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An old man lived with an old woman. They had three sons: two were smart, and the third was a fool. They feel sorry for the smart ones, every week the old woman gives them clean shirts, but everyone scolds the fool, laughs at him, and he sits on the stove in a pile of millet, in a dirty shirt, without pants. If they give it, he eats, but if not, he goes hungry. And at that time there was a rumor, so they say, and so: the royal order flew to the king to gather for dinner, and whoever builds such a ship to fly and comes on that ship, the king will give his daughter to him.
This is what smart brothers advise:
We should go too, maybe our happiness is hidden there! After thinking about it, they ask the father and mother:
Let's go, they say, to the Tsar for dinner: if we lose, we won't lose anything, and maybe our happiness will be found there!
The father dissuades them, the mother dissuades them.
No, let's go, that's all! Bless you on your way. The old people - there was nothing to do - took them and blessed them on the road: the old woman gave them white blankets; I roasted a pig, gave me a flask of vodka, and off they went.
And the fool sits on the stove and asks himself:
“I’ll go,” he says, “and I’ll go where the brothers went!”
Where should you go, you fool? - says the mother, - the wolves will eat you there!
No,” he says, “they won’t eat it: I’ll go!”
At first the old men laughed at him, and then they began to scold him. Well, they see that nothing can be done about the fool, and they say:
Well, go, and don’t come back, don’t call yourself our son.
His mother gave him a bag, put black stale bread in it, gave him a flask of water and sent him out of the house. So he went.
He walks and walks, and suddenly he comes across a grandfather along the way. Such a gray-haired grandfather, his beard is all white, right down to his waist!
Hello, grandpa!
Hello, son!
Where are you going, grandpa? And he says:
I walk around the world, helping people out of trouble. And where are you going?
To the king for lunch.
Do you really know how to make a ship so that it can fly itself? - asks the grandfather.
No, he says, I can’t.
So why are you going?
And God knows, he says, why! If I lose it, I won’t lose it, but maybe my happiness will be found there.
“So sit down,” he says, “rest a little, let’s have lunch.” Take out what you have in your bag.
Eh, grandpa, I have nothing - just stale bread, you won’t bite it.
Nothing, get it!
Now the fool gets it, lo and behold, from that black bread and such white palyanitsa have become that he has never eaten anything like them in his life: frankly speaking, like the lords.
Well, well,” says the grandfather, “how can you not drink and have an afternoon snack?” Do you have any vodka in your bag?
But where can I get it? There is only one flask of water!
Get it, he says.
He took it out, tasted it, and there it became such a vodka!
So they spread out the scrolls on the grass, sat down and began to have afternoon tea. We had a good bite, the foolish old man thanked him for the bread and the vodka and said:
Well, listen, son, now go into the forest, go up to the tree and, crossing yourself three times, hit the tree with an ax, and quickly lie down on the ground and lie there until someone wakes you up. So a ship will be built for you, and you sit on it and fly where you want, and pick up everyone you meet along the way.
The fool thanked his grandfather and they said goodbye. Grandfather went his way, and the fool headed into the forest.
So he entered the forest, went up to a tree, hit it with a hatchet, fell to the ground and fell asleep. I slept and slept. Suddenly, after a while, he hears: someone is waking him up.
Get up, your happiness is already ripe, get up! The fool woke up and saw a ship standing there, golden itself, silver masts, silk sails, so inflated by the wind - just right to fly!
So, without hesitation, he boarded the ship, took off the ship and flew... And he flew below the clouds, above the ground, which you couldn’t even see with the eye.
He flew and flew, and suddenly he saw a man with his ear to the ground and listening. He shouted to him:
Hello, uncle!
Hello, darling!
What are you doing?
“Well, I’m listening,” he says, “to see if the king’s guests have already gathered for dinner.”
Are you going there?
So sit down with me, I'll give you a ride. He sat down. Let's fly.
They flew and flew... lo and behold, a man was walking along the road: one leg was tied to his ear, and he was jumping on the other.
Hello, uncle!
Hello, honey!
Why are you jumping on one leg?
Well, if I, he says, untied the other one, then in one step I would go around the whole world. “But I,” he says, “don’t want to.”
Where are you going?
To the king for lunch.
So sit down with us.
He sat down. They flew again.
They flew and flew, and lo and behold, a hunter was standing on the road, taking aim with a bow, but nothing was to be seen anywhere, neither a bird nor an animal.
Hello, uncle! Where do you aim if there is no bird or animal in sight?
So what's not visible? You can’t see it, but I can see it!
Where do you see her?
Eh, there, a hundred miles away, he’s sitting on a dry pear tree!
Well, sit down with us! He sat down. Let's fly.
They flew and flew, and suddenly they saw a man walking, carrying a full sack of bread behind his back.
Hello, uncle!
Great!
Where are you going?
“I’m going,” he says, “to get bread for lunch.”
Yes, you already have a full bag.
What kind of bread! I don’t even have enough breakfast for one meal.
Sit down with us!
He sat down too. Go.
They flew and flew, and lo and behold, a man was wandering by the lake, as if looking for something.
Hello, uncle!
Great.
Why are you walking here?
“I’m thirsty,” he says, “but I can’t find water.”
There’s a whole lake in front of you - why don’t you drink?
Oh, what about this water! Even one sip is not enough for me.
So sit down with us!
Fine.
He sat down. Let's fly.
They flew and flew, and suddenly they saw a man walking into the village and carrying a bag of straw.
Hello, uncle! Where are you taking the straw?
To the village, he says.
That's it! Isn’t there any straw in the village?
There is, he says, but not like that!
What is this?
Yes, it’s like that,” he says, “that no matter how hot the summer is, scatter it - and instantly, out of nowhere, frost will strike and snow will fall.
So sit down with us! He sat down. They flew on.
They flew and flew, and suddenly they saw a man walking into the forest and dragging a bundle of firewood over his shoulders.
Hello, uncle!
Great!
Where are you taking the firewood?
That's it! Isn't there any firewood in the forest?
Why not? There are, he says, but not like that.
What are these?
There are simple ones, but these are such that you just scatter them, and suddenly, out of nowhere, an army will appear in front of you!
So sit down with us. This one agreed and sat down. Let's fly.
Whether it was a long or short flight, they arrived at the Tsar for lunch. And there in the middle of the courtyard the tables are set, covered, barrels of honey and wine are pumped out: drink, dear soul, eat whatever you want! And to put it bluntly, half the kingdom of people came together, old and young, lords, rich people, and poor old men. Like going to a fair. The fool arrived with his comrades on that ship, went down to the king’s window, they got out of the ship and went to dinner.
The king looked out the window, and there someone arrived on a golden ship, and said to the servant:
Go and ask who arrived on the golden ship!
The servant went, looked, and came to the king:
“What a man,” he says, “ragamuffins!” The king doesn't believe it.
“How is it possible,” he says, “for the men to come on a golden ship!” You probably didn't ask well.
He took it and went to the people himself.
Who here, he asks, flew on this ship? The fool spoke:
“I am,” he says.
As soon as the king saw that he was wearing a scroll - a patch on a patch, and his knees were hanging out on his pants - he grabbed his head: “How can I give my daughter to such a slave!” What to do here? And give him tasks to make.
Go,” he says to the servant, “and tell him that even though he arrived on a ship, if he doesn’t get water that heals and lives while the guests dine, then not only won’t I give up the princess, but here’s the sword, and his head will be off his shoulders!”
The servant went.
And I heard and overheard what the king was saying, and told the fool about it. The fool sits on the bench, sad, does not eat, does not drink. Skorokhod saw this.
Why, he asks, don’t you eat?
Where can I eat! And it doesn't fit into your mouth. And he said, like this, like this:
The king wished for me that while the guests were having dinner, I would get living and healing water. How will I get it?
Do not be sad! I'll get it for you!
Well look!
A servant comes and gives him a royal order, but he has long known how and what.
Tell me,” he says, “what I’ll bring!” The servant has left.
And Skorokhod untied his leg from his ear, and as he moved, he immediately picked up living and healing water.
I dialed it in and got tired. “While there,” he thinks, “it’s lunch, I’ll have time to return, but now I’ll sit by the mill and rest a little.”
I sat down and fell asleep. The guests are finishing dinner, but he’s still not there. The fool sits neither alive nor dead. “Gone!” - thinks.
And Hearing took his ear to the ground and let’s listen. Listened and listened.
“Don’t worry,” he says, “the enemy’s son is sleeping near the mill!”
What should we do now? - asks the fool. - How can I wake him up?
The shooter says:
Don't be afraid: I'll wake you up!
And as soon as he pulled the bow, as he fired, the arrow hit the mill straight, and the chips flew... Skorokhod woke up - hurry there! The guests are just finishing lunch, and he is already carrying water.
What should the king do here? Let's think of another problem.
Go,” he says to the servant, “and tell him: if he and his comrades eat in one sitting six pairs of roasted oxen and as much bread as can be baked in forty ovens, then,” he says, “I will give my daughter for him.” If he doesn’t eat it, here’s my sword, and his head is off his shoulders!
And Slukhalo overheard, and told the fool about it.
What should I do now? I won’t even eat one piece of bread! - says the fool.
He became sad again and almost cried. And Oedalo says:
Do not Cry! I’ll sing for all of you, and it won’t be enough.
The servant comes: so, they say, so.
Okay, says the fool, let them give it!
So they roasted twelve oxen and baked forty ovens of bread. And as soon as he began to eat, he ate everything completely and asked for more.
Eh,” he says, “not enough!” At least they gave me a little more! The king sees that he is like this, and again he comes up with a problem - so that he drinks forty-forty barrels of water in one gulp, and forty-forty barrels of wine, but if he doesn’t drink, here is my sword, and his head is off his shoulders!
He overheard and told. The fool is crying.
Do not Cry! - says Opivala. “I,” he says, “will drink one, and it won’t be enough.”
So they rolled out forty-forty barrels of water and wine for them. And when Opivala started drinking, he blew it all away and chuckled.
Eh,” he says, “not enough.” I wish I had a drink!.. The king sees that nothing can be done about him, and thinks:
“We need to drive him, the enemy’s son, out of the world, otherwise he will take possession of my daughter!” And he sends a servant to the fool:
Go and announce that the king ordered you to go to the bathhouse before the crown.
And he orders another servant to go and tell the cast-iron bathhouse to be heated: “Now he, so-and-so, will be fried!” The stoker has heated the bathhouse and it’s just blazing... the devil himself could be fried!
They told the fool. So he goes to the bathhouse, and Morozko follows him with straw. We just entered the bathhouse, and it was so hot there that it was simply impossible! Morozko scattered the straw - and suddenly it became so cold that the fool could barely wash himself, but quickly went to the stove, and fell asleep there - he was thoroughly frozen! They open the bathhouse in the morning, they think that only ashes are left from him, and he lies on the stove; they woke him up.
Oh, he says, how soundly I slept! - Yes, and left the bathhouse.
They reported to the Tsar, so, so and so: he slept on the stove, and in the bathhouse it was so cold, as if it had not been heated for the whole winter.
The king was deeply saddened: what to do here. I thought and thought...
Well,” he says, “if he sends me a whole regiment of troops by tomorrow, then I’ll give him my daughter in marriage, and if he doesn’t show me, it’s my sword, and his head is off his shoulders!”
And on his own mind: “Where can a simple peasant get a regiment of troops? I am a king, and even that!..” So he gave the order.
And Rumor overheard it, and told the fool about it. The fool sits again, crying; "What should I do now? Where can I get so many troops?
Goes to the ship to see his comrades:
Oh, brothers, help me out! We have helped you out of trouble more than once, and now you will help us out! Otherwise I'm lost!
Do not Cry! - says the one who carried the firewood. - I'll help you out.
A servant arrives.
“The king ordered,” he says, “that if you field a whole regiment of troops, then the princess is yours!”
Okay, it will be done! - says the fool. “Just tell the king, if he doesn’t give it up now, I’ll go to war against him and take the princess by force.”
The comrade took the fool out into the field at night and carried with him a bundle of firewood. And let's throw them in different directions; Whatever he throws, so does the man; whatever he throws, so does the man! And there was such an army, my God! The next morning the king wakes up and hears them playing. Asks:
Why are they playing so early?
Yes, it is, they say, that he is training his army, that he arrived on a golden ship.
Then the king saw that nothing could be done, and ordered him to be called to him.
A servant comes and asks. And the fool has become such that you can’t even recognize him - so his clothes are shining, his Cossack cap is golden, and he himself is so handsome, my God! He leads his army, in front he is on a black horse, and behind him is the foreman.
He approached the palace.
Stop! - he shouted. The army lined up in the lava, all as one!
I went to the palace. The king hugs him and kisses him:
Sit down, my dear son-in-law!
The princess also entered. As soon as she saw it, she laughed: what a handsome husband she would have!
They were quickly married and had such a feast that the smoke went all the way to the sky and stopped on a cloud.
And I was walking from that feast, and as soon as I looked at the cloud, I fell. And he fell and got up. You ask for a fairy tale, and I told it, neither long nor short, but just like it was from you before me. And I would tell you more, but I can’t. That's
The Flying Ship - a Russian fairy tale adapted by V..
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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 flying ship build it, I will build 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! By the way, here you are: old, experienced, knowledgeable people. 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 are 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?
To the village.
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 lay out some straw for 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 in 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 in 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.
Proverbs for the fairy tale flying ship
Have you ever wondered: “What proverb fits the fairy tale of the flying ship?” If yes, then here are a few proverbs that can be correlated with the main idea of the fairy tale.
- A tree is held together by its roots, and a person is held together by its friends. (Russian proverb)
- Choose your companion before you set out. (Arabic proverb)
- Help yourself first, and then accept help from a friend. (Mongolian proverb)
- Wheat will be born in the field every year, but a kind person will always come in handy. (Russian proverb).
Fairy tales of the peoples of the world are always distinguished by unprecedented wisdom, which expresses the aspirations of generations of ordinary people. So “Flying Ship” is Russian folk tale, in this regard, very interesting. And not so much in terms of plot development, but from a moral point of view. However, today few people know that there are two versions of it: the original and the musical cartoon. Although they are quite different in both plot and main characters, the basic moral in both variations is identical. Let's look at each of these versions.
Russian fairy tale "The Flying Ship"
If we talk about the narration in a fairy tale, the beginning of development storyline not much different from most similar stories.
As usual, there lived a grandfather and a woman, and they had three sons. Isn't it very similar to many other stories? Naturally, “The Flying Ship” is a fairy tale in which the two eldest sons were smart, and the third (youngest) was a fool. There is probably no need to explain that the entire plot will revolve around him.
True, there is one small nuance in this whole story. “The Flying Ship” (fairy tale) says that the old woman loved her eldest sons, surrounded them with attention and gave them the best in material terms. To put it mildly, she didn’t give a damn about the fool. And it is precisely because of this that from the very first lines we see that the eldest sons, although smart, were absolutely callous. The third, although he did not receive anything worthwhile and was not distinguished by his intelligence, was a kind and sympathetic person.
The beginning
It so happened that a certain king of some state, on a whim, issued a decree, saying that whoever builds a flying ship will receive his daughter as a wife. The older brothers, having received their mother's blessing and food for the journey, ran into the forest to cut down trees to build an outlandish thing. The younger one also got ready, but his mother did not want to give him a chance. He was stubborn, and in the end the old woman gave him water and black cakes.
Long or short, his grandfather met him on the road and asked where the young man was going. The guy told me and complained that he couldn’t build such a ship. When the old man asked why he was going into the forest, the fool replied: “God knows!”
Then the grandfather advised the guy to come to the forest, perform one action there and go to bed, and then the ship would make itself. But in order to fly, you need to put the first person you meet in it. That's what the guy did.
Storyline and main characters
When the ship was ready, the young man flew on it to the king and met a guy who listened to the earth with his ear. As it turned out, he was finding out what was going on in the city. Then they met a man with a tied leg, who could jump over the whole world if he untied it. The third was a daredevil with a bag of bread, and everything was not enough for him. The fourth was a man who wanted to get drunk, but the lake was not enough for him. Further on, the whole company met a hunter who could shoot a thousand miles away. Then there was a guy with magic firewood, they turned into a countless army. The last one was a traveler with a bundle of firewood, which could turn any heat into a fierce winter.
The guy and his new acquaintances flew to the king. And when he saw that there was a rootless fool on the ship, he decided not to give up his daughter, but to give the guy such tasks that he would not be able to complete them.
The first daredevil overheard this and told the guy. Our hero became confused, but his friends promised to help in any way they could.
The first task was to bring healing water while the royal dinner was over. The walker undertook to help him out, but fell asleep on the way back, but the hunter woke him up with a shot. Then the king gave the order to eat twelve roasted bulls and twelve bags of bread. At this point Obedalo took up his business, but that wasn’t enough for him.
Then the king ordered the company to drink forty barrels of wine, forty buckets each. Opivalo did his job. After this, the king sent the guy to the bathhouse to bake himself there, but his new comrade scattered straw, and the guy almost died from the cold. Finally, the ruler gave the order for the fool to gather a countless army. A man with firewood scattered it on the ground, and an army appeared.
There was nothing to do, I had to give the princess up. But the fool dressed up, and became so handsome, quick-witted and reasonable, that the princess and the king and queen doted on him.
Folk tale “The Flying Ship”: cartoon version
As is already clear, victory turned out to be the fool’s. It so happened in Rus' that all stories boil down to this, and “The Flying Ship” is a fairy tale that also has such an ending.
In the animated film, the plot develops almost the same way, only in terms of the antipode, instead of his siblings, there is a certain greedy Polkan, who himself has his eye on the princess, and main character not some peasant, but a cheerful and careless chimney sweep.
But there is a trick here too, because in order to take off and land, you had to know magic words. Polkan took possession of the ship and presented the tsar the way he had built it. But he overheard only one phrase for takeoff. So the helpless king flew off, but didn’t know how to land.
Another interesting point lies in the fact that in the plot the chimney sweep is helped to carry out all sorts of tasks by completely different characters, say, the cheerful Granny Hedgehogs or Vodyanoy. But in general, the general direction is not violated. All the same, the logical conclusion will be the same. By the way, quite a strong emphasis is placed here on music, which plays an important role in the production.
Conclusion
As for morality, “The Flying Ship” is a fairy tale that gives any person the idea that they need to help anyone they meet, and their deeds will be rewarded. Look, first the boy is helped by his grandfather, and then by other heroes with unimaginable abilities.
By the way, Christian customs are also mentioned in passing. After all, the grandfather ordered the main character in the forest to approach the first tree, cross himself three times and hit it with an ax. From this we can conclude that this story was invented after the Baptism of Rus'.
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, so that he 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 beg:
- 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, grandfather!
- 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 look, 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’re asking me for advice, listen: take your ax and chop off the sides of this pine tree: 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, “finish 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’s food for me, this stale piece of crap.” What can I treat you with? You probably won't bite my treat?
“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 bitch is not so callous!
And he handed 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:
- Great, uncle!
- Nice, well done!
- What are you doing?
“I’m listening to what’s going on at the other end of the earth.”
- What's going on there, uncle?
- The vocal birds are singing and singing, one is better than the other!
- Wow, what a great listener 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.
- Great, 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.
- Great, 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!
Shot and sat down, and they all flew on. They flew and flew, and they saw: a man was walking, carrying a huge sack of bread behind his back.
- Great, uncle! Where are you going?
- I’m going to get some bread for lunch.
- What do you need more bread for? 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.
Obedalo and he boarded the ship, and they flew on. 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.
- Great, uncle! What is it you are looking for?
“I’m thirsty, so I’m looking for somewhere to get drunk.”
- Yes, there is 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!
Opivalo got into the ship, and they flew on. 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.
- Great, 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!
And this one sat down with them. They flew on.
They flew and flew, and lo and behold: an old man was walking, carrying a sack of straw.
- Great, grandpa, gray little head! Where are you taking the straw?
- To the village.
- Isn’t there 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 royal palace. 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 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 king 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:
- We need 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 do I need? - 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 dozy 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 won’t even eat one piece of bread in a whole day!
- What do I need? - 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 bread. There will be!
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 it rolled away. So I drained all forty barrels.
“Isn’t there some more beer?” he asks? 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 myself? - says the fool. - I'll burn alive.
“Don’t be sad,” Kholodylo 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 lay out some straw for 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 Kholodila 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. Then we’ll kick him out!”
The fool heard the royal order and said to his matchmakers:
- You, brothers, 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 palace. 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 in 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.
Russian folk tales
The Flying Ship is a Russian folk tale about how the youngest son, a fool, turned out to be the smartest and luckiest, built the Flying Ship, found good friends and married the Tsar’s daughter. The fairy tale The Flying Ship can be read online or downloaded in PDF and DOC format.
Brief summary of the tale You can start with the fact that three sons grew up in one family, the two eldest were favorites and handsome, and the youngest was a fool in a holey shirt, always deprived. And then the news came that the king would give his daughter in marriage to the one who would build a ship that sails not only by sea, but also by air. The eldest sons gathered in the forest to build a flying ship. They chopped and sawed wood, but they don’t know what to do next. An old man approached them and asked: do they need help? but the brothers drove the old man away, quarreled among themselves, and returned home with nothing. The youngest son was going to the forest, no one believed in him, but they just grinned: Where are you going, you fool - the wolves will eat you along the way! . But the fool took an ax, found the tallest pine tree in the forest and began to chop it down. Then an old man comes up to him and asks what he’s up to doing? The guy was very polite to his grandfather, he told him everything, and he told him how to make a ship. The ship turned out to be really flying, a fool got into it, and the old man said to him: on the way, put everyone you meet in your ship! . So on his way we met different people With amazing abilities, whom he took with him on the orders of the old man. When they flew to the king, they came across deception and a cunning royal plan. But having such friends, the fool easily got out of all difficult situations, married the princess, and punished the deceiver king.
Read the fairy tale The Flying Ship not only very interesting, but also educational for children of any age. The fairy tale teaches the fact that sometimes a person in whom no one believes turns out to be successful and achieves certain heights. Also, the younger son’s attitude towards the old man shows that elders need to be respected and listened to their advice. Thanks to his open and kind character, the fool finds many true friends who came to the rescue in Hard time. The fairy tale also teaches what not to do through the example of the king, who did not keep his word and paid for it.
The fairy tale The Flying Ship is a clear example of many folk proverbs about politeness and kindness. They fear arrogance, but honor politeness, A kind word costs nothing to oneself, but gives a lot to another, To bow is useful in the future, For a good person - a hundred hands, A bow cannot break the waist, Thank you is a great deed, A kind word is more valuable than wealth.
Proverbs about respect for elders: He who does not respect his elders knows no respect, Respect your elders, educate your younger ones, The advice of older people does not give you a headache, Learn wisdom from the one who wore out your shirt before, Whoever did not listen to your elders fell into a big hole, The young one works, the old mind gives, Listen to what the old people say, The young is handsome, the old is smart, The old is smart, although not strong.
Proverbs about friendship: Without misfortune, you won’t recognize a friend, Friendship is paid for with friendship, It’s not years that bring people together, but minutes, You can’t buy friends with money, A man without a friend is like the earth without water, Friendship is care and help is strong, A friend in trouble is a doubly friend.