In this article we will review the summary of the geese-swans fairy tale for children. But first, let's talk a little about its genre itself, as well as about the differences between folk and literary works.
Genre of fairy tales
One of the folklore, and later literary, genres is called a fairy tale. This epic work is usually of a prosaic nature, having a heroic, everyday or magical theme. The main features of this genre are the lack of historicity and the undisguised, conspicuous fiction of the plot.
“Geese-swans” is a fairy tale, the summary of which we will consider below, refers to the folk. That is, she has no author as such, it was composed by the Russian people.
The difference between folk and literary tales
A folklore, or folk, fairy tale appeared earlier than a literary one and was transmitted for a long time by word of mouth. Hence the many discrepancies in the plots and variants of such stories. So, we will present here the most common summary of the fairy tale “Geese-swans”. However, this does not mean that in another locality and regions of our country, this work has exactly the same characters. The plot as a whole will be unified, but may vary in nuances.
The literary tale was originally invented by the author. Under no circumstances can its plot be changed. In addition, initially such a work appeared on paper, and not in oral speech.
Russian folk tale "Geese-swans": a summary. Tie
Long ago, a husband and wife lived. They had two children: the eldest daughter Mashenka and the youngest son Vanya.
Somehow my parents went to the city and ordered Masha to look after her brother and not leave the yard. And for good behavior, they promised goodies.
But as soon as the parents left, Masha put Vanya under the window of the house on the grass, and she ran to walk outside with her friends.
But here it is not known where the geese swans came from, the birds picked up the boy and dragged him towards the forest.
Masha returned, looks - Vani is nowhere to be found. The girl rushed to look for her brother, but nowhere is he visible. She called Vanya, but he did not respond. Masha sat down and cried, but you won’t help with tears, and she decided to go in search of her brother.
The girl ran from the yard, looked around. And suddenly I saw how geese-swans flew in the distance, and then disappeared into a dark forest. Masha realized who had abducted her brother, and rushed in pursuit.
The girl ran out into the clearing and saw a stove. I asked that point the way. The stove replied that it would tell where the swans flew if Masha threw firewood at it. The girl fulfilled the request, the stove said where the kidnappers had flown. And our heroine ran on.
Baba Yaga
Masha continues to find out where the geese-swans flew. A fairy tale (a brief summary is presented in this article) tells how a girl meets an apple tree whose branches are dotted with rosy fruits. Masha asks her where the geese swans went. The apple tree asked to shake apples from her, and then she would tell where the birds had flown. The girl complied with the request and found out where the kidnappers went.
Mashenka runs farther and sees a milk river with jelly banks. The girl asks at the river where the geese-swans flew. And she answered: "Move the stone that prevents me from flowing, then I’ll say." Masha pushed the stone, and indicated the river, where the birds went.
The girl ran to the dense forest. And then her hedgehog prompted the way. Curled up and rolled to the hut on chicken legs. Baba Yaga sits in that hut, and Vanya plays with golden apples at the porch. Masha crept up, grabbed Vanya and rushed to run.
Baba Yaga noticed that the boy was gone, and sent the geese-swans in pursuit.
The denouement of the work
"Geese-swans", a fairy tale, the summary of which we are setting out here, is coming to an end. Masha runs with her brother and sees that their birds are overtaking. Then she rushed to the river and asked her to shelter them. The river hid them, and the pursuers flew past, did not notice anything.
Then brother and sister run. Their birds noticed again. Then Masha ran to the apple tree and asked them to hide. The tree of children covered it with its branches, and again the geese-swans did not notice anything.
And again the children run, not far from the house left. But then the birds again noticed the fugitives. They strive to wrest a brother from his hands. But then Masha noticed a stove, in which she took refuge with Vanya. The geese-swans could not get to the children and returned back to Baba Yaga.
Brother and sister got out of the stove and ran home. Here Masha washed and combed Vanya, put him on a bench, and sat down next to her. Soon the parents returned and brought the children gifts. My daughter did not tell them anything. So geese-swans were left with nothing.
A fairy tale (a brief summary confirms this) refers to the so-called magic. Such works are characterized by the presence of a magical villain (Baba Yaga in our case) and magic assistants (stove, apple tree, river, hedgehog).