N. A. Nekrasov "Grandfather Mazai and hares". Summary of the work

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The one who told this rather amazing story (let's call him the narrator) liked to come to the village of Malye Vezha. There, an old hunter, whose name was Mazai, was always waiting for him. The narrator stayed with Mazai and went hunting with him. And then one day, while hunting, they got caught in the pouring rain, and had to seek shelter.

"Grandfather Mazay and Hares": summary

They hid in some barn, where cheerful conversations immediately began. Grandfather Mazai was a big master of different stories and interesting stories. At first he poisoned about village hunters, among whom one broke the trigger of a gun and went hunting with a box of matches, the other had constantly cold hands and he warmed himself with a pot of coals that he carried with him. And one was the most unique case with Mazay himself, and therefore the narrator decided to write it down with his own hand.

And that's why the plot of the work "Grandfather Mazay and Hares" (summary) is very interesting.

The old hunter began to talk about what ifin spring floods in lowlands, the peasants did not kill game, then there would be much more of it in these places.

Nekrasov "Grandfather Mazay and Hares": summary

So, one day in the spring, during one of these strong floods, grandfather Mazai went into the forest for firewood.

This is how the story called "Grandfather Mazay and Hares" begins. Brief summary - below. While sailing on a boat, grandfather discovered a small island in the water, on which, fleeing from the flood, hares crowded. The old hunter took them to his boat. And then he noticed a hare on a stump and also saved her from certain death. Having sailed a little further, he saw a log on which several more hares were sitting. Then he hooked the log with a hook and dragged it along. Grandfather took all the animals to a safe place and released them - they rushed in all directions. Two pairs of hares were greatly weakened and could not run. Mazai put them in a bag and brought them home, warmed them up and released them in the morning.

This is how the work "Grandfather Mazai and Hares" ended. The summary can be completed by the fact that after this incident the whole village laughed at grandfather Mazai. And since then he has not shot hares either in spring or in summer, only exclusively in winter. In the summer he hunted ducks, picked berries and mushrooms, chatted with hunters, and often walked to Kostroma.