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Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Stories about children

The boy cleaned the sheep and, as if seeing a wolf, began to call:

Help, wolf! The wolf!

The men came running and saw: not true. As he did so two and three times, it happened - indeed, a wolf came running.

The boy began to shout:

Here, here quickly, wolf!

The peasants thought that they were deceiving again as usual - they did not listen to him.

The wolf sees, there is nothing to be afraid of: in the open, he cut the whole herd.

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HOW AUNT TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE LEARNED TO SEW

When I was six years old, I asked my mother to let me sew. She said: "You are still small, you will only prick your fingers," and I kept pestering.

Mother took a red rag out of the chest and gave it to me; then I put a red thread in the needle and showed me how to hold it.

I started sewing, but could not make straight stitches; one stitch came out large, and the other fell to the very edge and broke through. Then I pricked my finger and wanted not to cry, but my mother asked me: "What are you?" - I could not resist and cried. Then my mother told me to go play.

When I went to bed, I kept dreaming of stitches; I kept thinking about how I could learn to sew as soon as possible, and it seemed to me so difficult that I would never learn.

And now I have grown up big and do not remember how I learned to sew; and when I teach my little girl to sew, I wonder how she cannot hold a needle.

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HOW A BOY TOLD ABOUT HIM IN THE FOREST A THUNDERSTORM

When I was little, I was sent to the forest for mushrooms. I reached the forest, picked up some mushrooms and wanted to go home. Suddenly it became dark, it started to rain and thundered. I got scared and sat down under a large oak tree. Lightning flashed, so bright that my eyes hurt, and I closed my eyes. Something crackled and thundered over my head; then something hit me in the head. I fell and lay there until the rain stopped. When I woke up, trees were dripping all over the forest, birds were singing and the sun was playing. A large oak tree broke and smoke was coming out of the stump. Oak scraps lay around me. My dress was all wet and sticky to my body; there was a bump on my head and it hurt a little. I found my hat, took the mushrooms and ran home. No one was at home; I took out some bread from the table and climbed onto the stove. When I woke up, I saw from the stove that they had fried my mushrooms, put them on the table and were already hungry. I shouted: "What are you eating without me?" They say: “Why are you sleeping? Go quickly, eat. "

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BONE

Mother bought plums and wanted to give them to the children after dinner. They were still on the plate. Vanya never ate plums and smelled them all the time. And he liked them very much. I really wanted to eat. He kept walking past the sinks. When no one was in the upper room, he could not resist, grabbed one plum and ate it. Before dinner, the mother counted the plums and saw that one was missing. She told her father.

At lunch, the father says:

What, children, has anyone eaten one plum?

Everybody said:

Vanya blushed like a cancer and said too:

No, I didn't eat.

Then the father said:

What any of you have eaten is not good; but that's not the problem. The trouble is that there are seeds in the plums, and if someone does not know how to eat them and swallows a bone, he will die in a day. I'm afraid of that.

Vanya turned pale and said:

No, I threw the bone out the window.

And everyone laughed, and Vanya began to cry.

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GIRL AND MUSHROOMS

Two girls were walking home with mushrooms.

They had to cross the railroad.

They thought the car was far away, climbed the embankment and walked across the rails.

Suddenly a car rustled. The older girl ran back, and the younger one ran across the road.

The older girl shouted to her sister:

"Don't go back!"

But the car was so close and made such a loud noise that the younger girl did not hear; she thought she was being told to run back. She ran back across the rails, stumbled, dropped the mushrooms and began to pick them up.

The car was already close, and the driver whistled with great force.

The older girl shouted:

“Drop the mushrooms!” And the little girl thought she was being told to pick mushrooms and crawled along the road.

The driver could not hold the cars. She whistled with all her might and ran into the girl.

The older girl screamed and cried. Everyone passing by looked from the windows of the carriages, and the conductor ran to the end of the train to see what had happened to the girl.

When the train passed, everyone saw that the girl lay between the rails with her head down and did not move.

Then, when the train had already driven far away, the girl raised her head, jumped to her knees, picked up mushrooms and ran to her sister.

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HOW THE BOY TOLD ABOUT HOW HE FOUND THE BEE'S WOMEN

My grandfather lived in a bee-house in the summer. When I went to him, he gave me honey.

Once I came to the bee-house and began to walk between the hives. I was not afraid of bees, because my grandfather taught me to walk quietly in the marsh.

And the bees got used to me and did not bite. In one hive, I heard something cackling.

I went to my grandfather's hut and told him.

He went with me, listened to me and said:

From this hive has already flown out one swarm, a pervak, with an old womb; and now the young queens are hatched. They are shouting. They will fly out tomorrow with another swarm.

I asked my grandfather:

What kind of uterus are there?

He said:

Come tomorrow; God willing, it will open up - I'll show you and give honey.

When I came to my grandfather the next day, two closed swarms with bees hung in the hallway. My grandfather told me to put on the net and tied it with a scarf around my neck; then he took one closed swarm of bees and carried it to the bee-house. The bees hummed in it. I was afraid of them and hid my hands in my trousers; but I wanted to see the uterus, and I followed my grandfather.

At the stop, the grandfather went to an empty block, adjusted the trough, opened the swarm and shook the bees out of it onto the trough. The bees crawled along the trough into the deck and trumpeted everything, and the grandfather stirred them with a broom.

And here is the womb! - Grandfather pointed to me with a broom, and I saw a long bee with short wings. She crawled with the others and disappeared.

Then my grandfather took off the net from me and went to the hut. There he gave me a large piece of honey, I ate it and smeared my cheeks and hands.

When I got home, my mother said:

Again, you, a spoiled man, grandfather fed honey.

And I said:

He gave me honey because yesterday I found him a hive with young queens, and now we were planting a swarm with him.

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In the harvest, the men and women went to work. Only the old and the little ones remained in the village. A grandmother and three grandchildren remained in one hut. Grandmother lit the stove and lay down to rest. Flies landed on it and bit it. She covered her head with a towel and fell asleep.

One of the granddaughters, Masha (she was three years old), opened the stove, raked the coals into a shard and went into the passage. And in the entryway lay sheaves. The women cooked these sheaves for the svyasla. Masha brought in coals, put them under the sheaves, and began to blow. When the straw began to catch fire, she was delighted, went into the hut and led her brother, Kiryushka by the hand (he was a year and a half, he had just learned to walk), and said:

Look, Kilyuska, what kind of stove I blew up.

The sheaves were already burning and cracking. When the canopy was covered with smoke, Masha got scared and ran back to the hut. Kiryushka fell on the threshold, bruised his nose and burst into tears. Masha dragged him into the hut, and they both hid under the bench. Grandmother heard nothing and slept.

The eldest boy, Vanya (he was eight years old), was on the street. When he saw that smoke was pouring out of the passage, he ran through the door, slipped through the smoke into the hut and began to wake up his grandmother; but the grandmother was sleepily mad and forgot about the children, jumped out and ran through the courtyards after the people. Masha, meanwhile, was sitting under the bench and was silent; only the little boy screamed because he hurt his nose. Vanya heard his cry, looked under the bench and shouted to Masha:

Run, you will burn!

Masha ran into the passage, but it was impossible to get through from the smoke and fire. She came back. Then Vanya raised the window and told her to climb.

When she got through, Vanya grabbed his brother and dragged him. But the boy was hard and not given to his brother. He cried and pushed Vanya. Vanya fell twice while dragging him to the window: the door to the hut was already on fire. Vanya put the boy's head out the window and wanted to push it through; but the boy (he was very frightened) grabbed his hands and did not let them go. Then Vanya shouted to Masha:

Get him by the head! - and he pushed from behind.

Information sheet:

Leo Tolstoy's wonderful cute fairy tales make an indelible impression on children. Little readers and listeners make unusual discoveries for themselves about wildlife, which are given to them in a fabulous form. At the same time, they are interesting to read and easy to understand. For better perception, some of the previously written author's tales were later released in processing.

Who is Leo Tolstoy?

He was a famous writer of his time and remains so to this day. He had an excellent education, he knew foreign languages, was fond of classical music. He traveled a lot in Europe, served in the Caucasus.

His books have always been published in large editions. Big novels and novellas, short stories and fables - the list of publications amazes with the richness of the author's literary talent. He wrote about love, war, heroism and patriotism. He personally took part in military battles. I saw a lot of grief and complete self-denial of soldiers and officers. He often spoke with bitterness not only about the material, but also about the spiritual poverty of the peasantry. And quite unexpected against the background of his epic and social works were wonderful creations for children.

Why did you start writing for children?

Count Tolstoy did a lot of charity work. On his estate, he opened a school for peasants for free. The desire to write for children arose when the first few poor children came to school. To open them the world, simple language to teach what is now called natural history, Tolstoy and began to write fairy tales.

Why do people love a writer these days?

It turned out so well that even now, children of a completely different generation are happy to perceive the works of the count of the 19th century, learn love and kindness to the world around them and animals. As in all literature, in fairy tales Leo Tolstoy was also talented and loved by his readers.

There were brother and sister - Vasya and Katya; and they had a cat. In the spring, the cat disappeared. The children looked for her everywhere, but could not find it. Once they were playing near the barn and heard something meowing in thin voices overhead. Vasya climbed the stairs under the roof of the barn. And Katya stood below and kept asking:

- Found? Found?

But Vasya did not answer her. Finally Vasya shouted to her:

- Found! Our cat ... And she has kittens; so wonderful; come here soon.

Katya ran home, got milk and brought it to the cat.

There were five kittens. When they grew up a little and began to crawl out from under the corner where they hatched, the children chose one kitten for themselves, gray with white paws, and brought it into the house. The mother distributed all the other kittens, and left this to the children. The children fed him, played with him and put him to bed with them.

Once the children went to play on the road and took a kitten with them.

The wind stirred the straw along the road, and the kitten played with the straw, and the children rejoiced at him. Then they found sorrel near the road, went to collect it and forgot about the kitten. Suddenly they heard someone shouting loudly: "Back, back!" - and saw that the hunter was galloping, and in front of him two dogs saw a kitten and wanted to grab him. And the stupid kitten, instead of running, sat down on the ground, hunched his back and looked at the dogs.

Katya was frightened by the dogs, screamed and ran away from them. And Vasya, with all the spirit, set off to the kitten and at the same time with the dogs ran up to him. The dogs wanted to grab the kitten, but Vasya fell on his stomach on the kitten and closed him from the dogs.

The hunter jumped up and drove the dogs away; and Vasya brought the kitten home and no longer took it with him to the field.

How Auntie Talked About How She Learned to Sew

When I was six years old, I asked my mother to let me sew.

She said:

- You are still small, you will only prick your fingers.

And I kept pestering. Mother took a red rag out of the chest and gave it to me; then I put a red thread in the needle and showed me how to hold it. I began to sew, but I could not make even stitches: one stitch came out large, and the other fell to the very edge and broke through. Then I pricked my finger and wanted not to cry, but my mother asked me:

- What you?

I could not resist and cried. Then my mother told me to go play.

When I went to bed, I kept dreaming of stitches; I kept thinking about how I could learn to sew as soon as possible, and it seemed to me so difficult that I would never learn.

And now I have grown up big and do not remember how I learned to sew; and when I teach my little girl to sew, I wonder how she cannot hold a needle.

Girl and mushrooms

Two girls were walking home with mushrooms.

They had to cross the railroad.

They thought that a car far away, climbed onto the embankment and went over the rails.

Suddenly a car rustled. The older girl ran back, and the younger one ran across the road.

The older girl shouted to her sister:

- Don't go back!

But the car was so close and made such a loud noise that the younger girl did not hear; she thought she was being told to run back. She ran back across the rails, stumbled, dropped the mushrooms and began to pick them up.

The car was already close, and the driver whistled with great force.

The older girl shouted:

- Throw the mushrooms!

And the little girl thought she was being told to pick mushrooms and crawled along the road.

The driver could not hold the cars. She whistled with all her might and ran into the girl.

The older girl screamed and cried. Everyone passing by looked from the windows of the carriages, and the conductor ran to the end of the train to see what had happened to the girl.

When the train passed, everyone saw that the girl lay between the rails with her head down and did not move.

Then, when the train had already driven far away, the girl raised her head, jumped to her knees, picked up mushrooms and ran to her sister.

How the boy talked about how he was not taken to the city

Father is going to the city, and I say to him:

- Dad, take me with you.

And he says:

- You will freeze there; where are you ...

I turned around, cried and went into the closet. I cried and cried and fell asleep.

And I see in a dream, as if there is a small path from our village to the chapel, and I see Dad walking along this path. I caught up with him, and we went with him to the city. I walk and see - the stove is burning in front. I say: "Dad, is this a city?" And he says: "He is the most." Then we got to the stove, and I see - they are baking rolls there. I say, "Buy me a roll." He bought it and gave it to me.

Then I woke up, got up, put on my shoes, took my mittens and went outside. On the street, guys ride ice floes and on skids. I began to skate with them and skated until I was cold.

As soon as I returned and climbed onto the stove, I hear - Dad returned from the city. I was delighted, jumped up and say:

- Dad, what - bought me a roll?

He says:

- I bought it, - and gave me a roll.

I jumped from the stove to the bench and began to dance with joy.

Seryozha was a birthday boy, and they gave him many different gifts: tops, horses, and pictures. But Uncle Seryozha presented a net to catch birds more expensive than all the gifts. The grid is made in such a way that a plate is attached to the frame, and the grid is folded back. Put the seed on a plank and put it out in the yard. A bird will fly in, sit on the board, the board will turn up, and the net will slam shut itself. Seryozha was delighted and ran to his mother to show the net.

Mother says:

- The toy is not good. What do you need birds for? Why are you going to torture them!

- I'll put them in cages. They will sing and I will feed them.

Seryozha took out a seed, poured it on a board and put the net in the garden. And he stood still, waiting for the birds to arrive. But the birds were afraid of him and did not fly to the net. Seryozha went to dinner and left the net. I looked after dinner, the net snapped shut and a bird was beating under the net. Seryozha was delighted, caught the bird and carried it home.

- Mama! Look, I caught the bird, it’s probably a nightingale! .. And how his heart beats!

Mother said:

- It's a siskin. Look, don't torture him, but rather let him go.

- No, I will feed and water him.

Seryozha put a siskin in a cage and for two days he poured seed on him, and put water, and cleaned the cage. On the third day, he forgot about the siskin and did not change his water. His mother says to him:

- You see, you forgot about your bird, you better let it go.

“No, I won’t forget, I’ll put the water on and clean the cage now.

Seryozha thrust his hand into the cage, began to clean, and the siskin got scared, beating against the cage. Seryozha cleaned out the cage and went to fetch water. The mother saw that he had forgotten to close the cage, and shouted to him:

- Seryozha, close the cage, otherwise your bird will fly out and be killed!

Before she could say, the siskin found the door, was delighted, spread its wings and flew through the upper room to the window. Yes, I did not see the glass, hit the glass and fell on the windowsill.

Seryozha came running, took the bird, carried it to the cage. Chizhik was still alive; but he lay on his chest, spreading his wings, and breathing heavily. Seryozha looked, looked and began to cry.

- Mama! What should I do now?

- Now you can't do anything.

Seryozha did not leave the cage all day and kept looking at the siskin, but the siskin still lay on the breast and was breathing heavily and soon. When Seryozha went to bed, the siskin was still alive. Seryozha could not sleep for a long time. Every time he closed his eyes, he imagined a siskin, how it lies and breathes. In the morning, when Seryozha approached the cage, he saw that the siskin was already lying on its back, clenched its legs and became numb.

Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, stories, fairy tales and fables in prose for children. The collection includes not only the well-known stories of Leo Tolstoy "Bone", "Kitten", "Bulka", but also such rare works as "Do good with everyone", "Do not torture animals", "Do not be lazy", "Boy and father "and many others.

Jackdaw and jug

Galka wanted to drink. There was a jug of water in the yard, and the jug had water only at the bottom.
The jackdaw was out of reach.
She began to throw stones into the jug and scribbled so much that the water became higher and it was possible to drink.

Rats and egg

Two rats found an egg. They wanted to share it and eat it; but they see a raven flying and wants to take the egg.
The rats began to think how to steal an egg from a crow. Carry? - do not grab; roll? - you can break it.
And the rats decided this: one lay on its back, grabbed the egg with its paws, and the other pulled it by the tail, and, like on a sled, pulled the egg under the floor.

Bug

Bug carried the bone across the bridge. Look, her shadow is in the water.
It came to the Beetle's mind that there was not a shadow in the water, but a Beetle and a bone.
She and put your bone in to take that. She did not take it, but its own went to the bottom.

Wolf and goat

The wolf sees - the goat is grazing on a stone mountain and it is impossible for him to get close to it; he said to her: "You should have gone down: here the place is even more equal, and the grass is much sweeter for you to feed."
And the Goat says: "That is not why you, wolf, are calling me down: you are not bothering about mine, but about your food."

Mouse, cat and rooster

The mouse went out for a walk. I walked around the yard and came back to my mother.
“Well, mother, I saw two animals. One is scary and the other is kind. "
The mother said, "Tell me, what kind of animals are they?"
The mouse said: “One is scary, he walks around the yard like this: his legs are black, the crest is red, his eyes are protruding, and his nose is crocheted. When I walked by, he opened his mouth, lifted his leg and began to shout so loudly that I did not know where to go from fear! "
“It's a rooster,” said the old mouse. - He does not do evil to anyone, do not be afraid of him. Well, what about the other beast?
- Another lay in the sun and basked. His neck is white, the legs are gray, smooth, he licks his white breast and moves his tail slightly, looks at me.
The old mouse said: “You are a fool, you are a fool. It's the cat itself. "

Kitty

There were brother and sister - Vasya and Katya; and they had a cat. In the spring, the cat disappeared. The children looked for her everywhere, but could not find it.

Once they were playing near the barn and heard someone meowing in thin voices overhead. Vasya climbed the stairs under the roof of the barn. And Katya stood and kept asking:

- Found? Found?

But Vasya did not answer her. Finally Vasya shouted to her:

- Found! Our cat ... and she has kittens; so wonderful; come here soon.

Katya ran home, got milk and brought it to the cat.

There were five kittens. When they grew up a little and began to crawl out from under the corner where they hatched, the children chose one kitten for themselves, gray with white paws, and brought it into the house. The mother distributed all the other kittens, and left this to the children. The children fed him, played with him and put him to bed with them.

Once the children went to play on the road and took a kitten with them.

The wind stirred the straw along the road, and the kitten played with the straw, and the children rejoiced at him. Then they found sorrel near the road, went to collect it and forgot about the kitten.

Suddenly they heard someone shouting loudly:

"Back, back!" - and saw that the hunter was galloping, and in front of him two dogs saw a kitten and wanted to grab him. And the stupid kitten, instead of running, sat down on the ground, hunched his back and looked at the dogs.

Katya was frightened by the dogs, screamed and ran away from them. And Vasya, with all his heart, set off to the kitten and at the same time with the dogs ran up to him.

The dogs wanted to grab the kitten, but Vasya fell on his stomach on the kitten and closed him from the dogs.

The hunter jumped up and drove the dogs away, and Vasya brought the kitten home and no longer took him with him to the field.

Old man and apple trees

The old man was planting apple trees. He was told: “Why do you need apple trees? Wait a long time from these apple trees for fruit, and you will not eat apples from them. " The old man said: "I will not eat, others will eat, they will say thank you to me."

Boy and father (The truth is the most expensive)

The boy played and broke an inadvertently expensive cup.
Nobody saw it.
The father came and asked:
- Who broke?
The boy shook with fear and said:
- I AM.
Father said:
- Thank you for telling the truth.

Do not torture animals (Varya and siskin)

Varya had a siskin. The siskin lived in a cage and never sang.
Varya came to the chih. - "It's time for you, siskin, to sing."
- "Let me go free, I will sing all day long."

Do not be lazy

There were two peasants - Peter and Ivan, they mowed the meadows together. In the morning Peter came with his family and began to clean up his meadow. The day was hot and the grass was dry; by the evening there was hay.
And Ivan did not go to clean, but sat at home. On the third day, Peter took the hay home, and Ivan was just going to row.
In the evening it started to rain. Peter had hay, and Ivan had all the grass rippled.

Do not take away by force

Petya and Misha had a horse. They got into an argument: whose horse?
They began to tear each other's horses.
- "Give me, my horse!" - "No, you give me, the horse is not yours, but mine!"
Mother came, took the horse, and the horse was no one.

Do not overeat

The mouse gnawed at the floor, and there was a crack. The mouse went into the crack, found a lot of food. The mouse was greedy and ate so much that its belly was full. When day came, the mouse went to her room, but the belly was so full that it did not go through the crack.

Doing Good with Everyone

The squirrel jumped from branch to branch and fell directly onto the sleepy wolf. The wolf jumped up and wanted to eat her. The squirrel began to ask: "Let me go." The wolf said: “Okay, I'll let you in, just tell me why you squirrels are so happy? I am always bored, but you look at you, you are there, above everything, playing and jumping. " The squirrel said: "Let me go first to the tree, and from there I will tell you, otherwise I am afraid of you." The wolf let it go, and the squirrel went to the tree and from there said: “You are bored because you are angry. Your heart burns with anger. And we are cheerful because we are good and do no harm to anyone. "

To respect old people

The grandmother had a granddaughter; before the granddaughter was sweet and slept, but the grandmother herself baked bread, chalked the hut, washed, sewed, spun and weaved for her granddaughter; and after that the grandmother became old and lay down on the stove and slept. And the granddaughter baked, washed, sewed, weaved and spun on the grandmother.

How my aunt talked about how she learned to sew

When I was six years old, I asked my mother to let me sew. She said: "You are still small, you will only prick your fingers"; and I kept pestering. Mother took a red rag out of the chest and gave it to me; then I put a red thread in the needle and showed me how to hold it. I started sewing, but could not make straight stitches; one stitch came out large, and the other fell to the very edge and broke through. Then I pricked my finger and wanted not to cry, but my mother asked me: "What are you?" - I could not resist and cried. Then my mother told me to go play.

When I went to bed, I kept dreaming of stitches: I kept thinking about how I could learn to sew as soon as possible, and it seemed to me so difficult that I would never learn. And now I have grown up big and do not remember how I learned to sew; and when I teach my little girl to sew, I wonder how she cannot hold a needle.

Bulka (Officer's Tale)

I had a face. Her name was Bulka. She was all black, only the tips of her front paws were white.

All faces lower jaw longer than the upper and upper teeth extend beyond the lower ones; but Bulka's lower jaw protruded so much that a finger could be placed between the lower and upper teeth. Bulka's face was wide; the eyes are large, black and shiny; and the teeth and fangs were white always sticking out. He looked like a moor. Bulka was meek and did not bite, but he was very strong and tenacious. When he used to shrink for something, he gritted his teeth and hung like a rag, and he, like a tick, cannot be torn off in any way.

Once he was allowed to attack a bear, and he grabbed the bear's ear and hung like a leech. The bear beat him with his paws, pressed him to himself, threw him from side to side, but could not tear him off and fell on his head to crush Bulka; but Bulka held on to it until then, until it was poured with cold water.

I took him as a puppy and fed him myself. When I went to serve in the Caucasus, I did not want to take him and left him on the sly, and ordered him to be locked up. At the first station, I was already about to sit down on another cross-platform, when suddenly I saw that something black and shiny was rolling along the road. It was Bulka in his brass collar. He flew at full speed to the station. He rushed to me, licked my hand, and stretched out in the shadows under the cart. His tongue protruded over a whole palm. He then pulled it back, swallowing saliva, then again thrust it out on the whole palm. He was in a hurry, could not keep up to breathe, his sides were jumping. He turned from side to side and tapped his tail on the ground.

I found out later that after me he broke through the frame and jumped out of the window and straight ahead, in my wake, galloped along the road and rode twenty versts in the heat.

Milton and Bulka (Story)

I got myself a cop dog for pheasants. This dog's name was Milton: she was tall, thin, speckled in gray, with long wings and ears, and very strong and intelligent. They did not squabble with Bulka. Not a single dog has ever snapped at Bulka. He used to only show his teeth, and the dogs set their tails between their legs and walk away. Once I went with Milton for pheasants. Suddenly Bulka came running after me into the forest. I wanted to chase him away, but I couldn't. And it was a long way to go home to take him away. I thought that he would not interfere with me, and went on; but as soon as Milton smelled a pheasant in the grass and began to search, Bulka rushed forward and began to pry in all directions. He tried before Milton to raise the pheasant. He heard something like that in the grass, jumped, spun: but his instinct was bad, and he could not find a trace alone, but looked at Milton and ran where Milton was going. As soon as Milton sets off on the trail, Bulka will run ahead. I recalled Bulka, beat him, but I could not do anything with him. As soon as Milton began to search, he rushed forward and interfered with him. I wanted to go home already, because I thought that my hunt was ruined, in Milton I had better thought of how to deceive Bulka. This is what he did: as soon as Bulka runs ahead of him, Milton will throw a trail, turn in the other direction and pretend that he is looking. Bulka will rush to where Milton pointed, and Milton will look back at me, wave his tail and follow the real trail again. Bulka again runs to Milton, runs ahead, and again Milton will deliberately take ten steps aside, deceive Bulka and again lead me straight. So during the whole hunt he deceived Bulka and did not let him spoil the business.

Shark (Story)

Our ship was anchored off the coast of Africa. It was a beautiful day, a fresh breeze was blowing from the sea; but by evening the weather changed: it became stuffy and as if from a heated stove it was blowing hot air from the Sahara desert.

Before sunset, the captain went out on the deck, shouted: "Swim!" - and in one minute the sailors jumped into the water, lowered the sail into the water, tied it and made a bath in the sail.

There were two boys on the ship with us. The boys were the first to jump into the water, but they were cramped in the sail, they decided to swim in a race on the open sea.

Both, like lizards, stretched out in the water and with all their strength they swam to the place where the keg was above the anchor.

One boy first overtook a friend, but then began to lag behind. The boy's father, an old gunner, stood on the deck and admired his son. When the son began to lag behind, the father shouted to him: “Don't betray! work hard! "

Suddenly someone shouted from the deck: "Shark!" - and we all saw the back of a sea monster in the water.

The shark swam straight for the boys.

Back! back! come back! shark! the artilleryman shouted. But the guys did not hear him, they sailed on, laughed and shouted even more merrily and louder than before.

The artilleryman, pale as a sheet, did not move, looked at the children.

The sailors lowered the boat, rushed into it and, bending the oars, rushed as hard as they could to the boys; but they were still far from them when the shark was no more than 20 paces.

The boys at first did not hear what they were shouting at, and did not see the shark; but then one of them looked around, and we all heard a shrill screech, and the boys swam in different directions.

This screech seemed to wake up the artilleryman. He jumped off and ran to the cannons. He turned his trunk, lay down on the cannon, took aim and took the fuse.

We all, no matter how many of us were on the ship, froze with fear and waited for what would happen.

A shot rang out, and we saw that the artilleryman fell down beside the cannon and covered his face with his hands. We did not see what happened to the shark and the boys, because for a moment the smoke covered our eyes.

But when the smoke spread over the water, at first a quiet murmur was heard from all sides, then this murmur became stronger, and, finally, a loud, joyful cry came from all sides.

The old gunner opened his face, got up and looked at the sea.

The yellow belly of a dead shark swayed over the waves. In a few minutes the boat swam up to the boys and brought them to the ship.

The Lion and the Dog (Byl)

Illustration by Nastya Aksenova

In London, wild animals were shown and for viewing they took money or dogs and cats to feed wild animals.

One man wanted to look at the animals: he grabbed a dog on the street and brought it to the menagerie. They let him look, and they took the dog and threw it into the cage to the lion to eat.

The dog tucked its tail between its legs and snuggled into the corner of the cage. The lion went up to her and sniffed her.

The dog lay on its back, raised its paws and began to wave its tail.

The lion touched her with his paw and turned her over.

The dog jumped up and stood in front of the lion on its hind legs.

The lion looked at the dog, turned his head from side to side and did not touch it.

When the owner threw the meat to the lion, the lion tore off a piece and left it to the dog.

In the evening, when the lion went to bed, the dog lay down beside him and put its head on his paw.

Since then, the dog lived in the same cage with the lion, the lion did not touch her, ate food, slept with her, and sometimes played with her.

Once the master came to the menagerie and recognized his dog; he said that the dog was his own and asked the owner of the menagerie to give it to him. The owner wanted to give it away, but as soon as they began to call the dog to take it out of the cage, the lion bristled and growled.

So the lion and the dog lived for a whole year in the same cage.

A year later, the dog fell ill and died. The lion stopped eating, and smelled everything, licked the dog and touched it with his paw.

When he realized that she was dead, he suddenly jumped up, bristled, began to lash himself with his tail on the sides, rushed to the wall of the cage and began to gnaw at the bolts and the floor.

All day he fought, tossed about in the cage and roared, then lay down beside the dead dog and fell silent. The owner wanted to take the dead dog away, but the lion would not let anyone near it.

The owner thought that the lion would forget his grief if he was given another dog, and let a live dog into his cage; but the lion at once tore it to pieces. Then he hugged the dead dog with his paws and lay there for five days.

On the sixth day, the lion died.

Jump (Fair)

One ship went around the world and returned home. The weather was calm, all the people were on deck. In the midst of the people a big monkey spun and amused everyone. This monkey writhed, jumped, made funny faces, mimicked people, and it was evident that she knew that they were being amused with it, and therefore diverged even more.

She jumped to the 12-year-old boy, the son of the ship's captain, tore off his hat from his head, put it on and quickly climbed onto the mast. Everyone laughed, but the boy was left without a hat and did not know himself whether to laugh or cry.

The monkey sat down on the first crossbar of the mast, took off his hat and began to tear it with his teeth and paws. She seemed to tease the boy, point at him and make faces at him. The boy threatened her and shouted at her, but she tore her hat even angrily. The sailors began to laugh louder, and the boy blushed, threw off his jacket and rushed after the monkey to the mast. In one minute he climbed the rope to the first rung; but the monkey is even more agile and faster than him, at the very minute he thought to grab his hat, he climbed even higher.

So you won't leave me! - shouted the boy and climbed higher. The monkey again beckoned him, climbed even higher, but the boy was already sorted out by the enthusiasm, and he did not lag behind. So the monkey and the boy reached the very top in one minute. At the very top, the monkey stretched out its full length and, catching its back hand1 on the rope, hung its hat on the edge of the last crossbar, and itself climbed to the top of the mast and squirmed from there, showing its teeth and rejoicing. From the mast to the end of the crossbar, where the hat hung, there were two arshins, so that it was impossible to reach it otherwise than to let go of the rope and the mast.

But the boy got very excited. He dropped the mast and stepped onto the crossbar. On deck, everyone looked and laughed at what the monkey and the captain's son were doing; but when they saw that he let go of the rope and stepped on the crossbar, shaking his arms, everyone froze with fear.

If he only stumbled, he would have crashed to smithereens on the deck. Even if he did not stumble, but reached the edge of the crossbar and took his hat, it would be difficult for him to turn around and walk back to the mast. Everyone looked at him in silence and waited for what would happen.

Suddenly, among the people, someone gasped in fear. The boy came to his senses from this cry, looked down and staggered.

At this time, the captain of the ship, the boy's father, left the cabin. He carried a gun to shoot seagulls2. He saw his son on the mast, and immediately took aim at the son and shouted: “Into the water! jump into the water now! I'll shoot you! " The boy staggered, but did not understand. "Jump or shoot! .. One, two ..." and as soon as the father shouted "three" - the boy swung his head down and jumped.

Like a cannonball, the boy's body slapped into the sea, and before the waves had time to close it, 20 fellow sailors jumped off the ship into the sea. After 40 seconds - they seemed to be in debt to everyone - the boy's body emerged. They grabbed him and dragged him to the ship. A few minutes later, water started pouring out of his mouth and nose, and he began to breathe.

When the captain saw this, he suddenly screamed, as if something were choking him, and ran to his cabin so that no one would see him crying.

Fire Dogs (Byl)

It often happens that in cities on fires, children remain in their houses and they cannot be pulled out, because they hide from fear and are silent, and it is impossible to see them from the smoke. For this, dogs have been trained in London. These dogs live with firefighters, and when the house is on fire, the firefighters send the dogs to pull the children out. One such dog in London saved twelve children; her name was Bob.

The house caught fire once. And when the firefighters arrived at the house, a woman ran out to them. She cried and said that a two-year-old girl was left in the house. Firefighters sent Bob. Bob ran up the stairs and disappeared into the smoke. Five minutes later, he ran out of the house and carried the girl in his teeth by the shirt. The mother rushed to her daughter and cried with joy that her daughter was alive. Firefighters caressed the dog and examined it to see if it was burned; but Bob was rushing back to the house. The firefighters thought that there was something else alive in the house, and they let him in. The dog ran into the house and soon ran out with something in its teeth. When the people examined what she was carrying, everyone burst out laughing: she was carrying a large doll.

Bone (Byl)

The mother bought plums and wanted to give them to the children after dinner. They were on a plate. Vanya never ate plums and smelled them all. And he liked them very much. I really wanted to eat. He kept walking past the sinks. When no one was in the upper room, he could not resist, grabbed one plum and ate it. Before dinner, the mother counted the plums and sees that one is missing. She told her father.

At dinner, the father says: "Why, children, has anyone eaten one plum?" Everyone said, "No." Vanya blushed like cancer and said, "No, I didn't eat."

Then the father said: “What any of you ate is not good; but that's not the problem. The trouble is that there are seeds in the plums, and if someone does not know how to eat them and swallows the bone, then he will die in a day. I'm afraid of that. "

Vanya turned pale and said: "No, I threw the bone out the window."

And everyone laughed, and Vanya began to cry.

Monkey and Peas (Fable)

The monkey was carrying two handfuls of peas. One pea jumped out; the monkey wanted to pick it up and sprinkled twenty peas.
She rushed to pick up and spilled everything. Then she got angry, scattered all the peas and ran away.

Lion and Mouse (Fable)

The lion was asleep. A mouse ran over his body. He woke up and caught her. The mouse began to ask him to let her go; she said: "If you let me in, and I will do you good." The lion laughed that the mouse promised to do him good, and let her go.

Then the hunters caught the lion and tied it to a tree with a rope. The mouse heard a lion's roar, came running, gnawed at the rope and said: "Do you remember, you laughed, did not think that I could do good to you, but now you see - sometimes good comes from a mouse."

Old grandfather and granddaughter (Fable)

My grandfather became very old. His legs did not walk, his eyes did not see, his ears did not hear, he had no teeth. And when he ate, his mouth flowed back. The son and daughter-in-law stopped seating him at the table, and gave him dinner at the stove. They took him to dinner once in a cup. He wanted to move her, but dropped and smashed. The daughter-in-law began scolding the old man for ruining everything in the house with them and beating the cups, and said that now she would give him lunch in the tub. The old man only sighed and said nothing. Once a husband and wife are sitting at home and watching - their son is playing with boards on the floor - he is working on something. The father asked: "What are you doing this, Misha?" And Misha and saying: “This is me, father, making a pelvis. When you and your mother are old enough to feed you from this pelvis. "

The husband and wife looked at each other and wept. They felt ashamed that they had offended the old man so much; and from then on they began to sit him at the table and take care of him.

Liar (Fable, also called Don't Lie)

The boy guarded the sheep and, as if seeing a wolf, began to call: “Help, wolf! Wolf!" The men came running and saw: not true. As he did so two and three times, it happened - indeed, a wolf came running. The boy began to shout: "Here, here quickly, wolf!" The peasants thought that they were deceiving again as usual - they did not listen to him. The wolf sees, there is nothing to be afraid of: in the open, he cut the whole herd.

Father and Sons (Fable)

The father ordered his sons to live in harmony; they didn't obey. So he ordered to bring a broom and says:

"Break it down!"

No matter how hard they fought, they could not break. Then the father untied the broom and ordered to break one rod at a time.

They easily broke the bars one by one.

Ant and Dove (Fable)

The ant went down to the stream: he wanted to get drunk. The wave swept over him and nearly drowned him. Dovewing carried a branch; she saw that the ant was drowning, and threw a branch into the stream. The ant sat down on a branch and escaped. Then the hunter put the net on the dove and wanted to slam it shut. The ant crawled up to the hunter and bit him on the leg; the hunter gasped and dropped the net. The dove fluttered and flew away.

Chicken and Swallow (Fable)

The chicken found the snake eggs and began to incubate them. The swallow saw and said:
“That's it, stupid! You will bring them out, and when they grow up, they will offend you first. "

Fox and grapes (Fable)

The fox saw ripe bunches of grapes hanging, and began to adjust how to eat them.
She fought for a long time, but could not get it. To drown out the annoyance, she says: "Still green."

Two comrades (Fable)

Two comrades were walking through the forest, and a bear jumped out on them. One started to run, climbed a tree and hid, while the other stayed on the road. He had nothing to do - he fell to the ground and pretended to be dead.

The bear came up to him and began to sniff: he stopped breathing.

The bear sniffed his face, thought he was dead, and walked away.

When the bear left, he got down from the tree and laughs: “Well,” he says, “did the bear say in your ear?”

“And he told me that - bad people those who run away from their comrades in danger. "

The Tsar and the Shirt (Fairy Tale)

One king was sick and said: "I will give half of the kingdom to the one who will heal me." Then all the wise men gathered and began to judge how to cure the king. Nobody knew. Only one sage said that the king can be cured. He said: if you find a happy man, take off his shirt and put it on the king, the king will recover. The king sent him to seek a happy man in his kingdom; but the king's ambassadors traveled for a long time throughout the kingdom and could not find a happy person. There was not a single one that was satisfied with everything. Who is rich, let him be ill; who is healthy but poor; who is healthy and rich, but his wife is not good, and who has children who are not good; everybody complains about something. Once, late in the evening, the tsar's son walks past the hut, and he hears someone saying: “Thank God, I’ve worked it out, ate ate, and I’ll go to bed; what more do I need? " The tsar's son was delighted, ordered to take off this man's shirt, and give him as much money as he wants, and take the shirt to the tsar. The messengers came to happy person and wanted to take off his shirt; but the happy one was so poor that he didn't even have a shirt on.

Two Brothers (Fairy Tale)

The two brothers went to travel together. At noon they lay down to rest in the forest. When they woke up, they saw - next to them was a stone and something was written on the stone. They began to disassemble and read:

"Whoever finds this stone, let him go straight to the forest at sunrise. A river will come in the forest: let it float across this river to the other side. You will see a bear with cubs: take the cubs away from the bear and run straight up the mountain without looking back. On the mountain you will see house, and in that house you will find happiness. "

The brothers read what was written, and the younger said:

Let's go together. Maybe we can swim across this river, bring the bears home and find happiness together.

Then the elder said:

I will not go to the forest for cubs and I do not advise you. First thing: no one knows if the truth is written on this stone; maybe it was all written for laughter. Yes, maybe we didn't understand it that way. Second: if the truth is written, we will go into the forest, night will come, we will not get to the river and get lost. And even if we find a river, how will we cross it? Maybe she is fast and wide? Third: if we cross the river, is it an easy thing to take away the cubs from a bear? She will pull us up, and instead of happiness we will be lost for nothing. The fourth thing: if we manage to carry the cubs away, we will not run up the mountain without rest. The main thing is not said: what kind of happiness will we find in this house? Maybe there will be such happiness for us that we do not need.

And the younger said:

In my opinion, not so. In vain they would not write this on stone. And everything is written clearly. The first thing: we won't be in trouble if we try. Second thing: if we don't go, someone else will read the inscription on the stone and find happiness, but we will be left with nothing. The third thing: do not work and do not work, nothing in the world pleases. Fourth: I don’t want anyone to think that I’m afraid of anything.

Then the elder said:

And the proverb says: "To seek great happiness - to lose little"; and moreover: "Do not promise a crane in the sky, but give a titmouse in your hands."

And the youngest said:

And I heard: "Be afraid of wolves, do not go to the forest"; and moreover: "Water will not flow under the lying stone." For me, you have to go.

The younger brother went, but the older one stayed.

As soon as the younger brother entered the forest, he attacked the river, swam across it and immediately saw a bear on the bank. She slept. He grabbed the cubs and ran without looking back at the mountain. As soon as he reached the top, the people came out to meet him, they brought him a carriage, took him to the city and made him a king.

He reigned for five years. In the sixth year another king, stronger than him, came against him by war; conquered the city and drove it away. Then the younger brother went on a journey again and came to the older brother.

The elder brother lived in the village neither rich nor poor. The brothers were delighted with each other and began to talk about their lives.

The elder brother says:

So my truth came out: I lived quietly and well all the time, and you liked to be a king, but you saw a lot of grief.

And the youngest said:

I do not grieve that I went to the forest on the mountain then; although I feel bad now, but there is something to remember my life, and you have nothing to remember.

Lipunyushka (Fairy Tale)

An old man lived with an old woman. They had no children. The old man went to the field to plow, and the old woman stayed at home to bake pancakes. The old woman baked pancakes and says:

“If we had a son, he would take the pancakes to his father; and now with whom will I send? "

Suddenly a little son got out of the cotton and said: "Hello, mother! .."

And the old woman says: "Where did you come from, son, and what is your name?"

And my son says: “You, mother, pulled back the cotton and put it in the column, and I got out there. And call me Lipunyushka. Let me, mother, I'll take the pancakes to Father. "

The old woman says: "Will you tell me, Lipunyushka?"

I'll tell you, mother ...

The old woman tied the pancakes in a knot and gave it to her son. Lipunyushka took the bundle and ran into the field.

In the field he came across a bump on the road; he shouts: “Father, father, transplant me over a bump! I brought you pancakes. "

The old man heard from the field, someone was calling him, went to meet his son, transplanted him over a bump and said: "Where are you from, son?" And the boy says: “I, father, hatched out in cotton candy,” and gave his father pancakes. The old man sat down to breakfast, and the boy said: "Give, father, I will plow."

And the old man says: "You don't have enough strength to plow."

And Lipunyushka took up the plow and began to plow. He plows and sings songs himself.

The master rode past this field and saw that the old man was sitting there eating breakfast, and the horse was plowing alone. The master got out of the carriage and said to the old man: "How is it with you, old man, the horse is plowing alone?"

And the old man says: "I have a boy plowing there, and he sings songs." The master came closer, heard the songs and saw Lipunyushka.

The master says: “Old man! sell me the boy. " And the old man says: "No, you can't sell me, I only have one."

And Lipunyushka says to the old man: "Sell it, father, I'll run away from him."

The man sold the boy for a hundred rubles. The master gave the money, took the boy, wrapped him in a handkerchief and put it in his pocket. The master came home and said to his wife: "I brought you joy." And the wife says: "Show me what is it?" The master took out a handkerchief from his pocket, opened it, but there was nothing in the handkerchief. Lipunyushka ran away to his father long ago.

Three Bears (Fairy Tale)

One girl left home for the forest. In the forest she got lost and began to look for the way home, but did not find it, but came to the house in the forest.

The door was open; She looked through the door, saw that there was no one in the house, and entered. Three bears lived in this house. One bear was a father, his name was Mikhailo Ivanovich. He was big and shaggy. The other was a bear. She was smaller, and her name was Nastasya Petrovna. The third was a little bear cub, and his name was Mishutka. The bears were not at home, they went for a walk in the woods.

The house had two rooms: one dining room, another bedroom. The girl entered the dining room and saw three cups of stew on the table. The first cup, very large, was Mikhail Ivanychev's. The second, smaller cup was Nastasya Petrovnina; the third, blue cup, was Mishutkina. A spoon lay beside each cup: large, medium, and small.

The girl took the largest spoon and sipped from the largest cup; then she took a medium spoon and sipped from a medium cup; then she took a small spoon and sipped from a little blue cup; and Mishutkina's stew seemed to her the best.

The girl wanted to sit down and saw three chairs at the table: one large — by Mikhail Ivanovich; another smaller - Nastasya Petrovnin, and the third, small, with a blue pillow - Mishutkin. She climbed into a large chair and fell; then she sat down on the middle chair, it was awkward; then she sat down on a small chair and laughed - it was so good. She took the blue cup on her lap and began to eat. She ate all the stew and began to sway in the chair.

The chair broke and she fell to the floor. She got up, lifted the chair and went to another room. There were three beds: one large - Mikhail Ivanychev; another middle - Nastasya Petrovnina; the third little one is Mishenkina. The girl lay down in the big one, it was too spacious for her; lay down in the middle - it was too high; lay down in the little one - the cot fit just right for her, and she fell asleep.

And the bears came home hungry and wanted to dine.

The big bear took the cup, looked and roared in a terrible voice:

WHO BREAD IN MY CUP?

Nastasya Petrovna looked at her cup and growled not so loudly:

WHO BREAD IN MY CUP?

And Mishutka saw his empty cup and squeaked in a thin voice:

WHO BREADED IN MY CUP AND DRIED EVERYTHING?

Mikhail Ivanitch glanced at his chair and growled in a terrible voice:

Nastasya Petrovna glanced at her chair and growled not so loudly:

WHO SAT IN MY CHAIR AND MOVED IT OUT OF PLACE?

Mishutka looked at his broken chair and squeaked:

WHO SAT ON MY CHAIR AND BROKEN IT?

The bears came to another room.

WHO LAYS IN MY BED AND CRASHED IT? roared Mikhail Ivanovich in a terrible voice.

WHO LIES IN MY BED AND CRASHED IT? - growled Nastasya Petrovna not so loudly.

And Mishenka put up a bench, climbed into his crib and squealed in a thin voice:

WHO LAYS IN MY BED?

And suddenly he saw the girl and screamed as if they were cutting him:

There she is! Hold it, hold it! There she is! Ay-y-yay! Here you go!

He wanted to bite her.

The girl opened her eyes, saw the bears and rushed to the window. It was open, she jumped out the window and ran away. And the bears did not catch up with her.

What is dew on the grass (Description)

When you go to the forest on a sunny summer morning, you can see diamonds in the fields, in the grass. All these diamonds shine and shimmer in the sun in different colors - yellow, red and blue. When you come closer and see what it is, you will see that these are drops of dew gathered in triangular leaves of grass and shine in the sun.

A leaf of this grass is shaggy and fluffy inside, like velvet. And the drops roll on the leaf and do not wet it.

When you inadvertently rip off a leaf with a dewdrop, the drop will roll down like a ball of light, and you won't see how it slips past the stem. Sometimes, you rip such a cup, slowly bring it to your mouth and drink a dewdrop, and this dewdrop seems tastier than any drink.

Touch and Sight (Reasoning)

Braid the index finger with the middle and braided fingers, touch the small ball so that it rolls between both fingers, and close your eyes. It will seem to you that there are two balls. Open your eyes - you will see that there is one ball. Fingers deceived, and corrected eyes.

Look (best from the side) at a good clean mirror: it will seem to you that it is a window or a door and that there is something behind. Feel it with your finger - you will see that it is a mirror. Eyes deceived, and fingers straightened.

Where does the water from the sea go? (Reasoning)

From springs, springs and swamps, water flows into streams, from streams to rivers, from rivers to large rivers, and from large rivers it flows from the sea. From other directions other rivers flow into the seas, and all rivers have flowed into the seas since the world was created. Where does the water from the sea go? Why doesn't it flow over the edge?

The water from the sea rises in fog; the fog rises higher and clouds are formed out of the fog. The clouds are driven by the wind and carried along the ground. From the clouds, water falls to the ground. From the ground it flows into swamps and streams. From streams flows into rivers; from the rivers to the sea. From the sea again the water rises into clouds, and the clouds spread over the land ...

This book for family reading contains the best works of Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, which have been loved by both preschoolers and demanding adolescents for more than a century.

The main characters of the stories are children, "poor", "dexterous", and therefore close to modern boys and girls. The book teaches love - for a person and for everything that surrounds him: nature, animals, native land. She is kind and light, like all the work of a genius writer.

Artists Nadezhda Lukina, Irina and Alexander Chukavin.

Lev Tolstoy
All the best for children

STORIES

Filipok

There was a boy, his name was Philip.

Once all the guys have gone to school. Philip took his hat and wanted to go too. But his mother said to him:

Where are you going, Filipok?

To school.

You are still small, do not go, - and his mother left him at home.

The guys went to school. Father in the morning left for the forest, mother went to daily work. Remained in the hut Filipok and grandmother on the stove. Filipka became bored alone, grandmother fell asleep, and he began to look for a hat. I didn't find my own, took the old one, my father's and went to school.

The school was outside the village by the church. When Philip walked through his settlement, the dogs did not touch him, they knew him. But when he went out to other people's yards, the Bug jumped out, barked, and behind the Bug - the big dog Volchok. Filipok started to run, the dogs followed him. Filipok began to scream, stumbled and fell.

A man came out, drove the dogs away and said:

Where are you, shooter, alone running?

Filipok said nothing, picked up the floors and started running at full speed.

He ran to the school. There is no one on the porch, and the voices of the children can be heard at the school. Fear found on Filipka: "What will drive me away as a teacher?" And he began to think what to do. To go back - again the dog will get stuck, to go to school - the teacher is afraid.

A woman with a bucket walked past the school and said:

Everyone is studying, but why are you standing here?

Filipok and went to school. In the senets, he took off his cap and opened the door. The whole school was full of children. Everyone shouted their own, and the teacher in a red scarf walked in the middle.

What are you? he shouted at Filipka.

Filipok grabbed his cap and said nothing.

Who are you?

Filipok was silent.

Or are you dumb?

Filipok was so scared that he could not speak.

Well, go home if you don’t want to talk.

And Filipok would be glad to have something to say, but his throat was dry with fear. He looked at the teacher and began to cry. Then the teacher felt sorry for him. He stroked his head and asked the guys who this boy was.

This is Filipok, Kostyushkin's brother, he has been asking to go to school for a long time, but his mother does not let him in, and he stealthily came to school.

Well, sit on the bench next to your brother, and I'll ask your mother to let you go to school.

The teacher began to show Filipok the letters, but Filipok already knew them and could read a little.

Now put your name down.

Filipok said:

Hwe-i-hvi, le-i-li, pe-ok-pok.

They all laughed.

Well done, - said the teacher. - Who taught you to read?

Filipok dared and said:

Kosciushka. I'm bad, I immediately understood everything. What a clever passion I am!

The teacher laughed and said:

You wait to boast, but learn.

Since then Filipok began to go to school with the children.

Debaters

Two people on the street found a book together and began to argue about who to take it.

The third walked by and asked:

So why do you need a book? You argue anyway, how two bald ones fought for a comb, and there was nothing to scratch ourselves.

Lazy daughter

Mother and daughter got out a bucket of water and wanted to carry it into the hut.

The daughter said:

It's hard to carry, let me salt a little water.

Mother said:

You yourself will drink at home, and if you merge, you will have to go another time.

The daughter said:

I won't drink at home, but here I'll get drunk all day.

Old grandfather and granddaughter

My grandfather became very old. His legs did not walk, his eyes did not see, his ears did not hear, he had no teeth. And when he ate, his mouth flowed back. The son and daughter-in-law stopped seating him at the table, and gave him dinner at the stove.

They took him to dinner once in a cup. He wanted to move her, but dropped and broke. The daughter-in-law began scolding the old man for ruining everything in the house with them and beating the cups, and said that now she would give him lunch in the tub. The old man only sighed and said nothing.

Once a husband and wife are sitting at home and watching - their son is playing with boards on the floor - he is working on something. The father also asked:

What are you doing this, Misha?

And Misha says:

This is me, father, doing the pelvis. When you and your mother are old enough to feed you from this pelvis.

The husband and wife looked at each other and wept. They felt ashamed that they had offended the old man so much; and from then on they began to sit him at the table and take care of him.

Bone

The mother bought plums and wanted to give them to the children after dinner.

They were on a plate. Vanya never ate plums and smelled them all the time. And he liked them very much. I really wanted to eat. He kept walking past the sinks. When no one was in the upper room, he could not resist, grabbed one plum and ate it.

Before dinner, the mother counted the plums and sees that one is missing. She told her father.

At lunch, the father says:

What, children, has anyone eaten one plum?

Everybody said:

Vanya blushed like a cancer and said the same.