"The Tale of the Bear" - content in prose

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Today we will consider Pushkin's fairy tale "About the Bear". The content of this work is given below. Annenkov published this work in the middle of 1855 on the pages of the book Materials for a Biography.

Meeting

"The Tale of the Bear" begins its story on one of the warm spring days. It was at this time at dawn that a brown bear comes out of the dense forest for a walk, taking her own lovely children with her to look around and show herself. Mom sat down under a white birch. The cubs began to play among themselves, wallow in the grass, fight and somersault. Suddenly they saw a man walking through the forest.

"The Tale of the Bear" continues with the description of this man. In his hands is a spear, and in his belt is a knife. Behind him is a bag. Bear sees a man with a horn, lets out a roar. He calls his little kids - stupid bear cubs. He tells them to stop playing, wallowing, wrestling and somersaulting, because a man is approaching them. The mother calls on the kids to hide behind her from danger and screams that she will never betray them and will not give herself away.

Death

Next“The Tale of the Bear” tells how the kids got scared and began to rush for their nurse. The bear got angry and reared up. The man was quick-witted and set off on her. Attacked her with a horn. The bear fell to the damp ground. The man ripped open her belly and removed the skin. I put the little bear cubs in a bag. Went home.

Conclusion

"The Tale of the Bear" continues with the meeting of a man with his wife. He promises her a bear coat for fifty rubles and shows her three cubs for 5 each. The news of what had happened quickly spread through the forest. The black-brown bear found out about this. A man killed his girlfriend and took off the skin, and took the kids in a sack. Then the bear got sad. He hung his head. Howled about his favorite silver bear. In agony, he will remember his beloved, he calls himself a widower, and her noblewoman. She left him, and now they can’t play together and give birth to future children, don’t rock them, don’t lull them.

To the bear, the great boyar, at this time different animals come, both large and small. Even a noble wolf with sharp teeth came running. And his eyes are envious. Beaver trade guest also came. He has a fat tail. The noblewoman swallow, the princess squirrel, the treasurer's fox clerk came. Even a buffoon-ermine ran in. Hegumen Baibak also came. A hare-smerd, gray and white, also came running. Was visiting and hedgehog. He bristled.

This is where "The Tale of the Bear" ends. Pushkin Alexander Sergeevich did not have time to complete this work. The tale was created by the author in the autumn of 1830 in Boldino. This workrecognized as the best example of a truly Russian folk style. It is possible that the plot of the fairy tale belongs entirely to Alexander Pushkin. The folk source of the work was not found. According to the form of the verse and style, the tale can be attributed to lamentation or folk song. Here there is a severely dramatic description of the death of a bear, as well as the fate of her children. You should also pay special attention to the poetic, truly folk style of the bear's crying about the deceased beloved.