Fairy tale fir tree by Hans Christian Andersen text with pictures. Hans Andersen - The Christmas tree A brief summary of Mr. Andersen's fairy tale the spruce

Andersen G-H. fairy tale "Spruce"

Genre: literary tale about plants

The main characters of the fairy tale "Spruce" and their characteristics

1. Christmas tree. Young and stupid. I found out that I was happy only after losing everything. Naive dreamer.

1. Christmas tree in the forest
2. Sun rays
3. Where do the trees go?
4. Christmas Eve
5. The Sparrows' Tale
6. The Christmas tree is being cut down
7. The Christmas tree is being decorated
8. Children dancing
9. Tales of the Fat Man
10. Christmas tree in the attic
11. Enthusiastic mice
12. Christmas tree in the yard
13. The last fire.

1. There was a young Christmas tree growing in the forest, which wanted to quickly become old.
2. The Christmas tree dreamed of going to the sea or being cut down for Christmas
3. The Christmas tree was cut down and placed in the large hall, and then decorated
4. The Christmas tree was very beautiful, but the children stole the Christmas tree
5. The Christmas tree was gathering dust in the attic and telling stories to the mice.
6. The Christmas tree was cut and burned, and she realized that she was happy only in the forest

What does the fairy tale "Yel" teach?
The fairy tale teaches you to appreciate and take care of what you have. Teaches you not to desire what you know little about. Teaches not to exchange an awl for soap. Teaches you to enjoy life, teaches you to be happy, teaches you to have fun. Teaches that everything in the world has its end.

Review of the fairy tale "Spruce"
This is a sad but beautiful fairy tale about a little Christmas tree who wanted something more and did not understand that she was wasting her best years. For some reason she really wanted to grow up. I feel sorry for the stupid and naive Christmas tree, she did not appreciate what she had and therefore was never happy. You can't live by dreams alone.

Proverbs for the fairy tale "Spruce"
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
We don’t keep what we have, we cry when we lose it.
You don't know what you will find or what you will lose.
We must take from life everything that it can give.
Lives does not live, but resides.

Read a summary, a brief retelling of the fairy tale "Spruce"
A very beautiful young Christmas tree grew in the forest. She had a good place, the sun warmed her, and there were pine and spruce trees nearby. Children came to the Christmas tree, sat down to rest under it and praised the beautiful tree.
And the Christmas tree grew bigger every year and was in a hurry. She dreamed of becoming tall and grown up. So that the birds build nests on it, so that they can look out with the top of their heads into the free light.
And therefore the Christmas tree was not happy about the sun, nor the clouds, nor the wind, nor the birds.
In winter, for the first two years the hare simply jumped over the Christmas tree, but already in the third year he began to run around. And the Christmas tree dreamed of quickly becoming an adult and old.
In the fall, lumberjacks came to the forest and cut down trees. They were taking away the felled trunks and the Christmas tree wanted to know what awaited them.
She asked the storks about the fate of the cut down trees, and the stork said that many of them become masts on ships and float on the seas. The Christmas tree also wanted to see the sea. She did not listen to the sun, which persuaded her to rejoice in its rays.
At Christmas time, other people came to the forest and cut down young Christmas trees. The sparrows said that these trees are taken to the city, placed in a warm room and decorated with beautiful things. And the Christmas tree dreamed of being among these lucky ones. She still did not want to enjoy freedom and the sun.
And now a year has passed. At Christmas time people came and cut down the Christmas tree. The Christmas tree lost consciousness from pain and came to its senses in the courtyard of a large house.
She was carried into the house and placed in a barrel of sand. The girls and servants began to decorate the Christmas tree and the Christmas tree really liked its outfit. She was looking forward to the evening. And in the evening the candles were lit and the Christmas tree became even more beautiful. She trembled with joy and suddenly the flame of one of the candles engulfed her pine needles.
The fire was quickly extinguished, but after that the Christmas tree was afraid to move.
And then the children ran into the hall and each one tore something from the Christmas tree. Then they danced around the tree, and when the candles burned out, the children were allowed to take everything that was on the tree.
Then the children sat under the tree and listened to the fat man’s tales, and the tree thought that this was all, and its happiness was over?
In the morning the tree was waiting to be decorated again, but the servant took it to the attic and abandoned it there. The tree stood in the attic for many days and one day mice came to it. The mice asked the tree to tell what it saw. And the Christmas tree told how she grew up in the forest, and the mice were terribly jealous of her. They said that the tree was happy, and the tree began to think that perhaps those days in the forest really were happy. And Elka began to tell fairy tales to the mice, and the mice listened to her with pleasure.
And then the tree was thrown into the yard and it remained yellowed and old. And everything around was blooming and fragrant. And the boys came running and began to trample its branches. Then the servant cut the tree and sent it to the fire. And the tree crackled in the fire, remembering summer sunny days and winter starry nights. And I regretted that everything was over.

Drawings and illustrations for the fairy tale "Spruce"

Well, we have found the answer to where the song “A Christmas Tree Was Born in the Forest” came from. Simply put, the song is a retelling of this Andersen fairy tale. Right down to the little gray bunny's cowards. Only the sad ending, when the tree is thrown away, was not included in the song, for obvious reasons.

The tale is typically Hans Christian: with the animation of inanimate objects and the retelling of what is happening from their supposed point of view. I remember that Professor Tolkien spoke disapprovingly of such fairy tales: they say that what is fabulous in them is only the replacement of people with animals or objects. Andersen usually succeeded in this substitution brilliantly, but even the old woman fails. Carried away by the animation, Hans Christian quickly forgot that the Spruce was a living being, and not an object. And dream “Oh, I wish they would cut me down so I could become a mast and see the world!” she can only do it in a suicidal impulse. A person might as well dream of becoming a skeleton in a biology classroom to watch the kids.

“This is a fairy tale!” - the romantics will cry. “This is for children!” I assure you, my dear romantics, it is children who see such subtleties best; they are not accustomed to attribute the author’s mistakes to metaphors. It's the adults who will forgive the emo-el-suicidal woman, but the children - never. You need to write for children like you write for adults - only better. This was in Andersen's best works, but not everything that came from his pen was a masterpiece.

Rating: 5

But I wouldn’t say that Andersen is for children. I don’t deny that those wonderfully illustrated books (for example, “Fairy Tales” by the Perm Book Publishing House) contain a selection of fairy tales specifically for children. However, having read Andersen’s collected works, I can say with confidence: this is real adult reading!

“Spruce,” in my opinion, is one of Andersen’s best works. The parable beginning to some extent brings this tale closer to “Three Palms” by M. Yu. Lermontov. A spruce living with the dream of growing is in some ways reminiscent of an ordinary child who wants to grow up and become an adult as soon as possible. And decorated, but at the same time experiencing pain from the “lights”? Beauty requires sacrifice. But the spruce also experiences pain in anticipation of “tomorrow,” which will be better, when something finally happens that will make all the trees admire the spruce.

But the spruce spent Christmas Eve, which turned out to be the “happiest day,” in the same way, waiting for a miracle. And life lived in the forest turned out to be not so bad, and it was more fun with mice than alone. So, in anticipation of a miracle and a bright, happy life, the spruce grew old, and there was nothing left to rejoice in the weeds...

This is an allegory of a man who lives in the throes of waiting for the beautiful, not noticing every moment, not seeing that life is beautiful in itself - whether in the pantry, in the forest, because it is finite. “...the Christmas tree is over, and so is our fairy tale (= review). The end, the end! Everything in the world comes to an end!”

Rating: 10

“Happiness is like health. While it is there, you don’t notice it,” said Mikhail Bulgakov. In my opinion, similar thoughts worried Hans Christian Andersen when he wrote the fairy tale “The Spruce Tree”. The great Dane wanted to remind us of the transience of life, that happiness in it is only short moments. Yes, everything in the world comes to an end! But how important it is to be able to enjoy the simplest things: that the sun is shining, that close people are nearby, that someone needs you...

Why was the Christmas tree chosen as a metaphor, which, according to the plot, so stupidly squandered its life? This tree has a particularly short lifespan. The New Year and Christmas holidays will flash by - and the forest beauty will go straight to the trash heap. The image is bright and, most importantly, intelligible. A reason to think that in life there are no drafts. And you need to live HERE and NOW, and not waiting for a Bright Tomorrow. In my opinion, this is a particularly relevant topic for Russia.

Rating: 9

a fairy tale about how what is is not appreciated. in fact, Yolka lived only with dreams of the future, wanted something, dreamed, forgetting to enjoy every moment, which is one and only.

Andersen does not “deduce” such a happy ending, so dear to the hearts of readers, in all his fairy tales. Sometimes, as in this fairy tale, the ending is very realistic and instructive. “A fairy tale is a lie, but there is a hint in it” - this is about this story

A small Christmas tree grows in the forest. She wants to grow up and is very embarrassed that a hare might jump over her, because it further emphasizes her small size. The stork tells her that he saw masts for ships being made from older trees, and this makes the tree jealous. In the fall, neighboring Christmas trees are cut down, and the sparrows tell her that they have seen them decorated and displayed in houses.

One day, the tree is also cut down to decorate the Christmas holiday. They buy it, bring it into the house, and on Christmas Eve it stands decorated with candles, painted apples, toys and baskets of candies. The top of the tree is topped with a gold star. Children come in and pick all the candies and gifts from the tree, and then listen to the fairy tale about Humpty Dumpty (Klumpe-Dumppe).

The next day, the tree expects the celebration to continue, but the servants take it to the attic. She feels lonely and disappointed, but the mice come running to her to listen to her tell the tale of Humpty Dumpty. Rats also come and when they express their dissatisfaction with a simple tale, the mice go and never return. In the spring, the Christmas tree, which has withered and lost its former colors, is taken out into the yard. The boy takes the star from its top. Therefore, the tree is cut into firewood and burned.

Class: 3

The goal is to introduce a new literary work, teaching how to form a personal opinion about the work, identifying the author’s intention through plot analysis and understanding the subtext.

Lesson objectives:

Educational:

• maintain the motive of student interest through the use of the technique of independently setting lesson objectives;
• continue to teach predicting the content of a literary work before reading in order to recreate in the imagination images and pictures that correspond to the literary source;
• to form a system of reading skills;
• activate “thoughtful” reading.

Educational:

• develop students’ speech by teaching them how to construct their own statements and involving them in writing short essays on a given topic;
• develop a philosophical vision of the world in children;
• develop critical thinking;
• develop the ability to analyze and evaluate the behavior of characters in accordance with the author’s plan, characterize the character, referring to the text, correlate the actions of the characters with one’s own life experience;

Educational:

• attracting students' attention to the main idea of ​​the fairy tale “What is the most valuable thing in life?”;
• develop the ability to control one’s activities and evaluate them based on objective indicators of knowledge; choose tasks based on complexity, assessing your own capabilities;
• create conditions for nurturing the positive qualities inherent in people.

Type of activity: working with literary text.

Lesson type: Lesson on learning new material, teaching reading activity.

Equipment:

• Textbook: “Literary reading”. Part 2 / O.V. Kubasova. – Association XXI century. 2010.
• TSO: multimedia projector, computer.
• Cards for group work.
• 6 hats.

“We must share with the world what is in us!”
G.H. Andersen.

1. Organizational moment (1 min.) Emotional mood.

Teacher.- We are starting a literary reading lesson. I think that it will pose serious questions to us, make us think and simply bring joy from communicating with each other.

Don't be afraid of fairy tales, be afraid of lies.
What about a fairy tale? The fairy tale will not deceive
Tell me a fairy tale quietly
And there will be more good in the world!

2. Motivation for learning activities. (1-2 min.)
The music of E. Grieg “Peer Gynt” “The Last Spring” sounds.

Once upon a time, a wonderful storyteller lived in the world. He did not invent his fairy tales, did not write them down in ink on paper margins. No...these very beautiful fairy tales grew in his garden. And every morning the sun just rose and the water in the well became light and pink, the old man took a watering can and poured the rose water of the Sunrise over his still little fairy tales. And then all day, without straightening his back, he pulled out the evil thorns. And it could not be otherwise. After all, if even one thorn touches a beautiful fairy tale, it will grow prickly and evil. Well, who needs a beautiful but evil fairy tale? That is why the fairy gardener tried so hard from sunrise to sunset. And the fairy tales grew and grew... they put out leaves and bloomed with delicate flowers. And one day, having matured, they began to whisper: “It’s time, it’s time, my good storyteller!” And then the storyteller opened the gates of his garden and called all the children of the city to collect the fabulous harvest. (O. Driz)
- Why did the storyteller try so hard when working in his garden?
- Which of the amazing storytellers did the gardener remind you of? Why?

Slide 2

3. Activation of children's existing knowledge. Checking homework. (5 minutes.)

For several lessons we have been working in a section called... “Life is given for good deeds.” Slide 3

It contains works belonging to one of the literary genres. This… fairy tales.

How does a fairy tale differ from other works?
(the main thing in a fairy tale is fiction, fantasy)

Selective reading:

Read the words related to the first pea; second pea; third pea; the fourth pea. How do you feel about each of the four peas? What is your attitude to the fifth pea?

Appeal to the epigraph: “We are obliged to share with the world what is in us!” Slide 4

4. Setting the topic and objectives of the lesson. (1-2 min.)

Would you like to get acquainted with another Andersen fairy tale?

In Andersen's fairy tales, tears and laughter, grief and joy live side by side, just like in real life. He understood that even the most magical fairy tale should reflect life. Since childhood, Andersen loved to observe the life of plants. He himself wrote: “Sometimes it seems to me as if every fence, every flower is saying: “Look at me, and the story of my life will be revealed to you.” All you have to do is take a closer look. And as soon as I want, stories immediately appear.”

With keen eyes, Andersen peered intently into the world, noticing much that eluded others. Apparently, this is how the fairy tale appeared, which we will read and analyze.

We have to figure out what the author saw? What did you notice? What did you want to awaken in the hearts with the fairy tale that you invented yourself?

Reading a poem by a student.

There are many sad and funny fairy tales in the world
And we cannot live in the world without them.
And suddenly our class was visited by a fairy tale again
What is it called - that's a clue.

Slide 5. Riddle

You can always find her in the forest -
Let's go for a walk and meet:
Stands prickly like a hedgehog
In winter in a summer dress. (Spruce)

5. Preparation for initial perception.

Technique “Forecasting”.

What do you already know about spruce? (Children talk about spruce.) Next is compiled cluster about spruce (on the board)

Evergreen tree growing in the forest

Three guides are selected to update information about the spruce. Annex 1

The 1st guide characterizes spruce as a tree, using the illustration “Spruce”

Conclusion: spruce is a coniferous, evergreen tree.

The 2nd guide reads an excerpt from the popular science work “What is made from spruce?”

Conclusion: spruce is widely used by humans.

The 3rd guide reads N. Filimonova’s poem “Yolka”.

Conclusion: The Christmas tree is a symbol of the New Year.

Children generalize the information obtained, based on the compiled cluster.

- Children express their guesses , a dispute ensues:

I think the fairy tale is about a New Year's beauty, because New Year is coming soon.

And I believe that this work is about the benefits of spruce, since the section of the textbook is called “Life is given for good deeds.” etc.

Who will be right? Let's check our predictions.

6. Getting to know the work. (25 min.)

1) Watching a cartoon based on Andersen’s fairy tale “The Spruce” (before the words “Rejoice in your youth and the freedom of the forest!” p. 110

Reception “Tree of Predictions”: Slide 6

On the board there is a drawing of a tree with questions:

“How will it all end?”

(on arrows - lines, schoolchildren write down explanations for their versions. This way they learn to argue their point of view, connect their assumptions with the data of the text)

Answers of children of group No. 1

Answers of children of group No. 2

Exercise for the eyes (1 min.)

2) Reading “tug” (for strong students)

Reception “Reading with stops”(promotes the development of thoughtful reading skills, makes it possible to suggest options for the development of further events, to show the ability to fantasize. It is based on observations of the reading process. Using this technique, we, as students, reach the climax of the work, to determine the main idea of ​​the work).

How did you decorate the Christmas tree? (reproduction of information)

Why was the Christmas tree trembling?

What would change if the Christmas tree was ugly?

How do you think events will develop further?

Physical exercise (1 min.)

Let's relax together with Yolochka.

And today is Winter’s housewarming party,

We are invited to have fun with you (children stretch their arms up to the sides).

The house is built of ice (children knock with their fist on top of their fist).

And what kind of lowland? (in chorus) Such lows! (squats).

What width? (in chorus) That's how wide it is! (spread their arms to the sides).

3) Watch the video clip “Life of a Christmas tree after the holiday”

7. Conversation on the primary perception of the work and analysis of the text read. (2 minutes.)

What mood did you have after reading H.H. Andersen’s fairy tale “The Spruce”? Explain why?

“Six Hats Reception.”

“Red Hat”: - How does spruce make you feel?

“Yellow Hat”: - How did she seem to you at the beginning of the fairy tale and at the end of the fairy tale?

“Green Hat”: - What advice would you give to the Christmas tree when she still lived in the forest?

“Black Hat”: - What would you like to ask the Christmas tree?

“White Hat”: - What positive feature did you note about the Christmas tree?

“Blue Hat”: - How would you like the fairy tale to end?

(Children choose the color of the hat if they wish and prepare their statements.

Each child decided which question he wanted to answer.

Groups of children were formed accordingly. They prepared answers to questions using selective reading, role reading, expressive reading, and reasoning. And then they perform in front of the class).

8. Identifying the idea of ​​the work. (2 minutes.)

Didn't it seem to you that the main characters in Andersen's fairy tales are people?

What words and expressions from the fairy tale support this idea?

What is this technique called in literature? Personification) Slide 7

The end of the fairy tale is very sad: the spruce dies. Let's read the ending of the fairy tale. What intonation should be used when reading?

(This is a wise tale about what life is, what is most valuable in it.)

9. Reflection. (2 minutes.)

Let's compose a syncwine to better understand the feelings and mood of the main character of the fairy tale. (write on the board)

(What is she like and why?)

Wonderful, small, pretty

(What does the spruce tree do?)

Dreams, sighs, trembles, rejoices, trembles

(Let’s express our attitude towards the fox: “Who is she essentially?”)

Poor Christmas tree

Using syncwine, talk about the storyteller’s relationship with spruce. Slide 8

Children: The main character of the fairy tale is a spruce. She wonderful, small, pretty, always dreams of growing up and becoming a big tree. Her dreams came true, but it did not bring her happiness. Poor Christmas tree!

10. Summing up. (1 min.) Slide 9

Were your assumptions that you made at the beginning of the lesson confirmed?

What do the fairy tales of G.-H. make you think about? Andersen?

One student said that Andersen's fairy tales are educational. This is true?

11. Homework.(1 min.) Slide 10

2) compose a filmstrip for a fairy tale;

3) come up with a different ending for the fairy tale “Spruce”.

Thank you for the lesson! Slide 11

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Fairytale Spruce

Hans Christian Andersen

Fairy tale Spruce read:

There was this nice little Christmas tree in the forest; She had a good place: the sun warmed her, there was plenty of air, and older comrades, spruce and pine grew around her. Only the Christmas tree couldn’t wait to become an adult: she didn’t think about the warm sun or the fresh air; I didn’t even notice the talkative village children when they came to the forest to pick strawberries or raspberries. They’ll take a full mug, or they’ll string the berries onto straws, sit down next to the Christmas tree and say:

What a nice Christmas tree!

And she might as well not listen to such speeches at all.

A year later, the Christmas tree grew by one shoot, and a year later it stretched out a little more; So, by the number of shoots, you can always find out how many years the tree has been growing.

Oh, I wish I were as big as the others! - the tree sighed. - It’s as if I spread my branches wide and looked out with the top of my head into the free light! Birds would build nests in my branches, and when the wind blew, I would nod with dignity, no worse than others!

And neither the sun, nor the birds, nor the scarlet clouds that floated over her in the morning and evening were a joy to her.

When it was winter and the snow lay around like a sparkling white veil, a hare would often come skipping and jump right over the Christmas tree - such an insult! But two winters passed, and by the third the tree had grown so much that the hare already had to run around it.

"Oh! Grow up, grow up, become big and old - there’s nothing better in the world than this!” - thought the tree.

In the fall, woodcutters came into the forest and felled some of the largest trees. This happened every year, and the tree, now completely grown, trembled every time - with such a groan and ringing, large beautiful trees fell to the ground. The branches were cut off from them, and they were so bare, long, narrow - they were simply unrecognizable. But then they were put on carts, and horses carried them away from the forest. Where? What awaited them?

In the spring, when swallows and storks arrived, the tree asked them:

Do you know where they were taken? Didn't you come across them?

The swallows didn’t know, but the stork became thoughtful, nodded his head and said:

I guess I know. When I flew from Egypt, I met many new ships with magnificent masts. I think it was them, they smelled like spruce. I greeted them many times, and they held their heads high, very high.

Oh, if only I were an adult and could swim across the sea! What is this sea like? What does it look like?

Well, it’s a long story,” the stork answered and flew away.

Enjoy your youth! - said the sun's rays. - Rejoice in your healthy growth, the young life that plays within you!

And the wind caressed the tree, and the dew shed tears over it, but she did not understand this.

As Christmas approached, very young trees were cut down in the forest, some of them were even younger and shorter than ours, which knew no rest and kept rushing out of the forest. These trees, and they were the most beautiful, by the way, always retained their branches, they were immediately placed on carts, and horses took them out of the forest.

Where are they going? - asked the Christmas tree. - They are not bigger than me, and one is even smaller. Why did they keep all their branches? Where are they going?

We know! We know! - the sparrows chirped. - We were in the city and looked into the windows! We know where they are going! Such brilliance and glory awaits them that you can’t even imagine! We looked through the windows, we saw! They are planted in the middle of a warm room and decorated with wonderful things - gilded apples, honey gingerbread, toys and hundreds of candles!

And then? - asked the tree, trembling its branches. - And then? Then what?

We didn't see anything else! It was incredible!

Or maybe I am destined to follow this shining path! - the tree rejoiced. - This is even better than sailing on the sea. Oh, how I yearn! If only it would be Christmas again soon! Now I’m as big and tall as those who were taken away last year. Oh, if only I could get on the cart! Just to get into a warm room with all this glory and splendor! And then?.. Well, then there will be something even better, even more beautiful, otherwise why else dress me up like that? Of course, then there will be something even more majestic, even more magnificent! But what? Oh, how I yearn, how I languish! I don’t know what’s happening to me!

Rejoice in me! - said the air and sunlight. - Rejoice in your youthful freshness here in the wild!

But she was not the least bit happy; it grew and grew, winter and summer it stood green; It stood dark green, and everyone who saw it said: “What a nice tree!” - and at Christmas they cut down the first one. The ax entered deep into her very core, the tree fell to the ground with a sigh, and she was in pain, she felt bad, and she could not think about any happiness, and she was sad to be separated from her homeland, from the piece of land on which she grew up: she knew she thought that she would never again see her dear old comrades, the bushes and flowers that grew around her, and maybe even the birds. The departure was not at all fun.

She woke up only when she was unloaded in the yard along with the others and someone’s voice said:

This one is simply magnificent! Only this one!

Two servants arrived in full dress and carried the tree into the large, beautiful hall. Portraits hung on the walls everywhere; on the large tiled stove there were Chinese vases with lions on the lids; there were rocking chairs, silk sofas and large tables, and on the tables there were picture books and toys, on which they probably spent a hundred times a hundred riksdalers - or so the children said. The Christmas tree was placed in a large barrel of sand, but no one would have thought that it was a barrel, because it was wrapped in green cloth and stood on a large colorful carpet. Oh, how the tree trembled! Will something happen now? The girls and servants began to dress her up.

Small bags cut out of colored paper hung from the branches, each filled with sweets; gilded apples and walnuts seemed to have grown on the tree themselves, and more than a hundred small candles, red, white and blue, were stuck into its branches, and dolls swayed on the branches among the greenery, just like living people - the tree had never seen anything like them - swayed among the greenery, and at the top, on the very top of her head, they planted a star strewn with gold sparkles. It was magnificent, absolutely incomparable...

Tonight, everyone said, tonight she will shine! "Oh! - thought the tree. - It would be evening soon! Let's light the candles soon! AND

what will happen then? Will the trees come from the forest to look at me? Will the sparrows flock to the windows? Am I really not going to settle down here, am I going to stand dismantled all winter and summer?”

Yes, she understood everything pretty well and was tormented to the point that her bark was really itchy, and for a tree it’s like a headache for our brother.

And so the candles were lit. What brilliance, what splendor! The tree began to tremble with all its branches, so that one of the candles began to fire across its green needles; it was terribly hot.

Lord have mercy! - the girls shouted and rushed to put out the fire. Now the tree did not even dare to tremble. Oh, how scared she was! How

She was afraid of losing at least something from her decoration, as she was stunned by all this sparkle... And then the doors opened, and children rushed into the hall in a crowd, and it looked as if they were about to knock down the Christmas tree. The adults followed them sedately. The kids froze in place, but only for a moment, and then such fun began that only their ears were ringing. The children began to dance around the tree and, one after another, tore gifts from it.

"What are they doing? - thought the tree. - What will happen next?"

And the candles burned out right up to the branches, and when they burned out, they were extinguished, and the children were allowed to rob the tree. Oh, how they attacked her! Only the branches crackled. If she had not been tied to the ceiling with the top of her head with a golden star, she would have been knocked over.

The children twirled in a round dance with their magnificent toys, and no one looked at the tree, only the old nanny looked among the branches to see if there was a forgotten apple or date left somewhere.

A fairy tale! A fairy tale! - the children shouted and dragged the little fat man to the tree, and he sat down right under it.

“This way we’ll be just like in the forest, and it wouldn’t hurt to listen to the Christmas tree,” he said, “only I’ll tell you just one fairy tale.” Which one do you want: about Ivede-Avede or about Klumpe-Dumpe, who fell down the stairs, but still got the honor and took the princess for himself?

About Ivede-Avede! - some shouted.

About Klumpe-Dumpe! - others shouted.

And there was noise and din, only the tree was silent and thought: “Well, am I not with them anymore, won’t I do anything else?” She played her part, she did what she was supposed to do.

And the fat little man told about Klumpe-Dumpe, that he fell down the stairs, but still got in honor and took the princess for himself. The children clapped their hands, shouted: “Tell me more, tell me more!” They wanted to hear about IvedeAvede, but they had to stay with Klumpa-Dumpa. The tree stood completely silent and thoughtful; the birds in the forest didn’t say anything like that. “Klumpe-Dumpe fell down the stairs, but still took the princess for himself! Look, look, this happens in the world!” - the tree thought and believed that all this was true, because such a nice man was telling it. “Here, here, who knows? Maybe I’ll fall down the stairs and marry the prince.” And she was glad that the next day she would again be decorated with candles and toys, gold and fruits.

“Tomorrow I won’t shake so much! - she thought. - Tomorrow I will have plenty of fun with my triumph. I’ll hear the tale about Klumpe-Dumpe again, and maybe about Ivede-Avede.” So, quiet and thoughtful, she stood all night.

In the morning a servant and a maid came.

“Now they’ll start dressing me up again!” - thought the tree. But they dragged her out of the room, then up the stairs, then into the attic, and there they shoved her into a dark corner where no daylight penetrated.

“What would that mean? - thought the tree. - What should I do here? What can I hear here? And she leaned against the wall and stood there and thought and thought. She had enough time.

Many days and nights have passed; no one came to the attic. And when finally someone came, it was only to put several large boxes in the corner. Now the tree stood completely hidden in a corner, as if it had been completely forgotten.

“It’s winter outside! - she thought. “The ground has hardened and become covered with snow, people cannot transplant me, so I will probably stand here under a roof until spring.” What a clever idea! How kind they are, people!.. If only it weren’t so dark here, so terribly lonely... If only there was one little bunny! It was still nice to be in the forest, when there was snow all around, and even a hare would rush through, even jump over you, although at that time I couldn’t stand it. It’s still terribly lonely up here!”

Pip! - the little mouse suddenly said and jumped out of the hole, followed by another little one. They sniffed the tree and began to scurry along its branches.

It's terribly cold here! - said the mice. - Otherwise it would be just grace! Is it really an old tree?

I'm not old at all! - answered the tree. - There are many trees much older than me!

Where are you from? - asked the mice. - And what do you know? - They were terribly curious. - Tell us about the most wonderful place in the world! You were there? Have you ever been in a pantry where there are cheeses on the shelves and hams hanging from the ceiling, where you can dance on tallow candles, where you go in skinny and come out fat?

“I don’t know such a place,” said the Christmas tree, “but I know a forest where the sun shines and the birds sing!”

And the tree told everything about its youth, but the mice had never heard anything like that, and after listening to the tree, they said:

Oh, how much you have seen! Oh, how happy you were!

Happy? - the tree asked and thought about its words. - Yes, perhaps those were fun days!

And then she told about Christmas Eve, about how she was decorated with gingerbread and candles.

ABOUT! - said the mice. - How happy you were, old tree!

I'm not old at all! - said the tree. - I came from the forest only this winter! I'm just about time! I just started growing!

How nicely you tell it! - said the mice, and the next night they brought four more with them to listen to her, and the more the tree talked, the more clearly she remembered everything and thought: “But those were really fun days!” But they will return, they will return. Klumpe-Dumpe fell down the stairs, but still he took the princess for himself, so maybe I’ll marry the prince!” And the tree remembered this pretty young oak tree that grew in the forest, and for the tree he was a real handsome prince.

Who is Klumpe-Dumpe? - asked the mice.

And the tree told the whole tale, she remembered it word for word. And the mice jumped for joy almost to the very top.

The next night many more mice came, and on Sunday even two rats appeared. But the rats said that the fairy tale was not so good at all, and the mice were very upset, because now they too liked the fairy tale less.

Is this the only story you know? - asked the rats.

Only one! - answered the tree. “I heard it on the happiest evening of my entire life, but then I didn’t even think how happy I was.”

An extremely poor story! Do you know any other one - with bacon, with tallow candles? Pantry stories?

No, answered the tree.

So very grateful! - said the rats and went away.

The mice eventually fled too, and then the tree said, sighing:

But it was still good when they sat around, these playful mice, and listened to what I was telling them! Now this is over too. But now I won’t miss the opportunity to rejoice as soon as I’m taken out into the world again!

But when this happened... Yes, it was in the morning, people came and were noisily fussing around in the attic. The boxes were moved, the tree was pulled out of the corner; True, she was thrown painfully on the floor, but the servant immediately dragged her to the stairs, where there was a glimmer of daylight.

“Well, this is the beginning of a new life!” - thought the tree. She felt the fresh air, the first ray of sun, and now she was in the yard. Everything happened so quickly; the tree even forgot to look at itself, there was so much around that was worth looking at. The yard adjoined the garden, and everything in the garden was in bloom. Fresh, fragrant roses hung over the hedge, linden trees stood in blossom, and swallows flew. “Vit-vit! My wife is back! - they chirped, but they weren’t talking about the Christmas tree.

“Now I’ll live,” the tree rejoiced, straightening its branches. But the branches were all dried out and yellowed, and she lay in the corner of the yard among the nettles and weeds. But on top of it there was still a star made of gilded paper and sparkling in the sun.

Children were playing happily in the yard - the same ones who danced around the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve and were so happy about it. The youngest jumped up to the tree and picked a star.

Look what's left on that ugly old tree! - he said and began to trample its branches, so that they crunched under his boots.

And the tree looked at the garden in its fresh decoration of flowers, looked at itself and regretted that it had not remained in its dark corner in the attic; I remembered my fresh youth in the forest, and a merry Christmas Eve, and the little mice who listened with such pleasure to the fairy tale about Klumpe-Dumpe.

The end, the end! - said the poor tree. - At least I would have been happy while there was time. The end, the end!

A servant came and cut the tree into pieces - a whole armful came out; they glowed hotly under the large brewing kettle; and the tree sighed so deeply that each breath was like a small shot; The children playing in the yard ran to the fire, sat down in front of it and, looking into the fire, shouted:

Bang-bang!

And with each shot, which was its deep sigh, the tree remembered either a sunny summer day or a starry winter night in the forest, remembered Christmas Eve and the fairy tale about Klumpe-Dumpe - the only one that it heard and knew how to tell... And so it burned down.

The boys were playing in the yard, and on the chest of the youngest there was a star, which the Christmas tree wore on the happiest evening of its life; he passed, and it’s all over with the tree, and with this story too. It's over, it's over, and that's how it goes with all stories.