Every child dreams of a tale. And also about the absence of prohibitions and punishments. Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov wrote one of his stories on this subject . The plot of the work can be found in our article, which sets out a brief summary. "The Feast of Disobedience" is one of the best works of the Soviet and Russian writer, created for children.
Writing History and Reviews
What did Sergei Mikhalkov write about the “Feast of Disobedience”? The main characters are children. Adults in a fairy tale appear briefly: in the first and final chapters. Nevertheless, Mikhalkov devoted the "Feast of Disobedience" not only to young readers. The main idea of the story, according to the author himself: "Complete freedom passes into anarchy." Later, twenty years after the publication of the story, answering questions from journalists regarding politics, the writer cited the plot of this tale as an example.
Mikhalkov's tale "Feast of Disobedience" was published in 1971, in the magazine "New World". The name of this work is today widely used in journalism. Moreover, to indicate some historical events, the phrase that was once invented by the writer Sergei Mikhalkov began to be used.
The "Feast of Disobedience", reviews of which are positive not only because of artistic value, is mentioned in the books of modern psychologists and educators. One of them - Andrei Kurpatov - claims that the basis of the story is not author's fiction, but the well-known phenomenon, called in science child negativity.
Retelling plan
The work should be divided into separate parts before giving a brief summary. The festival of disobedience can be retold according to the following plan:
- How bad it is to be small!
- Adults left the city.
- There will be no lessons!
- Fantik.
- Longing for school.
- Kite.
- The return of parents.
How bad it is to be small (summary)
The “Feast of Disobedience” begins with an image of a scene that can often be seen on the street and which is painfully familiar to every parent. A woman is walking along the street of a big city and dragging a small son by the hand. He screams and rests: he demands more ice cream.
Mother brings her son home and puts her nose in the corner. During punishment, the Kid should consider his bad behavior in order to continue to behave with dignity. But children's thinking is not prone to introspection. As soon as the mother moves away, the boy begins to dream. First, he dreams of ice cream, fruit and chocolate. Then begins to mentally philosophize. "How bad it is to be small," concludes the Kid. After all, children can’t do anything. And for adults, on the contrary, everything is permissible.
And then the hero of the story Mikhalkov hears a knock on the window. This is a Kite. He knows about a city in which there are no adults and children do everything they want. And he invites the boy to fly to this fantastic land.
Adults left the city
New heroes appear in the plot - Turnip and Turnipka. They are brother and sister. During the day, like all normal children, they were naughty a lot: they ate a forbidden jar of jam and used paint for other purposes. And so, when they fell asleep, the parents kissed them and left the city. All adults did that. At a general meeting of parents, which took place in the central city square, it was decided: children should be left without parental attention. At least for a while. Indeed, only in this way naughty boys and girls will be able to understand that bad behavior does not lead to anything good.
There will be no lessons!
Such an announcement was seen by Repka and Turnepka, as well as other children, on the school door, after waking up and learning from their parental letter that they were now left to their own devices. What happens if one day adults disappear and only children remain in the world? Sergei Mikhalkov depicted a similar situation in his tale, which can be called utopia.
The children left school and headed to the nearest pastry shop. From now on, you could eat sweets as much as you like. A lot climbed. Children destroyed almost all stocks of ice cream in a candy store. Many are hoarse. Then uncontrolled boys and girls set to work on art. Before, you could only draw on paper. Now - anywhere. Children decided to decorate shop windows and house walls with their art.
The first day of disobedience ended with smoking cigarettes, which parents inadvertently left the city.
Fantik
Still, one adult remained in the city. It was a dwarf named Fantik. He worked in a circus and loved children. However, on the day when only the kids remained in the city, I realized that I did not know anything about them before.
Fantik, leaving home that ill-fated day, faced the rudeness of the son of a local doctor. Then the circus witnessed a jerk in the house of the same doctor. Children who were hoarse from ice cream smoked one cigarette after another. And at night Turnepka got sick. And no one except Fantik could help her.
The next day, other children fell ill. Fantik did not leave them a single step. He treated some, tried to educate others. But he could not replace either mom or dad with any of the abandoned children.
Longing for school
On the second day after the children were left without adult care, they, in spite of everything, went to school. There still hung an announcement about the cancellation of lessons. But now the students suddenly began to regret that even the teachers had not remained in the city. And by the end of the second day, the children began to really miss their parents. And then it was decided to return moms and dads home at all costs.
Kite
And finally, the Kid flew into the city left by the adults. The one who so dreamed of becoming an adult and get rid of maternal oppression. But, seeing the bewildered children, he did not rejoice for long. Boys and girls have already managed to get enough of freedom. Now they wanted only one thing - the return of their parents. The kid, seeing their bleak faces, hurried home.
Parents return
Before taking the boy home, the Paper Snake had to carry out the assignment of the children. He had to play the role of a postman. The children wrote a letter to their parents in verse in which they asked them to return and promised to behave themselves well in the future. The serpent delivered a letter. And now, obedient children were preparing to meet with their dads, mothers, grandfathers and grandmothers.
The establishment of order in the city was led by Fantik. He rode his little bike all day and gave orders. Children were preparing to meet with their parents. No one knew when they would be back, so they should clean up the city faster: sweep the streets, wash the pictures from storefronts, feed the birds, who almost died of starvation during the absence of adults. Children washed dishes, put things in order in a candy store, and cleaned in school classes.
At noon, parents were in the central city square. They were met by children, lining up, as in a parade. Boys and girls were washed and combed. They wore ironed suits and polished shoes. This spectacle so impressed the parents that they did not immediately recognize their children. “Some of them are not like that,” one of the dads said. But suddenly the children threw themselves into the arms of their parents. The buttons were torn off again within five minutes, the suits were stained, and the hair was disheveled. Nevertheless, both the children and their parents were happy.
The next day, the city began to live an ordinary life. The boy who once demanded a second serving of ice cream from his mother now promised to fix his behavior. He returned home on the Paper Snake and from now on did not dream of permissiveness.
This is a summary. "Feast of disobedience" is a fairy tale created by one of the best children's writers. It is written in bright, rich language. Parents are obliged to read such works to their children. And exclusively in the original. Mikhalkov's tale not only has an interesting plot, but also helps parents understand their children. And kids - get rid of the harmful dream of disobedience.