Tale by pike command read:
Once upon a time there lived an old man. And he had three sons: two were smart, and the third was the fool Emelya.
Those brothers work - they are smart, but the fool Emelya lies on the stove all day, doesn’t want to know anything.
One day the brothers went to the market, and the women, daughters-in-law, let’s send Emelya:
Go, Emelya, for water.
And he told them from the stove:
Reluctance...
Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will return from the market and won’t bring you gifts.
Yes? OK.
Emelya got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, took buckets and an ax and went to the river.
He cut through the ice, scooped up buckets and set them down, while he looked into the hole. And Emelya saw a pike in the ice hole. He managed to grab a pike in his hand:
This will be a sweet soup!
Emelya, let me go into the water, I will be useful to you.
What will I need you for?.. No, I’ll take you home and tell my daughters-in-law to cook some fish soup. The ear will be sweet.
Emelya, Emelya, let me go into the water, I will do whatever you want.
Okay, just show me first that you’re not deceiving me, then I’ll let you go.
Pike asks him:
Emelya, Emelya, tell me - what do you want now?
I want the buckets to go home on their own and the water not to spill...
Pike tells him:
Remember my words: when you want something, just say:
"At the behest of the pike, at my will."
Emelya says:
At the behest of the pike, at my will, go home yourself, buckets...
He just said - the buckets themselves and went up the hill.
Emelya let the pike into the hole, and he went to get the buckets. Buckets are walking through the village, people are amazed, and Emelya walks behind, chuckling...
The buckets came into the hut and stood on the bench, and Emelya climbed onto the stove.
How much or how little time has passed - the daughters-in-law again say to him:
Emelya, why are you lying there? I would go and chop some wood.
Reluctance...
If you don’t chop wood, your brothers will return from the market and they won’t bring you gifts.
Emelya is reluctant to get off the stove. He remembered about the pike and slowly said:
According to the pike's command, according to my desire - go, get an ax, chop some firewood, and for the firewood - go into the hut yourself and put it in the oven...
The ax jumped out from under the bench - and into the yard, and let’s chop wood, and the firewood itself goes into the hut and into the stove.
How much or how much time has passed - the daughters-in-law say again:
Emelya, we no longer have firewood. Go to the forest and chop it up.
And he told them from the stove:
What are you up to?
What are we doing?.. Is it our business to go to the forest for firewood?
I don't feel like...
Well, there won't be any gifts for you.
There is nothing to do. Emelya got down from the stove, put on his shoes, and got dressed. He took a rope and an ax, went out into the yard and sat in the sleigh:
Women, open the gates!
His daughters-in-law tell him:
Why did you, fool, get into the sleigh without harnessing the horse?
I don't need a horse.
The daughters-in-law opened the gate, and Emelya said quietly:
At the behest of the pike, at my will, go, sleigh, into the forest...
The sleigh drove through the gate on its own, but it was so fast that it was impossible to catch up with a horse.
But we had to go to the forest through the city, and here he crushed and crushed a lot of people. The people shout: "Hold him! Catch him!" And you know, he’s pushing the sleigh. Arrived in the forest:
At the behest of the pike, at my will - an axe, chop some dry firewood, and you, firewood, fall into the sleigh yourself, tie yourself up...
The ax began to chop, chop dry firewood, and the firewood itself fell into the sleigh and was tied with a rope. Then Emelya ordered an ax to cut out a club for himself - one that could be lifted by force. Sat on the cart:
At the behest of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, home...
The sleigh rushed home. Again Emelya drives through the city where he crushed and crushed a lot of people just now, and there they are already waiting for him. They grabbed Emelya and dragged her off the cart, cursing and beating her.
He sees that things are bad, and little by little:
At the behest of the pike, at my will - come on, club, break off their sides...
The club jumped out - and let's hit. The people rushed away, and Emelya came home and climbed onto the stove.
Whether long or short, the king heard about Emelin’s tricks and sent an officer after him to find him and bring him to the palace.
An officer arrives in that village, enters the hut where Emelya lives, and asks:
Are you a fool Emelya?
And he from the stove:
What do you care?
Get dressed quickly, I will take you to the king.
And I don't feel like...
The officer got angry and hit him on the cheek. And Emelya says quietly:
At the behest of the pike, at my will, a club, break off his sides...
The baton jumped out - and let’s beat the officer, he forcibly carried off his legs.
The king was surprised that his officer could not cope with Emelya, and sent his greatest nobleman:
Bring the fool Emelya to my palace, otherwise I’ll take his head off his shoulders.
The great nobleman bought raisins, prunes, and gingerbread, came to that village, entered that hut and began asking his daughters-in-law what Emelya loved.
Our Emelya loves it when someone asks him kindly and promises him a red caftan - then he will do whatever you ask.
The great nobleman gave Emelya raisins, prunes, and gingerbread and said:
Emelya, Emelya, why are you lying on the stove? Let's go to the king.
I'm warm here too...
Emelya, Emelya, the Tsar will give you good food and water, please, let’s go.
And I don't feel like...
Emelya, Emelya, the Tsar will give you a red caftan,
hat and boots.
Emelya thought and thought:
Well, okay, you go ahead, and I will follow you.
The nobleman left, and Emelya lay still and said:
At the behest of the pike, at my desire - come on, bake, go to the king...
Then the corners of the hut cracked, the roof shook, the wall flew out, and the stove itself went down the street, along the road, straight to the king.
The king looks out the window and wonders:
What kind of miracle is this?
The greatest nobleman answers him:
And this is Emelya on the stove coming to you.
The king came out onto the porch:
Something, Emelya, there are a lot of complaints about you! You suppressed a lot of people.
Why did they crawl under the sleigh?
At this time, the Tsar’s daughter, Marya the Princess, was looking at him through the window. Emelya saw her in the window and said quietly:
At the pike's command. according to my wish, let the king’s daughter love me...
And he also said:
Go bake, go home...
The stove turned and went home, went into the hut and returned to its original place. Emelya is lying down again.
And the king in the palace is screaming and crying. Princess Marya misses Emelya, cannot live without him, asks her father to marry her to Emelya.
Here the king became upset, became upset and said again to the greatest nobleman:
Go, bring Emelya to me, alive or dead, otherwise I’ll take his head off his shoulders.
The great nobleman bought sweet wines and various snacks, went to that village, entered that hut and began to treat Emelya.
Emelya got drunk, ate, got drunk and went to bed. And the nobleman put him in a cart and took him to the king.
The king immediately ordered a large barrel with iron hoops to be rolled in. They put Emelya and Princess Marya in it, tarred them and threw the barrel into the sea.
Whether for a long time or for a short time, Emelya woke up and saw that it was dark and cramped:
Where am I?
And they answer him:
Boring and sickening, Emelyushka! We were tarred in a barrel and thrown into the blue sea.
Who are you?
I am Princess Marya.
Emelya says:
At the command of the pike, at my will - the winds are violent, roll the barrel onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand...
The winds blew violently. The sea became agitated and the barrel was thrown onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand. Emelya and Marya the Princess came out of it.
Emelyushka, where will we live? Build any kind of hut.
And I don't feel like...
Then she began to ask him even more, and he said:
At the command of the pike, at my will - line up, a stone palace with a golden roof...
As soon as he said, a stone palace with a golden roof appeared. There is a green garden all around: flowers are blooming and birds are singing. Princess Marya and Emelya entered the palace and sat down by the window.
Emelyushka, can’t you become handsome?
Here Emelya thought for a moment:
At the behest of the pike, at my desire - to become a good fellow, a handsome man...
And Emelya became such that he could neither be told in a fairy tale nor described with a pen.
And at that time the king was going hunting and saw a palace standing where there was nothing before.
What kind of ignoramus built a palace on my land without my permission?
And he sent to find out and ask: “Who are they?” The ambassadors ran, stood under the window, asking.
Emelya answers them:
Ask the king to visit me, I will tell him myself.
The king came to visit him. Emelya meets him, takes him to the palace, and seats him at the table. They begin to feast. The king eats, drinks and is not surprised:
Who are you? good fellow?
Do you remember the fool Emelya - how he came to you on the stove, and you ordered him and your daughter to be tarred in a barrel and thrown into the sea? I am the same Emelya. If I want, I will burn and destroy your entire kingdom.
The king was very frightened and began to ask for forgiveness:
Marry my daughter, Emelyushka, take my kingdom, but don’t destroy me!
Here they had a feast for the whole world.
Emelya married Princess Marya and began to rule the kingdom.
This is where the fairy tale ends, and whoever listened, well done.
Once upon a time there lived an old man. He had three sons: two smart, the third - the fool Emelya.
Those brothers work, but Emelya lies on the stove all day, doesn’t want to know anything.
One day the brothers went to the market, and the women, daughters-in-law, let’s send him:
Go, Emelya, for water.
And he told them from the stove:
Reluctance...
Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will return from the market and won’t bring you gifts.
OK.
Emelya got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, took buckets and an ax and went to the river.
He cut through the ice, scooped up buckets and set them down, while he looked into the hole. And Emelya saw a pike in the ice hole. He contrived and grabbed the pike in his hand:
This will be a sweet soup!
Emelya, let me go into the water, I will be useful to you.
And Emelya laughs:
What will I need you for?.. No, I’ll take you home and tell my daughters-in-law to cook some fish soup. The ear will be sweet.
The pike begged again:
Emelya, Emelya, let me go into the water, I will do whatever you want.
Okay, just show me first that you’re not deceiving me, then I’ll let you go.
Pike asks him:
Emelya, Emelya, tell me - what do you want now?
I want the buckets to go home on their own and the water not to spill...
Pike tells him:
Remember my words: when you want something, just say:
"At the behest of the pike, at my will."
Emelya says:
At the behest of the pike, at my will, go home yourself, buckets...
He just said - the buckets themselves and went up the hill. Emelya let the pike into the hole, and he went to get the buckets.
The buckets are walking through the village, the people are amazed, and Emelya walks behind, chuckling... The buckets went into the hut and stood on the bench, and Emelya climbed onto the stove.
How much or how little time has passed - his daughters-in-law say to him:
Emelya, why are you lying there? I would go and chop some wood.
Reluctance...
If you don’t chop wood, your brothers will return from the market and they won’t bring you gifts.
Emelya is reluctant to get off the stove. He remembered about the pike and slowly said:
According to the pike's command, according to my desire - go, get an ax, chop some firewood, and for the firewood - go into the hut yourself and put it in the oven...
The ax jumped out from under the bench - and into the yard, and let’s chop wood, and the firewood itself goes into the hut and into the stove.
How much or how much time has passed - the daughters-in-law say again:
Emelya, we no longer have firewood. Go to the forest and chop it up.
And he told them from the stove:
What are you up to?
What are we doing?.. Is it our business to go to the forest for firewood?
I don't feel like...
Well, there won't be any gifts for you.
There is nothing to do. Emelya got down from the stove, put on his shoes, and got dressed. He took a rope and an ax, went out into the yard and sat in the sleigh:
Women, open the gates!
His daughters-in-law tell him:
Why did you, fool, get into the sleigh without harnessing the horse?
I don't need a horse.
The daughters-in-law opened the gate, and Emelya said quietly:
At the behest of the pike, at my will, go, sleigh, into the forest...
The sleigh drove through the gate on its own, but it was so fast that it was impossible to catch up with a horse.
But we had to go to the forest through the city, and here he crushed and crushed a lot of people. The people shout: "Hold him! Catch him!" And you know, he’s pushing the sleigh. Arrived in the forest:
At the behest of the pike, at my will - an axe, chop some dry firewood, and you, firewood, fall into the sleigh yourself, tie yourself up...
The ax began to chop, chop dry firewood, and the firewood itself fell into the sleigh and was tied with a rope. Then Emelya ordered an ax to cut out a club for himself - one that could be lifted by force. Sat on the cart:
At the behest of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, home...
The sleigh rushed home. Again Emelya drives through the city where he crushed and crushed a lot of people just now, and there they are already waiting for him. They grabbed Emelya and dragged her off the cart, cursing and beating her.
He sees that things are bad, and little by little:
At the behest of the pike, at my will - come on, club, break off their sides...
The club jumped out - and let's hit. The people rushed away, and Emelya came home and climbed onto the stove.
Whether long or short, the king heard about Emelin’s tricks and sent an officer after him to find him and bring him to the palace.
An officer arrives in that village, enters the hut where Emelya lives, and asks:
Are you a fool Emelya?
And he from the stove:
What do you care?
Get dressed quickly, I will take you to the king.
And I don't feel like...
The officer got angry and hit him on the cheek. And Emelya says quietly:
At the behest of the pike, at my will, a club, break off his sides...
The baton jumped out - and let’s beat the officer, he forcibly carried off his legs.
The king was surprised that his officer could not cope with Emelya, and sent his greatest nobleman:
Bring the fool Emelya to my palace, otherwise I’ll take his head off his shoulders.
The great nobleman bought raisins, prunes, and gingerbread, came to that village, entered that hut and began asking his daughters-in-law what Emelya loved.
Our Emelya loves it when someone asks him kindly and promises him a red caftan - then he will do whatever you ask.
The great nobleman gave Emelya raisins, prunes, and gingerbread and said:
Emelya, Emelya, why are you lying on the stove? Let's go to the king.
I'm warm here too...
Emelya, Emelya, the Tsar will give you good food and water, please, let’s go.
And I don't feel like...
Emelya, Emelya, the Tsar will give you a red caftan, a hat and boots.
Emelya thought and thought:
Well, okay, you go ahead, and I will follow you.
The nobleman left, and Emelya lay still and said:
At the behest of the pike, at my desire - come on, bake, go to the king...
Then the corners of the hut cracked, the roof shook, the wall flew out, and the stove itself went down the street, along the road, straight to the king.
The king looks out the window and wonders:
What kind of miracle is this?
The greatest nobleman answers him:
And this is Emelya on the stove coming to you.
The king came out onto the porch:
Something, Emelya, there are a lot of complaints about you! You suppressed a lot of people.
Why did they crawl under the sleigh?
At this time, the Tsar’s daughter, Marya the Princess, was looking at him through the window. Emelya saw her in the window and said quietly:
At the pike's command. according to my wish, let the king’s daughter love me...
And he also said:
Go bake, go home...
The stove turned and went home, went into the hut and returned to its original place. Emelya is lying down again.
And the king in the palace is screaming and crying. Princess Marya misses Emelya, cannot live without him, asks her father to marry her to Emelya. Here the king became upset, became upset and said again to the greatest nobleman:
Go, bring Emelya to me, alive or dead, otherwise I’ll take his head off his shoulders.
The great nobleman bought sweet wines and various snacks, went to that village, entered that hut and began to treat Emelya.
Emelya got drunk, ate, got drunk and went to bed. And the nobleman put him in a cart and took him to the king.
The king immediately ordered a large barrel with iron hoops to be rolled in. They put Emelya and Maryutsarevna in it, tarred them and threw the barrel into the sea.
Whether for a long time or for a short time, Emelya woke up and saw that it was dark and cramped:
Where am I?
And they answer him:
Boring and sickening, Emelyushka! We were tarred in a barrel and thrown into the blue sea.
Who are you?
I am Princess Marya.
Emelya says:
At the command of the pike, at my will - the winds are violent, roll the barrel onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand...
The winds blew violently. The sea became agitated and the barrel was thrown onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand. Emelya and Marya the Princess came out of it.
Emelyushka, where will we live? Build any kind of hut.
And I don't feel like...
Then she began to ask him even more, and he said:
At the command of the pike, at my will - line up, a stone palace with a golden roof...
As soon as he said, a stone palace with a golden roof appeared. There is a green garden all around: flowers are blooming and birds are singing. Princess Marya and Emelya entered the palace and sat down by the window.
Emelyushka, can’t you become handsome?
Here Emelya thought for a moment:
At the behest of the pike, at my desire - to become a good fellow, a handsome man...
And Emelya became such that he could neither be told in a fairy tale nor described with a pen.
And at that time the king was going hunting and saw a palace standing where there was nothing before.
What kind of ignoramus built a palace on my land without my permission?
And he sent to find out and ask: “Who are they?” The ambassadors ran, stood under the window, asking.
Emelya answers them:
Ask the king to visit me, I will tell him myself.
The king came to visit him. Emelya meets him, takes him to the palace, and seats him at the table. They begin to feast. The king eats, drinks and is not surprised:
Who are you, good fellow?
Do you remember the fool Emelya - how he came to you on the stove, and you ordered him and your daughter to be tarred in a barrel and thrown into the sea? I am the same Emelya. If I want, I will burn and destroy your entire kingdom.
The king was very frightened and began to ask for forgiveness:
Marry my daughter, Emelyushka, take my kingdom, but don’t destroy me!
Here they had a feast for the whole world. Emelya married Princess Marya and began to rule the kingdom.
This is where the fairy tale ends, and whoever listened, well done.
AND Once upon a time there was one old man in this world. And he had three sons: two were smart, and the third was a fool. And that fool’s name was Emelya.
Two smart brothers work all day, but Emelya lies on the stove all day, does nothing and doesn’t want to do anything.
So one winter morning the brothers left for the market, but Emelya remained at home. His daughters-in-law and brothers' wives send him for water:
- Go get some water, Emelya.
And he answers them from the stove:
- Yes, I don’t feel like...
- Well, okay then.
Emelya slowly got down from the stove, got dressed, put on his shoes, took an ax and buckets and went to the river.
He cut through the ice with an ax, scooped water into buckets, and placed the buckets on the ice. He looks, and there is a pike in one bucket! Emelya was delighted and said:
“I’ll take the pike home and cook some rich fish soup!” Oh yes Emelya!
“Emelya, have mercy, don’t eat me, let me go into the water, I’ll still be useful to you.”
And Emelya just laughs at her:
- Well, what will you be useful to me for?.. No, perhaps I’ll take you home and cook some fish soup. A great soup will come out!
The pike begged again:
- Well, Emelya, please let me go into the water, I will fulfill your every wish, everything you want.
“Okay,” says Emelya, “just show me first that you’re telling the truth, then I’ll let you go.”
Pike says:
- Well, guess what, Emelya, what do you want?
Emelya thought.
- I want the buckets to go home on their own...
And the pike says to him:
- It will be your way. Remember, Emelya: when you want something, just say:
“At the behest of the pike, at my will.” And everything will come true at once.
Emelya says:
- At the behest of the pike, at my desire - go home yourself, buckets.
As soon as he said this, lo and behold, the buckets actually went home on their own. Emelya released the pike back into the hole and went to get the buckets.
Walking through the village, the people are amazed: the buckets are walking by themselves, and Emelya is trailing behind, laughing... So the buckets themselves went into the hut, and they themselves stood on the bench, and Emelya climbed onto the stove again.
How much or how much time has passed - and his daughters-in-law again say to him:
“You should go, Emelya, to the forest.” I chopped wood.
- No, I don’t feel like...
- Emelya, come on, soon the brothers will return from the market, they will bring you gifts for this.
But Emela doesn’t want to get off the stove. But there is nothing to do. Emelya got off the stove, got dressed, and put on his shoes. He took an ax and a rope, went out into the yard, sat down in the sleigh:
- Open the gates, women!
And they answer him:
- What gate? You, you fool, sat in the sleigh, but didn’t harness the horse!
“I’ll go without a horse.”
The daughters-in-law shook their heads, but the gates opened, and Emelya quietly said:
- At the behest of the pike, at my desire - go, sleigh, into the forest yourself...
And the sleigh itself went into the forest, and so fast that even a horse couldn’t catch it.
But we had to go to the forest through the entire village. While he was driving, he crushed and crushed a lot of people. They shout after him: “Catch him! Hold him! And Emelya, you know, is pushing the sleigh. He came to the forest, got out of the sleigh and said:
- At the behest of the pike, at my desire - you, with an ax, chop some firewood for me, and some that are drier, and you, firewood, fall into the sleigh yourself, and tie yourself in armfuls...
The ax began to chop and chop dry wood itself, and then the firewood itself began to fall into the sleigh and be tied with rope.
So they piled up a whole cartload, and Emelya ordered the ax to cut out a larger club for himself - one so that he could barely lift it. He sat down on the cart and said:
- Well, now, according to the pike’s command, according to my desire - go, sleigh, home yourself...
The sleigh rushed home. As we drove into a village where we had recently passed through, and where Emelya was crushed, crushed, by a lot of people, they immediately attacked him. They grabbed Emelya, dragged him from the cart, beat him and cursed him.
Emelya sees that things are bad and says quietly:
- At the behest of the pike, at my will - come on, club, break off their sides...
A club jumped out of the sleigh and started beating everyone. The people rushed away, but Emelya came home and went to the stove.
How much time has passed, you never know, but the king heard about the Emelins’ tricks, and sent an officer after him to find Emelya and bring him to the palace.
An officer comes to Emelya, enters the hut, and asks:
- Are you Emelya the Fool?
And Emelya told him from the stove:
- Why did I give in to you?
“I’ll take you to the king, come on, get dressed quickly.”
The officer got angry, shouted, went to Emelya with his fists, and he said quietly:
- At the behest of the pike, at my will - a club, break off his sides...
The baton jumped out from under the bench - and they started hitting the officer, he barely carried off his legs.
The king was surprised that his military man could not cope with Emelya, and then sent a boyar to Emelya:
- Go and bring Emelya, the fool, to my palace. And if you don’t bring it, I’ll take your head off your shoulders.
The boyar took gingerbread, sweets and raisins with him, went into the hut and visited his daughters-in-law to ask them what Emelya liked.
Emelya loves it when they ask him kindly, and promise to give him a red caftan - then he will do everything, you can ask for whatever you want.
Boyar Emelya treated him to sweets and gingerbread and said:
- Emelya, and Emelya, let’s go with me to the Tsar.
- No, I don’t feel like it, I’m warm here too...
- Emelya, and Emelya, well, let’s go, there they will give you delicious water and nourishing food, please, let’s go.
- No, I don’t feel like...
- Well, Emelya, well, let's go, the Tsar will give you a red caftan, boots and a hat.
Emelya thought and thought, and agreed:
- Well, okay, just you go forward, and I’ll follow you.
The boyar left, and Emelya still lay on the stove, and said:
“I don’t want to get off the stove.” Well, according to the pike’s command, according to my desire - go and bake to the Tsar yourself...
Then the corners in the hut began to crack, the wall flew out, the roof began to shake, and the stove itself came out into the street and went along the road, straight to the royal chambers.
The king looks out the window and is surprised:
-What kind of miracle is this?
And the boyar answers him:
- And this is the Tsar-Father, Emelya is coming to you on the stove.
Emelya rode on the stove and straight into the royal chambers
Emelya rode on the stove and straight into the royal chambers.
The king was frightened and said:
- There are a lot of complaints about you, Emelya! You suppressed a lot of people.
- Why did they climb under the sleigh themselves? - Emelya answers
At this time, Princess Marya, the Tsar’s daughter, looked out the window. Emelya saw her in the window, he liked her, and he said quietly:
- At the behest of the pike. according to my desire, let Princess Marya love me... In the meantime, go home and bake...
The stove turned around, went home, went into the hut and stood in its original place. And Emelya is still lying on the stove.
And at this time, screaming and tears began in the palace. Princess Marya fell in love with Emelya, she pines for him, misses him, cannot live without him, and wants to marry Emelya. When the Tsar Father found out about this, he was so upset, he again called the boyar to him, and said to him:
- Go and bring Emelya to me. Otherwise I’ll take your head off your shoulders.
The boyar bought sweet wine, intoxicating honey, and various snacks, and went to Emelya. He entered the hut and began to treat Emelya.
Emelya ate, got drunk, got drunk and went to bed. And the boyar Emelya put him in a sleigh and took him to the king.
The king immediately ordered a large oak barrel to be rolled in. They put Princess Maya and Emelya in a barrel, caulked the barrel, coated it with tar and threw it into the sea.
How much or how much time has passed - Emelya woke up, saw - cramped, dark:
- Where am I?
And in the darkness someone answers him:
- Oh, Emelyushka! You and I were tarred in a barrel and thrown into the blue sea.
-Who are you?
- I am Princess Marya.
Then Emelya says:
- At the behest of the pike, at my will - violent winds, roll the barrel ashore dry, onto the yellow sand...
Violent winds blew. The sea became agitated and the barrel was thrown onto the dry shore. Marya Tsarevna and Emelya came out of the barrel. Marya the Princess asks:
- Emelyushka, where are you and I going to live? Build at least some kind of hut.
“No,” says Emelya, “I don’t feel like it...
Then Princess Marya began to cry, then Emelya said quietly:
“At the behest of the pike, at my will, let a stone palace with a golden roof stand here...
And as soon as he said this, a stone palace with a golden roof immediately appeared in front of them. All around is a blooming, green garden: the birds are singing in the garden and the flowers are blooming. Emelya and Princess Marya entered the palace and sat down by the window.
- Emelyushka, can you become an unwritten handsome man?
At this point Emelya didn’t think for long:
- At the behest of the pike, at my desire - I want to become a handsome man, a good fellow...
And as soon as he said it, he immediately turned into a handsome man. It cannot be said in a fairy tale, nor can it be described with a pen.
And at this time, the king is driving past on a hunt and sees - in a place where there was nothing before, there is a palace.
- Who is this without my permission, but he built his palace on my land?
And he sent the boyar to find out: “Who lives in the palace?” The boyar ran, stood under the window and asked.
And Emelya answered them from the window:
“Let the king come to visit me, I’ll tell him myself.”
The Tsar arrived at the palace, Emelya met him, led him into the palace, and seated him at the table. They begin to feast. And the king drinks, eats and is not surprised at all:
- Who are you, good fellow?
- Do you remember Emelya the Fool, who came to you on the stove, and then you ordered him and your daughter to be tarred in a barrel and thrown into the depths of the sea? So I am that same Emelya. And if I want, then I will ruin and destroy your entire kingdom.
Then the king got scared and began to ask Emelya for forgiveness:
“Emelyushka, marry Princess Marya, take my kingdom, but don’t destroy me!”
Emelya forgave him, and they immediately arranged a feast for the whole world.
Emelya married Princess Marya and began to rule the kingdom.
This is where the fairy tale ends, and whoever listened, well done.
"There is nothing more hateful to wisdom than cunning."
Eastern wisdom.
My parents told me this fairy tale. Mine are their grandparents. Therefore, this fairy tale is certainly more than a hundred years old. IN tsarist times The censors of the throne allowed the interpretation of everything, history and legends and fairy tales, in the educational context that supported the system of slavery of the Russian peoples. Education, as you know, is laid down from childhood, and so His Highest Excellency Pike was determined to leave only the beginning and end of the fairy tale untouched, and edit the middle as He himself ordered. Sometimes fairy tales can be reduced to the level of an anecdote, for example as a fairy tale " Scarlet flower", in others, this is unacceptable because the meaning of the fairy tale, its good and positive magic, is lost.
The fairy tale “At the behest of the pike” created by the Russian people has a completely different meaning! It traces the growth of Emelya as a person, from a small undertaking to a medium one, from an average creation to a higher goal. Yes, he is lazy and the Russian people always like to laugh at themselves in moderation, but who wants to bend their back?
The saying is appropriate here: “Laziness and poverty are the engines of progress.”
Any sailboat can be made into a rowing boat, although sailing is difficult, it is possible, as is the reverse surrogate process of turning a person into a slave and a monkey. And what happened to the fairy tale was published. Read the works of A. S. Pushkin, written based on the legends of Arina Rodionovna, and the very idea of a Russian person immediately changes. In them, Ivan is ... a prince, a champion of goodness and justice, a kind and brave hero.
In the outback of our great Motherland, fairy tales have been preserved in a pure, folk vein. They remained pristine, just as my mother told me. She was a descendant of a Cossack family from Central Asia and told them as the Russian people told them.
Of course, it was difficult for me to reconstruct this fairy tale, it abounded folk wisdom, sayings of the Russian people, bright humor and a mystery hidden for children's perception. My goal was to correct the misunderstanding, to put together the past and the lost in a new way, to build on the skeletons left in children's literature - the living body of a wise and kind Russian folk tale.
Fairy tales, fairy tales are different, but what can I say, it’s up to the parents. It’s not for nothing that they say: “The way you harness it, the way you go” and “You reap what you sow.”
I decided to write it for you - in Prose. ru and tell you how I heard it myself in my distant childhood.
Enjoy your reading, dear readers.
The Russian people are simple, but not simple.
And he tells simple and complex fairy tales.
RUSSIAN FOLK TALE. "BY THE PIKE'S ORDER."
Once upon a time there lived an old man and he had three sons, two smart and the third eccentric - the fool Emelya.
The brothers work, their eyes are sweating, and Emelya lies on the stove all day, doesn’t want to know anything. He only dreams of everything falling by itself, like a storm, from the sky.
Once the brothers went to the market to clear their brains and steam their palms. And the women-in-law, let’s show our teeth and send them to the fool at random:
Go Emelya for water.
And he told them from the stove:
Yeah.
Where the women are smooth there is no water in the tub.
No, I don’t want to...
Go Emelya, otherwise the brothers will come back from the market and won’t bring you any gifts.
Well, if that's the case. That's fine!
Sleep, sleep! If you don't sleep, get up!
Emelya stretched, got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, ran out into the yard, washed himself with snow, ran into the hallway, took buckets and an ax and went to the river. And girls come to meet him with rockers on their shoulders, chirping about their own things and splashing water.
As soon as they missed each other, Emelya realized his mistake and realized that he had to return home to get the yoke. He turned around, slipped down the slope head over heels with buckets and fell down. In spirit he rushed to the edge of the ice hole, slammed his buckets across the water with all his might, splashes flew in all directions. And he hit his head hard on the ice.
Emelya came to his senses, pulled the buckets out of the water, and in one of them there was a pike, belly up, stunned, as if struck by thunder...
Emelya took the pike by the gills, brought it to his face, and couldn’t get enough of admiring it. He laughs, licks his broken lip and says to himself:
Wow! Let's fry the cutlets for the brothers. For daddy, we season the pike head with garlic and bake it. Let's cook the giblets, wow!, the soup will be sweet.
And the pike stared at Emelya with bulging eyes, opened its royal mouth, begged and with a voice from heaven and from the river expanse said to him:
Listen to Emelya! Let me go with good health, and for this, I will thank you.
Emelya opens his mitten, marvels, doesn’t believe himself, pike!, but speaks in human language.
Emelya asks the pike:
How will you thank me?
She says:
Listen and understand.
All! What is happening in this World is at My command! Remember this! There is only one thing left for you. Just want... As soon as you pronounce my cherished words, everything will come true.
Emelya was taken aback and thought to himself:
I shook my head quite a bit, since I heard something like that.
Emelya began to delve into the fish’s tongue, looking into the mouth and comprehending the miraculous words. Meanwhile, the mistress of the river came to her senses, twirled around like in a frying pan, contrived and finally, as a sign of great gratitude for her perception, rewarded Emelya, struck him in the face with her magic tail, putting the whole hidden power promises written on water.
Emelya didn’t have time to open his mouth and it just so happened, with tacit consent The King Fish slipped out of Emelin’s hands. She waved her fins and said goodbye to him, with a voice from heaven and the river expanse:
The time will come, Emelyushka will become happy. Remember, don't forget what you said...
And she left, to her enchanted river kingdom.
Emelya was dumbfounded by this situation.
The live cutlets fell through my fingers.
Emelya became lost in thought. But of course! Much has been said, but little has been said... He remembers, he is confused and cannot remember what the fish whispered to him:
According to me, he says...by command, according to your...therefore, desire...or, according to our desire? And everything will come true!
Well done...
Emelya began to reproach himself, talking to himself and saying:
That's it, schu... That's right?!...schu - ka.
He can’t believe his ears, he shivered, shook himself, licked his broken lip, felt his mind going beyond his mind, he was even stunned... from such an insight.
And the girls on the hill are standing there, hugging their stomachs, and asking during the interruption:
Why did Emelya declare his love to the pike and she refused? And let's laugh as hard as we can.
And Emelya was embarrassed and said:
Yes, she begged, she told me that you don’t have a wife yet, I’ll be a mother for you and I’ll help you in everything, as soon as you want it!, and all your wishes will be fulfilled. For this promise, I kindly took her and sent her away.
Oh, it’s not too bad to see that Emelya was wedged from a pike slap in the face. Emelya thinks to herself: I’m a man or not a man, will I carry water on a rocker like a woman? No, you have to decide things with your mind. That's all there is to it! You just have to...want it!
I returned home, made stands with wheel traction, stuck one into the hole, and placed the others on the shore. He pulled the belts, hooked the buckets, rested his feet on the slope, pulled the belt rod towards himself with his hands and looked at the girls, laughed, covered his mouth with one hand and said quietly:
By pike command, according to my wish.
As soon as he said, he grabbed the belt traction with his other hand and the buckets went up the hill on their own. The people are smiling and amazed, and Emelya is happy himself, he cleverly set up his mechanics so that the buckets flew right into the hut and stood on the bench themselves. And Emelya entered the house and climbed onto the stove.
How much time has passed - his daughters-in-law say to him:
Emelya, why are you lying there? I would go and chop some wood.
Reluctance…
If you don’t chop wood, your brothers will return from the market and won’t bring you any gifts.
Emelya is too lazy to get off the stove. Yes, I really loved gifts. He got off the couch, washed, got dressed, started putting on his shoes, and thought to himself: - with buckets, any fool is a master. But to chop firewood with an ax... that’s a problem that will be a little more complicated.
He sat down on the bench, thought, remembered the wheel shaft, strained himself, thought, picked up the tool, assembled a marvelous unit.
Yes he says to his daughters-in-law:
“Everything seems to be going well and everything turned out smoothly.”
He covered his mouth with his hand so that his daughters-in-law wouldn’t hear and whispered:
Give me an axe, chop some wood, and then go into the hut and put the firewood in the oven...
Everything began to spin in the yard and let’s chop wood with an ax and then go into the hut and climb into the stove.
The daughters-in-law opened their mouths in amazement...
And Emelya thinks in thoughts, assembles a miracle machine, lives in it day and night, does not sleep, does not eat, does not drink.
He collected it, climbed onto the stove and sleeps, rests and dreams of happiness.
How much time has passed, the daughters-in-law say again:
- Emelya, we no longer have firewood. Go to the forest and chop.
And he teases from the stove:
What are you all up to?
What are we doing?.. Is it our business to go to the forest for firewood?
Yeah, no matter how hard you scratch your tongue, you won’t be able to find anyone against you.
No, I’m not reluctant, but I’m laughing...
Well, if you don’t want it as you want, you won’t get any gifts.
Emelya got down from the stove, dressed warmly, took a rope, a saw and an ax and went out into the yard.
He sat down in the sleigh and said:
Why bare your teeth, open the gates!
His daughters-in-law ask him:
Why were you weird, you got into the sleigh and didn’t harness the horse?
I don't need horses!
The daughters-in-law opened the gate and Emelya covered his mouth with his hand so that the daughters-in-law wouldn’t hear and said quietly:
At the behest of the pike, at my will...
Go sleigh into the forest...
The sleigh drove out of the gate on its own and so quickly that it was impossible to catch up with a horse. And then he had to go to the forest through the capital and here he crushed many idle people and lazy people with his miracle sleigh.
White hands let's shout:
Hold him! Catch him!
And he, you know, is driving the sleigh. He came to the forest and blurted out with all his heart at the top of his voice:
That's the pike thing, everyone is climbing in the wrong place, looking at the wrong thing! We can’t do anything ourselves! They want everything. What can you do with them! Therefore, you will have an ax: - at the behest of the pike, according to my desire - to chop dry wood! And let the firewood fall into the sleigh themselves, knit itself together...
Oh, and the well-coordinated hatchet began to chop, chop, and the saw began to saw dry wood. The firewood itself falls into the sleigh and is tied with a rope. Then, Emelya ordered an ax to cut out his clubs and such that he could lift them with force.
The hatchet in Emelya’s hands began to work wonders, and he cut it down nicely. A sight for sore eyes! Emelya tied the clubs to a cogwheel, sat on the cart and said:
Give us the sleigh, go home yourself.
The sleigh rushed home. Again Emelya drives through the streets and boyar courtyards, where he just crushed many idle belly scratchers and they are already waiting for him. They just wanted to grab Emelya by the sleeves, but Emelya wriggled out, pulled out the key and said:
Come on, take the clubs, break off their sides...
The clubs jumped out from under the wheels and began to thrash and beat the loafers. They rushed away.
And Emelya, tired from the day, came home and, without eating, climbed onto the stove.
How long or short of time passed, the king heard about Emelka’s tricks and sent the chief of the gendarmerie to that village for Emelya.
And a lot of people came to Emelya, so he made two entrances, one to himself where he made crafts and crafts and the other was in the barnyard. Yes, he ordered his daughters-in-law, depending on how they asked, to invite anyone who came either to him, or to send him into the yard through another door. For the backbiting and rude, the entrance was a secret; once you entered, you would immediately fall into a pit.
The royal servant did not say hello at the door, did not introduce himself, but immediately began waving his tongue like chopping with a saber:
What are the images staring at? And you’re an old stump sitting down, you can’t see who’s standing in front of you! Come on, tell me where is your bitch son Emelya?
And his daughters-in-law say to him:
Have mercy, they didn’t recognize me. Don't blame him, his father is both deaf and blind, and Emelyushka has been waiting for you in the barnyard since the very morning - waiting...
The Tsar's lackey went out into the courtyard, entered that door, and immediately fell into a septic tank. He got out by force and then straw and feathers spilled over him. This is how he appeared before the king, dressed as a handsome man.
The king became angry and sent his greatest nobleman:
Bring the fool, son of a bitch Emelya to my palace.
The great nobleman bought raisins, prunes, and gingerbread, came to that village, entered that hut and began asking his daughters-in-law:
What does Emelya love?
Our Emelya loves it when someone asks him kindly and promises him a red caftan, then he will do whatever you ask!
The great nobleman treated his daughters-in-law to raisins, gingerbread, and prunes, and he himself entered the door where Emelya was making crafts, greeted him and said:
Emelya, Emelya, why are you lying on the stove? Let's go to the king.
Emelya answers him:
“I’m warm here, too, but he thinks: “Oh, the gentleman-boyar, he looks like a royal servant, but he himself is a fool, he can’t distinguish a cart from a stove.”
And the nobleman is eager to fulfill the royal command - he persuades him and sings sweetly:
Emelya, you can’t warm your belly with a stove, but at the Tsar’s you will be well fed and watered, please let’s go.
Emelya does not stop working, tinkers and says:
But I don't feel like it.
The nobleman is not far behind, he is bursting out of his skin, flushed, puffing like a samovar, and already sweating.
He thinks to himself, what else can he offer?
I remembered what his daughters-in-law said to him when they met.
He hit himself on the forehead with his palm and said:
Emelya! ...The Tsar will give you a red caftan! ...Hat and boots!
Emelya looked at the nobleman and thought: - he seems to be as simple as a pig and cunning as a snake.
You know, to tell the truth, I'm not as lazy as I once was. Well, okay, you go ahead and I’ll follow you.
The nobleman left and Emelya heated the firebox until it was red and said to his daughters-in-law:
What can you do? At least I’ll look at people and show myself. Hunting is worse than captivity and therefore, at the behest of the pike! In my opinion, let’s bake and go to the palace...
Then the corners of the hut cracked, the roof shook, the wall flew out and the stove itself went down the street, along the road, straight to the palace.
The king looks out the window and wonders:
What kind of miracle crew is this?
The greatest nobleman answers him:
And this is Emelya on the stove coming to you.
The king came out onto the porch and said:
Somehow Emelya has a lot of complaints about you! You have opened my eyes a lot and crushed the crows. This really upset me.
Emelya answers:
They suffered because of their curiosity. They themselves climbed under an unprecedented sleigh. But the sled is not simple, new and not broken in. But it’s not for nothing that they say: “Curious Varvara had her nose torn off at the market,” so they got it too.
Okay, says the king, I’ll forgive you your sins, if you want to wipe the nose of one arrogant foreign princess and you don’t want to! I'll take your head off your shoulders.
And he takes out a tiny crystal casket and puts it in Emelya’s hands. Emelya opened the casket and marveled at the silver flea sitting on the red velvet and moving its legs. And while Emelya was looking at the flea, all this time he himself looked with one eye at the Tsar’s daughter Marya the Princess and fell in love.
It’s already getting dark and Emelya stands and dreams:
Right now... How great it would be! According to the royal order, according to my desire!... He will marry me, the beautiful princess... And we would throw a feast! - to the whole world!
Emelya began to ask the king and said:
Give me your daughter as my wife! I want to marry her!
Princess Marya heard this and was delighted, and she herself also fell in love with Emelyushka at first sight. It happens!
And how can you not fall in love? The guy is Russian, his own, with a head and a craftsman!
The king narrowed his eyes slyly and said to Emelya:
It doesn't hurt to want! Maryushka is no match for you, a foreign prince is wooing her. Only one thing, only speaks like a spring brook babbling.
So come on, drive in good health and don’t break a flea. And don’t worry, when the time comes, I’ll ask.
Emelya became confused, but what can you do? He took the box, got on the self-propelled stove and went home.
Again he lies there, sulks and puffs up at the royal command, and cannot forget Maryushka.
Yes, and he says:
The pike, the Tsar himself, cannot live without me, no one gives me peace day or night! You hear one thing: - he sleeps and sleeps and there is no time to rest. And he set a task - a difficult, tricky one.
He got off the bed, got a flea, put it on the table and let it jump in a circle. The daughters-in-law laugh and are surprised.
One says:
Oh!... Even though it’s a flea, it’s like a foal spinning around the uterus...
What does Emelya think, ...let me take her...
He took a flea...and...shoeed it.
Meanwhile, the king in the palace is screaming and crying. Princess Marya misses Emelya and cannot live without him. She asks her father to marry her to Emelya. Here the king became upset and began to cry, and said to Princess Marya:
If you don't obey me! And at My command, if you don’t marry the prince, I’ll let you go around the world.
And he called the greatest nobleman and said:
Go, bring Emelya to me, alive or dead.
The great nobleman bought sweet wines and various snacks and went to that village. In his own way, he entered that hut and began to treat his daughters-in-law, feed his father and brothers stories, and give everyone food and drink.
He pours a full glass for the owners and just a little for himself. From the belly he eats pies with hare, cabbage and sterlet. He got flushed, sits and incessantly talks about this and that, about the king and about the kingdom - he says everything. He himself, unnoticed, pours everything for Emele and drinks it up.
Emelya thinks to herself:
Oh, the gentleman-boyar, cunning and voracious as a pike, and not at all as simple as you seem.
It’s already late in the evening, approaching midnight, the daughters-in-law and brothers are tired of talking and have retired to bed, but the nobleman is still joking around and won’t leave. Emelya was tired from work during the day, he was very drunk and didn’t even notice how he dozed off. And the king’s servant put the dead sleeping Emelya in a cart and took him to the palace.
The king stirred up Emelya and asked:
Well, the son of a bitch, rubbed the nose of the foreigners?
Let's show the flea!
Emelya took out the casket, just gave it into the king’s hands and immediately fell asleep.
The Tsar looked and saw nothing, got angry, ordered a large barrel with iron hoops to be rolled in, Emelya and the disobedient Princess Marya were put in it, they were tarred and the barrel was thrown into the sea.
How long did they float for a short time - Emelya woke up, feeling that everything around was dark and cramped. My head hurts and my ears are ringing. Asks himself:
- Where am I?
Marya the Princess answers:
At sea we are Emelyushka. If only you and I could go out into freedom... Free freedom.
Emelya was delighted, covered his mouth and said quietly:
At the command of the pike, at my will - the violent winds, roll the barrel onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand...
The winds blew violently. The sea became agitated and the barrel was thrown onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand. Emelya and Marya the Princess came out of it.
Marya Princess says:
- Emelyushka, where will we sleep and live? Build any kind of hut with pastels and a pillow.
And he answers her:
- No, I don’t want anything... I can’t bear it, I’m tired and I want to sleep.
Then she began to beg him even more and say:
Emelyushka, try and want. I haven’t slept on the grass and I won’t live in a hut.
Emelya sighed, covered his mouth with his palm so that Princess Marya would not hear and said:
- Well... At the behest of the pike...
And a stone palace with a golden roof began to be built, to grow in width, to rise to the heights, such as Marya the Princess herself spun on the tongue and, most importantly, Emelyushka wanted for Maryushka and himself. It turned out to be a very good palace. There is a green garden all around, flowers are blooming and birds are singing. Marya Princess and Emelya entered the palace and sat down at the window.
They look into the distant distance, drink tea with jams and honey, and talk about an unprecedented, new free life.
Emelya says:
Oh Maryushka! How boring the day is until the evening when there is nothing to do.
Yes! Emelyushka is always like this, when you live for yourself, your heart is eager to work.
Princess Marya blossomed, smiled and asked:
Emelyushka, can’t you become handsome? You yourself shod the English flea and put your teeth in front. If you don’t correct me, I won’t show mercy or kiss you.
Then Emelya began to grieve, began to eat... I realized that now it’s easy, you can’t remember the pike.
Yes, and he says:
Okay Maryushka, I’ll do it.
And Emelya also became a dentist, something that could not be described in a fairy tale. He adjusted his teeth, stopped lisping, and became the first guy in the kingdom.
Emelya says:
From now on, Maryushka, I will do everything only at your command! And... To my understanding.
Well done Emelyushka, you have a lot to do with your mind! And the desire... I will always provide it for you.
So they lived and did not grieve.
How much time has passed, the king decided to inspect his possessions. And by that time, the king had already become decrepit and toothless. The king gathered his servants and went hunting. I drove for a long time and suddenly I saw... there was a palace where there was nothing before.
The king asks his servants:
What kind of ignoramus is this - pike giblets, who built a palace on my land without my high permission?
And he sent to find out, to ask who they were. The ambassadors ran, stood under the window, asking.
Emelya answers them:
Ask the king to visit me, I will tell him myself.
The king came to visit him. Emelya meets him, takes him to the palace, and seats him at the table. They begin to feast. The king eats, drinks and is not surprised:
Who will you be, good fellow?
Do you remember the fool, the weirdo Emelya. How did he come to you on the stove and you ordered him and your daughter to be put in a barrel and thrown into the sea?
I am the same Emelya who shoed a flea and assembled a self-propelled stove.
The king frowned and said:
- So that means you! ...Pike head?!
And Emelya answers him:
- You, Your Majesty, say, don’t talk too much. I want to! If I do such a lot of things, I will burn and destroy your entire kingdom.
The king was very frightened and slyly asks:
Do you want to marry my daughter?... Emelyushka.
Yes.
Maryushka and happiness! And my love.
So, get married...
The king sits muttering under his breath:
That's it! ...pike...
The king stood up from the table and said to Emelya:
From now on, you will be as dear to me as a dear puppy! Take My Kingdom! Just...don't destroy it.
A feast was held here for the whole world. Emelya married Princess Marya and began to rule the Kingdom.
That’s the end of the fairy tale, and whoever listened, well done!
Russian proverbs:
When a person believes in his strength, in himself, he is a creator and gives birth to miracles. The pike is there to keep the gudgeon from dozing. With ours, the most important thing is that the man does not sleep on the stove, but wants and desires. If life gets better, then work gets better. When you take hold of the tug, don’t say that it’s not hefty. You took the kingdom, so know how to own it, just don’t destroy it. It’s a great skill to manage so that everyone can feel good. It’s good to live in honor and the answer is great. Culture, upbringing, language determine the Russian spirit. Freedom is not enough. When wives scold, they often say: I’m asking you, as a human being.
The tarred people live, shackled with iron hoops, and what kind of people are they, craftsmen and with a head.
The fairy tale teaches the main thing:
As a person wants whatever he wants, he will take care of it. If a person wants - on bare top the flowers will bloom.
Have time and patience for whatever you want. Without desire and labor you cannot catch a fish from a pond.
Strive to want! Dream, study, read, work. Believe in knowledge, in yourself! And you will become free and happy!
It happens like that. Sometimes when you scold others, you praise, and when you praise, you scold yourself...
Main character fairy tales - Emelya - absorbed both negative and positive qualities an ordinary Russian guy of his time.
Unknown author
Some fairy tales appear on their own, others are invented by writers. How did the story called “At the Pike’s Command” come about? The tale, the author of which is still unknown, is a product folk art. It had several variations and was told differently in different regions.
The Russian ethnographer Afanasyev, following the example of the Brothers Grimm or Charles Perrault, decided to organize a voyage around the country and collect scattered legends into one voluminous work, so to speak, to systematize the national heritage. He changed the title of the story somewhat and generalized certain elements that differed depending on the region. Thanks to this, the fairy tale “Emelya and the Pike” gained popularity.
The next person to take on the familiar plot was Alexey Tolstoy. He added in folk epic literary beauty and returned the work to its old title “At the Command of the Pike.” The fairy tale, the author of which tried to make it more interesting for children, quickly spread throughout Moscow and St. Petersburg, and local theaters even added a new play to their repertoire.
Main characters
The main character of this legend is a certain not very efficient young guy Emelya. It contains those negative qualities that prevent him from leading a good life:
frivolity;
indifference.
However, when he shows his intelligence and kindness, he comes across real luck - a pike from the ice hole.
The second character, literally the antipode of Emelya, is the pike. She is smart and fair. Fish is called upon to help a young man in his personal development, to direct his thoughts in the right direction. As is expected in such situations, Emelya and the pike became friends.
The third hero appears as a villain. The Tsar is a busy man, leading a state of many millions, whom Emelya forces with his antics to descend to the level of a commoner. The fairy tale “About Emelya and the Pike” endowed him with an envious character.
The Tsar's daughter is a prize for the main character for taking the path of correction.
Story
The fairy tale "Emelya and the Pike" begins with an introduction to the main character. He is so stupid and extremely lazy that everything assigned to him has to be remade by other people.
Emelya's daughters-in-law asked him for help through long persuasion. Nevertheless, as soon as someone promises him a reward for what he does, he will immediately set to work with double strength.
And suddenly one fine day Emelya takes out a magical pike from the hole. She offers him her service in exchange for life. The guy immediately agrees.
Magical help
After the pike becomes his magical subordinate, Emelya lives even better than before. Now he doesn’t even have to carry out very simple tasks.
Magical powers chop wood, walk on water and even beat up his enemies. Emelya remains very pleased with what is happening. He is so lazy that he doesn’t even want to get up from the stove. Pike helps him in this too, turning the stove into the first prototype of a mechanical vehicle.
During such walks on horseback, Emelya can run over several peasants who come across along the road. He justifies himself by the fact that people themselves jumped under his stove.
It seems that he does not repent a bit of what he did. The fairy tale "About Emelya and the Pike" contains a hidden moral.
Tsar and Emelya
Having heard about an unprecedented miracle, a self-propelled stove, and even about the cool disposition of its owner, the Tsar decides to call Emelya to his place.
Reluctantly, the “hero” appears to look at the master’s mansions. But this trip changes the guy's whole life.
In the royal palace he meets the queen. At first, she also seems quite capricious and lazy. But Emelya decides that it’s time for him to settle down and wants to call her to be his wife.
The master's daughter does not agree at first. The monarch himself opposes such a union, harboring hopes that his daughter will marry only a noble person or a foreign king.
Emelya asks the pike to bewitch the naughty princess. As a result, the young man achieves his goal. The girl agrees. They are getting married.
The angry king locks the eternally in love couple in a barrel and throws them into the sea. Emelya asks the pike to save them. She makes sure that the barrel arrives at the shore, and they get out of it.
The guy asks the pike to build himself a huge palace, and turn himself into handsome man. The magic fish makes wishes come true.
The happy newlyweds live happily ever after until an angry king comes to visit them. His palace is much smaller than Emelya's. The main character graciously forgives the sovereign for the entire past. He invites him to have lunch with them. During the banquet, Emelya confesses to him who he really is. The king remains amazed by his agility and intelligence young man. Now he understands that this is exactly the guy who should have married his daughter.
“At the command of the pike” is a kind and instructive fairy tale. Its end leaves no specific direction for action. On the contrary, everyone must think for themselves and decide for themselves what is right in life and what is not worth doing.
“At the command of the pike” (Russian fairy tale): analysis
This story is a bit like a dream Slavic peoples by using magical powers get everything you want without straining too much.
At the same time, Emelya managed to catch a pike only on his own, when he finally began to do at least something conscientiously.
Before the eyes of the readers, a complete quitter evolves into a hardworking, decent person. Having received sufficient motivation in the form of love for the princess, he forgets about the desire to remain a lazy person, to live only for his own pleasure, and gets down to business.
If the pike does not make much of an impression on him, he initially takes her for granted, then the girl’s first refusal awakens feelings in him.
At the moment when Emelya on the stove begins to crush passers-by, according to many researchers of the fairy tale, the guy begins to show royal traits. After this incident, even the monarch turned his attention to him.
It is possible that our ancestors, who created the fairy tale, saw in Emelya’s last external transformation also internal changes for the better.
When he became more beautiful, he was able to forgive and understand the king, and became kinder and more attentive to others. People with visible distinctive marks on their faces were usually considered bad or even familiar with evil spirits.
As long as Emelya looked like an ordinary, not very pleasant guy, he could not become a king. With the acquisition inner beauty everything changed immediately.
Traditional Russian fairy tales always have a hopeful ending. Most likely, this is how the peasants of that time imagined their happiest day.
"At the behest of the pike"
The catchphrase of the entire fairy tale is “At the command of the pike, at my will.” This is a kind of spell that summons a magic pike. By uttering these words, Emelya gets everything she wants. “At the behest of the pike,” that is, just like that. Without putting any effort into it. Despite the fact that the fairy tale is called “Emelya and Pike,” it was popularly renamed in honor of these magic words.
Pike teaches the guy this secret spell. And as soon as it sounds, magic begins to work, wherever Emelya is. Either on the stove or under water. In the barrel he is saved by the phrase “at the behest of the pike.” The tale runs through it as its main thread.
These words immediately became a proverb among the people. They mean an attempt to do something not with one’s own hands, but at someone else’s, most often magical, expense.
Fairy tale in pop culture
When the story was first published in large numbers and could be read by many, it immediately became popular.
The fairy tale "Emelya and the Pike" even became the basis for a film of the same name. The children's film was made in 1938. The then famous Alexander Rowe was responsible for directing. Certain elements of the script were taken from Elizaveta Tarakhovskaya’s play “Emelya and the Pike.” The fairy tale in its interpretation was adapted to modern realities, but the moral remained the same.
Director Ivanov-Vano made a cartoon based on the same fiction in 1957. And once again Tarakhovskaya’s play was taken in 1970, for a new film adaptation by Vladimir Pekar.
The third cartoon was created by Valery Fomin, already in 1984.
The fairy tale "Emelya and the Pike" was immortalized on GDR stamps in 1973. Each of the six stamps depicts one of the scenes.
The mentions of Emelya themselves became popular. The main character of the tale began to be associated with a lazy person seeking to gain wealth without doing anything.
“Emelya and the Pike” is a fairy tale, the author of which is unknown, did not want to immortalize himself and remain in the memory of his descendants, did not strive for fame, wealth, fame. Nevertheless, his image perfectly demonstrates what a good person should be.