Read the story at the behest of the pike. At the command of the pike (2)

In one village there lived an old man. He had three sons: two smart, the third - the fool Emelya.

The older brothers work, but Emelya lies on the stove all day and does nothing.

One day the brothers left for the market, and the women, daughters-in-law, let's send him:

Go, Emelya, for water. And he told them from the stove:

Reluctance…

Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you presents.

OK.

Emel got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, took buckets and an ax and went to the river.

He cut through the ice, scooped up buckets and put them down, and he himself looks into the hole. And I saw Emelya in the hole in the pike. He contrived and grabbed the pike in his hand:

Here the ear will be sweet!

Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll be useful to you.

And Emelya laughs:

What will you use me for? No, I’ll carry you home, I’ll tell my daughters-in-law to cook the fish soup. The ear will be sweet. The pike pleaded again:

Emelya, Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll do whatever you want.

Okay, just show first that you are not deceiving me, then I will let you go.

Pike asks him:

Emelya, Emelya, tell me - what do you want now?

I want the buckets to go home on their own and the water would not spill ...

The pike tells him:

Remember my words: when you want something - just say: "By the command of the pike, according to my desire."

Emelya says:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, buckets, go home yourself ...

He just said - the buckets themselves went uphill. Emelya let the pike into the hole, and he went for the buckets. Buckets go through the village, the people marvel, and Emelya walks behind, chuckles ...

The buckets went into the hut and themselves stood on the bench, and Emelya climbed onto the stove.

How much time has passed, how little time - the daughters-in-law say to him:

Emelya, why are you lying? I would go and chop wood.

Reluctance…

If you don’t chop wood, the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you gifts.

Emelya is reluctant to get off the stove. He remembered the pike and slowly says:

At the command of the pike, at my desire - go, an ax, chop wood, and firewood - go into the hut yourself and put it in the oven ...

The ax jumped out from under the bench - and into the yard, and let's chop firewood, and the firewood itself goes into the hut and climbs into the oven. How much, how little time has passed - the daughters-in-law again say:

Emelya, we have no more firewood. Go to the forest, chop.

And he told them from the stove:

What are you up to?

What are we doing?.. Is it really our job to go to the forest for firewood?

I don't feel like...

Well, there will be no gifts for you.

Nothing to do. Emel's tears from the stove, put on shoes, got dressed. I took a rope and an ax, went out into the yard and got into a sleigh:

Dads, open the gate!

His bridesmaids say to him:

Why, you fool, got into the sleigh, but didn’t harness the horse?

I don't need a horse.

The daughters-in-law opened the gates, and Emelya said quietly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, into the forest yourself ...

The sledge itself went to the gate, and so quickly - it was impossible to catch up on a horse.

And I had to go to the forest through the city, and then he crushed a lot of people, suppressed them. The people are shouting: “Hold him! Catch him! ”, And he knows the sleigh drives. Came to the forest

At the command of the pike, at my desire - an ax, chop dry firewood, and you, firewood, yourself fall into the sleigh, knit yourself ...

The ax began to chop, chop dry wood, and the firewood itself fell into the sleigh and knitted with a rope. Then Emelya ordered the ax to knock out a club for himself - such that he could hardly lift it. Sat on the cart:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, home ...

The sleigh raced home. Again Emelya is passing through the city where just now he crushed, crushed a lot of people, and there they are already waiting for him. They grabbed Emelya and dragged her from the cart, scolded and beat her.

He sees that things are bad, and slowly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - come on, club, break off their sides.

The club jumped out - let's beat. The people rushed away, and Emelya came home and climbed onto the stove. How long, how short - the tsar heard about Emelin's tricks and sends an officer for him: to find him and bring him to the palace.

An officer arrives in that village, enters the hut where Emelya lives, and asks:

Are you a fool Emelya?

And he is from the stove:

And what do you need?

Get dressed quickly, I'll take you to the king.

And I don't feel like...

The officer got angry and hit him on the cheek.

And Emelya says quietly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - a baton, break off his sides ...

The club jumped out - and let's beat the officer, he took his legs by force. The tsar was surprised that his officer could not cope with Emelya, and sends the greatest nobleman himself:

Bring the fool Emelya to me in the palace, otherwise I will take off my head from my shoulders. He bought the biggest nobleman raisins, prunes, gingerbread, came to that village, entered that hut and began to ask his daughters-in-law what Emelya loved.

Our Emelya loves to be kindly asked and promised a red caftan - then he will do whatever you ask.

The greatest nobleman gave Emela raisins, prunes, gingerbread and said:

Emelya, Emelya, why are you lying on the stove? Let's go to the king.

I'm warm here...

Emelya, Emelya, the tsar will give you good food and drink - please, let's go.

And I don't feel like...

Emelya, Emelya, the tsar will give you a red caftan, a hat and boots.

Emelya thought and thought:

Okay, go ahead, and I'll follow you.

The nobleman left, and Emelya lay still and said:

At the command of the pike, at my desire - come on, bake, go to the king ...

Here in the hut the corners cracked, the roof shook, the wall flew out, and the furnace itself went along the street, along the road, straight to the king.

The king looks out the window, marvels:

What is this miracle?

The greatest nobleman answers him:

And this is Emelya on the stove going to you.

The king came out onto the porch:

Something, Emelya, there are a lot of complaints about you! You crushed a lot of people.

And why did they climb under the sled?

At this time, the tsar's daughter, Princess Marya, was looking at him through the window. Emelya saw her at the window and said quietly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - let the tsar's daughter fall in love with me ...

And he also said:

Go, bake, go home...

The stove turned and went home, went into the hut and stood in its original place. Emelya is lying down again.

And the king in the palace screams and tears. Princess Marya misses Emelya, cannot live without him, asks her father to marry her to Emelya. Then the tsar got into trouble, agonized and spoke again to the greatest nobleman.

Go, bring Emelya to me, dead or alive, or I'll take my head off my shoulders.

The great nobleman bought sweet wines and various snacks, went to that village, entered that hut and began to regale Emelya.

Emelya got drunk, ate, got tipsy and went to bed. And the nobleman put him in a wagon and took him to the king. The king immediately ordered a large barrel with iron hoops to be rolled up. They put Emelya and Marya Tsarevna in it, pitched it and threw the barrel into the sea. How long, how short - Emelya woke up; sees - dark, crowded.

Where am I?

And they answer him:

Boring and sickening, Emelyushka! They pitched us into a barrel, threw us into the blue sea.

And who are you?

I am Princess Mary.

Emelya says:

At the behest of the pike, at my will - violent winds, roll the barrel onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand ...

The winds blew violently. The sea was agitated, the barrel was thrown onto a dry shore, on yellow sand. Emelya and Marya the princess came out of it.

Emelyushka, where are we going to live? Build any kind of hut.

But I don’t feel like it ... Then she began to ask him even more, and he says:

At the command of the pike, at my will, build a stone palace with a golden roof ... As soon as he said, a stone palace with a golden roof appeared. Around - a green garden: flowers bloom and birds sing.

Marya Tsarevna and Emelya entered the palace and sat down by the little window.

Emelyushka, can't you become handsome?

Here Emelya thought for a while:

At the command of the pike, at my desire - to become a good young man, a written handsome man ... And Emelya became such that neither in a fairy tale can be said nor described with a pen.

And at that time the king went hunting and sees - there is a palace where there was nothing before.

What kind of ignoramus has built a palace on my land without my permission?

And he sent to find out, to ask: “Who are they?”

The ambassadors ran, stood under the window, asking questions. Emelya answers them:

Ask the king to visit me, I will tell him myself. The king came to visit him. Emelya meets him, leads him to the palace, puts him at the table. They start drinking. The king eats, drinks and is not surprised:

Who are you, good fellow?

Do you remember the fool Emelya - how he came to you on the stove, and you ordered him and your daughter to be pitched into a barrel, thrown into the sea? I am the same Emelya. If I want, I will burn and destroy your entire kingdom.

The king was very frightened, began to ask for forgiveness:

Marry my daughter, Emelyushka, take my kingdom, but don't ruin me!

They made a feast for the whole world. Emelya married Princess Marya and began to rule the kingdom.

Here the fairy tale ends.

Once upon a time there was an old man, and he had three sons - two smart, and the third, Emelya, was a fool.

Two older brothers work, and Emelya lies on the stove all day and beats his thumbs. Once the brothers left for the market, and let the daughters-in-law ask Emelya:

- Emelya, go get some water.

And he told them from the stove:

- Reluctance.

- Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will come back, they will be angry.

- Well, okay, so be it, I'll go get water.

Emel got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, took buckets and an ax and went to the river.

Emelya made a hole in the ice with an ax, filled the buckets with icy water, and he himself looks into the water.

Look - and there's a pike in the hole!

Emelya contrived and grabbed a toothy fish.

- Here the ear will be glorious!

And suddenly take the pike and tell him in a human voice:

“Don’t ruin me, Emelyushka, let me go, I’ll still come in handy for you.”

And Emelya laughs:

"What will you use me for?" No, I'd rather take you home, tell my daughters-in-law to cook the fish soup.

And pike him again:

“Let me go, Emelyushka, I will do whatever you want.

- Well, all right, pike, only you first prove that you are not deceiving. Make sure that the buckets go home by themselves, and the water would not spill...

The pike answers:

- Well, just before you make a wish, say the magic words: "By the command of the pike, according to my desire."

Emelya says:

- At the command of the pike, at my will - go, buckets, home ...

He just said - the buckets themselves went uphill. Emel lowered the pike into the hole and went for the buckets.

Buckets go through the village, people marvel, and Emelya walks behind, chuckles. The buckets went into the hut and themselves stood on the bench. And Emelya again climbed onto the stove.

A little time passed, and the daughters-in-law again approached him:

- Emelya, chop wood.

- Reluctance.

- Prick, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will come back, they will be angry.

- Well, okay, so be it, I'll chop wood. At the command of the pike, at my desire - go, ax, chop wood, and you, firewood, go into the hut yourself and put yourself in the oven ...

He just said - an ax jumped out from under the bench - and into the yard and let's chop firewood, and the firewood itself goes into the hut and climbs into the stove.

A little more time passed, and again the daughters-in-law asked Emelya:

- Emelya, the firewood is over. Go to the forest, chop.

And he told them from the stove:

- Reluctance.

- Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will come back, they will be angry.

- Well, okay, so be it, I'll go to the forest for firewood.

Emel's tears from the stove, put on shoes, got dressed. I took a rope and an ax, went out into the yard and sat in a sleigh:

“Baby, open the gate!”

And his bridesmaids say to him:

“Why, you fool, got into the sleigh, but didn’t harness the horse?”

“I don’t need a horse.

The daughters-in-law opened the gates, and Emelya whispered to the sleigh:

- At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, into the forest ...

He only said how the sleigh went, so fast that even a horse could not keep up.

We had to go through the village, and Emelin's sleigh was crushed along the way, many were beaten on the sides, and bumps were put on many. The people were angry at Emelya, shouting at him, cursing.

And Emelya doesn’t even blow in his mustache, know yourself driving the sleigh.

Came to the forest and says:

- At the command of the pike, at my desire - an ax, chop dry firewood, and you, firewood, yourself fall into the sleigh, knit yourself ...

The ax began to chop dry trees, and the firewood themselves fell into the sleigh and knitted with a rope. Soon there was a whole load of firewood. And then Emelya ordered the ax to knock out a heavy club for himself, sat on the cart and said:

- At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, go home ...

And the sleigh rushed home, but faster than before. Emelya drives through the village, where he has crushed a lot of people just now, and there they are already waiting for him. They seized Emelya and dragged her from the cart, scolding and beating her.

Emelya sees that things are bad, and whispers under his breath:

- At the behest of the pike, at my will - come on, cudgel, hit their sides ...

The club jumped from the cart and let's look after the people, so much so that everyone fled. And Emelya came home and again climbed onto his favorite stove.

Soon the news of Emelin's tricks reached the Tsar-father himself. He called an officer to him and ordered him to deliver Emelya to the palace.

An officer enters Emelin's hut and asks:

Are you Emelya the Fool?

And Emelya to him from the stove:

- And what do you need?

- Dress smartly, I'll take you to the Tsar.

- Reluctance.

The officer got angry and how he hit Emel on the top of his head.

And Emelya whispers under her breath:

- At the command of the pike, at my will - a club, crush his sides ...

The club jumped out from under the bench and let's beat the officer. He took his legs by force. The King was surprised, called the most important nobleman to himself and said:

“Bring the fool Emelya to me in the palace, otherwise I’ll take my head off my shoulders!”

The most important nobleman bought raisins, prunes, gingerbread, came to Emelin's hut and let his daughters-in-law ask what he, they say, loves.

- Our Emelya loves to be kindly asked and promised a red caftan.

The most important nobleman gave Emela raisins, prunes, gingerbread and says:

- Emelyushka, what's the use of lying on the stove? Let's go to the King.

And I'm warm here...

- Emelyushka, at the Tsar's you will be fed and watered.

- Reluctance.

- Emelyushka, the Tsar will give you a red caftan and a hat with boots in addition.

Emelya thought and thought and said:

- Well, okay, so be it, I'll go to the Tsar. You go ahead, and I'll follow you.

The nobleman left, and Emelya says:

- At the command of the pike, at my will - go, bake, to the Tsar's palace ...

Corners cracked in the hut, the roof creaked, the wall drove off, the stove rolled out into the yard and went straight down the road to the Tsar.

The king looks out the window, marvels:

- What kind of miracle is this?

And the most important nobleman answers him:

- And this is Emelya the fool on the stove going to you.

The Tsar came out onto the porch:

- Something, Emelya, there are a lot of complaints about you! Like, you suppressed a large number of people.

- And why did they climb under the sled?

At this time, the Tsar's daughter, Marya the Tsarevna, was looking at him through the window.

Emelya saw her and whispered under his breath:

- At the command of the pike, at my will - love me, Tsar's daughter ...

- And you, oven, take me back home ...

The stove turned and went home, rolled into the hut and stood in its original place.

Emelya is lying down again, lying down and beating his thumbs.

And in the Tsar's palace there are screams and tears: Marya-Tsarevna dries up along Emelya, cannot live without him, prays to the priest to marry her to Emelya. Here the Tsar was in charge, he was in pain.

He called to himself the most important nobleman and said:

- Go this very minute for Emelya, deliver him to me, otherwise I will take my head off my shoulders!

The most important nobleman bought sweet wines and various snacks, came to Emelya and let's regale him with sweets.

Emelya ate, got drunk, got tipsy and went to bed. And the nobleman put him in a sleigh and took him to the Tsar.

The tsar immediately ordered a large barrel with iron hoops to be rolled in and Emelya the Fool and Marya the Tsarevna to be put into it. Then the barrel was closed with a lid, pitched and thrown into the sea.

How much time has passed, you never know, but Emelya woke up. He sees it is dark and cramped.

— Where am I?

And in response he hears:

- Boring and sickening, Emelyushka! They pitched us into a barrel and threw us into the blue sea.

- And who are you?

- I am Marya-Tsarevna.

And Emelya whispered under his breath:

- At the behest of the pike, at my will - violent winds, roll the barrel onto a dry shore, onto the yellow sand ...

Violent winds blew, the sea became agitated, foamed, threw the barrel onto a dry shore, onto the yellow sand. The captives crawled out of the barrel, and Marya-Tsarevna says:

“Where are we going to live, Emelyushka?” Build any kind of hut.

- Reluctance.

And she asks him even more than before, she says affectionate words.

- Well, okay, so be it, I'll build it.

And under his breath he whispers:

- At the command of the pike, at my will - line up a stone palace with a golden roof ...

Just said - a stone palace with a golden roof appeared. All around is a green garden: flowers bloom and birds sing. Marya-Tsarevna with Emelya entered the palace, sat down at the window.

- Emelyushka, can't you become handsome?

Here Emelya thought for a while:

“At the pike’s command, at my will, to become a good young man, a written handsome man ...

And Emelya became such that neither in a fairy tale can be said, nor described with a pen.

And at that time the Tsar went hunting and sees - there is a palace where there was nothing before.

“What kind of ignoramus has set up a palace on my land without my permission?”

The ambassadors ran, stood under the window, asking questions.

Emelya answers them:

- Ask the Tsar to visit me, I will tell him myself.

The King came to visit. Emelya meets him, leads him to the palace, puts him at the table. They start drinking.

The king eats, drinks and is not surprised at all:

“Who are you, good fellow?”

- Do you remember Emelya the Fool - how he came to you on the stove, and you ordered him and your daughter to be pitched into a barrel, thrown into the sea? I am the same Emelya. If I want, I will destroy your entire kingdom.

The Tsar was frightened unspeakably, began to ask for forgiveness:

- Marry my daughter, Emelyushka, take my kingdom, just don't ruin me, old man!

On that they agreed. And they made a feast for the whole world. Emelya married Marya-Tsarevna and began to reign. Here the fairy tale ends, and who listened - well done.

Tolstoy Alexey

By magic

Russian folk tales in the processing of A. Tolstoy

By magic

There lived an old man. He had three sons: two smart ones, the third fool Emelya.

Those brothers work, but Emelya lies on the stove all day, not wanting to know anything.

Once the brothers went to the market, and the women, daughters-in-law, let's send him:

Go, Emelya, for water.

And he told them from the stove:

Reluctance...

Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you presents.

OK.

Emel got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, took buckets and an ax and went to the river.

He cut through the ice, scooped up buckets and put them down, and he himself looks into the hole. And I saw Emelya in the hole in the pike. He contrived and grabbed the pike in his hand:

Here the ear will be sweet!

Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll be useful to you.

And Emelya laughs:

What will you be useful to me for? .. No, I’ll carry you home, I’ll order my daughters-in-law to cook the fish soup. The ear will be sweet.

The pike pleaded again:

Emelya, Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll do whatever you want.

Okay, just show first that you are not deceiving me, then I will let you go.

Pike asks him:

Emelya, Emelya, tell me - what do you want now?

I want the buckets to go home on their own and the water would not spill ...

The pike tells him:

Remember my words, when you want something - just say: "According to the command of the pike, according to my desire."

Emelya says:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, buckets, go home yourself ...

He just said - the buckets themselves went uphill. Emelya let the pike into the hole, and he went for the buckets.

Buckets go through the village, people marvel, and Emelya walks behind, chuckles ... The buckets went into the hut and themselves stood on the bench, and Emelya climbed onto the stove.

How much time has passed, how little time - the daughters-in-law say to him:

Emelya, why are you lying? I would go and chop wood.

Reluctance...

If you don’t chop wood, the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you gifts.

Emelya is reluctant to get off the stove. He remembered the pike and slowly says:

At the command of the pike, at my desire - go, an ax, chop wood, and go into the hut yourself and put the firewood in the oven ...

The ax jumped out from under the bench - and into the yard, and let's chop firewood, and the firewood itself goes into the hut and climbs into the oven.

How much, how little time has passed - the daughters-in-law again say:

Emelya, we have no more firewood. Go to the forest, chop.

And he told them from the stove:

What are you up to?

How - what are we doing? .. Is it our business to go to the forest for firewood?

I'm reluctant...

Well, there will be no gifts for you.

Nothing to do. Emel's tears from the stove, put on shoes, got dressed. I took a rope and an ax, went out into the yard and got into a sleigh:

Dads, open the gate!

His bridesmaids say to him:

Why, you fool, got into the sleigh, but didn’t harness the horse?

I don't need a horse.

The daughters-in-law opened the gates, and Emelya said quietly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, into the forest ...

The sledge itself went to the gate, and so quickly - it was impossible to catch up on a horse.

And I had to go to the forest through the city, and then he crushed a lot of people, suppressed them. The people shout: "Hold him! Catch him!" And he, you know, drives the sleigh. Came to the forest

At the command of the pike, at my desire - an ax, chop dry firewood, and you, firewood, yourself fall into the sleigh, knit yourself ...

The ax began to chop, chop dry wood, and the firewood itself fell into the sleigh and knitted with a rope.

Then Emelya ordered the ax to knock out a club for himself - such that he could hardly lift it. Sat on the cart:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, home ...

The sleigh raced home. Again Emelya is passing through the city where just now he crushed, crushed a lot of people, and there they are already waiting for him. They grabbed Emelya and dragged her from the cart, scolded and beat her. He sees that things are bad, and slowly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - come on, club, break off their sides ...

The club jumped out - and let's beat. The people rushed away, and Emelya came home and climbed onto the stove.

How long, how short - the tsar heard about Emelin's tricks and sends an officer after him - to find him and bring him to the palace.

An officer arrives in that village, enters the hut where Emelya lives, and asks:

Are you a fool Emelya?

And he is from the stove:

And what do you need?

Get dressed quickly, I'll take you to the king.

And I don't feel like...

The officer got angry and hit him on the cheek.

And Emelya says quietly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - a club, break off his sides ...

The club jumped out - and let's beat the officer, he took his legs by force.

The tsar was surprised that his officer could not cope with Emelya, and sends his greatest nobleman:

Bring the fool Emelya to me in the palace, otherwise I will take off my head from my shoulders.

He bought the biggest nobleman raisins, prunes, gingerbread, came to that village, entered that hut and began to ask his daughters-in-law what Emelya loved.

Our Emelya loves to be kindly asked and promised a red caftan - then he will do whatever you ask.

The greatest nobleman gave Emela raisins, prunes, gingerbread and said:

Emelya, Emelya, why are you lying on the stove? Let's go to the king.

I'm warm here too...

Emelya, Emelya, the tsar will give you good food and drink - please, let's go.

And I don't feel like...

Emelya, Emelya, the tsar will give you a red caftan, a hat and boots.

Emelya thought and thought:

Well, okay, you go ahead, and I'll follow you.

The nobleman left, and Emelya lay still and said:

At the command of the pike, according to my desire - come on, bake, go to the king ...

Here in the hut the corners crackled, the roof shook, the wall flew out, and the furnace itself went along the street, along the road, straight to the king ...

The king looks out the window, marvels:

What is this miracle?

The greatest nobleman answers him:

And this is Emelya on the stove going to you.

The king came out onto the porch:

Something, Emelya, there are a lot of complaints about you! You crushed a lot of people.

And why did they climb under the sled?

At this time, the tsar's daughter, Princess Marya, was looking at him through the window. Emelya saw her at the window and said quietly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - let the tsar's daughter fall in love with me ...

And he also said:

Go, bake, go home...

The stove turned and went home, entered the hut and stood in its original place. Emelya is lying down again. And the king in the palace screams and tears. Princess Marya misses Emelya, cannot live without him, asks her father to marry her to Emelya. Then the tsar got into trouble, agonized and said again to the greatest nobleman:

Go, bring Emelya to me, alive or dead, or I'll take my head off my shoulders.

The great nobleman bought sweet wines and various snacks, went to that village, entered that hut and began to regale Emelya.

Emelya got drunk, ate, got tipsy and went to bed. And the nobleman put him in a wagon and took him to the king.

"There is nothing more hateful to wisdom than cunning."
Eastern wisdom.

This story was told to me by my parents. Mine are their grandparents. Because this tale is certainly more than a hundred years old. In tsarist times, the censors of the throne allowed the interpretation of everything and history and legends and fairy tales in the educational context that supported the system of slavery of the Russian peoples. Education, as you know, is laid from childhood, and so His Highest Pike Excellency was set up to leave only the beginning and end of the tale untouched, and edit the middle as He ordered. Sometimes fairy tales can be reduced to the level of an anecdote, for example, like the fairy tale "The Scarlet Flower", in others, this is unacceptable because the meaning of the fairy tale, its good and positive magic, is lost.

The fairy tale "By the command of the pike" created by the Russian people has a completely different meaning! It traces the growth of Emelya as a person, from a small idea to a medium one, from an average creation to a higher goal. Yes, he is a lazy person and the Russian people always love to laugh at themselves in moderation, but who wants to bend their backs? Emelya in a Russian fairy tale, a simple, rude guy, thanks to creativity, ingenuity and work, love and attention of Marya Tsarevna, gets rid of foul language and becomes the ruler of the state.

Here the saying is appropriate: "Laziness and poverty are the engines of progress."

Any sailboat can be turned into a rowing boat, although it is difficult to sail, it is possible, as well as the reverse surrogate process of turning a person into a slave and a monkey. And what happened to the fairy tale was published. And read the works of A. S. Pushkin, written according to the legends of Arina Rodionovna, and the very idea of ​​\u200b\u200bthe Russian person immediately changes. In them, Ivan is ... a prince, a champion of goodness and justice, a kind and brave hero.

In the outback of our great Motherland, fairy tales have been preserved in a pure, folk way. They remained pristine, as my mother told me. She was a descendant of a Cossack family from Central Asia and told as they were told by the Russian people.

Of course, it was difficult for me to restore this fairy tale, it was replete with folk wisdom, sayings of the Russian people, bright humor and a mystery hidden for children's perception. My goal was to correct the misunderstanding, to put together the past and the lost in a new way, to build up on the skeletons left in children's literature - the living body of a wise and kind Russian folk tale.

A fairy tale, a fairy tale is different, and how to say, it's up to the parents. It is not for nothing that they say: "As you harness, so you will go" and "What you sow, you will reap."

I decided to write it for you - in Prose. ru and tell you how I heard it myself in early childhood.

Happy reading dear readers.

The Russian people are simple, but not simple.
And he tells simple and difficult tales.

RUSSIAN FOLKTALE. "BY MAGIC".

Once upon a time there was an old man and he had three sons, two smart and the third weirdo - the fool Emelya.

The brothers are working so hard that their eyes are sweating, and Emelya lies on the stove all day, not wanting to know anything. He only dreams about everything falling by itself, like a shaft, from the sky.

Once the brothers went to the market to air their brains and soar their hands. And the women of the daughter-in-law, let's bare our teeth, send them at random - to the fool:

Go Emelya for water.

And he told them from the stove:

Yeah.
Where the women are smooth there and there is no water in the tub.

No, I don't want...

Go Emelya, otherwise the brothers from the market will come back and they will not bring you gifts.

Well, if so. That's okay!
Sleep, so sleep! And do not sleep, so get up!

Emelya stretched himself, got down from the stove, put on his shoes, dressed, ran out into the yard, washed himself with snow, ran into the hallway, took buckets and an ax and went to the river. And the girls go to meet him with yokes on their shoulders, chirping about their own, splashing water.

As soon as they passed each other, Emelya understood his mistake, realized that he had to return home for the yoke. He turned, slipped and so on the slope head over heels with buckets down and flew off. In spirit I rushed to the edge of the polynya, with all my swing the buckets slammed into the water, the spray flew in all directions. Yes, and he hit his head on the ice hard.

Emelya came to his senses, pulled the buckets out of the water, and in one the pike, belly up, dumbfounded, as if struck by thunder ...

Emel took the pike by the gills, brought it to his face, admires it overjoyed. He laughs, licks his broken lip, and says to himself:

Wow! We'll fry the cutlet for the brothers. For daddy - season the pike head with garlic and bake. Let's boil the giblets, wow!, the ear will be sweet.

And the pike stared at Emelya with bulging eyes, opened its royal mouth, prayed, and with a voice from heaven and from the expanse of the river, it said to him:

Listen to Emily! Let me go for good and say goodbye, and for that, I will thank you.

Emelya opened his mitten, wondered, did not believe himself, pike!, but spoke in human language.

Emelya asks the pike:

How will you thank me?

She says:

Listen and understand.

All! In this World it is done - at My command! Remember it! You are left with one. Just want to... As you pronounce my cherished words, so everything will come true.

Emelya was already taken aback, he thinks to himself:

Not weakly, I shandarahnulsya, since such a thing is heard.

Emelya began to delve into the fish language, looks into the mouth, comprehends miraculous words. In the meantime, the mistress of the river came to her senses, spinning like in a frying pan, contrived, and finally, as a sign of great gratitude for the perception, she rewarded Emelya, starred him with a magic tail in the face, putting all the hidden power of the promises written on the water into the memory.

Emelya did not have time to open his mouth, and it just so happened, with tacit consent, the Tsar-fish slipped out of Emelya's hands. She waved her fins and in parting, in a voice from heaven and the expanse of the river, affectionately said to him:

The time will come, you will become happy Emelyushka. Remember, don't forget what you said...

And she went to her enchanted river kingdom.

Emelya, from such a situation, he was already dumbfounded.

Live cutlets slipped through my fingers.

Emelya began to think. But how! Much has been said, but little has been said... He remembers, gets confused and cannot remember what the fish whispered to him:

According to me, he says ... by command, according to your ... therefore, to be desire ... or, according to our desire? And everything will be fulfilled!

Well things...

Emelya began to reproach himself, to talk to himself and say:

That's it, shu ... That's it ?! ... shu - ka.

He does not believe his ears, shivered, shook himself, licks his broken lip, feels how the mind goes beyond the mind, even stunned ... from such an insight.

And the girls on the hill are standing with their ears, holding on to their stomachs and asking for interruption:

What did Emelya explain to the pike in love, but she refused? And let's laugh as much as they are tearing themselves up.

But Emelya was embarrassed and said:

Yes, she begged, she told me while you don’t have a wife, I’ll be a planted mother for you and I’ll help you in everything, as soon as you want to!, and all your desires will be fulfilled. For this promise, I’ll pick her up and say hello, I took her and sent her away.

Oh, it’s not sickly to see Emelya from a pike slap in the face. Emelya thinks to himself: am I a man or not a man, am I going to carry water on a yoke like a woman? No, you need to decide things with your mind. Just something to do! It's worth it, just ... want!

He returned home, made racks with wheel traction, stuck one in the hole, put the others on the shore. He pulled on the straps, hooked the buckets, he himself rested his legs on the slope, pulls the belt pull on himself with his hands, and looks at the girls, laughs, covers his mouth with one palm and quietly says:

At the behest of the pike, at my will.

He just said, intercepted the belt traction with his second hand and the buckets themselves went uphill. The people smile, marvel, and Emelya himself is glad, he deftly set up his mechanics that the buckets flew into the hut and stood on the bench themselves. And Emelya entered the house and climbed onto the stove.

How much time has passed - the daughters-in-law say to him:

Emelya, why are you lying? I would go and chop wood.

Reluctance…

If you don’t chop wood, the brothers from the market will return and they won’t bring you gifts.

Emelya too lazy to get off the stove. Yes, I really loved gifts. He got down from the couch, washed, dressed, began to put on shoes, and he thinks to himself: - with buckets, any fool is a master. But to make firewood pound with an ax ..., here is a task, it will be a little more difficult.

He sat down on a bench, thought, remembered about the wheel shaft, strained himself, thought, picked up a tool, assembled a marvelous assembly.

Yes, he says to the brides:

– The mustache seems to be in order and everything turned out smoothly.

He covered his mouth with his hand so that the daughter-in-law would not hear and whispers:

Give me an ax, chop wood, and go into the hut yourself and put the firewood in the oven ...

Everything spun, spun in the yard, and let's chop firewood with an ax and go into the hut themselves and climb into the oven.

The daughters-in-law opened their mouths in amazement ...

And Emelya thinks with a thought, collects a miracle machine, lives in it day and night, does not sleep, does not eat, does not drink.

He collected it, climbed onto the stove and sleeps, rests, dreams of happiness.

How much time has passed, the daughters-in-law again say:

- Emelya, we have no more firewood. Go to the forest and chop.

And he chimes from the stove:

What are you all for?

What are we doing?.. Is it really our job to go to the forest for firewood?

Yeah, how to scratch your tongues so you can't find anyone against you.

No, I'm not reluctant, but he laughs ...

Well, if you don't want it as you like, there will be no gifts for you.

Emel got down from the stove, dressed warmly, took a rope, a saw and an ax and went out into the yard.

Sat in the sleigh and says:

Why bare your teeth, open the gate!

His bridesmaids ask him:

Why are you a weirdo, got into the sleigh and didn’t harness the horse?

I don't need a horse!

The daughters-in-law opened the gate, and Emelya covered his mouth with his hand so that the daughters-in-law would not hear and said quietly:

At the pike's command, at my will...

Go sleigh into the forest ...

The sleigh drove out of the gate on its own and so fast that it was impossible to catch up on a horse. And then I had to go to the forest through the capital, and here he crushed a lot of idlers and mouth-waterers with a miracle sleigh.

White hands let's shout:

Hold it! Catch him!

And he knows the sleigh drives. He came to the forest and with all his heart at the top of his voice and blurts out:

That's the pike of business, they all climb in the wrong direction, they look at the wrong thing! Don't do anything yourself! They want a pike of everything. What can you do with them! Therefore, you will have an ax: - at the behest of a pike, at my will - to chop dry firewood! And let the firewood fall into the sleigh themselves, knit themselves ...

Oh, and the well-coordinated hatchet began to chop, and the saw cut dry firewood. The firewood themselves fall into the sleigh and knit with a rope. Then, Emelya ordered the ax to cut down his clubs and such that they could hardly lift them.

The hatchet in the hands of Emelya began to work wonders, gloriously cut down. For a feast for the eyes! He tied Emel's clubs to the cogwheel, sat down on the cart and said:

Come on, let's go home yourself.

The sleigh raced home. Again Emelya passes through the streets and boyar courtyards, where just now he has crushed many idle paunches, and they are already waiting for him. They just wanted to grab Emelya by the sleeves, but Emelya got out, pulled out the key and said:

Well, batons, break off their sides ...

The clubs jumped out from under the wheel and let's thresh and beat the lazybones. They rushed away.

And Emelya, tired during the day, came home and, having not eaten, climbed onto the stove.

How long or how short time has passed, the tsar heard about Emelkin's tricks and sends the head of the gendarmerie to that village for Emelya.

And a lot of people came to Emelya, so he made two entrances, one to himself where he made crafts and crafts and the other was in the barnyard. Yes, he punished the daughters-in-law, depending on how they ask, to invite the one who comes either to him, or send him to the courtyard through another door. For the slanderous and rude, the entrance was with a secret, as you enter, you immediately fall into the pit.

The royal servant did not greet the door, did not introduce himself, but immediately began to wave his tongue like a saber to chop:

What are the images staring at? Yes, and you are an old stump sitting down, do not you see something who is standing in front of you! Come on, where is your son of a bitch Emelya?

And his daughters-in-law say to him:

Have mercy, they did not recognize. Don’t blame me, his father is both deaf and blind, and Emelyushka has been waiting for you in the barnyard since morning - waiting ...

He went out into the courtyard of the kings lackey, entered that door and immediately fell into the sump. He got out with force, and then straw with feathers woke up on him. It was in such a trimmed handsome man that he appeared before the king.

The king got angry, sent his greatest nobleman:

Bring me to the palace - a fool, son of a bitch Emelya.

The grandee bought raisins, prunes, gingerbread, came to that village, entered that hut and began to ask his daughters-in-law:

What does Emelya love?

Our Emelya loves to be affectionately asked and promised a red caftan, then he will do whatever you ask!

The greatest nobleman treated his daughters-in-law to raisins, gingerbread, prunes, and he himself entered the door where Emelya was making, greeted and said:

Emelya, Emelya, why are you lying on the stove? Let's go to the king.

Emelya answers him:

- It’s warm here too, but he himself thinks: - oh, the gentleman-boyar, like a royal servant, but he himself is a fool a fool, he can’t distinguish a cart from an oven.

And the nobleman is eager to fulfill the royal decree - he persuades and sweetly sings like this:

Emelya, you can’t warm your belly with a stove, but the tsar will feed you well, give you water, please let’s go.

Emelya does not stop working, she masters and says:

And I don't feel like it.

The nobleman does not lag behind, climbs out of his skin, flushed, puffs like a samovar, already sweating.

He thinks to himself, what else to offer?

I remembered what his daughters-in-law told him at the meeting.

He hit his forehead with his hand and said:

Emelya! ... The king will give you a red caftan! ...hat and boots!

Emelya looked at the nobleman and thought: - seems to be simple as a pig and cunning as a snake.

You know, in truth, I'm not as lazy as I used to be. Well, okay, you go ahead and I'll follow you - I'll follow.

The nobleman left, and Emelya stoked the furnace to red and said to his daughters-in-law:

What can you do? At least I’ll look at people and show myself. Hunting, more than bondage, and therefore, at the behest of a pike! According to my desire - let's "bake" go to the palace ...

Here in the hut the corners cracked, the roof shook, the wall flew out and the stove itself went along the street, along the road, straight to the palace.

The king looks out the window, marvels:

What kind of miracle is this crew?

The greatest nobleman answers him:

And this is Emelya on the stove going to you.

The king came out onto the porch and said:

Something Emelya has a lot of complaints about you! You crushed mine a lot and crushed the raven. This made me very upset.

Emelya says:

They suffered because of their curiosity. They themselves climbed under an unprecedented sled. And the sled is not simple, new and not run-in. But it’s not in vain that they say: “The curious Barbara got her nose torn off at the bazaar,” and so they got it.

Okay, says the king - I'll forgive you your sins, if you want to wipe your nose with one arrogant foreign princess, but you don’t want to! I'll take my head off my shoulders.

And he takes out a tiny crystal casket and gives it to Emelya. Emelya opened the chest and wondered, a silver flea sits on red velvet and sorts through with its legs. And while Emelya was examining the flea, he himself all this time looked with one eye at the tsar's daughter Marya the princess and fell in love.

It was already evening, and Emelya was standing and dreaming:

Right now... How great it would be! By royal decree, at my will!... He will marry me, a beautiful princess... And we would throw a feast! - to the whole world!

Emelya began to ask the king, he says:

Give me your daughter in marriage! I want to marry her!

Princess Marya heard this, was delighted, she herself also fell in love with Emelyushka at first sight. It happens so!

And how not to fall in love? The guy is Russian, his own, with a head and an artisan!

The king narrowed his eyes cunningly and said to Emelya:

Want is not harmful! Maryushka is no match for you, a foreign prince is wooing her. Only one, only speaks like a spring brook murmurs.

So come on, go for good, healthy, and don't break the flea. And kill yourself on the nose, the time will come - I'll ask.

Emelya squirmed, but what can you do. He took the casket, sat on the self-propelled "oven" and drove home.

Again he lies, lies down, puffs up and puffs up over the royal decree, she cannot forget Maryushka.

Yes, and says:

After all, the pike, the tsar himself and he cannot live without me, no one gives me rest day or night! You hear one thing: - sleeps and sleeps, but there is no time to rest. And he set a task - a difficult tricky one.

He got down from the couch, started a flea, put it on the table, and she let's jump in a circle. The bridesmaids laugh and wonder.

One says:

Oh!... Even though it's a flea, it's like a foal spinning near the uterus...

What does Emelya think, ... let me take her ...

He took a flea ... and ... shod.

In the meantime, the king in the palace screams and tears. Princess Marya misses Emelya, cannot live without him. She asks her father to marry her to Emelya. Then the tsar got into trouble, and said to Marya the princess:

If you don't obey me! And at My command you will not marry the prince - I will let you go into the world.

And he himself called the greatest nobleman and said:

Go, bring Emelya to me, dead or alive.

Bought the largest nobleman of sweet wines and various snacks and went to that village. In his own way, he entered that hut and began to treat his daughters-in-law, feed his father and brothers with tales, regale and drink everyone.

He pours a full cup for his hosts and just a little for himself. From the belly leans on pies with hare, with cabbage and with sterlet. He blushed, sits and incessantly this and that, about the king and about the kingdom - he says everything. Himself, imperceptibly, pours everything to Emelya and solders it.

Emelya thinks to herself:

Oh, the boyar master, cunning and gluttonous like a pike and not at all as simple as you seem.

Late evening is already leaning towards midnight, the daughters-in-law and brothers are tired of talking and retired to sleep, and the nobleman keeps joking, does not leave. Emelya was tired from work during the day, he got very drunk and did not even notice how he dozed off. And the tsar’s servant put the deadly sleeping Emelya in a wagon and took him to the palace.

The king stirred up, woke up Emelya and asked:

Well, son of a bitch, wiped his nose to foreigners?
Let's show the bug!

Emel took out a chest, only gave it to the king in the hands and immediately fell asleep.

The tsar looks, sees nothing, got angry, ordered a large barrel with iron hoops to be rolled in, they put Emelya and the disobedient Marya Tsarevna in it, pitched it and threw the barrel into the sea.

How long did they swim briefly - Emelya woke up, he senses that it is dark and crowded around. My head hurts, my ears are ringing. He asks himself:

- Where am I?

Princess Marya answers:

In the sea we are Emelyushka. You and I would go out to free will ... Free will.

Emelya was delighted, covered his mouth and quietly says:

At the behest of the pike, at my will - violent winds roll the barrel onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand ...

The winds blew violently. The sea was agitated, the barrel was thrown onto a dry shore, on yellow sand. Emelya and Marya the princess came out of it.

Princess Mary says:

- Emelyushka, where will we sleep and live? Build any kind of hut with pastels and a pillow.

And he answers her:

- No, I don’t want anything ... I can’t bear it, I’m tired and I want to sleep.

Then she began to ask him even more and say:

Emelyushka and you try and want. I didn’t sleep on the grass and I won’t live in a hut.

Emelya sighed, covered his mouth with his hand so that Princess Marya would not hear, and said:

- Well ... By pike command ...

And he began to build, grow in breadth, rise to the heights of a stone palace with a golden roof, such as Marya the princess herself on the tongue of a skewer, and most importantly, Emelyushka wanted herself for Maryushka. It's a very nice palace. Around - a green garden, flowers bloom and birds sing. Princess Marya and Yemelya entered the palace and sat down by the little window.

They look into the distance, they drink tea with jams and honey, they talk about an unprecedented, new free life.

Emelya says:

Oh Maryushka! How boring is the day until the evening when there is nothing to do.

Yes! Emelyushka is always like this, when she lives for herself, her heart is torn to work.

Princess Marya blossomed, smiled and asked:

Emelyushka, can't you become handsome? He himself shod an English flea and put your teeth in front. And if you don’t fix it, I won’t pardon or kiss.

Then Emelya began to grieve, chattered ... I realized that now it’s just so easy, you can’t remember the pike.

Yes, and says:

Okay Maryushka, I'll do it.

And Emelya also became a dentist and such that neither in a fairy tale can be said nor described with a pen. He straightened his teeth, stopped lisping, became the first guy in the kingdom.

Emelya says:

From now on, Maryushka, I will do everything, only - at your command! And... My understanding.

Well done Emelyushka, you do not take your mind! And desire ... I will always provide you.

So they lived and did not grieve.

How much time has passed, the king decided to inspect his possessions. And by that time, the king had already become decrepit and toothless. The king gathered his servants and went hunting. How long was it short, and suddenly I saw ... there is a palace where there was nothing before.

The king asks his servants:

What kind of ignoramus is this - pike giblets, without my high permission for that, and on my land he set up a palace?

And he sent to find out who they were. The ambassadors ran, stood under the window, asking questions.

Emelya answers them:

Ask the king to visit me, I will tell him myself.

The king came to visit him. Emelya meets him, leads him to the palace, puts him at the table. They start drinking. The king eats, drinks and is not surprised:

Who will you be, good fellow?

Do you remember the fool, the weirdo Emelya. How did he come to you on the stove and you ordered him and your daughter to be put in a barrel and thrown into the sea?

I am the same Emelya and I am that I shod a flea and assembled a self-propelled stove.

The king frowned and said:
- So that means you! ...Pike head?!

And Emelya answers him:
- You, Your Majesty, say yes, do not talk. I want! I will heap up such things - I will burn and destroy your entire kingdom.

The king was very frightened and cunningly asks:

Do you want to marry my daughter?... Emelyushka.

Yes.
Maryushka and happiness! And my love.

So get married...

The king sits under his breath mumbling:

Here it is! ...pike...

The king got up from the table and said to Emelya:

From now on, you will be dear to me like a dear puppy! Take My Kingdom! Just...don't ruin it.

Here they arranged a feast - for the whole world. Emelya married Princess Marya and began to rule the Kingdom.

That's the end of the tale and who listened, well done!

Russian proverbs:

When a person believes in his own strength, in himself, he is a creator and gives birth to miracles. Pike so that the gudgeon does not doze off. With ours, the most important thing is that the man on the stove does not sleep, but wants and wants. If life gets better, then the work gets better. Holding on to the tug, do not say that it is not a dozen. The kingdom took so know how to own, only - do not destroy. Manage, great skill, so that everyone would be fine. It is good to live in high esteem yes the answer is great. Russian spirit in culture and education. Freedom is not enough. When wives scold, then they often say: I told you, humanly. When the chief demands to carry out directly opposite orders, both must be fulfilled, as the king demanded: - "... bring me Emelya alive or dead."
The tarred people live, shackled with iron hoops, and after all, what kind of people, artisans and with a head.

The tale teaches the main thing:

As a person wants what he wants, so he will fuss about it. If a person wants, flowers will bloom on a bare peak.
Have time and patience for whatever you want. Without desire and labor, you cannot even catch a fish from a pond.

Strive to want! Dream, learn, read. Set a goal! Work hard and make your dreams come true. Believe in knowledge, in yourself!
Be brave, strong and you will become free and happy yourself! And the fantasy world will come true for you.

It also happens. Sometimes scolding others - you praise and praising, you scold yourself ...

The protagonist of the tale - Emelya - absorbed both negative and positive qualities of an ordinary Russian guy of his time.

Unknown author

Some fairy tales appear on their own, others are invented by writers. How did the story called "By the Pike" come about? The fairy tale, the author of which is still unknown, is a product of folk art. It had several variations and was told differently in different regions.

The Russian ethnographer Afanasiev, following the example of the Brothers Grimm or Charles Perrault, decided to organize a voyage around the country and collect scattered legends into one voluminous work, so to speak, to systematize the national heritage. He slightly changed the title of the story and generalized the individual elements that differed depending on the region. Thanks to this, the fairy tale "Emelya and the Pike" gained popularity.

The next one who undertook to cut a familiar plot was Alexei Tolstoy. He added literary beauty to the folk epic and returned the old name "By the Pike's Command" to the work. The fairy tale, the author of which tried to make it more interesting for children, quickly scattered around Moscow and St. Petersburg, and local theaters even added a new performance to their repertoire.

Main characters

The main character of this legend is a certain not too quick young guy Emelya. It contains those negative qualities that prevent him from leading a good life:

• frivolity;

  indifference.

However, when he shows his intelligence and kindness, he comes across real luck - a pike from an ice hole.

The second character, literally the antipode of Emelya, is the pike. She is smart and fair. The fish is designed to help the young man in his personal development, to direct his thoughts in the right direction. As expected in such situations, Emelya and pike became friends.

The third hero acts as a villain. The tsar is a busy man who leads a state of many millions, whom Emelya forces with his antics to descend to a commoner. The tale "About Emelya and the Pike" endowed him with an envious character.

The Tsar's daughter is a prize for the protagonist for taking the path of correction.

Story

The tale "Emelya and the Pike" begins with an acquaintance with the main character. He is so unintelligent and extremely lazy that everything entrusted to him has to be redone by other people.

Emelya's daughters-in-law interrogated him for help with long persuasion. Nevertheless, as soon as someone promises him a reward for what he does, he will immediately set to work with double strength.

And suddenly, one fine day, Emelya pulls out a magic pike from the hole. She offers him her service in exchange for her life. The guy immediately agrees.

Magic Help

After the pike becomes his magical subordinate, Emelya lives even better than before. Now he does not even have to carry out very simple orders.

Magic powers cut wood, walk on water, and even beat up his enemies. Emelya remains very pleased with what is happening. He is so lazy that he does not even want to get up from the stove. Pike helps him with this too, turning the stove into the first prototype of a mechanical vehicle.

During such walks on horseback, Emelya can crush several peasants who come across along the way. He justifies himself by the fact that people themselves jumped under his stove.

It seems that he has no remorse for what he did. The tale "About Emelya and the Pike" contains a hidden moral.

Tsar and Emelya

Having heard about an unprecedented miracle, a self-propelled stove, and even about the cool temper of its owner, the tsar decides to call Emelya to him.

Reluctantly, the "hero" comes to look at the master's mansions. But this trip changes the whole life of a guy.

In the royal palace, he meets with the queen. At first, she also seems rather wayward and lazy. But Emelya decides that it is time for him to settle down, and wants to call her as his wife.

The master's daughter at first disagrees. The monarch himself opposes such a union, hoping that his daughter will marry only a noble person or a foreign king.

Emelya asks the pike to bewitch the disobedient princess. In the end, the young man gets his way. The girl agrees. They are getting married.

The enraged king locks the couple forever in love in a barrel and throws them into the sea. Emelya asks the pike to save them. She makes the barrel come to the shore, they get out of it.

The guy asks the pike to build a huge palace for himself, and turn him into a hand-written handsome man. Magic fish grants a wish.

Happy newlyweds live in clover until an angry king comes to them. His palace is much smaller than that of Emelya. The protagonist graciously forgives the sovereign for all the past. He invites him to dine with them. During the banquet, Emelya confesses to him who he really is. The king remains amazed by the dexterity and intelligence of the young man. Now he understands that it was such a guy who was supposed to marry his daughter.

"By the Pike's Command" is a kind and instructive tale. Its end does not leave a concrete guide to action. On the contrary, everyone should think for himself and decide for himself what is right in life and what is not worth doing.

“At the command of the pike” (Russian fairy tale): analysis

This story is somewhat reminiscent of the dream of the Slavic peoples to get everything they want with the help of magical powers, without straining too much.

At the same time, Emelya managed to catch a pike only on his own, when he nevertheless began to do at least something and honestly.

A complete quitter in front of readers evolves into a hardworking, decent person. Having received sufficient motivation in the form of love for the princess, he forgets about the desire to remain lazy, live only for his own pleasure and gets down to business.

If the pike does not make a big impression on him, he initially takes it for granted, then the first refusal of the girl awakens feelings in him.

At the moment when Emelya on the stove begins to crush passers-by, according to many researchers of the tale, the guy shows royal features. After this incident, even the monarch turned his attention to him.

It is possible that our ancestors, who created the fairy tale, saw in the last external transformation of Emelya and internal changes for the better.

When he became more beautiful, he managed to forgive and understand the king, became kinder and more attentive to others. People with visible facial markings were usually considered bad or even familiar with evil spirits.

While Emelya looked like an ordinary, not too pleasant guy, he could not become a king. With the acquisition of inner beauty, everything immediately changed.

Traditional Russian fairy tales always end hopefully. Most likely, the peasants of that time imagined the happiest day in this way.

"By the Pike's Command"

The catchphrase of the whole fairy tale is "At the command of the pike, at my will." This is a kind of spell that summons a magical pike. Saying these words, Emelya gets everything he wants. "By the pike command", that is, just like that. Without putting any effort into it. Despite the fact that the tale is called "Emelya and Pike", among the people it was renamed in honor of these magic words.

Pike teaches the guy this secret spell. And as soon as it sounds, the magic begins to act, wherever Emelya is. Though on the stove, even under water. In the barrel, he is saved by the phrase "at the command of the pike." The tale is its main thread.

These words immediately became a proverb among the people. They mean an attempt to do something not with your own hands, but for someone else's, most often magical, expense.

Fairy tale in pop culture

When the story was first published in large numbers and read by many, it immediately became popular.

The fairy tale "Emelya and the Pike" even became the basis for the film of the same name. A children's film was made in 1938. The well-known at that time Alexander Row was responsible for directing. Separate elements of the script were taken from Elizaveta Tarakhovskaya's play "Emelya and the Pike". The fairy tale in her interpretation was adapted to modern realities, but the moral remained the same.

Director Ivanov-Vano made a cartoon based on the same fiction in 1957. And once again, Tarakhovskaya's play was taken in 1970, for a new film adaptation by Vladimir Pekar.

The third cartoon was created by Valery Fomin, already in 1984.

The fairy tale "Emelya and the Pike" was immortalized on the stamps of the GDR in 1973. Each of the six stamps depicts one of the subjects were.

The mentions of Emelya themselves became popular. The protagonist of the story began to be associated with a lazy person who wants to get rich without doing anything.

"Emelya and the Pike" - a fairy tale, the author of which is not known, did not want to perpetuate himself and remain in the memory of his descendants, not striving for fame, wealth, fame. Nevertheless, his image perfectly demonstrates what a good person should be like.