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G x Andersen flint. Children's stories online

- Good evening, serviceman! - she said. - Look, what a nice saber you have and what a big backpack! In a word, well done soldier! Well, now you will have as much money as you want.

- Thank you, old hag! - answered the soldier.

— Do you see that old tree over there? - the witch continued and pointed to a tree that stood on the side of the road. “It’s completely empty inside.” Climb up - you will see a hollow, go down into it to the very bottom. I'll tie a rope around you, and when you click, I'll pull you back out.

- Why would I go there? - asked the soldier.

- For money! - answered the witch. - Here’s the thing. Once you go down to the very bottom, you will find yourself in a large underground passage, it is completely light there, because there are a hundred, or even several times a hundred lamps burning there. You will also see three doors, they can be opened, the keys stick out outside. When you enter the first room, you will see a large chest in the middle, and a dog on it. Her eyes are the size of a teacup, but don’t be shy! I'll give you my blue checkered apron. Spread it on the floor, then immediately go to the dog, grab it and put it on the apron, open the chest and take as much money as you want. Only this chest is full of coppers, but if you want silver, go to another room; there’s just a dog sitting there with eyes like mill wheels, but don’t be timid, put him on the apron and take the money! Well, if you want gold, you will get gold and carry it away, as much power as you have, just go into the third room. And there is also a chest with money, and on it is a dog, and its eyes are as big as your Round Tower. Dog to all dogs, take my word for it! Just don’t be timid here either! Know, put her on the apron, and she won’t do anything to you, but take as much gold from the chest as you want!

“That’s how it is,” said the soldier, “but what will you ask me for this, old hag?” It’s not for nothing that you try for me!

“I won’t take a penny from you,” answered the witch. “Just bring me an old flint; my grandmother forgot it there the last time she went down there.”

- Okay, tie the rope around me! - said the soldier.

- Here! - said the witch. - And here is my blue checkered apron.

The soldier climbed the tree, climbed into the hollow and - the witch said it right! — I found myself in a large passage, and hundreds of lamps were burning there.

A dog sits, eyes with tea cups
Artist Lomteva Katya
The soldier opens the first door. There really is a dog sitting in the room, eyes the size of tea cups, staring at the soldier.
- Nice beauty! - said the soldier, put the dog on the witch’s apron, took out as many coppers as he could fit into his pocket, closed the chest, put the dog in his place and went into another room.

Hey! And here sits a dog, eyes like mill wheels.

- Well, why did you show yourself, look, your eyes are wide open! - said the soldier and put the dog on the witch’s apron, and when he saw how much silver was in the chest, he shook out the coppers and filled both pockets and the backpack with silver.

Well, now to the third room. What a monster! There is a dog sitting there, his eyes really are like the Round Tower and the wheels are turning smoothly.

- Good evening! - said the soldier and held up his visor: he had never seen such a dog in his life. “Well, what do I need in it,” he thought, but could not resist, sat down the dog and opened the chest.

Lord God! How much gold!
Artist
Diana Abukadzhieva
Lord God! So much gold! At least buy all of Copenhagen, all the sugar pigs from the sweets sellers, all the tin soldiers, all the rocking horses and all the whips in the world! This is money! The soldier threw out all his silver from his pockets and from his knapsack and collected gold in return; He filled all his pockets, his knapsack, his shako, and his boots so full that he could hardly move from his place. Well, now he has money! He put the dog on the chest, slammed the door and shouted upstairs:
- Come on, drag me, old hag!

— Did you take the flint? - asked the witch.

“And that’s true,” answered the soldier, “I completely forgot.” - I went and took the flint.

The witch pulled him up, and here he is again on the road, only now his pockets, and boots, and satchel, and shako are full of money.

- What do you need flint and steel for? - asked the soldier.

- None of your business! - answered the witch. - If you got what’s yours, give me back what’s mine! Come on!

- No matter how it is! - said the soldier. “Tell me right now what you need it for, or the saber will be taken from its sheath and your head will be taken off your shoulders!”

- I won’t tell! - the witch persisted.

Then the soldier went ahead and cut off her head. The witch fell dead, and he tied all the money into her apron, put the bundle on her back, the flint in her pocket and straight to the city.

The city was good, and a soldier came to the best inn, asked for the best rooms and his favorite food - after all, he is rich now, look how much money he has!

The servant began to clean his boots and wondered how such a rich master had such old boots, but the soldier had not yet had time to buy new ones. But the next day he had good boots and a dress to match! Now the soldier was a noble gentleman, and they began to tell him about everything that the city was famous for, as well as about the king and how lovely his princess daughter was.

- How can I see her? - asked the soldier.

- You can’t see her at all! - they answered him out loud. “She lives in a big copper castle, and there are so many walls and towers around!” No one, except perhaps the king himself, dares to visit her, because there was a fortune telling that his daughter would marry a completely simple soldier, and this is not to the king’s taste.

“Oh, how to look at her!” - thought the soldier, but who would let him!

He now lived a much happier life: he went to the theaters, went for walks in the royal garden and distributed a lot of money to the poor, and did well! After all, he knew from his own experience what it was like to be penniless. Well, now he was rich, dressed to the nines, and he had so many friends, and everyone called him a nice guy, a proper gentleman, and he really liked it. But since the soldier spent money every day, and received nothing in return, in the end he only had two pennies left, and he had to move from excellent rooms to a tiny closet under the very roof, cleaning his boots himself Yes, to patch it up, but none of his former friends visited him anymore - there were too many steps that had to be counted to get to him.

One day it was a completely dark evening, and the soldier could not even buy himself a candle; and then he remembered that with the flint, which he took from the empty tree where the witch was lowering him, there was a cinder. The soldier took out a flint with a cinder and just hit the flint and struck a fire when the door swung open and a dog with teacup eyes appeared in front of him, the same one that he saw in the dungeon.

- What do you want, sir? she asked.

- That's the thing! - said the soldier. - Flint, apparently, is not simple, now I will have everything I want! Come on, get me some money! - he said to the dog - and now she’s gone, and now she’s here again, and in her teeth is a big bag of money.

The soldier recognized what a wonderful flint this was. If you hit once, the dog that was sitting on the chest with coppers will appear; if you strike twice, the one with the silver will appear; strike three times and the one with the gold will appear.

The soldier again moved into excellent rooms, began to wear good clothes, and all his former friends immediately recognized him, and he again became dear and loving to them.

And then it came to the soldier’s mind: “What nonsense - you can’t see the princess! She’s such a beauty, they say, but what’s the point if she sits all her life in a copper castle with towers! Will I never get to look at her? Now, where’s my flint?” And he hit the flint, and there was a dog in front of him with eyes in a teacup.

“Even though it’s late,” said the soldier, “I really wanted to take a look at the princess, at least with one eye!”

The dog is now out the door, and before the soldier has time to look back, she is right there again, and the princess is sitting on her back, sleeping. It’s amazing how beautiful the princess is, you can see right away, not just any princess, but a real one! The soldier could not resist, kissed her - it was not for nothing that he was a fine soldier.

The dog took the princess back, and when morning came and the king and queen began to pour tea, the princess told what an amazing dream she had just had. It was as if she was riding a dog, and the soldier kissed her.

- Good job! - said the queen.

And so the next night they assigned an old lady-in-waiting to the princess’s bedside and ordered her to find out whether it was a dream or reality.

And the soldier again wanted to see the beautiful princess! And then at night a dog appeared, grabbed the princess and rushed with her as fast as she could, only the old lady-in-waiting jumped into her waterproof boots and didn’t lag behind - in pursuit. When the maid of honor saw that the dog had disappeared with the princess into the big house, she thought: “Well, now I know where and what!” - and put a big cross on the gate with chalk. And then she went home to bed. And the dog went out again with the princess, but as soon as he noticed the cross, he took a piece of chalk and put crosses on all the gates in the city, and cleverly did it: now the maid of honor will never find the gate of the house where the soldier lives, since all the others also have crosses.

Early in the morning, the king and queen, the old lady-in-waiting and all the officers went to see where the princess had been at night!

- That's where! - said the king as soon as he saw the first gate with a cross.

- No, that's where it is, hubby! - said the queen, seeing the cross on the other gate.

- And here’s another one, and another! - everyone said out loud.

Everywhere you looked there were crosses on the gates. At this point everyone realized that they would not find who they were looking for.

Only the queen was oh so smart and knew how to not only drive around in a carriage. She took her big golden scissors, cut rags out of silk and sewed a nice little bag, filled it with fine, fine buckwheat and tied it on the princess’s back, and then cut a hole in it so that the grain would fall onto the road that the princess traveled.

And then the dog appeared again, put the princess on his back and ran to the soldier, who loved the princess so much that he began to regret why he was not a prince and could not take her as his wife.

The dog did not notice that cereals were falling from the castle itself to the soldier’s window behind her.
Artist Karavaeva Sasha
The dog did not notice that from the castle itself to the soldier’s window, where she jumped with the princess, cereals were falling behind her. So the king and queen found out where their daughter had gone, and the soldier was sent to prison.
It was dark and dreary in prison. They put him there and said: “Tomorrow morning you will be hanged!” It's fun to hear such words, but he forgot his flint at home, in the inn.

In the morning I saw a soldier through the iron bars of the window - people were hurrying outside the city to watch how they would hang him. Drums beat and soldiers marched. Everyone ran headlong, including an apprentice shoemaker in a leather apron and boots. He didn’t exactly run, but actually galloped, so that one shoe flew off his foot and landed right on the wall where the soldier was sitting and looking through the bars.

- Hey, artisan! - the soldier shouted. - Take your time, your work is not so urgent! It won't get done without me anyway! But if you run to my house and bring me my flint, you will earn four pennies. Only one leg here, the other there!

The boy wasn’t averse to earning four pennies and took off like an arrow for the flint, gave it to the soldier, and then... And now we’ll find out what’s here!

A large gallows was built outside the city, and soldiers and tons of people stood around. The king and queen sat on a magnificent throne directly opposite the judges and the entire royal council.

The soldier was already standing on the stairs, and they were about to throw a noose around his neck, and then he said that always, when a criminal is executed, some of his innocent wishes are fulfilled. And he really wants to smoke a pipe, because it will be his last in this world!

The king condescended to this request, and then the soldier took out a flint and struck the flint. One, two, three! - and now all three dogs stand in front of him: the one with teacup eyes, and the one with eyes like mill wheels, and the one with eyes like the Round Tower.

- Come on, help me, I don’t want to be hanged! - said the soldier, and then the dogs rushed at the judges. yes to the royal council: they would grab someone by the legs, someone by the nose, and throw them up so high that everyone fell to the ground and was smashed to pieces.

- Don't want! - the king shouted, but only the largest dog grabbed him and the queen and threw him after the others!

At this point the soldiers got scared, and all the people shouted:

- Soldier, be our king and take yourself a beautiful princess!

And so the soldier was put into the royal carriage. Three dogs danced in front of the carriage and shouted “Hurray!”, the boys whistled with their fingers in their mouths, and the soldiers saluted. The princess came out of the copper castle and became queen, and she loved it!

The wedding took eight days, and the dogs also sat at the table and made big eyes in surprise.

Video: Flint

Still, it’s nice to read the fairy tale “Flint” by Hans Christian Andersen, even for adults, you immediately remember your childhood, and again, like a little one, you empathize with the characters and rejoice with them. And the thought comes, and behind it the desire, to plunge into this fabulous and incredible world, to win the love of a modest and wise princess. When faced with such strong, strong-willed and kind qualities of the hero, you involuntarily feel the desire to transform yourself for the better. The entire surrounding space, depicted with vivid visual images, is permeated with kindness, friendship, loyalty and indescribable delight. The plot is simple and as old as the world, but each new generation finds in it something relevant and useful. It is sweet and joyful to immerse yourself in a world in which love, nobility, morality and selflessness always prevail, with which the reader is edified. Of course, the idea of the superiority of good over evil is not new, of course, many books have been written about it, but it’s still nice to be convinced of this every time. You can read the fairy tale “Flint” by Hans Christian Andersen for free online countless times without losing your love and desire for this creation.

A soldier was walking along the road: one-two! one-two! A satchel on his back, a saber on his side - he had won his way, and now he was on his way to home. When suddenly an old witch came towards him, ugly as hell: her lower lip hung almost to her chest.
- Good evening, serviceman! - she said. - Look, what a nice saber you have and what a big backpack! In a word, well done soldier! Well, now you will have as much money as you want.
- Thank you, old hag! - answered the soldier.
— Do you see that old tree over there? - the witch continued and pointed to a tree that stood on the side of the road. “It’s completely empty inside.” Climb up - you will see a hollow, go down into it to the very bottom. I'll tie a rope around you, and when you click, I'll pull you back out.
- Why would I go there? - asked the soldier.
- For the money! - answered the witch. - Here’s the thing. Once you go down to the very bottom, you will find yourself in a large underground passage, it is very light there, because there are a hundred, or even several times a hundred lamps burning there. You will also see three doors, they can be opened, the keys stick out outside. When you enter the first room, you will see a large chest in the middle, and a dog on it. Her eyes are the size of a teacup, but don’t be shy! I'll give you my blue checkered apron. Spread it on the floor, then immediately go to the dog, grab it and put it on the apron, open the chest and take as much money as you want. Only this chest is full of coppers, but if you want silver, go to another room; there’s just a dog sitting there with eyes like mill wheels, but don’t be timid, put him on the apron and take the money! Well, if you want gold, you will get gold and carry it away, as much power as you have, just go into the third room. And there is also a chest with money, and on it is a dog, and its eyes are as big as your Round Tower. Dog to all dogs, take my word for it! Just don’t be timid here either! Know, put her on the apron, and she won’t do anything to you, but take as much gold from the chest as you want!
“That’s how it is,” said the soldier, “but what will you ask me for this, old hag?” It’s not for nothing that you try for me!
“I won’t take a penny from you,” answered the witch. “Just bring me an old flint; my grandmother forgot it there the last time she went down there.”
- Okay, tie a rope around me! - said the soldier.
- Here! - said the witch. - And here is my blue checkered apron.
The soldier climbed the tree, climbed into the hollow and - the witch said it right! - I found myself in a large passage, and hundreds of lamps were burning there.

Artist Lomteva Katya

The soldier opens the first door. There really is a dog sitting in the room, eyes the size of tea cups, staring at the soldier.
- Nice beauty! - said the soldier, put the dog on the witch’s apron, took out as many coppers as he could fit into his pocket, closed the chest, put the dog in his place and went into another room.
Hey! And here sits a dog with eyes like mill wheels.
- Well, why did you show yourself, look, your eyes are wide open! - said the soldier and put the dog on the witch’s apron, and when he saw how much silver was in the chest, he shook out the coppers and filled both pockets and the backpack with silver.
Well, now to the third room. What a monster! There is a dog sitting there, his eyes really are like the Round Tower and the wheels are turning smoothly.
- Good evening! - said the soldier and held up his visor: he had never seen such a dog in his life. “Well, what do I need in it,” he thought, but could not resist, sat down the dog and opened the chest.

Artist
Diana Abukadzhieva

Lord God! How much gold! At least buy all of Copenhagen, all the sugar pigs from the sweets sellers, all the tin soldiers, all the rocking horses and all the whips in the world! This is money! The soldier threw out all his silver from his pockets and from his knapsack and collected gold in return; He filled all his pockets, his backpack, his shako, and his boots so full that he could hardly move from his place. Well, now he has money! He put the dog on the chest, slammed the door and shouted upstairs:
- Come on, drag me, old hag!
— Did you take the flint? - asked the witch.
“And that’s true,” answered the soldier, “I completely forgot.” - I went and took the flint.
The witch pulled him up, and here he is again on the road, only now his pockets, and boots, and satchel, and shako are full of money.
- What do you need flint and steel for? - asked the soldier.
- None of your business! - answered the witch. - If you got what’s yours, give me back what’s mine! Come on!
- No matter how it is! - said the soldier. “Tell me right now what you need it for, or the saber will be taken from its sheath and your head will be taken off your shoulders!”
- I won’t tell! - the witch persisted.
Then the soldier went ahead and cut off her head. The witch fell dead, and he tied all the money into her apron, put the bundle on her back, the flint in her pocket and straight to the city.
The city was good, and a soldier came to the best inn, asked for the best rooms and his favorite food - after all, he is rich now, look how much money he has!
The servant began to clean his boots and wondered how such a rich master had such old boots, but the soldier had not yet had time to buy new ones. But the next day he had good boots and a dress to match! Now the soldier was a noble gentleman, and they began to tell him about everything that the city was famous for, as well as about the king and how lovely his princess daughter was.
- How can I see her? - asked the soldier.
- You can’t see her at all! - they answered him out loud. “She lives in a big copper castle, and there are so many walls and towers around!” No one, except perhaps the king himself, dares to visit her, because there was a fortune telling that his daughter would marry a completely simple soldier, and this is not to the king’s taste.
“Oh, how to look at her!” - thought the soldier, but who would let him!
He now lived a much happier life: he went to the theaters, went for walks in the royal garden and distributed a lot of money to the poor, and did well! After all, he knew from his own experience what it was like to be penniless. Well, now he was rich, dressed to the nines, and he had so many friends, and everyone called him a nice fellow, a proper gentleman, and he really liked it. But since the soldier spent money every day, and received nothing in return, then... and in the end he only had two pennies left, and he had to move from the excellent rooms to a tiny closet under the very roof, clean his boots and patch up himself, and none of his former friends came to see him anymore - there were too many steps to climb count to get to it.
One day it was a completely dark evening, and the soldier could not even buy himself a candle; and then he remembered that with the flint, which he took from the empty tree where the witch was lowering him, there was a cinder. The soldier took out a flint with a cinder and just hit the flint and struck a fire, when the door swung open, and a dog with teacup eyes appeared in front of him, the same one that he saw in the dungeon.
- What do you want, sir? she asked.
- That's the thing! - said the soldier. - Flint, apparently, is not simple, now I will have everything I want! Come on, get me some money! - he said to the dog - and now she’s gone, and now she’s here again, and in her teeth is a big bag of money.
The soldier recognized what a wonderful flint this was. If you hit once, the dog that was sitting on the chest with coppers will appear; if you strike twice, the one with the silver will appear; strike three times and the one with the gold will appear.
The soldier again moved into excellent rooms, began to wear good clothes, and all his former friends immediately recognized him, and he again became dear and loving to them.
And then it came to the soldier’s mind: “What nonsense - you can’t see the princess! She’s such a beauty, they say, but what’s the point if she sits all her life in a copper castle with towers! Will I never get to look at her? Now, where’s my flint?” And he hit the flint, and there was a dog in front of him with eyes in a teacup.
“Even though it’s late,” said the soldier, “I really wanted to take a look at the princess, at least with one eye!”
The dog is now out the door, and before the soldier has time to look back, she is right there again, and the princess is sitting on her back, sleeping. It’s amazing how beautiful the princess is, you can see right away, not just any princess, but a real one! The soldier could not resist, kissed her - it was not for nothing that he was a fine soldier.
The dog took the princess back, and when morning came and the king and queen began to pour tea, the princess told what an amazing dream she had just had. It was as if she was riding a dog, and the soldier kissed her.
- Good job! - said the queen.
And so the next night they assigned an old lady-in-waiting to the princess’s bedside and ordered her to find out whether it was a dream or reality.
And the soldier again wanted to see the beautiful princess! And then at night a dog appeared, grabbed the princess and rushed with her as fast as she could, only the old lady-in-waiting jumped into her waterproof boots and didn’t lag behind - in pursuit. When the maid of honor saw that the dog had disappeared with the princess into the big house, she thought: “Well, now I know where and what!” - and put a big cross on the gate with chalk. And then she went home to bed. And the dog went out again with the princess, but as soon as he noticed the cross, he took a piece of chalk and put crosses on all the gates in the city, and cleverly did it: now the maid of honor will never find the gate of the house where the soldier lives, since all the others also have crosses.
Early in the morning, the king and queen, the old lady-in-waiting and all the officers went to see where the princess had been at night!
- That's where! - said the king as soon as he saw the first gate with a cross.
- No, that's where it is, hubby! - said the queen, seeing the cross on the other gate.
- And here’s another one, and another! - everyone said out loud.
Everywhere you looked there were crosses on the gates. At this point everyone realized that they would not find who they were looking for.
Only the queen was oh so smart and knew how to not only drive around in a carriage. She took her big golden scissors, cut rags out of silk and sewed a nice little bag, filled it with fine, fine buckwheat and tied it on the princess’s back, and then cut a hole in it so that the grain would fall onto the road that the princess traveled.
And then the dog appeared again, put the princess on his back and ran to the soldier, who loved the princess so much that he began to regret why he was not a prince and could not take her as his wife.

Artist Karavaeva Sasha

The dog did not notice that from the castle itself to the soldier’s window, where she jumped with the princess, cereals were falling behind her. So the king and queen found out where their daughter had gone, and the soldier was sent to prison.
It was dark and dreary in prison. They put him there and said: “Tomorrow morning you will be hanged!” It's fun to hear such words, but he forgot his flint at home, in the inn.
In the morning I saw a soldier through the iron bars of the window - people were hurrying outside the city to watch how they would hang him. Drums beat and soldiers marched. Everyone ran headlong, including an apprentice shoemaker in a leather apron and boots. He didn’t exactly run, but actually galloped, so that one shoe flew off his foot and landed right on the wall where the soldier was sitting and looking through the bars.
- Hey, artisan! - the soldier shouted. - Take your time, your work is not so urgent! It won't get done without me anyway! But if you run to my house and bring me my flint, you will earn four pennies. Only one leg here, the other there!
The boy wasn’t averse to earning four pennies and took off like an arrow for the flint, gave it to the soldier, and then... And now we’ll find out what’s here!
A large gallows was built outside the city, and soldiers and tons of people stood around. The king and queen sat on a magnificent throne directly opposite the judges and the entire royal council.
The soldier was already standing on the stairs, and they were about to throw a noose around his neck, and then he said that always, when a criminal is executed, some of his innocent wishes are fulfilled. And he really wants to smoke a pipe, because it will be his last in this world!
The king condescended to this request, and then the soldier took out a flint and struck the flint. One, two, three! - and now all three dogs stand in front of him: the one with teacup eyes, and the one with eyes like mill wheels, and the one with eyes like the Round Tower.
- Come on, help me, I don’t want to be hanged! - said the soldier, and then the dogs rushed at the judges. yes to the royal council: they would grab someone by the legs, someone by the nose, and throw them up so high that everyone fell to the ground and was smashed to pieces.
- Don't want! - the king shouted, but only the largest dog grabbed him and the queen and threw him after the others!
At this point the soldiers got scared, and all the people shouted:
- Soldier, be our king and take yourself a beautiful princess!
And so the soldier was put into the royal carriage. Three dogs danced in front of the carriage and shouted “Hurray!”, the boys whistled with their fingers in their mouths, and the soldiers saluted. The princess came out of the copper castle and became queen, and she loved it!
The wedding took eight days, and the dogs also sat at the table and made big eyes in surprise.

A soldier was walking along the road: one-two! one-two! A satchel behind his back, a saber at his side; he was on his way home from the war. On the road he met an old witch - ugly, disgusting: her lower lip hung down to her chest.

Hello, serviceman! - she said. - What a nice saber you have! And what a big backpack! What a brave soldier! Well, now you will get as much money as your heart desires.

Thank you, old witch! - said the soldier.

See that old tree over there? - said the witch, pointing to a tree that stood nearby. - It's empty inside. Climb up, there will be a hollow there, and you go down into it, to the very bottom! Before that, I will tie a rope around your waist, you shout to me, and I will pull you out.

Why should I go there? - asked the soldier.

For the money! - said the witch. - Know that when you get to the very bottom, you will see a large underground passage; There are more than a hundred lamps burning in it, and it is completely light there. You will see three doors; You can open them, the keys are sticking out. Enter the first room; in the middle of the room you will see a large chest, and on it a dog: her eyes are like tea cups! But don't be afraid! I will give you my blue checkered apron, spread it on the floor, and quickly come up and grab the dog, put it on the apron, open the chest and take as much money from it as you can. There are only coppers in this chest; if you want silver, go to another room; there sits a dog with eyes like mill wheels! But don’t be scared: put her on the apron and take the money for yourself. If you want, you can get as much gold as you can carry; just go to the third room. But the dog that sits there on the wooden chest has eyes - each one as big as a round tower. This is a dog! Feisty-disgusting! But don’t be afraid of her: put her on my apron, and she won’t touch you, and you take as much gold as you want!

It wouldn't be bad! - said the soldier. - But what will you take from me for this, old witch? Is there anything you need from me?

I won't take a penny from you! - said the witch. - Just bring me an old flint; my grandmother forgot it there when she came down for the last time.

Well, tie a rope around me! - ordered the soldier.

Ready! - said the witch. - And here is my blue checkered apron!

The soldier climbed the tree, went down into the hollow and found himself, as the witch said, in a large passage where hundreds of lamps were burning.

So he opened the first door. Oh! There sat a dog with eyes like teacups, staring at the soldier.

Well done! - said the soldier, put the dog on the witch’s apron and filled his pocket full of copper money, then closed the chest, put the dog on it again and went into another room. Ay-ay! There sat a dog with eyes like mill wheels.

You shouldn't stare at me, your eyes will hurt! - said the soldier and put the dog on the witch’s apron. Seeing a huge pile of silver in the chest, he threw out all the coppers and filled both pockets and the backpack with silver. Then the soldier went to the third room. Wow, you're abyss! This dog had eyes like two round towers and spun like wheels.

My respect! - said the soldier and lifted his visor. He had never seen such a dog before.

However, he did not look at her for a long time, but took her and sat her on the apron and opened the chest. Fathers! How much gold was there! He could buy all of Copenhagen with it, all the sugar pigs from the sweets merchant, all the tin soldiers, all the wooden horses and all the whips in the world! There would be enough for everything! The soldier threw the silver money out of his pockets and backpack and filled his pockets, backpack, hat and boots with gold so much that he could barely move. Well, finally he had money! He put the dog on the chest again, then slammed the door, raised his head and shouted:

Drag me, old witch!

Did you take the flint? - asked the witch.

Oh damn, I almost forgot! - said the soldier, went and took the flint.

The witch pulled him up, and he again found himself on the road, only now his pockets, boots, knapsack, and cap were filled with gold.

Why do you need this flint? - asked the soldier.

It's none of your business! - answered the witch. - I got the money, and that's enough for you! Well, give me the flint!

No matter how it is! - said the soldier. “Now tell me why you need it, otherwise I’ll pull out my saber and cut off your head.”

I won't tell! - the witch stubbornly resisted.

The soldier took and cut off her head. The witch fell down dead, and he tied all the money in her apron, put the bundle on his back, put the flint in his pocket and walked straight into the city.

The city was wonderful; the soldier stopped at the most expensive inn, occupied the best rooms and demanded all his favorite dishes - now he was a rich man!

The servant who cleaned the visitors' shoes was surprised that such a rich gentleman had such bad boots, but the soldier had not yet had time to get new ones. But the next day he bought himself good boots and a rich dress. Now the soldier became a real master, and he was told about all the miracles that were here in the city, and about the king, and about his lovely daughter, the princess.

How can I see her? - asked the soldier.

This is absolutely impossible! - they told him. - She lives in a huge copper castle, behind high walls with towers. No one except the king himself dares to enter or leave there, because the king was predicted that his daughter would marry a simple soldier, and kings do not like this!

“I wish I could look at her!” - thought the soldier.

Who would let him?!

Now he lived a happy life: he went to the theaters, went for rides in the royal garden and helped the poor a lot. And he did well: he knew from his own experience how bad it was to be penniless! Now he was rich, dressed beautifully and made a lot of friends; they all called him a nice fellow, a real gentleman, and he liked it very much. So he spent and spent money, but again there was nowhere to take it from, and in the end he only had two money left! I had to move from good rooms to a tiny closet under the very roof, clean my own boots and even patch them; none of his friends visited him - it was too high to climb to him!

One evening, a soldier was sitting in his closet; It was already completely dark, and he had no money for a candle; he remembered about the small cinder in the flint, which he took into the dungeon where the witch had lowered him. The soldier took out a flint and cinder, but as soon as he hit the flint, the door swung open, and in front of him was a dog with eyes like teacups, the same one he had seen in the dungeon.

Anything, sir? - she barked.

That's the story! - said the soldier. - Flint, it turns out, is a curious little thing: I can get whatever I want! Hey, get me some money! - he said to the dog. One - there’s no trace of her, two - she’s right there again, and in her teeth she has a large purse filled with copper! Then the soldier realized what a wonderful flint he had. If you hit the flint once, a dog appears that was sitting on a chest with copper money; if you hit two, the one who was sitting on the silver appears; if you hit three, the dog that was sitting on the gold comes running.

The soldier again moved into good rooms, began to walk around in a smart dress, and all his friends immediately recognized him and loved him terribly.

So it occurs to him: “How stupid it is that you can’t see the princess. She’s such a beauty, they say, but what’s the point? After all, she sits all her life in a copper castle, behind high walls with towers. Will I really never be able to look at her with at least one eye? Come on, where’s my flint?” And he hit the flint once - at the same moment a dog with eyes like teacups stood in front of him.

Now, however, it’s already night,” said the soldier. - But I was dying to see the princess, at least for one minute!

The dog was immediately out the door, and before the soldier had time to come to his senses, she appeared with the princess. The princess sat on the dog's back and slept. She was amazingly good; everyone would immediately see that this was a real princess, and the soldier could not resist and kissed her - he was a brave warrior, a real soldier.

The dog carried the princess back, and over morning tea the princess told the king and queen about the amazing dream she had last night about a dog and a soldier: as if she was riding a dog, and the soldier kissed her.

That's the story! - said the queen.

And the next night, an old lady-in-waiting was assigned to the princess’s bedside - she had to find out whether it was really a dream or something else.

And the soldier was again dying to see the lovely princess. And then at night the dog appeared again, grabbed the princess and ran off with her at full speed, but the old lady-in-waiting put on waterproof boots and set off in pursuit. Seeing that the dog had disappeared with the princess in one big house, the maid of honor thought: “Now I know where to find them!” - She took a piece of chalk, put a cross on the gate of the house and went home to sleep. But the dog, when he carried the princess back, saw this cross, also took a piece of chalk and put crosses on all the gates in the city. This was cleverly thought out: now the maid of honor could not find the right gate - there were white crosses everywhere.

Early in the morning the king and queen, the old lady-in-waiting and all the officers went to see where the princess had gone at night.

That's where! - said the king, seeing the first gate with a cross.

No, that's where it goes, hubby! - the queen objected, noticing the cross on the other gate.

Yes, the cross is here too! - others made a noise, seeing crosses on all the gates. Then everyone realized that they would not achieve any sense.

But the queen was a smart woman, she knew how not only to drive around in carriages. She took large golden scissors, cut a piece of silk fabric into shreds, sewed a tiny pretty bag, poured small buckwheat into it, tied it on the princess’s back and then cut a hole in the bag so that the cereal could fall onto the road along which the princess was driving.

The dog did not even notice that cereals were falling after her all along the road, from the palace itself to the soldier’s window, where she jumped with the princess. In the morning, the king and queen immediately found out where the princess had gone, and the soldier was sent to prison.

How dark and boring it was there! They put him there and said: “Tomorrow morning you will be hanged!” It was very sad to hear this, and he forgot his flint at home, in the inn.

In the morning, the soldier went to the small window and began to look through the iron bars onto the street: people were pouring out of the city in crowds to watch how the soldier would be hanged; Drums beat, regiments passed by. Everyone was in a hurry, running. A boy shoemaker in a leather apron and shoes was also running. He was skipping along, and one shoe flew off his foot and hit right against the wall where the soldier stood and looked out the window.

Hey, what's your hurry! - the soldier said to the boy. - It won’t work without me! But if you run to where I lived, for my flint, you will receive four coins. Only alive!

The boy was not averse to receiving four coins, he took off like an arrow for the flint, gave it to the soldier and... Now let's listen!

A huge gallows was built outside the city, with soldiers and hundreds of thousands of people standing around. The king and queen sat on a luxurious throne directly opposite the judges and the entire royal council.

The soldier was already standing on the stairs, and they were going to throw a rope around his neck, but he said that before executing a criminal, they always fulfill some of his wishes. And he would really like to smoke a pipe - this will be his last pipe in this world!

The king did not dare refuse this request, and the soldier pulled out his flint. He hit the flint once, twice, three times - and all three dogs appeared before him: a dog with eyes like tea cups, a dog with eyes like mill wheels, and a dog with eyes like a round tower.

Come on, help me get rid of the noose! - ordered the soldier.

And the dogs rushed at the judges and the entire royal council: one by the legs, another by the nose and up several fathoms, and they all fell and were smashed to pieces!

No need! - the king shouted, but the largest dog grabbed him and the queen and threw them up after the others. Then the soldiers got scared, and all the people shouted:

Servant, be our king and take the beautiful princess for you!

The soldier was placed in the royal carriage, and all three dogs danced in front of it and shouted “hurray.” The boys whistled with their fingers in their mouths, and the soldiers saluted. The princess left her copper castle and became queen, with which she was very pleased. The wedding feast lasted a whole week; The dogs also sat at the table and stared.

|| Presentation || Literary Analysis || Plan || The soldier is the main character

The main idea of the tale (moral of the tale):

Resourcefulness saves the day even in the most difficult situations.

- Hello, serviceman! - she said. - What a nice saber you have! And what a big backpack! What a brave soldier! Well, now you will get as much money as your heart desires.

- Thank you, old witch! - said the soldier.

— Do you see that old tree over there? - said the witch, pointing to a tree that stood nearby. - It's empty inside. Climb up, there will be a hollow there, and you go down into it, to the very bottom! And before that, I will tie a rope around your waist, you shout to me, and I will pull you out.

- Why should I go there? - asked the soldier.

- For money! - said the witch. - Know that when you get to the very bottom, you will see a large underground passage; There are more than a hundred lamps burning in it, and it is completely light there. You will see three doors; You can open them, the keys are sticking out. Enter the first room; in the middle of the room you will see a large chest, and on it a dog: her eyes are like tea cups! But don't be afraid! I will give you my blue checkered apron, spread it on the floor, and quickly come up and grab the dog, put it on the apron, open the chest and take as much money from it as you can. There are only coppers in this chest; if you want silver, go to another room; there sits a dog with eyes like mill wheels! But don’t be scared: put her on the apron and take the money for yourself. If you want, you can get as much gold as you can carry; just go to the third room. But the dog that sits there on the wooden chest has eyes - each one as big as a round tower. This is a dog! Feisty-disgusting! But don’t be afraid of her: put her on my apron, and she won’t touch you, and you take as much gold as you want!

- It wouldn’t be bad! - said the soldier. “But what will you take from me for this, old witch?” Is there anything you need from me?

- I won’t take a penny from you! - said the witch. “Just bring me an old flint; my grandmother left it there when she came down for the last time.”

- Well, tie a rope around me! - the soldier ordered.

- Ready! - said the witch. - And here is my blue checkered apron!

The soldier climbed the tree, went down into the hollow and found himself, as the witch said, in a large passage where hundreds of lamps were burning.

So he opened the first door. Oh! There sat a dog with eyes like teacups, staring at the soldier.

- Well done! - said the soldier, put the dog on the witch’s apron and filled his pocket full of copper money, then closed the chest, put the dog on it again and went into another room. Ay-ay! There sat a dog with eyes like mill wheels.

“You shouldn’t stare at me, your eyes will hurt!” - said the soldier and put the dog on the witch’s apron. Seeing a huge pile of silver in the chest, he threw out all the coppers and filled both pockets and the backpack with silver. Then the soldier went to the third room. Wow, you're abyss! This dog had eyes like two round towers and spun like wheels.

- My respect! - said the soldier and lifted his visor. He had never seen such a dog before.
However, he did not look at her for a long time, but took her and sat her on the apron and opened the chest. Fathers! How much gold was there! He could buy all of Copenhagen with it, all the sugar pigs from the sweets merchant, all the tin soldiers, all the wooden horses and all the whips in the world! There would be enough for everything! The soldier threw the silver money out of his pockets and backpack and filled his pockets, backpack, hat and boots with gold so much that he could barely move. Well, finally he had money! He put the dog on the chest again, then slammed the door, raised his head and shouted:

- Pull me, old witch!

— Flint did you take it? - asked the witch.

- Oh damn, I almost forgot! - said the soldier, went and took the flint.

The witch pulled him up, and he again found himself on the road, only now his pockets, boots, knapsack, and cap were filled with gold.

- Why do you need this flint? - asked the soldier.

- It’s none of your business! - answered the witch. - I got the money, and that's enough for you! Well, give me the flint!

- No matter how it is! - said the soldier. “Now tell me why you need it, otherwise I’ll pull out my saber and cut off your head.”

- I won’t tell! - the witch stubbornly resisted.

The soldier took and cut off her head. The witch fell down dead, and he tied all the money in her apron, put the bundle on his back, put the flint in his pocket and walked straight into the city.

The city was wonderful; the soldier stopped at the most expensive inn, occupied the best rooms and demanded all his favorite dishes - now he was a rich man!

- How can I see her? - asked the soldier.

- This is absolutely impossible! - they told him. “She lives in a huge copper castle, behind high walls with towers. No one except the king himself dares to enter or leave there, because the king was predicted that his daughter would marry a simple soldier, and kings do not like this!

“I wish I could look at her!” - thought the soldier.

Who would let him?!

- Anything, sir? she barked.

- That's the story! - said the soldier. - Turns out the flint is a curious little thing: I can get whatever I want! Hey, get me some money! - he said to the dog. One - there’s no trace of her, two - she’s right there again, and in her teeth she has a large purse filled with copper! Then the soldier realized what a wonderful flint he had. If you hit the flint once, a dog appears that was sitting on a chest with copper money; if you hit two, the one who was sitting on the silver appears; if you hit three, the dog that was sitting on the gold comes running.

The soldier again moved into good rooms, began to walk around in a smart dress, and all his friends immediately recognized him and loved him terribly.

“Now, really, it’s already night,” said the soldier. “But I was dying to see the princess, at least for one minute!”

The dog was immediately out the door, and before the soldier had time to come to his senses, she appeared with the princess. The princess sat on the dog's back and slept. She was amazingly good; everyone would immediately see that this was a real princess, and the soldier could not resist kissing her - he was a brave warrior, a real soldier.

- That's the story! - said the queen.

And the next night, an old lady-in-waiting was assigned to the princess’s bedside - she was supposed to find out whether it was really a dream or something else.

And the soldier was again dying to see the lovely princess. And then at night the dog appeared again, grabbed the princess and ran off with her at full speed, but the old lady-in-waiting put on waterproof boots and set off in pursuit. Seeing that the dog had disappeared with the princess in one big house, the maid of honor thought: “Now I know where to find them!” - took a piece of chalk, put a cross on the gate of the house and went home to sleep. But the dog, when he carried the princess back, saw this cross, also took a piece of chalk and put crosses on all the gates in the city. This was cleverly thought out: now the maid of honor could not find the right gate - there were white crosses everywhere.
Early in the morning the king and queen, the old lady-in-waiting and all the officers went to see where the princess had gone at night.

- That's where! - said the king, seeing the first gate with a cross.

- No, that's where it goes, hubby! - the queen objected, noticing the cross on the other gate.

- Yes, the cross is here too! - others made a noise, seeing crosses on all the gates. Then everyone realized that they would not achieve any sense.

At night the dog appeared again, put the princess on her back and carried her to the soldier; The soldier fell in love with the princess so much that he began to regret why he was not a prince - he so wanted to marry her.
The dog did not even notice that cereals were falling after her all along the road, from the palace itself to the soldier’s window, where she jumped with the princess. In the morning, the king and queen immediately found out where the princess had gone, and the soldier was sent to prison.

How dark and boring it was there! They put him there and said: “Tomorrow morning you will be hanged!” It was very sad to hear this, and he forgot his flint at home, in the inn.

- Hey, what's your hurry! - the soldier said to the boy. “It won’t be possible without me!” But if you run to where I lived, for my flint, you will receive four coins. Only alive!
The boy was not averse to receiving four coins, he took off like an arrow for the flint, gave it to the soldier and... Now let's listen!

The king did not dare refuse this request, and the soldier pulled out his flint. He hit the flint once, twice, three times - and all three dogs appeared before him: a dog with eyes like teacups, a dog with eyes like mill wheels, and a dog with eyes like a round tower.

- Well, help me get rid of the noose! - the soldier ordered.

And the dogs rushed at the judges and the entire royal council: one by the legs, another by the nose and up several fathoms, and they all fell and were smashed to pieces!

- No need! - the king shouted, but the largest dog grabbed him and the queen and threw them up after the others. Then the soldiers got scared, and all the people shouted:

- Servant, be our king and marry the beautiful princess!

Key words to Andersen's fairy tale "Flint"

soldier, old witch, old tree, climb, hollow, flint, doors, dogs, eyes, chests, coins, apron, cut off head, flint, princess, king and queen, tower, see princess, night, kiss, maid of honor, find out, cross, buckwheat, dungeon, shoemaker boy, escaping, gallows, last wish, wedding

What does the fairy tale “Flint” teach (the essence of the fairy tale)

This fairy tale teaches, first of all, resourcefulness - that even in the most difficult situation you can find a way out.

On the Internet you will come across the opinion that the moral of this tale seems ambiguous to many. The soldier kills the witch only because she did not tell him the truth, kisses the princess without her consent, and in the end, even worse - on his orders, the dogs kill a bunch of people, including the mother and father of the princess. At the same time, the princess herself is happy to marry a soldier unfamiliar to her.

All this is true... But the fact is that this fairy tale, or any other, cannot be taken so literally. This is allegorical language, somewhat exaggerated. Therefore, the best solution would be to read it with your child and then discuss it. Children, unlike most adults, understand the language of a fairy tale and know how to find the main thing in it, without paying attention to certain details of the story.

Good evening, serviceman! - she said. “Look, what a nice saber you have and what a big satchel!” In a word, well done soldier! Well, now you will have as much money as you want.

Thank you, old hag! - answered the soldier.

See that old tree over there? - the witch continued and pointed to a tree that stood on the side of the road. “It’s completely empty inside.” Climb up - you will see a hollow, go down into it to the very bottom. I'll tie a rope around you, and when you click, I'll pull you back out.

Why would I go there? - asked the soldier.

For the money! - answered the witch. - Here’s the thing. Once you go down to the very bottom, you will find yourself in a large underground passage, it is completely light there, because there are a hundred, or even several times a hundred lamps burning there. You will also see three doors, they can be opened, the keys stick out outside. When you enter the first room, you will see a large chest in the middle, and a dog on it. Her eyes are the size of a teacup, but don’t be shy! I'll give you my blue checkered apron. Spread it on the floor, then immediately go to the dog, grab it and put it on the apron, open the chest and take as much money as you want. Only this chest is full of coppers, but if you want silver, go to another room; there’s just a dog sitting there with eyes like mill wheels, but don’t be timid, put him on the apron and take the money! Well, if you want gold, you will get gold and carry it away, as much power as you have, just go into the third room. And there is also a chest with money, and on it is a dog, and its eyes are as big as your Round Tower. Dog to all dogs, take my word for it! Just don’t be timid here either! Know, put her on the apron, and she won’t do anything to you, but take as much gold from the chest as you want!

“That’s how it is,” said the soldier, “but what will you ask me for this, old hag?” It’s not for nothing that you try for me!

“I won’t take a penny from you,” answered the witch. “Just bring me an old flint; my grandmother forgot it there when she went down there for the last time.”

Okay, tie a rope around me! - said the soldier.

Here! - said the witch. - And here is my blue checkered apron.

The soldier climbed the tree, climbed into the hollow and - the witch said it right! - I found myself in a large passage, and hundreds of lamps were burning there.

The soldier opens the first door. There really is a dog sitting in the room, eyes the size of tea cups, staring at the soldier.

Nice beauty! - said the soldier, put the dog on the witch’s apron, took out as many coppers as he could fit into his pocket, closed the chest, put the dog in his place and went into another room.

Hey! And here sits a dog, eyes like mill wheels.

Well, why did you show yourself, look, your eyes are wide open! - said the soldier and put the dog on the witch’s apron, and when he saw how much silver was in the chest, he shook out the coppers and filled both pockets and the backpack with silver.

Well, now to the third room. What a monster! There is a dog sitting there, his eyes really are like the Round Tower and the wheels are turning smoothly.

Good evening! - said the soldier and held up his visor: he had never seen such a dog in his life. “Well, what do I need in it,” he thought, but could not resist, sat down the dog and opened the chest.

Lord God! So much gold! At least buy all of Copenhagen, all the sugar pigs from the sweets sellers, all the tin soldiers, all the rocking horses and all the whips in the world! This is money! The soldier threw out all his silver from his pockets and from his knapsack and collected gold in return; He filled all his pockets, his knapsack, his shako, and his boots so full that he could hardly move from his place. Well, now he has money! He put the dog on the chest, slammed the door and shouted upstairs:

Come on, drag me, old hag!

Did you take the flint? - asked the witch.

“And that’s true,” the soldier answered, “I had completely forgotten.” “I went and took the flint.”

The witch pulled him up, and here he is again on the road, only now his pockets, and boots, and satchel, and shako are full of money.

What do you need flint and steel for? - asked the soldier.

It's none of your business! - answered the witch. “If you got what’s yours, give me back!” Come on!

No matter how it is! - said the soldier. “Tell me now what you need it for, or a saber from the sheath - and your head from your shoulders!”

I won't tell! - the witch persisted.

Then the soldier went ahead and cut off her head. The witch fell dead, and he tied all the money into her apron, put the bundle on her back, the flint in her pocket and straight to the city.

The city was good, and a soldier came to the best inn, asked for the best rooms and his favorite food - after all, he is rich now, look how much money he has!

How can I see her? - asked the soldier.

You can't see her at all! - they answered him out loud. “She lives in a big copper castle, and there are so many walls and towers around!” No one, except perhaps the king himself, dares to visit her, because there was a fortune telling that his daughter would marry a completely simple soldier, and this is not to the king’s taste.

“Oh, how to look at her!” - thought the soldier, but who would let him!

He now lived a much happier life: he went to the theaters, went for walks in the royal garden and distributed a lot of money to the poor, and did well! After all, he knew from his own experience what it was like to be penniless. Well, now he was rich, dressed to the nines, and he had so many friends, and everyone called him a nice fellow, a proper gentleman, and he really liked it. But since the soldier spent money every day, and received nothing in return, in the end he only had two pennies left, and he had to move from excellent rooms to a tiny closet under the very roof, to clean his boots and to patch it up, and none of his former friends came to see him anymore - there were too many steps that had to be counted to get to him.

What do you want, sir? - she asked.

That's the thing! - said the soldier. - Flint, apparently, is not simple, now I will have everything I want! Come on, get me some money! - he said to the dog - and now she’s gone, and now she’s here again, with a big bag of money in her mouth.

The soldier recognized what a wonderful flint this was. If you hit once, the dog that was sitting on the chest with coppers will appear; if you hit two, the one with the silver will appear; If you hit three, the one with the gold will appear.

The soldier again moved into excellent rooms, began to wear good clothes, and all his former friends immediately recognized him, and he again became dear and loving to them.

And then it came to the soldier’s mind: “What an absurdity - you can’t see the princess! She’s such a beauty, they say, but what’s the point if she sits all her life in a copper castle with towers! Will I never get to look at her? Now, where’s my flint?” And he hit the flint, and there was a dog in front of him with eyes in a teacup.

“Even though it’s late,” said the soldier, “I somehow wanted to take a look at the princess, at least with one eye!”

The dog took the princess back, and when morning came and the king and queen began pouring tea, the princess told how she had enjoyed it that day. It was as if she was riding a dog, and the soldier kissed her.

Nice job! - said the queen.

And so the next night they assigned an old lady-in-waiting to the princess’s bedside and ordered her to find out whether it was a dream or reality.

And the soldier again wanted to see the beautiful princess! And then at night a dog appeared, grabbed the princess and rushed with her as fast as she could. only the old lady maid of honor jumped into her waterproof boots and, not lagging behind, followed. When the maid of honor saw that the dog had disappeared with the princess into the big house, she thought: “Well, now I know where and what!” - and put a big cross on the gate with chalk. And then she went home to bed. And the dog went out again with the princess, but as soon as he noticed the cross, he took a piece of chalk and put crosses on all the gates in the city, and cleverly did it: now the maid of honor will never find the gate of the house where the soldier lives, since all the others also have crosses.

Early in the morning, the king and queen, the old lady-in-waiting and all the officers went to see where the princess had been at night!

That's where! - said the king as soon as he saw the first gate with a cross.

No, that's where it is, hubby! - said the queen, seeing a cross on the other gate.

And here's another one, and another! - everyone said out loud.

Everywhere you looked there were crosses on the gates. At this point everyone realized that they would not find who they were looking for.

Only the queen was oh so smart and knew how to not only drive around in a carriage. She took her big golden scissors, cut rags out of silk and sewed a nice little bag, sprinkled it with fine, fine buckwheat and tied it on the princess’s back, and then cut it

there is a hole in it so that the cereal can fall onto the road that the princess travels on.

It was dark and dreary in prison. They put him there and said: “Tomorrow morning you will be hanged!” It's fun to hear such words, but he forgot his flint at home.

Hey, artisan! - the soldier shouted. “Don’t rush, your work is not that urgent!” It won't get done without me anyway! But if you run to my house and bring me my flint, you will earn four pennies. Only one leg here, the other there!

The boy wasn’t averse to earning four pennies and took off like an arrow for the flint, gave it to the soldier, and then... And now we’ll find out what’s here!

A large gallows was built outside the city, and soldiers and tons of people stood around. The king and queen sat on a magnificent throne directly opposite the judges and the entire royal council.

The king condescended to this request, and then the soldier took out a flint and struck the flint. One, two, three! - and now all three dogs stand in front of him: the one with teacup eyes, the one with eyes like mill wheels, and the one with eyes like the Round Tower.

Come on, help me, I don’t want to be hanged! - said the soldier, and then the dogs rushed at the judges and at the royal council: they grabbed some by the legs, some by the nose, and, well, tossed them so high that everyone fell to the ground and was smashed to pieces.

Don't want! - the king shouted, but only the biggest

the dog grabbed him and the queen too, and as soon as he tossed him

after the others!

At this point the soldiers got scared, and all the people shouted:

Little soldier, be our king and take yourself a beautiful

princess! And so the soldier was put into the royal carriage. Three dogs

danced in front of the carriage and shouted “Hurray!”, the boys whistled,

putting his fingers in his mouth, and the soldiers saluted. Princess

came out of the copper castle and became a queen, and this is very

I liked it!

The wedding took eight days, and the dogs also sat at the table and made big eyes in surprise.