Writing stories for children is not as easy as it seems at first glance. Victor Astafyev was able to compose a truly interesting and instructive story, having read which, the child will bring out a lot of useful information for himself. The story was called "Horse with a pink mane." Reviews of the work are positive, and to see this, just read its summary.
Start
The grandmother of the protagonist instructed him to go to the ridge with neighboring children, to collect strawberries for sale. As a reward for this, she promised the boy to buy a gingerbread in the form of a horse with pink mane, covered with pink glaze, hooves and tail. The family of comrades of the hero lived poorly. My father worked on logging and received a salary once every two weeks. When this happened, they joyfully rolled up a feast, and the mother of the children handed out debts. However, the money ran out quickly, and before receiving another remuneration for labor, they again borrowed from their neighbors. They did not live well: the frail fence went almost immediately to firewood, and they washed themselves at all from their neighbors. If you read any review of The Pink-Maned Horse, you can find out that readers are sorry for these children.
Picking berries
Together with his comrades, the hero goes for the coveted berries to earn the desired gingerbread. He managed to get more than one glass of strawberries when other children started a fight: the eldest of them found that others did not pick berries, but simply eat them. During the scuffle, everything that they managed to collect turned out to be scattered on the ground, trampled or eaten. The children were not upset and decided to go swimming. One of them noticed that the berries collected by the hero are intact. He knocked him "weakly" to eat them, and together his friends went to the river. Almost every person scolds him for this, writing his own review. “Horse with a pink mane” does not end there. The main character recalls that he did not pick up the required berries, only late in the evening. Comrades advised to pick up a tue of grass and stones, and sprinkle with berries on top. So the boy returned home.
Disclosure of fraud
Grandmother praised the boy for a long time, did not begin to sprinkle the berries, deciding to take them the way they were. All night he was tormented by conscience, and in the morning the main character decided to confess to the crime. But he was late, my grandmother managed to leave for the city. The boy wanted to hide somewhere, but there was no hidden place, so he went fishing with a friend. A few hours later he saw his grandmother returning on the boat, she threatened the hero with her fist, making it clear that the fraud was revealed. He could return home only in the evening and immediately hid in the pantry, where he had prepared a “temporary” bed in advance. In the morning, the grandfather went to the boy and ordered to apologize for his act. Having grumbled, the grandmother seated her grandson for breakfast, while continuing to lament over the deception. What she did after is praised by almost every person making up the review. “A horse with a pink mane” ends with a gift unexpected for the hero. Grandmother still brought him the coveted gingerbread.
Readers opinion about the story, review
“A horse with a pink mane” arouses delight among readers. The story is very instructive, it is useful not only for children but also for adults. The work teaches the most important thing - any deception will always be revealed, and the torment of conscience is the worst punishment. The wise grandmother did not beat the guilty child, did not put in a corner, only left alone with herself, allowing to fully understand the consequences of her act. This is what almost every person making his review notes. “A horse with a pink mane” is exactly the work that children should read.