Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Children's stories
The boy guarded the sheep and, as if seeing a wolf, began to call:
Help, wolf!.Wolf!
The men come running and see: it's not true. As he did so two and three times, it happened - and a wolf really came running.
The boy began to scream:
Come here, come quick, wolf!
The peasants thought that he was deceiving again, as always, - 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 TOLD 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 piece of paper from the chest and gave it to me; then she threaded a red thread into the needle and showed me how to hold it.
I began to sew, but 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 are you?” I couldn't help but cry. Then my mother told me to go play.
When I went to bed, I kept dreaming of stitches; I kept thinking about how I should learn to sew as soon as possible, and it seemed to me so difficult that I would never learn.
And now I've grown big and I don't remember how I learned to sew; and when I teach my girl to sew, I wonder how she can't hold a needle.
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HOW A BOY TOLD ABOUT HOW A STORM FOUND HIM IN THE FOREST
When I was little, they sent me to the forest to pick mushrooms. I reached the forest, picked mushrooms and wanted to go home. Suddenly it became dark, it began to rain and thundered. I got scared and sat down under a big oak tree. Lightning flashed, so bright that it hurt my eyes, and I closed my eyes. Above my head something crackled and thundered; then something hit me in the head. I fell down 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. The large oak tree was broken and smoke was coming from the stump. All around me lay fragments from the oak. My dress was all wet and stuck 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. There was no one at home; I got some bread from the table and climbed onto the stove. When I woke up, I saw from the stove that my mushrooms had been fried, put on the table, and they were already hungry. I shouted: “What are you eating without me?” They say: “Why are you sleeping? Go ahead and 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 kept sniffing them. And he really liked them. I really wanted to eat. He kept walking past the plums. When no one was in the 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 dinner, the father says:
And what, children, has anyone eaten one plum?
Everyone 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 plums, and if someone does not know how to eat them and swallows a stone, he will die in a day. I'm afraid of it.
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 that the car was far away, so they climbed the embankment and went across the rails.
Suddenly a car roared. 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 smaller 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 all his might.
The older girl shouted:
“Drop the mushrooms!” and the little girl thought she was being told to pick the mushrooms and crawled along the road.
The driver could not keep the car. She whistled with all her might and ran over the girl.
The older girl was screaming and crying. All the passers-by looked out of the windows of the carriages, and the conductor ran to the end of the train to see what had become of the girl.
When the train passed, everyone saw that the girl was lying head down between the rails and was not moving.
Then, when the train had already gone far, the girl raised her head, jumped to her knees, picked mushrooms and ran to her sister.
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HOW A BOY TOLD ABOUT HOW HE FOUND QUEEN BEE TO GRANDFATHER
My grandfather lived in a bee garden in the summer. When I visited him, he gave me honey.
Once I came to the bee-keeper and began to walk between the hives. I was not afraid of bees, because my grandfather taught me to walk quietly around the forest.
And the bees got used to me and did not bite. In one hive, I heard something quacking.
I came to my grandfather in the hut and told him.
He went with me, listened to me and said:
One swarm has already flown out of this hive, a pervak, with an old queen; and now the young queens have hatched. This is what they scream. They will fly out tomorrow with another swarm.
I asked my grandfather:
What are the uterus?
He said:
Come tomorrow; God willing, it will open up - I'll show you and give you honey.
When I came to my grandfather the next day, he had two closed swarms with bees hanging in his hallway. Grandfather ordered me to put on a net and tied it around my neck with a handkerchief; then he took one closed swarm with bees and carried it to the bee-keeper. 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 osek, grandfather went up to an empty log, 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, and the grandfather stirred them with a broom.
And here is the mother! - 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 removed 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.
Information sheet:
Wonderful cute tales of Leo Tolstoy make an indelible impression on children. Little readers and listeners make unusual discoveries 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 a better perception, some previously written author's fairy tales were later released in processing.
Who is Leo Tolstoy?
He was a famous writer of his time and remains so today. He had an excellent education foreign languages was fond of classical music. He traveled a lot in Europe, served in the Caucasus.
His author's books have always been published in large editions. Great novels and short stories, 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. Personally participated in military battles. I saw a lot of grief and complete self-denial of soldiers and officers. He often spoke with bitterness not only of the material, but also of 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 free of charge. The desire to write for children arose when the first few poor children came to study. To open them the world, plain language to teach what is now called natural history, Tolstoy began to write fairy tales.
Why is a writer loved these days?
It turned out so well that even now, children of a completely different generation, with pleasure perceive the works of the count of the 19th century, learn love and kindness for the world around them and animals. As in all literature, Leo Tolstoy was also talented in fairy tales, and loved by his readers.
Fairy tales for children by Alexei Nikolayevich Tolstoy are short fairy tales and stories about animals. Tolstoy's tales occupy a special place among all the tales of Russian authors.
Read Tolstoy's Tales
The rare talent of Alexei Nikolaevich consisted in the ability to remake folk tales in such a way as to arouse the interest of a small listener and not lose the ideological richness of Russian folk art. Such a collection of Tolstoy was called Magpie's Tales and in addition to it, in order to fully acquaint you with the author's work, we place his best creation in our opinion - the Golden Key or the adventures of Pinocchio. You can read Tolstoy's fairy tales starting from this wonderful work.
Tolstoy's tales occupy a special place among all the tales of Russian authors. Each hero of Tolstoy is a separate characteristic character, there are eccentricities and non-standard vision, which are always described delightfully! Tolstoy's magpie tales, although in essence they are a processing of other tales, and not his own invention, but writing talent, language turns and use ancient words put Tolstoy's Magpie's tales in a number of cultural heritage.
Leo Tolstoy is known for his monumental works, but his children's works also deserve attention. The famous classic wrote dozens of excellent fairy tales, epics and stories for children, which will be discussed below.
Tales, fables, there were stories
The famous Russian writer Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy always treated children's literature with special trepidation. The author's long observations of peasant children are reflected in his work. The famous "Azbuka", "New ABC" and "Russian Books for Reading" made a huge contribution to the development of children's education. This edition includes the fairy tales "Three Bears", "Lipunyushka", "Two Brothers", "Filipok", "Jump", stories about the dog Bulka, widely used to this day in preschool and primary school education. Further
Three Bears
The collection of Leo Tolstoy includes essays written more than half a century ago for pupils of the Yasnaya Polyana school. Today, texts are equally popular among children, thanks to a simple and colorful description of worldly wisdom. The illustrations in the book were provided by the famous artist I. Tsygankov. Suitable for senior preschool age. Further
The collected works include such works as Lipunyushka, Shark, as well as Lion and Dog, Two Brothers, the famous Bone, Jump, and, of course, Three Bears. The works were written for all young students in the Yasnaya Polyana estate, but they continue to arouse great interest among the young reader to this day. Further
This publication is a collection of folklore compositions "The Fox and the Crane", "Geese-Swans", "The Gingerbread House", retold by L.N. Eliseeva and A.N. Afanasyeva and the creation of Leo Tolstoy "Three Bears". The works tell about such concepts as kindness, intelligence, justice, and quick wits. Here you will meet well-known fairytale heroes: a cunning fox, an evil gray wolf, Masha, who loved to eat from someone else's cup. The publication is accompanied by pictures by artists Sergei Bordyug and Natalia Trepenok. Further
A collection of fascinating fairy tales about animals with many vivid images for preschool children: "The Fox and the Mouse" by Vitaly Bianchi, "The Traveling Frog" by Vsevolod Garshin, "The Gray Neck" by Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, "The Three Bears" by Leo Tolstoy and others. Illustrator - Tatyana Vasilyeva. Further
All the best for children
A golden collection of works by Leo Tolstoy, which will not leave indifferent both kids and older children. The theme of a carefree childhood will appeal to modern children and their parents. The book calls the younger generation to love, kindness and respect, which, perhaps, permeate all the work of the great writer. Further
This is a collection of stories, epics and fairy tales included in the curriculum of primary school education. A series of stories about dogs by Lev Nikolaevich - Milton and Bulka will not leave boys and girls indifferent primary school. Further
Novels and stories
The great Russian writer Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828–1910) was very fond of children, and he loved talking to them even more.
He knew many fables, fairy tales, stories and stories that he enthusiastically told to children. Both his own grandchildren and peasant children listened to him with interest.
Having opened a school for peasant children in Yasnaya Polyana, Lev Nikolayevich himself taught there.
He wrote a textbook for the smallest and called it "ABC". The work of the author, consisting of four volumes, was "beautiful, short, simple and, most importantly, clear" for children to understand.
Lion and mouse
The lion was sleeping. The mouse ran over his body. He woke up and caught her. The mouse began to ask him to let her in; She said:
If you let me go, and I will do you good.
The lion laughed that the mouse promised to do good to him, and let it go.
Then the hunters caught the lion and tied it to a tree with a rope. The mouse heard the lion's roar, ran, gnawed through the rope and said:
Remember, you laughed, you didn’t think that I could do you good, but now you see, sometimes good comes from a mouse.
How a thunderstorm caught me in the forest
When I was little, they sent me to the forest to pick mushrooms.
I reached the forest, picked mushrooms and wanted to go home. Suddenly it became dark, it began to rain and thundered.
I got scared and sat down under a big oak tree. Lightning flashed so bright that it hurt my eyes, and I closed my eyes.
Above my head something crackled and thundered; then something hit me in the head.
I fell down 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. The large oak tree was broken and smoke was coming out of the stump. All around me lay secrets from the oak.
My dress was all wet and stuck 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.
There was no one at home, I took out bread from the table and climbed onto the stove.
When I woke up, I saw from the stove that my mushrooms had been fried, put on the table, and they were already hungry.
I shouted: "What are you eating without me?" They say: "Why are you sleeping? Come quickly, eat."
sparrow and swallows
Once I stood in the yard and looked at the nest of swallows under the roof. Both swallows flew away in my presence, and the nest was left empty.
While they were away, a sparrow flew off the roof, jumped onto the nest, looked back, flapped its wings and darted into the nest; then he stuck his head out and chirped.
Soon after, a swallow flew to the nest. She poked herself into the nest, but as soon as she saw the guest, she squeaked, beat her wings on the spot and flew away.
The sparrow sat and chirped.
Suddenly a herd of swallows flew in: all the swallows flew up to the nest - as if in order to look at the sparrow, and flew away again.
Sparrow was not shy, turned his head and chirped.
The swallows again flew up to the nest, did something and flew away again.
It was not for nothing that the swallows flew up: they each brought dirt in their beaks and gradually covered up the hole in the nest.
Again the swallows flew away and again flew in, and more and more covered up the nest, and the hole became tighter and tighter.
At first the sparrow's neck was visible, then one head, then the spout, and then nothing was visible; the swallows completely covered it in the nest, flew away and whistled around the house.
Two comrades
Two comrades were walking through the forest, and a bear jumped out at them.
One rushed to run, climbed a tree and hid, while the other remained 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 it was dead, and moved 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.
Liar
The boy guarded the sheep and, as if he saw a wolf, began to call:
Help wolf! Wolf!
The men come running and see: it's not true. As he did so two and three times, it happened - and a wolf really came running. The boy began to scream:
Come here, come quick, wolf!
The peasants thought that he was deceiving again, as always, - they did not listen to him. The wolf sees, there is nothing to be afraid of: in the open he cut the whole herd.
The hunter and the quail
A quail got caught in a hunter's net and began to ask the hunter to let him go.
You just let me go, - he says, - I will serve you. I'll lure other quails into the net for you.
Well, the quail, - said the hunter, - would not let you in anyway, and now even more so. I'll turn my head for what you want to give out your own.
girl and mushrooms
Two girls were walking home with mushrooms.
They had to cross the railroad.
They thought that the car was far away, so they climbed the embankment and went across the rails.
Suddenly a car roared. The older girl ran back, and the smaller 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 smaller 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 all his might.
The older girl shouted: “Throw mushrooms!”, And the little girl thought that she was being told to pick mushrooms, and crawled along the road.
The driver could not keep the car. She whistled with all her might and ran over the girl.
The older girl was screaming and crying. All the passers-by looked out of the windows of the carriages, and the conductor ran to the end of the train to see what had become of the girl.
When the train passed, everyone saw that the girl was lying head down between the rails and was not moving.
Then, when the train had already gone far, the girl raised her head, jumped to her knees, picked mushrooms and ran to her sister.
Old grandfather and granddaughter
(Fable)
The grandfather became very old. His legs could not walk, his eyes could not see, his ears could not hear, he had no teeth. And when he ate, it flowed back from his mouth.
The son and daughter-in-law stopped putting him at the table, and let him dine at the stove. They took him down once to dine in a cup. He wanted to move it, but he dropped it and broke it.
The daughter-in-law began to scold the old man for spoiling everything in the house and breaking cups, and said that now she would give him dinner in the pelvis.
The old man just sighed and said nothing.
Once a husband and wife sit at home and look - their little son plays planks on the floor - something works out.
The father asked: “What are you doing, Misha?” And Misha said: “It’s me, father, I’m doing the pelvis. When you and your mother are old, to feed you from this pelvis.
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 put him at the table and look after him.
Little mouse
The mouse went for a walk. She walked around the yard and came back to her mother.
Well, mother, I saw two animals. One is scary and the other is kind.
Mother asked:
Tell me, what kind of animals are these?
The mouse said:
One is terrible - his legs are black, his crest is red, his eyes are bulging, and his nose is hooked. When I walked past, he opened his mouth, raised his leg and began to scream so loudly that I didn’t know where to go from fear.
This is a rooster, said the old mouse, he does no harm to anyone, do not be afraid of him. Well, what about the other animal?
Another lay in the sun and warmed himself. His neck is white, his legs are gray and smooth. He licks his white breast and moves his tail a little, looks at me.
The old mouse said:
Fool, you are a fool. After all, it's a cat.
two men
Two men were driving: one to the city, the other out of the city.
They hit each other with sleds. One shouts:
Give me the way, I need to get to the city as soon as possible.
And the other one screams:
You give way. I need to get home soon.
And the third man saw and said:
Who needs it as soon as possible - he siege back.
The poor and the rich
They lived in the same house: upstairs, a rich gentleman, and downstairs, a poor tailor.
The tailor sang songs at work and prevented the master from sleeping.
The master gave the tailor a bag of money so that he would not sing.
The tailor became rich and guarded all his money, but he no longer began to sing.
And he got bored. He took the money and took it back to the master and said:
Take your money back, and let me sing songs. And then melancholy came upon me.