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Objectives:
- To generalize knowledge on the tales of foreign writers;
- Expand the horizons of students, develop their speech;
- Instill a love of reading;
- Form an interest in reading and cognitive activity;
- To educate the moral qualities of a person: kindness, attention, care for others.
Equipment:
- Portraits of storytellers;
- Drawings for fairy tales;
- Exhibition of books;
- Slides with assignments;
- Coin tokens.
Teacher:Do you guys like fairy tales? But fairy tales are loved not only in Russia, but also in other countries - England, Denmark, Germany, France, in different parts of the world. Today we will go on a journey to the homeland of your favorite foreign storytellers: Charles Perrault, the Grimm brothers, Hans Christian Andersen. Personally, I love to travel! Are you guys ready for adventure? Yes, and what will we travel on? From cars only noise and smoke. I would like people to start riding horses harnessed to carriages again, as they did many years ago. It is so romantic! It's uncomfortable to push in a beautiful carriage. The gentlemen give way to the ladies. It is unlikely that this will come true, but it's a pity! And yet, let's try! Let's call our travel game "Magic Carriage" / Slide /
Let's go to the countries of fairy tales of foreign writers. And in order to choose the right path, we will take our knowledge with us, which will be useful on the road. Imagine that our class is a beautiful magic carriage. So, good luck! By the way, in what tale did the pumpkin become a carriage and who is the author of this tale? / "Cinderella", Charles Perrault /
Teacher:So we will go to the homeland of Charles Perrault - to France. Our carriage will choose the right path if you remember the names of the fairy tales. / Slide /
Teacher:Now let's listen to the story about Charles Perrault.
Teacher:You listened carefully, learned something new, remembered his tales. And now you have to answer questions and complete tasks.
1. Guess which fairy tale this passage is from: "The king heard a cry, opened the carriage door and, recognizing the cat who had brought him game so many times as a gift, he immediately sent his guard to rescue the Marquis de Carabas" / "Puss in Boots"/ /Slide/
2. What did the miller leave to his sons?
- House, mill, cat
- House, donkey, cat
- Mill, donkey, cat / Slide /
3. How many children were there in the woodcutter's family?
- 7 / Slide /
4. How many years have the fairy tales of Charles Perrault been living? / 300 years old /
5. How many years have passed since the birth of the storyteller? / 385 years old /
Teacher: We leave France and go to the homeland of the Brothers Grimm storytellers - we are approaching Germany. /Slide/
Teacher: What are the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm? /Slide/
Teacher:Hear a student about the storyteller brothers.
/ Student story /
Questions and tasks for the passengers of the carriage.
1. Guess which fairy tale this passage is from: “In the evening we went into the forest and decided to spend the night there. The Donkey and the Dog lay down under the tree, the Cat and the Rooster settled down on the branches. I didn't climb to the top of my head. " / "The Bremen Town Musicians"/ / Slide: Monument to the Bremen Town Musicians /
Teacher:On one of the squares of the German city of Bremen, the Donkey, the Dog, the Cat and the Rooster - the magnificent four of Bremen musicians from the famous fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm - have forever frozen. Having taken off to the top of the living pyramid, the Rooster looks into the window of the robber's house. They had come a long way, these four brave men, before the bronze ones stood here in the bustling market square next to the giant two-tower St. Peter's Basilica, in the shadow of the Gothic town hall. The Brothers Grimm wrote a fairy tale in which fate brought the heroes together: they were kicked out of the house by the owners. Together they reached the city of Bremen. And now they are guarding his peace.
/ The song "There is nothing better in the world:"
2. Guess which fairy tale this passage is from: "Kukareku! Gee! The girl in gold has come!" / "Mistress Blizzard" / What other name does this tale have? / "Grandma Blizzard" / / Slide /
3. What slipped out of the girl's hands and fell into the well?
- Ring
- Spindle
- Spinning wheel / Slide /
4. Guess which fairy tale this passage is from: "They smelled flies that smell like jam, and flew on the bread: Then the tailor got angry, took a rag, and how he hit the flies with a rag!" / "Brave little tailor" /
5. How many flies did the tailor kill with one blow?
- 7 / Slide /
6. Retell the fairy tale "White and Rose". What is the moral of the tale? / Good always wins "/ / Slide /
Teacher: We are approaching the Danish city of Odense, where the great storyteller Hans Christian Andnrsen was born.
Teacher:Name Andersen's fairy tales. /Slide/
Teacher:Now listen to the story of the life of a writer.
/ Student story /
Teacher:Now let's complete the tasks.
1. How many umbrellas does Ole Lukkoye bring with him?
- 3 / Slide /
2. Guess which fairy tale this passage is from: "A walnut shell was her cradle, blue violets were a feather bed, and rose petals were a blanket. She slept in the shell at night and played on the table during the day. / "Thumbelina" / /Slide/
3. From which flower did Thumbelina appear?
- From a scarlet rose
- From a large wonderful tulip
- Indian lotus / Slide /
4. Who did Thumbelina marry?
- Beetle
- For a mole
- For the elf / Slide /
5. Guess which fairy tale this passage is from: "The youngest of the sisters could spend hours listening to stories about people, cities and ships. How she envied her older sisters, because they floated to the surface of the sea:" / "Mermaid"/ /Slide/
6. How old was the Little Mermaid when she was allowed to swim to the surface of the sea?
- 17 / Slide /
Teacher: For the sake of love for the prince, the Little Mermaid first abandons the fish tail, and then from life. In memory of this great, pure and faithful love, a sculpture was installed in Copenhagen. At the entrance to the harbor, among the waves, on a high stone sits the Little Mermaid, who came from Andersen's fairy tale. It seems that she has just risen from the depths of the sea and sat down to rest. The monument, created by a sculpture by Edward Eriksen, has been decorating the port since 1913 - for almost 100 years. It is considered a symbol not only of Copenhagen, but of the whole of Denmark. / Slide: Monument to the Little Mermaid /
1. Guess which fairy tale this passage is from: "Two poor children lived in a big city. In winter, children heated copper coins on the stove and applied them to the frozen glass. Now a round hole thawed out, and a cheerful, affectionate peephole peeped out into it. each from his own window a boy and a girl: " / "The Snow Queen"/ /Slide/
2. What word did Kai make up of pieces of ice?
- Eternity
- friendship
- Fidelity
Let's try to make up other words from the word "eternity". / "DREAM", "NOS", "SEV", "NEWS", "NIGHT", "TONE", "SENO", etc. / / Slide /
Teacher:Well, our journey has come to an end, we are returning to our homeland - visiting is good, but at home it is better! /Slide/
Teacher:What unites the tales of foreign writers? How are they similar to Russian folk tales? / "Good is stronger than evil" / /Slide/
Summarizing.
Awarding of the best experts in the work of foreign writers.
C. Perrault "Puss in Boots"
One miller, dying, left a mill, a donkey and a cat to his three sons. The brothers themselves divided the inheritance, they did not go to court: the greedy judges will take the last away.
The eldest got a mill, the middle got a donkey, the youngest got a cat.
For a long time the younger brother could not be comforted - he got a miserable inheritance.
“It's good brothers,” he said. - They will live together, they will honestly earn their bread. And I? Well, I'll eat the cat, well, I'll sew mittens from his skin. And then what? Die of hunger?
The Cat pretended not to hear anything, and said to the owner with an important air:
- Stop grieving. You'd better give me a bag and a pair of boots to walk in the bushes and swamps, and then we'll see if you've been cheated as much as you think.
The owner at first did not believe him, but remembered what tricks the Cat comes up with when he catches mice and rats: he hangs upside down on his paws, and buries himself in flour. Maybe such a rogue will really help out the owner. So he gave the Cat everything he asked.
The cat famously pulled on his boots, threw a sack over his shoulders and went into the bushes where rabbits were found. He put hare cabbage in a sack, pretended to be dead, lay and waited. Not all rabbits know what tricks are in the world. Someone will even get into the bag to eat.
No sooner had the Cat stretched out on the ground than his wish was fulfilled. The trusting little rabbit climbed into the sack, the Cat pulled the strings, and the trap slammed shut.
Proud of his prey, the Cat walked straight into the palace and asked to be escorted to the king himself.
Entering the royal chambers, the Cat bowed deeply and said:
- Sovereign! The Marquis Karabas (the Cat invented this name for the owner) ordered me to present this rabbit to Your Majesty.
“Thank your master,” replied the king, “and tell me that his gift is to my taste.
Another time, the Cat hid in a wheat field, opened the sack, waited for two partridges to enter, pulled on the strings and caught them. He brought the spoils back to the palace. The king gladly accepted the partridges and ordered to pour wine for the Cat.
For two or three months, the Cat only did what he wore to the king gifts from the Marquis of Karabas.
One day the Cat heard that the king was going for a walk along the river bank and was taking his daughter, the most beautiful princess in the world, with him.
- Well, - said the Cat to the owner, - if you want to be happy, obey me. Swim where I tell you. The rest is my concern.
The owner obeyed Kota, although he did not know what would come of it. He calmly climbed into the water, and the Cat waited for the king to come closer, and how he would shout:
- Save! Help! Ah, Marquis Carabas! He will drown now!
The king heard his cry, looked out of the carriage, recognized the same Cat who was carrying him tasty game, and ordered the servants to rush with all their might to help the Marquis Carabas.
The poor marquis was still being pulled out of the water, and the Cat, going up to the carriage, had already managed to tell the king how thieves came and stole all his clothes from his master while he was swimming, and how he, the Cat, shouted at them with all his might and called for help ... (The clothes were really not visible: the rogue hid it under a large stone.)
The king ordered his courtiers to get the best royal outfits and, with a bow, present them to the Marquis Carabas.
As soon as the miller's son put on beautiful clothes, he immediately fell in love with the king's daughter. She also liked the young man. He never thought there were such beautiful princesses in the world.
In a word, young people fell in love with each other at first sight.
Until now, no one knows whether the king noticed it or not, but he immediately invited the Marquis Carabas to get into the carriage and ride together.
The cat was glad that everything was going as he wanted, he overtook the carriage, saw the peasants mowing the hay, and said:
- Hey, well done mowers! Either you tell the king that this meadow belongs to the Marquis Carabas, or every one of you will be chopped to pieces and turned into cutlets!
The king really asked whose meadow it was.
- Marquis of Karabas! - the peasants answered trembling with fear.
“You have a wonderful inheritance,” the king said to the marquis.
“As you can see, Your Majesty,” answered the Marquis Karabas. “If you only knew how much hay is cut from this meadow every year.
And the Cat kept running ahead. He met the reapers and said to them:
- Hey, well done reapers! Either you say that these fields belong to the Marquis Karabas, or every one of you will be chopped to pieces and turned into cutlets!
The king, passing by, wanted to know whose fields it was.
- Marquis of Karabas! - the reapers answered amicably.
And the king, along with the marquis, rejoiced at the rich harvest.
So the Cat ran in front of the carriage and taught everyone who he met, how to answer the king. The king did nothing but marvel at the wealth of the Marquis of Carabas.
Meanwhile, the Cat ran to the beautiful castle where the Ogre lived, as rich as no one had ever seen. It was he who was the real owner of the meadows and fields, past which the king rode.
The cat has already managed to find out who this Ogre and what he can do. He asked to be escorted to the Ogre, bowed deeply to him and said that he could not drive past such a castle and not meet its famous owner.
The cannibal received him with all the courtesy one could expect from a cannibal, and invited the Cat to take a break from the journey.
- There are rumors, - said the Cat, - that you know how to turn into any animal, for example, a lion, an elephant ...
- Gossip? The Ogre grumbled. - Here I will take it and right before your eyes I will become a lion.
The cat was so scared when he saw a lion in front of him that he immediately found himself on a drainpipe, although it is not at all easy to climb onto the roof in boots.
When the Ogre returned to his former form, the Cat came down from the roof and admitted how scared he was.
- Impossible? Roared the Ogre. - So look!
And at the same moment the Ogre fell through the ground, and a mouse ran across the floor. The cat himself did not notice how he grabbed it and ate it.
Meanwhile, the king drove up to the beautiful Ogre's castle and wished to enter there.
The Cat heard the carriage rattled on the drawbridge, jumped out to meet him and said:
- You are welcome, your majesty, to the castle of the Marquis of Karabas!
- How, Monsieur Marquis, - exclaimed the king, - is the castle also yours? What a yard, what a building! There is probably no more charming castle in the world! Let's go there, please.
The Marquis gave his hand to the young princess, followed by the king, they entered the huge hall and found a magnificent dinner on the table. It was prepared by the Ogre for his friends. But those, having learned that the king was in the castle, were afraid to come to the table.
The king admired the marquis himself and his extraordinary wealth so much that after five, or perhaps six glasses of excellent wine he said:
- That's what, Monsieur Marquis. It depends only on you whether you marry my daughter or not.
The marquis rejoiced at these words even more than unexpected wealth, thanked the king for the great honor and, of course, agreed to marry the most beautiful princess in the world.
The wedding was celebrated on the same day.
After that, the Cat became a very important gentleman and catches mice just for fun.
The Brothers Grimm "The Thrush King"
A king had a daughter; she was extraordinarily beautiful, but, moreover, so proud and arrogant that none of the suitors seemed good enough for her. She refused one after another and, moreover, she laughed at everyone.
Once the king ordered a big feast and summoned from everywhere, from near and far places, suitors who would like to marry her. We put them all in a row in order, rank and rank; in front were the kings, then the dukes, princes, counts and barons, and finally the nobles.
And they took the princess through the rows, but in each of the suitors she found some flaw. One was too fat. "Yes, this one is like a wine barrel!" - she said. The other was too long. "Lanky, too thin, and no stately gait!" - she said. The third was too short. "Well, what luck is there in him, if he is small and fat to boot?" The fourth was too pale. "This one looks like death." The fifth was too blush. "It's just some kind of turkey!" The sixth was too young. "This young and painfully green, he, like a damp tree, will not catch fire."
And so she found in everyone something to find fault with, but she especially laughed at one kind king who was taller than others and whose chin was a little crooked.
“Wow,” she said, and laughed, “this one has a chin like the beak of a blackbird! - And from that time they called him Drozdovik.
As the old king saw that his daughter had only one thing and knew that she was mocking people and refused all the bridegrooms who had gathered, he became angry and swore that she would have to take the first beggar she met as her husband, that she would knock on his door.
A few days later, a musician appeared and began to sing under the window in order to earn alms for himself. The king heard this and said:
- Let him go upstairs.
The musician came in in his dirty, tattered clothes and began to sing a song to the king and his daughter; and when he finished, he asked for alms.
The king said:
- I liked your singing so much That I will give you my daughter as a wife.
The princess was frightened, but the king said:
“I swore an oath to marry you off as the first beggar I came across, and I must keep my oath.
And no persuasion helped; they called the priest, and she had to immediately marry the musician. When this was done, the king said:
- Now you, as the wife of a beggar, do not have to stay in my castle, you can go anywhere with your husband.
The beggar led her out of the castle by the hand, and she had to walk with him. They came to a dense forest, and she asks:
- Whose forests and meadows are these?
- This is all King-Drozdovik.
- Oh, what a pity that it is impossible
Give me back Drozdovik!
They passed through the fields, and she asked again:
- Whose fields and river are these?
- It's all the king-Drozdovik!
I would not drive him away, if everything would be yours then.
- Oh, what a pity that it is impossible
Give me back Drozdovik!
Then they passed through the big city, and she asked again:
- Whose beautiful city is this?
- - King-Drozdovik for a long time he.
I would not drive him away, if everything would be yours then.
- Oh, what a pity that it is impossible
Give me back Drozdovik!
“I don’t like it at all,” said the musician, “that you still want someone else to be your husband: am I not sweet to you?
They finally came to a small hut, and she said:
- My God, what a house!
Whose is he, so bad?
And the musician replied:
- This is my house and yours, we will live here with you together.
And she had to bend down to enter the low door.
- And where are the servants? Asked the princess.
- What are these servants? - answered the beggar. - You have to do everything yourself, if you want something done. Come on, light up the stove and put the water on to cook my dinner, I'm very tired.
But the princess did not know how to make a fire and cook, and the beggar had to get to work himself; and it worked out somehow. They ate something from hand to mouth and went to bed.
But as soon as daybreak began, he drove her out of bed, and she had to do her homework. So they lived for several days, neither bad nor good, and they ate all their supplies. Then the husband says:
- Wife, that way we will not succeed, we now eat, but we do not earn anything. Start weaving baskets.
He went, cut the willow rods, brought them home, and she began to weave, but the hard rods hurt her tender hands.
- I see, this business will not work for you, - said the husband, - you better take the yarn, perhaps you can handle it.
She sat down and tried to spin yarn; but the coarse threads cut into her delicate fingers, and blood flowed from them.
- You see, - said the husband, - you are not suitable for any job, it will be difficult for me with you. I’ll try to trade in pots and pottery. You will have to go to the market and sell the product.
“Ah,” she thought, “what good will people from our kingdom come to the market and see that I am sitting and selling pots, they’ll laugh at me!”
But what was to be done? She had to obey, or they would have to starve to death.
The first time things went well - people bought goods from her, because she was beautiful, and paid her what she asked for; even many paid her money and left the pots for her. That's how they lived on it.
My husband bought a lot of new clay pots again. She sat down with pots at the corner of the market, and arranged the goods around her and began to trade. But suddenly a drunken hussar galloped up, bumped right into the pots - and only shards remained of them. She began to cry and from fear did not know what to do now.
- Oh, what will it be for me! - she exclaimed. - What will my husband tell me?
And she ran home and told him about her grief.
“Who’s sitting at the corner of the market with pottery?” - said the husband. - Stop crying; I see you are not fit for a decent job. I was just now in the castle of our king and asked if there would be a need for a dishwasher, and they promised me to hire you; there they will feed you for it.
And the queen became a dishwasher, she had to help the cook and do the darkest work. She tied two bowls to her bag and brought home in them what she got as a share of the leftovers, and so they ate.
It happened that at that time the wedding of the elder prince was to be celebrated, and then the poor woman went upstairs to the castle and stood at the door to the hall to have a look. So the candles were lit, and guests entered there, one more beautiful than the other, and everything was full of pomp and splendor. And she thought with sorrow in her heart about her evil fate and began to curse her pride and arrogance, which had humiliated her so much and plunged into great poverty. She heard the smell of expensive food, which the servants brought in and out of the hall, and they sometimes threw something from the leftovers to her, she put them in her bowl, intending to take it all home later.
Suddenly the prince entered, he was dressed in velvet and silk, and he had gold chains around his neck. Seeing a beautiful woman at the door, he grabbed her hand and wanted to dance with her; but she was frightened and began to refuse - she recognized in him the king-Drozdovik, that he had wooed her and whom she refused with mockery. But no matter how hard she resisted, he still dragged her into the hall; and suddenly the ribbon on which the bag was hanging broke, and the bowls fell out of it on the floor and the soup spilled out.
As the guests saw this, everyone began to laugh, make fun of her, and she was so ashamed that she was better prepared to sink into the ground. She rushed to the door and wanted to run away, but on the stairs a man overtook her and brought her back. She looked at him, and it was the King-Drozdovik. He affectionately told her:
- Do not be afraid, because I and the musician with whom you lived together in a poor hut are one and the same. I pretended to be a musician out of love for you; and the hussar who broke all the pots for you was me too. I did all this to break your pride and punish you for your arrogance when you laughed at me.
She wept bitterly and said:
“I was so unfair that I didn’t deserve to be your wife.
But he told her:
- Calm down, difficult days are over, and now we will celebrate our wedding.
And the royal maids appeared, put on her magnificent dresses; and her father came, and with him the whole court; they wished her happiness in her marriage to the King Drozdovik; and the real joy has just begun.
And I would like you and me to be there too.
H. K. Andersen "Fire"
A soldier walked along the road: one or two! one-two! A knapsack on my back, a saber on my side. He was walking home from the war. And suddenly on the road he met a witch. The witch was old and terrible. Her lower lip dropped down to her chest.
- Hello, servant! - said the witch. - What a glorious saber and a large knapsack you have! Here is a gallant soldier! And now you will have plenty of money.
“Thank you, old witch,” the soldier said.
- You see that big tree? - said the witch. - It's empty inside. Climb the tree, there is a hollow at the top. Climb into this hollow and go down to the very bottom. And I will tie a rope around your waist and pull you back as soon as you shout.
- Why would I go into this hollow? The soldier asked.
“For money,” said the witch, “this tree is not simple. As you go down to the very bottom, you will see a long underground passage. It is quite light there - hundreds of lamps are burning day and night. Go without turning down the underground passage. And when you reach the end, there will be three doors in front of you. There is a key in each door. Turn it and the door will open. There is a large chest in the first room. A dog is sitting on the chest. This dog's eyes are like two tea saucers. But don't be afraid. I'll give you my blue checkered apron, spread it on the floor and grab the dog boldly. And if you grab it, put it on my apron as soon as possible. Well, then open the chest and take as much money from it as you want. Yes, only this chest contains only copper money. And if you want silver, go to the second room. And there is a chest. And a dog sits on that chest. Her eyes are like your mill wheels. Just don't be scared - grab her and put her on your apron, and then take some silver money for yourself. Well, and if you want gold, go to the third room. In the middle of the third room is a chest full of gold. This chest is guarded by the largest dog. Each eye is the size of a tower. If you manage to put her on my apron - your happiness: the dog will not touch you. Then take as much gold as your heart desires!
“This is all very good,” said the soldier. - But what do you take from me for this, old witch? After all, you need something from me.
- I will not take a half from you! - said the witch. - Just bring me an old flint, which my grandmother forgot down there, when I climbed there the last time.
- Okay, tie me with a rope! The soldier said.
- Done! - said the witch. “And here's my checkered apron.
And the soldier climbed a tree. He found a hollow and went down to the very bottom. As the witch said, that's what happened: the soldier is looking - in front of him is an underground passage. And it's as bright as day - hundreds of lamps are burning. The soldier went through this dungeon. Walked, walked and reached the very end. There is nowhere else to go. He sees a soldier - there are three doors in front of him. And the keys stick out in the doorway.
The soldier opened the first door and entered the room. There is a chest in the middle of the room, a dog sits on the chest. Her eyes are like two tea saucers. The dog looks at the soldier and turns his eyes in different directions.
- What a monster! - said the soldier, grabbed the dog and instantly put it on the witch's apron.
Then the dog calmed down, and the soldier opened the chest and let’s carry money from there. He filled his pockets full of copper money, closed the chest and put the dog on it again, while he went into another room.
The witch told the truth - and in this room there was a dog sitting on a chest. Her eyes were like mill wheels.
- Well, why are you staring at me? No matter how your eyes pop out! - said the soldier, grabbed the dog and put the apron on the witch's apron, and he himself quickly to the chest.
The chest is full of silver. The soldier threw the copper money out of his pockets, stuffed both pockets and the satchel with silver. Then the soldier entered the third room.
He entered - and opened his mouth. Well, miracles! There was a golden chest in the middle of the room, and a real monster sat on the chest. Eyes - neither give nor take two towers. They spun like the wheels of the fastest carriage.
- I wish you good health! - said the soldier and took it under his visor. He had never seen such a dog.
However, he did not look for a long time. He grabbed the dog in an armful, put it on the witch's apron, and opened the chest himself. Father, how much gold there was! With this gold one could buy the whole capital city, all the toys, all the tin soldiers, all the wooden horses and all the gingerbread in the world. It would be enough for everything.
Here the soldier threw silver money from his pockets and knapsack and with both hands began to rake gold out of the chest. He stuffed his pockets with gold, stuffed his satchel, hat, boots. I gained so much gold that I barely budged!
Now he was rich!
He put the dog on the chest, slammed the door and shouted:
- Hey, get it upstairs, old witch!
- Did you take my flint? The witch asked.
“Oh, damn it, you completely forgot about your flint! The soldier said.
He went back, found the witch's flint and put it in his pocket.
- Well, take it! Found your flint! He shouted to the witch.
The witch yanked the rope and pulled the soldier up. And the soldier found himself again on the high road.
"Well, give me a flint," said the witch.
- What do you want, witch, is this flint? The soldier asked.
- None of your business! - said the witch. - You got the money, right? Give me the flint!
- Well no! The soldier said. - Tell me now, why do you need a flint, or I will pull out my saber and chop off your head.
- I will not say! - answered the witch.
Then the soldier grabbed a saber and chopped off the witch's head. The witch fell to the ground - And here she died. And the soldier tied all his money in a witch's checkered apron, put the knot on his back and went straight to the city.
The city was big and rich. The soldier went to the largest hotel, hired the best rooms for himself and ordered all his favorite foods to be served - after all, he was now a rich man.
The servant who was cleaning his boots was surprised that such a rich gentleman had such bad boots, because the soldier had not yet had time to buy new ones. But the next day he bought himself the most beautiful clothes, a hat with a feather and boots with spurs.
Now the soldier has become a real master. He was told about all the miracles that were in this city. They also talked about the king, who had a beautiful daughter, a princess.
- How can I see this princess? The soldier asked.
“Well, it's not that easy,” he was told. - The princess lives in a large copper castle, and around the castle there are high walls and stone towers. No one, except the king himself, dares neither enter there, nor leave there, because the king was predicted that his daughter was destined to become the wife of a simple soldier. And the king, of course, does not really want to become related to a simple soldier. So he keeps the princess locked up.
The soldier regretted that he could not look at the princess, but, however, did not grieve for a long time. And without the princess he healed merrily: he went to the theater, walked in the royal garden and distributed money to the poor. He himself experienced how bad it is to sit without a penny in his pocket.
Well, since the soldier was rich, lived cheerfully and dressed beautifully, then he had many friends. Everyone called him a nice fellow, a real master, and he really liked that.
Here the soldier spent money and sees once - he has only two money left in his pocket. And the soldier had to move from good places to a cramped closet under the very roof. He remembered the old days: he began to clean his boots and sew holes on them. None of his friends visited him again - it was too high now to climb to him.
One evening a soldier was sitting in his closet. It was already completely dark, and he had no money even for a candle. Then he remembered about the witch's flint. The soldier took out a flint-box and began to strike fire. As soon as he hit the flint, the door flew open and a dog with eyes like tea saucers ran in.
It was the same dog that the soldier saw in the first room of the dungeon.
- What do you want, soldier? The dog asked.
- That's a thing! The soldier said. - It turns out that the fire is not simple. Will it not help me out of trouble? .. Get me some money! He ordered the dog.
And as soon as he said it, the dogs disappeared. But before the soldier had time to count to two, the dog was already right there, and in its teeth it had a large bag full of copper money.
The soldier understood now what a wonderful flint he had. It was worth hitting the flint once - a dog appeared with eyes like tea saucers, and a soldier hit twice - a dog with eyes like mill wheels was running towards him. He will strike three times, and the dog, with each eye the size of a tower, stands in front of him and waits for orders. The first dog drags him copper money, the second - silver, and the third - pure gold.
And now the soldier became rich again, moved to the best rooms, again began to flaunt in an elegant dress.
Then all his friends again got into the habit of going to him and loved him very much.
Once it occurred to the soldier;
“Why don't I see the princess? Everyone says she's so beautiful. What's the use if she stays in a copper castle, behind high walls and towers? Well, where is my flint? "
And he hit the flint once. At the same moment a dog appeared with eyes like a saucer.
- That's what, dear! Said the soldier. - Now, it is true, it is already night, but I want to look at the princess. Get her here for a minute. Well, step march!
The dog immediately ran away, and before the soldier had time to recover, she appeared again, and on her back lay a sleeping princess.
The princess was wonderfully good. At first glance, it was clear that this is a real princess. Our soldier could not resist kissing her - that is why he was a soldier, a real cavalier, from head to toe. Then the dog took the princess back the same way it brought it.
During morning tea, the princess told the king and queen that she had an amazing dream at night: as if she was riding a dog and some soldier kissed her.
- That's the story! Said the queen.
Apparently she didn't like this dream very much.
The next night, an old lady-in-waiting was put on the princess's bed and ordered to find out if it was really a dream or something else.
And the soldier again wanted to death to see the beautiful princess.
And at night, a dog appeared in the copper castle, like yesterday, grabbed the princess and rushed with her at full speed. Here the old lady-in-waiting put on her waterproof boots and set off in pursuit. Seeing that the dog disappeared with the princess in one big house, the maid of honor thought: "Now we will find the young man!" And she drew a large cross with chalk on the gate of the house, and she calmly went home to sleep.
But in vain she calmed down: when the time came to carry the princess back, the dog saw a cross on the gate and immediately guessed what was the matter. She took a piece of chalk and placed crosses on all the gates of the city. It was cleverly thought up: now the lady-in-waiting could not find the necessary gate in any way - after all, the same white crosses were everywhere.
Early in the morning, the king and queen, the old lady-in-waiting and all the royal officers went to see where the princess went on her dog at night.
- That's where! - said the king, seeing the white cross on the first gate.
- No, that's where! - said the queen, seeing the cross on the other gate.
- And there is a cross, and here! - said the officers.
And no matter what gate they looked at, there were white crosses everywhere. So they did not achieve any sense.
But the queen was a smart woman, a jack of all trades, and not just driving around in carriages. She ordered the servants to bring in her gold scissors and a piece of silk and sewed a beautiful little bag. In this bag she poured buckwheat and tied it imperceptibly on the back of the princess. Then she poked a hole in the bag so that the cereal would gradually fall on the road when the princess went to her soldier.
And at night the dog appeared, put the princess on its back and carried it to the soldier. And the soldier had already managed to fall in love with the princess so much that he wholeheartedly wanted to marry her. And it would be nice to become a prince.
The dog ran quickly, and the groats poured from the bag all the way from the brass castle to the soldier's house. But the dog didn't notice anything.
In the morning the king and queen left the palace, looked at the road, and immediately recognized where the princess had gone. The soldier was captured and sent to prison.
The soldier sat behind bars for a long time. The prison was dark and boring. And then one day the guard said to the soldier:
- Tomorrow you will be hanged!
The soldier became sad. He thought, wondered how to escape death, but he could not think of anything. After all, the soldier forgot his wonderful flint at home.
The next morning, the soldier went to a small window and began to look through the iron bars into the street. People were pouring out of town in droves to see how the soldier was being hanged. The drums beat, the troops passed. And then a boy, a shoemaker in a leather apron and shoes on bare feet, ran past the prison itself. He was skipping, and suddenly one shoe flew off his feet and hit right into the prison wall, near the latticed window at which the soldier was standing.
- Hey, young man, do not rush! Shouted the soldier. - I’m still here, and without me it will not do there! But if you run to my house and bring me a flint, I'll give you four silver coins. Well, live!
The boy was not averse to receiving four silver coins and set off with an arrow for the flint, instantly brought it, gave it to the soldier and ...
Listen to what came of it.
A large gallows was built outside the city. Troops and crowds of people stood around it. The king and queen were seated on a magnificent throne. Opposite were the judges and the entire council of state. And now the soldier was led onto the stairs, and the executioner was about to throw a noose around his neck. But then the soldier asked to wait a minute.
- I would very much like, - he said, - to smoke a pipe of tobacco - it will be the very last pipe in my life.
And in this country there was such a custom: the last wish of the condemned to death must be fulfilled. Of course, if it was a completely trifling desire.
Therefore, the king could not refuse the soldier. And the soldier put a pipe in his mouth, pulled out his flint and began to strike fire. He struck the flint once, struck two, struck three - and then three dogs appeared in front of him. One had eyes like tea saucers, the other like mill wheels, the third like towers.
- Come on, help me get rid of the noose! The soldier told them.
Then all three dogs rushed at the judges and at the Council of State: they will grab him by the legs, this by the nose, and let's throw it, so high that, falling to the ground, everyone shattered into smithereens.
- I do not need! I do not want! Cried the king.
But the biggest dog grabbed him along with the queen and threw both of them up. Then the army got scared, and the people began to shout:
- Long live the soldier! Be, soldier, our king and marry a beautiful princess!
The soldier was seated in the royal carriage and taken to the palace. Three dogs danced in front of the carriage and shouted "hurray." The boys whistled and the troops saluted. The princess came out of the brass castle and became a queen. Understandably, she was very pleased.
The wedding feast lasted for a whole week. Three dogs also sat at the table, eating, drinking and twirling their huge eyes.
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