke extremely slowly. And Lelya could no longer endure.

Waving her hand in his direction, she said:

What's this! Here we have a girl in the yard ...

Lelya did not finish her thought, because her mother shushed her. And dad looked at her sternly.

Dad's boss blushed with anger. It became unpleasant for him that Lelya said about his story: “What is this!”

Addressing our parents, he said:

I don't understand why you put children with adults. They interrupt me. And now I've lost the thread of my story. Where did I stop?

Lelya, wanting to make amends for the incident, said:

You stopped at how the mad fireman said to you "merci". But it’s only strange that he could say anything at all, since he was mad and lay unconscious ... Here we have one girl in the yard ...

Lelya again did not finish her memoirs, because she received a slap from her mother.

The guests smiled. And my father's boss blushed even more with anger.

Seeing that things were bad, I decided to improve the situation. I told Lela:

There is nothing strange in what my father's boss said. It depends on how mad, Lelya. Other burned-out firefighters, although they lie in a swoon, can still speak. They are delirious. And they say they don't know what. So he said - "merci". And he himself, perhaps, wanted to say - "guard".

The guests laughed. And my father's boss, shaking with anger, said to my parents:

You are not raising your children well. They literally don’t let me utter a word - they interrupt me all the time with stupid remarks.

Grandmother, who was sitting at the end of the table by the samovar, said angrily, glancing at Lelya:

Look, instead of repenting for her behavior, this person again began to eat. Look, she hasn’t even lost her appetite - she eats for two ...

They carry water on the angry.

Grandmother did not hear these words. But my father's boss, who was sitting next to Lelya, took these words personally.

He gasped in surprise when he heard this.

Addressing our parents, he said:

Whenever I'm going to visit you and think about your children, I'm just reluctant to go to you.

Papa said:

In view of the fact that the children really behaved extremely cheekily and thus they did not justify our hopes, I forbid them from this day to dine with adults. Let them finish their tea and go to their room.

Having finished the sardines, Lelya and I retired to the cheerful laughter and jokes of the guests.

And since then, for two months, they did not sit down with adults.

And two months later, Lelya and I began to beg our father to allow us to dine with adults again. And our father, who was in a good mood that day, said:

Well, I will allow you to do this, but only I categorically forbid you to say anything at the table. One of your words, spoken aloud, and you will not sit at the table again.

And so, one fine day, we are again at the table, having dinner with adults.

This time we sit quietly and silently. We know dad's character. We know that if we say even half a word, our father will never again allow us to sit with adults.

But so far, Lelya and I are not suffering much from this prohibition to speak. Lelya and I eat for four and laugh among ourselves. We think that the adults even made a mistake by not allowing us to talk. Our mouths, free from conversations, are entirely occupied with food.

Lelya and I ate everything possible and switched to sweets.

After eating sweets and drinking tea, Lelya and I decided to go around the second circle - we decided to repeat the food from the very beginning, especially since our mother, seeing that the table was almost clean, brought new food.

I took a bun and cut off a piece of butter. And the oil was completely frozen - it was just taken out from behind the window.

I wanted to spread this frozen butter on a bun. But I couldn't do it. It was like stone.

And then I put the oil on the tip of the knife and began to heat it over the tea.

And since I had drunk my tea a long time ago, I began to heat this oil over the glass of my father's boss, with whom I was sitting next.

Dad's boss was saying something and didn't pay attention to me.

Meanwhile, the knife warmed over the tea. The oil melted a little. I wanted to spread it on a roll and already began to take my hand away from the glass. But then my oil suddenly slipped off the knife and fell right into the tea.

I froze with fear.

I stared wide-eyed at the oil that had flopped into the hot tea.

Then I looked around. But none of the guests noticed the incident.

Only Lelya saw what happened.

She began to laugh, looking first at me, then at the glass of tea.

But she laughed even more when her father's boss, telling something, began to stir his tea with a spoon.

He stirred it for a long time, so that all the butter melted without residue. And now the tea was like chicken broth.

Dad's boss took the glass in his hand and began to bring it to his mouth.

And although Lelya was extremely interested in what would happen next and what her father's boss would do when he swallowed this vodka, she was still a little scared. And she even opened her mouth to shout to her father’s boss: “Don’t drink!”

But, looking at dad and remembering that it was impossible to speak, she remained silent.

And I didn't say anything either. I just waved my hands and, without looking up, began to look into the mouth of my father's boss.

Meanwhile, my father's boss raised the glass to his mouth and took a long sip.

But then his eyes widened in surprise. He groaned, jumped up in his chair, opened his mouth and, grabbing a napkin, began to cough and spit.

Our parents asked him:

What happened to you?

Papa's boss couldn't say anything from fright.

He pointed to his mouth with his fingers, bellowed, and looked at his glass, not without fear.

Then all those present began to examine with interest the tea left in the glass.

Mom, after tasting this tea, said:

Do not be afraid, ordinary butter floats here, which has melted in hot tea.

Papa said:

Yes, but it's interesting to know how it got into the tea. Come on, kids, share your observations with us.

Having received permission to speak, Lelya said:

Minka was heating oil over a glass, and it fell.

Here Lelya, unable to stand it, laughed out loud.

Some of the guests also laughed. And some with a serious and preoccupied look began to examine their glasses.

Papa's boss said:

Thanks again for putting butter in my tea. They could pour tar. I wonder how I would feel if it was tar... Well, these kids are driving me crazy.

One of the guests said:

I'm interested in something else. The children saw that the oil fell into the tea. However, they didn't tell anyone about it. And allowed to drink such tea. And that is their main crime.

Hearing these words, my father's boss exclaimed:

Oh, really, nasty kids, why didn't you tell me? I wouldn't drink that tea then...

Lelya stopped laughing and said:

Dad told us not to talk at the table. That's why we didn't say anything.

Wiping my tears, I muttered:

Dad didn't tell us to say a single word. And then we would say something.

Dad smiled and said:

These are not ugly children, but stupid ones. Of course, on the one hand, it is good that they unquestioningly carry out orders. We must continue to do the same - follow orders and adhere to the rules that exist. But all this must be done wisely. If nothing happened, you had a sacred duty to remain silent. Oil got into tea or grandmother forgot to turn off the tap at the samovar - you need to shout. And instead of punishment, you would receive gratitude. Everything must be done taking into account the changed situation. And you need to write these words in golden letters in your heart. Otherwise it will be absurd.

Mom said:

Or, for example, I do not order you to leave the apartment. Suddenly a fire. What are you, stupid children, going to hang around in the apartment until you burn down? On the contrary, you need to jump out of the apartment and raise a commotion.

Grandma said:

Or, for example, I poured everyone a second glass of tea. But I didn’t pour Lele. So I did the right thing?

Everyone, except Lelya, laughed. And dad said:

You did not do the right thing, because the situation has changed again. It turned out that the children were not to blame. And if they are guilty, then in stupidity. Well, stupidity is not to be punished. We will ask you, grandmother, to pour Lele tea.

All the guests laughed. And Lela and I applauded.

But I didn’t understand my father’s words right away. But later I understood and appreciated these golden words.

And these words, dear children, I have always adhered to in all cases of life. And in my personal affairs. And in the war. And even, imagine, in my work.

In my work, for example, I studied with the old magnificent masters. And I had a great temptation to write according to the rules by which they wrote.

But I saw that the situation had changed. Life and the public are no longer the same as they were. And so I did not begin to imitate their rules.

And maybe that's why I brought people not so much grief. And I was happy to some extent.

However, even in ancient times, one wise man (who was being led to execution) said: "No one can be called happy before his death."

These were also golden words.

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Morozko

The stepmother has a daughter and stepdaughter. The old woman decides to drive her stepdaughter out of the yard and orders her husband to take the girl "to an open field in the crackling frost." He obeys.

In an open field, Frost Red Nose greets the girl. She responds kindly. Frost feels sorry for his stepdaughter, and he does not freeze her, but gives her a dress, a fur coat, a chest of dowry.

The stepmother is already celebrating a wake for her stepdaughter and tells the old man to go to the field, bring the girl's body to bury. The old man returns and brings his daughter - alive, well-dressed, with a dowry! The stepmother orders that her own daughter be taken to the same place. Frost Red Nose comes to look at the guest. Without waiting for "good speeches" from the girl, he kills her. The old woman expects her daughter to return with wealth, but instead the old man brings only a cold body.

Swan geese

Parents leave for work, ordering their daughter not to leave the yard and take care of her younger brother. But the girl puts her brother under the window, and she runs out into the street. The swan geese, meanwhile, carry away their brother on their wings. The sister runs to catch up with the swan geese. On the way, she meets a stove, an apple tree, a milky river - jelly banks. Their girl asks about her brother, but the stove asks her to taste a pie, an apple tree - an apple, a river - jelly with milk. The picky girl disagrees. She meets a hedgehog who shows her the way. He comes to the hut on chicken legs, looks in there - and there is Baba Yaga and his brother. The girl carries off her brother, and the geese-swans fly after her in pursuit.

The girl asks the river to hide her and agrees to eat jelly. Then the apple tree hides her, and the girl has to eat a forest apple, then she hides in the stove and eats a rye pie. The geese do not see her and fly away with nothing.

The girl and her brother run home, and just then the father and mother come.

Ivan Bykovich

The king and queen have no children. They dream that the queen will become pregnant if she eats a golden ruff. The ruff is caught, fried, the cook licks the dishes for the queen, the cow drinks the slop. Ivan Tsarevich is born to the queen, Ivan, the cook's son, is born to the cook, and Ivan Bykovich is born to the cow. All three fellows on one person.

The Ivans try their hand at which one of them should be the big brother. Ivan Bykovich turns out to be the strongest of all ... The good fellows find a large stone in the garden, a cellar under it, and there are three heroic horses. The king allows the Ivans to go to foreign lands.

Good fellows come to the hut of Baba Yaga. She says that on the Smorodina River, on the Kalinov Bridge, there live miracles, who have ruined all the neighboring kingdoms.

Well done come to the Smorodina River, stop in an empty hut and decide to go on patrol in turn. Ivan Tsarevich falls asleep on patrol. Ivan Bykovich, not relying on him, comes to the Kalinov Bridge, fights with the six-headed miracle-yud, kills him and puts six heads on the bridge. Then Ivan, the cook's son, goes on patrol, also falls asleep, and Ivan Bykovich defeats the nine-headed miracle Yudo. Then Ivan Bykovich leads the brothers under the bridge, shames them and shows them the heads of the monsters. The next night, Ivan Bykovich prepares to fight with the twelve-headed miracle man. He asks the brothers to stay awake and watch: blood will flow from the towel into the bowl. Overflows - you need to rush to the rescue.

Ivan Bykovich fights with a miracle, the brothers fall asleep. It is hard for Ivan Bykovich. He throws his mittens into the hut - breaks through the roof, breaks the glass, and the brothers are all sleeping. Finally, he throws his hat, which destroys the hut. The brothers wake up, and the bowl is already overflowing with blood. They unleash the heroic horse, they themselves run to help. But while they keep up, Ivan Bykovich is already coping with the miracle-yud.

After that, the miraculous wives and mother-in-law plot to take revenge on Ivan Bykovich. Wives want to turn into a deadly apple tree, a well, a golden bed and find themselves in the way of good fellows. But Ivan Bykovich finds out about their plans and cuts down an apple tree, a well, a crib. Then the miracle-Yudov mother-in-law, an old witch, dresses up as a beggar and asks for alms from the fellows. Ivan Bykovich is about to give her a hand, and she takes the hero by the hand, and both find themselves in the dungeon with her old husband.

Eyelashes are lifted to the witch's husband with an iron pitchfork. The old man orders Ivan Bykovich to bring the queen - golden curls. The witch drowns with grief. The old man teaches the bogatyr to open the magic oak tree and take out the ship from there. And Ivan Bykovich brings a lot of ships and boats out of the oak. Several old men ask Ivan Bykovich to be fellow travelers. One is Obedailo, the other is Opivailo, the third knows how to take a steam bath in the bath, the fourth is an astrologer, the fifth swims like a ruff. All together go to the queen - golden curls. There, in her unprecedented kingdom, the old men help to eat and drink all the treats, to cool the red-hot bath.

The queen leaves with Ivan Bykovich, but on the way she turns into a star and flies to the sky. The astrologer returns her to her place. Then the queen turns into a pike, but the old man, who knows how to swim with a ruff, pricks her in the side, and she returns to the ship. The old people say goodbye to Ivan Bykovich, and he, along with the queen, goes to the miracle Yudov's father. Ivan Bykovich offers a test: the one who walks along the perch through a deep hole marries the queen. Ivan Bykovich passes, and the miracle-yudov father flies into the pit.

Ivan Bykovich returns home to his brothers, marries the queen - golden curls and sets a wedding feast.

Seven Simeons

The old man has seven sons born on the same day, they are all called Simeons. When the Simeons are left orphans, they do all the work in the field. The king, passing by, sees small children working in the field, calls them to him and questions. One of them says that he wants to be a blacksmith and forge a huge pillar, the other is to look from this pillar, the third is to be a ship's carpenter, the fourth is a helmsman, the fifth is to hide the ship to the bottom of the sea, the sixth is to get it out of there, and the seventh is to be a thief. The king does not like the desire of the latter. Simeonov is sent to science. After a while, the king decides to look at their skills.

The blacksmith forged a huge pillar, the brother climbed on it and saw Elena the Beautiful in a distant land. Other brothers demonstrated their shipbuilding skills. And the seventh - Simeon the thief - the king wants to hang, but he undertakes to steal Elena the Beautiful for him. All seven brothers go for the princess. The thief dresses up as a merchant, gives the princess a cat, which is not found in that land, shows her expensive fabrics and attire, and promises to show an unusual stone if Elena comes to the ship.

As soon as Elena entered the ship, the fifth brother hid the ship at the bottom of the sea ... And the sixth, when the danger of the chase had passed, brought him outside and led him to his native shore. The tsar generously rewarded Simeonov, married Elena the Beautiful and set a feast.

Marya Morevna

Ivan Tsarevich has three sisters: Marya Tsarevna, Olga Tsarevna and Anna Tsarevna. When their parents die, the brother marries the sisters: Marya for a falcon, Olga for an eagle, and Anna for a raven.

Ivan Tsarevich goes to visit his sisters and meets a huge army in the field, defeated by someone. One of the survivors explains: this army was defeated by Marya Morevna, the beautiful queen. Ivan Tsarevich travels on, meets Marya Morevna, and stays in her tents. Then he marries the princess, and they go to her state.

Marya Morevna, going to war, forbids her husband to look into one of the closets. But he, having disobeyed, looks - and there Koschey the Immortal is chained. Ivan Tsarevich gives Koshchei a drink. He, having gained strength, breaks the chains, flies away and carries Marya Morevna along the way. The husband goes to look for her.

On the way, Ivan Tsarevich meets the palaces of the falcon, eagle and raven. He visits his sons-in-law, leaves them a silver spoon, fork, and knife as a keepsake. Having reached Marya Morevna, Ivan Tsarevich twice tries to take his wife home, but both times Koschey catches up with them on a fast horse and takes Marya Morevna away. For the third time, he kills Ivan Tsarevich and cuts his body into pieces.

At the sons-in-law of Ivan Tsarevich, the donated silver turns black. A falcon, an eagle and a raven find a cut body, spray it with dead and living water. The prince is alive.

Koschey the Immortal tells Marya Morevna that he took his horse from Baba Yaga, beyond the fiery river. The princess steals from Koshchei and gives her husband a magic handkerchief, with which you can cross the fiery river.

Ivan Tsarevich goes to Baba Yaga. On the way, although he is hungry, out of pity he does not eat a chick, a lion cub, and even bee honey, so as not to offend the bees. The prince hires Baba Yaga to herd her mares. It is impossible to keep track of them, but the birds, lions and bees help the prince.

Ivan Tsarevich steals a mangy foal from Baba Yaga (in fact, this is a heroic horse). Baba Yaga gives chase, but drowns in a fiery river.

On his heroic horse, Ivan Tsarevich takes away Marya Morevna. Koschey catches up with them. The prince enters into battle with him and kills him.

Ivan Tsarevich and Marya Morevna visit a raven, an eagle and a falcon, and then go to their kingdom.

Emelya the Fool

The peasant had three sons; two are smart, and the third, Emelya, is a fool. The father dies, leaving "one hundred rubles" to each. The elder brothers go to trade, leaving Emelya at home with his daughters-in-law and promising to buy him red boots, a fur coat and a caftan.

In winter, in severe frost, the daughters-in-law send Emelya for water. With great reluctance, he goes to the hole, fills the bucket ... And catches a pike in the hole. Pike promises to make sure that any Emelino desire will come true if he lets her go. She opens up to a guy magic words: "At the pike's command, at my will." Emelya releases the pike. His first wish is fulfilled with the help of miraculous words: buckets of water go home by themselves.

A little while later, the daughters-in-law force Emelya to go into the yard to chop wood. Emelya orders the ax to chop wood, and the firewood to go to the hut and lie down in the oven. The bridesmaids are amazed.

They send Emelya to the forest for firewood. He does not harness the horses, the sleigh drives from the yard on its own. Passing through the city, Emelya crushes a lot of people. In the forest, an ax is chopping wood and a club for Emelya.

On the way back in the city of Emelya, they try to catch and crush his sides. And Emelya orders his club to beat all the offenders and safely returns home.

The king, having heard about all this, sends his officer to Emelya. He wants to take the fool to the king. Emelya does not agree, and the officer slaps him. Then Yemelin's club beats both the officer and his soldier. The officer reports all this to the king. The king sends a clever man to Emelya. He first speaks to his daughters-in-law and learns that the fool loves affectionate treatment. Sulya Emele goodies and refreshments, he persuades him to come to the king. Then the fool tells his stove to go to the city itself.

In the royal palace, Emelya sees the princess and makes a wish: let her fall in love with him.

Emelya leaves the king, and the princess asks her father to marry her to Emelya. The king orders the officer to deliver Emelya to the palace. The officer gives Emelya a drink while drunk, and then ties it up, puts it in a wagon and takes it to the palace. The king orders to make a big barrel, put his daughter and a fool there, pitch the barrel and put it into the sea.

In a barrel, a fool wakes up. The king's daughter tells him what happened and asks him to rescue himself and her from the barrel. The fool utters magic words, and the sea throws the barrel ashore. She crumbles.

Emelya and the princess find themselves on a beautiful island. According to Emelin's desire, a huge palace and a crystal bridge to the royal palace appear. Then Emelya himself becomes smart and handsome.

Emelya invites the king to visit him. He arrives, feasts with Emelya, but does not recognize him. When Emelya tells him everything that happened, the king rejoices and agrees to marry the princess to him.

The king returns home, and Emelya and the princess live in their palace.

The Tale of Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf

Tsar sent Andronovich three sons: Dmitry, Vasily and Ivan. Every night, a firebird flies into the royal garden and pecks golden apples on the king's favorite apple tree. Tsar Vyslav promises to make the heir to the kingdom the one of his sons who catches the firebird. First, Dmitry Tsarevich goes to the garden to guard her, but falls asleep at the post. The same thing happens with Vasily Tsarevich. And Ivan Tsarevich lies in wait for the firebird, grabs it, but it breaks out, leaving only a feather in his hands.

The king orders his children to find and bring him the firebird. The older brothers travel separately from the younger. Ivan Tsarevich comes to a pillar on which it is written: the one who goes straight will be hungry and cold, to the right - he will be alive, but will lose his horse, to the left - he will lose his life, but the horse will be alive. The prince goes to the right. He meets a gray wolf who kills his horse, but agrees to serve Ivan Tsarevich and takes him to Tsar Dolmat, who has a cage with a firebird hanging in his garden. The wolf advises to take the bird, but not to touch the cage. But the prince takes the cage, a knock and thunder rises, the guards catch him and lead him to the king. Tsar Dolmat agrees to forgive the prince and give him a firebird if he brings him a golden-maned horse. Then the wolf takes Ivan Tsarevich to Tsar Afron - he has a golden-maned horse in his stable. The wolf convinces not to touch the bridle, but the prince does not obey him. Again, Ivan Tsarevich is caught, and the Tsar promises to give him the horse if the Tsarevich brings Elena the Beautiful in return. Then the wolf kidnaps Elena the Beautiful, rushes her and Ivan Tsarevich to Tsar Afron. But the prince is sorry to give the princess Afron. The wolf takes the form of Helen, and Tsar Afron gladly gives the horse to the prince for the imaginary princess.

And the wolf runs away from Tsar Afron and catches up with Ivan Tsarevich.

After that, he takes the form of a golden-maned horse, and the prince takes him to King Dolmat. He, in turn, gives the firebird to the prince. And the wolf again assumes its shape and resorts to Ivan Tsarevich. The wolf takes Ivan Tsarevich to the place where he tore his horse to pieces, and says goodbye to him. The prince and the queen go on. They stop to rest and fall asleep. Dmitry Tsarevich and Vasily Tsarevich find them sleeping, kill their brother, take away the horse and the firebird. The princess, under pain of death, is ordered to be silent about everything and they take her with them. Dmitry Tsarevich is going to marry her.

And the gray wolf finds the cut body of Ivan Tsarevich. He waits for the appearance of the ravens and grabs the crow. The raven father promises to bring dead and living water if the wolf does not touch his offspring. The raven fulfills his promise, the wolf sprinkles the body with dead water, and then with living water. The prince comes to life, and the wolf takes him to the kingdom of Tsar Vyslav. Ivan Tsarevich appears at the wedding of his brother with Elena the Beautiful. At the sight of him, Elena the Beautiful decides to tell the whole truth. And then the king puts his elder sons in prison, and Ivan Tsarevich marries Elena the Beautiful.

Sivka-burka

The old man, dying, asks his three sons to take turns spending one night at his grave. The older brother does not want to spend the night at the grave, but asks the younger one, Ivan the Fool, to spend the night instead of him. Ivan agrees. At midnight, the father comes out of the grave. He calls the heroic horse Sivka-Burka and tells him to serve his son. The middle brother does the same as the older brother. Again Ivan spends the night on the grave, and at midnight the same thing happens. On the third night, when the turn of Ivan himself comes, everything repeats.

The king throws a cry: whoever plucks the portrait of the princess, drawn on a fly (that is, on a towel), from a high house, the princess will marry him. The older and middle brothers are going to watch how the portrait will be torn down. The fool asks to go with them, the brothers give him a three-legged filly, and they themselves leave. Ivan calls the sivka-burka, climbs into one ear of the horse, crawls out into the other and becomes a fine fellow. He goes for a portrait.

The horse gallops high, but only three logs short of the portrait. The brothers see it. Returning home, they tell their wives about the daring young man, but they do not know that this is their brother. The next day, the same thing happens - Ivan again a little lacks. For the third time, he rips off the portrait.

The king calls people of all classes to a feast. Ivan the Fool also comes and sits at the stove. The princess treats the guests and looks: who will wipe his fly with a portrait? But she does not see Ivan The feast goes on the next day, but the princess again does not find her betrothed. For the third time, she discovers Ivan the Fool with a portrait behind the stove and happily leads her to her father. Ivan's brothers are amazed.

Playing a wedding. Ivan, having dressed and cleaned himself, becomes a fine fellow: "not Ivan the fool, but Ivan the king's son-in-law."

magic ring

An old hunter lives with his old woman and son Martynka. Dying, he leaves his wife and son two hundred rubles. Martyn takes a hundred rubles and goes to town to buy bread. But instead, he buys the dog Zhurka from the butchers, whom they want to kill. It takes a whole hundred. The old woman swears, but - there is nothing to do - she gives her son another hundred rubles. Now Martynka buys the cat Vaska from the evil boy for the same price.

Mother kicks Martyn out of the house, and he is hired as a laborer to the priest. Three years later, the pop offers him a choice of a bag of silver and a bag of sand. Martinka chooses sand, takes it and goes to look for another place. He comes to a forest clearing where a fire is burning, and a girl is on fire. Martin covers the fire with sand. The girl turns into a snake and leads Martyn to the underworld to her father to thank him. The king of the underground side gives Martynka a magic ring.

Taking the ring and some money, Martynka returns to her mother. He persuades his mother to marry the beautiful princess for him. Mother does just that, but the king, in response to this courtship, gives Martynka a task: let him build a palace, a crystal bridge and a five-domed cathedral in one day. If he does this - let him marry the princess, if he doesn't - he will be executed.

Martynka throws the ring from hand to hand, twelve fellows appear and carry out the royal order. The king has to give his daughter to Martin. But the princess does not love her husband. She steals a magic ring from him and with its help is carried away to distant lands, to the mouse state. She leaves Martinka in poverty, in her former hut. Having learned about the disappearance of his daughter, the king orders Martynka to be imprisoned in a stone pillar and starves him.

Vaska the cat and Zhurka the dog run to the post and look in the window. They promise to help the owner. A cat and a dog throw themselves at the feet of street vendors, and then bring Martynka rolls, rolls and bottles of sour cabbage soup.

Vaska and Zhurka go to the mouse state - to get a magic ring. They swim across the sea - a cat on the back of a dog. In the mouse kingdom, Vaska begins to choke the mice until the mouse king asks for mercy. Vaska and Zhurka demand a magic ring. One little mouse volunteers to get it. He sneaks into the bedroom to the princess, and she, even when she sleeps, keeps the ring in her mouth. The mouse tickles her nose with its tail, she sneezes and loses the ring. And then the little mouse brings the ring to Zhurka and Vaska.

The dog and the cat are going back. Vaska holds the ring in his teeth. When they cross the sea, Vaska is pecked in the head by a raven, and the cat drops the ring into the water. Having reached the shore, Vaska and Zhurka begin to catch crayfish. The king cancer asks for mercy, the crayfish push a beluga fish ashore, having swallowed the ring.

Vaska is the first to grab the ring and run away from Zhurka in order to take all the credit for himself. The dog catches up with him, but the cat climbs the tree. Zhurka guards Vaska for three days, but then they reconcile.

The cat and the dog run to the stone pillar and give the ring to the owner. Martinka regains the palace, the crystal bridge and the cathedral. Returns and unfaithful wife. The king orders her to be executed. “But Martinka still lives, chews bread.”

Horns

The old man gives his son, whose name is Monkey, to the soldiers. Teachings are not given to the Monkey, and they tear him with rods. And now the Monkey dreams that if he runs away to another kingdom, he will find there one-gold cards with which you can beat anyone, and a purse from which money does not decrease, even pour out a mountain of gold.

The dream comes true. With cards and a purse in his pocket, Monkey comes to a tavern and starts a fight with a sutler. The generals come running - they are outraged by the behavior of the Monkey. True, seeing his wealth, the generals change their minds. They play cards with Monkey, he beats them, but he gives them back all his winnings. The generals tell their king about the Monkey. The King comes to the Monkey and also plays cards with him. The monkey, having won, gives back the winnings to the king.

The king makes Monkey the chief minister and builds a three-story house for him. The monkey, in the absence of the king, rules the kingdom for three years and does a lot of good for ordinary soldiers and poor brethren.

The King's daughter Nastasya invites Monkey to visit. They play cards, and then at the meal, Nastasya the Princess brings him a glass of "sleeping potion". Then he takes away the cards and wallet from the sleeping Monkey and orders him to be thrown into the dung pit. Waking up, the Monkey gets out of the pit, puts on his old soldier's dress and leaves the kingdom. On the way, he meets an apple tree, eats an apple, and his horns grow. He takes an apple from another tree, and the horns fall off. Then the Monkey picks up apples of both varieties and returns to the kingdom.

The monkey gives a good apple to the old shopkeeper, and she becomes young and fat. In gratitude, the shopkeeper gives Monkey a sutler's dress. He goes to sell apples, gives an apple to Nastasya's maid, and she also becomes beautiful, fat. Seeing this, the princess also wants apples. But they do not benefit her: Nastasya the Princess grows horns. And the Monkey, dressed up as a doctor, goes to treat the princess. He takes her to the bathhouse, whips her with a copper rod and forces her to confess what sin she has committed. The princess is guilty of having deceived the minister, and she hands over the cards and her wallet. Then Monkey treats her with good apples: Nastasya's horns fall off, and she becomes a beauty. The king again makes Monkey the chief minister and gives Nastasya the princess for him.

Legless and armless heroes

The prince is thinking of getting married, but only knows that the princess, to whom he is wooing, has already killed many suitors. The poor peasant Ivan Naked comes to the prince and promises to arrange the matter.

The prince and Ivan the Naked are going to the princess. She offers the fiancé a test: to shoot from a heroic gun, a bow, to ride a heroic horse. All this is done by a servant instead of the prince. When Ivan Naked fired an arrow, it hit the hero Mark Begun and beat off both his hands.

The princess agrees to marry. After the wedding, she puts her hand on her husband at night, and he begins to choke. Then the princess realizes that she was deceived, and her husband is not a hero. She is plotting revenge. The prince and his wife are on their way home. When Ivan Naked falls asleep, the princess cuts off his legs, leaves Ivan in an open field, orders the prince to stand on his heels and turns the carriage back to her kingdom. When she returns, she forces her husband to herd the pigs.

Ivan Naked is found by Marco Begun. Legless and armless heroes live together in the forest. They steal one priest, and she helps them with the housework. A serpent flies to the priest, because of which she withers and grows thin. The bogatyrs catch the snake and force it to show the lake where living water. From bathing in this water, the heroes grow arms and legs. Marco Begun returns the priesthood to his father and himself remains to live with this priest

Ivan Naked goes to look for the prince and finds him herding pigs. The prince changes clothes with Ivan. He rides a horse, and Ivan drives the pigs. The princess sees from the window that the cattle are being driven at the wrong time, and orders the shepherd to be torn out. But Ivan Naked drags her by the braids until she repents. Since then, she begins to obey her husband. And Ivan Naked serves with them.

The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise

The king travels to foreign lands, and in the meantime, his son Ivan Tsarevich is born at home. When the king drinks water from the lake, the sea king grabs him by the beard and demands to give him what he “does not know at home”. The king agrees. Only upon arrival home does he realize his mistake.

When Ivan Tsarevich becomes an adult, the tsar takes him to the lake and orders him to look for the ring that he allegedly lost. The prince meets an old woman who explains to him that he has been given to the sea king. The old woman advises Ivan Tsarevich to wait on the shore for the appearance of thirteen doves - beautiful maidens, and to steal the shirt from the last, thirteenth. The prince listens to advice. Doves fly in, turn into girls and bathe. Then they fly away, only the youngest remains, from whom the prince steals the shirt. This is Vasilisa the Wise. She gives the prince a ring and shows the way to the sea kingdom, and she flies away.

The prince comes to the sea kingdom. The king of the sea orders him to sow a huge wasteland and grow rye there, and if the prince does not do this, he will be executed.

Ivan Tsarevich tells Vasilisa about his misfortune. She tells him to go to bed, and orders her faithful servants to do everything. The next morning the rye is already high. The tsar gives Ivan Tsarevich a new task: to thresh three hundred stacks of wheat overnight. At night, Vasilisa the Wise orders the ants to choose grain from stacks. Then the king orders the prince to build a church of pure wax overnight. Vasilisa orders the bees to do this as well. Then the tsar allows Ivan Tsarevich to marry any of his daughters.

Ivan Tsarevich marries Vasilisa the Wise. After some time, he confesses to his wife that he wants to go to Holy Russia. Vasilisa spits in three corners, locks up her tower and runs away with her husband to Russia. Messengers from the sea king come to call the young to the palace. Saliva from three corners tells them that it is still early. In the end, the messengers break down the door, and the chamber is empty.

The sea king sets up a chase. Vasilisa, hearing the chase, turns into a sheep, and turns her husband into a shepherd. The envoys do not recognize them and return back. The sea king sends a new chase. Now Vasilisa is turning into a church, and turning the prince into a priest. The chase is back. The sea king himself starts after him. Vasilisa turns horses into a lake, her husband into a drake, and she herself turns into a duck. The sea king recognizes them, becomes an eagle, but cannot kill a drake and a duck, because they dive.

Young people come to the kingdom of Ivan Tsarevich. The prince wants to report to his father-mother and asks Vasilisa to wait for him in the forest. Vasilisa warns that the prince will forget her. This is how it happens.

Vasilisa is hired as a worker for mallow. She molds two doves from dough, which fly to the palace to the prince and beat at the windows. The prince, seeing them, remembers Vasilisa, finds her, brings her to her father-mother, and everyone lives together.

Feather Finista - clear falcon

The old man has three daughters. The father is going to the city, the eldest and middle daughter are asked to buy fabrics for their dress, and the smaller one - Finista's feather - is clear of a falcon. Returning, the father gives the eldest daughters updates, but he could not find the feather. The next time, the older sisters receive a scarf each, but the promised younger feather is missing again. For the third time, the old man finally buys a feather for a thousand rubles.

In the room of the younger daughter, the feather turns into Tsarevich Finist The Tsarevich and the girl are talking. Sisters hear voices. Then the prince turns into a falcon, and the girl lets him fly. The elder sisters stick knives and needles into the window frame. Returning, Finist wounds his wings on the knives and flies away, ordering the girl to look for him in a distant kingdom. She hears it through a dream.

The girl stocks up on three pairs of iron shoes, three cast-iron staves, three stone marshmallows, and goes to look for Finist. On the way, she spends the night with three old women. One gives her a golden spindle, the other a silver dish with a golden egg, the third a golden hoop with a needle.

The prosvirs are already gnawed, the staves are broken, the shoes are trampled. The maiden learns that Finist in such and such a city married a prosvirnina's daughter, and is hired to be a worker for the prosvirina. She gives gifts from old women to her sallow daughter in exchange for the right to stay with Finist for three nights.

The wife mixes Finisgu with a sleeping potion. He sleeps and does not see the red maiden, does not hear her words. On the third night, the girl's hot tear wakes up Finista. The prince and the girl run away from the mallow.

Finist again turns into a feather, and the girl comes home with him. She says she was on a pilgrimage. The father and elder daughters leave for matins. The younger one stays at home and, after a while, goes to church with Tsarevich Finist, in a golden carriage and precious attire. In church, relatives do not recognize the girl, but she does not open up to them. The same thing happens the next day. On the third day, the father guesses everything, makes the daughter confess, and the red maiden marries Prince Finist.

Tricky Science

A grandfather and a woman have a son. I want the old man to give the guy to science, but there is no money. The old man takes his son around the cities, but no one wants to teach him without money. One day they meet a man who agrees to teach the guy tricky science for three years. But he sets a condition: if the old man does not recognize his son in three years, he will forever remain with the teacher.

The day before the appointed time, the son flies to his father as a small bird and tells that the teacher has eleven more students whom the parents did not recognize, and they remained with the owner forever.

The son teaches the father how to recognize him.

The owner (and he turned out to be a sorcerer) wraps his students with doves, stallions, good fellows, but in all guises the father recognizes his son. Father and son go home.

On the way they meet the master. The son turns into a dog and tells his father to sell him to the master, but without a collar. The old man sells with a collar. The son still manages to escape from the master and return home.

After some time, the son turns into a bird, tells his father to sell him at the market, but without a cage. The father does just that. The teacher-sorcerer buys a bird, and she flies away.

Then the son turns into a stallion and asks his father to sell him without a bridle. The father again sells the horse to the sorcerer, but he also has to give up the bridle. The sorcerer brings the horse home and ties it up. The sorcerer's daughter out of pity wants to lengthen the reins, and the horse runs away. The sorcerer is chasing him with a gray wolf. The good fellow turns into a ruff, the sorcerer turns into a pike ... Then the ruff turns into a golden ring, the merchant's daughter takes it, but the sorcerer demands that she give the ring. The girl throws the ring, it crumbles into grains, and the sorcerer in the form of a rooster pecks the grain. One grain turns into a hawk that bullies a rooster.

Sister Alyonushka, brother Ivanushka

The king and queen are dying; their children Alyonushka and Ivanushka go on a journey.

Children see a herd of cows near the pond. The sister persuades the brother not to drink from this pond, so as not to become a calf. They see a herd of horses by the water, and a herd of pigs, and a herd of goats. Alyonushka warns her brother everywhere. But in the end, having disobeyed his sister, he drinks and becomes a kid.

Alyonushka ties him by the belt and leads him with her. They enter the royal garden. The king asks Alyonushka who she is. Soon he will marry her.

On Alyonushka, who has become the queen, an evil sorceress puts on damage. She herself undertakes to treat the queen: she orders to go to the sea and drink water there. By the sea, the sorceress drowns Alyonushka. The kid, seeing this, cries. And the sorceress takes the form of Queen Alyonushka.

The imaginary queen offends Ivanushka. She begs the king to order the goat to be slaughtered. The king, though reluctantly, agrees. The kid asks permission to go to the sea. There he asks his sister to swim out, but she answers from under the water that she cannot. The little kid returns, but then asks for more and more to go to the sea. The king, surprised, secretly follows him. There he hears a conversation between Alyonushka and Ivanushka. Alyonushka tries to swim out, and the tsar pulls her ashore. The little kid talks about what happened, and the king orders the execution of the sorceress.

Princess Frog

The king has three sons. The younger one's name is Ivan Tsarevich. The king tells them to shoot arrows at different sides. Each of them must woo the girl on whose yard his arrow will fall. The arrow of the eldest son falls on the boyar court, the middle one - on the merchant's, and the arrow of Ivan Tsarevich - in the swamp, and the frog picks it up.

The eldest son marries a hawthorn, the middle son marries a merchant's daughter, and Ivan Tsarevich has to marry a frog.

The king orders his daughters-in-law to bake white bread each. Ivan Tsarevich is upset, but the frog comforts him. At night, she turns into Vasilisa the Wise and orders her mothers-nannies to bake bread. In the morning, glorious bread is ready. And the king orders his daughters-in-law to weave a carpet in one night. Ivan Tsarevich is sad. But at night the frog again turns into Vasilisa the Wise and gives orders to the nurses. The next morning, a wonderful carpet is ready.

The king orders his sons to come to him for a review along with their wives. The wife of Ivan Tsarevich appears in the guise of Vasilisa the Wise. She dances, and from the waves of her hands a lake appears, swans swim on the water. The wives of other princes try to imitate her, but to no avail. Meanwhile, Ivan Tsarevich finds a frog skin shed by his wife and burns it. Upon learning of this, Vasilisa grieves, turns into a white swan and flies out the window, ordering the prince to look for her at distant lands near Koshchei the Immortal. Ivan Tsarevich goes to look for his wife and meets an old man who explains that Vasilisa had to live for three years as a frog - such was her punishment from her father. The old man gives the prince a ball that will lead him along.

On the way, Ivan Tsarevich wants to kill a bear, a drake, a hare, but spares them. Seeing a pike on the sand, he throws it into the sea.

The prince enters the hut on chicken legs to see Baba Yaga. She says that it is difficult to cope with Koshchei: his death is in a needle, a needle in an egg, an egg in a duck, a duck in a hare, a hare in a chest, and a chest on an oak tree. Yaga indicates the place where the oak is located. The animals, whom Ivan Tsarevich spared, help him get a needle, and Koshchei has to die. And the prince takes Vasilisa home.

Nesmeyana Princess

Nesmeyana the princess lives in the royal chambers and never smiles, never laughs. The king promises to marry Nesmeyana to someone who can cheer her up. Everyone tries to do it, but no one succeeds.

And at the other end of the kingdom lives a worker. Its owner is a kind man. At the end of the year, he puts a bag of money in front of the worker: “Take as much as you want!” And he takes only one money, and he drops it into the well. He works for the owner for another year. At the end of the year, the same thing happens, and again the poor worker drops his money into the water. And in the third year he takes a coin, goes to the well and sees: the two old coins have surfaced. He takes them out and decides to look at the white light. A mouse, a bug and a catfish with a big mustache beg him for money. The worker is left with nothing. He comes to the city, sees Nesmeyana the princess in the window, and before her eyes falls into the mud. A mouse, a bug and a catfish immediately appear: they help, they take off the dress, they clean the boots. The princess, looking at their services, laughs. The king asks who is the cause of the laughter. The princess points to the worker. And then the tsar marries Nesmeyan to a worker.

retold

“When I was little, I really liked to have dinner with adults. And my sister Lelya also loved such dinners no less than I do.” Thus begins the story of Zoshchenko, which is conducted on behalf of the boy Minka. The desire of children to be at the table had several reasons. First, there was a lot of variety of food. The second - adults told a lot interesting facts from life. At first, the guys sat quietly at the table, but over time they grew bolder and also began to share their life experiences. Children's statements made the guests laugh. And the parents were proud that in these conversations the mind and development of their children are visible. But one dinner changed this “custom”.

Papa's boss, Minka, told an incredible story about how he saved a fireman. “This fireman looks like he died in a fire. And my dad's boss pulled him out of the fire." The children did not like this story. Lelya was sitting on pins and needles. She wanted to tell her story, in her opinion, more interesting. And since the chief spoke very slowly, the girl could not stand it and interrupted the narrator: “What is this! Here in our yard

there was one girl ... ”Lelya did not continue her story, as her mother shushed her, and her father looked sternly. The chief blushed with anger and was indignant that the children were sitting at the same table with adults and interrupting them.

The girl reminded me of the place where the boss had stopped. And then she noticed that the burned-out fireman could not say “merci” to him, since he was most likely unconscious. And she began to tell her story again. Now she got a slap from her mother. The guests smiled. And the chief blushed even more. But the boy decided to correct the situation. He told that ugrovye are different. But, as a rule, they mumble themselves without knowing what. So instead of “guard”, he could well say “merci”. The guests laughed. The boss, who was already shaking with anger, told his parents: “You are raising children poorly. They just don’t let me utter a word - they interrupt me all the time with stupid remarks. ”

Grandmother, who had been watching what was happening all this time, noticed that Lelya, instead of remorse, continued to eat for two. The girl quietly noticed that they were carrying water to the angry ones. However, the boss heard these words and took them personally. He gasped in surprise and again turned to the girl's parents: "Whenever I'm going to visit you and think about your children, I'm just reluctant to go to you." This time, dad said that because of the children's bad behavior at the table, they were not allowed to dine with adults from now on. And now he invited them to finish their tea and leave the room.

“Having finished the sardines, Lelya and I retired to the merry laughter of the guests.” After this incident, the children did not sit at the table with adults for two months. Once, when the father was in a good mood, they persuaded him again to allow them to sit down with them at the same table. He agreed, but forbade them to say anything at the table: “One word of yours spoken aloud, and you will not sit at the table again.”

And then again, one fine day, children are allowed to sit at the same table with adults. Now they sat very quietly and were constantly silent. They understood that an accidentally spoken word would deprive them of the opportunity to sit at a common table forever now.

However, such a ban did not upset them very much. They ate for four and laughed among themselves. “We think that the adults even made a mistake by not allowing us to speak. Our mouths, free from conversation, are entirely occupied with food.” So at the table they ate everything they could, and began to eat sweets.

When they finished with sweets and tea, they decided to try everything in the second round. Moreover, my mother noticed that the food was over and brought new portions.

The boy took the roll and wanted to butter it. But it was very frozen and did not want to be smeared on the bun. The oil was like stone. Then Minka came up with an idea: he put butter on the tip of a knife and began to heat it over tea. But he had already drunk his tea, so he decided to warm it over the next glass. It turned out to be the glass of my father's boss. He was telling something interesting, so he did not notice at all what the boy was doing.

“Meanwhile, the knife warmed over the tea. The oil melted a little. I wanted to spread it on a roll and already began to take my hand away from the glass. But then my oil suddenly slipped off the knife and fell right into the tea.” The boy was paralyzed with fear. He kept staring at the glass of oil. When at last Minka looked back, he saw that no one had noticed what had happened. Only Lelka noticed and, glancing at her brother, began to chuckle. She began to laugh even more when the chief began to stir his tea with a spoon. He stirred it for so long that all the butter melted. “And now the tea was like chicken broth.” The chief raised the glass to his mouth. Lele was very interested in what would happen when he swallowed this vodka. However, she was frightened and wanted to shout to him: "Don't drink!" But she remembered that her father had not allowed her to talk at the table, and remained silent. Her brother didn't say anything either. The chief finally took a long sip. “But then his eyes became round with surprise. He groaned, jumped up in his chair, opened his mouth and, grabbing a napkin, began to cough and spit.” From fright, he could not say anything and nothing to answer his parents. Everyone began to consider his tea. The boy's mother tried it and said that only a piece of butter floats there, which has melted in hot tea. Dad asked the children how it could get there. Having received permission to speak, Lelya blurted out: "Minka was heating oil over a glass, and it fell." And everyone laughed. Some began to examine their glasses.

The chief began to say that the children could not add butter, but tar to tea. One of the guests noticed that the children saw the oil fall, but did not say anything. In this he saw the main crime. Everyone learned that dad did not allow to talk at the table. So they didn't tell anyone. Dad said that they are not nasty, but stupid children, because they unquestioningly carry out orders. We must continue to adhere to the rules, but only to do it wisely. And in this case, instead of punishment, they would receive gratitude. “Everything must be done taking into account the changed situation,” said dad. - And you need to write these words in golden letters in your heart. Otherwise it will be absurd." Mom and grandmother began to give examples when they should have carried out orders in the new conditions. For example, to run from the apartment if a fire started, even though the children were told not to leave the house. Papa advised Lele to pour tea, because they should not be punished because of stupidity. The guests laughed and the children applauded.

But then the boy did not understand his father's words. Understanding the golden words came with time.

The author addresses the children and says that now he adheres to these words in all cases of life. Even in his work, he tried to follow this rule: to write according to the same laws as the masters of this art. But he saw that the situation had changed. “Life and the public are no longer the same as they were.” Therefore, he did not imitate the masters. Perhaps that is why the author brought little grief to people. “And was somewhat happy. However, even in ancient times, one wise man (who was being led to execution) said: “No one can be called happy before his death.” Those were also golden words.”

We find the golden words of many heroes in Zoshchenko's work. And they all say, firstly, that one should not draw hasty conclusions. And secondly, you should not unquestioningly follow all the rules and instructions that adults pronounce. All actions must initially be thought through, and what is not clear, clarify with the one who gave such instructions. And maybe then mistakes man on his own life path will do much less.

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