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Russian folk tale "The Bean Seed"

The main form of existence of a folklore work, which is a fairy tale, is oral. Each narrator adds his own nuances to the story, changing the story he once heard in his own way. This is why each folklore text has so many different variations. Oral folk art in the age of information technology has acquired a new way of existence: now it is transmitted not only “from mouth to mouth”, but is also downloaded across the Internet. This convenient way of being does not exclude the basic principles of the existence of folklore; it is still told differently and modified with each new author-storyteller. The Russian folk tale “The Bean Seed” is no exception. There are quite a large number of variants of this fairy tale, the characters change from text to text, new details appear, and the title is slightly transformed. The text of the fairy tale is very conducive to such modifications; its plot is simple, based on constant repetition with the addition of new points, it is easy to remember and retell. What is the fairy tale about?

Plot and characters

As usual, a fairy tale begins with the traditional beginning - “once upon a time...” In this case, a cockerel and a hen lived and were. The plot for the development of the action is a bean seed found by the cockerel, which he, like a true gentleman, wanted to share with the chicken. The hen refused, and the cockerel decided to eat the prey himself, but was in a hurry and choked on it. The chicken, wanting to save her lover, sets out in search of some water. However, she has to face a number of challenges before she can get life-saving water for the cockerel. Events develop along a chain, each new character that the chicken meets agrees to give her what she wants, but on the condition that she will bring something in return. As a result, the chicken has to run from the river to the sticky, from the sticky to the girl, from the girl to the combers, from the combers to the Kalashnikov, from the Kalashnikov to the woodcutters. And only the woodcutters gave the chicken what she asked for free of charge. So the kind, sympathetic hen finally managed to get some water for the cockerel and thereby save his life. The fairy tale ends with the victorious cry of the cockerel: “Ku-ka-re-ku.”

The main idea of the tale

Understanding the moral of the story is not difficult. In the tale about how the cockerel choked on a bean seed, there are two points that need to be drawn to the attention of the child reading or listening to the story. First, you need to be careful when eating and take your time while eating. But this is not the most important thing. The main moral emphasis of this instructive story is the selfless behavior of the hen, who overcame so many obstacles to help the cockerel. It is this lesson that the little listener of the fairy tale needs to learn: if the goal is noble, especially as in this case - helping a loved one, then you must try to destroy all the obstacles on the way to achieving it, and you should never despair and become despondent.

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Cockerel and bean seed *

The cockerel was rummaging in the yard and found a bean seed. I wanted to swallow it, but I choked. He choked and fell, and lies there, not breathing! The chicken saw it, ran up to him and asked: “Ko-ko-ko!” Cockerel-cockerel, why are you lying there and not breathing? The rooster answers:

- I choked on the bobok... Go to the cow, ask for butter and swallow the bobok...

The chicken ran to the cow: - Co-co-co! Cow-cow, give me some butter - the little coot is lying there, not breathing, choking on the bean! Cow says:

- Moo, go to the mowers and ask for hay!

The chicken ran to the mowers: - Co-co-co! Mowers-mowers, give me some hay! Hay is for the cow, the cow will give me butter, and butter will give me a cockerel. The cockerel is lying, not breathing, choking on a bob! Mowers say:

- Go to the bakery and ask for some rolls!

The chicken ran to the stove: - Co-co-co! Pecheya-pecheya, give me some rolls! The rolls will give to the mowers, the mowers will give hay, the hay will give to the cow, the cow will give butter, and the butter will give a cockerel. The cockerel is lying, not breathing, choking on a bob! Pecheya says:

- Go to the lumberjacks! Ask for firewood!

The chicken ran to the woodcutters: “Ko-ko-ko!” Lumberjacks, lumberjacks, give me some wood! The firewood is hotter, the bakery will give rolls, the rolls will give to mowers, the mowers will give hay, the hay will give to the cow, the cow will give butter, and the butter will give a cockerel. The cockerel is lying, not breathing, choking on a bob!

- Go to the blacksmith, ask for an axe, there’s nothing to chop with!

The chicken ran to the blacksmith: “Ko-ko-ko!” Blacksmith-blacksmith, give me an axe, the ax will give to the woodcutters, the woodcutters will give firewood, the firewood will be baked, the stove will give rolls, rolls will give to the mowers, the cutters will give hay, hay to the cow, the cow will give butter, butter will give a cockerel. The cockerel is lying, not breathing, choking on a bob!

“Go into the forest, light some coals,” says the blacksmith.

The chicken went into the forest, lit coals, and brought the coals to the blacksmith. The blacksmith gave him an axe. She brought the ax to the woodcutters, the woodcutters gave firewood. The stove brought firewood, the stove gave rolls.

The chicken brought rolls to the mowers, and the mowers gave them hay. She brought hay to the cow, and the cow gave butter.

The chicken brought butter to the cockerel. The cockerel swallowed the butter and swallowed the bean. He jumped up and sang:

- Kukareku-oo-oo!

Source: https://www.ollelukoe.ru/skazrussian/russkazpetushocibobowoeziernishco

Summary, brief retelling of the fairy tale “The Bean Seed”

There lived a cockerel and his chicken. The cockerel was in a hurry and the hen reprimanded him for it all the time. And then one day the Cockerel once again hurried, pecked a bean seed and choked. He fell to the ground and was not breathing. The chicken got scared and rushed to the Mistress for butter. But the housewife sent the Chicken to the Cow to give her milk, because butter is made from milk. However, the Cow needed to eat grass for milk and she sent the Chicken to the Master. But the Owner also needed a scythe to mow the grass, and he sent the Chicken to the Blacksmith. Only the Blacksmith immediately gave the Hen a scythe, with which the Owner cut the grass, which the Cow ate, which gave milk, which the Mistress churned into butter. The chicken lubricated the Cockerel's throat and he came to life.

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