Kroshechka – Khavroshechka - instructive Russian folk tale about an orphan girl and her faithful cow, who helped her in the most difficult situations. The fairy tale Tiny - Khavroshechka can be read online or download the text in PDF and DOC format.
Brief summary of the tale You can start with how the girl lost her parents and was left completely alone, a poor orphan. She was taken in by her family, but as it turned out, the people were not at all decent, as the fairy tale says: There are good people in the world, there are worse people, and there are also those who are not ashamed of their brother. All day long Kroshechka - Khavroshechka worked for them, doing all the housework. The girl understood that she had no one to expect help from, her only joy and hope was the cow. It used to be that he would come to the field, hug a cow, lie on her neck, and share his grief. I feel sorry for the orphan, the little cow says to her: Red maiden, get into one of my ears and get out of the other - everything will work out. So the cow helped her, but her stepmother still had no peace, how does such a little girl manage to complete everything on time? She sent her daughters to follow Khavroshechka and find out who is helping her? The two eldest daughters, instead of watching, fell asleep under Khavroshi’s cradle, and the third Three-Eyes saw everything with her third eye and told her mother. At that very moment the old woman ordered the cow to be slaughtered. Khavroshechka ran to the cow to warn her that they wanted to slaughter her, and the cow answered her: You, red maiden, don’t eat my meat, collect my bones, tie them in a handkerchief, bury them in the garden and never forget me, every morning I wash the bones with water water it. The orphan did everything as the cow ordered, and a magic apple tree grew in that place. It was she who decided the fate of Tiny - Khavroshechka, who got married successfully and began to live well, no matter what.
Read the fairy tale Tiny - Khavroshechka will be interesting for children of any age. Despite the fact that the plot of the fairy tale is quite simple, it contains a deep spiritual and moral meaning. Cautionary tale about Tiny - Khavroshechka great way convey to the child without unnecessary moralizing simple truths, which will definitely come in handy in life. While reading, it is important to discuss the fairy tale with children and ask their opinion about the current situation. Russian folk tales of an instructive nature are especially good to read to children at night.
Fairy tale Tiny - Khavroshechka teaches that hard work, patience and kindness will be noticed and rewarded. A person is kind and selfless, always beautiful, first of all with his soul, but an evil and lazy person is ugly. The fairy tale about Tiny Khavroshechka instills in people kindness, mutual assistance, mercy, and respect for work, both one’s own and that of others. The fairy tale also confirms the boomerang effect, when all your actions come back to you, that is, when good returns as good, and evil as evil.
Fairy tale Tiny - Khavroshechka clear example such proverbs as: He who works well receives honor and praise, Labor feeds a person, but laziness spoils, Without labor one does not eat honey, All labor is worthy of reward, Patience and labor will grind everything down, Without labor there is no good, To live prosperously, one must love labor.
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Tiny Khavroshechka - a fairy tale about a kind girl and her red cow.
Old Russian fairy tale “Kroshechka-Khavroshechka” with bright illustrations designed for fun reading children any age. Narration in the style of folk tales with interesting speech patterns is developed nursery fantasy, and replenishes the wealth of Russian vocabulary.
A book with beautiful pictures and with a classic plot reveals the characters of positive and negative heroes. Before you start read, You can get to know them better:
Khavroshechka – main character. An orphan girl who ended up in family to an evil stepmother, a weak-willed stepfather and three lazy sisters. She was still a teenager, but on the orders of her mischievous stepmother, she worked hard from morning until late evening.
Red cow - Khavroshechka’s only friend. In the story, this is a talking cow who loved the orphan, took pity on her and helped her cope with difficult housework.
Evil stepmother - main negative character. She cared for her daughters and forced poor Khavroshechka to spin threads, weave linen, bleach it and roll it. The orphan tried, with the help of Burenka, she carried out all the orders, but the stepmother still got angry and burdened the poor thing with new and difficult work.
One-Eyed, Two-Eyed and Three-Eyed - half-sisters of Khavroshechka. They are lazy and stupid, they like to sit on a bench all day and look at passers-by. The sisters carry out all the orders of their mischievous mother and look after the poor orphan.
Stepfather - a kind, hard-working peasant, loves Khavroshechka, but is afraid of the grumblings of his evil wife and, on her orders, killed the good cow.
Good fellow - Khavroshechka's fiance. The character who appears in the finale rescues the girl from captivity, marries her and takes her away from the yard on his black horse.
According to tradition, Russian fairy tale for children ends with the wedding of the main characters. The harmful evil heroes are left with nothing, but the good girl Kroshechka-Khavroshechka finds her happiness and leaves her evil stepmother. Fairy tale story teaches children hard work, instills love for people and animals, instills faith in goodness and hope for the fulfillment of their cherished desires.
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There are good people in the world, there are worse ones, there are also those who are not ashamed of their brother.
This is where Tiny Khavroshechka ended up. She was left an orphan, these people took her, fed her and overworked her: she weaves, she spins, she cleans, she is responsible for everything.
And its owner had three daughters.
The eldest was called One-Eye, the middle one was Two-Eyes, and the smaller one was Three-Eyes.
The daughters only knew that to sit at the gate, look at the street,
And Tiny Khavroshechka worked for them:
She sheathed them, spun and wove for them - and never heard a kind word.
It used to be that Tiny Khavroshechka would go out into the field and hug her pockmarked cow,
He will lie on her neck and tell her how hard it is for her to live.
Mother cow! They beat me and scold me, they don’t give me bread, they don’t tell me to cry.
TO tomorrow I was ordered to strain five pounds, weave, whitewash and roll into pipes.
And the cow answered her:
Red maiden, get into one of my ears and get out of the other - everything will work out.
And so it came true. Khavroshechka will fit into one ear of the cow, come out of the other - everything is ready: it is woven, and whitewashed, and rolled into pipes.
She will take the canvases to the owner. She looks at it, grunts, hides it in a chest,
And for Tiny Khavroshechka more work will ask.
Khavroshka will come to the cow again, hug her, stroke her, fit into one ear, climb out of the other, and take what she has prepared and bring it to the mistress.
So the housewife called her daughter One-Eye and said to her:
My good daughter, my pretty daughter, come and see who helps the orphan: weaves, and spins, and rolls pipes?
One-Eye went with Khavroshechka into the forest, went with her into the field,
Yes, I forgot my mother’s order, got hot in the sun, and lay down on the grass. And Khavroshechka says:
Sleep, little eye, sleep, little eye!
Little Eye and One-Eye fell asleep.
While One-Eye was sleeping, the little cow wove everything, whitewashed it, and rolled it into pipes.
So the hostess did not find out anything and sent her second daughter, Two-Eyes:
My good daughter, my pretty daughter, come and see who is helping the orphan.
Two-Eyes went with Khavroshechka, forgot her mother’s order, got hot in the sun, and lay down on the grass. And Khavroshechka cradles:
Sleep, little peephole, sleep, other one!
The little cow wove it, whitewashed it, rolled it into pipes, and Two-Eyes still slept.
The old woman got angry and on the third day she sent her third daughter, Three-Eyes, and gave the orphan even more work.
Three-Eyes jumped and jumped, became tired in the sun and fell on the grass.
Khavroshechka sings:
Sleep, little peephole, sleep, other one!
And I forgot about the third peephole.
Two of Three-Eyes' eyes have fallen asleep, and the third one looks and sees everything: how Khavroshechka got into one of the cow's ears, got out of the other and picked up the finished canvases.
Three-Eyes returned home and told her mother everything.
The old woman was delighted, and the next day she came to her husband:
Old man this way and that:
What are you, old woman, out of your mind? The cow is young and good!
Nothing to do. The old man began to sharpen his knife. Khavroshechka realized this and ran into the field.
She hugged the pockmarked cow and said:
Mother cow! They want to cut you.
And the cow answers her:
And you, fair maiden, do not eat my meat, but collect my bones, tie them in a handkerchief, bury them in the garden and never forget me: water the bones with water every morning.
The old man killed the cow. Khavroshechka did everything that the cow bequeathed to her: she went hungry, did not take her meat in her mouth, buried her bones and watered the garden every day.
And an apple tree grew from them, and what a one! Apples hang on it, golden leaves rustle, silver branches bend. 
Whoever drives by stops; whoever passes close looks.
How much time has passed, you never know - One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes walked once in the garden. At that time I was driving past strong man- rich, curly, young.
Saw it in the garden liquid apples, began to affect the girls:
The beautiful girl who brings me an apple will marry me.
The three sisters rushed one in front of the other to the apple tree.
And the apples were hanging low, under the hands, but then they rose high, far above their heads.
The sisters wanted to knock them down - the leaves of the eyes fall asleep,
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Here is a brilliant Russian folk tale, Kroshechka-Khavroshechka, which tells about the difficult and difficult fate of a young girl. She was the stepdaughter of a non-native and very evil stepmother. All day and night, the kind and poor girl had to work for herself, as well as for the three daughters of her evil stepmother. But, no matter how well she fulfilled all the requests of her stepmother, the stepmother and her daughters always offended the kind and hardworking girl as gratitude. Instead of gratitude, the young girl had to endure slaps and cruel slaps. One day, when the sweet girl was very sad, a cow named Ryabushka called her and called out to her. This cow was and lived in a large herd with her father. As it turned out later, Ryabushka was not an ordinary cow. She could talk and could create real miracles and magic. How did the events in this fairy tale develop further? Are you interested? Further, the cow Ryabushka became a protector for the beautiful girl. became differently Helping her and our heroine made it much easier to live with her family. But the happiness did not last for a long time. The evil stepmother found out about Ryabushka and in anger ordered her husband to get rid of the magic cow forever. For a very long time and using all sorts of methods, the poor girl asked not to kill the cow, but all her tears were in vain. I Ryabushka calmed down the unfortunate girl, saying that he would return to her, but not in the form of a cow. And so it happened. It was in the very place where the girl buried all the bones from her cow that a beautiful, luxurious tree with apples grew. It was this apple tree that helped Khavroshechka become very happy and find real and real happiness. If you are interested in our story about Khavroshechka, then read this tale online or watch the story in audio recording.
Text of the fairy tale Tiny Khavroshechka
There are good people in the world, there are worse ones, and there are also those who are not ashamed of their brother. This is where Tiny Khavroshechka ended up. She was left an orphan, these people took her, fed her and put her to work: she weaves, she spins, she cleans, she is responsible for everything. And its owner had three daughters. The eldest was called One-Eyed, the middle was Two-Eyed, and the smaller was called Three-Eyed. All the daughters knew was to sit at the gate and look out into the street, and Tiny Khavroshechka worked for them: she sheathed them, she spun and weaved for them, and she never heard a kind word. It used to be that Tiny Khavroshechka would come out into the field, hug her pockmarked cow, lie on her neck and tell her how hard it was for her to live and live: - Mother Cow! They beat me and scold me, they don’t give me bread, they don’t tell me to cry. By tomorrow they ordered five pounds to be spun, woven, whitened and rolled into pipes. And the cow answered her: - Red maiden, get into one of my ears and get out of the other - everything will work out. And so it came true. The red maiden will come out of the ear - everything is ready: it’s woven, whitewashed, and rolled into pipes. She will take the canvases to the owner. She looks at it, grunts, hides it in a chest, and gives her even more work. Little Khavroshka will come to the cow again, fit into one ear, come out of the other, and take what’s ready and bring it to the mistress. So the hostess called her daughter One-Eye and said to her: “My good daughter, my pretty daughter!” Come, look, who helps the orphan: and weaves, and spins, and rolls into pipes? One-Eye went into the forest with Khavroshechka, went with her to the field, forgot her mother’s order, blistered in the sun, and lay down on the grass. And Khavroshechka says: “Sleep, little peephole, sleep, little peephole!” The peephole fell asleep. While One-Eye was sleeping, the little cow wove and whitewashed everything. The hostess did not find out anything, so she sent her second daughter, Two-Eyes. - My good daughter, my beautiful daughter! Come and see who helps the orphan? Two-Eyes also got hot in the sun and lay down on the grass, forgot her mother’s order and closed her eyes. And Khavroshechka lulls: - Sleep, little peephole, sleep, other one! The little cow wove it, whitewashed it, rolled it into the pipes, and Two-Eyes was still sleeping. The old woman got angry, on the third day she sent Three-Eyes, and gave the orphan even more work. And Three-Eyes, like her older sisters, jumped and jumped, became tired in the sun and fell on the grass. Khavroshechka sings: - Sleep, little peephole, sleep, other one! - and I forgot about the third eye. Two of Three-Eyes' eyes have fallen asleep, and the third one looks and sees everything: how the red maiden got into one ear, got out of the other and picked up the finished canvases. Three-Eyes returned home and told her mother everything; The old woman was delighted, and the next day she came to her husband: “Kill the speckled cow!” The old man this way and that: - What are you, old woman, in your mind? The cow is young and good! - Cut, and that’s all! The old man sharpened his knife... Khavroshechka ran to the cow: - Mother cow! They want to cut you. - And you, red maiden, don’t eat my meat, collect my bones, tie them in a handkerchief, bury them in the garden and never forget me, water the bones with water every morning. The old man killed the cow. Khavroshechka did everything that the cow bequeathed: she starved, she didn’t take her meat in her mouth, she buried her bones and watered them in the garden every day, and an apple tree grew from them, and what a thing! Apples hang on it, golden leaves rustle, silver branches bend. Whoever drives by stops; whoever passes close looks. How much time has passed, you never know... One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes walked through the garden once. At that time, a strong man was driving past - rich, curly-haired, young. I saw the apples and began to touch the girls: - Beautiful girls! - he says. “Whichever one of you brings me an apple will marry me.” And the three sisters rushed, one in front of the other, to the apple tree. And the apples were hanging low, under the hands, but then they rose high, far above their heads. The sisters wanted to knock them down - the leaves would fall asleep in their eyes; they wanted to tear them off - the twigs would unravel their braids. No matter how much they fought or rushed about, their hands were torn, but they could not reach them. Khavroshechka approached, the branches bowed to her, and the apples fell to her. She treated that strong man to a meal and he married her, and she began to live happily, without knowing the hard times.
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IN You know that there are good people in the world, and there are worse ones, there are also those who do not fear God, are not ashamed of their brother: these are the ones that Tiny Khavroshechka ended up with. She was left a little orphan; These people took her, fed her and didn’t let her into the light of day, forced her to work every day, starved her to death; She serves and cleans, and is responsible for everyone and everything.
And her owner had three big daughters. The eldest was called One-Eye, the middle one was Two-Eyes, and the smaller one was Three-Eyes; but all they knew was to sit at the gate and look at the street, and Tiny Khavroshechka worked for them, sheathed them, spun and wove for them, but she never heard a kind word. That's what hurts - there is someone to poke and push, but there is no one to greet and make you feel welcome!
It used to be that Tiny Khavroshechka would go out into the field, hug her speckled cow, lie on her neck and tell her how hard it was for her to live:
Mother cow! They beat me, scold me, don’t give me bread, don’t tell me to cry. By tomorrow they gave me five pounds to strain, weave, whitewash, and roll into pipes.
And the cow answered her:
Red maiden! Get into one ear of mine and out the other - everything will work out.
And so it came true. The red maiden will come out of the ear - everything is ready: woven, whitewashed, and rolled. He will take it to his stepmother; she’ll look at it, grunt, hide it in a chest, and give her even more work. Little Khavroshka will come to the cow again, fit into one ear, come out of the other, and take what’s ready and bring it back.
The old woman marvels and calls One-Eye:
My good daughter, my beautiful daughter! Look who helps the orphan: weaves, spins, and rolls pipes?
She went with the orphan One-Eye into the forest, went with her into the field; I forgot my mother’s order, got hot in the sun, and lay down on the grass; and Khavroshechka says:
Sleep, little eye, sleep, little eye!
Little Eye fell asleep; While One-Eye was sleeping, the little cow wove and whitened it. The stepmother did not find out anything, so she sent Two-Eyes. This one, too, baked in the sun and lay down on the grass, forgot her mother’s order and closed her eyes; and Khavroshechka cradles:
Sleep, little peephole, sleep, other one!
The cow wove it, whitewashed it, and rolled it into pipes; and Two-Eyes was still sleeping.
The old woman got angry, on the third day she sent Three-Eyes, and gave the orphan even more work. And Three-Eyes, like her older sisters, jumped and jumped and fell on the grass. Khavroshechka sings:
Sleep, little peephole, sleep, other one! - but I forgot about the third.
Two eyes have fallen asleep, and the third looks and sees everything, everything - like a red maiden climbed into one ear, climbed out of the other and picked up the finished canvases. Three-Eyes told her mother everything she saw; The old woman was delighted, and the next day she came to her husband:
Slaughter the pockmarked cow!
Old man like this:
What are you, wife, in your mind? The cow is young and good!
Cut, and that’s all! Sharpened the knife...
Khavroshechka ran to the cow:
Mother cow! They want to cut you.
And you, red maiden, do not eat my meat; Collect my bones, tie them in a scarf, plant them in the garden and never forget me, water them every morning.
Khavroshechka did everything that the cow bequeathed; I was starving, I didn’t take meat in my mouth, I watered the seeds in the garden every day, and an apple tree grew from them, and what a thing - my God! Apples hang on it, golden leaves rustle, silver branches bend; whoever drives by stops; whoever passes close looks in.
It happened once - the girls were walking in the garden; At that time, a gentleman was riding across the field - rich, curly-haired, young. I saw the apples and touched the girls:
Beautiful girls! - he says. - Whichever of you brings me an apple will marry me.
And the three sisters rushed, one in front of the other, to the apple tree. And the apples were hanging low, under the hands, and then suddenly they rose high, high, far above the heads of the steel. The sisters wanted to knock them down - the leaves would fall asleep in their eyes; they wanted to tear them off - the branches would unravel their braids; No matter how they fought or rushed about, the hands were torn, but they could not reach them.
Khavroshechka came up, and the branches bowed, and the apples dropped. The master married her, and she began to live well, without any troubles.
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Recorded in Kursk province.
There are good people in the world, there are worse ones, there are also those who are not ashamed of their brother.
This is where Tiny Khavroshechka ended up. She was left an orphan, these people took her, fed her and put her to work: she weaves, she spins, she cleans, she is responsible for everything.
And her owner had three daughters. The eldest was called One-Eyed, the middle one was called Two-Eyed, and the smaller one was called Trigrazka.
All the daughters knew was to sit at the gate and look out into the street, and Tiny Khavroshechka worked for them: she sheathed them, she spun and wove for them - and she never heard a kind word.
It used to be that Tiny Khavroshechka would go out into the field, hug her pockmarked cow, lie on her neck and tell her how hard it was for her to live.
Mother cow! They beat me and scold me, they don’t give me bread, they don’t tell me to cry. By tomorrow I was ordered to spin, weave, whiten and roll five pounds into pipes.
And the Cow answered her:
Red maiden, get into one of my ears and get out of the other - everything will work out.
And so it came true. Khavroshechka will fit into one ear of the cow, come out of the other - everything is ready: it is woven, and whitewashed, and rolled into pipes.
She will take the canvases to the owner. She will look, grunt, hide it in the chest, and give Tiny Khvroshechka even more work.
Khavroshechka will come to the cow again, hug her, stroke her, fit into one ear, come out of the other, and take what she has prepared and bring it to the mistress.
So the housewife called her daughter One-Eye and said to her:
My good daughter, my pretty daughter, come and see who helps the orphan: weaves, and spins, and rolls pipes?
One-Eyed went with Khavroshechka into the forest, went with her to the field, but forgot her mother’s order, baked in the sun, and lay down on the grass. And Khavroshechka says:
Sleep, little peephole, sleep, little eye!
Little Eye and One-Eye fell asleep. While One-Eye was sleeping, the little cow wove everything, whitewashed it, and rolled it into pipes.
So the hostess did not find out anything and sent her second daughter, Two-Eyes.
My good daughter, my pretty daughter, come and see who is helping the orphan.
Two-Eyes went with Khavroshechka, forgot her mother’s order, got hot in the sun, and lay down on the grass. And Khavroshechka cradles:
Sleep little eye, sleep the other one!
Two-eyed eyes closed. The little cow wove it, whitewashed it, rolled it into pipes, and Two-Eyes still slept.
The old woman got angry and on the third day she sent her third daughter, Three-Eyes, and gave the orphan even more work.
Three-Eyes jumped and jumped, became tired in the sun and fell on the grass.
Khavroshechka sings:
Sleep little eye, sleep the other one!
And I forgot about the third peephole.
Two of Trigalzka’s eyes have fallen asleep, and the third one looks and sees everything: how Khavroshechka climbed into one of the cow’s ears, climbed out of the other and picked up the finished canvases.
Three-Eyes returned home and told her mother everything.
The old woman was delighted, and the next day she came to her husband:
Slaughter the pockmarked cow!
Old man this way and that:
What are you, old woman, out of your mind? The cow is young and good!
Cut, and that’s all!
Nothing to do. The old man began to sharpen his knife.
Khavroshechka realized this, ran into the field, hugged the speckled cow and said:
Mother cow! They want to cut you!
And the cow answers her:
And you, beautiful maiden, do not eat my meat, but collect my bones, tie them in a handkerchief, bury them in the garden and never forget me: water the bones with water every morning.
The old man killed the cow. Khavroshechka did everything that the little cow bequeathed to her: she went hungry, did not take her meat in her mouth, buried her bones and watered the garden every day.
And an apple tree grew from them, and what a one! Apples hang on it, golden leaves rustle, silver branches bend. Whoever drives by stops; whoever passes close looks at it.
How much time has passed, you never know - One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes walked through the garden once. At that time, a strong man was driving past - rich, curly-haired, young. I saw juicy apples in the garden and began to touch the girls:
The beautiful girl who brings me an apple will marry me.
The three sisters rushed one in front of the other to the apple.
And the apples were hanging low, under the hands, but then they rose high, far above their heads.
The sisters wanted to knock them down - the leaves would fall asleep in their eyes; they wanted to tear them off - the twigs would unravel their braids. No matter how much they fought or rushed about, their hands were torn, but they could not reach them.