Read short Russian folk tales. Russian folk tales and national character
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7. Masha and the bear
8. Morozko
9. A man and a bear (Tops and roots)
10. Cockerel - Golden comb and millstones
11. By pike command
13. Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka
14. Sivka-Burka
15. Snow Maiden
16. Teremok
5. Legless and armless heroes
6. Legless and blind heroes
8. Birch and three falcons
9. Hunter Brothers
10. Bulat-well done
11. Bukhtan Bukhtanovich
14. Witch and Solntseva sister
15. Prophetic boy
16. Prophetic dream
17. In the forehead the sun, on the back of the head a month, on the sides of the star
18. Mushroom War
19. Magic water
22. Magic Berries
23. Magic horse
24. Clay guy
28. Two of the bag
29. Girl in the well
30. Wooden eagle
31. Elena the Wise
32. Emelya the Fool
33. The Firebird and Vasilisa the Princess
34. Enchanted princess
35. Animal milk
36. Golden slipper
37. Golden cockerel
38. Dawn, evening and midnight
39. Ivan - widow's son
40. Ivan - cow's son
41. Ivan - a peasant son and Miracle Yudo
42. Ivan - a peasant's son
43. Ivan the Untalented and Elena the Wise
44. Ivan the peasant son and the peasant himself with a finger, a mustache for seven miles
45. Ivan Tsarevich and the White Glade
47. Kikimora
51. Horse, tablecloth and horn
52. The prince and his uncle
55. Flying ship
57. Famously one-eyed
58. Lutonyushka
59. Boy with a finger
60. Marya Morevna
61. Marya-beauty - long braid
62. Masha and the Bear
63. Medvedko, Usynya, Gorynya and Duginya heroes
64. Copper, silver and gold kingdoms
67. Wise maiden
68. The Wise Maiden and the Seven Thieves
69. Wise wife
70. Wise answers
71. Nesmeyana-tsarevna
72. Night dancing
73. Petrified Realm
74. Shepherd's pipe
75. Cockerel - Golden comb and millstones
76. Feather Finist clear falcon
77. Knee-deep in gold, elbow-deep in silver
78. By pike command
79. Go there - I don't know where, bring that - I don't know what
80. Truth and Falsehood
81. Feigning illness
82. About a stupid snake and a smart soldier
83. Bird tongue
84. Rogues
85. Seven Simeons
86. Silver saucer and pouring apple
87. Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka
88. Sivka-Burka
89. Tale About Vasilisa, the Golden Spit, and about Ivan Peas
90. The Tale of the Bonebreaker Bear and Ivan, the Merchant's Son
91. Tale of rejuvenating apples and living water
92. The Tale of Ivan the Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf
93. Tales of the brave knight Ukrom-Tabunshchik
94. Tablecloth, ram and bag
95. Fast Messenger
96. Snow Maiden
97. Snow Maiden and Fox
98. Soldier rescues the princess
99. Sun, Moon and Raven Voronovich
100. Suma, give mind!
101. Tereshechka
102. Three kingdoms - copper, silver and gold
103. Finist - bright falcon
105. Tricky Science
106. Crystal Mountain
107. Princess, solving riddles
110. Tsar Maiden
111. Bear King
112. Chivy, chivy, chivychok ...
113. Wonderful shirt
114. Wonderful paws
115. Miraculous box
8. Wolf, Quail and Twitch
10 Crow And Cancer
11. Where was the goat?
12. Stupid wolf
13. Crane and heron
14. For a lapotok - a chicken, for a chicken - a goose
16. Hares and frogs
17. Animals in the pit
18. Winter hut of animals
19. Golden Horse
20. Golden cockerel
21. How the wolf became a bird
22. How the fox learned to fly
23. How the fox sewed a fur coat for the wolf
27. Cat - gray forehead, goat and ram
28. Cat and Fox
29. Cat, Rooster and Fox
30. Kochet and chicken
31. Crooked duck
32. Kuzma rich
33. Hen, mouse and black grouse
34. Lion, pike and man
35. Fox - wanderer
36. Fox and thrush
37. Fox and crane
38. Fox and goat
39. Fox and jug
40. Fox and bast shoes
41. Fox and Cancer
44. Fox Confessor
45. Midwife Fox
46. Fox Maiden and Kotofey Ivanovich
47. Sister fox and wolf
48. Masha and the Bear
49. Bear - fake leg
50. Bear and fox
51. Bear and dog
52. A man and a bear (Tops and roots)
53. A man, a bear and a fox
54. Mouse and Sparrow
55. Scared Wolves
56. Frightened bear and wolves
57. Wrong Judgment of the Birds
58. No goat with nuts
59. About Vaska - Muska
60. About toothy pike
61. Sheep, fox and wolf
62. Rooster and bean
63. Rooster and hen
64. Cockerel
65. Cockerel - Golden comb and millstones
66. By pike command
67. Promised
68. About a toothy mouse and about a rich sparrow
69. About the old woman and the bull
71. Mitten
72. Tale of Ersh Ershovich, son of Shchetinnikov
73. The Tale of Ivan the Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf
74. Resin goby
75. The old man and the wolf
If you close your eyes and go back in time for a moment, you can imagine how ordinary Russian people lived. They lived in large families in wooden huts, stoked stoves with wood, and they were given light by home-made dry torches. The poor Russian people had neither television nor the Internet, and what were they to do when they did not work in the field? They rested, dreamed and listened to good fairy tales!
In the evening, the whole family gathered in one room, the children sat on the stove, and the women did their homework. At this time, the turn of Russian folk tales began. In every village or hamlet there lived a woman storyteller, she replaced the radio for people and beautifully sang old legends. The kids listened with their mouths open, and the girls quietly sang along and spun or embroidered to a good fairy tale.
What did the respected storytellers tell the people about?
Good prophets kept in their memory a large number of folk tales, legends and tales. All their lives they brought light to ordinary peasants, and in old age they passed on their knowledge to the next talented storytellers. Most of the legends were based on real life events, but over the years, fairy tales acquired fictitious details and acquired a special Russian flavor.
Note to readers!
The most famous storyteller in Rus' and Finland is a simple serf peasant woman Praskovya Nikitichna, in the marriage of Vaska. She knew 32,000 poems and fairy tales, 1152 songs, 1750 proverbs, 336 riddles and a large number of prayers. Based on her stories, hundreds of books and poetry collections were written, but with all her talents, Praskovya Nikitichna lived in poverty all her life and even worked as a barge hauler.
Another well-known storyteller throughout Russia is Pushkin's nanny Arina Rodionovna. It was she who from early childhood instilled in the poet a love for Russian fairy tales, and on the basis of her old stories, Alexander Sergeevich wrote his great works.
What are Russian fairy tales about?
Fairy tales, invented by ordinary people, are an encyclopedia of folk wisdom. Through uncomplicated stories, workers and peasants presented their vision of the world and transmitted information in encrypted form to the next generations.
Old Russian fairy tales are divided into three types:
Animal Tales. In folk stories there are funny characters who are especially close to ordinary Russian people. The clubfoot bear, the sister fox, the runaway bunny, the lamb mouse, the frog-frog are endowed with pronounced human qualities. In the fairy tale "Masha and the Bear" Potapych is kind, but stupid, in the story about the Seven Kids the wolf is cunning and gluttonous, and in the fairy tale "Bunny-brag" the hare is cowardly and boastful. From 2-3 years old, it's time for children to join good Russian fairy tales and, using the example of funny characters with pronounced characters, learn to distinguish between positive and negative characters.
Magic mystical tales. There are many interesting mystical characters in Russian fairy tales that could outshine the famous American heroes. Baba Yaga Bone Leg, Serpent Gorynych and Koschei the Immortal are distinguished by their realism and have lived in good folk tales for several centuries. Epic heroes and brave noble princes fought with mystical heroes who kept the people in fear. And the beautiful needlewomen Vasilisa the Beautiful, Marya, Varvara Krasa fought evil spirits with their mind, cunning and ingenuity.
Tales about the life of ordinary Russian people. Through wise fairy tales, the people told about their existence and passed on the accumulated knowledge from generation to generation. A striking example is the fairy tale "Gingerbread Man". Here an old man and an old woman bake an unusual kalach, and call on the clear sun to warm our native Earth forever. The hot sun-bun goes on a journey and meets a hare-winter, a wolf-spring, a bear-summer and a fox-autumn. A tasty bun dies in the teeth of a gluttonous fox, but then it is reborn again and begins a new life cycle of eternal mother nature.
The page of our site contains the most beloved and popular best Russian fairy tales. Texts with beautiful pictures and illustrations in the style of lacquer miniatures are especially pleasant to read. They bring to children the invaluable wealth of the Russian language, and drawings and large print allow you to quickly memorize plots and new words, instill a love of reading books. All fairy tales are recommended for reading at night. Parents will be able to read aloud to their child and convey to the child the meaning of the wise old fairy tales.
The page with Russian folk tales is a collection of children's literature. Teachers can use the library for reading lessons in kindergarten and at school, and in the family circle it is easy to play performances with the participation of heroes from Russian folk tales.
Read Russian folk tales for free online with your children and absorb the wisdom of bygone generations!
An invaluable source of wisdom and inspiration for the child. In this section, you can read your favorite fairy tales online for free and give children the first important lessons in the world order and morality. It is from the magical story that children learn about good and evil, and also that these concepts are far from absolute. Each fairy tale has a short description, which will help parents choose a topic that is relevant for the age of the child, and provide him with a choice.
| Name of the fairy tale | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Vasilisa the Beautiful | Russian traditional | 436564 |
| Morozko | Russian traditional | 304419 |
| Aibolit | Korney Chukovsky | 1244492 |
| Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor | Arabian tale | 267541 |
| Snowman | Andersen H.K. | 159268 |
| Moidodyr | Korney Chukovsky | 1232445 |
| Ax porridge | Russian traditional | 328344 |
| The Scarlet Flower | Aksakov S.T. | 1770752 |
| Teremok | Russian traditional | 513837 |
| Fly Tsokotukha | Korney Chukovsky | 1357361 |
| Mermaid | Andersen H.K. | 558118 |
| Fox and crane | Russian traditional | 253954 |
| Barmaley | Korney Chukovsky | 563596 |
| Fedorino grief | Korney Chukovsky | 962946 |
| Sivka-Burka | Russian traditional | 233813 |
| Green oak near Lukomorye | Pushkin A.S. | 934909 |
| Twelve months | Samuil Marshak | 1055088 |
| The Bremen Town Musicians | Brothers Grimm | 302830 |
| Puss in Boots | Charles Perrault | 516002 |
| The Tale of Tsar Saltan | Pushkin A.S. | 757944 |
| The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish | Pushkin A.S. | 690592 |
| The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Bogatyrs | Pushkin A.S. | 346650 |
| The Tale of the Golden Cockerel | Pushkin A.S. | 284137 |
| Thumbelina | Andersen H.K. | 252541 |
| The Snow Queen | Andersen H.K. | 291495 |
| Walkers | Andersen H.K. | 35888 |
| sleeping Beauty | Charles Perrault | 136956 |
| Little Red Riding Hood | Charles Perrault | 296861 |
| Tom Thumb | Charles Perrault | 210817 |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Brothers Grimm | 199024 |
| Snow White and Scarlet | Brothers Grimm | 50690 |
| The wolf and the seven Young goats | Brothers Grimm | 167147 |
| hare and hedgehog | Brothers Grimm | 152885 |
| Mrs. Metelitsa | Brothers Grimm | 107597 |
| sweet porridge | Brothers Grimm | 217036 |
| Princess on the Pea | Andersen H.K. | 131870 |
| Crane and Heron | Russian traditional | 37967 |
| Cinderella | Charles Perrault | 458464 |
| Tale of the Silly Mouse | Samuil Marshak | 408045 |
| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Arabian tale | 164848 |
| Magic lamp of Aladdin | Arabian tale | 289186 |
| cat, rooster and fox | Russian traditional | 166320 |
| Hen Ryaba | Russian traditional | 411129 |
| fox and cancer | Russian traditional | 103622 |
| Sister fox and wolf | Russian traditional | 109513 |
| Masha and the Bear | Russian traditional | 340763 |
| The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise | Russian traditional | 110206 |
| Snow Maiden | Russian traditional | 69224 |
| Three piglets | Russian traditional | 2360478 |
| ugly duck | Andersen H.K. | 153885 |
| Wild Swans | Andersen H.K. | 70598 |
| Flint | Andersen H.K. | 85576 |
| Ole Lukoye | Andersen H.K. | 153817 |
| The Steadfast Tin Soldier | Andersen H.K. | 55128 |
| Baba Yaga | Russian traditional | 154777 |
| Magic pipe | Russian traditional | 158745 |
| magic ring | Russian traditional | 192490 |
| Woe | Russian traditional | 26058 |
| Swan geese | Russian traditional | 122040 |
| Daughter and stepdaughter | Russian traditional | 27824 |
| Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf | Russian traditional | 85598 |
| Treasure | Russian traditional | 57515 |
| Kolobok | Russian traditional | 201483 |
| living water | Brothers Grimm | 98864 |
| Rapunzel | Brothers Grimm | 173030 |
| Rumplestiltskin | Brothers Grimm | 53537 |
| A pot of porridge | Brothers Grimm | 94125 |
| King Thrushbeard | Brothers Grimm | 32863 |
| little men | Brothers Grimm | 73223 |
| Hansel and Gretel | Brothers Grimm | 38982 |
| golden goose | Brothers Grimm | 49052 |
| Mrs. Metelitsa | Brothers Grimm | 25980 |
| Worn out shoes | Brothers Grimm | 38392 |
| Straw, coal and bean | Brothers Grimm | 32790 |
| twelve brothers | Brothers Grimm | 26200 |
| Spindle, hook and needle | Brothers Grimm | 31324 |
| Friendship of a cat and a mouse | Brothers Grimm | 44722 |
| Wren and bear | Brothers Grimm | 31348 |
| royal children | Brothers Grimm | 27779 |
| Brave little tailor | Brothers Grimm | 40526 |
| crystal ball | Brothers Grimm | 81701 |
| queen bee | Brothers Grimm | 54403 |
| Smart Gretel | Brothers Grimm | 25663 |
| Three lucky people | Brothers Grimm | 25945 |
| Three spins | Brothers Grimm | 25166 |
| Three snake leaves | Brothers Grimm | 25951 |
| Three brothers | Brothers Grimm | 25978 |
| glass mountain old man | Brothers Grimm | 25852 |
| Tale of the fisherman and his wife | Brothers Grimm | 25427 |
| underground man | Brothers Grimm | 38479 |
| Donkey | Brothers Grimm | 28090 |
| Ocheski | Brothers Grimm | 24135 |
| The Frog King, or Iron Henry | Brothers Grimm | 25933 |
| six swans | Brothers Grimm | 34341 |
| Marya Morevna | Russian traditional | 61720 |
| Miraculous miracle, wonderful miracle | Russian traditional | 51654 |
| two frosts | Russian traditional | 50270 |
| The most expensive | Russian traditional | 41823 |
| Miraculous shirt | Russian traditional | 50565 |
| frost and hare | Russian traditional | 51011 |
| How the fox learned to fly | Russian traditional | 59752 |
| Ivan the Fool | Russian traditional | 46013 |
| Fox and jug | Russian traditional | 32717 |
| bird language | Russian traditional | 28470 |
| soldier and devil | Russian traditional | 26790 |
| crystal mountain | Russian traditional | 33111 |
| Tricky Science | Russian traditional | 36040 |
| smart guy | Russian traditional | 27690 |
| Snow Maiden and Fox | Russian traditional | 77348 |
| Word | Russian traditional | 26957 |
| fast messenger | Russian traditional | 26642 |
| Seven Simeons | Russian traditional | 26390 |
| About the old grandmother | Russian traditional | 29315 |
| Go there - I don't know where, bring something - I don't know what | Russian traditional | 65499 |
| By pike command | Russian traditional | 93358 |
| Rooster and millstones | Russian traditional | 25888 |
| Shepherd's Pipe | Russian traditional | 55575 |
| petrified kingdom | Russian traditional | 27005 |
| About rejuvenating apples and living water | Russian traditional | 49050 |
| Goat Dereza | Russian traditional | 45669 |
| Ilya Muromets and the Nightingale the Robber | Russian traditional | 42241 |
| Cockerel and bean seed | Russian traditional | 70501 |
| Ivan - a peasant son and a miracle Yudo | Russian traditional | 38518 |
| Three Bears | Russian traditional | 591070 |
| Fox and black grouse | Russian traditional | 28048 |
| Tar barrel goby | Russian traditional | 100912 |
| Baba Yaga and berries | Russian traditional | 50514 |
| Battle on the Kalinov Bridge | Russian traditional | 26945 |
| Finist - Clear Falcon | Russian traditional | 66670 |
| Princess Nesmeyana | Russian traditional | 175160 |
| Tops and roots | Russian traditional | 75063 |
| Winter hut of animals | Russian traditional | 50703 |
| flying ship | Russian traditional | 95542 |
| Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka | Russian traditional | 49927 |
| Cockerel golden comb | Russian traditional | 58641 |
| Zayushkina hut | Russian traditional | 159499 |
Listening to fairy tales, children not only acquire the necessary knowledge, but also learn to build relationships in society, relating themselves to one or another fictional character. Based on the experience of relationships between fairy-tale characters, the child understands that one should not unconditionally trust strangers. Our site presents the most famous fairy tales for your children. Choose interesting fairy tales in the presented table.
Why is it useful to read fairy tales?
Various plots of the fairy tale help the child to understand that the world around him can be contradictory and rather complicated. While listening to the adventures of the hero, children are confronted virtually with injustice, hypocrisy and pain. But this is how a baby learns to appreciate love, honesty, friendship and beauty. Always having a happy ending, fairy tales help the kid to be an optimist and resist all kinds of troubles in life.
The entertainment component of fairy tales should not be underestimated. Listening to exciting stories has a lot of advantages, for example, in comparison with watching cartoons - there is no threat to the baby's vision. Moreover, listening to children's fairy tales performed by parents, the baby learns many new words and learns to correctly articulate sounds. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of this, because scientists have long proven that nothing affects the future comprehensive development of a child like early speech development.
What are fairy tales for children?
Fairy tales there are different ones: magical - exciting children's imagination with a riot of fantasy; household - telling about a simple everyday life, in which magic is also possible; about animals - where the leading characters are not people, but various animals so dearly loved by children. Our site contains a large number of such fairy tales. Here you can read for free what will be interesting to the baby. Convenient navigation will help make finding the right material quick and easy.
Read annotations to give the child the right to independently choose a fairy tale, because most modern child psychologists believe that the key to the future love of kids for reading lies in the freedom of choice of material. We give you and your child unlimited freedom in choosing wonderful children's fairy tales!
1 - About the little bus that was afraid of the dark
Donald Bisset 
A fairy tale about how a mother-bus taught her little bus not to be afraid of the dark ... About a little bus who was afraid of the dark to read Once upon a time there was a little bus in the world. He was bright red and lived with his mom and dad in a garage. Every morning …
2 - Three kittens
Suteev V.G. 
A small fairy tale for the little ones about three restless kittens and their funny adventures. Small children love short stories with pictures, that's why Suteev's fairy tales are so popular and loved! Three kittens read Three kittens - black, gray and ...
3 - Hedgehog in the fog
Kozlov S.G. 
A fairy tale about the Hedgehog, how he walked at night and got lost in the fog. He fell into the river, but someone carried him to the shore. It was a magical night! Hedgehog in the fog read Thirty mosquitoes ran out into the clearing and began to play ...
4 - Apple
Suteev V.G. 
A fairy tale about a hedgehog, a hare and a crow who could not share the last apple among themselves. Everyone wanted to own it. But the fair bear judged their dispute, and each got a piece of goodies ... Apple to read It was late ...
5 - About the little mouse from the book
Gianni Rodari 
A small story about a mouse who lived in a book and decided to jump out of it into the big world. Only he did not know how to speak the language of mice, but knew only a strange bookish language ... To read about a mouse from a little book ...
6 - Black Pool
Kozlov S.G. 
A fairy tale about a cowardly Hare who was afraid of everyone in the forest. And he was so tired of his fear that he came to the Black Pool. But he taught the Hare to live and not be afraid! Black pool read Once upon a time there was a Hare in ...
7 - About the Hedgehog and the Rabbit A piece of winter
Stuart P. and Riddell K.
The story is about how the Hedgehog, before hibernation, ask the Rabbit to keep him a piece of winter until spring. The rabbit rolled up a large ball of snow, wrapped it in leaves and hid it in his hole. About the Hedgehog and the Rabbit Piece ...
8 - About the Hippo who was afraid of vaccinations
Suteev V.G. 
A fairy tale about a cowardly hippopotamus who ran away from the clinic because he was afraid of vaccinations. And he got jaundice. Fortunately, he was taken to the hospital and cured. And the Hippo was very ashamed of his behavior... About the Behemoth, who was afraid...
The very first works that little readers come across are Russian folk tales. This is a fundamental element of folk art, through which deep life wisdom is transmitted from generation to generation. Fairy tales teach to distinguish between good and evil, point to human vices and virtues, convey undying life, family, everyday values. Read Russian folk tales to your children, a list of which is presented below.
Hen Ryaba
The tale of the good hen Ryaba, who lives in a hut with a woman and grandfather and lays a golden egg that they could not break, is one of the first fairy tales read by parents to young children. The fairy tale, easy for children's perception, also tells about a mouse that broke a golden egg with its tail. After that, the grandfather and the woman grieved, and the hen promised to lay them a new, but not a golden, but a simple egg.
Masha and the Bear
An entertaining tale about the adventures of little Masha, who got lost and ended up in a hut to the Bear. The formidable beast was delighted and ordered Masha to stay in his hut to live, otherwise he would eat her. But the little girl outwitted the Bear, and without knowing it, he took Masha back to her parents.
Vasilisa the Beautiful
A fairy tale about a kind and beautiful girl, to whom a dying mother left a magic doll. The girl was harassed and outlived by her stepmother and her daughters for a long time, but the magic doll always helped her cope with everything. Once she even wove a canvas of unprecedented beauty, which came to the king. The ruler liked the fabric so much that he ordered a craftswoman to be brought to him so that she could sew a shirt from this fabric. Seeing Vasilisa the Beautiful, the king fell in love with her and that was the end of all the suffering of the girl.
Teremok
The tale of how many different little animals lived in a little house teaches the youngest readers friendship and hospitality. The little mouse, the runaway bunny, the frog-frog, the gray barrel top, the little fox-sister lived together in their small house until the clubfoot bear asked to live with them. It was very large and destroyed the teremok. But the kind inhabitants of the house did not lose their heads and built a new tower, bigger and better than the previous one.
Morozko
A winter tale about a girl who lived with her father, stepmother and her daughter. The stepmother did not love her stepdaughter and persuaded the old man to take the girl to the forest to certain death. In the forest, the fierce Morozko froze the girl and asked, “Are you warm, girl?”, To which she answered him with kind words. And then he took pity on her, warmed her and bestowed rich gifts. The next morning the girl returned home, the stepmother saw the gifts and decided to send her own daughter for gifts. But the second daughter was rude to Morozko, and therefore froze in the forest.
In the work “The Cockerel and the Bean Seed”, the author, using the example of a cockerel choking on a seed, tells the story that in life, in order to get something, you must first give something. Having asked the hen to go to the cow for oil to grease the neck and swallow the grain, he activated a whole chain of other assignments that the hen adequately completed, brought the oil and saved the cockerel.
Kolobok
The fairy tale kolobok belongs to the category of works that are easily remembered by young children, since there are many repetitions of the plot in it. The author talks about how a grandmother baked a bun for grandfather, and he came to life. Gingerbread man did not want to be eaten, and ran away from his grandmother and grandfather. On the way he met a hare, a wolf and a bear, from which he also drove away, singing a song. And only a cunning fox was able to eat the kolobok, so he still did not escape his fate.
Princess Frog
The tale of the Frog Princess tells how the Tsarevich had to marry a frog, which was hit by an arrow fired by him on the orders of his father. The frog turned out to be enchanted by Vasilisa the Wise, throwing off her frog skin while performing the tasks of the king. Ivan Tsarevich, having learned that his wife is a beauty and a needlewoman, burns her skin and thereby dooms Vasilisa the Wise to imprisonment at Koshchei the Immortal. The prince, realizing his mistake, enters into an unequal battle with the monster and wins back his wife, after which they live happily ever after.
Swan geese
Swan Geese is an instructive tale about how a little girl did not keep track of her brother and the swan geese carried him away. The girl goes in search of her brother, on the way she met a stove, an apple tree and a milky river, from whose help she refused. And for a long time the girl would look for her brother, if not for the hedgehog, who showed her the right path. She found her brother, but on the way back, if she had not used the help of the above-mentioned characters, she would not have been able to return him home.
A fairy tale that teaches young children to order is "The Three Bears". In it, the author tells about a little girl who got lost and came across a hut of three bears. There she managed a little - she ate porridge from each bowl, sat on each chair, lay on each bed. The bear family, who returned home and saw that someone was using their things, became very angry. The little hooligan was saved by the fact that she ran away from the indignant bears.
Ax porridge
A short fairy tale "Porridge from an ax" about how one soldier went on a visit and decided to spend the night with an old woman who met him on the way. And that old woman was greedy, she deceived, saying that she had nothing to feed the guest. Then the soldier offered her to cook porridge from an axe. He asked for a cauldron, water, then by cunning lured porridge and butter, ate it himself, fed the old woman, and then also took the ax with him so that the old woman would be reluctant to lie.
turnip
The fairy tale "Turnip" is one of the most famous Russian folk tales aimed at kids. Its plot is based on a large number of repetitions of the actions of the characters. Grandfather, who asked his grandmother to help him pull out a turnip, and she, in turn, called her granddaughter, the granddaughter - a bug, a bug - a cat, a cat - a mouse, they teach us that it is easier to cope with something together than individually.
Snow Maiden
The Snow Maiden is a fairy tale, according to the plot of which a grandfather and a woman who did not have children decide to make a Snow Maiden in the winter. And so it turned out well for them that they began to call her daughter, and the Snow Maiden came to life. But then spring came and the Snow Maiden began to feel sad, she hid from the sun. But, what to be, it cannot be avoided - the girlfriends called the Snow Maiden to the parties and she went, jumped over the fire and melted, shooting up a cloud of white steam.
Winter hut of animals
In the fairy tale "The Wintering of Animals" it is told how a bull, a pig, a ram, a rooster and a goose ran away from an old man and an old woman in order to avoid their deplorable fate. Winter was approaching, and it was necessary to build a winter hut, but everyone refused to help the bull. And then the bull himself built a winter hut, and when a fierce winter came, the animals began to ask him to spend the winter. The bull was kind and therefore let them in. And the animals, in turn, repaid the bull for kindness, driving away the fox, the wolf and the bear, who wanted to eat them.
Sister fox and wolf
The fairy tale about the little fox and the wolf is one of the most famous folk tales for children, it is read in kindergartens and schools. And on the basis of an interesting story about how a cunning fox deceived a wolf of a tail, and also rode home on top of a beaten wolf, saying “the beaten unbeaten is lucky”, they put on performances and organize readings by roles.
By magic
The tale "By the Pike" is about how the unfortunate and lazy fool Emelya caught a magic pike that fulfilled all his desires, as soon as he said the cherished words "by the pike, at my will." It was then that his carefree life began - they carried buckets of water themselves, chopped wood with an ax, rode sleighs without horses. Thanks to the magic pike, Emelya turned from a fool into an enviable and successful groom, whom Marya Tsarevna herself fell in love with.
Elena the Wise
Reading the Russian folk tale "Elena the Wise" is a pleasure - here you have the devil, and the girls who turn like doves, and the beautiful wise queen, and the all-seeing magic book of knowledge. An amazing story about how a simple soldier fell in love with Elena the Wise and married her by cunning, likes children of any age.
magic ring
In the instructive tale "The Magic Ring", the author told the story of a kind boy Martynka, who was able to achieve a lot thanks to his kindness. Instead of buying bread, he saves a dog and a cat, then rescues a beautiful princess from trouble, for which he receives a magic ring from the king. With his help, Martynka builds wonderful palaces and lays out beautiful gardens, but one day trouble overtakes him. And then Martynka came to the aid of everyone whom he did not leave in trouble.
Zayushkina hut
The fairy tale "Zayushkina's hut" is a story about how a cunning fox settled in the hut of a little hare. Neither the bear nor the wolf could drive the uninvited guest out of the bunny's house, and only the brave cockerel could cope with the cunning fox, who should not have appropriated someone else's hut.
Princess Nesmeyana
Princess Nesmeyana had everything one could wish for, but she was still sad. The Tsar-father, no matter how hard he tried, could not cheer up his only daughter. Then he decided - whoever makes the princess laugh will marry her. The fairy tale "Princess Nesmeyana" tells the story of how a simple worker, without knowing it, made the saddest girl in the kingdom laugh and became her husband.
Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka
Brother Ivanushka did not listen to his sister Alyonushka, drank some water from a hoof and turned into a kid. A story full of adventures, where the evil witch drowned Alyonushka, and the little kid rescued her and, having thrown over his head three times, again became brother Ivanushka, is told in the fairy tale "Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka."
flying ship
In the Russian folk tale The Flying Ship, young readers learn about how the tsar decided to give his daughter to someone who would build a flying ship. And in one village there lived three brothers, the youngest of them was considered a fool. So the elder and middle brothers decided to take up the construction of the ship, but they didn’t succeed, because they didn’t listen to the advice of the old man they met. And the younger one listened, and grandfather helped him build a real flying ship. This is how the younger brother turned from a fool into the husband of a beautiful princess.
Goby - resin barrel
Grandfather made a bull from straw for his granddaughter Tanyusha, and he took it and came to life. Yes, it turned out to be not a simple bull, he had a tar barrel. By cunning, he forced a bear, a wolf and a hare, stuck to his barrel, to bring gifts to grandfather. The wolf brought a bag of nuts, the bear brought a beehive of honey, and the hare brought a head of cabbage and a red ribbon for Tanyusha. Although they brought gifts not of their own free will, no one deceived, because everyone promised, and promises must be kept.
