The Belarusian fairy tale "Easy Bread" tells that good things are not easy to get, that you have to work hard so that there is always plenty of food.
The word "bread" here can also be understood as a metaphor when it comes to a collective image. Bread is the basis of life, food in general, and its presence in a person reports on the well-being in the house.
Below we briefly outline the content of the fairy tale "Light bread".
Start
One mower worked on the field and sat down to rest. Bread pulled out, chews. A wolf came up and he shared with him. He liked the bread. So the wolf wished that he always had a crumble.
The peasant told him what to do to grow a field with rye ears. But it’s still not enough to grow - you need to collect bread, free from litter, grind it into flour. Only then can you knead the dough and bake the bread. Total - hard work on the field in the spring, summer and autumn.
The wolf was upset that the work ahead was difficult and hard, and asked the peasant for advice, how would it be easier to get bread? He sent him to the horse.
Horse
The wolf wanted to eat a horse, but he suggested that he take off his hooves so as not to break his teeth. The wolf agreed, climbed off to shoot, but the horse hit him, and the wolf flew off to the side.
Geese
I saw a wolf on the shore of geese, was going to eat them, and the birds asked him to sing them for the last. While the wolf, sitting on a bump, howled, the geese climbed to the wing and flew away. Again, the wolf could not eat.
Grandfather
The wolf got angry, decided to eat the first one he met. He sees an old man coming towards him. As soon as the wolf was about to rush at him, he suggested that he sniff the tobacco. As the wolf breathed in the grandfather's tobacco from the pouch, he so lost his breath that tears squirted from his eyes.
Ram
The last in the fairy tale saw the wolf sheep flock with a sleeping shepherd. I wanted to bite a ram right away, and he said to him: "You, wolf, get up in a hollow and open your mouth wider, I myself will rush there." The wolf did just that, but the ram fled and the stupid wolf gored its horns, knocking the spirit out of it.
A wolf recovered, came to his senses and doubted whether he had eaten a ram or not. The mower walked past and said:
- I didn’t eat it, but I tried some light bread.
Even shorter
The tale "Light bread" is very small, but its content can be conveyed even shorter if you divide this story into two parts.
In the first part, the wolf refuses the idea of growing bread and baking himself, as the mowing man tells him that the path from grain to loaf is very difficult, not long and difficult.
In the second - the wolf, wanting to get enough, takes turns attacking the horse, geese, grandfather, ram, but in the end it not only remains hungry, but also turns out to be dumber than everyone.
Fairy tale plan
For this fabulous story, you can draw up a detailed plan. It can look, for example, in this way:
1. The meeting of the wolf with the scythe. The story of bread.
2. Wolf and horse.
3. Wolf and geese.
4. Wolf and grandfather.
5. The wolf and the ram.
6. The moral of the fairy tale "Light bread". She expressed at the very end of the story passing by the wolf mowing.
The shortened outline of this story, as we said above, can consist of two parts: the first is a conversation between a wolf and a mowing-dog; the second - the wolf unsuccessfully tries to get his own food, like a robber, that is, by attacking someone.
The meaning of the tale
Animal folk epos (for example, fairy tales) is intended for a children's audience and has an educational function. Each animal, acting as a character, personifies some character trait, the main among others. For example, a fox or a crow is cunning, a bear is power and stupidity, a cat is quick wit, a woodpecker is simplicity, a hare is cowardice, a bull or goat is stubbornness.
And in Russian, and in Belarus, and in many tales of other nationalities, the wolf is the personification of brute force, haste and laziness. Moreover, he is still unsophisticated, simple and stupid. Therefore, he, as a rule, is haunted by failure. In the folklore stories of this character, they easily circle around a finger, for example, a fox-sister, a cat, and a Kolobok.
The meaning of the fairy tale "Light bread" is that it is impossible to hastily, without thinking and not laboring, to feed. The wolf here represents such a fool and a simpleton. He acts in a hurry, not thinking, not planning his actions, not looking into the future. And since the wolf is constantly pursued by failures, the reader as a result understands that the wolf is a fool and a lazy person, so it should be done differently. Only by consistent, well-planned actions, knowing exactly what you want to achieve, and getting ready to work to achieve this goal, sparing no effort, can something be achieved.
Conclusion
Finally, several proverbs can be given that will help to better understand the meaning of the tale:
Labor is not easy, but its fruits are sweet.
Labor feeds, and laziness spoils.
If you want to eat kalachi - do not sit on the stove.
You can’t take a fish out of a pond without labor.
In this article we have given the content and meaning of the Belarusian fairy tale "Light bread".