Fairy-tales

“Zinka was a young titmouse, and she didn’t have her own nest. All day long she flew from place to place, jumped on fences, on branches, on roofs - tits are ...

“The Old Man is sitting, drinking tea. He doesn't drink empty - he whitens it with milk. An Owl flies past. “Great,” he says, “friend!..”

“A crow flew over the sea and looked: a crayfish was crawling - grab it! And she carried it into the forest so that, sitting somewhere on a branch, she could...

“Once upon a time there lived a man and a woman. They had a daughter and a little son. “Daughter,” the mother said, “we’ll go to work, take care of your brot...

“Once upon a time there was a crane and a heron, they built huts at the ends of the swamp. The crane found it boring to live alone, and he decided to get mar...

“Once upon a time there lived a hare in the forest: in the summer he was good, but in the winter he was bad - he had to go to the peasants’ threshing floor a...

“Once upon a time there lived a hen and a cochet. They went into the forest to buy nuts. Kochetok climbed up a hazel tree to pick nuts, and ordered the chick...

“Once upon a time there was a fox and a hare. The fox had an ice hut, the hare had a bast hut. Spring came and the fox’s hut melted, but the hare’s hut remai...

“The black grouse was sitting on a tree. The fox came up to him and said: “Hello, black grouse, my friend, when I heard your little voice, I came to see you....

“A man went into the forest to sow turnips. He plows and works there. A bear came to him: “Man, I’ll break you…”

“Once upon a time, a grandfather lived with another wife. The grandfather had a daughter, and the woman had a daughter. Everyone knows how to live with a ste...

“Once upon a time there lived a grandfather and a woman. The grandfather says to the woman: “You, woman, bake the pies, and I’ll harness the sleigh and go ge...