Tales about animals by roles. Fairy tales. Animals in English fairy tales
Russian folk tale "The Fox and the Cancer"
The fox and the crayfish stood together and talked to each other. The fox says to the cancer: “Let’s run a race with you.” Cancer replies: “Well, fox, come on!”
They began to distill. As soon as the fox ran, the crayfish clung to its tail. The fox reached the spot, but the crayfish wouldn’t come off. The fox turned around to look, wagged its tail, the crayfish unhooked itself and said: “And I’ve been waiting for you here for a long time.”
Russian folk tale "The Fox and the Black Grouse"
The black grouse was sitting on a tree. The fox came up to him and said:
- Hello, black grouse, my friend! When I heard your voice, I came to see you.
“Thank you for your kind words,” said the black grouse.
The fox pretended not to hear and said:
- What are you saying? I can not hear. You, little black grouse, my friend, should come down to the grass for a walk and talk to me, otherwise I won’t hear from the tree.
Teterev said:
- I'm afraid to go on the grass. It is dangerous for us birds to walk on the ground.
- Or are you afraid of me? - said the fox.
“It’s not you, I’m afraid of other animals,” said the black grouse. - There are all kinds of animals.
- No, little black grouse, my friend, yesterday a decree was announced so that there would be peace throughout the entire earth. Now the animals don't touch each other.
“That’s good,” said the black grouse, “otherwise the dogs are running.” If everything were the same, you would have to leave. And now you have nothing to fear.
The fox heard about the dogs, pricked up her ears and wanted to run.
-Where are you going? - said the black grouse. - After all, there is a decree, the dogs will not be touched.
“Who knows,” said the fox, “maybe they didn’t hear the decree.”
And she ran away.
Russian folk tale "Sister Fox and the Wolf"
There lived a grandfather and a woman. Grandfather says to grandma:
“You, woman, bake the pies, and I’ll harness the sleigh and go after the fish.”
He caught fish and is taking a whole load home. So he drives and sees: a fox curled up and lying on the road. Grandfather got off the cart, went up to the fox, but she didn’t move, she lay there as if dead.
- This will be a gift for my wife! - said the grandfather, took the fox and put it on the cart, and he walked ahead.
And the little fox took advantage of the time and began to lightly throw everything out of the cart, one fish after another, one fish after another. She threw away all the fish and left.
“Well, old woman,” says the grandfather, “what a collar I brought for your fur coat!”
“There’s a fish and a collar on the cart.”
A woman approached the cart: no collar, no fish, and began to scold her husband:
- Oh, you, so and so! You still decided to deceive!
Then the grandfather realized that the fox was not dead. I grieved and grieved, but there was nothing to do.
And the fox collected all the scattered fish, sat down on the road and eats for itself. Comes Gray wolf:
- Hello, sister!
- Hello, brother!
- Give me the fish!
- Catch it yourself and eat it.
- I can't.
- After all, I caught it! You, brother, go to the river, lower your tail into the hole, sit and say: “Catch, little fish, both small and great! Catch, little fish, both small and great! The fish will attach itself to its tail.
The wolf went to the river, lowered his tail into the hole and began to say:
- Catch, fish, both small and great! Catch, fish, both small and great!
Following him the fox appeared; walks around the wolf and says:
- The stars are clear, clear in the sky,
Freeze, freeze, wolf's tail!
- What are you saying, little fox-sister?
- I'm helping you.
The wolf sat for a long, long time at the ice hole, his tail froze; I tried to get up, but it didn’t work!
“Wow, there are so many fish you can’t catch!” - thinks.
He looks and the women go for water and shout:
- Wolf, wolf! Hit him, hit him!
They came running and started beating the wolf - some with a yoke, some with a bucket, some with anything. The wolf jumped and jumped, tore off his tail and started running without looking back.
“Okay,” he thinks, “I’ll repay you, sister!”
Meanwhile, while the wolf was puffing away on his sides, the little fox-sister wanted to try: would it be possible to pull off something else? She climbed into one of the huts where women were baking pancakes, but her head fell into a tub of dough, she got dirty and ran. And the wolf meets her:
- Is this how you teach? I was beaten all over!
- Oh, brother wolf! - says the little fox-sister. “At least you are bleeding, but I have a brain, I was beaten more painfully than you: I am dragging myself with force.”
“And that’s true,” says the wolf, “where should you go, sister, sit on me, I’ll take you.”
The fox sat on his back, and he took her away. Here the little fox-sister sits and quietly sings:
- The beaten one brings the unbeaten one,
The beaten one brings the unbeaten!
- What are you saying, sister?
- I, brother, say: “The beaten one brings the beaten one.”
- Yes, sister, yes!
Russian folk tale "The Fox, the Wolf and the Bear"
The fox was lying under a bush, turning over from side to side, thinking and wondering: what could she eat, what could she profit from. I decided to hunt chickens in the village.
A fox is walking through the forest, a wolf runs towards her and asks:
- Where are you going, godfather?
- I’m going, kumanek, to the village to hunt chickens! - the fox answers.
- Take me too! Otherwise I will howl, the dogs in the village will bark, the men and women will scream.
- Let's go, let's go, kumanek! You will help!
A fox and a wolf are walking along the road, a bear drags towards them and asks:
-Where are you going, little sister?
- I’m going, brother, to the village to hunt chickens! - the fox answers.
- Take me too! Otherwise I’ll growl, the dogs in the village will bark, the men and women will scream,
- Let's go, let's go, brother! You will help!
They came to the village. Lisa says:
- Come on, brother fat-fifted bear, go to the village. And when men and women chase you, run into the forest. I’ll train chickens for your share too.
The bear walked through the village. The men and women saw him, grabbed stakes and rockers, and began to beat the bear. The clubfoot escaped and barely carried his feet into the forest.
Lisa says:
- Come on, little gray top, run to the village! The men and women ran after the bear, but the dogs stayed behind. They will smell you, they will chase you, you run into the forest. I’ll train chickens for your share too.
The wolf ran into the village. The dogs smelled him, came running and began to bite him. The wolf barely carried his legs into the forest, but barely survived.
Meanwhile, the fox entered the chicken coop. She grabbed the chickens and put them in a bag. And so it was. She ran over the hillocks, over the stumps, through sparse bushes and came running into the forest.
The fox put the bag of chickens on the ground. And in another bag, which was larger, she put stones, cones and acorns and placed them nearby. She sat down under a bush to rest. A wolf and a bear came running and shouted:
- Hey, fox, where is the prey?! Where is our share?!
“Yes, there are sacks of chickens lying around,” says the fox, “take any one.”
The wolf and the bear rushed to the prey. They chose the largest and heaviest bag, filled with stones, cones and acorns, and dragged it into the forest.
And the fox laughed at the stupid wolf and bear, put the sack of chickens on his back and ran to his hole.
Russian folk tale “How a man lived with a wolf”
Once upon a time there lived a wolf. He was tired of chasing hares and walking through the forest hungry. He decided to become a rooster and live with a peasant. He thinks: “The rooster is sitting on the fence, crowing songs all day long. The owner feeds him for this.” He came to the blacksmith and said:
The blacksmith forged it for him. The wolf took the rooster's voice and went to the village. He climbed onto the fence and sang: “Ku-ka-re-ku! Ku-ka-re-ku!” The man went out into the yard. He sees a wolf sitting on the fence and crowing like a rooster. He took it into his service - to wake him up at dawn. Night has come. The wolf went to bed. In the morning the man woke up, looked, and the sun was already overhead, work was in full swing in the field. The wolf did not wake him up at dawn with the crow of a cock. The man took a stick and drove the wolf out of the yard.
The wolf ran away. He walks, beaten, through the forest and thinks: “It’s bad to be a rooster. I will become better than a dog. The dog sits by the porch and barks all day. The owner feeds her for this.” The wolf came again to the blacksmith and asked:
The blacksmith forged it for him. The wolf took the dog's voice and went to the village. I climbed into the man’s yard, sat down by the porch and started barking: “Woof-woof, woof-woof!” A man came out onto the porch: He saw a wolf sitting and barking like a dog. I took him to serve myself - to guard the house. The wolf sat and sat by the porch. The sun burned his withers. He went and hid under the barn in the shade. And a thief got into the house and took away all the goods. A man returned from the field and looked - everything in the house had been stolen. The wolf did not protect. The man got angry, grabbed a stick and drove the wolf out of the yard.
The wolf ran away. He walks, beaten, through the forest and thinks: “It’s bad to be a dog. I'll become a better pig. The pig lies in a puddle and grunts all day. The owner feeds her for this.” The wolf came to the blacksmith and asked:
Until the fall, the man fed the wolf. In the fall he came to the barn and said:
“You can’t take the fat from this pig, but you’ll rip off the skin for a hat!”
The wolf heard that the man was going to skin him, jumped out of the barn and ran into the forest. I didn’t live with the man anymore.
Russian folk tale "The Frog and the Sandpiper"
A sandpiper flew to a new swamp. He saw a frog and said: “Hey, frog, move to my swamp to live.” My swamp is better than yours. In my swamp there are large hummocks, the banks are steep, and the midges themselves fly into your mouth.
The frog believed the sandpiper and went to live in his swamp. Jumping, jumping. A tree stump stands on the road and asks:
-Where are you going, frog?
“Every sandpiper praises its swamp,” says the stump. - Look, you'll get into trouble! Come back!
-Where are you going, frog?
- I’m off to the sandpiper in the swamp to live. His swamp is better than mine. In his swamp there are large hummocks, the banks are steep, and the midges themselves fly into your mouth.
“Every sandpiper praises its swamp,” says the puddle. - Look, you'll get into trouble! Come back!
-Where are you going, frog?
- I’m off to the sandpiper in the swamp to live. His swamp is better than mine. In his swamp there are large hummocks, the banks are steep, and the midges themselves fly into your mouth.
“Every sandpiper praises its swamp,” says the snail. - Look, you'll get into trouble! Come back!
The frog did not listen to her and moved on. Here he jumps, jumps. Finally she galloped up to the sandpiper in the swamp. I looked around: the hummocks were top-heavy, the banks were flat, the midges weren’t flying. She jumped into the water and got stuck in the quagmire, barely getting out. I found a dry place and thought: “I need to climb higher and look around.” He sees a pole standing nearby. She began to climb up it. She climbed up the heron’s leg and hit her right in the beak.
Russian folk tale "The Ship"
A bast shoe floats down the river. The mouse saw it and said:
She got into it and swam away. A hare runs, sees a bast shoe and says:
- I, little mouse!
-Where are you going?
“I’m sailing to distant kingdoms, to neighboring states, to see others and show myself off.” And who are you?
- I'm a runaway bunny! Take me with you too.
The mouse took the hare with it, and they swam further. The fox runs, sees the bast shoe and says:
- What a pretty boat, made of bast and brand new! Who's sailing in the boat?
- I, little mouse!
- Me, the runaway bunny!
-Where are you sailing?
- I am a fox - wonderful beauty! Take me with you.
The mouse and the hare took the fox with them and swam further. A wolf runs, sees a bast shoe and says:
- What a pretty boat, made of bast and brand new! Who's sailing in the boat?
- I, little mouse!
- Me, the runaway bunny!
- I, the fox, am a marvelous beauty!
-Where are you sailing?
— We are sailing to distant kingdoms, to neighboring states, to see others and show ourselves off. And who are you?
- I am a wolf - gray side! Take me with you.
The mouse, the hare and the fox took the wolf with them, and they swam further. A bear comes along, sees a bast shoe and says:
- What a pretty boat, made of bast and brand new!
And he roared:
Whoo-goo-goo, I'll swim!
Whoo-goo-goo, I'll swim!
By water, by water,
To be seen everywhere!
The bear climbed onto the boat. The bast crackled, the bast burst - and the boat fell apart. The animals rushed into the water, reached the shore and scattered in all directions.
Russian folk tale “How mice divided flour”
At the edge of a large field lived two mice. Their minks were nearby. One day they heard knocking: “You-la-you, you-laty.” They think: “What kind of knock is that?” They crawled out of their holes. We looked, and these were men on the threshing floor, threshing wheat with flails. One mouse says:
“Come on, girlfriend, let’s haul some wheat and bake some pies.”
- Let's! - another agrees.
Here is one mouse running around and carrying grain. Another mouse is grinding grain on a millstone**. We worked all day. It turned out to be a pile of flour. One mouse says:
- Come on, girlfriend, divide the flour! I have two measurements***, and you have one.
- No, I have two measurements, and you have one! - says the other mouse. - I worked harder than you - I carried grain!
- I worked more! - the first one disagrees. “I’ve been turning the millstone all day!”
- No, I worked more!
- No, I!..
They argued and argued about who should take how much flour. An hour passed, two... It was already getting dark. Suddenly a strong wind came, picked up the flour and scattered it all over the ground.
Two mice grieved and scattered to their holes.
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*Tok is a platform for threshing grain.
**Millstone, millstone - here: a hand-held stone circle for grinding, grinding grain into flour.
***Measure, measure—here: Russian folk unit of flour capacity, cereal.
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Throughout the history of mankind, animals have played and continue to play a huge role in the world of literary art, including fairy tales for children. In wonderful and mysterious fairy tales we meet witches and queens, princes and elves, dragons and talking animals. From ancient times, when man first scratched buffalo on cave walls, to the present day, animals have been depicted in mythical stories and Russian folk tales. Rich story The animal world, represented in mythology and fairy tales, continues endlessly. These animals awaken our creative spirit and feed our imagination.
Fairy tales about animals for young children are one of the sections of the list of fairy tales that have been passed down from generation to generation for centuries. Wonderful and amazing things happen to small and large animals. Some of them are kind and sympathetic, others are evil and treacherous. In fairy tales, animals can turn into handsome princes and extraordinary beauties, speak human language, laugh, cry and worry.
The best fairy tales about animals with pictures
Young children always listen with enthusiasm and special interest to the fairy tales of Prishvin and Leo Tolstoy, where the main characters are animals, admiring their exploits and condemning evil deeds. Animals that help people are portrayed as strong, agile, fast, cunning and kind. Fictional talking creatures in the form of animals, possessing human qualities, entertain children and adults, making them experience extraordinary adventures, which are told in short fairy tales with pictures. For hundreds of years, we and our children have been learning about scary dragons, unicorns and other unusual creatures of animal origin. These creatures appeared in such fairy tales as “The Adventures of Pinocchio”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Alice in Wonderland”, “Cinderella” and many, many others. 
Storytellers characterize animals with human behavior in their stories, for example, in the fairy tale “The Three Little Pigs” or “The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats,” evil, greedy and at the same time kind and sensual animals are shown. They, like people, are capable of loving and hating, deceiving and admiring. On our website you can read 1 story summary for each fairy tale and choose exactly the one that your child will like. 
Fairy tales about animals will never go out of style. From year to year we will read, compose and tell them to our children, experience and admire the good deeds of animals and rejoice at their victories and achievements. Modern authors continue folk traditions and traditions of storytellers of past years, creating new stories with new titles, where the main characters are animals.
Welcome to the world of fairy tales! In this magical world there is always a place for marvelous landscapes, brave heroes and talking animals. But, most importantly, every fairy tale about animals has its own unique a happy ending.
What do fairy tales teach?
Are these little stories really that simple? It turns out not. Every fairy tale about animals has a good title, a full-fledged plot, and colorful characters that largely reflect the essence of what is happening in reality. Thus, with each new fairy tale, the child learns to explore this huge world.
In fact, children's fairy tales about animals are the first textbooks for children in the difficult school of life. With their help, the child learns that goodness is the most valuable gift for good man, and it always defeats evil. Friendship is no less important than hard work, and kids learn about this from fairy tales about courageous and noble heroes who, despite everything, overcome all difficulties. In addition, fairy tales about animals teach love for neighbors and respect for elders, compassion for the poor and honesty in everything.
The peculiarity of a child’s vision is such that all the stories told are perceived for the most part on an intuitive level, and the perceived situations and characters acquire their real appearance only later. Therefore, you should approach the choice of the first books for your baby with special attention. It would be great if the new book contains or. It’s better to start with well-known, good folk tales about animals.
Russian folk tales about animals
The main characters of such fairy tales are wild animals. Although there are many stories about domestic animals. According to legend, the first information about animals appeared in an era when hunting was one of the main crafts. Mothers told their children stories about powerful representatives of the animal world, and children, due to their developed imagination, already attributed human traits to the characters. Tales about animals were passed down from generation to generation, and with each retelling the characters acquired new features.
In Russian folklore, tales about animals have been interpreted in different ways. But the main characters have always been: a fox and a wolf, a hare and a bear, a dog and a rooster; goat and bull.
The fox character comes to us from Western fairy tales. The fox's cunning, deceit and cunning have always made her stronger than her eternal companions, the wolf and the bear. And this is not at all surprising, because the wolf’s anger, greed and lack of insight at the same time did not give him even a tiny chance in competition with the fox.
But the bear character is rarely endowed with any characteristic features, and the little reader always has the opportunity to create his own image of the hero. The cowardly hare, the proud rooster and the stubborn goat and bull were not always like this. Most of The traits attributed to these characters are firmly rooted in Russian folklore precisely because of the traditional vision of these animals.
As for the plot, in stories about animals there is always a place for deception and meanness, but the courage, bravery and kindness of the main characters conquers everything. The plot of many fairy tales about animals is based on life situations that adults experience every day in the real world. And due to the colorful depiction of characters and comical descriptions, little readers perceive all the stories quite realistically, but at the same time such stories evoke only good associations. After all, every fairy tale about wild or domestic animals has a happy ending.
Tales of different peoples of the world
No one can say for sure how many fairy tales have been written in our centuries-old history. Every nation has its own tales, parables and legends that reflect its culture and traditions. These animal tales always tell about something new and unknown. In them you can meet mysterious creatures and visit places that no one will tell you about. What could be more interesting for a young adventurer?
Each story is a small magical world with its own inhabitants and laws. Landscapes, images of characters, situations and endings in children's fairy tales of different peoples of the world are repeated quite rarely. Therefore, reading fairy tales about animals is always interesting. After all, despite the completely logical name, it is not known until the very end how the next story will end. Children perfectly perceive the images described in such fairy tales. Thanks to the skill of the writers, even great villains are perceived as good magicians.
Regardless of age, each of us at least once in our lives recalled those wonderful moments of our childhood joy in anticipation of our next journey into the world of fairy tales. But in the life of every child there should be happy moments filled with joy and magic!
