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One of his neighbors, a lady of noble origin, had two daughters, perfect beauties. He wooed one of them, without specifying which one, and leaving it to the mother herself to choose his bride. But neither one nor the other agreed to be his wife: they could not decide to marry a man who had a blue beard, and only quarreled among themselves, sending him to each other. They were embarrassed by the fact that he already had several wives and no one in the world knew what happened to them.

Bluebeard, wanting to give them the opportunity to get to know him better, took them with their mother, three or four of their closest friends and several young people from the neighborhood to one of his country houses, where he spent a whole week with them. The guests walked, went hunting and fishing; the dancing and feasting did not stop; there was no trace of sleep at night; everyone had fun, came up with funny pranks and jokes; in a word, everyone was so good and cheerful that the youngest of the daughters soon came to the conviction that the owner’s beard was not at all so blue and that he was a very amiable and pleasant gentleman. As soon as everyone returned to the city, the wedding was immediately celebrated.

After a month, Bluebeard told his wife that he was obliged to be away for at least six weeks on very important business. He asked her not to be bored in his absence, but, on the contrary, to try in every possible way to unwind, invite her friends, take them out of town if she wanted, eat and drink sweetly, in a word, live for her own pleasure.

“Here,” he added, “the keys to the two main storerooms; here are the keys to gold and silver dishes, which are not placed on the table every day; here from chests with money; here from boxes with precious stones; here, finally, is the key with which you can unlock all the rooms. But this small key unlocks the closet, which is located below, at the very end of the main gallery. You can unlock everything, enter everywhere; but I forbid you to enter that closet. My prohibition on this matter is so strict and formidable that if you happen - what God forbid - to unlock it, then there is no such misfortune that you should not expect from my anger.

Bluebeard's wife promised to strictly carry out his orders and instructions; and he, having kissed her, got into the carriage and set off. The young woman’s neighbors and friends did not wait for an invitation, but all came on their own, so great was their impatience to see with their own eyes the countless riches that were rumored to be in her house. They were afraid to come until her husband left: his blue beard frightened them very much. They immediately went to inspect all the chambers, and there was no end to their surprise: everything seemed magnificent and beautiful to them! They got to the storerooms, and there was something they didn’t see there! Lush beds, sofas, rich curtains, tables, tables, mirrors - so huge that you could see yourself in them from head to toe, and with such wonderful, extraordinary frames! Some frames were also mirrored, others were made of gilded carved silver. Neighbors and friends incessantly praised and extolled the happiness of the mistress of the house, but she was not at all amused by the spectacle of all these riches: she was tormented by the desire to unlock the closet below, at the end of the gallery.

So strong was her curiosity that, not realizing how impolite it was to leave guests, she suddenly rushed down the secret staircase, almost breaking her neck. Having run to the door of the closet, she, however, stopped for a moment. Her husband's prohibition came to her mind. “Well,” she thought, “I will be in trouble for my disobedience!” But the temptation was too strong - she could not cope with it. She took the key and, trembling like a leaf, unlocked the closet. At first she couldn’t make out anything: the closet was dark, the windows were closed. But after a while she saw that the entire floor was covered in dried blood and in this blood were reflected the bodies of several dead women tied along the walls; these were Bluebeard's former wives, whom he killed one after another. She almost died on the spot from fear and dropped the key from her hand. Finally she came to her senses, picked up the key, locked the door and went to her room to rest and recover. But she was so frightened that she could not completely come to her senses.

She noticed that the key to the closet was stained with blood; She wiped it once, twice, three times, but the blood did not go away. No matter how she washed it, no matter how much she rubbed it, even with sand and crushed bricks, the blood stain remained! This key was magical, and there was no way to clean it; the blood came off on one side and came out on the other.

That same evening Bluebeard returned from his journey. He told his wife that he had received letters on the road, from which he learned that the matter for which he had to leave had been decided in his favor. His wife, as usual, tried in every possible way to show him that she was very happy about his speedy return. The next morning he asked her for the keys. She handed them to him, but her hand trembled so much that he easily guessed everything that had happened in his absence.

“Why,” he asked, “isn’t the key to the closet with the others?”

“I must have forgotten it upstairs on my table,” she answered.

- Please bring it, do you hear! - said Bluebeard.

After several excuses and delays, she was finally supposed to bring the fatal key.

- Why is there blood? - he asked.

“I don’t know why,” answered the poor woman, and she herself turned pale as a sheet.

- You do not know! - picked up Bluebeard. - Well, I know! You wanted to go into the closet. Okay, you will go in there and take your place next to the women you saw there.

She threw herself at her husband’s feet, wept bitterly and began to ask him for forgiveness for her disobedience, expressing the most sincere repentance and grief. It seems that a stone would have been moved by the prayers of such a beauty, but Bluebeard had a heart harder than any stone.

“You must die,” he said, “and now.”

“If I really have to die,” she said through tears, “then give me a minute of time to pray to God.”

“I give you exactly five minutes,” said Bluebeard, “and not a second more!”

He went downstairs, and she called her sister and said to her:

- My sister Anna (that was her name), please go up to the very top of the tower, see if my brothers are coming? They promised to visit me today. If you see them, give them a sign to hurry up. Sister Anna climbed to the top of the tower, and the poor unfortunate thing shouted to her from time to time:

- Sister Anna, don’t you see anything?

And sister Anna answered her:

Meanwhile, Bluebeard, grabbing a huge knife, shouted with all his might:

- Come here, come, or I’ll come to you!

“Just a minute,” his wife answered and added in a whisper:

And sister Anna answered:

“I see the sun is getting clearer and the grass is turning green.”

“Go, go quickly,” yelled Bluebeard, “or else I’ll come to you!”

- I'm coming! - the wife answered and again asked her sister:

- Anna, sister Anna, don’t you see anything?

“I see,” answered Anna, “a large cloud of dust is approaching us.”

- Are these my brothers?

- Oh, no, sister, this is a flock of sheep.

- Will you finally come? - Bluebeard yelled.

“Just a little second,” his wife answered and asked again:

- Anna, sister Anna, don’t you see anything?

“I see two horsemen galloping here, but they are still very far away.” “Thank God,” she added after a while. - These are our brothers. I give them a sign to hurry up as soon as possible.

But then Bluebeard made such a racket that the very walls of the house began to tremble. His poor wife came down and threw herself at his feet, all torn to pieces and in tears.

“This will serve no purpose,” said Bluebeard, “your hour of death has come.”

With one hand he grabbed her by the hair, with the other he raised his terrible knife... He swung at her to cut off her head... The poor thing turned her faded eyes to him:

- Give me one more moment, just one moment, to gather my courage...

- No no! - he answered. - Entrust your soul to God!

And he raised his hand... But at that moment there was such a terrible knock at the door that Bluebeard stopped, looked back... The door opened at once, and two young men burst into the room. Drawing their swords, they rushed straight at Bluebeard.

He recognized his wife's brothers - one served in the dragoons, the other in the mounted rangers - and immediately sharpened his skis; but the brothers caught up with him before he could run behind the porch. They pierced him through with their swords and left him dead on the floor.

Bluebeard's poor wife was barely alive herself, no worse than her husband: she did not even have enough strength to rise and embrace her deliverers. It turned out that Bluebeard had no heirs, and all his property went to his widow. She used one part of his wealth to marry her sister Anna to a young nobleman who had long been in love with her; with the other part she bought captain's ranks for her brothers, and with the rest she herself married a very honest and good man. With him, she forgot all the grief that she endured as Bluebeard's wife.

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Once upon a time there lived a very rich man; he owned beautiful houses, gold and silver dishes, embroidered furniture, gilded carriages and many other riches. But, unfortunately, his beard was blue, and in those days this very frightened everyone who saw him. It is not surprising that they called him not by name, but by Bluebeard.

The lady who lived next door had two beautiful daughters. Bluebeard wooed them and invited them to decide for themselves which of them would marry him. The girls were upset; among other things, they were frightened by the fact that he had already married several girls before, and that no one had seen them after that.

Bluebeard, wanting to give them the opportunity to get to know himself better, took them, along with his mother and his closest friends, to one of the country houses, where he spent a whole week with them. The guests walked, went hunting and fishing; there was no end to dancing and entertainment; in a word, everyone was so happy and happy that the youngest of the daughters soon stopped noticing the eccentric beard, and saw in the owner a pleasant and courteous gentleman. As soon as everyone returned to the city, they immediately celebrated the wedding.

After a month, Bluebeard told his wife that he was forced to be absent on important business for a period of at least six weeks. He asked her not to be bored in his absence, but on the contrary, to try in every possible way to live for her own pleasure.

Here,” he added, “are the keys to the two main storerooms; here are the keys to gold and silver dishes, which are not placed on the table every day; here from chests with money; here from boxes with precious stones; here, finally, is the key with which you can unlock all the rooms. But this small key unlocks the closet that is located below. You can unlock everything, enter everywhere; but I forbid you to enter that closet. My prohibition is so strict - that there is no such misfortune that you should not expect from my anger if you violate my instructions.

Bluebeard's wife promised to follow his instructions exactly, and he, kissing her, got into the carriage and set off.

Neighbors and friends did not wait for an invitation, but all came on their own, so great was their impatience to see with their own eyes the untold riches that were rumored to be in her house. They were afraid to come until her husband left: his blue beard frightened them very much. They immediately went to inspect all the chambers, and there was no end to their surprise: everything seemed so magnificent and beautiful to them! Only the young housewife was not at all happy at the sight of countless riches: she was tormented by the desire to unlock the closet.

So strong was her curiosity that, leaving the guests, she suddenly rushed down the secret staircase, ran to the closet door, and, trembling like a leaf, unlocked it.

At first she couldn’t make out anything: the closet was dark, the windows were closed. But after a while she saw the lifeless bodies of Bluebeard’s former wives. Out of intense fear, her hand trembled and the smallest key slipped out of her hand, falling straight to the floor.

Finally she came to her senses, picked up the key, locked the door and went to her room to rest and recover. But she was so frightened that she could not come to her senses at all.

She noticed that the key to the closet was dirty; She wiped it once, twice, three times, but the stain did not go away. No matter how she washed it, no matter how much she scrubbed it, even with sand and crushed bricks, the stain remained! This key was magical, and there was no way to clean it; the stain went away on one side and protruded on the other.

That same evening Bluebeard returned from his journey. He told his wife that on the way he received letters from which he learned that the matter for which he had to leave had been decided in his favor. His wife tried in every possible way to show that she was very happy about his imminent return.

The next morning he asked her for the keys. She handed them to him, but her hand trembled so much that he easily guessed everything that had happened in his absence.

Why, he asked, is the key to the closet not with the others?

“I must have forgotten it upstairs on my table,” she answered.

Please bring it! - said Bluebeard.

After several excuses and delays, she was finally supposed to bring the fatal key.

Why is this stain? - he asked.

“I don’t know why,” answered the poor woman, and she turned pale as a sheet.

You do not know! - picked up Bluebeard. - Well, I know! You wanted to go into the closet. Okay, you will go in there and take your place next to the women you saw there.

She threw herself at her husband’s feet, cried bitterly and began to ask him for forgiveness. It seems that a stone would have been moved by the prayers of such a beauty, but Bluebeard had a heart harder than any stone.

“You must die,” he said, “and now.”

If I really have to die,” she said through tears, “then give me a minute of time to pray to God.”

“I give you exactly five minutes,” said Bluebeard, “and not a second more!”

He went downstairs, and she called her sister and said to her:

My sister Anna, please go up to the very top of the tower, see if my brothers are coming? They promised to visit me today. If you see them, give them a sign to hurry up.

Sister Anna climbed to the very top of the tower, and the poor unfortunate thing shouted to her from time to time:

Sister Anna, don't you see anything?

And sister Anna answered her:

I see the clear sun and green grass.

Meanwhile, Bluebeard shouted angrily and ordered his wife to come down immediately.

Just a minute,” she answered and added in a whisper:

And sister Anna answered:

I see a large cloud of dust approaching us.

Are these my brothers?

Oh no, sister, this is a flock of sheep.

Will you finally come? - Bluebeard shouted.

Just a little second,” his wife answered and asked again:

Anna, sister Anna, don't you see anything?

I see our brothers! I give them a sign to hurry as soon as possible.

But then Bluebeard made such a fuss that the walls of the house shook. His poor wife went downstairs and threw herself at his feet, all in tears.

“This will not help you,” said Bluebeard, “your hour of death has come.”

He swung at her... The poor thing turned her faded eyes to him:

Give me one more moment, just one moment, to gather my courage...

No no! - he answered.

He recognized his wife's brothers and started to run away; but his brothers caught up with him before he could run behind the porch...

Time passed, and the girl married a second time, this time to a very honest and good man. With him, she forgot all the grief that she experienced as Bluebeard's wife.

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Bluebeard is a fairy tale for school-age children. She talks about a rich man whose beard was blue and everyone was afraid of him because of it. One of the girls decided to marry him; he seemed to her to be a good man and not so scary. But in vain, because he turned out to be a murderer of his wives. The girl almost paid with her life because of her curiosity.

Once upon a time there lived a man. He was very rich: he had beautiful houses, many servants, gold and silver dishes, gilded carriages and magnificent horses. But, unfortunately, this man's beard was blue. This beard made him so ugly and scary that all the girls and women, seeing him, got scared and hid in their homes. This man was given the nickname Bluebeard.

One of his neighbors had two daughters, wonderful beauties. Bluebeard wanted to marry one of them and told his mother to marry him no matter which one. But none of the sisters agreed to marry a man with a blue beard. They were also frightened by the fact that he already had several wives, but they all disappeared somewhere, and no one in the world knew what became of them.

So that the girls could get to know him better, Bluebeard brought them, along with his mother, girlfriends and several young neighbors to his country castle and stayed there with them for a whole week.

The guests had a great time: they walked, went hunting, feasted all night long, forgetting about sleep.

Bluebeard had fun with everyone, joked, danced and was so kind that the younger girl stopped being afraid of his beard and agreed to marry him.

The wedding took place immediately upon returning to the city, and the younger sister moved to Bluebeard's castle.

A month after the wedding, Bluebeard told his wife that he had to leave for a long time on a very important matter.

He tenderly said goodbye to his wife and persuaded her not to be bored without him, but to have fun as she pleased.

“Here,” he said, “are the keys to two large storerooms; here are the keys to the cabinet with gold and silver dishes; this key is for chests with money; this one is from boxes with precious stones. Here is the key that can unlock all the rooms. Here, finally, is another small key. He unlocks the room, which is located below, at the very end of the dark corridor. Open everything, go everywhere, but I strictly forbid you to enter this small room. If you don’t listen to me and unlock it, the most terrible punishment awaits you!

The wife promised Bluebeard to follow all his instructions exactly. He kissed her, got into the carriage and left.

As soon as Bluebeard left, neighbors and girlfriends ran to his wife. They wanted to see his countless riches as soon as possible. They were afraid to come in his presence: his blue beard frightened them very much. The friends immediately went to inspect all the rooms - storerooms and treasuries - and there was no end to their surprise: everything seemed so magnificent and beautiful to them!

Neighbors and girlfriends endlessly admired Bluebeard's treasures and envied his young wife. But these treasures did not interest her at all. She was tormented by curiosity: she wanted to unlock the small room at the end of the corridor.

“Oh, what is in this room?” - she thought constantly.

Her curiosity was so strong that she finally could not stand it. Leaving the guests, she ran down the secret staircase. Running to the forbidden room, she stopped: she remembered Bluebeard’s orders, but she could not resist. She took the key and, trembling all over, unlocked the room.

At first, Bluebeard's wife could not make out anything, because the windows in the room were closed with shutters. After standing for a while and looking closely, she saw a pool of blood on the floor and several dead women. These were Bluebeard's former wives, whom he killed one by one.

The young woman went mad with horror and dropped the key from her hands. Having come to her senses, she picked him up, locked the door and, all pale, went to her room. Then she noticed a small dark spot on the key - it was blood. She began to rub the key with her handkerchief, but the stain did not come off. She rubbed the key with sand, crushed bricks, and scraped with a knife, but the blood did not come off; disappearing on one side, it appeared on the other, because this key was magical.

That same evening Bluebeard unexpectedly returned. His wife ran out to meet him, began to kiss him and pretended to be very happy about his imminent return.

The next morning, Bluebeard demanded the keys from his wife. She handed him the keys, but her hands were shaking so much that Bluebeard immediately guessed everything that had happened without him.

- Why didn’t you give me all the keys? - asked Bluebeard. -Where is the key to the small room?

“I probably left it on my table,” answered the wife.

- Bring it now! - ordered Bluebeard.

After various excuses, the wife finally brought the terrible key.

- Why is there blood on the key? - asked Bluebeard.

“I don’t know,” answered the poor woman and turned white as snow.

- You do not know? - Bluebeard shouted. - Well, I know! You entered the forbidden room. Good! You will enter there again and stay there forever, along with the women you saw there.

The poor thing, sobbing, fell at the feet of Bluebeard and began to ask him for forgiveness. It seems that the stone would have been touched by the tears of such a beauty, but Bluebeard had a heart harder than any stone.

“You must die,” he said, “and you will die now!”

“If I must certainly die,” said the wife through tears, “then let me at least say goodbye to my sister.”

– I give you exactly five minutes, and not a second more! - said Bluebeard.

The poor woman went upstairs to her room and said to her sister:

- My sister Anna, where are our brothers now? They promised to visit me today. Climb the tower and see if they are coming. If you see them, give them a sign to hurry up.

Sister Anna climbed the tower, and the poor girl from her room asked her:

-Anna, my sister Anna! Can't you see anything?

The sister answered:

– I see how the sun shines and how the grass turns green.

Meanwhile, Bluebeard, grabbing a huge saber, shouted with all his might:

-Come here quickly! Your time has come!

“Now, now,” his wife answered him and shouted again: “Anna, my sister Anna!” Can't you see anything?

Sister Anna answered:

“I only see how the sun shines and how the grass turns green.”

“Hurry,” shouted Bluebeard, “or I’ll go upstairs myself!”

-I'm coming! - his wife answered him and again asked her sister: “Anna, my sister Anna!” Can't you see anything?

“I see a large cloud of dust approaching us,” answered the sister.

“Aren’t these brothers coming?”

-Oh, no, sister! This is a flock of sheep.

-Will you finally get off? - Bluebeard yelled.

“Wait just one more minute,” his wife answered and asked again: “Anna, my sister Anna!” Can't you see anything?

-I see two horsemen. They are jumping here, but they are still very far away. “Oh,” she exclaimed, “these are our brothers!” I give them a sign to hurry up!

But then Bluebeard stamped his feet and raised such a cry that the whole house shook. The poor woman came down and threw herself in tears at his feet.

- No tears will help you now! - Bluebeard said menacingly. – You must die!

He grabbed her by the hair with one hand and raised his terrible saber with the other.

- Let me live one more minute! – she whispered.

- No no! - answered Bluebeard.

And he was about to cut off the poor thing's head. But at that moment there was such a strong knock at the door that Bluebeard stopped and looked back. The doors swung open and the brothers of the unfortunate woman burst into the room. Drawing their sabers, they rushed at Bluebeard. He recognized his wife's brothers and immediately started running. But the brothers caught up with him and, before he could get down from the porch, they pierced him with their sabers. Then they rushed to hug and kiss their half-dead sister from fright.

Soon the brothers moved to Bluebeard's castle and began to live happily there, not remembering Bluebeard at all.

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Bluebeard - Charles Perrault

A fairy tale about a rich man who had a blue beard. Because of his beard, all women and girls were afraid of him. One girl, a neighbor of a rich man, decided to marry him, because she spent a week in his company and did not find anything wrong with this man. However, she was very mistaken in him and almost lost her life...

Bluebeard read

Once upon a time there lived a man who had a lot of all sorts of good things: he had beautiful houses in the city and outside the city, gold and silver dishes, embroidered chairs and gilded carriages, but, unfortunately, this man had a blue beard, and this beard gave him such an ugly and menacing appearance that all the girls and women used to say, as soon as they saw him, God bless him.
One of his neighbors, a lady of noble origin, had two daughters, perfect beauties. He wooed one of them, without specifying which one, and leaving it to the mother herself to choose his bride. But neither one nor the other agreed to be his wife: they could not decide to marry a man who had a blue beard, and only quarreled among themselves, sending him to each other. They were embarrassed by the fact that he already had several wives and no one in the world knew what happened to them.

The guests walked, went hunting and fishing; the dancing and feasting did not stop; there was no trace of sleep at night; everyone had fun, came up with funny pranks and jokes;

in a word, everyone was so good and cheerful that the youngest of the daughters soon came to the conviction that the owner’s beard was not at all so blue and that he was a very amiable and pleasant gentleman. As soon as everyone returned to the city, the wedding was immediately celebrated.

Here,” he added, “are the keys to the two main storerooms; here are the keys to gold and silver dishes, which are not placed on the table every day; here from chests with money; here from boxes with precious stones; here, finally, is the key with which you can unlock all the rooms. But this small key unlocks the closet, which is located below, at the very end of the main gallery. You can unlock everything, enter everywhere; but I forbid you to enter that closet. My prohibition on this matter is so strict and formidable that if you happen - what God forbid - to unlock it, then there is no such misfortune that you should not expect from my anger.

At first she couldn’t make out anything: the closet was dark, the windows were closed. But after a while she saw that the entire floor was covered in dried blood and in this blood were reflected the bodies of several dead women tied along the walls; these were Bluebeard's former wives, whom he killed one after another. She almost died on the spot from fear and dropped the key from her hand. Finally she came to her senses, picked up the key, locked the door and went to her room to rest and recover. But she was so frightened that she could not completely come to her senses.

Why, he asked, is the key to the closet not with the others?

“I must have forgotten it upstairs on my table,” she answered.

Please bring it, do you hear! - said Bluebeard.

After several excuses and delays, she was finally supposed to bring the fatal key.

Why is this blood? - he asked.

“I don’t know why,” answered the poor woman, and she turned pale as a sheet.

You do not know! - picked up Bluebeard. - Well, I know! You wanted to go into the closet. Okay, you will go in there and take your place next to the women you saw there.

“You must die,” he said, “and now.”

If I really have to die,” she said through tears, “then give me a minute of time to pray to God.”

“I give you exactly five minutes,” said Bluebeard, “and not a second more!”

He went downstairs, and she called her sister and said to her:

My sister Anna (that was her name), please go up to the very top of the tower, see if my brothers are coming? They promised to visit me today. If you see them, give them a sign to hurry up. Sister Anna climbed to the top of the tower, and the poor unfortunate thing shouted to her from time to time:

Sister Anna, don't you see anything?

And sister Anna answered her:

Meanwhile, Bluebeard, grabbing a huge knife, shouted with all his might:

Come here, come, or I'll come to you!

Just a minute,” his wife answered and added in a whisper:

And sister Anna answered:

I see the sun is getting clearer and the grass is turning green.

Go, go quickly,” yelled Bluebeard, “or else I’ll come to you!”

I'm coming! - the wife answered and again asked her sister:

Anna, sister Anna, don't you see anything?

“I see,” answered Anna, “a large cloud of dust is approaching us.”

Are these my brothers?

Oh no, sister, this is a flock of sheep.

Will you finally come! - Bluebeard yelled.

Just a little second,” his wife answered and asked again:

Anna, sister Anna, don't you see anything?

I see two horsemen galloping here, but they are still very far away. “Thank God,” she added after a while. - These are our brothers. I give them a sign to hurry up as soon as possible.

But then Bluebeard made such a racket that the very walls of the house began to tremble. His poor wife came down and threw herself at his feet, all torn to pieces and in tears.

“This will serve no purpose,” said Bluebeard, “your hour of death has come.”

With one hand he grabbed her by the hair, with the other he raised his terrible knife... He swung at her to cut off her head... The poor thing turned her faded eyes to him:

Give me one more moment, just one moment, to gather my courage...

No no! - he answered. - Entrust your soul to God!

He recognized his wife's brothers - one served in the dragoons, the other in the horse huntsmen - and immediately sharpened his skis; but the brothers caught up with him before he could run behind the porch. They pierced him through with their swords and left him dead on the floor.

Bluebeard's poor wife was barely alive herself, no worse than her husband: she did not even have enough strength to rise and embrace her deliverers.

It turned out that Bluebeard had no heirs, and all his property went to his widow. She used one part of his wealth to marry her sister Anna to a young nobleman who had long been in love with her; with the other part she bought captain's ranks for her brothers, and with the rest she herself married a very honest and good man. With him, she forgot all the grief that she endured as Bluebeard's wife.

(Illustration by D. Reipolsky, ed. Fine Arts, 1985)

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Winter has come, and with it fluffy snow, blizzards, patterns on the windows, frosty air. The children rejoice at the white flakes of snow and take out their skates and sleds from the far corners. Work is in full swing in the yard: they are building a snow fortress, an ice slide, sculpting...

A selection of short and memorable poems about winter and New Year, Santa Claus, snowflakes, and a Christmas tree for the younger group of kindergarten. Read and learn short poems with children 3-4 years old for matinees and New Year's Eve. Here …

1 - About the little bus who was afraid of the dark

Donald Bisset

A fairy tale about how mother bus taught her little bus not to be afraid of the dark... About the little bus who was afraid of the dark read Once upon a time there was a little bus in the world. He was bright red and lived with his dad and mom in the garage. Every morning …

The fairy tale Bluebeard will interest school-age children. Adult readers, especially female readers, will enjoy reading this entertaining tale with fatal intrigue online.

Fairy tale Bluebeard read

The girl married a respectable rich gentleman with a blue beard. The husband was gentle, generous and affectionate, until his young wife violated his ban and learned his terrible secret. In the basement, in a small room, she saw dead women's bodies. These were his wives killed by the monster. When the husband returned home, the wife gave herself away with her behavior. The same fate awaited her. But thanks to self-control and courage, the girl managed to stall for time. She knew that her brothers were about to appear in the castle. The brothers managed to kill the despot and save their sister. Having become a rich widow, very soon the young woman married a worthy man. You can read the fairy tale online on our website.

Analysis of the fairy tale Bluebeard

There are many conflicting responses from readers to one of Charles Perrault's most popular fairy tales. Some people condemn excessive female curiosity. There are those who justify their murderous husband. They say he tested the girls to find a faithful wife, but he always came across the wrong ones. Some readers are outraged by the self-interest of a young girl who did not want to marry a strange man, but was seduced by luxury and wealth. Let's, based on universal human moral standards, figure out what the fairy tale Bluebeard teaches. She teaches that a girl needs to be judicious when choosing a husband. Second, when you get into trouble, you need to gather all your willpower to find a way out. Third, like all fairy tales, the fairy tale teaches that the secret sooner or later becomes apparent, and one has to pay for the crime.

Moral of the story Bluebeard

Caution and caution again! Everyone should always think about the consequences of their actions! Maybe the main idea of the fairy tale is more useful for young girls who are trying to get a rich husband at any cost. The heroine's behavior will show children that rash actions have unpleasant consequences.