Read the fairy tale Geese and Swans online
I.
Once upon a time there lived a man and a woman.
They sowed wheat, harvested the crops, baked bread and took it to the market on weekends. And they had two children - Olyushka, the eldest, and Vanyushka, the youngest. So, one day, the parents got ready to go on the road - they loaded the bread onto the cart, and left the children at home and punished Olyushka: - You, daughter, look after your brother. Don't leave home. Otherwise, geese-swans will swoop in and take him to Baba Yaga behind the dark mountains, into a dense forest. If you fulfill our order, we will bring gifts from the market.
Olya listens to her father and mother, but does not hear. He only thinks about gifts. When her father and mother left, she sat her brother down at the window to play in the grass, and she ran off to her friends.
How long or how little time passes, Olyushka returns home. Look, my brother is gone. He looks left and right and calls out to him. Nobody responds. Then Olyushka cried bitter tears.
Suddenly, a mouse runs. He asks: “What are you crying about, little girl?” What are you grieving about? - How can I not cry? - Olyushka answers. - My little brother is missing! Nice brother! My father and mother told me to keep an eye on him, but I didn’t listen to them! Left him alone.
The mouse answers her: “Yes, a great tragedy happened.” And the geese and swans carried away your brother. To Baba Yaga, beyond the dark mountains, into the dense forest.
II.
Then Olyushka thanked the mouse and wandered off wherever she looked. So she goes and sees an apple tree . The heavy branches bent low to the ground. The apples on them are liquid, scarlet, and just look - they will fall.
Olyushka says: “Apple tree, apple tree, haven’t you seen where the swan geese have flown?”
The apple tree answers her: “Tie up my branches and taste my fruits.” It's hard for me to stand like this. Then I'll tell you. “I don’t have time to eat apples and tie up branches,” says Olyushka. She turned around and walked on, not knowing the road.
So she goes further and sees a river flowing - the banks of jelly . In one place, dry branches and stones attacked and blocked the riverbed. It's hard for water to get through them.
Olyushka says: “River, little river, have you seen where the swan geese have flown?” The river answers her: “And you free my riverbed and taste my jelly.” Then I'll tell you. “I have no time to drink jelly and remove branches,” says Olyushka. She turned around and walked on, not knowing the road.
It goes further. a stove by the road . Puffs and smokes. The pies just fall out of the valve. Olyushka says: “Stove, oh stove, haven’t you seen where the swan geese have flown?” The stove answers her: “Take out my pies, put them on a plate and try them yourself.” “I don’t have time to take out the pies and eat them,” says Olyushka. She turned around and walked on, not knowing the road.
III.
So she came to the dense forest. A dark forest, a wild forest. She sees a hut standing on the edge of the forest, and next to it her brother Vanyushka is sitting on the grass, playing with rejuvenating apples.
Olyushka approached him quietly, took his hand and wanted to run. But then a terrible shaggy head with a long nose poked out of the hut. That was Baba Yaga. She grabbed Olyushka with one hand and Vanyushka with the other and dragged her into the hut. “Now I’ll eat you both,” he says. - I’ll just be gone for a while. In the meantime, my daughter will roast you in the oven.
She said so and walked out. Her daughter remained - a dried-up, reed-thin old woman, a little younger than Baba Yaga. She says to the children: “Come on, sit down quickly!” I'll send you to the oven!
And Olyushka sits on her shoulder blade and spreads her arms and legs to the sides. It doesn't go into the oven. Then Baba Yaga's daughter got angry. Shouts: - Stupid girl! Why, you can’t even fit into the oven properly! “Show me,” says Olyushka. Well, the old woman sat down on her shoulder blade, tucked her arms and legs, and Olyushka instantly sent her into the oven and covered her with a damper. She grabbed her brother and ran away from the hut.
How long or short does it take Baba Yaga ? He smells meat coming from the oven. She took it out, ate it, and only then thought, “Where did my daughter go?” Suddenly look at the plate - and there is a copper ring, from my daughter’s finger. She realized then that Olyushka had deceived her. She became so angry that her teeth were clenched and from this terrible gnashing, the forest birds flew away from the trees.
Baba Yaga shouted: “Geese-swans!” My faithful helpers! Fly! Find it! Bring back the fugitives! The swan geese flew in like a gray cloud, a terrible cloud. And they rushed over the fields - to scour the forests.
The swan geese swooped in, picked up the boy, and carried him away on their wings.
The girl returned, and lo and behold, her brother was gone! She gasped, rushed back and forth - no!
She called him, burst into tears, lamented that bad things would happen from her father and mother, but her brother did not respond.
She ran out into an open field and only saw: swan geese darted in the distance and disappeared behind the dark forest. Then she realized that they had taken away her brother: geese-swans had long had a bad reputation - that they played pranks, carried away small children.
The girl rushed to catch up with them.
IV.
Meanwhile, Olyushka and Vanyushka ran away from the black forest. Here they are running, and they see that the swan geese are catching up, they cannot escape. And a stove .
Olyushka begged: “Mother stove, hide us!” The stove answers her: “Take out my pies, put them on a plate and try them yourself.” Olyushka immediately took the pies out of the oven and put a pie in her brother’s mouth. And then she and her brother climbed into the oven. And as soon as she managed to close the damper behind her, geese and swans swooped in. They circled and circled, but not finding anything, they flew away further. Olyushka thanked the stove, took her brother’s hand and ran on.
How long or how little time passes, the geese-swans are catching up again. And ahead on the way there is a river - the banks of jelly . Olya begged: “Mother River, hide us.” The river answers her: “And you free my bed, and taste my jelly.” Then I'll hide it. Olyushka and Vanyushka immediately scattered pebbles and twigs in different directions and sipped the jelly. And just under the river’s sleeve the river had time to rise when geese and swans swooped down. They circled and circled, but found nothing, and continued flying. Olyushka thanked the river, took her brother’s hand and ran on.
How long or how little time passes, the geese-swans are catching up again. And there is an apple tree . Olya begged: “Mother Yablonka, hide us.” The apple tree answers her: “Tie up my branches and taste my fruits.” Then I'll hide it. Olya immediately tied up the branches, took an apple for herself and her brother, and only had time to stand under the spreading branches when the swan geese flew in. They circled around for a long time, screaming in terrible voices. But they never found anything. They returned to Baba Yaga with nothing. And Olyushka thanked the apple tree, took her brother and ran on. It's not far from home now.
They just came running, and then the father and mother returned from the market. Guests were brought in. They stroked Olya on the head and caressed her with kind words. Because she looked after her brother well.
Russian folk tale Geese and Swans
There lived a man and a woman. They had a daughter and a little son.
“Daughter,” the mother said, “we’ll go to work, take care of your brother?” Don't leave the yard, be smart - we'll buy you a handkerchief.
The father and mother left, and the daughter forgot what she was ordered to do: she sat her brother down on the grass under the window, ran outside, started playing, and went on a spree. Geese-swans swooped in, picked up the boy, and carried him away on their wings.
The girl returned, and lo and behold, her brother was gone! She gasped, rushed here and there, no! She called to him, burst into tears, lamented that bad things would happen from her father and mother, but her brother did not respond.
She ran out into an open field and only saw: swan geese darted in the distance and disappeared behind the dark forest. Then she realized that they had taken away her brother: geese-swans had long had a bad reputation - that they played pranks, carried away small children.
The girl rushed to catch up with them. She ran and ran and saw that there was a stove.
- Stove, stove, tell me, where did the geese-swans fly?
The stove answers her:
“Eat my rye pie, I’ll tell you.”
- I’ll eat rye pie! My father doesn’t even eat wheat...
The stove didn't tell her. The girl ran further - there was an apple tree.
-Apple tree, apple tree, tell me, where did the geese and swans fly?
“Eat my forest apple, I’ll tell you.”
“My father doesn’t even eat garden ones... The apple tree didn’t tell her.” The girl ran further. A milk river flows on the banks of jelly.
—The Milk River, the banks of jelly, where did the swan geese fly?
- Eat my simple jelly with milk - I’ll tell you.
“My father doesn’t even eat cream... She ran for a long time through the fields and forests. The day is approaching evening, there is nothing to do - we need to go home. Suddenly he sees a hut standing on a chicken leg, about one window, turning around.
In the hut, the old Baba Yaga is spinning a tow. And my brother is sitting on the bench, playing with silver apples. The girl entered the hut:
- Hello, grandma!
- Hello, girl! Why did she appear?
“I walked through mosses and swamps, got my dress wet, and came to warm up.”
-Sit down while you spin the tow. Baba Yaga gave her a spindle and left. The girl is spinning - suddenly a mouse runs out from under the stove and says to her:
“Girl, girl, give me some porridge, I’ll tell you something nice.”
The girl gave her porridge, the mouse said to her:
-Baba Yaga went to heat the bathhouse. She will wash you, steam you, put you in an oven, fry you and eat you, and ride on your bones herself.
The girl sits, neither alive nor dead, crying, and the mouse tells her again:
“Don’t wait, take your brother, run, and I’ll spin the tow for you.”
The girl took her brother and ran. And Baba Yaga comes to the window and asks:
-Maiden, are you spinning?
The mouse answers her:
- I’m spinning, grandma... Baba Yaga heated the bathhouse and went after the girl. And there is no one in the hut. Baba Yaga shouted:
-Swan geese! Fly in pursuit! My sister took my brother away!..
The sister and brother ran to the milk river. He sees geese-swans flying.
-River, mother, hide me!
-Eat my simple jelly.
The girl ate and said thank you. The river sheltered her under the jelly bank.
The geese-swans did not see it, they flew past. The girl and her brother ran again. And the geese-swans returned to meet us, they are about to see. What to do? Trouble! The apple tree is standing...
-Apple tree, mother, hide me!
-Eat my forest apple. The girl quickly ate it and said thank you. The apple tree shaded it with branches and covered it with leaves.
The geese-swans did not see it, they flew past. The girl ran again. He runs, he runs, he’s not far away. Then the geese-swans saw her, cackled - they swooped in, beat her with their wings, and look, they would tear her brother out of her hands. The girl ran to the stove:
- Stove, mother, hide me!
-Eat my rye pie.
The girl rather put the pie in her mouth, and she and her brother went into the oven, sat down in the stomata.
The geese-swans flew and flew, screamed and shouted, and flew away empty-handed to Baba Yaga.
The girl said thank you to the stove and ran home with her brother.
And then the father and mother came.
What does this fairy tale teach? What is the main idea?
You can discuss the text with your child, involving him in the conversation. For example, some part of the conversation might look like this:
- What would have happened if the girl had listened to her parents and not been distracted by the game?
“She wouldn’t have gotten into trouble and wouldn’t have seen Baba Yaga, she wouldn’t have had to run anywhere.”
— The girl reacted irresponsibly to the assignment and the swan geese took her brother. Did she begin to correct the mistake?
- It did.
- Will you go to help your sister?
- Yes.
— The girl came across a stove, an apple tree and a river and refused to eat them, pointing out that the food tasted better at home. Was she polite?
- No.
“Did you do well when you whined that grandma was boring, even though she fed you, bathed you and entertained you?” Let there be no frills?
- Badly.
“But in difficult times the girl forgot about her pride and was affectionate. And they helped her.
Moral of the story
Everyone will find theirs:
- “Children must be supervised, they cannot be left for a long time, otherwise expect trouble,” says the mother hen.
- “We need to start looking for missing children immediately, without delay, before they are eaten by Baba Yaga,” says the policeman.
- “You need to obey your parents,” the strict dad commands.
- “The younger ones need to give in, take care and help,” the grandmother teaches, resolving the dispute between her grandchildren.
- “Mistakes can be corrected, don’t despair, because the girl returned her brother,” the psychologist convinces.
- “There is no need to be afraid to ask for help: without it, the girl and her brother would not have made it home unharmed,” the kindergarten teacher instructs.
- “Be attentive, focus on one thing and don’t get distracted, otherwise you’ll miss the most important thing, like your brother’s sister in a fairy tale,” the teacher admonishes.
- “When a person needs the help of another, he becomes kind, flattering and even ingratiating,” notes an observant leader.
- “When they serve you, drink the water,” says the proverb.
- “The girl did the right thing when she didn’t eat the treats - you can’t take anything from strangers,” notes the conscientious child. The tale was written a very, very long time ago, and back then not tasting the food meant showing disrespect for the owner and disdain for his gifts. Nowadays, accepting something from unverified people is even dangerous, but you need to refuse without insulting or humiliating your interlocutor.
- “We need to allow another to fulfill its purpose: the stoves - to bake pies, the apple tree - to grow apples,” the philosopher reflects.
- “The fairy tale tells about courage, bravery and selflessness: despite the danger of being eaten, the girl did not abandon her brother,” explains the experienced soldier.
- “The fairy tale tells about determination and independence: the girl did not wait for her parents, she began the search herself,” reports an independent journalist.
- “The marketing ploy “Before/After” or “Before/Became” in action: the girl was rude, capricious, unyielding, arrogant and ungrateful - her question remained unanswered, how she learned to make compromises, take into account the wishes of others - her requests were fulfilled" - The advertiser laughs.
Here we can also see the instructive meaning of the saying “What goes around comes around,” as in the fairy tale “The Fox and the Crane.”
In the hut old Baba Yaga spins a tow
And my brother is sitting on the bench, playing with silver apples.
The girl entered the hut:
- Hello, grandma! - Hello, girl! Why did she appear? “I walked through mosses and swamps, got my dress wet, and came to warm up.” - Sit down while you spin the tow.
Baba Yaga gave her a spindle and left. The girl is spinning - suddenly a mouse runs out from under the stove and says to her:
- Girl, girl, give me some porridge, I’ll tell you something good.
The girl gave her porridge, the mouse said to her:
- Baba Yaga went to heat the bathhouse. She will wash you, steam you, put you in an oven, fry you and eat you, and ride on your bones herself.
The girl sits neither alive nor dead, crying, and the mouse tells her again:
“Don’t wait, take your brother, run, and I’ll spin the tow for you.”
The girl took her brother and ran. And Baba Yaga comes to the window and asks:
“Maiden, are you spinning?”
The mouse answers her:
- I’m spinning, grandma...
Baba Yaga heated the bathhouse and went after the girl. And there is no one in the hut. Baba Yaga shouted:
- Swan geese! Fly in pursuit! My sister took my brother away!..
The sister and brother ran to the milk river. He sees geese-swans flying.
- River, mother, hide me!
- Eat my simple jelly.
The girl ate and said thank you. The river sheltered her under the jelly bank.
She ran and ran and saw that there was a stove
- Stove, stove, tell me, where did the geese-swans fly?
The stove answers her:
“Eat my rye pie, I’ll tell you.” - I’ll eat rye pie! My father doesn’t even eat wheat...
The stove didn't tell her. The girl ran further - there was an apple tree.
- Apple tree, apple tree, tell me, where did the geese-swans fly? “Eat my forest apple, I’ll tell you.” - My father doesn’t even eat garden vegetables...
The apple tree didn't tell her. The girl ran further. A milk river flows on the banks of jelly.
- Milk river, jelly banks, where did the swan geese fly? - Eat my simple jelly with milk - I’ll tell you. - My father doesn’t even eat cream...
She ran for a long time through the fields and forests. The day is approaching evening, there is nothing to do - we need to go home. Suddenly he sees a hut standing on a chicken leg, about one window, turning around.
