Japanese crossword puzzle flying ship. Test on the Russian fairy tale "flying ship". What did he offer for the construction

Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman. They had three sons - the two eldest were known as clever, and the youngest was called a fool. The old woman loved the elders - she dressed cleanly, fed them deliciously. And the youngest in a leaky shirt was walking around, chewing a black crust.
- He, the fool, doesn't care: he doesn't understand anything, he doesn't understand anything!
Then one day the news reached that village: whoever builds a ship for the tsar so that he can walk on the seas and fly under the clouds, the tsar will give his daughter to him ...

The elder brothers decided to try their luck.
- Let us go, father and mother! Perhaps one of us will become a royal son-in-law!
The mother of the eldest sons equipped, baked white pies for them for the journey, fried and boiled chicken and goose meat:
- Go, little sons!
The brothers went into the forest, began to cut and saw trees. They chopped and sawed a lot. And they don't know what to do next. They began to argue and scold, and look, they will grab each other's hair.
An old man came up to them and asked:
- Why are you, fellows, arguing and swearing? Maybe I will tell you what word for your benefit?
Both brothers pounced on the old man - they did not listen to him, scolded him with bad words and drove away. The old man left.
The brothers also quarreled, ate all their supplies that their mother had given them, and returned home with nothing ... As they arrived, the younger one began to beg:
- Let me go now!
Mother and father began to dissuade him and keep him:
- Where are you, you fool, - the wolves will eat you on the way!
And the fool know yours repeats:
- Let go - I will go, and do not let go - I will go!
Mother and father see - you can't get along with him. They gave him a crust of dry black bread on the road and escorted him out of the house.
He took the fool with him an ax and went into the forest. I walked and walked through the forest and spotted a tall pine tree: this pine tree rests on the top of the clouds, only three of them can grasp it just right.
He cut down a pine tree, began to clear it of branches. An old man came up to him.
- Hello, - he says, - child!
- Hello, grandfather!
- What are you doing, child, why did you cut down such a big tree?
- But, grandfather, the tsar promised to marry his daughter to the one who builds a flying ship for him, and I'm building.
- Can you make such a ship? This is a tricky business, perhaps, and you will not be relieved.
- Wise is not tricky, but you have to try: you look, and I will! So you came by the way: old people, experienced, knowledgeable. Maybe you will advise me that. The old man says:
- Well, if you are asking for advice to you, listen: take your ax and remove this pine from the sides: this way!
And he showed how to trim.
The old fool obeyed - he cut the pine as he showed. He hews, marvels: the ax walks like that, and walks like that!
- Now, - says the old man, - trim the pine from the ends: this way and that way!
The fool does not let the old man's words deafen his ears: as the old man shows, so he does. He finished the work, the old man praised him and said:
- Well, now it's not a sin to take a break and eat a little.
“Eh, grandfather,” the fool says, “there’s food for me, this crumb is callous. And something to treat you? I suppose you won't bite my treat?
- Come on, little child, - the old man says, - give here your crumb!
The idiot gave him a crumb. The old man took it in his hands, examined it, felt it and said:
- Not so callous your bastard!
And gave it to the fool. If he took a fool, he couldn't believe his eyes: the fool turned into a soft and white loaf.
As they ate, the old man says:
- Well, now let's fix the sails!
And he pulled out a piece of canvas from his bosom. The old man shows, the fool is trying, he does everything conscientiously - and the sails are ready, fitted.
“Get into your ship now,” the old man says, “and fly wherever you want. Look, remember my order: on the way, put everyone you meet in your ship!
Then they said goodbye. The old man went his way, and the fool sat on the flying ship, straightened the sails. The sails were inflated, the ship soared into the sky, flew faster than the falcon. It flies a little lower than walking clouds, a little higher than standing forests ...
A fool flew and flew and saw: a man was lying on the road - with his ear to the damp ground. He went down and said:
- Great, uncle!
- Nice, well done!
- What are you doing?
- I am listening to what is happening on the other end of the earth.
- And what is going on there, uncle?
- Singing and pouring there are vociferous birds, one is better than the other!
- What are you, what a rumor! Get on my ship, let's fly together.
Hearing did not begin to excuse himself, got on the ship, and they flew on.
They flew and flew, they see a man walking along the road, walking on one leg, and the other leg tied to his ear.
- Great, uncle!
- Nice, well done!
- What are you jumping on one leg?
- Yes, if I untie the other leg, so in three steps I will step over the whole world!
- How fast you are! Sit down with us.
The skorokhod did not refuse, climbed onto the ship, and they flew on.
How many, you never know flew, lo and behold - there is a man with a gun, aiming. And what is aiming at - no one knows.
- Great, uncle! Whom you are aiming at - neither an animal nor a bird can be seen around.
- What are you! I'm not going to shoot close. I aim at a grater that sits on a tree a thousand miles away. Here's a shooting at me.
- Sit down with us, let's fly together!
He sat down and Shoot, and they all flew further. They flew, flew, and saw: a man was walking, carrying a huge bag of bread behind his back.
- Great, uncle! Where are you going?
- I'm going to get bread for my lunch.
- What else do you need bread for? Your sack is already full!
- Whats up! Put this bread in my mouth and swallow it. And to eat my fill, I need a hundred times that much!
- Look what you are! Get on board with us, let's fly together.
He sat down and Ovebalo on the ship, they flew on. They fly over forests, fly over fields, fly over rivers, fly over villages and villages.
Lo and behold: a man is walking near a large lake, shaking his head.
- Great, uncle! What are you looking for?
- I want to drink, so I'm looking for where to get drunk.
- Yes, there is a whole lake in front of you. Drink at your pleasure!
- Yes, this water for me will be only one sip. The fool marveled, his comrades marveled, and says:
- Well, do not worry, there is water for you. Get on the ship with us, we will fly far, there will be a lot of water for you!
Opivalo got into the ship, and they flew on. How many flew - no one knows, they only see: a man is walking into the forest, and behind him is a bundle of brushwood.
- Great, uncle! Tell us: why are you dragging brushwood into the forest?
- And this is not a simple brushwood. If you scatter it, immediately a whole army will appear.
- Sit down, uncle, with us!
And this one sat down with them. They flew further.
They flew and flew, lo and behold: an old man was walking, carrying a sack of straw.
- Hello, grandfather, gray head! Where are you carrying that straw?
- To the village.
- Isn't there enough straw in the village?
- There is a lot of straw, but there is no such one.
- What is it you have?
- And here's what: if I scatter it in a hot summer, it will become cold at once: snow will fall, frost will crackle.
- If so, the truth is yours: you will not find such straw in the village. Sit with us!
The refrigerator climbed with his bag into the ship, and they flew on.
They flew and flew and flew to the royal palace. The tsar was sitting at dinner at that time. He saw a flying ship and sent his servants:
- Go and ask: who flew on that ship - what overseas princes and princes?
The servants ran to the ship and saw that ordinary men were sitting on the ship.
The king's servants did not even ask them who they were and where they came from. They returned and reported to the king:
- Anyway! There is not a single prince on the ship, not a single prince, and all black bones are simple men. What will you order to do with them? “It's shameful for us to give our daughter off as a simple peasant,” thinks the king. “We need to get rid of such suitors.”
He asked his courtiers - princes and boyars:
- What should we do now, how to be?
They advised:
- The groom must be asked various difficult tasks, perhaps he will not solve them. Then we will turn from the gate and show him!
The king was overjoyed, and immediately sent his servants to the fool with the following order:
- Let the groom get us, until our royal dinner ends, living and dead water!
The fool thought:
- What am I going to do now? Yes, I will not find such water in a year, or perhaps all my life.
- And what am I for? - says Skorokhod. - I can handle for you instantly.
He untied his leg from his ear and ran to the distant lands in the thirtieth kingdom. He picked up two jugs of water, living and dead, and he thinks: "There is a lot of time ahead, let me sit a little - I will have time to return by time!"
I sat down under a thick, spreading oak tree, and dozed off ...
The royal dinner is coming to an end, but Skorokhod is not there.
Everyone on the flying ship was tanning - they didn't know what to do. And Hearing put his ear to the damp earth, listened and said:
- What a drowsy and drowsy! He sleeps under a tree, snores with might and main!
- But I'll wake him up now! - says Shooter. He grabbed "his gun, took aim and fired at the oak under which Skorokhod slept. Acorns fell from the oak, right on Skorokhod's head. He woke up.
- Fathers, yes, no way, I fell asleep!
He jumped up and at the same moment brought jugs of water:
- Get it!
The king got up from the table, looked at the jugs and said:
- Maybe this water is not real?
They caught a rooster, tore off its head and sprinkled it with dead water. The head grew instantly. They sprinkled it with live water - the rooster jumped to its feet, flapped its wings, "ku-ka-river!" screamed.
The king became vexed.
- Well, - he says to the fool, - you have fulfilled this task of mine. I'll ask another one now! If you are so clever, eat twelve fried bulls in one sitting with your matchmakers and as many breads as baked in forty ovens!
The fool is saddened, says to his comrades:
- Yes, I will not eat even one bread for the whole day!
- And what am I for? - says Obese. - I can handle both the bulls and their loaves alone. It will not be enough!
The fool ordered to tell the king:
- Bring the bulls and loaves. Will eat!
They brought twelve fried bulls and as many breads as baked in forty ovens. Let's eat the bulls - one by one. And loaf after loaf throws bread into the mouth. All the carts were empty.
- Let's get some more! - Shouts Overeat. - Why did you save so little? I just got a taste!
And the king has no more bulls or loaves.
“Now,” he says, “there’s a new order for you: to have forty barrels of beer drunk at a time, each barrel containing forty buckets.
“I won’t even drink one bucket,” the fool says to his matchmakers.
- What a sadness! - answers Opivalo. - Yes, I alone will drink all their beer, it will not be enough!
Forty barrels rolled in. They began to scoop up beer in buckets and serve it to Opival. He takes a sip - the bucket is empty.
- What are you bringing me with buckets? - says Opivalo. - That way we will run through the whole day!
He raised the barrel and emptied it all at once, without breathing. He picked up another barrel - and it rolled away. So he drained all forty barrels.
- Isn't there, - asks, - more beer? I'm not drunk enough! Didn't wet my throat!
The tsar sees: nothing fool can be taken. I decided to destroy him with cunning.
- Okay, - he says, - I'll marry you my daughter, get ready for the crown! Just before the wedding, go to the bathhouse, wash, steam out thoroughly.
And he ordered to heat the bath. And the bathhouse was all cast-iron.
For three days the bath was heated, red-hot. Fire-heat from her glows, for five fathoms you cannot approach her.
- How will I wash? - says the fool. - I'll burn it alive.
- Do not be sad, - replies Chilled. - I'll go with you!
He ran to the king, asks:
- Would you allow me and my fiance to go to the bathhouse? I'll put straws on him so that he doesn't get dirty on his heels!
King what? He allowed: "That one will burn, that both!"
They brought the fool with the Refrigerator to the bathhouse, locked up there. And Kholodila scattered straw in the bathhouse - and it became cold, the walls were covered with frost, the water froze in the cast iron.
Some time passed, the servants opened the door. They look, and the fool is alive and well, and the old man too.
- Eh, you, - says the fool, - but in your bath, do not take a steam bath, but perhaps ride on a sled!
The servants ran to the king. They reported: so, they say, and so. The king rushed about, did not know what to do, how to get rid of the fool.
I thought and thought and ordered him:
- Put a whole regiment of soldiers in front of my palace in the morning. Expose - I will marry you a daughter. If you don't put it out, I'll drive it out!
And on his own mind: “How can a simple peasant get an army? He couldn't do that. Then we'll kick him in the neck! "
The fool heard the royal order - he says to his matchmakers:
- You helped me out, brothers, from trouble more than once or twice ... And now what shall we do?
- Eh, you have found something to grieve about! - says the old man with brushwood. - Yes, I will put out at least seven regiments with generals! Go to the king, tell him - he will have an army!
A fool came to the king.
- I will carry out, - he says, - your order, only for the last time. And if you try to excuse yourself - blame yourself!
Early in the morning an old man with brushwood called a fool and went out with him into the field. He scattered the bundle, and an innumerable army appeared - both on foot, and on horseback, and with cannons. Trumpets blow the trumpets, drummers beat drums, generals give commands, horses beat their hooves into the ground ... The fool stood in front, led the army to the royal palace. He stopped in front of the palace, ordered to blow the trumpets louder, beat the drums harder.
The king heard, looked out the window, became whiter than linen from fright. He ordered the governors to withdraw their troops, to go to war on the fool.
The governors led the tsarist army, began to shoot at the fool and fire. And the foolish soldiers walk like a wall, the tsarist army crumple like grass. The commanders were frightened and ran back, followed by the entire royal army.
The tsar got out of the palace, on his knees in front of a fool crawling, asks to accept expensive gifts and get married with the princess as soon as possible.
The fool says to the king:
- Now you are not a pointer to us! We have our own mind!
He drove out the king and never ordered him to return to that kingdom. And he himself married the princess.
- The princess is a young and kind girl. There is no fault on her!
And he began to live in that kingdom, to do all sorts of things.
Alternative text:
- Russian folk tale processed by A.N. Afanasyev

Fairy tale test

"Flying ship"

Prepared

Ryzyvanova A.V.

teacher MBOU SOSH №5

pyt-Yakh

1. Fairy tale "The Flying Ship"

A) Russian folk;

B) Ukrainian folk;

C) Belarusian folk.

2. How many sons did the old man have

and old women?

3. What did the king demand to build?

A) airplane;

B) motor ship;

C) ship.

4. What he offered for the construction

the king of the ship?

A) my kingdom;

B) a bag of money;

C) to marry the daughter.

5. Whom did the brothers meet in the forest?

A) forester;

B) the old man;

C) the magician.

6. What does the word "expert" mean?

A) leading somewhere;

B) knowing about something;

C) bringing someone together with someone.

7. What tree was the ship built from?

A) birch;

8. What order did the old man give to the fool?

A) do not put anyone you meet in your ship;

B) put everyone you meet in your ship;

C) stop only at a traffic light.

9. What is the correct order of planting

those whom the fool met on his way to the king.

A) Heard, Skorokhod, Refrigerated, old man with brushwood,

Shoot, Eaten, Drank;

B) Heard, Skorokhod, Shoot, Ate, Drank

It was cold, an old man with brushwood;

C) Heard, Skorokhod, Shoot,

Eat, Drank,

old man with brushwood, chilled

Check yourself.

flying ship

Once upon a time, there was an old man and an old woman. They had three sons - the two eldest were known as clever, and the youngest was called a fool. The old woman loved the elders - she dressed cleanly, fed them deliciously. And the youngest walked in a leaky shirt, chewing a black crust.

He, the fool, doesn't care: he doesn't understand anything, he doesn't understand anything!

Then one day the news reached that village: whoever builds a ship for the tsar so that he can walk on the seas and fly under the clouds, the tsar will give his daughter to him.

The elder brothers decided to try their luck.

Let us go, father and mother! Perhaps one of us will become a royal son-in-law!

The mother of the eldest sons equipped, baked white pies for them for the journey, fried and boiled chicken and goose meat:

Go, little sons!

The brothers went into the forest, began to cut and saw trees. They chopped and sawed a lot. And they don't know what to do next. They began to argue and scold, and look, they will grab each other's hair.

An old man came up to them and asked:

Why are you, fellows, arguing and swearing? Maybe I will tell you what word for your benefit?

Both brothers pounced on the old man - they did not listen to him, cursed him with bad words and chased him away. The old man left.

The brothers also quarreled, ate all their supplies that their mother had given them, and returned home with nothing ...

When they arrived, the younger one began to ask:

Let me go now!

Mother and father began to dissuade him and keep him:

Where are you, you fool, - the wolves will eat you on the way!

And the fool, know yours, says:

Let go - I will go, and do not let go - I will go!

Mother and father see - you can't get along with him. They gave him a crust of dry black bread on the road and escorted him out of the house.

He took the fool with him an ax and went into the forest. I walked and walked through the forest and spotted a tall pine tree: this pine tree rests on the top of the clouds, only three of them can grasp it just right.

He cut down a pine tree, began to clear it of branches. An old man came up to him.

Hello, - he says, - child!

Hello grandfather!

What are you doing, child, why did you cut down such a big tree?

But, grandfather, the tsar promised to marry his daughter to the one who will build a flying ship for him, and I am building.

Can you make such a ship? This is a tricky business, perhaps, and you will not be relieved.

Wise is not tricky, but you have to try: you look, and I will! So you came by the way: old people, experienced, knowledgeable. Maybe you will advise me that.

The old man says:

Well, if you are asking for advice to you, listen: take your ax and remove this pine from the sides: this way!

And he showed how to trim.

The fool of the old man obeyed - he cut the pine as he showed. He hews, marvels: the ax walks like that, and walks like that!

Now, says the old man, trim the pine tree from the ends: this way and that way!

The fool does not let the old man's words deafen his ears: as the old man shows, so he does.

He finished the work, the old man praised him and said:

Well, now it's not a sin to take a break and eat a little.

Eh, grandfather, - says the fool, - there will be food for me, this crumb is callous. And something to treat you? You probably won't bite my treat?

Come on, little child, - the old man says, - give here your little one!

The idiot gave him a crumb. The old man took it in his hands, examined it, felt it and said:

Not so stale your bastard!

And served it to the fool. He took a fool to a cracker - he does not believe his eyes: the cracker has turned into a soft and white loaf.

As they ate, the old man says:

Well, now let's adjust the sails!

And he pulled out a piece of canvas from his bosom.

The old man shows, the fool is trying, he does everything conscientiously - and the sails are ready, fitted.

Get into your ship now, says the old man, and fly wherever you want. Look, remember my order: on the way, put everyone you meet in your ship!

A fool flew and flew and saw: a man was lying on the road - with his ear to the damp ground. He went down and said:

Great, uncle!

Nice, well done!

What are you doing?

I listen to what is happening on the other end of the earth.

And what is going on there, uncle?

Singing and singing there are vociferous birds, one is better than the other!

What a rumor you are! Get on my ship, let's fly together.

Hearing did not begin to excuse himself, got on the ship, and they flew on.

They flew and flew, they see a man walking along the road, walking on one leg, and the other leg tied to his ear.

Great, uncle!

Nice, well done!

Why are you jumping on one leg?

Yes, if I untie the other leg, I will step over the whole world in three steps!

How fast you are! Sit down with us.

The skorokhod did not refuse, climbed onto the ship, and they flew on.

How many, you never know flew, lo and behold - a man with a gun is standing, aiming. And what he is aiming at is unknown.

Great, uncle! Whom you are aiming at - neither an animal nor a bird can be seen around.

What are you! I'm not going to shoot close. I aim at the grater that sits on a tree a thousand miles away. Here's a shooting at me.

Sit down with us, let's fly together!

He sat down and Shoot, and they all flew further.

They flew, flew and saw: a man was walking, carrying a huge bag of bread behind his back.

Great, uncle! Where are you going?

I'm going to get bread for my lunch.

What else do you need bread for? Your sack is already full!

Whats up! Put this bread in my mouth and swallow it. And to eat my fill, I need a hundred times that much!

Look what you are! Get on board with us, let's fly together.

He sat down and Ovebalo on the ship, they flew on.

They fly over forests, fly over fields, fly over rivers, fly over villages and villages.

Lo and behold: a man is walking near a large lake, shaking his head.

Great, uncle! What are you looking for?

I want to drink, so I'm looking for where to get drunk.

Yes, there is a whole lake in front of you. Drink at your pleasure!

Yes, this water will be just one sip for me.

The fool marveled, his comrades marveled and say:

Well, do not worry, there is water for you. Get on the ship with us, we will fly far, there will be a lot of water for you!

Opivalo got into the ship, and they flew on.

How many flew - no one knows, they only see: a man is walking into the forest, and behind him is a bundle of brushwood.

Great, uncle! Tell us: why are you dragging brushwood into the forest?

And this is not a simple brushwood. If you scatter it, immediately a whole army will appear.

Sit down, uncle, with us!

And this one sat down with them. They flew further.

They flew and flew, lo and behold: an old man was walking, carrying a sack of straw.

Hello, grandfather, gray head! Where are you carrying that straw?

To the village.

Isn't there enough straw in the village?

There is a lot of straw, but there is no such.

What is it you have?

And here's what: if I scatter it in a hot summer, it will become cold at once: snow will fall, frost will crackle.

If so, the truth is yours: you will not find such straw in the village. Sit with us!

The refrigerator climbed with his sack into the ship, and they flew on.

They flew and flew and flew to the royal court.

The tsar was sitting at dinner at that time. He saw a flying ship and sent his servants:

Go ask: who flew on that ship - what overseas princes and princes?

The servants ran up to the ship and saw that ordinary men were sitting on the ship.

The king's servants did not even ask them who they were and where they came from. They returned and reported to the king:

Anyway! There is not a single prince on the ship, not a single prince, and all black bones are simple men. What will you order to do with them?

“It's shameful for us to give our daughter off as a simple peasant,” thinks the king. “We need to get rid of such suitors.”

He asked his courtiers - princes and boyars:

What should we do now, what should we do?

They also advised:

The groom must be asked various difficult tasks, perhaps he will not solve them. Then we will turn from the gate and show him!

The king was overjoyed, and immediately sent his servants to the fool with the following order:

Let the groom get us, until our royal dinner is over, living and dead water!

The fool thought:

What am I going to do now? Yes, I will not find such water in a year, or perhaps all my life.

And what am I for? - says Skorokhod. - I can handle for you instantly.

He untied his leg from his ear and ran to the distant lands in the thirtieth kingdom. He picked up two jugs of water, living and dead, and he thinks: "There is a lot of time ahead, let me sit a little - I will have time to return by time!"

I sat down under a thick, spreading oak tree, and dozed off ...

The royal dinner is coming to an end, but Skorokhod is not there.

Everyone on the flying ship was tanning - they did not know what to do. And Hearing put his ear to the damp earth, listened and said:

How drowsy and drowsy! He sleeps under a tree, snores with might and main!

But I'll wake him up now! - says Shooter.

He grabbed his gun, took aim and fired at the oak under which Skorokhod slept. Acorns fell from the oak - right on Skorokhod's head. He woke up.

Fathers, yes, no way, I fell asleep!

He jumped up and at the same moment brought jugs of water:

Get it!

The king got up from the table, looked at the jugs and said:

Or maybe this water is not real?

They caught a rooster, tore off its head and sprinkled it with dead water. The head grew instantly. They sprinkled it with live water - the rooster jumped to its feet, flapped its wings, "ku-ka-river!" screamed.

The king became annoyed.

Well, - he says to the fool, - you have fulfilled this task of mine. I'll ask another one now! If you are so clever, eat twelve fried bulls in one sitting with your matchmakers and as many breads as baked in forty ovens!

The fool is saddened, says to his comrades:

Yes, I won't even eat one bread in a whole day!

And what am I for? - says Overeat. - I can handle both the bulls and their loaves alone. It will not be enough!

The fool ordered to tell the king:

Bring the bulls and loaves. Let's eat!

They brought twelve fried bulls and as many breads as baked in forty ovens.

Let's eat the bulls - one by one. And loaf after loaf throws bread into the mouth. All the carts were empty.

Let's get some more! - Shouts Obese. - Why did you save so little? I just got a taste!

And the king has no more bulls or loaves.

Now, - he says, - a new order for you: that forty barrels of beer were drunk at a time, each barrel containing forty buckets.

Yes, I won't even drink one bucket, - says the fool to his matchmakers.

Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman. They had three sons - the two eldest were known as clever, and the youngest was called a fool. The old woman loved the elders - she dressed cleanly, fed them deliciously. And the youngest in a leaky shirt was walking around, chewing a black crust. - He, the fool, does not care: he does not understand anything, does not understand anything! Then one day the news reached that village: whoever builds a ship for the tsar, so that he can walk on the seas and fly under the clouds, the tsar will give his daughter to him. The elder brothers decided to try their luck. - Let us go, father and mother! Perhaps one of us will become a royal son-in-law! The mother of the eldest sons outfitted them, baked them white pies for the journey, fried and cooked chicken and goose meat: - Go, sons! The brothers went into the forest, began to cut and saw trees. They chopped and sawed a lot. And they don't know what to do next. They began to argue and scold, and look, they will grab each other's hair. An old man came up to them and asked: - Why are you, fellows, arguing and swearing? Maybe I will tell you what word for your benefit? Both brothers pounced on the old man - they did not listen to him, cursed him with bad words and chased him away. The old man left. The brothers also quarreled, ate all their supplies that their mother had given them, and returned home with nothing ... As they came, the younger one began to beg: - Let me go now! Mother and father began to dissuade him and keep him: - Where are you, you fool, - the wolves will eat you on the way! And the fool know yours repeating: - Let go - I will go, and do not let go - I will go! Mother and father see - you can't get along with him. They gave him a crust of dry black bread on the way and escorted him out of the house. He took the fool with him an ax and went into the forest. I walked and walked through the forest and spotted a tall pine tree: this pine tree with its top rests against the clouds, only three of them can grasp it just right. He cut down a pine tree, began to clear it of branches. An old man came up to him. - Hello, - he says, - child! - Hello, grandfather! - What are you doing, child, why did you cut down such a big tree? - But, grandfather, the tsar promised to marry his daughter to the one who builds a flying ship for him, and I'm building. - Can you make such a ship? This is a tricky business, perhaps, and you will not be relieved. - Wise is not tricky, but you have to try: you look, and I will! So you came by the way: old people are experienced, knowledgeable. Maybe you will advise me that. The old man says: - Well, if you are asking for advice to you, listen: take your ax and remove this pine from the sides: this way! And he showed how to trim. The fool of the old man obeyed - he cut the pine as he showed. He hews, he is amazed: the ax walks like that, and walks like that! - Now, - says the old man, - trim the pine from the ends: this way and that way! The fool does not let the old man's words go deaf ear: as the old man shows, so he does. He finished the work, the old man praised him and said: - Well, now it's not a sin to take a break and eat a little. “Eh, grandfather,” the fool says, “there’s food for me, this crumb is callous. And something to treat you? I suppose you won't bite my treat? - Come on, little child, - says the old man, - give here your crumb! The idiot gave him a crumb. The old man took it in his hands, examined it, felt it, and said: - Not so callous your bastard! And served it to the fool. He took the fool to the crumbs - he does not believe his eyes: the crumbs have turned into a soft and white loaf. As they ate, the old man said: - Well, now we will adjust the sails! And he pulled out a piece of canvas from his bosom. The old man shows, the fool is trying, he does everything conscientiously - and the sails are ready, fitted. “Get into your ship now,” the old man says, “and fly wherever you want. Look, remember my order: on the way, put everyone you meet in your ship! Then they said goodbye. The old man went his own way, and the fool sat on the flying ship, straightened the sails. The sails were inflated, the ship soared into the sky, flew faster than the falcon. He flies a little lower than walking clouds, a little higher than standing forests ... A fool flew and flew and saw: a man was lying on the road - his ear fell to the damp ground. He went downstairs and said: - Hello, uncle! - Nice, well done! - What are you doing? - I am listening to what is happening on the other end of the earth. - And what is going on there, uncle? - Singing and pouring there are vociferous birds, one is better than the other! - What a rumor you are! Get on my ship, let's fly together. Hearing did not begin to excuse himself, boarded the ship, and they flew on. They flew and flew, they see - a man is walking along the road, walking on one leg, and the other leg is tied to his ear. - Great, uncle! - Nice, well done! - What are you jumping on one leg? - Yes, if I untie the other leg, so in three steps I will step over the whole world! - How fast you are! Sit down with us. The skorokhod did not refuse, climbed onto the ship, and they flew on. How many, you never know flew, lo and behold - there is a man with a gun, aiming. And what is aiming at - no one knows. - Great, uncle! Whom you are aiming at - neither an animal nor a bird can be seen around. - What are you! I'm not going to shoot close. I aim at the grater that sits on a tree a thousand miles away. Here is such a shooting at me. - Sit down with us, let's fly together! Sat down and Shoot, and they all flew further. They flew, flew, and saw: a man was walking, carrying a huge bag of bread behind his back. - Great, uncle! Where are you going? - I'm going to get bread for my lunch. - What else do you need bread for? Your sack is already full! - Whats up! Put this bread in my mouth and swallow it. And to eat my fill, I need a hundred times that much! - Look what you are! Get on board with us, let's fly together. He sat down and Ovebalo on the ship, they flew on. They fly over forests, fly over fields, fly over rivers, fly over villages and villages. Lo and behold: a man is walking near a large lake, shaking his head. - Great, uncle! What are you looking for? - I want to drink, so I'm looking for where to get drunk. - Yes, there is a whole lake in front of you. Drink at your pleasure! - Yes, this water for me will be only one sip. The fool marveled, his comrades marveled and said: - Well, do not worry, there is water for you. Get on the ship with us, we will fly far, there will be a lot of water for you! Opivalo got into the ship, and they flew on. How many flew - no one knows, they only see: a man is walking into the forest, and behind him is a bundle of brushwood. - Great, uncle! Tell us: why are you dragging brushwood into the forest? - And this is not a simple brushwood. If you scatter it, immediately a whole army will appear. - Sit down, uncle, with us! And this one sat down with them. They flew further. They flew and flew, lo and behold: an old man was walking, carrying a sack of straw. - Hello, grandfather, gray-haired head! Where are you carrying that straw? - To the village. - Isn't there enough straw in the village? - There is a lot of straw, but there is no such one. - What is it you have? - But what: if I scatter it in a hot summer - and it will become cold at once: the snow will fall, the frost will crackle. - If so, the truth is yours: you will not find such straw in the village. Sit with us! The refrigerator climbed with his sack into the ship, and they flew on. They flew, flew and flew to the royal palace. The tsar was sitting at dinner at that time. He saw a flying ship and sent his servants: - Go ask: who flew on that ship - what overseas princes and princes? The servants ran to the ship and saw that ordinary men were sitting on the ship. The king's servants did not even ask them who they were and where they came from. They returned and reported to the tsar: - So and so! There is not a single prince on the ship, not a single prince, and all black bones are simple men. What will you order to do with them? “It’s shameful for us to give our daughter away for a simple peasant,” thinks the tsar. “We must get rid of such suitors.” He asked his courtiers - princes and boyars: - What should we do now, what should we do? They also advised: - The groom needs to ask different difficult tasks, maybe he will not solve them. Then we will turn from the gate and show him! The king was overjoyed, and immediately sent his servants to the fool with the following order: “Let the groom get us, until our royal dinner is over, living and dead water! The fool thought: - What am I going to do now? Yes, I will not find such water in a year, or perhaps all my life. - And what am I for? - says Skorokhod. - I can handle for you in a moment. He untied his leg from his ear and ran across the distant lands to the thirtieth kingdom. He picked up two jugs of water, living and dead, and he thinks: "There is a lot of time ahead, let me sit a little - I will have time to return in time!" He sat down under a thick, spreading oak tree, and dozed off ... The Tsar's dinner was coming to an end, but Skorokhod was gone. Everyone on the flying ship was sunbathing - they didn't know what to do. And Dushalo put his ear to the damp earth, listened and said: - What a sleepy and drowsy one! He sleeps under a tree, snores with might and main! - But I'll wake him up now! - says Shooter. He grabbed "his gun, took aim and shot at the oak under which Skorokhod slept. Acorns fell from the oak, right on Skorokhod's head. He woke up." water: “Get it!” The king got up from the table, looked at the jugs and said: “Maybe this water is not real? They caught a rooster, tore off his head and sprinkled it with dead water. , he flapped his wings, shouted “ku-ka-river!” he shouted. The tsar became annoyed. “Well,” he says to the fool, “you have completed this task of mine. Now I’ll ask another one! fried bulls and as many loaves as there are baked in forty ovens! ”The fool was saddened, said to his comrades:“ I won’t eat even one bread in a whole day! ” I’ll manage alone. It will not be enough! ”The fool ordered to tell the king:“ Bring the bulls and loaves. there is! They brought twelve fried bulls and as many breads as baked in forty ovens. Let's eat the bulls, one after the other. And loaf after loaf throws bread into the mouth. All the carts were empty. - Let's get some more! - Shouts Obese. - Why did you save so little? I just got a taste! And the king has no more bulls or loaves. “Now,” he says, “there’s a new order for you: to have forty barrels of beer drunk at a time, each barrel containing forty buckets. “I won’t even drink one bucket,” the fool says to his matchmakers. - What a sadness! - answers Opivalo. - Yes, I alone will drink all their beer, it will not be enough! We rolled forty barrels, forty. They began to scoop up beer in buckets and serve it to Opival. He takes a sip - the bucket is empty. - What are you bringing me with buckets? - says Opivalo. - That way we will run through the whole day! He raised the barrel and emptied it at once, without breathing. He picked up another barrel - and it rolled away. So he drained all forty barrels. - Isn't there, - asks, - more beer? I'm not drunk enough! Didn't wet my throat! The tsar sees: nothing fool can be taken. I decided to destroy him by cunning. - Okay, - he says, - I'll marry you for my daughter, get ready for the crown! Just before the wedding, go to the bathhouse, wash, steam out thoroughly. And he ordered to heat the bath. And the bathhouse was all cast-iron. For three days the bath was heated, red-hot. Fire-heat from her glows, for five fathoms you cannot approach her. - How will I wash? - says the fool. - I'll burn it alive. - Do not be sad, - replies Chilled. - I'll go with you! He ran to the king, asks: - Would you allow me and my fiance to go to the bathhouse? I'll put straws on him so that he doesn't get dirty on his heels! King what? He allowed: "That one will burn, that both!" They brought the fool with the Refrigerator into the bathhouse, locked up there. And Kholodila scattered straw in the bath - and it became cold, the walls were covered with frost, the water froze in the cast iron. Some time passed, the servants opened the door. They look, and the fool is alive and well, and the old man too. - Eh, you, - says the fool, - but in your bath, do not take a steam bath, but perhaps ride on a sled! The servants ran to the king. They reported: so, they say, and so. The king rushed about, did not know what to do, how to get rid of the fool. He thought and thought and ordered him: - Put a whole regiment of soldiers in front of my palace in the morning. Expose - I will marry you a daughter. If you don't put it out, I'll drive it out! And on his own mind: "How can a simple peasant get an army? He won't be able to do this. Then we'll kick him out!" The fool heard the tsar's order - he says to his matchmakers: - You helped me out, brothers, from trouble more than once or twice ... And now what are we going to do? - Eh, you have found something to grieve about! - says the old man with brushwood. - Yes, I will put out at least seven regiments with generals! Go to the king, tell him - he will have an army! A fool came to the king. - I will carry out, - he says, - your order, only for the last time. And if you try to excuse yourself - blame yourself! Early in the morning an old man with brushwood called the fool and went out with him into the field. He scattered the bundle, and an innumerable army appeared - both on foot, and on horseback, and with cannons. Trumpeters blow trumpets, drummers beat drums, generals give commands, horses beat their hooves into the ground ... Fool stood in front, led an army to the royal palace. He stopped in front of the palace, ordered to blow the trumpets louder, beat the drums harder. The king heard, looked out the window, became whiter than linen from fright. He ordered the governors to withdraw their troops, to go to war on the fool. The governors led the tsarist army, began to shoot at the fool and fire. And the foolish soldiers walk like a wall, the tsarist army crumple like grass. The commanders were frightened and ran back, followed by the entire royal army. The tsar got out of the palace, crawling on his knees in front of a fool, asking him to accept expensive gifts and get married with the princess. The fool says to the king: - Now you are not a pointer to us! We have our own mind! He drove out the king and never ordered him to return to that kingdom. And he himself married the princess. - The princess is a young and kind girl. There is no fault on her! And he began to live in that kingdom, to do all sorts of things.