Tales of the peoples about animals. Animal tales for kids: read Russian, short, list of titles

1 - About the baby bus who was afraid of the dark

Donald Bisset


A fairy tale about how a mother-bus taught her baby-bus not to be afraid of the dark ... About a baby-bus who was afraid of the dark to read Once upon a time there was a baby-bus. He was bright red and lived with his dad and mom in the garage. Every morning …

2 - Three kittens

V.G. Suteev

A little fairy tale for the little ones about three fidgety kittens and their funny adventures. Small children adore short stories with pictures, therefore, Suteev's tales are so popular and loved! Three kittens read Three kittens - black, gray and ...

3 - Hedgehog in the fog

Kozlov S.G.


The tale of the Hedgehog, how he walked at night and got lost in the fog. He fell into the river, but someone carried him to the bank. It was a magical night! Hedgehog in the fog to read Thirty mosquitoes ran into the clearing and began to play ...

4 - About the little mouse from the book

Gianni Rodari


A small tale about a mouse who lived in a book and decided to jump out of it into Big world... Only he did not know how to speak the language of mice, and only knew a strange bookish language ... Read about a mouse from a book ...

5 - Apple

V.G. Suteev


A tale about a hedgehog, a hare and a crow, who could not share the last apple among themselves. Everyone wanted to take it for themselves. But the fair bear judged their dispute, and each got a piece of delicacy ... Read the apple It was late ...

6 - Black whirlpool

Kozlov S.G.


A tale about a cowardly Hare who was afraid of everyone in the forest. And he was so tired of his fear that he decided to drown himself in the Black Pool. But he taught the Hare to live and not be afraid! Black maelstrom read Once upon a time there was a Hare ...

7 - About the Hippo, who was afraid of vaccinations

V.G. Suteev

The tale of a cowardly hippopotamus who escaped from the clinic because he was afraid of vaccinations. And he fell ill with jaundice. Fortunately, he was taken to the hospital and cured. And the hippopotamus became very ashamed of its behavior ... About the hippopotamus, who was afraid ...

8 - Mom for the Mammoth

D.


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

For children, a fairy tale is an amazing but fictional story about magical objects, monsters and heroes. However, if you look deeper, it becomes clear that a fairy tale is a unique encyclopedia that reflects the life and moral foundations of any nation.

For several hundred years, people have come up with a huge number of fairy tales. Our ancestors passed them on by word of mouth. They changed, disappeared and came back again. Moreover, there may be completely different characters. Most often, the heroes of Russian folk tales are animals, and in European literature princesses and children are more often the main characters.

Fairy tale and its meaning for the people

A fairy tale is a narrative story of fictional, non-actual events involving fictional characters and magical characters. Fairy tales composed by the people and being the creation of folklore traditions exist in every country. Russians are closer to the inhabitants of Russia folk tales about animals, kings and Ivan the Fool, the inhabitants of England - about leprechauns, gnomes, cats, etc.

Fairy tales have a powerful educational power. A child from the cradle listens to fairy tales, associates himself with the characters, puts himself in their place. Thanks to this, he develops specific model behavior. Folk tales about animals teach respect for our younger brothers.

It is also worth noting that Russian folk tales include words such as "master", "man". This awakens curiosity in the child. With the help of fairy tales, you can interest the child in the story.

Everything that is invested in a child in childhood remains with him forever. Correctly brought up on fairy tales, a kid will grow up to be a decent and responsive person.

Composition

Most fairy tales are written according to the same system. It represents the following scheme:

1) Inception... This describes the location where the events will take place. If about animals, then in the beginning the description will begin with the forest. Here the reader or listener gets to know the main characters.

2) Tie... At this stage of the tale, the main intrigue takes place, which turns into the beginning of the plot. Let's say the hero has a problem and must solve it.

3) Climax... It is also called the pinnacle of the tale. Most often this is the middle of the piece. The situation is heating up, the most important actions are taking place.

4) Interchange... At this point the main character solves his problem. All characters live happily ever after (as a rule, folk tales have a good, kind ending).

Most fairy tales are built according to this scheme. It can also be found in works of authorship, only with significant additions.

Russian folk tales

They represent a huge block of folklore works. Russian fairy tales are varied. Their plots, actions and characters are somewhat similar, but, nevertheless, each is unique in its own way. Sometimes the same folk tales about animals come across, but their names are different.

All Russian folk tales can be classified as follows:

1) Folk tales about animals, plants and inanimate nature ("Terem-teremok", "Hen-ryaba", etc.)

2) Magic ("Self-assembled tablecloth", "Flying ship").

3) "Vanya rode on a horse ...")

4) ("About the white bull", "The priest had a dog").

5) Household ("The Master and the Dog", "Good Pop", "Good and Bad", "Pot").

There are quite a few classifications, but we examined the one proposed by V. Ya. Propp, one of the outstanding researchers of the Russian fairy tale.

Images of animals

Every person who grew up in Russia can list the main animals that are the characters of Russian fairy tales. Bear, wolf, fox, hare are the heroes of Russian fairy tales. Animals live in the forest. Each of them has its own image, in literary criticism called allegory. For example, the wolf we meet in Russian fairy tales is always hungry and angry. It is always Because of his anger or greed, he often gets into trouble.

The bear is the master of the forest, the king. In fairy tales, he is usually portrayed as a just and wise ruler.

The fox is an allegory of cunning. If this animal is present in a fairy tale, then some of the other heroes will definitely be deceived. The hare is an image of cowardice. He is usually the eternal victim of the fox and the wolf intent on eating him.

So, it is these heroes that Russian folk tales about animals present to us. Let's see how they behave.

Examples of

Consider some folk tales about animals. The list is huge, we will try to analyze only a few. For example, let's take the fairy tale "The Fox and the Crane". It tells the story of Fox, who invited Crane to her place for dinner. She cooked porridge, spread it on a plate. And Crane is uncomfortable to eat, so he didn't get the porridge. Such was the trick of the thrifty Fox. The crane invited Lisa to dinner, cooked okroshka and offered to eat from a jug with a high neck. But Lisa never made it to okroshka. The moral of the tale: as it comes around, so, unfortunately, it will respond.

An interesting tale about Kotofey Ivanovich. One man brought the cat to the forest and left it there. The fox found him and married him. She began to tell all the animals how strong and feisty he was. The wolf and the bear decided to come and see him. The fox warned that it was better for them to hide. They climbed up a tree, and under it they laid the meat of a bull. A cat with a fox came, the cat pounced on the meat, began to say: "Meow, meow ...". And the wolf and the bear think: "Not enough! Not enough!" They marveled, wanted to take a closer look at Kotofei Ivanovich. Leaves rustled, and the cat thought it was a mouse, and clutched at their muzzles with its claws. The wolf and the fox ran away.

These are Russian folk tales about animals. As you can see, the fox leads everyone around.

Animals in English fairy tales

Positive heroes in English fairy tales are a chicken and a rooster, a cat and a cat, a bear. The fox and the wolf are always negative characters. It is noteworthy that, according to the research of philologists, the cat in English fairy tales has never been a negative character.

Like Russians, English folk tales about animals divide characters into good and evil. Good always triumphs over evil. Also, works have a didactic purpose, that is, at the end there are always moral conclusions for readers.

Examples of English fairy tales about animals

The work "The Cat King" is interesting. It tells the story of two brothers who lived in the forest with a dog and a black cat. One brother stayed on a hunt once. Upon his return, he began to tell miracles. Says he saw the funeral. Many cats carried a coffin with a depicted crown and scepter. Suddenly the black cat, lying at his feet, raised his head and cried out: "Old Peter is dead! I am the king of cats!" Then he jumped into the fireplace. No one saw him again.

Let's take the comic tale "Willie and the Piglet" as an example. One owner entrusted his stupid servant to carry the pig to his friend. However, Willie's friends persuaded him to go to the inn, and while he was drinking, they jokingly changed the pig for the dog. Willie thought it was a devil's joke.

Animals in other genres of literature (fables)

It should be noted that Russian literature includes not only Russian folk tales about animals. It is also rich in fables. The animals in these works have such human qualities as cowardice, kindness, stupidity, envy. I.A.Krylov especially liked to use animals as characters. His fables "The Crow and the Fox", "The Monkey and the Glasses" are known to everyone.

Thus, we can conclude that the use of animals in fairy tales and fables gives literature a special charm and style. Moreover, in English and Russian literature, the heroes are the same animals. Only their stories and characteristics are completely different.

- this is one of the oldest forms of storytelling, which in the simplest and most playful form tells children not only about the world around him, but also about the manifestations of both the best and the most ugly. total stats tells us that Russian folk tales are of interest to children only before school age, but it is these fairy tales that we carry in our hearts and even if in a slightly modified form we pass them on to our children. After all, it is impossible to forget about Masha and the Bear, the Ryaba chicken or the Gray Wolf, all these images help us to learn and understand the reality around us. You can read Russian folk tales online and listen to audio stories for free on our website.

Types of Russian folk tales

Folk tales are basically divided into three categories. These are fairy tales about animals, everyday and fairy tales.

Russian folk tales about animals- these are some of the most ancient types of fairy tales that exist, their roots go back to the times Ancient Rus... In these fairy tales there are vivid and very memorable images, we all remember from childhood about Kolobok or Repka, and thanks to such vivid images, the child learns to understand good and evil. Learns to distinguish between character traits and lines of behavior: the fox is cunning, the bear is clumsy, the bunny is cowardly, and so on. Although the world of folk tales is fictional, it is so lively and vibrant that it bewitches and knows how to teach children only good deeds.

Russians everyday tales - these are fairy tales that are filled with the realism of our Everyday life... And they are so close to life that when delving into these tales, be careful, because this line is so thin that your growing child will want to embody and experience some actions on himself or to carry them out in real life.

Russian fairy tales- this is a world in which magic and evil associated with it takes on very terrible outlines and burning shades. Fairy tales- this is the search and rescue of a girl, city or world, laid on the shoulders of one hero. But it is the help of many minor heroes that teaches us - those who read these tales - about mutual assistance to each other. Read and listen to folk tales online with us.

Goat and ram went to the dense forest to pinch the grass, take a walk in the open. We walked, walked, got lost in a dark forest. We went into a deaf thicket, watching: the wolves are cooking dinner under a tree. The goat says quietly to the ram: - What are we going to do, ram friend? Apparently we have disappeared. Fierce wolves will eat us ...

Lived - there was a godfather Fox; Lisa bothered to hunt for herself in her old age, so she came to the Bear and began to ask for the lodgings: - Let me in, Mikhailo Potapych, I’m an old fox, a scientist, I’ll take a little space, not the volume, I won’t bury it, unless I’ll make money after you, I'll gut the bones ...

The fox ran through the forest, saw a black grouse on the tree and said to him: - Terenty, Terenty! I was in the city. - Boo-boo-boo, boo-boo-boo! It was like that. - Terenty, Terenty! I got the decree. - Boo-boo-boo, boo-boo-boo! I got it so I got it. - So that you, black grouse, do not sit in the trees, but still walk in the green meadows ...

An owl was flying - a cheerful head. So she flew, flew and sat down, and turned her tail, but looked around and flew again - flew, flew and sat down, turned her tail and looked around and flew again - flew, flew ...

Once upon a time there was a grandfather and a woman and a granddaughter Masha. They had no cow, no pig, no cattle - only one goat. Goat, black eyes, crooked leg, sharp horns. Grandfather loved this goat very much. Once the grandfather sent the grandmother to graze the goat. She grazed, grazed and drove home ...

Crane met with a fox: - What, fox, can you fly? - No I do not know how. - Sit on me, I will teach. The fox sat on the crane. The crane carried her high, high. - What, fox, do you see the earth ...

Once upon a time there lived an old talker woman, and she had a goat with kids. In the morning people will get up, start to work, and the old woman is lying on the stove. Only by lunchtime he will rise, eat, drink - and let's talk. She speaks, speaks, speaks - with her neighbors, and with passers-by, and with herself ...

The sparrow got angry with the sparrow: he lay down on the stove, does not eat, does not drink, does not speak with anyone. The neighbors are bored without a sparrow. The rooster came: - Knock-knock-knock! Is the sparrow at home, godfather? - At home, he is ill, - the sparrow says ...

Once upon a time there was an old man with an old woman. They had a granddaughter Alyonushka. Girlfriends gathered to go to the forest for berries and came to call her with them. For a long time the old people did not let their granddaughter go. Then they agreed, only ordered her to keep up with her friends. Girls are walking in the forest, picking berries. Tree by tree, bush by bush - Alyonushka and fell behind her friends ...

Once upon a time there lived a Sheep of a peasant. The owner disliked her, tortured her with nit-picking! She decided to leave home. She walked, walked. Fox met her: - Where are you going, Sheep? ...

There lived a chicken with a kochetka. They came to the forest walnuts. Kochetok climbed on the nut to pick the nuts, and ordered the chicken to pick it up on the ground. The kochetok throws it, and the chicken picks it up. Here he threw a nutlet and hit the chicken in the peephole. The chicken went - crying ...

Once a man was sitting in the forest under a tree and eating bread. The Wolf saw him and asks: - What are you eating, man? - Your own bread, - he answers. - Give me bread to taste. The man cut off the edge of the bread. The wolf ate it, licked its lips: the bread was delicious ...

Once upon a time there was an old man with an old woman. They sowed a turnip. Here the bear got into the habit of stealing a turnip from them. The old man went to look and saw: a lot of turnips were picked and scattered around. He returned home and told the old woman ...

The fox and the crane became friends. So the fox decided to treat the crane, went to invite him to visit: - Come, kumanyok, come, dear! I'll treat you! The crane went to the banquet. And the fox boiled semolina and spread it on a plate ...

Once upon a time there was a fox and a hare. The fox had an ice hut, the hare had a bast hut. Spring has come red - the fox's hut has melted, and the hare's is the same. So the fox asked him to spend the night, but she kicked him out of the hut. A dear bunny is walking, crying. A dog meets him. - Tyaf, tyaf, tyaf! What, bunny, are you crying ...

Once upon a time there lived a goat and a ram; lived together amicably: a tuft of hay, and that in half. And if the pitchfork is in the side - so one cat Vaska! He is such a thief and a robber, every hour on the hunt, and where something is bad, his belly hurts ...

In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, namely in the one in which we live, there lived a landowner. The landowner had a cat, his name was Vaska-Muska. The landowner loved Vaska-Muska, and the cat worked well as a cat - he caught rats and mice in grain storage sheds ...

Once upon a time there was a cat, a thrush and a cockerel - a golden comb. They lived in a forest, in a hut. A cat and a thrush go to the forest to chop wood, and the cockerel is left alone. They leave - they are severely punished: - We will go far, and you stay to be housewives, but don’t give a voice, when the fox comes, don’t look out the window ...

Throughout the history of human existence, animals have played and play a huge role in the world of literary art, including fairy tales for children. In wonderful and mysterious tales, we meet witches and queens, princes and elves, dragons and talking animals. From ancient times, when a person first scratched a buffalo on the walls of caves, and up to the present, animals are depicted in mythical stories and Russian folk tales. Rich story the animal kingdom, represented in mythology and fairy tales, continues endlessly. These animals awaken our creative spirit and feed our imaginations.
Animal Tales for Young Children is one of the sections of the list of fairy tales that have been passed down from generation to generation over the centuries. Wonderful and wonderful things happen to small and large animals. Some of them are kind and sympathetic, others are evil and insidious. In fairy tales, animals can turn into beautiful princes and extraordinary beauties, speak human language, laugh, cry and experience.

The best fairy tales about animals with pictures

Young children always listen with enthusiasm and special interest to the 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 toddlers and adults, forcing them to experience extraordinary adventures, which are described in short stories with pictures. For hundreds of years, we and our children have been learning about scary dragons, unicorns and other extraordinary creatures of animal origin. These creatures appeared in such 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 "About the Three Little Pigs" or "The Wolf and the Seven Kids", evil, greedy and at the same time kind and sensual animals are shown. They, like people, are able to love and hate, deceive and admire. On our website you can read 1 tale summary to each fairy tale and choose exactly the one that will appeal to your child.

Animal tales 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. Contemporary authors continue folk traditions and the traditions of the storytellers of the past, creating new stories with new names, where the main characters are animals.