Ershov P. fairy tale "The Little Humpbacked Horse"

Genre: literary fairy tale in verse

The main characters of the fairy tale "The Little Humpbacked Horse" and their characteristics

Ivan, the youngest son of a peasant. Not very smart, naughty, capricious, but kind and honest. He was on his own, but became a king.
Tsar Maiden. A 15-year-old girl, very beautiful and smart. Daughter of the Moon, sister of the Sun
Tsar. The old man is toothless and gray-haired. Greedy and capricious, a tyrant.
Ivan's brothers. Greedy, cowardly, stupid.
The Little Humpbacked Horse. Faithful friend and helper. Loyal, smart, powerful, cunning. He knows everything, he can do everything.

Plan for retelling the fairy tale "The Little Humpbacked Horse"

Peasant and his three sons
Someone is trampling wheat
Big Brothers Watch
Mare
Horse theft
Forgiveness
Firebird feather
Ivan in the service of the Tsar
The machinations of the sleeping bag
Catching a firebird
Ivan the stirrup king
New intrigues
Catching the Tsar Maiden
Difficult errand
Whale fish
Mesyats Mesyatsovich
Forgiveness of the Whale
Ruff and chest
Tsar-Maiden condition
Bathing in cauldrons
Wedding and feast.

The shortest summary of the fairy tale "The Little Humpbacked Horse" for reader's diary in 6 sentences

The peasant had three sons, and the youngest Ivan catches a mare, who gave him two beautiful horses and a small humpbacked horse.
Ivan finds a feather from the Firebird in the field, the Tsar buys horses and takes Ivan into his service.
The Tsar sends Ivan for the firebird and he catches it with his skate.
The Tsar sends Ivan for the Tsar Maiden and Ivan brings the beauty
The Tsar sends Ivan for the ring, Ivan visits the mansion of the Month, frees the whale and brings the ring.
Ivan bathes in three cauldrons, the Tsar dies and Ivan, having married the Tsar Maiden, becomes the new Tsar.

The main idea of the fairy tale "The Little Humpbacked Horse"
It is easy for him to live in the world who has a faithful, reliable friend.

What does the fairy tale “The Little Humpbacked Horse” teach?
This fairy tale teaches friendship. Teaches that true friend More valuable than any wealth is that together with a friend you can overcome any difficulties and complete any tasks. Teaches you to be honest and kind, teaches you to help others. Teaches you to soberly assess your strengths and abilities, to desire only what you really need.

Review of the fairy tale "The Little Humpbacked Horse"
Extraordinarily beautiful and interesting tale was written by Pyotr Ershov. It is easy to read and easy to remember. The plot of the fairy tale is unusual, there are many miracles in it and at the same time a lot of funny things, it makes the reader smile more than once. What I especially like about her is the Little Humpbacked Horse, a devoted, faithful friend whom every person would like to have.

Proverbs for the fairy tale "The Little Humpbacked Horse"
A true friend is better than a hundred servants.
If you seek help, help others yourself.
Every bride is born for her groom.

Summary, brief retelling parts of the fairy tale "The Little Humpbacked Horse"
Part 1.
In one village there lived a peasant and he had three sons, the youngest, as usual, a fool. The brothers sowed wheat and sold it in the capital. But then some thief got into the habit of trampling the wheat and the brothers decided to keep watch at night to catch the thief.
However, both the eldest and middle brother were frightened and spent the night either with the neighbor under the fence or in the hay barn.
Ivan didn’t want to go at all, but they promised to buy him gifts, and he also went on patrol. At night, a mare galloped onto the field, and Ivan ran up to her and jumped on her backwards. The mare could not throw him off and promised to give birth to three horses. Two beautiful ones and one Hunchback, who will be Ivan’s faithful comrade.
Two years have passed. The elder brother Danilo saw two beautiful horses in the booth and decided, together with Gavrila, to take the horses away and sell them in the capital.
Ivan discovers the missing horses and is heartbroken. He sits on the Hunchback and instantly catches up with the brothers. The brothers apologize to him and Ivan agrees to sell the horses.
Night falls and Danila notices a fire in the distance. Ivan goes to the fire and finds the Firebird's feather. Despite Hunchback's admonitions, Ivan takes the pen for himself.
The brothers arrive in the capital and lead the horses to the auction. The mayor sees them and reports to the king. The king rushes to look at the horses and buys them for ten caps of silver and five rubles.
The horses do not allow anyone near them and the Tsar takes Ivan into his service.
Part 2.
Ivan settled well in the service of the tsar, but the sleeping man, his boss, began to envy him. The sleeping bag noticed that Ivan did not take care of the horses, but they were still clean. Therefore, the sleeping bag decided to find out what was going on and hid in the stable.
He saw Ivan take out a firebird feather, admire it, and then begin to care for the horses.
The steward reports to the king about the feather and says that Ivan boasted of getting the Firebird itself.
The Tsar gets angry, calls Ivan and demands the Firebird, promising otherwise to impale him.
Sad Ivan returns, but Konyok consoles him and advises him to ask for overseas wine and millet. Ivan receives everything and sets off.
On the eighth day, Ivan arrives in the clearing on the Hunchback. The horse advises Ivan to mix millet and wine and hide under a trough.
At night, many firebirds fly in and Ivan, wearing a mitten, catches one of them. He throws the bird into a bag and brings it to the king. The Tsar makes Ivan eager.
Five weeks later, the steward hears a story about the Tsar Maiden, a relative of the Moon and the Sun, and reports to the Tsar that Ivan boasted of getting her.
The Tsar gets angry again and calls Ivan. He demands that the Tsar Maiden be delivered to him, again promising to impale her.
Ivan is sad again, but even here Konek consoles him. He advises you to ask for a golden tent, a dinner set and various sweets.
Having received what he required, Ivan hits the road again.
On the eighth day, Ivan comes to the ocean shore and pitches his tent. At noon, the Tsar Maiden sails from the ocean, sits by the tent, eats and plays the harp. Ivan criticizes the appearance of the Tsar Maiden, and after listening to the songs, falls asleep. The Horse will scold him. Ivan is crying.
In the morning the Tsar Maiden sails again, but Ivan is on the alert. He runs into the tent, grabs the girl by the braid and shouts at the horse.
Ivan brings the Tsar Maiden to the Tsar and he invites the girl to marry him. But the Tsar Maiden turns away. The Tsar insists and the Tsar Maiden demands to get the ring from the bottom of the ocean. The Tsar sends Ivan to the task, and the Tsar Maiden asks to visit his mother, the Moon, and his brother, the Sun.
The horse consoles Ivan and in the morning they set off.
Part 3.
The Horse flew a hundred thousand miles and took Ivan to the ocean. He warned that there was a whale fish lying across it, which would ask for forgiveness from the Sun.
Ivan sees that there is indeed a whale fish lying across the ocean, and on its back there is a village and the forest is making noise. He rode on the back of a whale. Kit, having learned that they are going as ambassadors to the Sun, asks to put in a good word for him and Ivan promises this.
The Horse reached the place where heaven meets earth and Ivan found himself in heaven. He drove up to the tower of the Tsar Maiden and admired its beauty and the Orthodox cross of stars.
Ivan meets Mesyats Mesyatsovich and says that her daughter asks why she hides her face from her for three days, and why brother sun does not send her a ray.
The Moon is happy that the Tsar Maiden was found, hugs Ivan, and explains that he and the Sun were sad because they lost the Tsar Maiden.
Ivan conveys the whale’s request to the Month, and the Month replies that he swallowed thirty ships and when he gives them freedom, his torment will end.
Ivan says goodbye to the Month and sets off on his way back. The horse warns the villagers to run away and tells the whale about the words of the Moon.
Keith releases the ships and, satisfied, promises to fulfill any request of Ivan. Ivan asks the whale to get the Tsar Maiden's ring.
The whale sends sturgeon in search, but they return with nothing, and they say that only a ruff can carry out this order.
The whale gives the order to deliver the ruffe to him and the dolphins are looking for the ruffe everywhere. They find it with difficulty at the bottom, where Ruff is fighting with crucian carp. Dolphins deliver the ruffe to the whale.
Keith orders the ruff to find the Tsar Maiden's ring. Ruff quickly finds the chest, but it weighs a hundred pounds and he calls the herring for help. But even the herrings could not lift the chest. Then the ruff calls the sturgeon and delivers the chest to the whale.
At this time, Ivan is waiting for the whale on the shore and swearing. But at dawn the whale brings the chest and swims away. Ivan cannot lift the chest, but Little Hunchback easily throws it onto his shoulders.
Four days later, Ivan arrives in the capital.
The satisfied king runs with the ring to the Tsar Maiden, but she again refuses. She says that she is only 15 years old and demands that the king rejuvenate himself. To do this, you need to bathe in three cauldrons, the first will contain cold water, the second will contain boiled water, and the third will contain boiling milk.
The Tsar demands that Ivan be the first to try the Tsar Maiden's recipe. Ivan refuses. but the king threatens to tear him into pieces.
The horse consoles Ivan and tells him what he must do.
Ivan comes to the square and asks permission to say goodbye to the skate. The horse waves its tail, dips its muzzle and whistles.
Ivan jumps into milk, then into boiled water and finally into cold water. It comes out of the water very beautiful.
The king dived after him and boiled.
The Tsar Maiden proclaims herself queen and declares Ivan her husband and king. General fun.

Drawings and illustrations for the fairy tale "The Little Humpbacked Horse"

In one village there lived a peasant. He has three sons: the eldest - Danilo - smart, the middle - Gavrilo - “this way and that”, the youngest - Ivan - a fool. The brothers make a living by growing wheat, taking it to the capital and selling it there. Suddenly something bad happens: someone starts trampling the crops at night. The brothers decide to take turns on duty in the field in order to find out who it is.

When the turn of the younger brother comes, he goes into the field and sees a white mare with a long golden mane appear at midnight. Ivan manages to jump onto the mare’s back, and she starts to gallop. Finally, tired, the mare asks Ivan to let her go, promising to give birth to three horses: two handsome ones, which Ivan, if he wants, can sell, and the third, a horse “only three inches tall, with two humps on the back and arshin ears.” - Ivan cannot be given to anyone for any treasure, because he will be Ivan’s best comrade, assistant and protector. Ivan agrees and takes the mare to a shepherd’s booth, where three days later the mare gives birth to the three promised horses.

Ivan serves in the royal stables, where he does nothing (the Little Humpbacked Horse does all the tasks for him). Here the Tsar’s sleeping bag substitutes him, throws in the Firebird’s feather, after which the Tsar sends the Fool after that very bird.

Ivan returns to the king with the Firebird with the help of the Little Humpbacked Horse.

Afterwards, Ivan and the Little Hunchback deliver the Tsar Maiden to the Tsar, and then the ring for her.

The Tsar presents the Tsar Maiden with a ring, but she refuses to marry him, saying that he is too old for her, and offers him a means by which he can become younger: he needs to put three large boiler: one - with cold water, another with hot milk, and a third with boiling milk - and take a bath in turn in all three cauldrons. The Tsar again calls Ivan and demands that he do all this first. And here the Little Humpbacked Horse promises Ivan his help: he will wave his tail, dip his face into the cauldrons, laugh at Ivan twice, whistle loudly - and after that Ivan can even jump into boiling water. Ivan does just that - and becomes a handsome man. Seeing this, the king also jumps into the boiling milk, but with a different result: “it poured into the cauldron and was boiled there.” The people immediately recognize the Tsar Maiden as their queen, and she takes the transformed Ivan by the hand and leads him down the aisle. The people greet the king and queen, and a wedding feast thunders in the palace.

Pyotr Pavlovich Ershov

"The Little Humpbacked Horse"

After some time, Danilo, accidentally entering a booth, sees two beautiful golden-maned horses there. Together with Gavrila, they decide to take them secretly from Ivan to the capital and sell them there. In the evening of the same day, Ivan, arriving at the booth as usual, discovers that he is missing. The Little Humpbacked Horse explains to Ivan what happened and offers to catch up with the brothers. Ivan mounts the Little Humpbacked Horse, and they instantly overtake them. The brothers, making excuses, explain their action by poverty; Ivan agrees to sell the horses, and together they go to the capital.

Having stopped in a field for the night, the brothers suddenly notice a light in the distance. Danilo sends Ivan to bring a light, “to light a smoke.” Ivan sits on the Little Humpbacked Horse, rides up to the fire and sees something strange: “a wonderful light flows all around, but does not warm, does not smoke.” The Little Humpbacked Horse explains to him that this is the feather of the Firebird, and does not advise Ivan to pick it up, as it will bring him a lot of trouble. Ivan does not listen to the advice, picks up the feather, puts it in his hat and, returning to his brothers, keeps silent about the feather.

Arriving in the capital in the morning, the brothers put their horses up for sale in a row of horses. The mayor sees the horses and immediately goes with a report to the king. The mayor praises the wonderful horses so much that the king immediately goes to the market and buys them from his brothers. The royal grooms lead the horses away, but the expensive horses knock them off their feet and return to Ivan. Seeing this, the king offers Ivan service in the palace - he appoints him as head of the royal stables; Ivan agrees and goes to the palace. The brothers, having received the money and dividing it equally, go home, both get married and live peacefully, remembering Ivan.

And Ivan serves in the royal stable. However, after some time, the royal sleeping bag - the boyar, who was the head of the stables before Ivan and now decided to drive him out of the palace at all costs - notices that Ivan does not clean or care for the horses, but nevertheless they are always fed and watered and cleaned. Deciding to find out what’s going on, the sleeping bag sneaks into the stable at night and hides in the stall. At midnight, Ivan enters the stable, takes out a Firebird feather wrapped in a rag from his hat, and by its light begins to clean and wash the horses. Having finished his work, fed them and given them something to drink, Ivan immediately goes to the stable and falls asleep. The sleeping bag goes to the Tsar and reports to him that Ivan not only hides the Firebird’s precious feather from him, but also allegedly boasts that he can get the Firebird itself. The Tsar immediately sends for Ivan and demands that he get him the Firebird. Ivan claims that he did not say anything like that, however, seeing the king’s anger, he goes to the Little Humpbacked Horse and tells him about his grief. The horse volunteers to help Ivan.

The next day, on the advice of the Hunchback, having received from the Tsar “two troughs of Beloyar millet and overseas wine,” Ivan mounts his horse and sets off to fetch the Firebird. They travel for a whole week and finally arrive at a dense forest. In the middle of the forest there is a clearing, and in the clearing there is a mountain made of pure silver. The horse explains to Ivan that the Firebirds fly to the stream here at night, and tells him to pour millet into one trough and fill it with wine, and to climb under the other trough, and when the birds fly in and start pecking at the grain and wine, grab one of them . Ivan obediently does everything, and he manages to catch the Firebird. He brings it to the king, who rewards him with joy new position: Now Ivan is the royal stirrup.

However, the sleeping bag does not leave the thought of killing Ivan. After some time, one of the servants tells the others a fairy tale about the beautiful Tsar Maiden, who lives on the ocean shore, rides in a golden boat, sings songs and plays the harp, and besides, she is the daughter of the Moon and the sister of the Sun. The sleeping bag immediately goes to the Tsar and reports to him that he allegedly heard Ivan boasting that he could get the Tsar Maiden. The Tsar sends Ivan to bring him the Tsar Maiden. Ivan goes to the horse, and he again volunteers to help him. To do this, you need to ask the king for two towels, a gold-embroidered tent, a dinner set and various sweets. The next morning, having received everything he needed, Ivan boards the Little Humpbacked Horse and sets off for the Tsar Maiden.

They travel for a whole week and finally come to the ocean. The horse tells Ivan to pitch the tent, place the dinner set on a towel, lay out the sweets, and hide behind the tent and, waiting for the princess to enter the tent, eat, drink and start playing the harp, run into the tent and grab her. Ivan successfully does everything that his hobbyhorse told him to do. When they all return to the capital, the Tsar, seeing the Tsar Maiden, invites her to get married tomorrow. However, the princess demands that her ring be retrieved from the bottom of the ocean. The Tsar immediately sends for Ivan and sends him to the ocean for a ring, and the Tsar Maiden asks him along the way to stop by to bow to her mother, the Moon, and her brother, the Sun. And the next day Ivan and the Little Humpbacked Horse set off again.

Approaching the ocean, they see that a huge whale lies across it, with “a village standing on its back, a fuss making noise on its tail.” Having learned that the travelers are heading to the palace of the Sun, the whale asks them to find out for what sins he is suffering so much. Ivan promises him this, and the travelers move on. Soon they arrive at the tower of the Tsar Maiden, in which the Sun sleeps at night, and the Moon rests during the day. Ivan enters the palace and conveys greetings to the Moon from the Tsar Maiden. Month is very happy to receive news about his missing daughter, but upon learning that the Tsar is going to marry her, he becomes angry and asks Ivan to convey his words to her: not an old man, but a handsome young man will become her husband. To Ivan’s question about the fate of the whale, the Month replies that ten years ago this whale swallowed three dozen ships, and if he releases them, he will be forgiven and released into the sea.

Ivan and Little Hunchback go back, drive up to the whale and convey to him the words of the Moon. Residents hastily leave the village, and the whale releases the ships. Now he is finally free and asks Ivan what he can do for him. Ivan asks him to get the Tsar Maiden’s ring from the bottom of the ocean. The whale sends sturgeon to search all the seas and find the ring. Finally, after a long search, the chest with the ring was found, and Ivan delivers it to the capital.

The Tsar presents the Tsar Maiden with a ring, but she again refuses to marry him, saying that he is too old for her, and offers him a means by which he can become younger: he needs to put three large cauldrons: one with cold water, the other - with hot, and the third - with boiling milk - and take a bath in turn in all three cauldrons. The Tsar again calls Ivan and demands that he do all this first. And here the Little Humpbacked Horse promises Ivan his help: he will wave his tail, dip his muzzle into the cauldrons, laugh at Ivan twice, whistle loudly - and after that Ivan can even jump into boiling water. Ivan does just that - and becomes a handsome man. Seeing this, the king also jumps into the boiling milk, but with a different result: “he poured into the cauldron and was boiled there.” The people immediately recognize the Tsar Maiden as their queen, and she takes the transformed Ivan by the hand and leads him down the aisle. The people greet the king and queen, and a wedding feast thunders in the palace.

In one village, a peasant had three sons, the youngest of whom, Ivan, was not particularly intelligent. The brothers were engaged in farming, and the grain they grew was sold in the capital. But suddenly every night someone unknown begins to trample their wheat. To catch the villain, the brothers are going to guard the field. But the elders refuse all-night vigil, afraid of bad weather. Ivan finds a white mare with a golden mane in the field at midnight and catches her.

The animal asks to let her go, for which she will give him two beautiful horses and one small horse with two humps. He can do whatever he wants with the first ones, even sell them, but the hunchback cannot be given to anyone, since he will always help him. Ivan agreed, and three days later the mare gave birth to three horses, which were accidentally discovered by the older brothers. They take two beautiful horses to sell in the capital. In the evening, Ivan discovers only the Little Humpbacked Horse, who informs him about the brothers’ actions and invites him to catch up with them. Having overtaken them on the way, Ivan forgives his brothers, and they all go to the capital together.

Night caught them on the way, and they settled down for the night. But suddenly a light appeared in the distance, and after it Ivan rode on the Little Humpbacked Horse to light a fire. As he approached, the youngest of the brothers saw a light that did not heat or smoke. The Little Humpbacked Horse says that this is the feather of the Firebird, which brings misfortune to its owner. But Ivan still hides the feather in his cap, and upon his return he does not tell his brothers anything.

The king himself buys beautiful horses, but the animals do not want to go without their owner. Therefore, Ivan is appointed head of the stables at court. And the older brothers receive money from the sale, go back to the village, where they soon get married.

One boyar, a sleeper, disliked Ivan because he took his place as head of the stables. The sleeping bag watches him and at midnight notices how Ivan is cleaning the horses with the help of the Firebird's feather. The next morning, the boyar informs the tsar that his head of the stables was boasting about the opportunity to get the Firebird itself. The Tsar calls Ivan and orders him to fulfill his boast. The young man is upset, but the Little Humpbacked Horse calms him down, promising to help. He takes his owner for a week to the dense forest, among which there was a silver mountain, and tells him how to proceed. Having listened to the advice, Ivan manages to catch the Firebird, for which the king appoints him as his stirrup.

After some time, the sleeping bag again persuades the Tsar that Ivan can bring him the Tsar Maiden. And this time the Little Hunchback helps out his master. He advises to lure the beauty with various sweets and capture her in the tent. When Ivan brought the Tsar Maiden to the palace, the Tsar immediately decided to marry, but she refuses until the ring is delivered to her from the bottom of the ocean. This task is again entrusted to the stirrup, and the beauty also orders along the way to pay respects to Mother Moon and Brother Sun. On the way, Ivan helps the whale get rid of its suffering, for which he takes out a ring from the depths in gratitude. But the queen again refuses to marry until the king becomes younger, having bathed alternately in the cold and hot water and then in boiling milk.

The Tsar orders Ivan to try bathing first, who, with the help of the Little Humpbacked Horse, not only survived, but also became handsome. Seeing the result, the king jumped into the cauldron, but was boiled. The people wanted to be ruled by the queen, and she takes Ivan as her husband.

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A peasant lives in one village. He has three sons: the eldest - Danilo - smart, the middle - Gavrilo - “this way and that”, the youngest - Ivan - a fool. The brothers make a living by growing wheat, taking it to the capital and selling it there. Suddenly something bad happens: someone starts trampling the crops at night. The brothers decide to take turns on duty in the field in order to find out who it is. The eldest and middle brothers, frightened by the cold and bad weather, leave duty without finding out anything. When the turn of the younger brother comes, he goes into the field and sees a white mare with a long golden mane appear at midnight. Ivan manages to jump onto the mare’s back, and she starts to gallop. Finally, tired, the mare asks Ivan to let her go, promising to give birth to three horses: two handsome ones, which Ivan, if he wants, can sell, and the third - a horse “only three inches tall, with two humps on the back and arshin ears.” - Ivan should not be given to anyone for any treasure, because he will be Ivan’s best comrade, assistant and protector. Ivan agrees and takes the mare to a shepherd’s booth, where three days later the mare gives birth to the three promised horses. After some time, Danilo, accidentally entering a booth, sees two beautiful golden-maned horses there. Together with Gavrila, they decide to take them secretly from Ivan to the capital and sell them there. In the evening of the same day, Ivan, arriving at the booth as usual, discovers that he is missing. The Little Humpbacked Horse explains to Ivan what happened and offers to catch up with the brothers. Ivan mounts the Little Humpbacked Horse, and they instantly overtake them. The brothers, making excuses, explain their action by poverty; Ivan agrees to sell the horses, and together they go to the capital. Having stopped in a field for the night, the brothers suddenly notice a light in the distance. Danilo sends Ivan to bring a light, “to light a smoke.” Ivan sits on the Little Humpbacked Horse, rides up to the fire and sees something strange: “a wonderful light flows all around, but does not warm, does not smoke.” The Little Humpbacked Horse explains to him that this is the Firebird's feather, and does not advise Ivan to pick it up, as it will bring him a lot of trouble. Ivan does not listen to the advice, picks up the feather, puts it in his hat and, returning to his brothers, keeps silent about the feather. Arriving in the capital in the morning, the brothers put their horses up for sale in a row of horses. The mayor sees the horses and immediately goes with a report to the king. The mayor praises the wonderful horses so much that the king immediately goes to the market and buys them from his brothers. The royal grooms lead the horses away, but the expensive horses knock them off their feet and return to Ivan. Seeing this, the king offers Ivan service in the palace - he appoints him as head of the royal stables; Ivan agrees and goes to the palace. The brothers, having received the money and dividing it equally, go home, both get married and live peacefully, remembering Ivan. And Ivan serves in the royal stable. However, after some time, the royal sleeping bag - the boyar, who was the head of the stables before Ivan and now decided to drive him out of the palace at all costs - notices that Ivan does not clean or care for the horses, but nevertheless they are always fed and watered and cleaned. Deciding to find out what’s going on, the sleeping bag sneaks into the stable at night and hides in the stall. At midnight, Ivan enters the stable, takes out of his hat the Firebird’s feather wrapped in a rag, and by its light begins to clean and wash the horses. Having finished his work, fed them and given them something to drink, Ivan immediately goes to the stable and falls asleep. The sleeping bag goes to the Tsar and reports to him that Ivan not only hides the Firebird’s precious feather from him, but also allegedly boasts that he can get the Firebird itself. The Tsar immediately sends for Ivan and demands that he get him the Firebird. Ivan claims that he did not say anything like that, however, seeing the king’s anger, he goes to the Little Humpbacked Horse and tells him about his grief. The horse volunteers to help Ivan. The next day, on the advice of the Hunchback, having received from the Tsar “two troughs of Beloyar millet and overseas wine,” Ivan mounts his horse and sets off to fetch the Firebird. They travel for a whole week and finally arrive at a dense forest. In the middle of the forest there is a clearing, and in the clearing there is a mountain made of pure silver. The horse explains to Ivan that the Firebirds fly to the stream here at night, and tells him to pour millet into one trough and fill it with wine, and to climb under the other trough, and when the birds fly in and start pecking at the grain and wine, grab one of them . Ivan obediently does everything, and he manages to catch the Firebird. He brings it to the Tsar, who, to celebrate, rewards him with a new position: now Ivan is the Tsar’s stirrup. However, the sleeping bag does not leave the thought of killing Ivan. After some time, one of the servants tells the others a fairy tale about the beautiful Tsar Maiden, who lives on the ocean shore, rides in a golden boat, sings songs and plays the harp, and besides, she is the daughter of the Moon and the sister of the Sun. The sleeping bag immediately goes to the Tsar and reports to him that he allegedly heard Ivan boasting that he could get the Tsar Maiden. The Tsar sends Ivan to bring him the Tsar Maiden. Ivan goes to the horse, and he again volunteers to help him. To do this, you need to ask the king for two towels, a gold-embroidered tent, a dinner set and various sweets. The next morning, having received everything he needed, Ivan boards the Little Humpbacked Horse and sets off for the Tsar Maiden. They travel for a whole week and finally come to the ocean. The horse tells Ivan to pitch the tent, place the dinner set on a towel, lay out the sweets, and hide behind the tent and, waiting for the princess to enter the tent, eat, drink and start playing the harp, run into the tent and grab her. Ivan successfully does everything that his horse told him to do. When they all return to the capital, the Tsar, seeing the Tsar Maiden, invites her to get married tomorrow. However, the princess demands that her ring be retrieved from the bottom of the ocean. The Tsar immediately sends for Ivan and sends him to the ocean for the ring, and the Tsar Maiden asks him along the way to stop by to bow to her mother, the Moon, and brother, the Sun. And the next day Ivan and the Little Humpbacked Horse set off again. Approaching the ocean, they see that a huge whale lies across it, with “a village standing on its back, a fuss making noise on its tail.” Having learned that the travelers are heading towards the Sun to the palace, the whale asks them to find out for what sins he is suffering so much. Ivan promises him this, and the travelers move on. Soon they arrive at the tower of the Tsar Maiden, in which the Sun sleeps at night, and the Moon rests during the day. Ivan enters the palace and conveys greetings to the Moon from the Tsar Maiden. Month is very happy to receive news about his missing daughter, but upon learning that the Tsar is going to marry her, he becomes angry and asks Ivan to convey his words to her: not an old man, but a handsome young man will become her husband. To Ivan’s question about the fate of the whale, the Month replies that ten years ago this whale swallowed three dozen ships, and if he releases them, he will be forgiven and released into the sea. Ivan and Little Hunchback go back, drive up to the whale and convey to him the words of the Moon. Residents hastily leave the village, and the whale releases the ships. Now he is finally free and asks Ivan what he can do for him. Ivan asks him to get the Tsar Maiden’s ring from the bottom of the ocean. The whale sends sturgeon to search all the seas and find the ring. Finally, after a long search, the chest with the ring was found, and Ivan delivers it to the capital. The Tsar presents the Tsar Maiden with a ring, but she again refuses to marry him, saying that he is too old for her, and offers him a means by which he will be able to look younger: he needs to put three large cauldrons: one with cold water, the other - with hot, and the third - with boiling milk - and take a bath in turn in all three cauldrons. The Tsar again calls Ivan and demands that he do all this first. And here the Little Humpbacked Horse promises Ivan his help: he will wave his tail, dip his muzzle into the cauldrons, laugh at Ivan twice, whistle loudly - and after that Ivan can even jump into boiling water. Ivan does just that - and becomes a handsome man. Seeing this, the king also jumps into the boiling milk, but with a different result: “it poured into the cauldron - and was boiled there.” The people immediately recognize the Tsar Maiden as their queen, and she takes the transformed Ivan by the hand and leads him down the aisle. The people greet the king and queen, and a wedding feast thunders in the palace.

Year of writing:

1834

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The fairy tale The Little Humpbacked Horse was written by Russian writer Pyotr Ershov in the 1830s. The tale was first published in 1834.

The work The Little Humpbacked Horse is a fairy tale in verse in three parts, where the main characters are the peasant son Ivanushka the Fool and the magical Little Humpbacked Horse. Pyotr Ershov admitted that the idea for the fairy tale came to him after reading only the published fairy tales of Alexander Pushkin. Pushkin himself later praised the fairy tale The Little Humpbacked Horse.

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Having stopped in a field for the night, the brothers suddenly notice a light in the distance. Danilo sends Ivan to bring a light, “to light a smoke.” Ivan sits on the Little Humpbacked Horse, rides up to the fire and sees something strange: “a wonderful light flows all around, but does not warm, does not smoke.” The Little Humpbacked Horse explains to him that this is the Firebird's feather, and does not advise Ivan to pick it up, as it will bring him a lot of trouble. Ivan does not listen to the advice, picks up the feather, puts it in his hat and, returning to his brothers, keeps silent about the feather.

The next day, on the advice of the Hunchback, having received from the Tsar “two troughs of Beloyar millet and overseas wine,” Ivan mounts his horse and sets off to fetch the Firebird. They travel for a whole week and finally arrive at a dense forest. In the middle of the forest there is a clearing, and in the clearing there is a mountain made of pure silver. The horse explains to Ivan that the Firebirds fly to the stream here at night, and tells him to pour millet into one trough and fill it with wine, and to climb under the other trough, and when the birds fly in and start pecking at the grain and wine, grab one of them . Ivan obediently does everything, and he manages to catch the Firebird. He brings it to the Tsar, who, to celebrate, rewards him with a new position: now Ivan is the Tsar’s stirrup.

They travel for a whole week and finally come to the ocean. The horse tells Ivan to pitch the tent, place the dinner set on a towel, lay out the sweets, and hide behind the tent and, waiting for the princess to enter the tent, eat, drink and start playing the harp, run into the tent and grab her. Ivan successfully does everything that his horse told him to do. When they all return to the capital, the Tsar, seeing the Tsar Maiden, invites her to get married tomorrow. However, the princess demands that her ring be retrieved from the bottom of the ocean. The Tsar immediately sends for Ivan and sends him to the ocean for the ring, and the Tsar Maiden asks him along the way to stop by to bow to her mother, the Moon, and brother, the Sun. And the next day Ivan and the Little Humpbacked Horse set off again.

The Tsar presents the Tsar Maiden with a ring, but she again refuses to marry him, saying that he is too old for her, and offers him a means by which he will be able to look younger: he needs to put three large cauldrons: one with cold water, the other - with hot, and the third - with boiling milk - and take a bath in turn in all three cauldrons. The Tsar again calls Ivan and demands that he do all this first. And here the Little Humpbacked Horse promises Ivan his help: he will wave his tail, dip his muzzle into the cauldrons, laugh at Ivan twice, whistle loudly - and after that Ivan can even jump into boiling water. Ivan does just that - and becomes a handsome man. Seeing this, the king also jumps into the boiling milk, but with a different result: “it poured into the cauldron - and was boiled there.” The people immediately recognize the Tsar Maiden as their queen, and she takes the transformed Ivan by the hand and leads him down the aisle. The people greet the king and queen, and a wedding feast thunders in the palace.

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