Short educational tales and fables. Fables of Krylov: heroes and their characteristics
Compilation, foreword, notes and explanations
V.P. Anikina
Painters
S. Bordyug and N. Trepenok
Russian genius
Twenty-year-old Ivan Andreevich Krylov, still a little-known writer, published his first fables in 1788, without a signature, in the St. Petersburg magazine Morning Hours. And the first book of fables was released years later - only in 1809. Not without success, having worked in various types of creativity, Krylov realized that the fable genre was most successful for him. The fable has become an almost exclusive genus of his work. And soon the fame of a first-class author came to the writer.
The artistic gift of Krylov the fabulist was fully revealed when he combined his extensive knowledge in the field of ancient and new European literatures with the realization that the kind of creativity he chose was naturally related to the kind of creativity in which folk morality was expressed. This morality, for example, is revealed in Russian animal tales, in proverbs, in teachings - in general, in peasant fables. In Russia, an intricate story has long been called fable. "Fables-tales" are inseparable from the living conduct of a story-fiction, flavored with a joke, a sermon. Many predecessors of Krylov, who failed, did not understand this for a long time, because they did not realize that the fable is inseparable from the spoken language.
So, the hardworking philologist known in the 18th century, a member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences V.K. Tredyakovsky (1703-1768) long before Krylov published a retelling of several "Aesopian fables." Among them was the fable "The Wolf and the Crane." Its plot is the same as that of Krylov, but in the presentation of the fable almost everything is alien to colloquial speech.
A sharp wolf choked on a bone on a certain day.
So that he was not able to howl, but he became all in a stump.
For this, he hired a crane at a price
To remove the nose from the throat by longitude.
Tredyakovsky guessed that the fable story should be set out in a popular way, and it was not by chance that he added some colloquial words and expressions into his translation (although not without distortion): “I wasn’t able to howl”, “became stumpy,” but the translation remained heavy, bookish.
Compare with the translation of Tredyakovsky Krylov's fable:
That wolves are greedy, everyone knows:
Wolf, euchsnever
Doesn't make out bones.
For one of them trouble came:
He almost choked on the bone.
Can't wolf neither gasp nor breathe;
At least I came to stretch my legs!
The whole system of presentation is easy, elegant, understandable to any Russian person! This is our lively speech. Krylov followed the intonation of the oral narrative; there is no shadow in the fable story of any kind of artificiality.
The famous 20th century scholar-philologist Viktor Vladimirovich Vinogradov specifically studied the language and style of Krylov's fables and noted dozens of folk proverbs in them. The scientist cited a long list of proverbs and sayings that the fabulist used, called them "semantic bonds", that is, connections that communicate the meaning of unity to the presentation of the fable story. Here are some of them: “The family has its black sheep” (“Elephant in the voivodship”), “Though he sees an eye, his teeth are numb” (“Fox and grapes”), “Poverty is not a vice” (“Chipper and shoemaker”), “From the fire to the fire” (“Madam and two maids”), “Don’t spit in the well - it’s useful to drink water” (“The Lion and the Mouse”) and dozens of others. The fabulist relied on the notation and comparisons of animals and birds that are familiar in our language: crow is a possessor, but is greedy for flattery, a stubborn donkey, a sly fox, a strong, but stupid bear, a coward, a snake is dangerous, etc. And they act like people. Proverbs and sayings, proverbs and allegory words included in the fables, Krylov received development and semantic clarifications.
Krylov’s primacy among fabulists is preserved today. And in our time, his fables captivate readers. He is on a par with the greatest artists of all time. No one is surprised that he is equated with the ancient Greek Aesop, with other world famous fabulists. But most of all he is valued in Russia as an artist who expressed the common sense and mind of our people.
V.P. Anikin
A Crow and a fox
How many times have they told the world
That flattery is vile, harmful; but just not for the future
And in the heart, the flatterer will always find a corner.
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Somewhere to Vorone, God sent a piece of cheese;
Crowing up a crow,
To have breakfast, it’s been quite ready,
Yes, I thought it over, but I kept the cheese in my mouth.
To that misfortune, the Fox ran faintly;
Suddenly, the cheesy spirit of Lisu stopped:
A fox sees cheese, - A fox captivated cheese.
A tiptoe to the tree is tiptoeing;
He twists his tail, he does not take his eyes off the Crow,
And he speaks so sweetly, breathing a little:
“Dear, how good!
What a neck, what an eye!
To tell, so, right, fairy tales!
What pearshki! what a sock!
And surely an angel must have a voice!
Sing, light, do not be ashamed! What if sister
With such beauty, and you’re a craftswoman to sing,
After all, if we had a king-bird! ”
Veshchunin turned to praise with praise,
From joy in a goiter, the breath was closed, -
And the friendly fox words
The crow croaked its entire throat:
Cheese fell out - with him was such a cheat.
Oak and Cane
With Reed, Oak once came into speech.
"Truly, you grumble in the right to nature,"
He said: “Sparrow, and that one is hard for you.
A little light breeze ripples the water
You stumble, start to weaken
And so bend lonely
What a pity to look at you.
Meanwhile, along with the Caucasus, proudly,
Not only the sun, I interfere with the rays,
But, laughing at the whirlwinds and thunderstorms,
Standing and firm and straight
As if protected by an inviolable world.
Everything is a storm to you - everything seems to me a marshmallow.
Although if you were growing in a circle,
The thick tendency of my branches covered,
From the weather, I could be your protection;
But nature has given you a lot
Shore of the Bustling Eolian Possession:
Of course, she’s not at all happy about you. ” -
"You are very compassionate,"
cane said in response
“However, do not crash: I do not have so much evil.
Not for myself, I fear the whirlwind;
Although I bend, but I do not break:
So the storms do little harm to me;
They hardly threaten you any more!
It’s true that their ferocity has hitherto
Your fortress did not prevail
And from their blows you did not bow your face;
But - wait for the end! ”
Barely said, Reed
Suddenly rushing from the north
Both hail and rain are a noisy aquilon.
The oak tree holds, - Trostinochka fell to the ground.
The wind is raging, he doubled his strength,
Roared and uprooted
The one who touched heaven with his head
And in the field of shadows he rested on the fifth.
Musicians
The neighbor's neighbor called for a bite;
But the intent was different here:
The owner loved the music
And lured a neighbor singing to listen.
Well done singing: some in the forest, some for firewood,
And who has what strength has become.
The guest’s ears crackled
And dizzy.
“Have mercy on me,” he said in surprise:
"What to admire here? Your choir
Gossiping nonsense! ”-
“That is true,” the owner answered with emotion:
“They tear a little;
But they don’t take intoxicated mouth,
And all with great behavior. "
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And I’ll say: it’s better to drink for me,
Yes, mind it.
Crow and Chicken
When the Smolensk Prince
Arms against arrogance,
Vandalam set new network
And Moscow left them to perish:
Then all the inhabitants, both small and large,
Hours without spending, gathered
And out of the walls of Moscow rose
Like a bee swarm from a hive.
Crow from the roof here to this whole alarm
Calmly, while cleaning his nose, he looks.
“And what are you, gum, on the road?”
She and the chicken shout:
“After all, they say that at the doorstep
Our adversary. " -
“What do I care?”
The prophetess answered her: “I will remain boldly here.
Here are your sisters as they want;
But Raven is neither fried nor boiled:
So it’s not surprising for me to get along with the guests,
And maybe still be able to profit
Cheese, il bone, il something.
Goodbye, crested bird, a happy journey! ”
The crow truly remained;
But, instead of all her earnings,
How to starve Smolensky became guests -
She herself got into their soup with them.
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So often the person in the calculations is blind and stupid.
For happiness, it seems you are rushing on the heels:
And how do you actually reckon with him -
Caught like a crow in a soup!
Casket
It often happens to us
And labor and wisdom to see there,
Where you can only guess
It's easy to get down to business.
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They brought to someone from the master Larets.
Finishing, purity Casket threw eyes into the eyes;
Well, everyone Larchik wonderful admired.
Here comes a sage in the Mechanics room.
Looking at the little casket,
he said: “Casket with a secret,
So; he is without a castle;
And I undertake to open; yes, yes, sure of it;
Do not laugh so stealthily!
I will find a secret and I will tell you a little casket:
In Mechanics and I’m worth something. ”
Here he began to casket:
Turns him around
And breaks his head;
That carnation, then another, then the bracket shakes.
Here, looking at him, another
Shakes his head;
Those whisper, and those laugh among themselves.
In my ears I just hear:
“Not here, not so, not there!” The mechanic is more torn.
Sweating, sweating; but finally tired
Behind Larchik
And, how to open it, did not guess:
And Larchik just opened.
Frog and ox
A frog, having seen Vol in the meadow,
She began to catch up with him in preternity:
She was envious.
And puff, puff and pout.
“Look, quuck, what, will I be with him?”
Girlfriend says. “No, gum, far away!” -
“Look how now I am swollen widely.
Well, what is it?
Am I replenished? ”-“ Almost nothing. ” -
“Well, how now?” - “Well then.”
Puffed and puffed
And my venturer ended on
What, not equal to the Ox,
She burst from a strain and - scattered.
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There is more than one example of this in the world:
And it’s wonderful when a tradesman wants to live,
As an eminent citizen,
And the bipod is small, like a noble nobleman.
Wolf and Lamb
The strong is always powerless to blame:
To that in History we hear the darkness of examples
But we do not write stories;
And here about how in Fables speak.
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On a hot day, the lamb went to the stream to get drunk;
And trouble must happen
What about those places was the hungry Wolf prowling.
He sees the lamb, seeks prey;
But, to give the matter though a legitimate look and sense,
Shouts: “How dare you, insolent, with an unclean snout
Here's a clean muddy drink
My
With sand and silt?
For insolence is such
I will rip your head off. " -
"When the most blessed Wolf allows,
I dare to convey: what's down the stream
From the lordship of his steps I drink a hundred;
And angry in vain he deigns:
I can’t stir up a drink for him. ” -
"Therefore, I lie!
Worthless! I heard such impudence in the world!
Yes, I remember that you are still in the summer before
Here I was somehow rude:
I haven’t forgotten that, buddy! ”-
“Have mercy, I’m not even a year old”,
The lamb says. “So it was your brother.” -
"I have no brothers." - “So this is kum il swat
And, in a word, someone from your own family.
You yourself, your dogs and your shepherds,
You all want me to be evil
And if you can, then you always harm me:
But you and I will divorce their sins for them. ” -
“Ah, what am I to blame?” - “Be quiet! tired i listen
Leisure me sort your fault, puppy!
It’s your fault that I want to eat. ”
Said and dragged into the dark forest Lamb.
Monkeys
When to adopt wisely, then it’s not a miracle
And the benefit of finding it;
And crazy to adopt,
And God save how evil!
I will give an example to that from distant countries.
Whoever saw the monkeys, they know
How eagerly they adopt everything.
So in Africa, where there are many Monkeys,
Their whole flock sat
By boughs, by branches on a thick tree
And she furtively looked at the catcher,
He rode around in grass in nets.
Each friend here quietly sensible friend,
And they whisper to each other:
“Look at the daredevil;
So he has no reason for the ends, right:
That somersaults
That will unfold
That’s all in a lump
He will be so gathered
What not to see neither arms nor legs.
We are not skilled at all
And we don’t see this art!
Beautiful sisters!
It would not be bad for us to adopt this.
He seems to have amused himself quite a bit;
Perhaps he will leave, then we will immediately ... "Look,
He truly left and left the nets to them.
“Well,” they say, “and are we going to lose time?”
Let's go try! ”
The beauties are gone. For dear guests
A network of networks is spread out below.
Well, they roll somersaults, ride them,
And wrap up, and curl;
Screaming, screaming - fun even!
Yes, the trouble
When, it came to get out of the network!
The master meanwhile
And, seeing that it’s time, he goes to the guests with bags,
They, so that in the morning,
No one could unravel:
And they all took their hands.
Tit
A tit on the sea started;
She boasted
That the sea wants to burn.
It immediately became famous about the talk of the world.
Fear embraced the inhabitants of the Neptune capital;
Birds fly in herds;
And the animals from the forests come running to watch,
How will the Ocean, and is it hot to burn.
And even, they say, at the hearing of rumored winged rumors,
Hunters carry on feasts
From the first with spoons came to the shores,
To choke the ears so rich
Some de farmer and the most beautiful
Do not give secretaries.
Crowd: everyone miraculously wonders in advance,
It is silent and, looking tired at the sea, waits;
Only occasionally another whispers:
“Here it boils, then it immediately lights up!”
Not here: the sea is not burning.
Does it boil at least? - and does not boil.
And how did the grandeur's ventures end?
Tit with shame in its own way sailed away;
Made the Tit of Glory
But the sea did not light.
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To speak here is good,
But without touching anyone's face:
What’s the matter, not bringing an end,
No need to boast.
A donkey
When Jupiter inhabited the universe
And the tribe started various creatures,
That donkey then came into the world.
But intentionally, or, taking care of affairs,
At such a busy time
Tuchegitel blundered:
And Donkey spilled almost like a squirrel.
Nobody almost noticed the donkey
Though in arrogance Donkey was not inferior to anyone.
The donkey would like to grow larger:
But what? having a height such
And it’s a shame to appear in the light.
Got to Jupiter my arrogant donkey
And he began to ask for big growth.
“Have mercy,” says: “how can this be taken down?”
Lions, leopards and elephants are everywhere honored;
Moreover, from the great to the lesser,
All talk about them is only about them;
Why are you so dashing to the Donkeys
That they have no honor
And no word about Donkeys?
And if I were just a calf tall,
If I had been beaten from lions and leopards,
And the whole world would talk about me. ”
What a day, then again
Well, my ass was singing to Zeus;
And before that he’s tired
What finally prayer donkey
Zeus obeyed:
And the Donkey became a great cattle;
And besides that, he was given such a wild voice,
What is my eared Hercules
Scared it was the whole forest.
“What kind of beast?” what kind?
Tea, is he toothy? horns, tea, no number? ”
Well, only speeches went about Donkey.
But how did it end? Not a year has passed
As everyone found out who Donkey:
Donkey my stupidity entered a proverb.
And the donkey already carry water.
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In breed and ranks, goodness is good;
But what arrived in her when the soul is low?
Monkey and glasses
The monkey became old with weak eyes;
And in people she heard
That this evil is still not so big a hand:
It’s only worth getting Points.
She got half a dozen points for herself;
Turns the Points this way and that:
Now they’ll press them to the crown, then they’ll lower them on the tail,
It sniffs them, it licks them;
Points do not work in any way.
"Ugh abyss! - she says: - and that fool,
Who listens to all human foe:
All about the Points only lied to me;
But there’s no good in their hair. ”
The monkey is here with frustration and sorrow
Oh stone so grabbed them
That only the sparks sparkled.
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Unfortunately, it happens with people:
No matter how useful a thing is, without knowing the price,
The ignoramus about her is good at everything;
But if the ignoramus is more known,
So he also drives her.
Atheists
There was a people in antiquity, to the shame of earthly tribes.
Which hardened in hearts before
That against the gods armed.
Rebellious crowds, beyond a thousand banners,
Some with a bow, some with a sling, noisy, rush into the field.
The instigators, from the remote heads,
In order to set fire to the Bole's riot,
They shout that the judgment of heaven is strict and idle;
That the gods or sleep, il rule recklessly;
What time to teach them time without ranks;
That, however, with stones from nearby mountains is not difficult
Fling to heaven into the gods
And sweep Olympus with arrows.
Confused by the insolence of madmen and blasphemy,
The whole Olympus began to pray with Zeus,
So that he averts trouble;
And even the whole council of the gods of those thoughts was,
Which, to the rebel conviction, is not bad
To reveal at least a small miracle:
Or a flood, or a thunder with a coward,
Or even a stone to hit them with rain.
“Wait”
Jupiter ryok: “and if they don’t put up
And in a riot, they are rebuked, not afraid of the immortals,
They are executed from their deeds. ”
Then with a noise in the air soared
The darkness of stones, a cloud of arrows from the allied forces,
But with a thousand deaths, both evil and inevitable,
Heads fell upon their own.
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The fruits of unbelief are terrible;
And know, peoples, you,
That the imaginary sages of blasphemy are bold,
What is arming you against deities
Your doom your near hour
And everyone will turn into arrows of thunder to you.
Eagle and hens
Wishing a bright day to stop looking at,
The eagle flew under heaven
And walked there
Where lightning will be born.
Having finally descended from the cloudy heights,
The king bird rests on a barn.
Although this is an unenviable performer for Oryol,
But the Kings have their quirks:
Perhaps he wanted to honor the bastard,
Ile wasn’t close;
Neither oak nor granite rock;
I don’t know what kind of thought, but just Eagle
Did not sit much
And then he flew to another barn.
Seeing that, crested brood hen
He interprets this with his godfather:
“Why are the Eagles so honored?
Really for the flight, my dear neighbor?
Well, right, if I want,
From a barn to a barn and I will cross.
Let’s not forward such fools,
To read Orlov nobler than us.
Their legs and eyes are no greater than ours;
Yes, you saw now
What low they fly like chickens. "
The eagle responds, bored with nonsense:
“You're right, but not really.
Eagles happen to descend below hens;
But chickens can never rise to the clouds! ”
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When you judge talents
To consider their weaknesses not to be wasted;
But, feeling that they are both strong and beautiful,
Be able to comprehend them different heights.
The fox, not seeing Lev’s term,
Meeting with him, with passions remained a little alive.
Here, a little later, again she got a lion,
But it seemed not so terrible to her.
And the third time then
The fox started a conversation with Leo.
Otherwise, we are also afraid
As long as we don’t take a closer look.
Siskin and Dove
Chizha slammed the trap villain:
The poor thing in her was eager and rushing,
And the young Pigeon mocked him.
“Do not be ashamed,” he says, “in broad daylight
Gotcha!
Would not have led me like this:
I vouch for it boldly. ”
An, look, right there he was entangled in the snare.
And the thing!
Ahead, do not laugh at someone else's misfortune, Dove.
Wolf and Shepherds
Wolf walking around the shepherd’s yard
And seeing through the fence
That, choosing the best sheep in the herd,
Calm Shepherds lamb gutted,
And the dogs are quietly lying
He said to himself, leaving in annoyance:
“Whatever noise you all make here, friends,
When would I do that! ”
Waterfall and Stream
Boiling Waterfall, overthrown from the rocks,
Healing key with arrogance said
(Which under the mountain was barely noticeable,
But he was famous for his healing power):
“Isn't it strange? You are so small, so poor in water
Do you always have a lot of guests?
No wonder if anyone comes to marvel at me;
Why are they coming to you? ”-“ To be treated, ”-
Muttered a stream humbly.
Boy and Snake
Boy thinking to catch an eel
He grabbed the Snake and, looking, from fear
He became pale, like his shirt.
Snake, calmly looking at the Boy:
“Listen,” he says, “since you won’t be smarter
That insolence is not always easy for you to pass.
This time God will forgive; but beware ahead
And know who you are joking with! ”
Sheep and Dogs
In some flock of sheep,
So that the Wolves could no longer disturb them,
Put the number of dogs to multiply.
Well? Divorced them so much finally
That the Sheep from the Wolves, it’s true, survived,
But the Dogs also have to eat.
First, they removed the wool from Sheep,
And there, by lot, the skins flew from them,
And there were only five or six Sheeps left,
And those dogs were eaten.
Rooster and pearl grain
Tearing the pile apart
Rooster found pearl grain
And he says: “Where is it?
What a thing is empty!
Isn’t it silly that he is so highly valued?
And I, really, would be much more happy
To the Barley Grain: it’s not so visible,
Yes, satisfying.
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Ignoramuses are judged exactly like this:
What is the use of not understanding, then they have nothing.
Cloud
Above the side exhausted from the heat
The Great Cloud flashed;
Not a drop of it refreshing one,
She rained heavily over the sea
And boasted of her generosity before the Mountain,
“What? made good
Are you so generous? -
Horus told her. -
And how to look at it does not hurt!
Whenever you rain on the fields
You would save the whole region from hunger:
And in the sea without you, my friend, there is enough water. ”
Peasant and Fox (Book Eighth)
A fox to a peasant once said:
"Tell me, my dear godfather,
What a horse has earned so friendship from you
What, I see, is she always with you?
In contentment you keep her in the hall;
On the road, you are with her, and often with her in the field;
But of all the animals
She is hardly all stupid. " -
“Oh, kumushka, power is not in the mind! -
The peasant answered. - All this is vanity.
My goal is completely different:
I need her to carry me
Yes, to obey the whip. "
Fox and grape
Hungry godfather Fox climbed into the garden;
In it grape brushes were tearing.
At Kumushka's eyes and teeth flared up;
And brushes juicy, like yachts, burn;
Only trouble - they hang high:
Break off and no matter how she goes to them,
Though he sees an eye
Yes, the tooth is numb.
Having made a waste of an hour,
I went and said in vexation:
"Well!
He looks good,
Yes green - no ripe berries:
Immediately you’ll nag your mouth. ”
Falcon and Worm
At the top of a tree, clinging to a branch,
The worm was swinging on it.
Above the Worm Falcon, rushing through the air,
So he joked and scoffed from above:
“What poor thing you have not endured!
Well arrived, that you crawled so high?
What is your will and freedom?
And you bend with a branch where the weather tells. ” -
"It's easy for you to joke, -
The worm responds - flying high,
Then, that you are strong and strong, and strong;
But fate gave me the wrong merit:
I'm here on top
That’s all I’m holding on to, that, fortunately, I’m tenacious! ”
Dog and Horse
One peasant serving,
A dog and a horse somehow began to be considered.
“Here,” says Barbos, “big lady!”
For me, if only you were completely driven out of the yard.
Great thing to haul or plow!
About your boldness not to hear another:
And can you be equal in what with me?
Neither day nor night do I know peace:
In the afternoon, the herd under my supervision in the meadow,
And at night I guard the house. "
“Of course,” the horse replied, “
Your truthful speech;
However, when I didn’t plow,
There’s nothing for you to watch here. ”
Mouse and rat
“Neighbor, have you heard a good rumor?” -
Running in, Rat Mouse said -
After all, the cat, they say, fell into the claws of a lion?
Here to relax and it’s time for us to come! ”
“Do not rejoice, my light, -
To her, the Rat says, -
And do not hope for nothing!
If they reach their claws,
That is true, a lion cannot be alive:
There is no beast stronger than a cat! ”
How many times have I seen it yourself:
When a coward is afraid of whom,
That thinks that on that
The whole world looks through his eyes.
Peasant and Rogue
A peasant getting a house
I bought a cowboy and a cow at the fair
And with them through the Dubrov
I wandered quietly home in a country way
When suddenly the Robber got caught.
The robber of the Man peeled off as sticky.
“Have mercy,” the Peasant will cry, “I have disappeared,”
You completely got me!
I spent a whole year buying a cow:
For this I have waited a day. ”
"Good, don't cry for me, -
He said, pitying, Robber.
And truly, because I can’t milk the cows;
So be it,
Take your casket back. ”
Frog and ox
A frog, having seen Vol in the meadow,
She began to catch up with him in preternity:
She was envious.
And puff, puff and pout.
“Look, quuck, what, will I be with him?”
Girlfriend says. “No, farrier, far away!” -
“Look how now I am swollen widely.
Well, what is it?
Am I replenished? ”-“ Almost nothing. ”-
“Well, how now?” - “All the same.” Puffed and puffed
And my venturer ended on
What, not equal to the Ox,
She burst from a strain and - scattered.
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There is more than one example of this in the world:
And it’s wonderful when a tradesman wants to live,
As an eminent citizen,
A small fry, like a noble nobleman?
Krylov Ivan Andreevich (1769 - 1844) - famous Russian poet and fabulist, academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Publisher of the satirical magazines "Mail of Spirits", "The Spectator", "St. Petersburg Mercury". Known as the author of more than 230 fables.
When raising a child, moral principles that are laid at a very young age are very important. To correctly explain to the baby the actions of those around him, he needs to show similar examples of behavior. The ideal option for exploring social realities would be Krylov's fables. Read the works of Ivan Andreevich best with the children. Then, young listeners will not have problems understanding the current situations.
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Thanks to the poetic form, instructive stories are easily perceived by the child. The imagery of the characters represented conveys qualities inherent not only to man. Embodying cunning through a fox, deceit through a wolf, and stupidity through a monkey, the Russian poet evoked an associative series with the behavior of these animals among young readers. The fabulist demonstrated the vices of society, expressing them using the witty language of satire. Starting to listen to the works of Krylov, the children quickly learn to guess the true intentions of others from their actions.
The fable is one of the ancient types of works of art, originating from the III millennium BC. from Sumerian and Babylonian literature. The fable is always based on morality and narrative.
The fable exposes the dark sides of the human character, and since these vices do not have power over time, the legends of the fables of past years are relevant to this day. They help to develop moral and ethical qualities in children and have a significant educational role in themselves, setting the right path.
The founder of the fable is Aesop, the ancient poet and fabulist poet of ancient Greece (VI-V centuries BC), who wrote his works in prose. The original plots and the wisdom of his works, which have passed through many centuries, served as the basis for the plots of other famous fabulist authors J. Lafontaine and I.A. Krylova.
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In this section you will find the best selection of fables of Krylov, Aesop, J. Lafontaine, for children of any age, who will be useful in the process of development and education of the child.
Krylov's fables we love to read from childhood. Krylov’s images are stored in memory, which often pop up in the head in various life situations, we turn to them and every time we continue to be surprised at Krylov’s insight.
It happens that I remember the Pug that barks at the Elephant in order to make an impression of a brave and fearless or suddenly a monkey pops up before her eyes, who mocked herself, not recognizing the reflection in the Mirror. Laughter, and more! And how often there are meetings that are involuntarily compared with the Monkey, which, by its own ignorance, not knowing the value of the Points, smashed them on a stone. Krylov’s little fables are short in size, but not in meaning, because the Krylov’s word is sharp, and the morals of the fables have long turned into winged expressions. Krylov’s fables accompany us through life, are related to us, and at any time they will find understanding in us and help us to re-realize our values.
Krylov is a famous writer. Of all the children's poems and fables - the works of Krylov are always the very best, they cut into memory and pop up throughout life when meeting with human vices. It is often said that, they say, Krylov did not write for children, but is the meaning of his fables not understood by children? Morality is usually clearly written, so Krylov’s fables can be read with benefit even by the smallest child.
On our site we place the best works of the author in the original presentation, and also separately highlight morality for convenience and better memorization of philosophical thoughts sometimes. Both a child and an adult will find a lot of meaning in these small life stories in which animals symbolize people, their vices and ridiculous behavior. Krylov’s fables online are remarkable in that they contain not only text, but also a remarkable picture, convenient navigation, cognitive facts and reasoning. After reading, the author will surely become your favorite, and his life essays in the form of humorous fables will be remembered for many years.
The fabulist led an absolutely open life, talked a lot, printed books one by one and did not shy from his obesity and laziness. The oddities that took place with Krylov were expressed by him in instructive scenes, the simplicity of which is deceptive. He was not a fabulist, he was a philosopher-thinker, capable of comically describing people's shortcomings in an amazing form accessible only to him with children's unobtrusiveness and ease. It is not necessary to look for satire only in Krylov’s fables, their value does not end there. The content and meaning are more philosophical than humorous. In addition to human vices, truths of being, foundations of behavior and relationships between people are presented in a mild form. Each fable is a combination of wisdom, morality and humor.
Krylov's fables begin to read the child from an early age. They will show him what to watch out for in life, what behavior others condemn, and for which they can encourage. The laws of life according to Krylov are natural and wise; he despises artificiality and self-interest. Morality, cleansed of any impurities and trends, is clear and concise, contains a separation between the faithful and the unfaithful. The wonderful manner of writing has led to the fact that every morality has become a folk proverb or a fun aphorism. The works are written in such a language that although they look like literary forms, they actually carry intonations and ridicule inherent only to the great people's mind. Krylov’s little fables changed the general outlook on this genre. Innovation was manifested in realism, philosophical note and worldly wisdom. Fables became small novels, sometimes dramas, in which the accumulated wisdom and cunning of the mind manifested itself for centuries. It is remarkable that with all this, the author did not turn the fable into a satirical poem, but managed to preserve the deep content that consists of a short story and morality.
Krylov's fable penetrated the essence of things, the characters' characters and became a genre that was almost unattainable by other authors. Despite the satire, the fabulist loved life in all its manifestations, he only really wanted simple and natural truths to finally replace low passions. The genre of fables under his pen has become so high and honed that, after reading the fables of other authors, you will understand that there is no other such thing, and it is unlikely to be.
In the section of Krylov's fables online, we invite you to get acquainted with folk wisdom. Short philosophical works will not leave indifferent neither children nor adults.
