Fairy tales

All about the fairy tale pipe and jug. Kataev V.P. - A pipe and a jug

Strawberries ripened in the forest. Dad took a mug, mom took a cup, the girl Zhenya took a jug, and little Pavlik was given a saucer. They went into the forest and began to pick berries: whoever picks them up first. Zhenya's mother chose a better clearing and says:

“Here’s a great place for you, daughter. There are a lot of strawberries here. Go collect.

Zhenya wiped the jug with burdock and began to walk around. She walked and walked, looked and looked, found nothing and returned with an empty jug. He sees that everyone has strawberries. Dad has a quarter cup. Mom has half a cup. And little Pavlik has two berries on a silver platter.

- Mom, and mom, why do you all have it, but I don’t have anything? You probably chose the worst clearing for me.

- Did you search well?

- Good. There are no berries, only leaves.

Have you looked under the leaves?

- Didn't look.

- Here you see! We must look.

Why doesn't Pavlik look in?

- The peacock is small. He himself is as tall as strawberries, he doesn’t even need to look in, and you are already a pretty tall girl.

And dad says:

Berries are tricky. They are always hiding from people. You need to be able to get them. Watch how I do.

Then dad sat down, bent down to the very ground, looked under the leaves and began to look for berry after berry, saying:

“Okay,” Zhenya said. - Thank you, daddy. I will do so.

- I take one berry, I look at another, I notice the third, and the fourth seems to me.

However, Zhenya soon got tired of squatting.

Enough with me, he thinks. “I must have gained a lot.

Zhenya got to her feet and looked into the jug. And there are only four berries. Quite a few! Again, you need to squat down. Nothing to do about.

Zhenya sat down again on her haunches, began to pick berries, saying:

- I take one berry, I look at another, I notice the third, and the fourth seems to me.

Zhenya looked into the jug, and there were only eight berries - even the bottom was not yet closed.

“Well,” he thinks, “I don’t like to collect at all. Bend over and bend over all the time. Until you pick up a jug, what good, and you can get tired. I'd better go and look for another clearing.

Zhenya went through the forest to look for such a clearing, where strawberries do not hide under the leaves, but climb into their eyes and ask for a jug.

I walked and walked, I didn’t find such a clearing, I got tired and sat down on a stump to rest. He sits, from nothing to do, takes out berries from a jug and puts it in his mouth. She ate all eight berries, looked into an empty jug and thinks:

- What to do now? If only someone could help me!

As soon as she thought this, the moss stirred, the ant parted, and a small, strong old man crawled out from under the stump: a white coat, a gray beard, a velvet hat and a dry blade of grass across the hat.

“Hello girl,” he says.

- Hello, uncle.

- I'm not an uncle, but a grandfather. Al didn't know? I am an old boletus, a native forester, the head of all mushrooms and berries. What are you sighing about? Who hurt you?

- Offended me, grandfather, berries.

- I do not know. They are meek. How did they hurt you?

- They don’t want to show themselves in front of the eyes, they hide under the leaves. You can't see anything from above. Bend over bend over. Until you pick up a full jug, what good, and you can get tired.

The old boletus, the indigenous forester, stroked his gray beard, grinned into his mustache and said:

- Sheer nonsense! I have a special pipe for this. As soon as she starts to play, so now all the berries from under the leaves will appear.

An old boletus, a native forester, took out a pipe from his pocket and said:

- Play, darling.

The pipe began to play by itself, and as soon as it began to play, berries peeked out from under the leaves from everywhere.

- Stop it, bitch.

The pipe stopped, and the berries hid.

Zhenya was delighted:

- Grandpa, grandpa, give me this pipe!

I can't give. And let's change: I'll give you a pipe, and you give me a jug - I really liked it.

- Good. With great pleasure.

Zhenya gave the jug to the old boletus, the indigenous forester, took the pipe from him and quickly ran to her clearing. She ran, stood in the middle, said:

- Play, darling.

The pipe began to play, and at the same moment all the leaves in the clearing stirred, began to turn, as if the wind had blown on them.

First, the youngest curious berries, still quite green, looked out from under the leaves. Behind them, the heads of older berries were stuck out - one cheek is pink, the other is white. Then the berries came out quite ripe - large and red. And finally, old berries appeared from the very bottom, almost black, wet, fragrant, covered with yellow seeds.

And soon the whole clearing around Zhenya was strewn with berries, which shone brightly in the sun and reached for the pipe.

— Play, pipe, play! Zhenya screamed. - Play fast!

The pipe began to play faster, and even more berries poured out - so many that under them the leaves could not be seen at all.

But Zhenya did not let up:

— Play, pipe, play! Play even faster.

The pipe began to play even faster, and the whole forest was filled with such a pleasant, quick ringing, as if it were not a forest, but a music box.

The bees stopped pushing the butterfly off the flower; the butterfly flapped its wings like a book, the robin chicks looked out from their light nest, which swayed in the elderberry branches, and opened their yellow mouths in admiration, the mushrooms rose on tiptoe so as not to miss a single sound, and even the old pop-eyed dragonfly, known for its grumpy character , stopped in the air, admiring the wonderful music to the depths of her soul.

“Now I’ll start collecting!” - Zhenya thought, and was already stretching out her hand to the largest and reddest berry, when she suddenly remembered that she had exchanged a jug for a pipe and now she had nowhere to put strawberries.

- Oh, you stupid bastard! the girl shouted angrily. - I have nowhere to put the berries, and you played out. Shut up now!

Zhenya ran back to the old boletus, the native forester, and said:

“Grandfather, grandfather, give me back my pitcher!” I have nowhere to pick berries.

“Very well,” answers the old boletus, a native forester, “I will give you your jug, only you give back my pipe.”

Zhenya gave the old man a boletus, a native forester, his pipe, took her jug and quickly ran back to the clearing.

She ran, and there was not a single berry visible - only leaves. What a misfortune! There is a jug - there are not enough pipes. How to be here?

Zhenya thought, thought, and decided to go again to the old boletus, the native forester, for a pipe.

Comes and says:

- Grandpa, grandpa, give me the pipe again!

- Good. Just give me the jug again.

- I'm not giving it. I myself need a jug to put berries in it.

- Well, then I won't give you a pipe.

Zhenya pleaded:

- Grandfather, and grandfather, how will I pick berries in my jug when, without your pipe, they all sit under the leaves and don’t show up? I certainly need both a jug and a pipe.

“Look, what a sly girl! Give her both a pipe and a jug! You can do without a pipe, with one jug.

"I won't, grandpa."

- How do other people manage?

- Other people bend down to the very ground, look under the leaves from the side and take berry after berry. They take one berry, look at another, notice the third, and imagine the fourth. So I don't like collecting. Bend over bend over. Until you pick up a full jug, what good, and you can get tired.

— Oh, that's how! - said the old boletus, a native forester, and was so angry that his beard instead of a gray-gray one turned black-black. — Oh, that's how! Yes, you, it turns out, just a lazybones! Take your jug and get out of here! You won't get any fluff.

With these words, the old boletus, the indigenous forest man, stamped his foot and fell under the stump.

Zhenya looked at her empty jug, remembered that her father, mother and little Pavlik were waiting for her, quickly ran to her clearing, squatted down, looked under the leaves and began to quickly take berry after berry. He takes one, looks at the other, notices the third, and imagines the fourth ...

Soon Zhenya took a full jug and returned to her father, mother and little Pavlik.

“Here’s a good girl,” dad said to Zhenya, “she brought a full jug!” Are you tired?

- Nothing, daddy. The pitcher helped me. And everyone went home - dad with a full mug, mom with a full cup, Zhenya with a full jug, and little Pavlik with a full saucer.

Zhenya didn't say anything about the pipe to anyone.

V. Kataev wrote a short story "Pipe and Jug", which teaches children that you need to work hard to get a good result. In this work, everyday plot and magical characters are intertwined - this is of interest to young readers. Below is a summary of the "pipe and jug".

Main characters

A brief summary of "The Pipe and the Jug" should begin with an acquaintance with the heroes of this story.

Zhenya is a lazy girl, she did not want to constantly bend down to find berries. Therefore, she asked the old boletus for a magic pipe.

The old boletus is the head of all berries and mushrooms. Dislikes lazy people.

Family goes for berries

The girl walked through the clearing, but did not find anything. When she arrives, she sees that everyone has berries. Dad collected a quarter cup, mom had half a cup, and little brother Pavlik had two berries on a saucer.

Parents teach Zhenya to look for berries

Further, in the summary of "Pipe and Jug", the girl complains that she did not find strawberries, because she was advised the worst clearing. Mom asked her daughter if she looked under the leaves. Zhenya says no. She was told that she needed to look there.

The girl asked why her little brother wasn't watching. The adults explain to her that he is short, and Zhenya is already tall, so she will have to bend down to find strawberries. Dad showed the girl how to pick berries. Zhenya thanked her father and went to her clearing.

Search for a strawberry field

But she soon got tired of squatting and Zhenya decided that she had already collected a lot. But, looking into the jug, she saw that there were only four berries. The girl was upset and continued to collect further. But again she quickly got tired, she thought that now there were a lot of strawberries in the jug. And I saw only eight berries.

The wife did not like to bend down all the time, so she decided to look for another clearing, where the strawberries do not hide, but she herself is going into a jug. I went but never found this place. The girl was hungry and ate all the berries.

Meeting with the old man-boletus

An interesting moment in the summary of Kataev's "Pipe and Jug" is the meeting of the girl Zhenya and the forest grandfather. At that moment, when the girl did not know how to pick strawberries, a small old man of strong build crawled out from under the stump.

He introduced himself to the girl as an old mushroom and said that he was in charge of all the berries and mushrooms. Zhenya told him that his berries offended her. The old man was surprised, because they are always quiet with him. The girl talked about how they hide under the leaves, but she does not want to constantly bend down. Here the forest grandfather tells the girl about the magic pipe.

If you play on this pipe, then all the berries immediately appear from under the leaves. He asked her to start playing. And, having heard magical sounds, strawberries immediately appeared in the clearing. When the boletus asked her to stop playing, the berries hid again.

Zhenya wanted to get a magic pipe. Grandfather offered her an exchange: she gave him a jug, and he gave her a tool. The girl was delighted and gladly gave him a jug, and she herself decided that with the help of a pipe she could collect a lot of berries.

How Zhenya collected strawberries

The summary of the tale "The Pipe and the Jug" ends with the fact that the girl began to do as the old boletus showed her. There were more and more berries, but Zhenya had few berries, so the pipe played longer and longer, until the whole clearing was strewn with berries.

Only the girl wanted to start picking strawberries, but she remembered that she had given the jug to the forest grandfather. Zhenya got angry at the instrument and ran to the old boletus. They changed back. The girl wanted to pick berries, but they hid again. Then she began to ask the magical old man for a pipe and a jug.

Borovik did not agree and asked why she needed a pipe. Zhenya explains to him that she does not like to constantly bend over for berries. The forest grandfather got angry that she was lazy, and took the pipe, disappearing under the stump. My wife had to pick strawberries, as her parents taught.

She returned to her clearing and began picking berries quickly, because her relatives were waiting for her. And the girl collected a full jug of strawberries. Dad praised Zhenya and asked how she was able to collect so many berries? The girl replied that the pitcher helped her. She did not tell anyone about the pipe. And everyone was able to pick a lot of berries and went home satisfied.

A summary of "Pipe and Jug" for grade 1 will be useful. Because children are still interested in fairy tales with magical elements. It would seem a simple story - the family decided to pick berries in the forest. But thanks to the old boletus and the magic pipe, it becomes more interesting for children to read the story. Readers understand that in order to get a result, you need to work hard.

About hard work - that's what the story is about. Therefore, this work is studied in elementary school. You can supplement the story with proverbs and sayings about work. You can ask about what other fairy tales and stories children know about hard work. Also in the lesson, you can talk about caring for the world around you, about the need to take care of smaller brothers and plants. Thanks to such conversations, children develop a love for work, responsibility, respect for the world around them.