Compose a crossword about the fairy tale flying ship. Test on the Russian fairy tale "flying ship". What did you offer for the building?

There lived an old man and an old woman. They had three sons - the two older ones were known as wise men, and everyone called the younger one a fool. The old woman loved the elders - she dressed cleanly, fed deliciously. And the younger one walked around in a holey shirt, chewing a black crust.
“He, the fool, doesn’t care: he doesn’t understand anything, he doesn’t understand anything!”
One day, the news reached that village: whoever builds a ship for the king, so that he can sail on the seas and fly under the clouds, the king will marry his daughter to him ...

The older brothers decided to try their luck.
“Let us go, father and mother!” Perhaps one of us will become the king's son-in-law!
The mother of the eldest sons equipped, baked white pies for them on the road, fried and boiled chicken and goose:
- Go, sons!
The brothers went to the forest, began to chop and cut trees. They chopped and sawed a lot. And they don't know what to do next. They began to argue and scold, just look, they will grab each other's hair.
An old man came up to them and asked:
- Because of what you, good fellows, argue and scold? Maybe I can tell you a word for your benefit?
Both brothers attacked the old man - they did not listen to him, cursed him with bad words and drove him away. The old man left.
The brothers also quarreled, ate all their supplies that their mother gave them, and returned home with nothing ... As they arrived, the younger one began to ask:
- Let me go now!
Mother and father began to dissuade him and hold him back:
“Where are you going, fool, the wolves will eat you along the way!”
And the fool, know your own, repeats:
- Let go - I'll go, and don't let go - I'll go!
They see mother and father - you can’t cope with him in any way. They gave him a loaf of black dry bread for the road and escorted him out of the house.
The fool took an ax with him and went into the forest. He walked and walked through the forest and spotted a tall pine tree: this pine tree rests on the top of the clouds, it is just right for three to clasp it.
He cut down a pine tree, began to clean it of branches. An old man approached him.
“Hello,” he says, “baby!”
— Hello, grandfather!
- What are you doing, child, why did you cut down such a big tree?
“But, grandfather, the tsar promised to marry his daughter to the one who builds a flying ship for him, and I’m building it.”
“But can you make such a ship?” This is a tricky business, perhaps, and you can’t handle it.
— Tricky is not tricky, but you have to try: you look, and I'll manage! So you came by the way: old people are experienced, knowledgeable. Maybe you can give me some advice. The old man says:
- Well, if you ask for advice to give you, listen: take your ax and cut off this pine tree from the sides: like this!
And he showed me how to trim.
The fool of the old man obeyed - he hewed a pine tree as he showed. He trims, a wonder is given: the ax walks on its own, and walks!
“Now,” says the old man, “finish the pine from the ends: like this and like that!”
The fool does not miss the words of the old man: as the old man shows, so he does. When he finished his work, the old man praised him and said:
- Well, now it’s not a sin to take a break and have a bite to eat.
“Oh, grandfather,” says the fool, “there is food for me, this stale loaf. How about something to feed you? You won't bite my treat, will you?
“Come on, child,” says the old man, “give me your loaf here!”
The fool gave him a piece of bread. The old man took it in his hands, examined it, felt it, and said:
- Not so callous your kraukha!
And gave it to the fool. The fool took a loaf - he does not believe his eyes: the loaf has turned into a soft and white loaf.
As they ate, the old man says:
- Well, now let's adjust the sails!
And he took out a piece of canvas from his bosom. The old man shows, the fool tries, he does everything conscientiously - and the sails are ready, adjusted.
“Get in your ship now,” the old man says, “and fly where you need to go.” Yes, look, remember my order: on the way, put everyone you meet in your ship!
Here they said goodbye. The old man went on his way, and the fool got on the flying ship, spreading the sails. The sails were inflated, the ship soared into the sky, flew faster than a falcon. It flies a little lower than walking clouds, a little higher than standing forests...
The fool flew and flew and sees: a man lies on the road - he crouched with his ear to the damp earth. He went down and said:
- Hello, uncle!
- Nice, well done!
— What are you doing?
- I listen to what is happening on the other side of the earth.
“What is going on there, uncle?”
- Vociferous birds sing and fill up there, one better than the other!
— What you, what hearing! Get on my ship, let's fly together.
Rumor did not begin to dissuade, boarded the ship, and they flew on.
They flew and flew, they see - a man is walking along the road, walking on one leg, and the other leg is tied to his ear.
- Hello, uncle!
- Nice, well done!
- What are you jumping on one leg?
- Yes, if I untie the other leg, then in three steps I will step over the whole world!
- You're so fast! Sit down with us.
The speeder did not refuse, climbed onto the ship, and they flew on.
How many, how few flew by, lo and behold - there is a man with a gun, aiming. And what he aims at is unknown.
- Hello, uncle! Who are you aiming at - neither the beast nor the bird is visible around.
- What are you! Yes, and I will not shoot close. I aim at the black grouse that sits on a tree a thousand miles away. Here's a shot at me.
"Come with us, let's fly together!"
He sat down and shot, and they all flew on. They flew and flew, and they see: a man is walking, carrying a huge bag of bread behind his back.
- Hello, uncle! Where are you going?
I'm going to get some bread for my dinner.
What else do you need bread for? Your bag is already full!
- Whats up! Put this bread in my mouth and swallow it. And to eat my fill, I need a hundred times so much!
- Look what you are! Get on the ship with us, let's fly together.
He sat down and ate on the ship, they flew on. They fly over forests, fly over fields, fly over rivers, fly over villages and villages.
Look: a man is walking near a large lake, shaking his head.
- Hello, uncle! What are you looking for?
I'm thirsty, so I'm looking for somewhere to get drunk.
“Yes, there is a whole lake in front of you. Drink to your heart's content!
- Yes, this water will only take me one sip. The fool wondered, his comrades marveled and said:
- Well, do not worry, there is water for you. Get on the ship with us, we will fly far, there will be a lot of water for you!
Opivalo got into the ship, and they flew on. How many flew - it is not known, they only see: a man is walking into the forest, and behind him is a bundle of brushwood.
- Hello, uncle! Tell us: why are you dragging brushwood into the forest?
“And this is not a simple brushwood. If you scatter it, an entire army will immediately appear.
- Sit down, uncle, with us!
And this one sat down with them. They flew on.
They flew and flew, looking: an old man was walking, carrying a sack of straw.
- Hello, grandfather, gray-haired little head! Where are you taking the straw?
- To the village.
“Isn’t there enough straw in the village?”
- There is a lot of straw, but there is no such one.
- What is yours like?
- And here's what: if I scatter it in a hot summer - and it will become cold at once: snow will fall, frost will crackle.
- If so, your truth: you will not find such straw in the village. Sit down with us!
Kholololo climbed into the ship with his sack, and they flew on.
They flew and flew and flew to the royal palace. The king at that time was sitting at dinner. He saw a flying ship and sent his servants:
- Go ask: who flew on that ship - what overseas princes and queens?
The servants ran to the ship and saw that ordinary men were sitting on the ship.
The royal servants did not even ask them: who are they and where did they come from. They returned and reported to the king:
- Anyway! There is not a single prince on the ship, not a single prince, and all the black bones are simple peasants. What would you like to do with them? “It’s shameful to give us a daughter for a simple peasant,” the tsar thinks. “We need to get rid of such suitors.”
He asked his courtiers - princes and boyars:
- What should we do now, how to be?
They advised:
- It is necessary for the groom to set various difficult tasks, perhaps he will not solve them. Then we turn from the gate and show him!
The king was delighted, immediately sent servants to the fool with the following order:
- Let the groom get us, until our royal dinner is over, living and dead water!
Fool thought:
- What am I going to do now? Yes, I won’t find such water in a year, and maybe all my life.
- What am I for? Skorokhod says. - I'll take care of you in a moment.
He untied his leg from his ear and ran for distant lands to a distant kingdom. He collected two jugs of living and dead water, and he himself thinks: “There is a lot of time left ahead, let me sit a little - I will have time to return!”
I sat down under a thick, spreading oak, and dozed off ...
The royal dinner is coming to an end, but there is no Skorokhod.
Everyone on the flying ship was sunbathing - they did not know what to do. And Slukhalo put his ear to the damp earth, listened and said:
- What a sleepy and dormant! Sleeping under a tree, snoring with might and main!
"Now I'll wake him up!" Shooter says. He grabbed "his gun, took aim and fired at the oak, under which Skorokhod was sleeping. Acorns fell from the oak - right on Skorokhod's head. He woke up.
- Father, yes, no way, I fell asleep!
He jumped up and at the same moment brought jugs of water:
- Get it!
The king got up from the table, looked at the jugs and said:
Maybe this water isn't real?
They caught a rooster, tore off its head and sprinkled it with dead water. The head instantly grew. They sprinkled it with living water - the rooster jumped to its feet, flapped its wings, “ka-ka-river!” shouted.
The king became annoyed.
“Well,” he says to the fool, “you have fulfilled this task of mine. I'll ask you another one now! If you are so dexterous, eat with your matchmakers in one sitting twelve fried bulls and as many loaves as are baked in forty ovens!
The fool was saddened, he said to his comrades:
“Yes, I can’t even eat one bread for the whole day!”
- What am I for? says Eating. “I can manage the bulls and their bread alone. There will be little more!
The fool told the king to say:
- Drag bulls and loaves. Will eat!
They brought twelve fried bulls and as many loaves as were baked in forty ovens. Let's eat the bulls - one after the other. And the bread is so in the mouth and throws loaf after loaf. All carts were empty.
- Let's do it again! yells. Why so little stock? I just got a taste!
And the king has no more bulls, no more loaves.
“Now,” he says, “a new order for you: to drink forty barrels of beer at a time, each barrel of forty buckets.
“Yes, I won’t even drink one bucket,” the fool says to his matchmakers.
- What a sadness! Opivalo replies. - Yes, I'll drink all their beer alone, it won't be enough!
Rolled forty barrels-forty. They began to scoop up beer in buckets and serve it to Opival. He takes a sip - the bucket is empty.
- What are you bringing me with buckets? Opivalo says. “So we’ll go for a whole day!”
He lifted the barrel and emptied it at once, without rest. Picked up another barrel and it rolled away. So all forty barrels and drained.
“Is there,” he asks, “more beer?” I didn't get drunk enough! Don't get your throat wet!
The king sees: nothing can take a fool. Decided to kill him with cunning.
“Okay,” he says, “I’ll marry my daughter to you, get ready for the wedding!” Just before the wedding, go to the bathhouse, wash yourself, evaporate well.
And ordered to heat the bath. And the bath was all cast iron.
For three days the bath was heated, red-hot. She radiates with fire-heat, you can’t approach her for five fathoms.
- How will I wash? - says the fool. - I'll burn alive.
"Don't be sad," Hollow replies. - I'll go with you!
He ran to the king and asked:
“Will you allow me and my fiancé to go to the bathhouse too?” I'll spread straws for him so that he doesn't get his heels dirty!
King what? He allowed: “That one will burn, that both!”
They brought the fool with Kholodila to the bathhouse, locked him up there. And Kholodila scattered straw in the bath - and it became cold, the walls were covered with frost, the water froze in the cast irons.
Some time passed, the servants opened the door. They look, but the fool is alive and well, and the old man too.
“Oh, you,” says the fool, “yes, you can’t bathe in your bathhouse, but can you ride on a sleigh!”
The servants ran to the king. Reported: so, they say, and so. The king rushed about, did not know what to do, how to get rid of the fool.
I thought and thought and ordered him:
“Put a whole regiment of soldiers in front of my palace in the morning. If you put it up, I'll give you my daughter. If you don't put it out - I'll drive it out!
And on his own mind: “Where can a simple peasant get an army? He won't be able to do this. Then we will kick him out in the neck!
The fool heard the royal order - he says to his matchmakers:
- You rescued me, brothers, from trouble more than once or twice ... And now what are we going to do?
- Oh, you found something to be sad about! - says the old man with brushwood. - Yes, I will put up at least seven regiments with generals! Go to the king, tell him - he will have an army!
The fool came to the king.
- I will fulfill, - he says, - your order, only for the last time. And if you make excuses, blame yourself!
Early in the morning the old man called the fool with brushwood and went out into the field with him. He scattered the bundle, and a myriad army appeared - both on foot, and on horseback, and with cannons. Trumpeters blow trumpets, drummers beat drums, generals give orders, horses beat the ground with their hooves ... The fool stood in front, led the army to the royal palace. He stopped in front of the palace, ordered the trumpets to be blown louder, the drums to be beaten harder.
The king heard, looked out the window, from fear became whiter than the canvas. He ordered the governors to withdraw their army, to go to war against the fool.
The governors led out the tsarist army, began to shoot and shoot at the fool. And the bad soldiers march like a wall, the royal army is crushed like grass. The governors were frightened and ran back, followed by the entire royal army.
The tsar got out of the palace, crawls on his knees in front of the fool, asks to accept expensive gifts and marry the princess as soon as possible.
The fool says to the king:
"Now you're not our pointer!" We have our mind!
He drove the king away and never ordered to return to that kingdom. And he married the princess.
The princess is a young and kind girl. She has no fault!
And he began to live in that kingdom, to do all sorts of things.
Alternative text:
- Russian folk tale in the processing of Afanasyev A.N.

flying ship

He, the fool, doesn't care: he doesn't understand anything, he doesn't understand anything!

Then one day the news reached that village: whoever builds such a ship for the tsar, so that he can sail on the seas and fly under the clouds, the tsar will give his daughter to him.

The older brothers decided to try their luck.

Release us, father and mother! Perhaps one of us will become the king's son-in-law!

The mother of the eldest sons equipped, baked white pies for them on the road, fried and boiled chicken and goose:

Step up, sons!

The brothers went to the forest, began to chop and cut trees. They chopped and sawed a lot. And they don't know what to do next. They began to argue and scold, just look, they will grab each other's hair.

An old man came up to them and asked:

Because of what do you, well done, argue and scold? Maybe I can tell you a word for your benefit?

Both brothers attacked the old man - they did not listen to him, cursed him with bad words and drove him away. The old man left.

The brothers also quarreled, ate all their supplies that their mother gave them, and returned home with nothing ...

As they arrived, the younger one began to ask:

Release me now!

Mother and father began to dissuade him and hold him back:

Where are you, fool, - the wolves will eat you along the way!

And the fool, know your own, repeats:

Let go - I'll go, and don't let go - I'll go!

They see mother and father - you can’t cope with him in any way. They gave him a loaf of black dry bread for the road and escorted him out of the house.

The fool took an ax with him and went into the forest. He walked and walked through the forest and spotted a tall pine tree: this pine tree rests on the top of the clouds, it is just right for three to clasp it.

He cut down a pine tree, began to clean it of branches. An old man approached him.

Hello, - says, - child!

Hello grandfather!

What are you doing, child, why did you cut down such a big tree?

But, grandfather, the tsar promised to marry his daughter to someone who builds a flying ship for him, and I'm building.

Can you make such a ship? This is a tricky business, perhaps, and you can’t handle it.

Tricky is not tricky, but you have to try: you look, and I'll manage! So you came by the way: old people are experienced, knowledgeable. Maybe you can give me some advice.

The old man says:

Well, if you ask for advice to give you, listen: take your ax and cut off this pine tree from the sides: like that!

And he showed me how to trim.

The fool of the old man obeyed - he hewed a pine tree as he showed. He trims, a wonder is given: the ax walks on its own, and walks!

Now, - says the old man, - trim the pine from the ends: like this and like that!

The fool does not miss the words of the old man: as the old man shows, so he does.

When he finished his work, the old man praised him and said:

Well, now it’s not a sin to take a break and have a bite to eat.

Eh, grandfather, - says the fool, - there is food for me, this stale crust. How about something to feed you? You won't nibble on my treat, will you?

Come on, child, - says the old man, - give me your edge here!

The fool gave him a piece of bread. The old man took it in his hands, examined it, felt it, and said:

Not so stale your kraukha!

And gave it to the fool. The fool took a loaf - he does not believe his eyes: the loaf has turned into a soft and white loaf.

As they ate, the old man says:

Well, now let's adjust the sails!

And he took out a piece of canvas from his bosom.

The old man shows, the fool tries, he does everything conscientiously - and the sails are ready, adjusted.

Now get into your ship, - says the old man, - and fly where you need to. Yes, look, remember my order: on the way, put everyone you meet in your ship!

The fool flew and flew and sees: a man is lying on the road - he crouched with his ear to the damp earth. He went down and said:

Hello, uncle!

Nice, well done!

What are you doing?

I listen to what is happening on the other side of the earth.

What is going on there, uncle?

The vociferous birds are singing and pouring there, one is better than the other!

What you, what hearing! Get on my ship, let's fly together.

Rumor did not begin to dissuade, boarded the ship, and they flew on.

They flew and flew, they see - a man is walking along the road, walking on one leg, and the other leg is tied to his ear.

Hello, uncle!

Nice, well done!

What are you jumping on one leg?

Yes, if I untie the other leg, then in three steps I will step over the whole world!

That's how fast you are! Sit down with us.

The speeder did not refuse, climbed onto the ship, and they flew on.

How many, how few have flown by, lo and behold - there is a man with a gun, aiming. And what he aims at is unknown.

Hello, uncle! Who are you aiming at - neither the beast nor the bird is visible around.

What you! Yes, and I will not shoot close. I aim at the black grouse that sits on a tree a thousand miles away. Here's a shot at me.

Come with us, let's fly together!

He sat down and shot, and they all flew on.

They flew, flew and saw: a man is walking, carrying a huge bag of bread behind his back.

Hello, uncle! Where are you going?

I'm going to get some bread for my dinner.

What else do you need bread for? Your bag is already full!

Whats up! Put this bread in my mouth and swallow it. And to eat my fill, I need a hundred times so much!

Look what you are! Get on the ship with us, let's fly together.

He sat down and ate on the ship, they flew on.

They fly over forests, fly over fields, fly over rivers, fly over villages and villages.

Look: a man is walking near a large lake, shaking his head.

Hello, uncle! What are you looking for?

I want to drink, so I'm looking for somewhere to get drunk.

Yes, there is a whole lake in front of you. Drink to your heart's content!

Yes, this water will only take me one sip.

The fool wondered, his comrades marveled and said:

Well, do not worry, there is water for you. Get on the ship with us, we will fly far, there will be a lot of water for you!

Opivalo got into the ship, and they flew on.

How many flew - it is not known, they only see: a man is walking into the forest, and behind him is a bundle of brushwood.

Hello, uncle! Tell us: why are you dragging brushwood into the forest?

And this is not a simple disease. If you scatter it, an entire army will immediately appear.

Sit down, uncle, with us!

And this one sat down with them. They flew on.

They flew and flew, looking: an old man was walking, carrying a sack of straw.

Hello, grandfather, gray head! Where are you taking the straw?

To the village.

Is there enough straw in the village?

There is a lot of straw, but there is none.

What is yours?

And this is what it is: if I scatter it in a hot summer, it will become cold at once: snow will fall, frost will crackle.

If so, your truth: in the village you will not find such straw. Sit down with us!

Kholololo climbed into the ship with his sack, and they flew on.

They flew and flew and flew to the royal court.

The king at that time was sitting at dinner. He saw a flying ship and sent his servants:

Go ask: who flew on that ship - what kind of overseas princes and queens?

The servants ran up to the ship and saw that ordinary men were sitting on the ship.

The royal servants did not even ask them: who are they and where did they come from. They returned and reported to the king:

Anyway! There is not a single prince on the ship, not a single prince, and all the black bones are simple men. What would you like to do with them?

“It is shameful to give us a daughter for a simple peasant,” the tsar thinks. “We need to get rid of such suitors.”

He asked his courtiers - princes and boyars:

What are we to do now, how to be?

They advised:

It is necessary for the groom to set various difficult tasks, perhaps he will not solve them. Then we turn from the gate and show him!

The king was delighted, immediately sent servants to the fool with the following order:

Let the groom get us, until our royal dinner is over, living and dead water!

Fool thought:

What am I going to do now? Yes, I won’t find such water in a year, and maybe all my life.

What am I for? Skorokhod says. - I'll take care of you in a moment.

He untied his leg from his ear and ran for distant lands to a distant kingdom. He collected two jugs of living and dead water, and he himself thinks: “There is a lot of time left ahead, let me sit a little - I will have time to return by the deadline!”

I sat down under a thick, spreading oak, and dozed off ...

The royal dinner is coming to an end, but there is no Skorokhod.

Everyone on the flying ship was sunbathing - they don’t know what to do. And Slukhalo put his ear to the damp earth, listened and said:

What sleepy and dormant! Sleeping under a tree, snoring with might and main!

Now I'll wake him up! Shooter says.

He grabbed his gun, took aim and fired at the oak tree, under which Skorokhod was sleeping. Acorns fell from the oak - right on the head of Skorokhod. He woke up.

Father, yes, no way, I fell asleep!

He jumped up and at the same moment brought jugs of water:

Get it!

The king got up from the table, looked at the jugs and said:

Or maybe this water is not real?

They caught a rooster, tore off its head and sprinkled it with dead water. The head instantly grew. They sprinkled it with living water - the rooster jumped to its feet, flapped its wings, “ka-ka-river!” shouted.

The king became annoyed.

Well, - he says to the fool, - you have fulfilled this task of mine. I'll ask you another one now! If you are so dexterous, eat with your matchmakers in one sitting twelve fried bulls and as many loaves as are baked in forty ovens!

The fool was saddened, he said to his comrades:

Yes, I can’t even eat one bread for the whole day!

What am I for? - says Eating. - I can manage the bulls and their bread alone. There will be little more!

The fool told the king to say:

Bring bulls and loaves. Let's eat!

They brought twelve fried bulls and as many loaves as were baked in forty ovens.

Let's eat the bulls - one after the other. And the bread is so in the mouth and throws loaf after loaf. All carts were empty.

Let's do more! - yells ate. - Why did you save so little? I just got a taste!

And the king has no more bulls, no more loaves.

Now, - he says, - a new order for you: to drink forty barrels of beer at a time, each barrel of forty buckets.

Yes, I won’t even drink one bucket, - the fool says to his matchmakers.

Fairy tale test

"Flying ship"

Prepared

Ryzyvanova A.V.

teacher MBOU secondary school №5

Pyt-Yakh

1. Fairy tale "Flying ship"

A) Russian folk;

B) Ukrainian folk;

C) Belarusian folk.

2. How many sons did the old man have

and old women?

3. What did the king demand to build?

A) an airplane

B) ship;

B) a ship.

4. What was offered for the construction

ship king?

A) half the kingdom

B) a bag of money

C) to marry a daughter.

5. Whom did the brothers meet in the forest?

A) a forester

B) old man

B) a wizard

6. What does the word "knowledgeable" mean?

A) leading somewhere;

B) knowing about something;

C) bringing someone to someone.

7. What wood was the ship built from?

A) birch

8. What order did the old man give to the fool?

A) do not put anyone you meet in your ship;

B) put in your ship everyone you meet;

C) Stop only at a traffic light.

9. Name the correct order of landing

those whom the fool met on his way to the king.

A) Heard, Skorokhod, Chilled, an old man with brushwood,

Shot, Ate, Opivalo;

B) Rumored, Skorokhod, Shot, Ate, Opivalo

It's cold, old man with brushwood;

C) Heard, Skorokhod, Shot,

Ate, Opivalo,

old man with brushwood, cold

Check yourself.

There lived an old man and an old woman. They had three sons - the two older ones were known as wise men, and everyone called the younger one a fool. The old woman loved the elders - she dressed cleanly, fed deliciously. And the younger one walked around in a holey shirt, chewing a black crust. - He, the fool, does not care: he does not understand anything, does not understand anything! One day, the message reached that village: whoever builds a ship for the king, so that he can sail on the seas and fly under the clouds, the king will give his daughter to him. The older brothers decided to try their luck. - Let us go, father and mother! Perhaps one of us will become the king's son-in-law! The mother of the eldest sons equipped, baked white pies for them on the road, fried and boiled chicken and goose: - Go, sons! The brothers went to the forest, began to chop and cut trees. They chopped and sawed a lot. And they don't know what to do next. They began to argue and scold, just look, they will grab each other's hair. An old man came up to them and asked: - Because of what you, well done, have an argument and scolding? Maybe I can tell you a word for your benefit? Both brothers attacked the old man - they did not listen to him, cursed him with bad words and drove him away. The old man left. The brothers also quarreled, ate all their supplies that their mother gave them, and returned home with nothing ... As they arrived, the younger one began to ask: - Now let me go! Mother and father began to dissuade him and hold him back: - Where are you, fool, - the wolves will eat you on the way! And the fool, know your own, repeats: - Let go - I'll go, and don't let go - I'll go! They see mother and father - you can’t cope with him in any way. They gave him a loaf of black dry bread for the road and escorted him out of the house. The fool took an ax with him and went into the forest. He walked and walked through the forest and spotted a tall pine tree: this pine tree rests on the top of the clouds, it is just right for three to clasp it. He cut down a pine tree, began to clean it of branches. An old man approached him. - Hello, - says, - child! - Hello, grandfather! - What are you doing, child, why did you cut down such a big tree? - But, grandfather, the king promised to marry his daughter to someone who builds a flying ship for him, and I'm building. - Can you make such a ship? This is a tricky business, perhaps, and you can’t handle it. - Tricky is not tricky, but you have to try: you look, and I'll do it! So you came by the way: old people are experienced, knowledgeable. Maybe you can give me some advice. The old man says: - Well, if you are asking for advice to give you, listen: take your ax and cut off this pine tree from the sides: like this! And he showed me how to trim. The fool of the old man obeyed - he hewed a pine tree as he showed. He trims, a wonder is given: the ax walks on its own, and walks! - Now, - says the old man, - trim the pine from the ends: like this and like that! The fool does not miss the words of the old man: as the old man shows, so he does. He finished the work, the old man praised him and said: - Well, now it’s not a sin to take a break and have a bite to eat. - Eh, grandfather, - says the fool, - there is food for me, this stale crust. How about something to feed you? You won't bite my treat, will you? “Come on, child,” says the old man, “give me your kraukhu here!” The fool gave him a piece of bread. The old man took it in his hands, examined it, felt it, and said: - Not so stale your knucklehead! And he gave it to the fool. The fool took a loaf - he does not believe his eyes: the loaf has turned into a soft and white loaf. As they ate, the old man said: - Well, now let's adjust the sails! And he took out a piece of canvas from his bosom. The old man shows, the fool tries, he does everything conscientiously - and the sails are ready, adjusted. “Get in your ship now,” the old man says, “and fly where you need to go.” Yes, look, remember my order: on the way, put everyone you meet in your ship! Here they said goodbye. The old man went on his way, and the fool got on the flying ship, spreading the sails. The sails were inflated, the ship soared into the sky, flew faster than a falcon. It flies a little lower than the walking clouds, a little higher than the stagnant forests ... The fool flew and flew and sees: a man lies on the road - he crouched with his ear to the damp earth. He went down and said: - Great, uncle! - Nice, well done! - What are you doing? - I listen to what is happening on the other side of the earth. - And what is going on there, uncle? - Vociferous birds sing-filled there, one better than the other! - What you, what hearing! Get on my ship, let's fly together. Rumor did not begin to dissuade, boarded the ship, and they flew on. They flew and flew, they see - a man is walking along the road, walking on one leg, and the other leg is tied to his ear. - Hello, uncle! - Nice, well done! - What are you jumping on one leg? - Yes, if I untie the other leg, then in three steps I will step over the whole world! - You're so fast! Sit down with us. The speeder did not refuse, climbed onto the ship, and they flew on. How many, how few have flown by, lo and behold - there is a man with a gun, aiming. And what he aims at is unknown. - Hello, uncle! Who are you aiming at - neither the beast nor the bird is visible around. - What are you! Yes, and I will not shoot close. I aim at the black grouse that sits on a tree a thousand miles away. Here's a shot at me. - Get in with us, let's fly together! He sat down and shot, and they all flew on. They flew and flew, and they see: a man is walking, carrying a huge bag of bread behind his back. - Hello, uncle! Where are you going? - I'm going to get some bread for my dinner. - What else do you need bread for? Your bag is already full! - Whats up! Put this bread in my mouth and swallow it. And to eat my fill, I need a hundred times so much! - Look what you are! Get on the ship with us, let's fly together. He sat down and ate on the ship, they flew on. They fly over forests, fly over fields, fly over rivers, fly over villages and villages. Look: a man is walking near a large lake, shaking his head. - Hello, uncle! What are you looking for? - I want to drink, so I'm looking for somewhere to get drunk. - There is a whole lake in front of you. Drink to your heart's content! - Yes, this water will only take me one sip. The fool wondered, his comrades marveled and said: - Well, do not worry, there will be water for you. Get on the ship with us, we will fly far, there will be a lot of water for you! Opivalo got into the ship, and they flew on. How many flew - it is not known, they only see: a man is walking into the forest, and behind him is a bundle of brushwood. - Hello, uncle! Tell us: why are you dragging brushwood into the forest? - And this is not a simple brushwood. If you scatter it, an entire army will immediately appear. - Sit down, uncle, with us! And this one sat down with them. They flew on. They flew and flew, looking: an old man was walking, carrying a sack of straw. - Hello, grandfather, gray head! Where are you taking the straw? - To the village. - Is there enough straw in the village? - There is a lot of straw, but there is no such one. - What is yours like? - And here's what: if I scatter it in a hot summer - and it will become cold at once: the snow will fall, the frost will crackle. - If so, your truth: you will not find such straw in the village. Sit down with us! Kholololo climbed into the ship with his sack, and they flew on. They flew and flew and flew to the royal palace. The king at that time was sitting at dinner. He saw a flying ship and sent his servants: - Go ask: who flew on that ship - what overseas princes and queens? The servants ran to the ship and see - ordinary men are sitting on the ship. The royal servants did not even ask them: who are they and where did they come from. They returned and reported to the king: - So and so! There is not a single prince on the ship, not a single prince, and all the black bones are simple men. What would you like to do with them? "It's shameful to marry our daughter to a simple peasant," the tsar thinks. "We need to get rid of such suitors." He asked his courtiers - princes and boyars: - What should we do now, what should we do? They advised: - It is necessary for the groom to set various difficult tasks, perhaps he will not solve them. Then we turn from the gate and show him! The king was delighted, immediately sent servants to the fool with the following order: - Let the groom get us, until our royal dinner is over, living and dead water! The fool thought: - What am I going to do now? Yes, I won’t find such water in a year, and maybe all my life. - What am I for? Skorokhod says. - I'll take care of you in a moment. He untied his leg from his ear and ran for distant lands to a distant kingdom. He took two jugs of living and dead water, and he himself thinks: "There is a lot of time left ahead, let me sit a little - I will have time to return by the deadline!" He sat down under a thick, spreading oak, and dozed off ... The royal dinner is coming to an end, but Skorokhod is no more. Everyone on the flying ship was sunbathing - they don’t know what to do. And Slukhalo put his ear to the damp earth, listened and said: - What a drowsy and dormant one! Sleeping under a tree, snoring with might and main! - And now I'll wake him up! Shooter says. He grabbed "his gun, took aim and fired at the oak, under which Skorokhod was sleeping. Acorns fell from the oak - right on Skorokhod's head. He woke up. - Fathers, yes, no way, I fell asleep! water: - Get it! The king got up from the table, looked at the jugs and said: - Maybe this water is not real? They caught a rooster, tore off his head and sprinkled it with dead water. , flapped his wings, "ka-ka-river!" shouted. The king became annoyed. - Well, - he says to the fool, - you have completed this task of mine. Now I will set another one! If you are so dexterous, eat twelve fried bulls and as many loaves as are baked in forty ovens! The fool was saddened, he said to his comrades: - Yes, I won’t eat even one bread for the whole day! I'll manage alone. It won't be enough yet! The fool ordered to say to the king: there is! They brought twelve fried bulls and as many loaves as were baked in forty ovens. Let's eat the bulls - one after the other. And the bread is so in the mouth and throws loaf after loaf. All carts were empty. - Let's do it again! - yells ate. - Why did you save so little? I just got a taste! And the king has no more bulls, no more loaves. “Now,” he says, “a new order for you: to drink forty barrels of beer at a time, each barrel of forty buckets. “Yes, I won’t even drink one bucket,” the fool says to his matchmakers. - What a sadness! Opivalo answers. - Yes, I'll drink all their beer, it won't be enough! Rolled forty barrels-forty. They began to scoop up beer in buckets and serve it to Opival. He takes a sip - the bucket is empty. - What are you bringing me with buckets? Opivalo says. - So we'll go all day long! He lifted the barrel and emptied it at once, without rest. Picked up another barrel - and it rolled back. So all forty barrels and drained. - Is there, - asks, - more beer? I didn't get drunk enough! Don't get your throat wet! The king sees: nothing can take a fool. Decided to kill him with cunning. - Okay, - he says, - I'll marry my daughter to you, get ready for the wedding! Just before the wedding, go to the bathhouse, wash yourself, evaporate well. And ordered to heat the bath. And the bath was all cast iron. For three days the bath was heated, red-hot. She radiates with fire-heat, you can’t approach her for five fathoms. - How will I wash? - says the fool. - I'll burn alive. - Don't be sad, - replies Chilled. - I'll go with you! He ran to the king and asked: - Would you allow me and my fiancé to go to the bathhouse? I'll spread straws for him so that he doesn't get his heels dirty! King what? He allowed: "That one will burn, that both!" They brought the fool with Kholodila to the bathhouse, locked him up there. And Kholodila scattered straw in the bath - and it became cold, the walls were covered with frost, the water froze in the cast irons. Some time passed, the servants opened the door. They look, but the fool is alive and well, and the old man too. - Oh, you, - says the fool, - yes, you can’t bathe in your bathhouse, but can you ride on a sled! The servants ran to the king. Reported: so, they say, and so. The king rushed about, did not know what to do, how to get rid of the fool. He thought and thought and ordered him: - Put out in the morning in front of my palace a whole regiment of soldiers. Expose - I'll give you a daughter. If you don't put it out - I'll drive it out! And on his own mind: “Where can a simple peasant get an army from? The fool heard the royal order - he says to his matchmakers: - You rescued me, brothers, from trouble more than once or twice ... And now what are we going to do? - Oh, you found something to be sad about! - says the old man with brushwood. - Yes, I'll put up at least seven regiments with generals! Go to the king, say - he will have an army! The fool came to the king. - I will fulfill, - he says, - your order, only for the last time. And if you make excuses, blame yourself! Early in the morning the old man called the fool with brushwood and went out into the field with him. He scattered the bundle, and a myriad army appeared - both on foot, and on horseback, and with cannons. Trumpeters blow trumpets, drummers beat drums, generals give orders, horses beat the ground with their hooves ... The fool stood in front, led the army to the royal palace. He stopped in front of the palace, ordered the trumpets to be blown louder, the drums to be beaten harder. The king heard, looked out the window, from fear became whiter than the canvas. He ordered the governors to withdraw their army, to go to war against the fool. The governors led out the tsarist army, began to shoot and shoot at the fool. And the bad soldiers march like a wall, the royal army is crushed like grass. The governors were frightened and ran back, followed by the entire royal army. The tsar got out of the palace, crawls on his knees in front of the fool, asks to accept expensive gifts and marry the princess as soon as possible. The fool says to the king: - Now you are not a pointer to us! We have our mind! He drove the king away and never ordered to return to that kingdom. And he married the princess. - The princess is a young and kind girl. She has no fault! And he began to live in that kingdom, to do all sorts of things.