A fairy tale about a ship for children. Tale about a ship
Once upon a time there lived a small boat. He really wanted to have a friend - a purple elephant calf. But the country in which the colorful baby elephants lived was beyond the deep and turbulent sea.
The ship wanted to cross the sea and bring a baby elephant to itself.
Large ships began to dissuade him:
- The sea is stormy, it’s not easy even for us to swim across it. Wait, grow up some more, it’s easier for a big ship to cross the deep sea. You also need to learn how to determine your path by the stars and know how to behave during a storm.
The ship did not listen to the advice of the larger ships and said:
- I want a purple baby elephant! Now or never! And why is it that that ship over there has a pink baby elephant, but I can’t have my own purple one?
The big ships replied:
- Do as you please. You are your own boss...
And the ship began to prepare to sail to the land of colorful elephants. But he couldn’t get strong sails because he didn’t have enough coins to buy them. We had to borrow sails from an old schooner that was no longer allowed on long voyages. The rest of the equipment was also not very important. But the boat was a brave boat and did not change its decision.
And then one early morning, he raised his sails and set sail.
The first day of the journey everything was fine. The calm green sea gently passed the boat from wave to wave, and the sun's rays played blind man's buff in the clear water.
On the second day the first signs of bad weather appeared. The sun covered the clouds from time to time, and the sea turned blue. The waves became larger and larger and resembled large lizards with combed backs.
On the third day of sailing, the sea was already leaden-gray, and the waves resembled huge monsters!
It’s not hard to imagine what it was like for the boat. Spinning in the craters between the huge shafts, he could not do anything and the only thing he managed was not to drown. Soon the small boat lost its sails; it did not have time to lower them and the sails were torn by a strong wind. And without sails the ship became completely uncontrollable.
The terrible storm continued for three more days. The ship was completely exhausted, but by some miracle it managed to stay afloat, straining its last strength. And just when he was ready to give up, the wind began to subside and the storm quickly subsided. The waves stopped hitting the boat, they stroked it with soft paws and quietly whispered:
- Well done! Brave boat!..
The danger is over. But what was the ship like after the storm? Yes, he looked worse than ever. The sails are torn, there is a hole in the stern, and, worst of all, the starboard side is almost drawing water, despite the fact that the sea is completely calm.
What was the boat supposed to do? There are no sails, no oars... Goodbye to the dream of a purple elephant calf! And how to get home?
There was only one way out - to ask the wind to bring the boat home.
And suddenly the boat saw land in the distance, the same one on which colorful baby elephants lived! He was very happy and even jumped for joy on the water, so much so that he swayed and the “lame” side scooped up water again. But the boat did not pay any attention to this and immediately began to ask the wind to drive it to the shore of the country of colorful elephants. But the wind did not answer. Then the boat boldly asked the wind to bring the baby elephant directly onto the deck! The wind blew slightly and slowly whispered:
- Do you really want this?
- Yes! Yes! – the boat shouted, “how could I not want to, I’ve dreamed of a purple elephant all my life!”
- The wind asked again:
- Can you swim back without killing yourself and the baby elephant?
- Yes, I will swim! - the boat answered.
“Well, have it your way,” said the wind and blew stronger, then even stronger, and the boat saw a purple, yes, purple elephant calf approaching it from the shore!
- How amazing! Finally I will have a baby elephant, my own! – the boat shouted joyfully and stood up more steadily to make it easier for the baby elephant to land on the deck.
And that was the last thing he managed to do.
The baby elephant gently stood on the deck with all four legs, waved his big ears in a friendly manner, twisted his small tail, raised his long trunk up and sparkled with mischievous eyes!
But the small boat could not withstand the weight of the elephant calf, capsized and sank to the bottom along with its friend.
This would all have ended if the green wave, taking pity, had not carried the boat and the baby elephant, wet and frightened, onto the sandy shore.
flying ship
Once upon a time there lived an old man and an old woman. They had three sons - the two eldest were considered smart, and everyone called the youngest a fool. The old woman loved her elders - she dressed them cleanly and fed them delicious food. And the youngest walked around in a holey shirt, chewing black crust.
He, the fool, doesn’t care: he doesn’t understand anything, he doesn’t understand anything!
One day the news reached that village: whoever builds a ship for the king that can sail the seas and fly under the clouds, the king will marry his daughter to him.
The older brothers decided to try their luck.
Let us go, father and mother! Perhaps one of us will become the king's son-in-law!
The mother equipped her eldest sons, baked them white pies for the journey, fried and cooked some chicken and goose:
Go, sons!
The brothers went into the forest and began to cut down and saw trees. They chopped and sawed a lot. And they don’t know what to do next. They began to argue and swear, and the next thing they knew, they would grab each other’s hair.
An old man came up to them and asked:
Why are you guys arguing and swearing? Maybe I can tell you something that will help you?
Both brothers attacked the old man - they did not listen to him, cursed him with bad words and drove him away. The old man left. The brothers had a fight, ate all their provisions that their mother gave them, and returned home with nothing...
As soon as they arrived, the youngest began to ask:
Let me go now!
His mother and father began to dissuade him and hold him back:
Where are you going, you fool, the wolves will eat you along the way!
And the fool knows his own thing repeats:
Let me go, I’ll go, and don’t let me go, I’ll go!
Mother and father see that there is no way to deal with him. They gave him a crust of dry black bread for the road and escorted him out of the house.
The fool took an ax with him and went into the forest. I walked and walked through the forest and spotted a tall pine tree: the top of this pine rests on the clouds, only three people can grasp it.
He cut down a pine tree and began clearing its branches. An old man approached him.
“Hello,” he says, “child!”
Hello, grandpa!
What are you doing, child, why did you cut down such a big tree?
But, grandfather, the king promised to marry his daughter to the one who would build him a flying ship, and I am building it.
Can you really make such a ship? This is a tricky matter, and perhaps you won’t be able to handle it.
The tricky thing is not tricky, but you have to try: you see, and I succeed! Well, you came by the way: old people, experienced, knowledgeable. Maybe you can give me some advice.
The old man says:
Well, if you ask for advice, listen: take your ax and chop this pine tree from the sides: like this!
And he showed how to trim.
The fool listened to the old man and hewed the pine the way he showed. He is cutting, and it’s amazing: the ax moves just like that, just like that!
Now, says the old man, trim the pine from the ends: like this and like that!
The fool doesn’t let the old man’s words fall on deaf ears: as the old man shows, so he does.
He finished the work, the old man praised him and said:
Well, now it’s not a sin to take a break and have a little snack.
Eh, grandpa,” says the fool, “there will be food for me, this stale piece of meat.” What can I treat you with? You probably won’t bite my treat, will you?
“Come on, child,” says the old man, “give me your crust!”
The fool gave him some crust. The old man took it in his hands, examined it, felt it, and said:
Your little bitch is not so callous!
And he gave it to the fool. The fool took the crust and couldn’t believe his eyes: the crust turned into a soft and white loaf.
After they had eaten, the old man said:
Well, now let's start adjusting the sails!
And he took out a piece of canvas from his bosom.
The old man shows, the fool tries, he does everything conscientiously - and the sails are ready, trimmed.
Now get into your ship,” says the old man, “and fly wherever you want.” Look, remember my order: on the way, put everyone you meet on your ship!
Here they said goodbye. The old man went his way, and the fool boarded the flying ship and straightened the sails. The sails inflated, the ship soared into the sky, and flew faster than a falcon. It flies a little lower than the walking clouds, a little higher than the standing forests...
The fool flew and flew and saw a man lying on the road with his ear pressed to the damp ground. He came down and said:
Hello, uncle!
Nice, well done!
What are you doing?
I listen to what is happening at the other end of the earth.
What's going on there, uncle?
Wow, what an earworm you are! Get on my ship and we'll fly together.
Rumor did not make excuses, boarded the ship, and they flew on.
They flew and flew and saw a man walking along the road, walking on one leg, and the other leg tied to his ear.
Hello, uncle!
Nice, well done!
Why are you jumping on one leg?
Yes, if I untie my other leg, I’ll cross the whole world in three steps!
You're so fast! Sit down with us.
The speedboat did not refuse, climbed onto the ship, and they flew on.
You never know how much time has flown by, and lo and behold, there’s a man standing with a gun, taking aim. It’s unknown what he’s aiming at.
Hello, uncle! Who are you aiming at? No animal or bird is visible around you.
What are you! Yes, I won’t shoot close. I’m aiming at a black grouse that’s sitting on a tree about a thousand miles away. This is how shooting is for me.
Sit down with us, let's fly together!
They flew and flew and saw: a man was walking, carrying a huge sack of bread behind his back.
Hello, uncle! Where are you going?
I'm going to get some bread for lunch.
What more bread do you need? Your bag is already full!
Whats up! Put this bread in my mouth and swallow it. And to eat my fill, I need a hundred times that amount!
Look what you are! Get on our ship and we'll fly together.
They fly over forests, they fly over fields, they fly over rivers, they fly over villages and villages.
Lo and behold: a man is walking near a large lake, shaking his head.
Hello, uncle! What is it you are looking for?
I'm thirsty, so I'm looking for somewhere to get drunk.
There's a whole lake in front of you. Drink to your heart's content!
Yes, this water will only last me one sip.
The fool marveled, his comrades marveled and said:
Well, don't worry, there will be water for you. Get on the ship with us, we will fly far, there will be plenty of water for you!
It is unknown how long they flew, they just see: a man is walking into the forest, and behind his shoulders is a bundle of brushwood.
Hello, uncle! Tell us: why are you dragging brushwood into the forest?
And this is not ordinary brushwood. If you scatter it, a whole army will immediately appear.
Sit down, uncle, with us!
They flew and flew, and lo and behold: an old man was walking, carrying a sack of straw.
Hello, grandpa, gray little head! Where are you taking the straw?
Is there really not enough straw in the village?
There is a lot of straw, but there is no such thing.
What is it like for you?
Here's what it is: if I scatter it in the hot summer, it will suddenly become cold: snow will fall, frost will crackle.
If so, the truth is yours: you won’t find such straw in the village. Sit down with us!
Kholodillo climbed into the ship with his sack, and they flew on.
They flew and flew and arrived at the royal court.
The king was sitting at dinner at that time. He saw a flying ship and sent his servants:
Go ask: who flew on that ship - which overseas princes and princes?
The servants ran up to the ship and saw that ordinary men were sitting on the ship.
The royal servants did not even ask them who they were and where they came from. They returned and reported to the king:
Anyway! There is not a single prince on the ship, not a single prince, and all black bones are simple men. What do you want to do with them?
“It’s shameful for us to marry our daughter to a simple man,” the Tsar thinks. “We need to get rid of such suitors.”
He asked his courtiers - princes and boyars:
What should we do now, what should we do?
They advised:
It is necessary to ask the groom various difficult problems, maybe he won’t solve them. Then we will turn the corner and show him!
The king was delighted and immediately sent his servants to the fool with the following order:
Let the groom get us, before our royal dinner is over, living and dead water!
The fool thought:
What am I going to do now? Yes, I won’t find such water in a year, or maybe even my whole life.
What am I supposed to do? - says Skorokhod. - I’ll handle it for you in a moment.
He untied his leg from his ear and ran across distant lands to the thirtieth kingdom. I collected two jugs of living and dead water, and thought to myself: “There’s a lot of time left ahead, let me sit for a while and I’ll be back in time!”
He sat down under a thick, spreading oak tree and dozed off...
The royal dinner is coming to an end, but Skorokhod is gone.
Everyone on the flying ship was sunbathing - they didn’t know what to do. And Slukhalo put his ear to the damp earth, listened and said:
What a sleepy and drowsy one! He sleeps under a tree, snoring with all his might!
But I’ll wake him up now! - says Strelyalo.
He grabbed his gun, took aim and shot at the oak tree under which Skorokhod was sleeping. Acorns fell from the oak tree - right on Skorokhod’s head. He woke up.
Fathers, yes, no way, I fell asleep!
He jumped up and at that very moment brought jugs of water:
Get it!
The king stood up from the table, looked at the jugs and said:
Or maybe this water is not real?
They caught a rooster, tore off its head and sprinkled it with dead water. The head instantly grew larger. They sprinkled it with living water - the rooster jumped to his feet, flapping his wings, “cuckoo!” shouted.
The king became annoyed.
Well,” he says to the fool, “you have completed this task of mine.” Now I'll ask another one! If you are so clever, you and your matchmakers will eat in one sitting twelve roasted bulls and as much bread as was baked in forty ovens!
The fool became sad and said to his comrades:
Yes, I can’t even eat one piece of bread all day!
What am I supposed to do? - says Obedalo. - I can handle both the bulls and their grain alone. It won't be enough yet!
The fool ordered to tell the king:
Drag the bulls and the grain. Let's eat!
They brought twelve roasted bulls and as much bread as had been baked in forty ovens.
Let's eat the bulls, one by one. And he puts bread in his mouth and throws loaf after loaf. All the carts were empty.
Let's do more! - Obedalo shouts. - Why did they supply so little? I'm just getting the hang of it!
But the king has no more bulls or grain.
Now,” he says, “there is a new order for you: to drink forty barrels of beer at a time, each barrel containing forty buckets.”
“I can’t even drink one bucket,” says the fool to his matchmakers.
What a sadness! - Opivalo answers. - Yes, I’ll drink all their beer alone, it won’t be enough!
Forty barrels were rolled in. They began to scoop up beer in buckets and serve it to Opivale. He takes a sip - the bucket is empty.
What are you bringing me in buckets? - says Opivalo. - We'll be messing around all day!
He picked up the barrel and emptied it immediately, without stopping. He picked up another barrel - and the empty one rolled away. So I drained all forty barrels.
Isn’t there, he asks, another beer? I didn't drink to my heart's content! Don't get your throat wet!
The king sees: nothing can take the fool. I decided to destroy him with cunning.
Okay,” he says, “I’ll marry my daughter to you, get ready for the crown!” Just before the wedding, go to the bathhouse, wash and steam thoroughly.
And he ordered the bathhouse to be heated.
And the bathhouse was all cast iron.
They heated the bathhouse for three days, making it red hot. It radiates with fire and heat; you can’t approach it within five fathoms.
How will I wash? - says the fool. - I'll burn alive.
Don’t be sad,” Kholololo answers. - I'll go with you!
He ran to the king and asked:
Would you allow me and my fiancé to go to the bathhouse? I'll put some straw on him so he doesn't get his heels dirty!
What to the king? He allowed: “That one will burn, that both!”
They brought the fool with the Refrigerator to the bathhouse and locked him there.
And Kholodilo scattered straw in the bathhouse - and it became cold, the walls were covered with frost, the water in the cast iron froze.
Some time passed and the servants opened the door. They look, and the fool is alive and well, and the old man too.
“Eh, you,” says the fool, “why don’t you take a steam bath in your bathhouse, how about riding on a sled!”
The servants ran to the king. They reported: So, they say, and so. The king was tossed around, he didn’t know what to do, how to get rid of the fool.
I thought and thought and ordered him:
Place a whole regiment of soldiers in front of my palace in the morning. If you do, I’ll marry my daughter to you. If you don’t throw me out, I’ll throw you out!
And on his own mind: “Where can a simple peasant get an army? He won't be able to do this. That’s when we’ll kick him out!”
The fool heard the royal order and said to his matchmakers:
You, brothers, have helped me out of trouble more than once or twice... And now what are we going to do?
Eh, you found something to be sad about! - says the old man with brushwood. - Yes, I’ll field at least seven regiments with generals! Go to the king, tell him - he will have an army!
The fool came to the king.
“I will carry out,” he says, “your order, only for the last time.” And if you make excuses, blame yourself!
Early in the morning, the old man with brushwood called the fool and went out into the field with him. He scattered the bundle, and a countless army appeared - both on foot and on horseback, and with cannons. Trumpeters blow trumpets, drummers beat drums, generals give commands, horses beat their hooves into the ground...
The fool stood in front and led the army to the royal court. He stopped in front of the palace and ordered the trumpets to be blown louder and the drums to be beaten harder.
The king heard it, looked out the window, and became whiter than a sheet of paper with fright. He ordered the commanders to withdraw their troops and go to war against the fool.
The governors brought out the tsar's army and began to shoot and fire at the fool. And the foolish soldiers march like a wall, crushing the royal army like grass. The commanders got scared and ran back, followed by the entire royal army.
The king crawled out of the palace, crawled on his knees in front of the fool, asking him to accept expensive gifts and marry the princess as soon as possible.
The fool says to the king:
Now you are not our guide! We have our own mind!
He drove the king away and never ordered him to return to that kingdom. And he himself married the princess.
The princess is a young and kind girl. There is no fault on her!
And he began to live in that kingdom and do all sorts of things.
Leaves were flying, the wind was humming... The hedgehog left his house with a rocker over his shoulder and went to the spring.
The water in the spring was blue, cold and sparkled like a mirror. A sad Hedgehog looked at the Hedgehog from the water and said:
- Hedgehog, Hedgehog, why did you come?
“For water,” said the Hedgehog, who was sitting on the shore.
- Why do you need water?
- I’ll do the sea.
- Why do you need the sea?
“I’ll have my own sea: I’ll wake up and it’s noisy, I’ll fall asleep and it’ll move!”
-Where are your ships?
- What ships?
- How? Ships must sail on the sea.
“That’s right,” thought the Hedgehog, who was sitting on the shore. “I forgot about the ships.” He stood up, hooked the buckets onto the yoke; jumped out here
Squirrel.
“Squirrel,” said the Hedgehog, “where can I get ships?”
- What ships?
- You see, winter is coming, and I’m still alone... It’s boring!
-And you take a thread and a needle. When you wake up, thread the needle and pull it out. So the day will pass.
- No, I will have the sea! I wake up, and it’s making noise, I turn from side to side, and it’s moving!
- So, you have the sea, and everyone else has to thread a needle and pull it out? Look for your ships yourself! - and ran away.
The hedgehog entered the house, poured water into the tub and went out into the autumn forest. Little Bear was sitting on the porch.
- Where can I get ships, Little Bear?
“Where can I get them?” Little Bear was surprised. “In the forest?... Why do you need them?”
- You see - it's boring!
- Go to bed. Here I am, now I’ll go to bed, and in the spring I’ll wake up.
An old wolf was wandering in the forest with a tattered boot in his paw.
“What do you have, Wolf?” asked the Hedgehog.
- Boot. - The wolf stopped.
- What for?
- I’ll blow up the samovar, crush the cones, make some tea, and-and...- Wolf
He narrowed his eyes sweetly. “Do you want to drink tea with me?”
- I can’t: I need ships...
- What ships?
- Marine. You see, winter is coming, and I will have the sea, and ships must sail on the sea.
“Ships...” the Wolf said dreamily. “Here!” he handed the boot to the Hedgehog. He bent down and made a boat from a sliver of a maple leaf.
- Oh! - Hedgehog gasped. - Real! But I... still need it.
And the Wolf made two more boats.
- Thank you, Volchenka! If you are bored, come to me. Let's sit down and look at the sea, at the ships... Will you come?
“I’ll come,” the Wolf promised. He took the boot and hobbled further.
And the Hedgehog found an old burdock, put three boats on it and, as if on a tray, took it to his home.
A light wind blew, the sails inflated, and first the Hedgehog ran after the burdock, and then, before he knew it, he flew off.
“Ah-ah!” shouted the Hedgehog.
It’s hard to even imagine such a picture, but that’s how it all happened: the Hedgehog held a burdock in front of him, boats raced along the burdock, like on green waves, and after this green sea the Hedgehog flew through the air.
He wasn't even scared. Just for the sake of order, he shouted: “A-ah!”, because he had not yet had to fly over the forest, but then he got used to it and began to sing.
“La-la! La-la!” sang the Hedgehog.
And then a terrible Crow appeared in the sky.
Wow, how she croaked!
Wow, what disgusting clawed paws and ominous beak she had!
“Karrr!” shouted the Crow. “Shame!” Hedgehog in the sky!
And the Hedgehog flew across the sky, clinging to the green sea along which the ships were rushing. He pressed his head into his shoulders, but did not let go of the sea, and he did the right thing, because the wind died down, and when the Crow had completely caught up with them, the Hedgehog with his boats landed straight on
the threshold of your home.
As soon as he found himself on the ground, the Crow pulled back, shouted: “Karrr!” and flew away, cawing, into the empty sky.
And the Hedgehog raised the ships and entered the house.
What he saw made him so happy that he immediately forgot the fear he had experienced: near the tub of water, swaying in the sun andexposing his light heads to the sea breeze, two tall palm trees grew, and on the very top of the one that was closer to the surf, sat
a very tiny, but absolutely alive Parrot.
“Hey!” shouted the Parrot. “Let them go!” and sat down on the Hedgehog’s shoulder.
And the Hedgehog with the Parrot on his shoulder began to launch the boats into the water.
Now it was a real sea!
The palm trees rustled, the sand was golden along the edges of the tub, and light clouds ran high under the ceiling.
It got dark outside the window, and it was already time to go to bed, but the Hedgehog still sat over his sea under the palm trees and could not take his eyes off the golden ships.
“Now I won’t get bored,” thought the Hedgehog.
Finally, he got up, dismantled the bed, lay down, sighed, and immediately heard the sea sigh and the stars lit up above him, and the palm trees rustled in the night breeze.
The hedgehog looked at the lonely star outside the window, listened to the surf rustling in the tub, and thought that he was no longer alone, that in this blizzard winter he would now always have a large warm sea with him.
Fairy tale by Sergei Kozlov
Artist T. Abalakina
V. G. Kvashin
At first the sea was empty. Only the Master of the Sea and his wife lived at the bottom. The owner of the sea arranged the entire sea: now he will make some kind of shoal, now an island, now he will invent a current. And the wife just sits and sits. One day the wife says:
- I'm bored. You are always doing something, inventing things, but I have nothing to do.
The Master of the Sea thought and decided to give his wife a gift. Created fish.
- Here's some fish for you. You will be the Mistress of the Pisces. Herd them, look after them, breed them, whatever you want. It will be more and more fun.
The wife was delighted and began to fish. Three days later he says:
- You invented fish. How will I breed them if they have nothing to eat?
“It’s true, I forgot about it,” answers the Master of the Sea.
I thought about it and created small crustaceans, crabs, shells, and various algae and planted them on the bottom.
- Let the fish eat this.
The wife was satisfied and went to breed fish. A little time passed, the wife again asked her husband:
- You made different crustaceans, but what will they eat?
The Master of the Sea thought - indeed, it was a mistake. I looked - there were no crustaceans at the bottom. I decided to feed everyone at once, and came up with whales and seals.
- Let the crustaceans eat whales and seals when they die and fall to the bottom. These animals are big, there are enough crustaceans for everyone!
After some time, the Mistress of the Fishes came to her husband again.
- Why are you unhappy again? - asks the Master of the Sea. - I created fish for you, food for them - I made all kinds of crustaceans, I came up with food for crustaceans - let them eat dead whales. What else are you missing?
“You came up with everything well,” says the wife. - But what will these huge whales and seals eat?
The Master of the Sea thought. Indeed, whales and seals have nothing to eat. It is impossible to create other animals - there is nowhere to house them, and so the sea is already full of all kinds of living creatures. He thought and thought and came up with an idea.
- Let the whales eat crustaceans, the seals eat fish, the fish eat crustaceans, algae and shells, and let the various crustaceans eat dead whales, seals and fish. This way everyone will be full.
- You're so smart! - said the Mistress of Fish. - It’s not for nothing that you are the Master of the Sea! Now there is food for everyone at sea.
