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Goldilocks & the Three Bears
There was once a family of bears who lived in a cosy cottage in the woods. There was a great big Papa Bear, a medium-size Momma Bear, and a little tiny baby bear.
One morning Mama Bear cooked them some porridge for breakfast. As the porridge was too hot to eat, the three bears decided to take a walk in the woods while it cooled.
They had not been gone long when a little girl named Goldilocks came along. She had been picking flowers and had wandered into the woods. When she saw the three bears cottage, she smiled and clapped her hands. “How pretty!” she cried. “I wonder who lives there?” She stood on her toes and peaked in the window. There didn’t seem to be anyone home, so Goldilocks opened the door and went right inside!
The first thing she saw was the table set with three bowls of porridge; a great big bowl for Papa Bear, a medium-size bowl for Momma Bear, and a tiny little bowl for baby bear. “Oh, that porridge smells good!” Goldilocks said. Then, as she was feeling a little hungry, she picked up a spoon and tasted the porridge in the Great Big Bowl.
“OUCH!” she cried, dropping the spoon. “That porridge is MUCH too hot!”
She tasted the porridge in the medium-size bowl. But that porridge was MUCH too cold.
Then she tasted the porridge in the tiny little bowl. “Mmmmmm,” she said. “This porridge is JUST right!” so she ate it all up!
Then Goldilocks saw the three chairs set before the fire; a great big chair for Papa Bear, a medium-size chair for Mamma Bear, and a tiny little chair for Baby Bear. “Oh, it would be nice to sit down for a while!” Goldilocks thought.
So she climbed into the great big chair that belonged to Papa Bear. “Oh, no!” she said. “That chair is MUCH too hard.”
Then she sat in Mamma Bears medium size Chair “Oh, no,” she said. “That chair is MUCH too soft!”
Next, she sat in Baby Bears tiny little chair. “Ahhhh,” she said with a smile. “This chair is JUST right!”
Just then there was a loud CRAAACK! and the little chair broke right through!
Goldilocks stood up and dusted herself off.
Then she climbed upstairs to the bedroom. There she saw three beds all in a row. “Oh,” she said, yawning, “I am feeling sleepy.”
So she pulled down the covers and climbed into Papa Bears great big bed. But she quickly jumped down. “That bed is MUCH too hard!” she said.
Then she tried Mamma Bears medium size bed. But it was too soft.
So she climbed into Baby Bears tiny little bed. It was JUST right. Soon Goldilocks was fast asleep!
A little while later the Three Bears returned from their walk. They were feeling very hungry and were looking forward to eating the nice bowls of tasty porridge.
Suddenly Papa cried out in his great big voice, “Someone has been eating my porridge!”
Then Mamma cried out in her medium size voice, “Someone has been eating MY porridge!”
And Baby Bear cried out in his tiny little voice, “Some has been eating my porridge. And they’ve eaten it ALL UP!”
Then the Three Bears saw their chairs near the fireplace.
“Someone has been sitting in my chair!” Papa Bear said in his great big voice.
“Someone has been sitting in MY chair!” Mamma Bear said in her medium size voice.
“Someone has been sitting in MY chair,” Baby Bear cried in his tiny little voice. “And now it’s BROKEN!”
Then the Three Bears went upstairs to the bedroom.
“Someone has been sleeping in my bed!” Papa Bear shouted in his great big voice.
“And someone has been sleeping in MY bed!” Mamma Bear exclaimed in her medium size voice.
“Someone has been sleeping in MY bed,” Baby Bear squeaked in his tiny little voice. “AND HERE SHE IS!”
Just then Goldilocks woke up! When she saw the three bears standing around her, she leaped off the bed and ran down the stairs and out the door.
She didn’t stop until she was all the way back home.
And the Three Bears never saw Goldilocks again!
Goldilocks (and the three bears) is an English fairy tale. It was first published in 1837 by British author and poet Robert Southey. The story was before that time already part of English folklore.
The story is about three bears and an intrusive old woman. The moral of the story is about egoism, respecting others’ property and the abuse of someone’s hospitality.
Goldilocks was originally an old woman. In a publication from 1849 she was replaced by a young girl. In the course of the twentieth century, she was named Goldilocks. Also, the three bachelor bears by Southey evolved in a family of three bears. What was originally a terrifying story, gradually changing into a charming tale for the whole family.
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Once upon a time a girl named Goldilocks lived in a house at the edge of the woods.
In those days curls of hair were called "locks." She was "Goldilocks" because golden hair ran down her head and shoulders.
One morning Goldilocks was out for a walk when she came across a beautiful bird. She followed that bird right into the woods, where her mother had said many times she must never go. But Goldilocks didn’t think of that.
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Deeper and deeper into the woods she went. But where was the bird? It was nowhere to be seen. Goldilocks looked around. That's when she knew she was lost.
But a house was not far away. “I wonder who lives there,” she thought, "so deep into the woods." She went up and knocked on the door. No answer. She knocked again. Still no answer. Goldilocks knocked a third time and the door opened. But no one was behind the door.
“Well, the door is already open,” said the girl. “So I may as well go in.”
Goldilocks smelled a wonderful smell, and soon knew why.
On the table were three steaming bowls of oatmeal. All of a sudden she realized how very hungry she was.
What Goldilocks did not know, however, is that three bears lived in this house. In fact, that very morning the three bears had sat down to their bowls of oatmeal but the cereal was too hot. So they had decided to take a short walk. They said to each other, "By the time we return home our oatmeal will be perfect."
Gazing at the steaming bowls of oatmeal, Goldilocks thought, “I'm sure whoever lives here won’t mind if I take just one sip.” She sat at the first chair and took a sip. “Ah!” she said, “it is too hot.”
She moved to the next bowl and took a sip. “Ah!” she said, “it is too cold.”
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She moved to the third bowl and took a sip. “It is just right!” And before she knew it, the oatmeal was all gone.
Goldilocks rubbed her tummy. “I'm full! I must find somewhere to sit that's more comfortable.
”
She went to the living room. Three chairs were lined up in a row – one big chair, one medium-sized chair, and a wee little chair.
“I'm sure whoever lives here will not mind if I sit on just one chair,” said Goldilocks. She sat on the big chair, but it was too hard.
“The next chair looks good,” said Goldilocks. She moved to the medium-sized chair, but it was too soft.
“The wee little chair looks better,” said the girl. She sat on the little chair and it was just right! But when Goldilocks leaned back a bit, the chair broke into a dozen pieces. She plopped right on the floor.
“Oh, no!” Goldilocks wailed. Then she yawned. There must be somewhere she could lie down for a short nap.
The girl saw a ladder and climbed it to an attic. In a row, three beds were lined up – one big bed, one medium-sized bed, and a wee little bed.
“I'm sure whoever lives here won’t mind if I lay down for just a short nap,” she said.
She laid down on the big bed but it was too hard. She laid down on the medium-sized bed but it was too soft. The girl laid down on the wee little bed, and it was just right! As her head hit the pillow, Goldilocks was fast asleep.
Just then, the three bears came home from their walk. "Oh, my!" said Mama Bear. “Did either of you leave the front door open?”
“Not I,” said Papa Bear.
"Not I," said Little Bear.
Slowly the three bears stepped inside and looked around.
“Most odd!” said Papa Bear, seeing his spoon in his bowl. “Someone has been eating my oatmeal!”
“Most odd indeed!” said Mama Bear, also seeing her spoon in her bowl. “Someone has been eating my oatmeal!”
“This is the most odd of all!” said Little Bear. “Someone has been eating my oatmeal and they ate it all up!”
The three bears were very surprised, as you can imagine. With care, they stepped into their living room.
“Do you think someone was sitting in my chair?” said Papa Bear.
“I know someone was sitting in my chair,” said Mama Bear, “because I can see the seat cushion is pushed down.”
“And I know someone was sitting in my chair!” said Little Bear. “Because it’s all broken!”
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The three bears were even more surprised at that! They climbed the ladder to their attic.
“Someone has been sleeping on my bed,” said Papa Bear, who could see that his blankets were moved.
“Someone has been sleeping on my bed, too,” said Mama Bear, who could also see that her blankets were moved.
“Someone has been sleeping on my bed,” said Little Bear. “And look - she is still there!”
Goldilocks bolted awake. Three bears were looming over her, and they did not look happy.
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“Oh my!” said Goldilocks, jumping out of bed.
As quick as she could, she climbed down the ladder and ran out the front door.
Little Bear chased after her. "Wait, please!"
Goldilocks stopped and turned around.
"Tell me," said Little Bear, “Why did you come inside our house?”
“I guess I didn’t think–,“ said Goldilocks.
“And why did you eat my oatmeal?” said Little Bear.
“Well I guess I didn’t think–,“ said Goldilocks.
“And why did you break my chair and sleep in my bed?” said Little Bear.
“Well I guess I didn’t think about that, either,” said Goldilocks.
They were silent.
Goldilocks said, “I suppose I could have waited outside your door.”
“We were coming right home,” said Mama Bear. "We might have invited you in if we knew you were hungry."
“I’m sorry about the chair,” said Goldilocks. “I guess you saw it broke.”
"Yep," said Mama Bear with a frown.
“I’m good at fixing things,” said Goldilocks, “If you have glue.
”
“Of course we have glue!” said Papa Bear. “What kind of bears do you think we are?”
“I will make it up to you!” said Goldilocks.
“Come on in then, dear,” said Mama Bear.
“We'll start over,” said Papa Bear with a nod.
“Come in, come in!” said Little Bear, jumping up and down.
With smiles, they skipped together inside the Bear’s house.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears. English fairy tale
Three bears lived in a beautiful stone house in the forest: Papa Bear - a big big one, Mama Bear - a little smaller, and a little bear cub, Mishutka. Each of them had their own bowl for stew: a small one for Mishutka, a medium one for Bear, and a large one for Papa Bear. At dinner, everyone sat in their own chair: Mishutka - on the smallest one, Mama Bear - on the middle one, and Papa Bear - on the largest one. Everyone had their own bed: Mishutka slept on the smallest one, Mama Bear on the middle one, and Papa Bear on the largest one.
One day Mama Bear cooked delicious stew for dinner and poured it into bowls.
But the stew was very hot, you had to wait until it cools down. Therefore, the bears took a basket each and went for a walk in the forest, and at the same time to pick berries.
While the bears were walking, a little girl came out along the forest path to their house. Her name was Goldilocks because she had beautiful golden hair. First she looked through the window, then looked through the keyhole, and finally called:
– Hey, is anyone home?
But, of course, no one answered her. Then she just lifted the latch and pushed the door.
The door was not locked, the bears lived peacefully, did no harm to anyone and did not expect anything bad from anyone. Goldilocks entered the house and looked around. She was very happy to see a large table in the middle of the room, and on it were three bowls of stew.
If Goldilocks had been a well-mannered girl, she would have waited for the bears to return - surely they would have invited her to dine with them. After all, the bears were indeed kind, although, of course, they grumbled at times, like all bears.
Nevertheless, they had an agreeable disposition, and they loved guests. But Goldilocks was very tired and hungry. She walked over to the table and tasted the chowder from the biggest bowl, Papa Bear.
– Oh, how hot! - she said. Then she scooped a spoon out of Mama Bear's bowl and grimaced, “Ugh, really cold. Then she saw the smallest bowl, Mishutkina, and tried his stew: - Mmm, but this one is just right.
She liked the stew so much that the girl ate everything to the last drop. After eating, Goldilocks decided to take some rest and climbed onto Papa Bear's chair.
– Oh, how tough! she exclaimed, and moved to Mama Bear's chair. “But it’s too soft here,” she said, and moved to the smallest chair, Mishutkin.
“Oh, this one is just right,” she happily jumped on it. Suddenly the chair collapsed under her, and Goldilocks fell straight to the floor.
However, she was no stranger to falling, she got up, dusted herself off and, looking around, saw a ladder.
The girl climbed it and ended up in the bear's bedroom. There were three beds here. Goldilocks immediately climbed the biggest one - Papa Bear.
“Oh, how hard,” she said, jumping on it a little, and lay down on the middle bed - Mama Bear.
– Too soft here.
Finally, she moved onto the smallest bed, Mishutkina: – This one is just right!
Tired Goldilocks settled herself comfortably and fell asleep soundly. In the meantime, the bears walked around the forest and, deciding that their stew had already cooled down, returned home to have lunch and rest.
Papa Bear immediately saw the spoon that Goldilocks had left in his bowl.
– Who ate my stew? he roared in a terrible voice.
Mama Bear came up to the table and also saw a spoon in her bowl.
– Who ate my stew? she growled.
Then Mishutka came running and saw that a spoon had also been left in his bowl, but the stew was gone.
- Someone ate my stew and ate it all! he shouted in his thin voice.
The bears realized that someone had visited their house and left Mishutka without lunch. They began to look around and look around. Papa Bear immediately noticed that his chair had been moved from its usual place.
– Who was sitting in my chair? he roared again.
Mother Bear also saw that her chair was out of place.
– Who was sitting in my chair? she growled.
You already know what happened to the third chair that Goldilocks jumped on.
- Someone was sitting on my chair and broke it! shouted Mishutka in his thin voice.
Then the three bears decided to thoroughly search the whole house. They went up to the bedroom. Papa Bear immediately saw that his bed was rumpled, the pillow was moved.
– Who was lying on my bed? he roared.
Mother Bear also noticed that her bed was all in disarray.
– Who was lying on my bed? she growled.
And little Mishutka looked at his bed and saw that everything on it was neat, and the pillow was where it needed to be, only the lovely curls of Goldilocks were scattered over it - which was completely out of place on his bed.
– Who is that lying on my bed? he shouted in his thin voice. - Aaaa, here, hold it, hold it!
Goldilocks heard Papa Bear's terrible roar in her sleep, but she slept so soundly that she thought it was thunder. She also heard the grumbling of Mother Bear, but it seemed to her that it was the wind humming. And little Mishutka's voice was so thin and piercing that the girl immediately woke up.
She sat up in bed and was terribly frightened when she saw three bears. She quickly rushed to the window and jumped out of it. With all her legs she rushed away into the forest, and the bears did not see her again.
Papa Bear fixed the broken chair, Mama Bear cleaned up the house, and since then, going for a walk in the forest, the bears began to lock their house.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Retelling of a folk tale
Once upon a time there was a father bear, a mother bear and a baby bear.
It is customary that bears live in dens, but this family settled in a beautiful tree house in the middle of the forest. It was small, but they lived in it very nicely.
As in any family, all the bears were different and used to live according to their own conveniences. Each of them had their own chair in the living room. Papa Bear sat in a wooden rocking chair by the fireplace. Mama bear is in an easy chair by the window. The baby bear had his own little chair next to the toy chest.
At night, all three bears slept in their own beds. Papa Bear had a big bed with a hard mattress. Mama bear loved to sleep in a medium sized bed with lots of soft pillows. The little teddy bear slept in a small crib, which was just right for him in length and breadth.
One morning papa bear cooked porridge for his family for breakfast, poured it into three different bowls, and the bears sat down at the table to have breakfast. Father, mother and son rarely agreed, but after tasting the porridge, they all agreed that it was too hot.
– Maybe we can take a walk while the porridge is getting cold? Dad suggested. We haven't been out with the whole family for a long time.
Mother bear and baby bear thought it was a wonderful idea, and together they went for a walk in the forest.
On the same day, a little girl from a nearby village was walking near their home. For her beautiful golden curls, she was nicknamed Goldilocks.
Surprisingly, Goldilocks did not meet the bears in the forest, although she reached their house shortly after they left. She had never seen such a home before. Goldilocks was a curious girl who loved to explore new places, so she knocked to ask to come in.
She knocked hard and was very surprised when the door swung open. The bears forgot to lock it behind them.
- Hey! Is there anyone at home? Goldilocks called, but only an echo came back.
Without waiting for an answer, Goldilocks decided to wander around the house. The smell of fresh porridge led her to the kitchen, and the girl saw three bowls on the table.
- Porridge! My lovely! - she exclaimed.
During the walk, Goldilocks got so hungry that she completely forgot about decorum. She grabbed a spoon, tasted Papa Bear's porridge without asking, and immediately burned herself.
“Too hot,” Goldilocks said.
She moved over and scooped up some mama bear porridge. Her bowl was much closer to the window, and the porridge had cooled so much that it didn’t even taste like porridge.
“Too cold,” said Goldilocks.
She moved further and tried the baby bear's porridge. And she smiled, deciding that porridge should taste like this.
- That's it! - she said.
Goldilocks ate the baby bear's porridge clean and began to look for a place to rest. She walked into the living room and sat in Papa Bear's rocking chair. It was so hard that it hurt her to sit in it.
“Too hard,” Goldilocks said.
She moved to the mama bear chair. It was so soft that the girl almost drowned in it.
“Too soft,” said Goldilocks.
She didn't manage to get out of the bear's chair right away. And when it did work out, Goldilocks sat down in the little bear's chair, and it fit her.
- That's it! - the girl said happily.
As soon as she leaned back in her chair, it suddenly collapsed right under her. Before Goldilocks looked back, she was on the floor. She had never broken her chair and was very frightened.
“I must have overeaten the porridge,” the girl said.
There were no more comfortable chairs left, and Goldilocks decided to rest on the bed, especially since after a long day of walking she was not averse to taking a nap. The girl went to the bedroom and lay down on the bed of Papa Bear.
“Too hard,” she said.
Goldilocks jumped out of bed and climbed into the mother bear's bed. Like the chair, her bed was so soft that Goldilocks sank into it and barely got out.
“Too soft,” she said.
The only thing left in the bedroom is the baby bear's bed.
Goldilocks sat down on her to make sure the bed would support her. Then she climbed under the covers and lay down comfortably.
“That’s the best…” she muttered, yawning, closed her eyes and immediately fell fast asleep.
Soon a family of bears returned from a walk. They rejoiced and rejoiced until they saw that the door of their house was wide open.
- It's strange, I remember, I closed the door, - said the mother bear.
- Looks like we have uninvited guests! growled Papa Bear.
The bears rushed into the house. They first searched the kitchen, but found nothing out of the ordinary except for an empty porridge bowl.
- Someone ate my breakfast! - said the baby bear.
The bears then searched the living room, but found only a broken armchair.
- Someone broke my chair! - the little bear cub sobbed.
Only the bedroom remains. Papa Bear released his claws and headed there, not knowing who he would find there.
- Someone is sleeping in my bed! exclaimed the baby bear.
- Yes, it's a girl!
The bears were very surprised that a little girl could make such a mess. They gathered by the bed and looked at her. Goldilocks felt this, woke up and saw bears around her. She screamed so loudly that all three bears covered their ears.
Goldilocks jumped out of the bedroom, ran through the living room, rushed past the kitchen and quickly rushed out the door. The bears chased the girl through the forest for a long time, until they decided that now she certainly would not return to their home.
That's how Goldilocks found out that you can't eat other people's porridge without asking, sit in other people's armchairs, sleep in other people's beds and go into other people's houses. And she never did that again.
End
Jack and the beanstalk
Retelling of a folk tale
There was a poor widow who had a son named Jack. The widow was a kind woman, but after many years of hardship she became strict and gloomy.
Jack, on the other hand, was a curious and courageous boy, always in the clouds and dreaming of a life full of delights and adventures.
They lived in a tiny house on a small farm where there was never a harvest. The only food they had was milk, which was given by the Belyanka cow. One day, she ran out of milk, and her mother sent Jack to the market to sell the cow.
- Mother, how is it to sell Belyanka! Jack exclaimed. We are like family with her!
“We won’t have any family if we die of hunger,” answered the mother. “Life is not easy, son, and sometimes you have to sacrifice something in order to survive. But in the end, it's all for the best. Now take the cow, go to the village, sell it for good money, and on the way back buy a loaf of bread.
Reluctantly, Jack obeyed his mother's command. He led Belyanka through the forest to the nearest village, but on the path he met an old man.
“Hello, boy,” he said. He was a strange-looking old man with a long beard and in rags.
“And good evening to you too,” answered Jack.
– May I ask where you are taking this lovely creature? the old man asked.
“To the village, for sale,” answered Jack.
- My boy, you are lucky! exclaimed the old man. “I just need a cow.
– Want to buy Belyanka? Jack asked.
“I’m afraid I don’t have a penny, but I’ll be very glad to give you something else in return,” the old man replied.
“Mother won’t like it,” Jack said. She told me to sell the cow and buy a loaf of bread for dinner.
“Dear boy, I want to give you something a hundred times more expensive than all the bread in the kingdom!” the merchant said.
Jack was curious, but he doubted that his mother would be happy about such an exchange.
- What is it? Jack asked.
The old man took out a handful of beans from his pocket.
- Beans? Jack was surprised. “But my cow is worth a lot more than beans, that’s for sure.
- These are not ordinary beans, but magical ones! The old man winked at him.
- They can fulfill your most cherished desire!
Jack's eyes widened as he imagined how much he could get with these beans.
– Are they definitely magical? - he asked.
- Fail me in this very place, if not magical! exclaimed the old man and stamped his foot.
Jack took the beans from him and gave the rope to White. He was so delighted that he immediately ran home without even saying goodbye to the old man.
- Mother! Mother! he shouted. “I traded Belyanka for magic beans!” The man in the forest said they could grant my deepest wish!
He proudly poured his mother's beans into his palm. She looked at them and blushed.
- Stupid boy! she screamed. - Yes, you were fooled! None of these beans are magic, and now we will definitely starve to death!
The widow threw the beans out the window and burst into tears. She locked herself in her room and cried all night, lamenting how stupid her son was. Jack went to bed. He, too, was angry with himself and could not believe how easily he was tricked.
Too much he hoped to heal well and forgot about everything in the world.
The next morning, Jack was awakened by a terrible crack. The boy jumped out of bed and found his frightened mother in the yard.
- Jack, look! - she exclaimed. “While we slept, a beanstalk grew here!”
Indeed, a huge beanstalk sprouted straight out of the ground. It was so long that it reached the very sky and disappeared behind the clouds.
- Beans! They must have sprouted when you threw them away! Jack cheered. - It turns out they are still magical!
“Help me gather some leaves and I’ll make a good stew out of them,” said the widow.
Jack did not listen to her and immediately began to climb up the stem.
- Jack, come back! the mother shouted. - You're going to fall!
Once again, Jack didn't listen to her. He simply could not resist - nothing more interesting had ever happened to him in his life. For years he dreamed of adventure, and now the time has finally come.
The higher he climbed, the more he saw around. Jack climbed so high that the whole kingdom and even neighboring lands stretched out before him. By the time he reached the clouds, his own house was only a tiny speck far below, and Jack could no longer hear his mother's cries. He scooped up the clouds with his palm and was delighted to find that they were soft and fluffy, just as he always thought.
Jack climbed further. He wanted to know how high the stem had grown. Rising above the clouds, he seemed to be in a completely different world. All around, a sea of fluffy white hills stretched all the way to the horizon.
To Jack's amazement, a paved road hovered right between the clouds. He jumped off the stem and walked along it. From somewhere in the distance he heard beautiful singing. It got louder and louder. More beautiful sounds Jack had never heard and wanted to know who sang it.
At the very end of the road, Jack found a huge castle. He was so big that Jack looked like a tiny mouse next to him.
The boy guessed that someone very big must live in such a castle. Jack's curiosity always won over fear, so he slipped under the giant door and snuck inside to find out what was there.
The castle was full of different things, and they were all huge. The furniture was so large that the boy could walk under the table and chairs without hitting them with his head. The fireplace was so gigantic that Jack's entire house could fit in it.
Everywhere he looked, Jack saw plate-sized gold coins. He was never a thief, but since there was so much gold in the castle, and he and his mother had so little, Jack decided that nothing bad would happen if he took some and brought it home. So he stuffed a large bag with gold and slung it over his shoulder.
Just as Jack was about to leave, he heard the beautiful singing again. And I was ready to swear that a golden woman was standing on top of a huge table. Curiosity won again, and Jack decided to look at her.
He climbed up the leg of the chair, stood on the seat, and then climbed onto the table.
But he found there not a golden woman, but a magical golden harp with hands and a face. She sang a song while the strings on her back played a tune:
Where are you, brave hero? I have been waiting for you for many years.
I compose songs about love, but there is still no salvation.
Are all the knights dead? Or do people not care?
It is bitter for me to grieve in captivity, I know only one thing for sure:
If the prince sits idle, the young lady is doomed,
The fate of the lady is unenviable, which the heroes do not need.
Seeing Jack, the harp gasped.
- Man! - she exclaimed. - Glory to heaven! Finally, someone has come to save me from the giant!
- What kind of giant? Jack asked.
- The one who lives in this castle, of course! the harp replied. "He's cruel and very scary!" Every day makes me sing disgusting songs for him! Please take me with you!
Suddenly, thunderous footsteps sounded from above, and the whole castle shook.
- Oh no! the harp screamed. The giant has woken up! Hide quickly, otherwise he will eat you alive!
Jack got down from the table and hid in the oven.
A few moments later, a huge giant came down the giant stairs. He was so big that it seemed that even in the vast castle he was cramped.
- Fi-fi-fo-fam! I can smell the boy's spirit there! the giant growled. "Whether he's alive or not, I'll eat him for dinner!"
He searched all over the house for Jack, opened every cupboard, but didn't think to look into the stove. Finally the giant got tired and sat down at the table.
- Sing! he said to the harp.
She obediently started a song, but Jack felt that she was not at all happy about it.
Destroy villages, scare people,
Crush houses with your feet!
Do not leave the cities
And a stone on a stone!
Thunder, smash, break and beat,
Rage and rage!
Drive people through the streets
And steal their meat!
The harp sang, and meanwhile the giant's eyes began to droop.
He dropped his head on the table and fell asleep. His snoring was like the roar of a hundred bears. Jack got out of the oven and went to the door with a bag full of gold.
- Don't leave me, please! the harp pleaded. "I can't stand another day in this castle!"
Jack hesitated whether to rescue the harp, but he knew that leaving it would not be very nice. He carefully climbed onto the table and moved towards the harp.
The Giant suffocated on Jack and nearly knocked him off his feet. The giant's eyes began to open, and the harp quickly sang again to put him to sleep:
Destroy villages, scare people,
Be merciless with enemies!
This devastation, torment the peasants,
Crush them with your boots!
Thunder, smash, break and beat,
Spare no life,
Eat cows and horses
And steal gold!
Jack took the harp and carried it to the edge of the table. They were right under the giant's nose as he took a deep breath in his sleep.
The giant smelled Jack and woke up.
- Fi-fi-fo-fam, I smell the spirit of the boy there! the giant roared.
And roared again when he saw Jack trying to steal the harp. Jack jumped off the table, and together with the harp, they landed right on the giant's leg.
- AAAAAAA! yelled the giant. He grabbed his sore toe and hopped up and down the castle on one leg.
Jack took the harp with one hand, the bag of gold with the other, rushed to the door, crawled under it, and along the road ran to the stem.
As soon as Jack reached the stem, the giant jumped out of the castle and rushed after him. Jack quickly climbed down, but the giant began to descend after him, and the stalk swayed in the clouds.
Jack's mother heard the noise and ran out to see what was going on. She was so frightened when she saw the giant chasing her son that she did not immediately find the power of speech.
– Jack! What are you doing? she screamed at her son.
- Mother, bring the ax as soon as possible! We need to cut down the stem before the giant gets to the ground! said Jack, nimbly moving from leaf to leaf.
The widow ran into the house and returned with an axe. Jack descended to the ground, took the ax from his mother, and with one mighty swing cut the stalk in two. He collapsed to the ground, and the giant fell with him, breaking to death.
- Jack, do you have any idea how worried I was about you? exclaimed the widow.
“Sorry to disturb you, mother,” Jack said. “But I promise you will never have to worry about anything again.” Look what I brought!
Jack took the gold coins out of his bag and showed them to his mother. The widow was so delighted that she even burst into tears of happiness. She hugged her son tightly and kissed him on the cheek.
- My brave boy! - she said. - You saved us! Now we will never go hungry!
Jack and his mother built a new house and started a real farm with so many crops that they didn't even know where to put it all.
They ate three times a day, and the harp sang marvelous songs to them before going to bed.
The old man did not lie: the magic beans really fulfilled Jack's most cherished wish. But the true magic was hidden in himself - if Jack did not know for sure what he wanted from life, the beans would not be able to help him.
Anyone who hears Jack's story will learn an important lesson from it: if life gives you beans, grow them into a beanstalk!
End
Little Red Riding Hood
Retelling the story of Charles Perrault
In a village on the edge of the forest there lived a little girl with her mother and father. Beloved grandmother gave her a beautiful bright red hat, which the girl wore without taking off, and therefore in the village they called her that - Little Red Riding Hood.
One day Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother sent a letter to her mother. The poor old woman caught a bad cold and could not even leave the house - and she lived in the forest.
Mother Riding Hood collected a whole basket of goodies, gave it to her daughter and ordered her to take it to her grandmother.
“Be careful in the woods, Riding Hood,” her mother warned her. “Don’t leave the path, don’t linger anywhere, and don’t talk to strangers.
Riding Hood took the basket and set off, not even thinking about disobeying her mother. But as soon as the girl entered the forest, she immediately found herself in the middle of a clearing of wonderful wild flowers.
- What beautiful flowers! Red was delighted. “Mother will certainly not be angry if I collect a small bouquet for grandmother. Flowers are always a joy when someone is unwell.
The girl decided that nothing bad would happen if she lingered a little, and began to pick the brightest flowers. Riding Hood wove a crown, a necklace and two bracelets out of them, but when she wanted to collect a bouquet for her grandmother, it turned out that there were no flowers left in the clearing at all.
- Oh, well, - said Riding Hood. - Surely my grandmother will be delighted with me even without any flowers.
The girl returned to the path, but very soon she noticed a bush of ripe blueberries along the way.
– What glorious berries and they must be delicious! Red was delighted. “Mother will certainly not be angry if I collect a handful for my grandmother.” Goodies are always a consolation when someone feels bad.
And Riding Hood started picking blueberries for her grandmother. She ate the first berry to know for sure that blueberries are sweet. I also ate the second one - I wanted to find out for sure that the first one was not sweet by chance and all the other berries are also tasty. Riding Hood was so delighted with her foresight that she ate the third and fourth berries just to reward herself somehow.
The berries were so wonderful that Riding Hood ate them and ate them and still couldn't stop. When she remembered that she needed to leave some for her grandmother, it turned out that there were no more berries.
“Oh, well,” said Red. - Surely my grandmother will be delighted with me even without any delicacies.
Riding Hood didn't want to linger anywhere else, so she decided not to leave the trail until her grandmother's house. But halfway she met a terrible ferocious wolf with big ears and sharp teeth.
"Hello girl," growled the wolf.
“Hello,” Riding Hood replied, because it would be impolite to remain silent, but immediately covered her mouth with her frightened hand. - Oh, I promised my mother that I would not talk to strangers!
“But I’m not a stranger at all,” the wolf grinned. “I have been watching you ever since you entered the forest. I watched you picking flowers in the clearing, I saw you eating blueberries by the bush. It turns out that you and I know each other very well.
- Oh, wonderful! Little Red Riding Hood smiled happily. “And I was afraid that I had disobeyed my mother.
– What brought you to the forest, dear girl? the wolf asked.
“I’m in a hurry to see my grandmother,” answered Riding Hood. - She has a very cold, and I go to visit her and carry a basket of goodies.
“What a glorious granddaughter you are,” replied the wolf. - Where does your grandmother live?
“A little further along this path,” said Riding Hood. “I have to go now, or I’ll be late home for dinner.”
Riding Hood said goodbye to the wolf and went further along the path. But she didn’t know that the wolf ran through the forest on his own way and managed to get to her grandmother’s house earlier. Riding Hood very opportunely showed him the way, and now the wolf had two dishes for dinner at once!
The old woman was sleeping in her bed when the wolf found her and immediately swallowed her in one fell swoop. Before the arrival of Riding Hood, he managed to dress up in his grandmother's clothes and lie down on the bed.
- Grandma, it's me, Riding Hood! The girl called out and knocked on the door. “I brought you a basket of treats!”
“Come in, my child,” answered the wolf, pretending to be Riding Hood’s grandmother.
Riding Hood decided that Grandmother must be very sick, because her voice was almost unrecognizable. The girl went up to the old woman and looked at her properly. Grandma didn't look like herself either.
– Oh, grandma, what big ears you have, – Riding Hood was surprised.
“This is to hear you better, my dear,” answered the wolf.
“Oh, what big eyes you have,” Red continued.
“This is to see you better, my dear,” answered the wolf.
– Oh, what big teeth you have!
IS TO EAT YOU, MY DEAR!
The wolf jumped out from under the blanket, and Little Red Riding Hood screamed in fear. He swallowed the girl in one fell swoop, and she ended up in his belly along with her grandmother. The wolf ate so much that he could hardly move. He went to bed to rest and wait for the girl and the old woman to digest.
Luckily, there was a lumberjack working in the forest nearby. He heard Riding Hood screaming, found his grandmother's house, saw that the door was open, and entered.
