The best Russian folk tales to read. Russian folk tales and national character

Saying

The owl flew

Cheerful head;

Here she flew, flew and sat down;

She turned her tail

Yes, I looked around...

This is a hint. What about a fairy tale?

The story is ahead.

Russian folk tale "Golden Egg"

Grandfather and grandmother lived,

And they had a chicken ryaba.

The hen laid an egg:

The testicle is not simple, golden.

Grandfather beat, beat -

Did not break;

Baba beat, beat -

Didn't break.

The mouse ran

Waving her tail -

testicle dropped

And crashed.

Grandfather and woman are crying;

The hen cackles:

- Don't cry, grandfather, don't cry, woman.

I'll lay you another testicle

Not golden, simple.

Russian folk tale "Turnip"

Grandfather planted a turnip - a large, very large turnip grew. The grandfather began to drag a turnip out of the ground: he pulls, he pulls, he cannot pull it out.

The grandfather called the grandmother for help. Grandmother for grandfather, grandfather for turnip: they pull, they pull, they can’t pull it out.

The grandmother called her granddaughter. Granddaughter for grandmother, grandmother for grandfather, grandfather for turnip: they pull, they pull, they cannot pull it out.

The granddaughter called Zhuchka. A bug for a granddaughter, a granddaughter for a grandmother, a grandmother for a grandfather, a grandfather for a turnip: they pull, they pull, they cannot pull it out.

Bug called Masha the cat. Masha for the Beetle, the Beetle for the granddaughter, the granddaughter for the grandmother, the grandmother for the grandfather, the grandfather for the turnip: they pull, they pull, they cannot pull it out.

The cat Masha called the mouse. Mouse for Masha, Masha for Bug, Bug for granddaughter, granddaughter for grandmother, grandmother for grandfather, grandfather for turnip: pull-pull - they pulled out the turnip!

Russian folk tale "Kolobok"

There lived an old man and an old woman.

This is what the old man asks:

- Bake me, old gingerbread man.

- Yes, from what to bake something? There is no flour.

- Eh, old woman, mark the barn, scrape the twigs - that's enough.

The old woman did just that: she churned, scraped together a handful of two flours, kneaded the dough with sour cream, rolled up a bun, fried it in oil and put it on the window to cool.

Tired of the kolobok lying, he rolled from the window to the bench, from the bench to the floor and to the door, jumped over the threshold into the vestibule, from the vestibule to the porch, from the porch to the yard, and then beyond the gate further and further.

A bun rolls along the road, and a hare meets it:

- No, do not eat me, oblique, but rather listen to what song I will sing to you.

The hare raised his ears, and the bun sang:

I'm a bun, a bun!

By the barn methen,

Scraped by the knuckles,

Mixed with sour cream

planted in the oven,

It's cold on the window.

I left my grandfather

I left my grandmother

From you, a hare, it’s not cunning to get away.

A gingerbread man rolls along a path in the forest, and a gray wolf meets him:

— Gingerbread Man, Gingerbread Man! I will eat you!

- Don't eat me, gray wolf: I'll sing a song for you.

And the bun sang:

I'm a bun, a bun!

By the barn methen,

Scraped by the knuckles,

Mixed with sour cream

planted in the oven,

It's cold on the window.

I left my grandfather

I left my grandmother

I left the rabbit

From you, the wolf, it’s not cunning to get away.

A gingerbread man is rolling through the forest, and a bear is walking towards him, breaking brushwood, and bending the bushes to the ground.

- Gingerbread Man, Gingerbread Man, I'll Eat You!

- Well, where are you, clubfoot, eat me! Listen to my song.

Kolobok sang, and Misha hung his ears.

I'm a bun, a bun!

By the barn methen,

Scraped by the knuckles,

Mixed with sour cream

planted in the oven,

It's cold on the window..

I left my grandfather

I left my grandmother

I left the rabbit

I left the wolf

From you, bear, half grief to leave.

And the bun rolled - the bear only looked after him.

A bun rolls, and a fox meets it:

— Hello, kolobok! What a pretty, ruddy little boy you are!

Gingerbread man is glad that he was praised, and sang his song, and the fox listens and creeps closer and closer.

I'm a bun, a bun!

By the barn methen,

Scraped by the knuckles,

Mixed with sour cream

planted in the oven,

It's cold on the window.

I left my grandfather

I left my grandmother

I left the rabbit

I left the wolf

Left the bear

From you, fox, do not cunningly leave.

- Nice song! - said the fox. - Yes, the trouble, my dear, is that I have become old, I can’t hear well. Sit on my face and sing one more time.

Kolobok was delighted that his song was praised, jumped on the fox's face and sang:

I'm a bun, a bun!..

And his fox - din! — and ate it.

Russian folk tale "The Cockerel and the Bean Seed"

There lived a cockerel and a hen. The cockerel was in a hurry, everything was in a hurry, and the hen, you know, says to yourself:

- Petya, don't hurry, Petya, don't hurry.

Once a cockerel was pecking at bean seeds and in a hurry and choked. He choked, did not breathe, did not hear, as if the dead were lying.

The chicken was frightened, rushed to the hostess, shouting:

- Oh, hostess, let me quickly grease the cockerel's neck with butter: the cockerel choked on a bean seed.

The hostess says:

- Run quickly to the cow, ask her for milk, and I'll already churn the butter.

The chicken rushed to the cow:

- Cow, my dear, give me milk as soon as possible, the hostess will knock butter out of milk, I will grease the cockerel's neck with butter: the cockerel choked on a bean seed.

- Go quickly to the owner, let him bring me fresh grass.

The chicken runs to the owner:

- Master! Master! Hurry, give the cow fresh grass, the cow will give milk, the hostess will knock butter out of the milk, I will grease the neck of the cockerel with butter: the cockerel choked on a bean seed.

- Run quickly to the blacksmith for a scythe.

The hen rushed with all its might to the blacksmith:

- Blacksmith, blacksmith, give the owner a good scythe. The owner will give grass to the cow, the cow will give milk, the hostess will give me butter, I will grease the neck of the cockerel: the cockerel choked on a bean seed.

The blacksmith gave the owner a new scythe, the owner gave the cow fresh grass, the cow gave milk, the hostess churned butter, gave butter to the hen.

The chicken smeared the neck of the cockerel. The bean seed slipped through. The cockerel jumped up and screamed at the top of his lungs:

"Ku-ka-re-ku!"

Russian folk tale "The goatlings and the wolf"

There lived a goat. The goat made a hut in the forest. Every day the goat went to the forest for food. She will go away herself, and she tells the children to lock themselves tightly and tightly and not to unlock the doors for anyone.

The goat returns home, knocks on the door with its horns and sings:

- Goatlings, children,

Open up, open up!

Your mother has come

Milk brought.

I, a goat, was in the forest,

Ate silk grass

I drank cold water;

Milk runs along the notch,

From the notch on the hooves,

And from the hoofs into the cheese the ground.

The kids will hear their mother and unlock her doors. She will feed them and go out to graze again.

The wolf overheard the goat and, when she left, he went to the door of the hut and sang in a thick, thick voice:

- You, kids, you, fathers,

Open up, open up!

Your mother has come

She brought milk...

Hooves full of water!

The kids listened to the wolf and say:

And they did not open the door to the wolf. The wolf left without salty slurping.

The mother came and praised the children that they obeyed her:

- You are clever, little children, that you did not unlock the wolf, otherwise he would have eaten you.

Russian folk tale "Teremok"

There was a teremok in a field. A fly flew in - a goryukha and knocks:

Nobody responds. A goryukha flew in and began to live in it.

A jumping flea jumped up:

- Terem-teremok! Who lives in the terem?

- I'm a bugger. And who are you?

- And I'm a jumping flea.

- Come live with me.

A jumping flea jumped into the tower, and they began to live together.

Pisk mosquito arrived:

- Terem-teremok! Who lives in the terem?

- I, a goryukha fly, and a jumping flea. And who are you?

- I'm a peeping mosquito.

- Come live with us.

They began to live together.

A mouse ran up:

- Terem-teremok! Who lives in the terem?

“I am a pig-fly, a jumping flea, and a peeping mosquito. And who are you?

- And I'm a mouse-hole.

- Come live with us.

Four of them began to live.

The frog jumped up:

- Terem-teremok! Who lives in the terem?

- I, a goryukha fly, a jumping flea, a peeping mosquito, and a mouse-burrow. And who are you?

- And I'm a frog.

- Come live with us.

Five began to live.

A stray bunny galloped up:

- Terem-teremok! Who lives in the terem?

- I, a goryukha fly, a flea-hopper, a mosquito-peeper, a mouse-hole, a frog-frog. And who are you?

- And I'm a stray bunny.

- Come live with us.

There were six of them.

The fox-sister came running:

- Terem-teremok! Who lives in the terem?

- I, a goryucha fly, a flea-bouncer, a mosquito-peeper, a mouse-hole, a frog-frog and a stray hare. And who are you?

- And I'm a fox-sister.

Seven of them lived.

A gray wolf came to the tower - from behind the bushes a snatch.

- Terem-teremok! Who lives in the terem?

- I, a goryucha fly, a flea-hopper, a mosquito-pisk, a mouse-hole, a frog-frog, a stray hare and a fox-sister. And who are you?

- And I'm a gray wolf - because of the bushes, a snatch.

They began to live.

A bear came to the tower, knocking:

- Terem-teremok! Who lives in the terem?

- I, a goryukha fly, a jumping flea, a peeping mosquito, a mouse-hole, a frog-frog, a stray hare, a fox-sister and a wolf - because of the bushes, I am a snatcher. And who are you?

- And I'm a bear - you crush everyone. I'll lie down on the teremok - I'll crush everyone!

They were frightened and all away from the tower!

And the bear hit the tower with his paw and broke it.

Russian folk tale "Cockerel - golden comb"

Once upon a time there was a cat, a thrush and a cockerel - a golden comb. They lived in the forest, in a hut. The cat and the thrush go to the forest to chop wood, and the cockerel is left alone.

Leave - severely punished:

- We will go far, and you stay housekeeping, but don’t give a voice when the fox comes, don’t look out the window.

The fox found out that the cat and the thrush were not at home, ran to the hut, sat down under the window and sang:

Cockerel, cockerel,

golden scallop,

butter head,

silk beard,

Look out the window

I'll give you peas.

The cockerel put his head out the window. The fox grabbed him in her claws and carried him to her hole.

The rooster crowed:

The fox carries me

For dark forests

For fast rivers

Over high mountains...

Cat and thrush, save me!..

The cat and the thrush heard, rushed in pursuit and took the cockerel from the fox.

Another time, the cat and the thrush went into the forest to chop wood and again punished:

- Well, now, cock, do not look out the window! We'll go even further, we won't hear your voice.

They left, and the fox again ran to the hut and sang:

Cockerel, cockerel,

golden scallop,

butter head,

silk beard,

Look out the window

I'll give you peas.

The boys were running

Scattered the wheat

chickens are pecking,

Roosters are not allowed...

— Ko-ko-ko! How do they not give?

The fox grabbed him in her claws and carried him to her hole.

The rooster crowed:

The fox carries me

For dark forests

For fast rivers

Over high mountains...

Cat and thrush, save me!..

The cat and the thrush heard and gave chase. The cat runs, the thrush flies ... They caught up with the fox - the cat fights, the thrush pecks, and the cockerel was taken away.

For a long time, for a short time, the cat and the thrush again gathered in the forest to cut firewood. When leaving, they severely punished the cockerel:

Don't listen to the fox, don't look out the window! We will go even further, we will not hear your voice.

And the cat and the thrush went far into the forest to chop wood. And the fox is right there - sat under the window and sings:

Cockerel, cockerel,

golden scallop,

butter head,

silk beard,

Look out the window

I'll give you peas.

The cockerel sits silent. And the fox again:

The boys were running

Scattered the wheat

chickens are pecking,

Roosters are not allowed...

The rooster keeps silent. And the fox again:

People were running

Nuts were poured

The chickens are pecking

Roosters are not allowed...

Cockerel and put his head in the window:

— Ko-ko-ko! How do they not give?

The fox grabbed him in her claws and carried him to her hole, beyond dark forests, over fast rivers, over high mountains...

No matter how much the cockerel screamed or called, the cat and the thrush did not hear him. And when they returned home, the cockerel was gone.

A cat and a thrush ran in the footsteps of Lisitsyn. The cat is running, the thrush is flying... They ran to the fox hole. The cat set up the guseltsy and let's play:

Drift, nonsense, guseltsy,

Golden strings...

Is Lisafya-kuma still at home,

Is it in your warm nest?

The fox listened, listened and thinks:

"Let me see - who plays the harp so well, sings sweetly."

I took it and climbed out of the hole. The cat and the thrush grabbed her - and let's beat and beat. They beat and beat her until she carried her legs off.

They took a cockerel, put it in a basket and brought it home.

And since then they began to live and be, and now they live.

Russian folk tale "Geese"

An old man lived with an old woman. They had a daughter and a little son. The old people gathered in the city and ordered their daughter:

- We will go, daughter, to the city, we will bring you a bun, we will buy a handkerchief; but you be smart, take care of your brother, don’t go out of the yard.

The old people are gone; the girl put her brother on the grass under the window, and she ran out into the street and played. The geese swooped in, picked up the boy and carried him away on wings.

A girl came running, looking - no brother! Rushed back and forth - no! The girl called, the brother called, but she didn't answer. She ran out into an open field - a herd of goose rushed in the distance and disappeared behind a dark forest. “That’s right, the geese carried off the brother!” - thought the girl and set off to catch up with the geese.

The girl ran, ran, she sees - there is a stove.

- Stove, stove, tell me, where did the geese fly?

- Eat my rye pie - I'll tell you.

And the girl says:

“My father doesn’t even eat wheat!

- Apple tree, apple tree! Where did the geese go?

- Eat my forest apple - then I'll tell you.

“My father doesn’t even eat garden ones!” - said the girl and ran on.

A girl runs and sees: a river of milk is flowing - jelly banks.

- Milk river - jelly banks! Tell me, where did the geese fly?

- Eat my simple jelly with milk - then I'll tell you.

“My father doesn’t even eat cream!

The girl would have had to run for a long time, but a hedgehog met her. The girl wanted to push the hedgehog, but she was afraid to prick herself and asks:

- Hedgehog, hedgehog, where did the geese fly?

The hedgehog showed the way to the girl. The girl ran along the road and sees - there is a hut on chicken legs, it is worth turning around. In the hut sits a baba-yaga, a bone leg, a clay muzzle; the brother sits on a bench by the window, playing with golden apples. The girl crept up to the window, grabbed her brother and ran home. And the Baba Yaga called the geese and sent them in pursuit of the girl.

A girl runs, and the geese completely catch up with her. Where to go? The girl ran to the milky river with jelly banks:

- Rechenka, my dear, cover me!

- Eat my simple jelly with milk.

The girl drank kisselika with milk. Then the river hid the girl under a steep bank, and the geese flew past.

A girl ran out from under the bank and ran on, and the geese saw her and again set off in pursuit. What should a girl do? She ran to the apple tree:

- Apple tree, dove, hide me!

- Eat my forest apple, then I'll hide it.

There is nothing for the girl to do, she ate a forest apple. The apple tree covered the girl with branches, the geese flew past.

A girl came out from under the apple tree and started running home. She runs, and the geese again saw her - and well, after her! They fly completely, flapping their wings over their heads. A little girl ran to the stove:

“Pechechka, mother, hide me!”

- Eat my rye pie, then I'll hide it.

The girl quickly ate a rye pie and climbed into the oven. The geese flew by.

The girl got out of the stove and went home at full speed. The geese again saw the girl and again chased after her. They’re about to fly in, beat them in the face with their wings, and look, they’ll tear the brother out of their hands, but the hut was already not far away. The girl ran into the hut, quickly slammed the doors and closed the windows. The geese circled over the hut, shouted, and so with nothing, they flew to Baba Yaga.

An old man and an old woman came home, they see - the boy is at home, alive and well. They gave the girl a bun and a handkerchief.

Russian folk tale "Crow"

Once upon a time there was a crow, and she lived not alone, but with nannies, mothers, with small children, with near and far neighbors. Birds flew in from overseas, large and small, geese and swans, birdies and birdies, built their nests in the mountains, in the valleys, in the forests, in the meadows and laid eggs.

A crow noticed this and, well, offend migratory birds, carry their testicles!

An owl flew and saw that a crow offends large and small birds, carrying testicles.

“Wait,” he says, “you worthless crow, we will find a trial and punishment for you!”

And he flew far away, into the stone mountains, to the gray eagle. Arrived and asks:

- Father gray eagle, give us your righteous judgment on the offender-crow! From her there is no life for either small or large birds: she ruins our nests, steals cubs, drags eggs and feeds her crows with them!

The eagle shook his gray head and sent for the crow a light, lesser ambassador - a sparrow. The sparrow fluttered up and flew after the crow. She was about to make excuses, but all the bird's strength rose up on her, all the birds, and, well, pinching, pecking, driving to the eagle for judgment. There was nothing to do - she croaked and flew away, and all the birds took off and rushed after her.

So they flew to the eagle's dwelling and settled him, and the crow stands in the middle and pulls himself in front of the eagle, preens.

And the eagle began to interrogate the crow:

“They say about you, crow, that you open your mouth at someone else’s good, that you carry eggs from large and small birds and carry eggs!”

- It's a slander, father, a gray eagle, a slander, I'm only picking up shells!

“A complaint about you also reaches me that as soon as a peasant comes out to sow arable land, so you get up with all your crows and, well, peck the seeds!”

- It's a slander, father, a gray eagle, a slander! With my girlfriends, with small children, with children, households, I only carry worms from fresh arable land!

“And people are crying at you everywhere, that as soon as the bread is burned and the sheaves are stacked, then you will fly in with all your crows and let's be mischievous, stir up the sheaves and break the sheaves!”

- It's a slander, father, a gray eagle, a slander! We help this for a good deed - we disassemble the mop, we give access to the sun and the wind so that the bread does not germinate and the grain dries out!

The eagle got angry at the old liar-crow, ordered her to be planted in prison, in a lattice tower, behind iron bolts, behind damask locks. There she sits to this day!

Russian folk tale "The Fox and the Hare"

Once upon a time there was a little gray Bunny on the field, but there lived a Little Fox-sister.

That's how the frosts went, Bunny began to shed, and when the icy winter came, with a blizzard and snowdrifts, Bunny turned completely white from the cold, and he decided to build a hut for himself: he dragged luboks and let's fence the hut. Lisa saw this and said:

“You little one, what are you doing?”

- You see, I'm building a hut from the cold.

“Look, what a quick-witted one,” she thought.

Fox, - let's build a hut - only not a popular house, but chambers, a crystal Palace!

So she began to carry ice and lay a hut.

Both huts ripened at once, and our animals began to live with their homes.

Liska looks into the icy window and chuckles at the Bunny: “Look, black-footed, what a shack he made! Whether it’s my business: both clean and bright - neither give nor take the crystal palace!

Everything was fine for the fox in the winter, but as spring came after winter, and the snow began to drive away, warm the earth, then Liskin's palace melted and ran downhill with water. How can Liska be without a home? Here she ambushed when Zaika came out of his hut for a walk, snow grass, plucked rabbit cabbage, crept into Zaikin's hut and climbed onto the bed.

Bunny came, pushed through the door - it was locked.

He waited a little and started knocking again.

- It's me, the owner, the gray Bunny, let me go, Fox.

“Get out, I won’t let you in,” Lisa answered.

Bunny waited and said:

- Enough, Lisonka, joking, let me go, I really want to sleep.

And Lisa replied:

- Wait, oblique, that's how I jump out, and jump out, and go shake you, only shreds will fly in the wind!

Bunny cried and went where his eyes look. He met a gray wolf:

- Great, Bunny, what are you crying about, what are you grieving about?

- But how can I not grieve, not grieve: I had a bast hut, Fox had an ice one. The fox hut melted, the water left, she captured mine and does not let me, the owner!

“But wait,” said the Wolf, “we will kick her out!”

- Hardly, Volchenka, we will drive her out, she is firmly entrenched!

- I'm not me, if I don't drive out the Fox! Wolf growled.

So the Bunny was delighted and went with the Wolf to chase the Fox. They came.

- Hey, Lisa Patrikeevna, get out of someone else's hut! cried the Wolf.

And the Fox answered him from the hut:

“Wait, that’s how I’ll get off the stove, and I’ll jump out, but I’ll jump out, and I’ll go to beat you, so only shreds will fly in the wind!”

- Oh, how angry! - grumbled the Wolf, tucked his tail and ran into the forest, and the Bunny was left crying in the field.

Bull is coming:

- Great, Bunny, what are you grieving about, what are you crying about?

- But how can I not grieve, how not to grieve: I had a bast hut, Fox had an icy one. The fox hut has melted, it has captured mine, and now it doesn’t let me, the owner, go home!

- But wait, - said the Bull, - we will drive her out.

- No, Bychenka, it’s unlikely to drive her out, she sat down firmly, the Wolf already drove her - he didn’t kick her out, and you, Bull, can’t be kicked out!

“I’m not me, if I don’t kick me out,” the Bull muttered.

The Bunny was delighted and went with the Bull to survive the Fox. They came.

- Hey, Lisa Patrikeevna, get out of someone else's hut! Buck muttered.

And Lisa answered him:

- Wait, that's how I get off the stove and go to beat you, the Bull, so only shreds will fly in the wind!

- Oh, how angry! - mumbled the Bull, threw back his head and let's run away.

The bunny sat down near the hummock and began to cry.

Here comes the Mishka-Bear and says:

- Great, oblique, what are you grieving about, what are you crying about?

- But how can I not grieve, how not to grieve: I had a bast hut, and Fox had an icy one. The fox hut melted, she captured mine and does not let me, the owner, go home!

“But wait,” said the Bear, “we will kick her out!”

- No, Mikhailo Potapych, it is unlikely to expel her, she sat down firmly. The wolf drove - did not drive out. The bull drove - didn’t drive out, and you can’t drive out!

“I am not me,” the Bear roared, “if the Fox does not survive!”

So the Bunny was delighted and went, bouncing, to drive the Fox with the Bear. They came.

“Hey, Lisa Patrikeevna,” the Bear roared, “get out of someone else’s hut!”

And Lisa answered him:

“Wait, Mikhailo Potapych, that’s how I’ll get off the stove, and I’ll jump out, but I’ll jump out, and I’ll go and beat you, clubfoot, so only shreds will fly in the wind!”

- Oooh, K8.K8. I'm fierce! - the Bear roared and started running in a rut.

How to be a hare? He began to beg the Fox, but the Fox does not lead with his ear. Here the Bunny cried and went where his eyes look and met a kochet, a red Rooster, with a saber on his shoulder.

- Great, Bunny, how are you doing, what are you grieving about, what are you crying about?

- But how can I not grieve, how not to grieve, if they are driven from their native ashes? I had a bast hut, and the Fox had an icy one. The fox hut has melted, it has occupied mine and does not let me, the owner, go home!

“But wait,” said the Rooster, “we will kick her out!”

- It is unlikely that you will be kicked out, Petenka, she has sat down painfully hard! The Wolf drove her - did not drive her out, the Bull drove her - did not drive her out, the Bear drove her - did not drive her out, where can you control it!

“Let’s try,” said the Cockerel and went with the Hare to drive the Fox out.

As they came to the hut, the Rooster sang:

There is a kochet on his heels,

Carries a saber on his shoulders

Wants to kill Liska,

Sew a hat for yourself

Come out, Lisa, have pity on yourself!

As Lisa heard the threat to Petukhov, she was frightened and said:

- Wait, Cockerel, golden comb, silk beard!

And the Rooster cries:

- Ku-ka-re-ku, I'll chop everything!

- Petenka-Cockerel, have pity on the old bones, let me put on a fur coat!

And the Rooster, standing at the door, know yourself shouting:

There is a kochet on his heels,

Carries a saber on his shoulders

Wants to kill Liska,

Sew a hat for yourself

Come out, Lisa, have pity on yourself!

Nothing to do, nowhere to go to Lisa: she opened the door and jumped out. And the Rooster settled with the Bunny in his hut, and they began to live, to be, and to save up good.

Russian folk tale "The Fox and the Crane"

The fox made friends with the crane, even made friends with him at someone's homeland.

So the fox once decided to treat the crane, went to invite him to visit:

- Come, kumanek, come, dear! How can I feed you!

A crane is going to a feast, and a fox has boiled semolina porridge and spread it on a plate. Served and treats:

- Eat, my little dove-kumanek! She cooked herself.

The crane clap-clap its nose, knocked, knocked, nothing hits!

And the fox at this time licks herself and licks porridge, so she ate it all herself.

The porridge is eaten; fox says:

- Do not blame me, dear godfather! There is nothing more to eat.

- Thank you, godfather, and on this! Come to visit me!

The next day, the fox comes, and the crane prepared okroshka, poured it into a jug with a small neck, put it on the table and said:

- Eat, gossip! Right, there is nothing more to regale.

The fox began to spin around the jug, and this way it will go in, and that way, and lick it, and sniff it - it won’t get anything! The head does not fit into the jug. Meanwhile, the crane pecks at itself and pecks until it has eaten everything.

- Well, do not blame me, godfather! Nothing else to eat!

Annoyance took the fox: she thought that she would eat for a whole week, but she went home like she slurped unsalted. As backfired, so it responded!

Since then, the friendship between the fox and the crane has been apart.

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 352334
Morozko Russian traditional 232217
Aibolit Korney Chukovsky 1003785
Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor Arabian tale 225798
Snowman Andersen H.K. 129914
Moidodyr Korney Chukovsky 989697
Ax porridge Russian traditional 264244
The Scarlet Flower Aksakov S.T. 1416002
Teremok Russian traditional 385159
Fly Tsokotukha Korney Chukovsky 1052201
Mermaid Andersen H.K. 437412
Fox and crane Russian traditional 207234
Barmaley Korney Chukovsky 456188
Fedorino grief Korney Chukovsky 764687
Sivka-Burka Russian traditional 187816
Green oak near Lukomorye Pushkin A.S. 770192
Twelve months Samuil Marshak 804821
The Bremen Town Musicians Brothers Grimm 272480
Puss in Boots Charles Perrault 420290
The Tale of Tsar Saltan Pushkin A.S. 637084
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish Pushkin A.S. 583458
The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Bogatyrs Pushkin A.S. 285694
The Tale of the Golden Cockerel Pushkin A.S. 240451
Thumbelina Andersen H.K. 190511
The Snow Queen Andersen H.K. 241545
Walkers Andersen H.K. 29448
sleeping Beauty Charles Perrault 100414
Little Red Riding Hood Charles Perrault 233496
Tom Thumb Charles Perrault 159501
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Brothers Grimm 163120
Snow White and Scarlet Brothers Grimm 43220
The wolf and the seven Young goats Brothers Grimm 137198
hare and hedgehog Brothers Grimm 129714
Mrs. Metelitsa Brothers Grimm 89589
sweet porridge Brothers Grimm 187107
Princess on the Pea Andersen H.K. 109688
Crane and Heron Russian traditional 29407
Cinderella Charles Perrault 320770
Tale of the Silly Mouse Samuil Marshak 328936
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Arabian tale 132532
Magic lamp of Aladdin Arabian tale 223420
cat, rooster and fox Russian traditional 125655
Hen Ryaba Russian traditional 313888
fox and cancer Russian traditional 88050
Sister fox and wolf Russian traditional 79787
Masha and the Bear Russian traditional 264493
The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise Russian traditional 85738
Snow Maiden Russian traditional 53733
Three piglets Russian traditional 1821387
ugly duck Andersen H.K. 126220
Wild Swans Andersen H.K. 55771
Flint Andersen H.K. 74411
Ole Lukoye Andersen H.K. 121090
The Steadfast Tin Soldier Andersen H.K. 47187
Baba Yaga Russian traditional 127643
Magic pipe Russian traditional 129730
magic ring Russian traditional 155006
Woe Russian traditional 21889
Swan geese Russian traditional 74636
Daughter and stepdaughter Russian traditional 23224
Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf Russian traditional 65973
Treasure Russian traditional 47984
Kolobok Russian traditional 162229
living water Brothers Grimm 83670
Rapunzel Brothers Grimm 135719
Rumplestiltskin Brothers Grimm 43786
A pot of porridge Brothers Grimm 77384
King Thrushbeard Brothers Grimm 26791
little men Brothers Grimm 59600
Hansel and Gretel Brothers Grimm 32491
golden goose Brothers Grimm 40221
Mrs. Metelitsa Brothers Grimm 21891
Worn out shoes Brothers Grimm 31646
Straw, coal and bean Brothers Grimm 28031
twelve brothers Brothers Grimm 22111
Spindle, hook and needle Brothers Grimm 27832
Friendship of a cat and a mouse Brothers Grimm 37677
Wren and bear Brothers Grimm 28057
royal children Brothers Grimm 23320
Brave little tailor Brothers Grimm 35411
crystal ball Brothers Grimm 63552
queen bee Brothers Grimm 40936
Smart Gretel Brothers Grimm 22432
Three lucky people Brothers Grimm 22016
Three spins Brothers Grimm 21774
Three snake leaves Brothers Grimm 21919
Three brothers Brothers Grimm 21892
glass mountain old man Brothers Grimm 21879
Tale of the fisherman and his wife Brothers Grimm 21861
underground man Brothers Grimm 31101
Donkey Brothers Grimm 24146
Ocheski Brothers Grimm 21485
The Frog King, or Iron Henry Brothers Grimm 21889
six swans Brothers Grimm 25546
Marya Morevna Russian traditional 44924
Miraculous miracle, wonderful miracle Russian traditional 42799
two frosts Russian traditional 39483
The most expensive Russian traditional 33313
Miraculous shirt Russian traditional 39971
frost and hare Russian traditional 39337
How the fox learned to fly Russian traditional 48517
Ivan the Fool Russian traditional 36495
Fox and jug Russian traditional 26522
bird language Russian traditional 23080
soldier and devil Russian traditional 21997
crystal mountain Russian traditional 26087
Tricky Science Russian traditional 28797
smart guy Russian traditional 22245
Snow Maiden and Fox Russian traditional 62795
Word Russian traditional 22116
fast messenger Russian traditional 21969
Seven Simeons Russian traditional 21942
About the old grandmother Russian traditional 23984
Go there - I don't know where, bring something - I don't know what Russian traditional 51826
By pike command Russian traditional 70074
Rooster and millstones Russian traditional 21744
Shepherd's Pipe Russian traditional 38132
petrified kingdom Russian traditional 22130
About rejuvenating apples and living water Russian traditional 37082
Goat Dereza Russian traditional 34619
Ilya Muromets and the Nightingale the Robber Russian traditional 28531
Cockerel and bean seed Russian traditional 54644
Ivan - a peasant son and a miracle Yudo Russian traditional 28423
Three Bears Russian traditional 472417
Fox and black grouse Russian traditional 23398
Tar barrel goby Russian traditional 77193
Baba Yaga and berries Russian traditional 38397
Battle on the Kalinov Bridge Russian traditional 22221
Finist - Clear Falcon Russian traditional 51912
Princess Nesmeyana Russian traditional 137912
Tops and roots Russian traditional 57535
Winter hut of animals Russian traditional 41099
flying ship Russian traditional 73490
Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka Russian traditional 37968
Cockerel golden comb Russian traditional 45742
Zayushkina hut Russian traditional 132712

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 - 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 ...

    5 - 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 ...

    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 decided to drown himself in 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 ...

    7 - 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...

    8 - Mom for Mammoth

    forgetful D.

    A fairy tale about a mammoth who melted out of the ice and went to look for his mother. But all mammoths died out long ago, and the wise Uncle Walrus advised him to sail to Africa, where elephants live, which are very similar to mammoths. Mom for...

Fairy tales are poetic stories of extraordinary events and adventures involving fictional characters. In modern Russian, the concept of the word "fairy tale" has acquired its meaning since the 17th century. Until that moment, the word "fable" was supposedly used in this meaning.

One of the main features of a fairy tale is that it is always based on a fictional story, with a happy ending, where good triumphs over evil. The stories contain a certain hint, which enables the child to learn to recognize good and evil, to comprehend life on illustrative examples.

Children's fairy tales read online

Reading fairy tales is one of the main and important stages on the way of your child to life. A variety of stories make it clear that the world around us is quite contradictory and unpredictable. Listening to stories about the adventures of the main characters, children learn to appreciate love, honesty, friendship and kindness.

Reading fairy tales is useful not only for children. Having matured, we forget that in the end, good always triumphs over evil, that all adversity is unimportant, and the beautiful princess is waiting for her prince on a white horse. To give a little good mood and plunge into the fairy-tale world is quite simple!

Love for literature begins with a fairy tale familiar from childhood. At the same time, it is very important to help the baby choose the right work, which, perhaps, will become one of his favorites. Read the best fairy tales for preschool children in the selection posted on the page of our website.

The game of a preschooler and the role of a fairy tale in it

In the life of a child there is always a place for a game and a fairy tale. At preschool age, these concepts are especially closely intertwined due to story games - the most important stage in the development of the child. We read fairy tales to children, and their stories are reflected in children's play.

Around the age of four, the baby is imbued with an interest in staging mini-performances, in which his toys act as actors. Later, he learns to try on various roles for himself and friends, turning alternately into a brave warrior or an unfortunate stepdaughter, then into a ferocious tiger or a cunning fox.

Fairy tales for children, offered to your attention on this service for free, will help to enrich this fairy-tale world and expand the boundaries of the child's creative possibilities.

What fairy tales to read to preschoolers

The choice of a fairy tale for children 4 years and older largely depends on the interests and preferences of the child himself. However, parents can gently guide these interests by offering the best best-selling works to the baby.

Russian folk tales introduce the baby to the national traditions and features of the life of the native people. Copyright - contribute to the development of imagination and creative thinking.

Why illustrations are needed

The main feature of children's attention is its involuntary nature. It is difficult for a kid to keep attention on one object for a long time, even if it is a book with an interesting fairy tale. Using only hearing in this case is not enough. In order for the child to remain focused, it is important to connect other types of perception - visual (pictures), and in some cases tactile (toy books, puzzle books, etc.).

When it comes to a fairy tale for children 5 years old online, it is even more difficult to perceive the text on the monitor of an electronic device.

That is why on our site special attention is paid to drawings for children's books, and in this section you will find exceptionally high-quality illustrations.

Getting ready to read on your own

Listening to fairy tales is an excellent preparation for independent reading. By instilling a love of books, you awaken in your child the desire to learn to read for himself.

When he is old enough to master independent reading, short fairy tales for children of 6 years old, specially printed in large print, will come to your aid.

Until that time, the little reader can enjoy the fascinating stories and colorful pictures of the books posted on our page.

Popular children's authors on our site

We have prepared for children of preschool age a selection of books by the best children's authors who have earned recognition among many generations of children.

Here you will find simple instructive tales by M. Plyatskovsky and G. Tsyferov, lyrical deep works by G.Kh. Andersen, the fantastic adventure of the heroes of J. Rodari and D. Bisset.

The little reader will certainly find a fairy tale to his liking, which means he will take the first step into the wonderful world of Literature. Welcome!