Goals: To increase students’ interest in studying the topic “Minerals and Rocks”, to show how life is inextricably linked with geography, and geography with literature.
Equipment: collection of rocks and minerals, recording of musical fragments, presentation MsOffice 2007.
Script for a fragment of P.P. Bazhov’s tale “The Stone Flower”.
Music is playing.
The clerk comes onto the stage, holding the master’s letter in his hand.
Clerk(reads): Let that prokopich student Danilko make another turned bowl on a leg for my home. Then I’ll look at whether to release the quitrent or keep it in lessons. Just make sure that Prokopyich doesn’t help that Danilka. If you don’t watch, you will be punished.
Narrator: The clerk received this letter and called Danilushka.
Clerk: You will work here for me. They will set up the machine for you and bring you the stone you need.
Danilushka: How so?!
Clerk: None of your business! (Leaves)
Narrator: Well, Danilushko went to work at his place.
Danilushka is working. Shows the resulting bowl to the viewer. He gives the cup to Prokopich, and he gives him a new letter from the master.
The master assigned Danilushka a trifling rent. When I wrote, I sent the drawing. There is also a bowl drawn with all sorts of things. There is a carved border along the rim, a stone ribbon with a through pattern on the waist, and leaves on the footrest. In a word, invented. And on the drawing the master signed: “Let him sit for at least five years, and so that this is done exactly.”
Danilushka is working. Worried. Prokopich enters.
Danilushka: The cup doesn’t give me peace. I want to do it in such a way that the stone has full power.
Prokopich: What did you use it for? Let the bars have fun as they please...
Danilushka: OK. First I’ll finish the master’s bowl, then I’ll take care of mine. I will make my own cup using the datura flower. Just don’t talk me out of it then...
Prokopich(to the side): The guy leaves, he’ll forget. He needs to be married. That's what! The extra nonsense will fly out of your head as soon as you start a family.
Narrator: Prokopich started talking about marriage.
Prokopich: At least Katya Letemina is not a bride? Good girl...Nothing to complain about...
Danilushka: Wait a minute! Now I can handle the bowl. I'm tired of her. Just behold, I’ll hit it with a hammer, and it’s about marriage! Katya and I agreed. She will wait for me.
Narrator: Well, Danilushka made a bowl according to the master’s drawing. Of course, they didn’t tell the clerk, but they decided to have a little party at home.
Katya, the bride, came with her parents, who also... are more of the malachite masters. Katya marvels at the cup.
Music sounds (folk song). Danilushka and Katya are dancing. The song turns into a faster, dance-like melody. Danyalushka - squat.
Narrator: Danilushka began to get excited. The masters tell Danilushka what Prokopich told him more than once.
Malachite craftsman: A stone is a stone. What will you do with him? Our job is to sharpen and cut.
old man: You, dear son, don’t walk on this floorboard! Get it out of your head! Otherwise you will end up with the Mistress as a mining master...
Narrator: It was autumn time. The wedding happened just around the time of the Snake Festival. By the way, someone mentioned the malachite flower. So Danilushka was drawn to go to Snake Hill for the last time...
So Danilushka went. He went up to the krutik, sat down, thought, looked at the ground, and that stone flower was still missing from his head.
Danilushka: I wish I could take a look!
Narrator: Danilushko raised his head, and opposite, against the other wall, the Mistress of the Copper Mountain was sitting. By her beauty and her malachite dress, Danilushko immediately recognized her.
Copper Mountain Mistress: Well, Danilo - master, your dope - cup didn't come out?
Danilushka: She didn’t come out. I can't do it anymore. I'm exhausted and it doesn't work out. Show me the stone flower.
Copper Mountain Mistress: It’s easy to show, but you’ll regret it later.
Danilushka: Won’t you let me out of the mountain?
Copper Mountain Mistress: Why won’t I let you go! The road is open, but they are only turning towards me.
Danilushka: Show me, do me a favor!
Copper Mountain Mistress: Let's go, Danilo the master, to my garden.
Narrator: She said and stood up. Then something rustled, an earthen scree. Danila looks, but there are no walls.
Music is playing. Presentation “The Garden of the Mistress of the Copper Mountain.” Presentation.
The hostess hands Danilushka a malachite cup.
Danilushka: Yes, this is a lot for me, I know. And, you, viewers, do you know anything about our semi-precious stones, have you heard about our malachite box? I suggest you fight with our mistress. If you beat her, I’ll give you my cup.
Old man: No, my dear, why do they need your cup? They need a cup of knowledge. Let's give them a stone study assistant. The one from our mountain stone. But first, let them fight with the owner.
The Mistress of the Copper Mountain and Danila - the master. (students of 6th grade)
Rice. 1. Conversation with the mistress of the copper mountain
rice. 2. Datura - bowl.
COMPETITIONS.
The tests are carried out by the hostess under the guidance of the teacher.
1 competition. Super geologist. Assignment: Each team will take turns naming the minerals of the Krasnodar region. The winner is the one who calls last.
2 competition. The most unique
- It weighs 3.5 tons. Size 6 * 4.5 m. Consists of 45000 pieces. It was made in 1937 in Sverdlovsk. Entered the Guinness Book of Records. Kept in the Hermitage. It is directly related to geography. Who is she?
- Vases, a factory, an urban settlement, a mountain range in Altai bear the same name, but it was this name that brought worldwide fame, stored in the Hermitage and listed in the Guinness Book of Records. Who is she, what is she from, what is her record?
- The rock is loose sedimentary. Used in construction. The most significant building made from this mineral is the oldest on the planet.
- They joke that in Moscow there is an excellent mineralogical museum, where samples of marble, granite and limestone are presented. What is the main function of this museum?
- There is a hall in the Hermitage that amazes with its exhibits made from the same mineral as the study of the Russian President in the Kremlin. What is the name of this room?
- It was irretrievably lost during the Great Patriotic War. It took 35 years to restore it. From each imported wagon of this breed, only 25-50 samples were suitable. Who is she? Where is she?
3 competition. Hardness scale.
Assignment: in front of you are 9 minerals included in the hardness scale. Arrange them in order of increasing hardness. The winner is the one who makes as few mistakes as possible in 2 minutes.
4 competition. And they also sing about the stone.
- You gave me blue
When we last met.
And the gray pool of bottomless eyes.
Shimmered like an ice blue……. (Topaz) - Bring, bring me…….beads.
Bring me………beads from overseas. (Coral). - Everything that was in……… froze. (Amber).
- Don't go to his meeting, don't go.
He has……..a pebble in his chest. (Granite) - A tear rolled down - pure... .
Blue eyes and no sleep, no peace. What is it? (Turquoise) - ………. . from Alexander
obliged by the law of the genre
disappoint with tears
and enchant with dreams. (Alexandrite)
5 competition. A couple. Assignment: Before you lies a “mountain of gems” and the names of rocks and minerals. Identify as many minerals and rocks as possible.
6 competition. Who is first?
- 24 soldiers were exactly the same, and the 25th soldier was one-legged. It was the last one to be cast, and there wasn't enough metal. What metal was missing?
- Solid state is a property of almost any metal. But not this. It's liquid. True, 1 liter weighs more than 13 kg. To become hard, it needs severe frost -390C. At 3570C it turns into toxic vapor. Thermometers are often filled with it. What is this exception metal?
- The silver-white tablecloth, donated by industrialist Demidov to Peter I, had an amazing property - it did not burn in fire. It was made from a special fireproof mineral that can be divided by hand into thin silvery threads and fibers. What mineral was it made from?
- A German traveler who visited Russia in the 16th century wrote: “This stone is torn into thin sheets, and then windows are made from it.” Such glass was expensive. They were only available to the very rich. What were windows made of in Rus'?
- 105 came out of Cullinnan, 21 from Excelsior, 12 from Jonker, 2 from Yubileiny, and only one from Winston. What are we talking about?
- For ease of alloys is given. Created the power of the aircraft.
This metal is malleable and ductile; it is excellent for forging.
What metal are we talking about?
Summarizing. Winner's reward ceremony.(the teams were awarded sweet prizes and souvenirs from minerals of the Krasnodar region)
Stones and crystals can be beautiful space customizers your house. They contain the energy of the Earth and can support vibrations your living space at a high level.
At the same time, stones are able to hold your intention (like a kind of “charge”) forever. This is why amulets stones are so popular for the home, for health, and to protect the owner from negativity.
Stones have the ability to be energetic accents in the home and invite energies to clear, activate, ground different qualities in your life and connect with Spirit.
That is why stones and crystals are necessary to cleanse and harmonize the space of your home, creating a feeling in your home.
Basic rules for your cooperation with stones and crystals
- Energy stones "turns on" the light. Therefore, they must stand in the light and exchange light with space.
- Some stones can fade in direct sunlight. Transparent stones can become a lens and start a fire, bringing the sun into focus. Therefore, stones are needed carefully Place on a brightly lit windowsill.
- Form stone or crystal is an indication of the direction of energies. Streamlined stones distribute vibrations in all directions, spherical stones distribute vibrations evenly. Stones with corners and edges emit energy directed from the corners and along the edges.
- Sometimes you need stones cleanse. They should be washed under running water, and after difficult events they should be rinsed in salt water.
- Any you must like the stone. If you don’t like the stone, it will help less – you are blocking its power with your attitude.
- A stone helps less if it is in the closet and completely doesn't help if it's hidden also in the box.
- Any room You can energize your home, that is, raise its vibrational level.
- It is worth raising the vibrational level of space gradually, so that it is easier for the residents of your home to adapt.
- It's good if yours family will be aware your practices.
1. Hallway: low vibration protection
Hallway first meets all energies who come to your home with you or guests.
Therefore, the hallway should be a place of purification of low energies and welcome high energies. The hallway can also be a guard against uninvited guests.
Therefore, amulets are especially needed in the hallway.
Clears the energies obsidian, A quartz will increase vibrations.
Obsidian is volcanic glass, an amorphous structure with an internal content of the power of fire, black in color, with iridescent stains, brown spots or white spots, like snow obsidian.
Obsidian is capable transform any energies.
He must lie opposite the front door and see the incoming energies first.
A beautiful figurine made of this stone or a natural piece will do. Also, O bsidian can be in the form of a pendant of beads, placed under the ceiling and “look” at the space from above.
Crystallic quartz will raise the vibration of energies to the divine level.
Quartz is a group of stones and crystals. The most famous are rose quartz, rock crystal, citrine, amethyst, carnelian, aventurine, jasper, etc.
You can place any quartz crystal on a shelf in the hallway. But I especially recommend rhinestone. Make sure there is light coming through it.
2. Kitchen: proper absorption of food energy
The kitchen is the place where everyone receives food, that is, the energy of the gifts of the Earth. Important issues are often resolved here and plans are discussed.
When a person prepares food or eats, he is in a relaxed state. Therefore, the kitchen should be an energetically clean place, sacred and healing.
The kitchen supports your fire of digestion, the absorption of energy by the body. It plays a significant role in a person's overall health and longevity.
Yellow calcite creates a sunny mood, helps to trust and feel appetite.
Cornelian will help taste the food and get gastronomic pleasures.
Both stones improve digestion and create an energy of nourishing well-being. Their vibrations promote better absorption of food and the release of toxins.
They can be placed on a shelf next to the salt shaker or sugar bowl. You must see them. It's better if they rounded streamlined shape, without sharp corners and aggressive shapes.
For simple digestive problems, such stones can be heated and applied to the stomach. For severe pain, consult a doctor.
If you are on diet and want to limit your appetite, then you should put it in the kitchen lapis lazuli. The blue color of lapis lazuli will return energies to the sublime and spiritual, will help not to break the rules and keep promises.
Such stones may have obelisk shape and actively swirl energies around you. Any vertical crystal shape creates an accent of energy around itself, twists and strengthens your intention.
3. Living Room: Focus and Activate Energy
The living room is a gathering place for all family members, general holidays, relaxation, and conversations. This is where information is exchanged and the spirit of the house resides.
The living room or the largest room in the house can accommodate more crystals and stones.
In the living room there is focus of family energies and from here the energy potentials of many family plans unfold.
The energies in the living room should be faster and more active than in other rooms.
If there is stagnation in the living room, then the stagnation will affect the lives of all family members and the development of the entire family as a whole.
Therefore, the energy of stones for the living room should accentuate and activate, bring more vitality and.
Crystals are suitable for the living room rock crystal, citrine, rose quartz and aventurine.
Rhinestone will impart vibrations of spirit to your home and allow the surrounding space to become more energetic and informed.
With rock crystal yours life's mission will be fulfilled easily and free.
For agreement and support, you can find a double crystal of rock crystal. It will symbolize that the couple in this house is looking in the same direction and supporting the energy of the divine plan in each other.
Citrine can be next to rock crystal or on its own in the form of a crystal or ball. He will bring joy to your home and will improve communication between family members and guests.
Citrine will attract successful commercial projects and unexpected profits to your home.
If there are frequent quarrels and irritations in your family and you want to create more trusting relationship, then add it to the living room rose quartz and aventurine.
Aventurine communicates into space calmness and benevolence, cordial friendliness and optimism.
Rose quartz invites you to forgive offenses, extinguishes aggression and expands freedom. It helps old people feel younger and more active. Rose quartz strengthens the immune system and increases cheerfulness.
Place them in the form of balls in a bowl or place them in the form angel figurines on the shelves on the sides of the room. Let these amulets watch over the peace in your home.
If guests come to you for a holiday, then amethyst, placed on the dining table, will not allow you to overdo it and get drunk.
Amethyst will help survive in times of loss and grief. But you don’t need to keep it in the living room all the time. This is a stone of faith and loneliness, spiritual asceticism and silence.
In the center of the room you can build from different rounded stones with a rock crystal crystal in the form of an obelisk in the center.
This fountain can be on a platter or in a bowl. Pebbles can be semi-precious pebbles, which you yourself collected on sea.
The emphasis here is given crystal in the center, he accentuates the flow of energies up and around, is the manager and holder of the high vibrations of the Kingdom of Minerals.
All family members should see your fountain.
You will learn how to properly create energy compositions from crystals for your living room at the master class.
4. Children's room: child health and development
This room should help the child grow and develop, explore the world and achieve his first successes, stimulate creativity and interest.
Therefore, the best stone for a children's room would be citrine.
It will allow the child to install connections with friends, gain knowledge, improves memory and speech.
For training and development analytical skills will suit fluorite striped or blue.
Blue-violet fluorite will help you avoid distractions and laziness, use your time wisely and study well.
The child must know what is needed handle stones carefully, because they are capable of breaking. You cannot put them in your mouth, throw them or knock them.
You can put figures made of stones on the table where the child is preparing activities. Of course, your child should like the pebbles.
You should keep rose quartz near babies, add citrine by 2-3 years old, and fluorite by school age.
5. Bedroom: healthy sleep and sexuality
The sacred space of one... or two. Quality relaxation and delicious sex should take place here; true feelings must be experienced and there should be no restrictions or barriers in relationships.
It is necessary to charge the bedroom space with crystals very carefully, otherwise excess activity will interfere with quality rest.
However, it is worth activating sexual energy and attraction in a couple, and sometimes procreation.
Therefore, it is worth having in the bedroom Labradorite for a restful sleep.
While you sleep, it will protect you from nightmares and cleanse you of illusions and addictions, harmonize the endocrine system and relieve swelling.
Labrador can be kept in the bedroom opposite the bed, in a place where you can see it immediately when entering the room.
It does not interfere with good sex, but it is worth adding pyrope to it for passion of feelings and increased libido. They shouldn't stand next to each other.
Pyrope will allow you to feel passion of life, have good offspring and grounding. With pyrope it is easier to express your sexual feelings and generously give yourself to your partner. It is excellent for healing root chakra problems in men and women.
Pyrope is worth putting closer to the bed, put in a vase with decorations that you remove at night. It is helpful to view this stone in intimate candlelight with your partner before intimacy. To conceive, you can place it on your stomach and take it to bed.
You should not give your intimate pyrope to children or other people. It is he who will be the guardian of your sacred life, and for him the Labrador keeps the bedroom space clean.
6. Bathroom and toilet: energy cleansing
You can also add stones and crystals to these rooms. The bathroom is used for body cleansing and self-care. Modern man spends a lot of time here in water pleasures.
You can energize your bathroom with aquamarine and marble.
Aquamarine Great cleanses the emotional plane, allows water to cleanse the body as much as possible and relieve fatigue.
Aquamarine pebbles are available for sale. For such pebbles, you should set aside a place on the shelf where children cannot reach them.
Aquamarine can be placed in the bath. Most likely your aquamarine will not be large in size. Therefore, you need to keep an eye on it so that it does not float away with the water into the drain hole.
A marble helps energy bathroom self-cleaning.
Marble pellets can be purchased at a design store. It is best to take white marble.
Such pebbles can be placed on the floor in the bathroom, always in a corner in plain sight. They should be washed frequently, because they collect astral dirt on themselves.
For toilet Marble will also work. The color of marble can be any.
Do not place the stone under the toilet or in the far corner. It should be visible and decorate the space of the toilet room with its appearance.
Choose a stone for this delicate purpose carefully. Periodically drip onto aromatic oil for energetic cleansing.
7. Balcony or terrace: energetic interaction with nature
On a balcony, loggia, terrace, the free energy of open space comes into contact with your home. And this energy should be fresh, pure, life-giving.
There are probably pots of flowers here, and the plant kingdom connects your home with the natural world.
The best stone on the balcony would be unakite. He will attract fertility to you life, the flourishing of life and the gifts of the plant world. You can put it in a pot with a plant, always in plain sight.
Pair granite cobblestones will also attract stability to your home, create strong foundation for life and anchoring the energy of the Earth.
They can lie on the floor as a reminder of the strength and confidence of your earthly path in harmony with the planet.
Programming stones
Stones are a living kingdom of minerals, and they are capable of serving man. However, every stone you have should know what to do with you.
He is waiting for your intention and command. Therefore you need your own stones program.
The program should be formulated simply and clearly, and specifically, without discrepancies.
In a pile of stones lying together with a program, there can only be one. Then it’s worth remembering which program is embedded in which stone.
It is not at all necessary to place stones in all rooms at once. If there are few stones, then you can start with one room that is most important to you.
You can make an altar in your home and expand it energetically throughout the house. To do this, you should place different stones around the perimeter of your home and include them on the altar. The result will be a kind of network. You can choose stones for the perimeter from the lists for rooms.
How to insert the desired program into a stone
It is quite possible that one of your stones will be the largest, most important, and powerful. We program it. He - holder of your main idea.
I advise you to write your program on a piece of paper and put it under the crystal for a few minutes. Let him read it.
But each room can have its own holder. Then program some crystals or stones.
Programming order:
1. Determine the stones you need, prepare a time and place for your programming ritual
2. Write notes for each stone, put them under them so they can read them.
3. Now take each stone in your hands, press it to your heart and speak your intention to it three times, then exhale on it three times, move on to the next one.
4. Then tell all your stones out loud what they should do together, how overall team your support.
5. Give thanks to the stones and distribute it to places.
Stones need to be washed sometimes, and after stress and shock, wash them more often. The program you put in will not be washed off with water.
Current questions about the energy of stones
Should you choose stones according to your zodiac?
You can do it. But this is completely not necessary. Most stones on the planet are quartz, and they suit everyone.
Most of the astrological lists of stones were written by people, but God only created everything for everyone, without restrictions. The person has changed, and so has the energy.
If we are moving towards unity, why divisions? I invite you to universality!
Can a stone harm me?
Can a mountain harm you? If only you blow it up. The mineral kingdom simply exists as a planet for life.
If you are friendly to the planet, the Earth, then stone is friendly. Energy is always just energy. A person paints it.
The stone simply holds stable vibrations, but a person is mobile in his vibrations, sometimes falling.
When the vibrational difference between the stone and the person is great, the person can feel the energies more acutely. The stone must correspond.
Therefore, through a stone it is easier to feel yourself and begin the path to stability.
Your first unpleasant sensations from the stone may indicate that it is not the stone that is bad, but that you cannot channel its energy. In such cases it is necessary to take small doses expand your vibrational range.
A side effect of this will be your increased stability at the energy level and stable grounding.
Your health will gradually improve and your vibrations will rise. You will notice your increased energy intensity and enthusiasm for life.
In a space charged with crystals, life rises to new level in all areas.
If you want to learn how to properly cooperate with stones and put in them the Intention for protection and development, come to the Master Class of Tatyana Fomicheva and Alena Starovoitova. It's time to act!
P.S. All stones in the illustrations are from a personal collection
And so it went. Every day Prokopyich gives Danilushka work, but everything is fun. As soon as the snow fell, he told him and his neighbor to go pick up firewood and help him out. Well, what a help! He sits forward on the sleigh, drives the horse, and walks back behind the cart. He’ll wash himself off, eat at home, and sleep better. Prokopich made him a fur coat, a warm hat, mittens, and pymas to order. Prokopich, you see, had wealth. Even though he was a serf, he was on quitrent and earned little. He stuck tightly to Danilushka. To put it bluntly, he was holding on to his son. Well, I didn’t spare him for him, but didn’t let him get to his business until the time was right.
In a good life, Danilushko began to quickly recover and also clung to Prokopich. Well, how! - I understood Prokopyichev’s concern; for the first time I had to live like this. Winter has passed. Danilushka felt completely at ease. Now he’s on the pond, now in the forest. It was only Danilushko’s skill that he looked closely at. He comes running home, and right away they have a conversation. He will tell Prokopich about this and that, and ask - what is it and how is it? Prokopich will explain and show in practice. Danilushko notes. When he himself will accept it. “Well, I...” - Prokopich looks, corrects when necessary, indicates how best.
One day the clerk spotted Danilushka on the pond. He asks his messengers:
- Whose boy is this? Every day I see him on the pond... On weekdays he plays around with a fishing rod, and he’s not a little one... Someone is hiding him from work...
The messengers found out and told the clerk, but he didn’t believe it.
“Well,” he says, “drag the boy to me, I’ll find out myself.”
They brought Danilushka. The clerk asks:
- Whose are you?
Danilushko answers:
- Apprenticeship, they say, with a master in the malachite trade.
The clerk then grabbed him by the ear:
- This is how you learn, bastard! - Yes, by the ear and took him to Prokopich.
He sees that something is wrong, let’s protect Danilushka:
- It was I who sent him to catch perch. I really miss fresh perch. Due to my poor health, I cannot take any other food. So he told the boy to fish.
The clerk didn't believe it. I also realized that Danilushko had become completely different: he had gained weight, he was wearing a good shirt, pants too, and boots on his feet. So let’s check Danilushka:
- Well, show me what the master taught you?
Danilushko put on the donut, walked up to the machine and let’s tell and show. Whatever the clerk asks, he has an answer ready for everything. How to chip a stone, how to saw it, remove a chamfer, when to glue it, how to apply polish, how to attach it to copper, like to wood. In a word, everything is as it is.
The clerk tortured and tortured, and he said to Prokopich:
- This one seems to suit you well?
“I’m not complaining,” Prokopich answers.
- That’s right, you’re not complaining, but you’re pampering yourself! They gave him to you to learn the skill, and he is by the pond with a fishing rod! Look! I’ll give you such fresh perches - you won’t forget them until you die, and the boy won’t be happy either.
He made such and such a threat, left, and Prokopich marveled:
- When did you, Danilushko, understand all this? Actually, I haven’t taught you at all yet.
“I myself,” says Danilushko, “showed and told, and I noticed.”
Prokopich even started to cry, it was so close to his heart.
“Son,” he says, “darling, Danilushko... What else I know, I’ll tell you everything... I won’t hide it...
Only from that time on, Danilushka did not have a comfortable life. The clerk sent for him the next day and began giving him work for the lesson. First, of course, something simpler: plaques, what women wear, little boxes. Then it all started: different candlesticks and decorations. There we reached the carving. Leaves and petals, patterns and flowers. After all, they - the malachite workers - are in a messy business. It’s just a trivial thing, but how long has he been sitting on it! So Danilushko grew up doing this work.
And when he carved the snake sleeve from a solid stone, the clerk recognized him as a master. I wrote to Barin about this:
“So and so, we have a new malachite master - Danilko Nedokormish. It works well, but it's still quiet when it's young. Will you order him to remain in class or, like Prokopyich, to be released on quitrent?”
Danilushko did not work quietly, but surprisingly deftly and quickly. It’s Prokopich who really got the knack here. The clerk will ask Danilushka what lesson for five days, and Prokopich will go and say:
- Not because of this. This kind of work takes half a month. The guy is studying. If you hurry, the stone will only serve no purpose. 
Well, the clerk will argue how many, and you see, he will add more days. Danilushko and worked without strain. I even learned to read and write little by little from the clerk. So, just a little, but still I understood how to read and write. Prokopich was also good at this. When he himself gets the hang of doing Danilushka’s clerk’s lessons, only Danilushko did not allow this:
- What you! What are you doing, uncle! Is it your job to sit at the machine for me? Look, your beard has turned green from malachite, your health has begun to deteriorate, but what am I doing?
Danilushko had indeed recovered by that time. Even though in the old fashioned way they called him Nedokormysh, but what a guy he is! Tall and ruddy, curly and cheerful. In a word, girlish dryness. Prokopich had already started talking to him about brides, and Danilushko shook his head:
- He won’t leave us! Once I become a real master, then there will be a conversation.
The master wrote back to the clerk's news:
“Let that Prokopichev student Danilko make another turned bowl on a leg for my home. Then I’ll look at whether to release the quitrent or keep it in lessons. Just make sure that Prokopyich doesn’t help that Danilka. If you don’t watch, you will be punished.”
The clerk received this letter, called Danilushka, and said:
- Here, with me, you will work. They will set up the machine for you and bring you the stone you need.
Prokopich found out and was saddened: how could this be? what kind of thing? I went to the clerk, but would he really say... He just shouted: “It’s none of your business!”
Well, Danilushko went to work at a new place, and Prokopich punished him:
- Look, don’t rush, Danilushko! Don't prove yourself.
Danilushko was wary at first. He tried it on and figured it out more, but it seemed sad to him. Do it, don’t do it, and serve your sentence - sit with the clerk from morning to night. Well, Danilushko was bored and went wild. The cup was with his living hand and went out of business. The clerk looked as if this was the way it should be, and said:
- Do the same again!
Danilushko made another, then a third. When he finished the third, the clerk said:
- Now you can’t dodge! I caught you and Prokopyich. The master, according to my letter, gave you time for one bowl, and you carved three. I know your strength. You won't deceive me anymore, and I'll show that old dog how to indulge! Will order for others!
So I wrote to the master about this and provided all three bowls. Only the master - either he found a clever verse on him, or he was angry with the clerk for something - turned everything the other way around.
The rent he assigned to Danilushka was trivial, he did not order the guy to take it from Prokopich - maybe the two of them would come up with something new sooner. When I wrote, I sent the drawing. There is also a bowl drawn with all sorts of things. There is a carved border along the rim, a stone ribbon with a through pattern on the waist, and leaves on the footrest. In a word, invented. And on the drawing the master signed: “Let him sit for at least five years, so that something like this is done exactly.”
Here the clerk had to go back on his word. He announced that the master had written it, sent Danilushka to Prokopich and gave him the drawing.
Danilushko and Prokopyich became happier, and their work went faster. Danilushko soon began to work on that new cup. There are a lot of tricks in it. If you hit me a little wrong, your work is gone, start again. Well, Danilushka has a true eye, a brave hand, enough strength - things are going well. There is one thing he doesn’t like - there are a lot of difficulties, but there is absolutely no beauty. I told Prokopyich, but he was just surprised:
- What do you care? They came up with it, which means they need it. I’ve turned and cut out all sorts of things, but I don’t really know where they go.
I tried to talk to the clerk, but where are you going? He stamped his feet and waved his arms:
-Are you crazy? They paid a lot of money for the drawing. The artist may have been the first to make it in the capital, but you decided to overthink it!
Then, apparently, he remembered what the master ordered him - maybe the two of them could come up with something new - and he said:
- Here’s what... make this bowl according to the master’s drawing, and if you invent another one of your own, it’s your business. I won't interfere. We have enough stone, I guess. Whichever one you need, that’s the one I’ll give you.
It was then that Danilushka’s thought struck. It’s not us who said that you need to criticize someone else’s wisdom a little, but come up with your own - you’ll be turning from side to side for more than one night. Here Danilushko is sitting over this bowl according to the drawing, but he himself is thinking about something else. He translates in his head which flower, which leaf is best suited to the malachite stone. He became thoughtful and sad. Prokopich noticed and asked:
- Are you healthy, Danilushko? It would be easier with this bowl. What's the hurry? I should go on a walk somewhere, otherwise you just sit and sit.
“And then,” says Danilushko, “at least go to the forest.” Will I see what I need? 
From then on, I began to run into the forest almost every day. It's time for mowing and berries. The grasses are all in bloom. Danilushko will stop somewhere in the meadow or in a clearing in the forest and stand and look. And then again he walks through the mowing and looks at the grass, as if looking for something. There were a lot of people in the forest and in the meadows at that time. They ask Danilushka if he has lost anything? He will smile sadly and say:
- I haven’t lost it, but I can’t find it.
Well, who started talking:
- There's something wrong with the guy.
And he will come home and go straight to the machine and sit until the morning, and with the sun he will go back to the forest and mow. I began to drag all sorts of leaves and flowers home, and gathered more and more from them: cherry and omega, datura and wild rosemary, and all sorts of rezuns. He fell asleep on his face, his eyes became restless, he lost courage in his hands. Prokopich became completely worried, and Danilushko said:
- The cup doesn’t give me peace. I want to do it in such a way that the stone has full power.
Prokopich, let's talk him out of it:
- What did you use it for? You're full, what else? Let the bars have fun as they please. If only they wouldn't hurt us. If they come up with a pattern, we’ll do it, but why bother meeting them? Put on an extra collar - that's all.
Well, Danilushko stands his ground.
“Not for the master,” he says, “I’m trying.” I can't get that cup out of my head. I see, hey, what kind of stone we have, and what are we doing with it? We sharpen and cut, and polish, and there’s no point at all. So I had the desire to do this so that I could see the full power of the stone myself and show people.
In time, Danilushko walked away and sat down again at that bowl, according to the master’s drawing. It works, but he chuckles:
- Stone tape with holes, carved border...
Then he suddenly abandoned this work. Another started. Standing at the machine without a break. Prokopich said:
- I will make my cup using the datura flower.
Prokopich began to dissuade him. At first Danilushko didn’t even want to listen, then, three or four days later, he made some mistake and said to Prokopich:
- OK. First I’ll finish the master’s bowl, then I’ll get to work on my own. Just don’t talk me out of it then... I can’t get her out of my head.
Prokopich answers:
“Okay, I won’t interfere,” but he thinks: “The guy is leaving, he’ll forget. He needs to be married. That's what! The extra nonsense will fly out of your head as soon as you start a family.” 
Danilushko busied himself with the bowl. There is a lot of work with her - you can’t fit it into one year. He works hard and doesn’t think about the datura flower. Prokopich began to talk about marriage:
- At least Katya Letemina is not a bride? Good girl... Nothing to complain about.
This was Prokopich speaking out of his mind. You see, he noticed a long time ago that Danilushko was looking at this girl very much. Well, she didn't turn away. It was as if Prokopich inadvertently started a conversation. And Danilushko repeats his own:
- Wait a minute! I can handle the cup. I'm tired of her. Just look - I’ll hit it with a hammer, and he’s talking about marriage! Katya and I agreed. She will wait for me.
Well, Danilushko made a bowl according to the master’s drawing. Of course, they didn’t tell the clerk, but at home he decided to have a little party. Katya - the bride - came with her parents, who also... there are more malachite craftsmen. Katya marvels at the cup.
“How,” he says, “only you managed to cut out such a pattern and didn’t break off the stone anywhere!” How smooth and clean everything is!
The masters also approve:
- Exactly according to the drawing. There is nothing to complain about. Cleanly done. It’s better not to do it, and soon. If you start working like that, it will probably be hard for us to follow you.
Danilushko listened and listened, and then said:
- It’s a shame that there’s nothing to complain about. Smooth and even, the pattern is clean, the carving is according to the drawing, but where is the beauty? There is a flower... the most inferior one, but when you look at it, your heart rejoices. Well, who will this cup make happy? What is she for? Anyone who looks at Katya over there will marvel at what kind of eye and hand the master has, how he had the patience not to break off a stone anywhere.
“And where I made a mistake,” the craftsmen laugh, “I glued it and covered it with polish, and you won’t find the ends.”
- That's it... And where, I ask, is the beauty of the stone? Then the tremors passed, and you drill holes in it and cut flowers. What are they here for? Damage is a stone. And what a stone! First stone! You see, the first one!
He began to get excited. Apparently he drank a little.
The masters tell Danilushka that Prokopich told him more than once:
- A stone is a stone. What will you do with him? Our job is to sharpen and cut.
There was only one old man here. He also taught Prokopyich and those other masters. Everyone called him grandfather. He’s such a decrepit little old man, but he also understood this conversation, and he says to Danilushka:
- You, dear son, don’t walk on this floorboard! Get it out of your head! Otherwise you will end up with the Mistress as a mining master...
- What kind of masters, grandfather?
- And such... they live in grief, no one sees them... Whatever the Mistress needs, they will do. I happened to see it once. Here's the job! From ours, from here, in distinction.
When he himself gets the hang of doing Danilushka’s clerk’s lessons, only Danilushko would not allow this.
- What you! What are you doing, uncle! Is it your job to sit at the machine for me? Look, your beard has turned green from malachite, your health has begun to deteriorate (get sick. (Ed.)), but what am I doing?
Danilushko had indeed recovered by that time. Even though in the old fashioned way they called him Nedokormysh, but what a guy he is! Tall and ruddy, curly and cheerful. In a word, girlish dryness. Prokopich has already started talking to him about brides, and Danilushko, you know, shakes his head:
- He won’t leave us! Once I become a real master, then there will be a conversation.
The master wrote back to the clerk's news:
“Let that Prokopyich student Danilko make another chiseled bowl on a leg for my house. Then I’ll see if I can pay rent or keep it in lessons. Just make sure that Prokopyich doesn’t help that Danilka. If you don’t, you’ll be punished.”
The clerk received this letter, called Danilushka and said:
- Here, with me, you will work. They will set up the machine for you and bring you the stone you need.
Prokopich found out and was saddened: how could this be? what kind of thing? I went to the clerk, but would he really say... He just shouted: “It’s none of your business!”
Well, Danilushko went to work in a new place, and Prokopich punished him:
- Look, don’t rush, Danilushko! Don't prove yourself.
Danilushko was wary at first. He tried it on and figured it out more, but it seemed sad to him. Do it, don’t do it, and serve your sentence - sit with the clerk from morning to night. Well, Danilushko was bored and went wild. The cup was with his living hand and went out of business. The clerk looked as if this was the way it should be, and said:
- Do the same again!
Danilushko made another, then a third. When he finished the third, the clerk said:
- Now you can’t dodge! I caught you and Prokopyich. The master, according to my letter, gave you time for one bowl, and you carved three. I know your strength. You won't deceive me anymore, and I'll show that old dog how to indulge! Will order for others!
So I wrote to the master about this and provided all three bowls. Only the master - either he found a clever verse on him, or he was angry with the clerk for something - turned everything the other way around.
The rent given to Danilushka was trivial, he did not order the guy to take it from Prokopich - maybe the two of them would sooner come up with something new. When I wrote, I sent the drawing. There is also a bowl drawn with all sorts of things. There is a carved border along the rim, a stone ribbon with a through pattern on the waist, and leaves on the footrest. In a word, invented. And on the drawing the master signed: “Let him sit for at least five years, so that something like this is done exactly.”
Here the clerk had to go back on his word. He announced that the master had written it, sent Danilushka to Prokopich and gave him the drawing.
Danilushko and Prokopyich became happier, and their work went faster. Danilushko soon began to work on that new cup. There are a lot of tricks in it. If you hit me a little wrong, your work is gone, start again. Well, Danilushka has a true eye, a brave hand, enough strength - things are going well. There is one thing he doesn’t like - there are a lot of difficulties, but there is absolutely no beauty. I told Prokopyich, but he was just surprised:
- What do you care? They came up with it, which means they need it. I’ve turned and cut out all sorts of things, but I don’t really know where they go.
I tried to talk to the clerk, but where are you going? He stamped his feet and waved his arms:
-Are you crazy? They paid a lot of money for the drawing. The artist may have been the first to do it in the capital, but you decided to overthink it!
Then, apparently, he remembered what the master ordered him - maybe the two of them could come up with something new - and said:
- Here’s what... make this bowl according to the master’s drawing, and if you invent another one of your own, it’s your business. I won't interfere. We have enough stone, I guess. Whichever one you need, that’s the one I’ll give you.
It was then that Danilushka’s thought struck. It’s not us who said that you need to criticize someone else’s wisdom a little, but come up with your own - you’ll be turning from side to side for more than one night. Here Danilushko is sitting over this bowl according to the drawing, but he himself is thinking about something else. He translates in his head which flower, which leaf is best suited to the malachite stone. He became thoughtful and sad. Prokopich noticed and asked:
- Are you healthy, Danilushko? It would be easier with this bowl. What's the hurry? I should go on a walk somewhere, otherwise you just sit and sit.
“And then,” says Danilushko, “at least go to the forest.” Will I see what I need?
From then on, I began to run into the forest almost every day. It's time for mowing and berries. The grasses are all in bloom. Danilushko will stop somewhere in the meadow or in a clearing in the forest and stand and look. And then again he walks through the mowing and looks at the grass, as if looking for something. There were a lot of people in the forest and in the meadows at that time. They ask Danilushka if he has lost anything? He will smile sadly and say:
- I haven’t lost it, but I can’t find it.
Just recently you became acquainted with the attitude of the writer A.I. Kuprin to colloquial, dialect words. It, as you remember, was negative. Kuprin did not really like to use them in his works.
1. Now imagine that the heroes of Bazhov’s tale speak the language of Kuprin’s heroes. To make it easier to imagine, take some words used by P.P. Bazhov, and replace them with words from the literary language, that is, select synonyms for them: quickly, to grieve, to help, to cope, very badly. Do you think the character language will benefit or lose from this change? Give reasons for your answer.
2. P.P. Bazhov introduces words-terms into the text of the tale, the meaning of which can be found out from the dictionary or from the content of the fragment (context): balodka, golk. Find these words in the text and determine their meaning.
Often the speech of the heroes of a tale is saturated with colloquial words and expressions, and this makes it possible to feel the peculiarity of character, the uniqueness of personality, for a person is manifested not only in deeds, but also in words. Look what juicy phrases are characteristic of Prokopyich, Danilushka, and the writer himself: hear; go on a wild ride(relax); maybe; not enough for a week(about Danilushka’s health); bachelors(unmarried guys); grandfather; very liquid place.
3. Choose synonyms for the following words and phrases that clarify their meaning.
Exactly; suddenly a row; there will be a penalty; to burn; probably twelve years old then, or even more; baby; boarded up; hold your son instead; to be eaten away; They will bring the stone you need; malachite, for excellence; who deliberately spoiled; not-able; don't expose yourself; talk about; to surround a stone; the gaffe comes out; the poison is pure; papor; boy; go bald; wash; shouted; protcha; let go; difference; got angry; heart; from the face, apparently, it will be a good thing; some bread; purely on music.
The language of the tale is close to folk, fairy tale. But a tale is different from a fairy tale. Let's try to highlight the main differences between a magical folk tale and a fairy tale.
Remember: where does the action take place in a fairy tale? Somewhere very far away (“In a certain kingdom, in a certain state”, “far away lands in the thirtieth kingdom”, etc.). The space of the fairy tale is fantastic, remote. In a fairy tale, the place of action is real, concrete, the narrator lives in it - this first difference.
Second difference associated with the image of the narrator. In a fairy tale, he is neither a witness nor a participant in the narrative; he talks about “the affairs of bygone days, the legends of deep antiquity.” In a tale, the narrator is either a witness or a participant in events. It feels like these events happened quite recently.
The time between the story and the events that take place in the fairy tale is distant, sometimes indefinitely. In a tale, this time is as close as possible to the moment of narration. This third difference.
Fourth- characteristics of heroes. In a fairy tale, the characters of the main characters do not depend on social status (both Ivan the Tsarevich and Ivan the peasant son are equally positive heroes). In the tale, this difference is obvious and very significant (the clerk cannot be a positive hero, and the master worker cannot be negative).
Finally, fifth difference- in the nature of magic. In a fairy tale of transformation, magic is the basis of the action. It is with the help of magical power that the main character of the fairy tale defeats his enemies. In the tale, magical power is only a source of inspiration for the master.
4. Compare the tale of P.P. Bazhov with a Russian fairy tale.
Ural malachite vase
NICHOLAY
NIKOLAEVICH
NOSOV
1908-1976
N. Nosov was born in 1908 in the village of Irpen near Kyiv in the family of a pop artist. From his infancy, he loved to dream and in his dreams he tried dozens of different wonderful professions. He was especially attracted to music, and he wanted to “become someone like Paganini.” At nineteen he entered the Kiev Art Institute, from where in 1929 he transferred to the Moscow State Institute of Cinematography. Maybe this is what helped him subsequently see and create images of the heroes of his stories and tales so clearly and vividly: H.H. Nosov was a director of animated films, educational and scientific films. During the Great Patriotic War, he worked on the creation of military-technical films.
In his own words, he became a writer by accident: after the birth of his son, he often had to tell the baby various stories, compose fairy tales, which not only his son, but also his little friends listened to with pleasure.
His first story, “Entertainers,” was published in 1938. And the first thin book, “Knock-Knock-Knock,” was published in 1945. Since then, dozens of his books have been published, and for H.H. Nosov firmly established his reputation as “the funniest writer.” When one of the most famous books by H.H. was published in 1954. Nosov - the trilogy “The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends”, “Dunno in the Sunny City” and “Dunno on the Moon”, thousands of boys and girls bombarded the writer with requests so that Dunno’s adventures would never end.
Works by H.H. Nosov is read with enthusiasm by children not only in our country. His books have been translated into many languages of the world.
Questions and tasks
1. What works of H.H. Have you already read Nosov, why did you like them and what did you remember about them?
2. Plan a report about the writer. Prepare your answer according to this plan.
"Dunno in the Sunny City." Artist A.M. Laptev.
THREE HUNTERS
Once upon a time there lived three cheerful hunters: Uncle Vanya, Uncle Fedya and Uncle Kuzma. So they went into the forest. We walked and walked, saw many different animals, but didn’t kill anyone. And they decided to make a halt: to rest, that is. They sat down on the green lawn and began to tell each other various interesting incidents.
Hunter Uncle Vanya was the first to tell.
“Listen,” he said. - That was a long time ago. One winter I went into the forest, but I didn’t have a gun in that hole: I was little then. Suddenly I see a wolf. So huge. I'm running away from him. And the wolf, apparently, noticed that I was without a gun. How he will run after me!
“Well,” I think, “I can’t escape from him.”
I look - a tree. I'm on a tree. The wolf wanted to bite me, but didn’t have time. I just tore the back of my pants with my teeth. I climbed a tree, sat on a branch and shook with fear. And the wolf sits below in the snow, looks at me and licks his lips,
I think: “Okay, I’ll sit here until the evening. At night the little wolf will fall asleep, I’ll keep him away.”
In the evening, however, another wolf came. And the two of them began to guard me. One wolf is sleeping, and the other is watching so that I don’t run away. A little later the third wolf came. Then again and again. And a whole pack of wolves gathered under the tree. Everyone sits and clicks their teeth at me. They are waiting for me to fall on top of them.
In the morning the frost hit. Forty degrees. My arms and legs were numb. I couldn't stay on the branch. Boom down! The whole wolf pack will attack me! Something will crackle!
“Well,” I think, “it’s my bones that are cracking.”
But it turns out that the snow fell through before me. I flew down and found myself in a den. Below, it turns out, there was a bear's den. The bear woke up, jumped out of fear, saw the wolves and started fighting them. In one minute he scattered all the wolves.
I grew bolder and slowly looked out of the den. I look: there are no wolves - and let’s run. I ran home and could barely catch my breath. Well, my mom sewed up the hole in my pants, so it became completely unnoticeable. And daddy, as soon as he found out about this incident, immediately bought me a gun so that I wouldn’t dare wander around the forest without a gun. So from then on I became a hunter.
Uncle Fedya and Uncle Kuzma laughed at how Uncle Vanya was scared of wolves. And then Uncle Fedya says:
I was also scared of a bear once in the forest. Only this was in the summer. I once went into the forest, but forgot my gun at home. Suddenly a bear comes towards us. I'm running away from him. And he's behind me. I run fast, but the bear is even faster. I hear him already snoring behind me. I turned around, took my hat off my head and threw it to him. The bear stopped for a minute, sniffed the hat and followed me again. I feel it’s catching up again. And it’s still a long way from home. I took off my jacket as I walked and threw it to the bear. I think: I’ll delay him at least for a minute.
Well, the bear tore the jacket and sees that there is nothing edible in it. Follow me again. I had to throw him both trousers and boots. There's nothing you can do: you have to save yourself from the beast!
I ran out of the forest in only a T-shirt and panties. There is a river ahead and a bridge across it. Before I could run across the bridge, something started to crack! I looked around, and the bridge under the bear had collapsed. The bear splashes into the river!
“Well,” I think, “that’s what you need, tramp, so you don’t scare people in vain.”
Only under the bridge it was shallow. The bear crawled ashore, shook himself properly and went back into the forest.
And I say to myself:
“Well done, Uncle Fedya! Deftly tricked the bear! But how can I go home now? On the street, people will see that I’m almost naked, and they’ll laugh at me.”
And I decided: I’ll sit here in the bushes, and when it gets dark, I’ll go slowly. I hid in the bushes and sat there until the evening, and then I got out and began to make my way through the streets. As soon as I see someone coming towards me, I’ll immediately duck around the corner somewhere and sit there in the dark, so as not to be seen.
Finally got home. I wanted to open the door, grab and grab, but I didn’t have the key! The key was in my pocket, in my jacket. And I threw my jacket to the bear. I should have taken the key out of my pocket first, but there was no time for that.
What to do? I tried to break down the door, but the door turned out to be strong.
“Well,” I think, “I shouldn’t freeze outside at night.”
I slowly dropped the glass and climbed into the window.
Suddenly someone grabs me by the legs! And screams at the top of his lungs:
Hold it! Hold it!
Immediately people came running from somewhere. Some shout:
Hold it! He climbed into someone else's window!
Others scream:
The police need him! To the police!
I speak:
Brothers, why am I going to the police? I was going into my house.
And the one who grabbed me says:
Don't listen to him, brothers. I've been following him for a long time. He hid in dark corners all the time. And he wanted to break down the door, and then he climbed out the window.
Then the policeman came running. Everyone started telling him what happened.
The policeman says:
Your documents!
What documents do I have, I say? The bear ate them.
Stop joking! How did the bear eat it?
I wanted to tell you, but no one wants to listen.
Then, in response to the noise, neighbor Aunt Dasha came out of her house. She saw me and said:
Let him go. This is our neighbor, Uncle Fedya. He actually lives in this house.
The policeman believed me and let me go.
And the next day I bought myself a new suit, hat and boots. And from then on I began to live and live, and show off in a new suit.
Uncle Vanya and Uncle Kuzma laughed at what happened to Uncle Fedya. Then Uncle Kuzma said:
I also met a bear once. It was in winter. I went into the forest. I see a bear. I bang from the gun. And the bear kicked to the ground. I put him on the sled and took him home. I drag him around the village on a sled. Hard. Thank you, the village kids helped me take him home.
I brought the bear home and left it in the middle of the yard. My little son Igor saw it and his mouth opened in surprise.
And the wife says:
That's good! You'll skin the bear and we'll make you a fur coat.
Then the wife and son went to drink tea. I was about to start skinning, and then, out of nowhere, the dog Foxy came running and grabbed the bear’s ear with his teeth! The bear will jump up and bark at Foxy! It turned out that he was not killed, but only froze from fear when I shot.
Foxy got scared and ran into the kennel. And how the bear will rush at me! I'm running away from him. I saw a ladder near the chicken coop and climbed up. Climbed onto the roof. I looked, and the bear followed me. He also perched himself on the roof. But the roof could not stand it. How it will collapse! The bear and I flew into the chicken coop. The chickens got scared. How they cackle, how they fly to the sides!
I jumped out of the coop. Hurry to the house. The bear is behind me. I'm going to the room. And a bear in the room. I caught my foot on the table and knocked him down. All the dishes fell to the floor. And the samovar flew. Igor hid under the sofa out of fear.
Get up quickly! Get up!
I opened my eyes, I looked, and it was my wife waking me up.
Get up, he says, it’s already morning. You were planning to go hunting.
I got up and went hunting, but I didn’t see the bear again that day. And from then on I began to live and live, and slurp cabbage soup, and chew bread, and flaunt in a new suit, wow!
Uncle Vanya and Uncle Fedya laughed at this story. And Uncle Kuzma laughed with them.
And then all three went home. Uncle Vanya said:
Had a good hunt, didn't we? And the animals didn’t kill a single one, and they had a fun time.
“And I don’t like killing little animals,” answered Uncle Fedya. - Let bunnies, squirrels, hedgehogs and foxes live peacefully in the forest. No need to touch them.
And let the different birds live too,” said Uncle Kuzma. - Without little animals and little birds, the forest would be boring. There is no need to kill anyone. Animals must be loved.
These were the three cheerful hunters.
Questions and tasks
1. Hunters' stories - are they true or funny fiction?
2. Which painting by a famous Russian artist can be used as an illustration for this story? State the name and surname of the artist.
3. Prepare at home for expressive reading of the story, and in class read the story by role.
4. What colloquial words and expressions does the writer use? For what purpose do you think?
Living word
Come up with and tell a funny story.
After lessons
Prepare for the quiz “The Works of H.H. Nosov on the screen: films and animation.” Take this quiz.
EUGENE
IVANOVICH
NOSOV
1925-2002
Writer E.I. Nosov “belongs to a generation that came to literature scorched by the fire of war.”
The writer was born in 1925, in the village of Tolmachevo, near Kursk on the banks of the Seim. His father was a craftsman, he worked as a mechanic, a hammerman in a blacksmith's shop, and a boilermaker. His grandfather also worked as a blacksmith in his time. From family traditions came to the writer “the deepest respect for work, the ability to see through all everyday life the poetic, beautiful side of both blacksmith and other crafts.”
His childhood was in the hungry and cold 1930s. But the boy was by nature an optimist and a romantic: he played games that he invented himself, was fascinated by ships, read books by Mine Reed and Jules Verne. From the age of five he peered into the world around him, tried with scissors (cutting out funny figures of animals from paper), and then reproduce with a pencil, “retain” in memory everything that strikes him. Then, much later, while engaged in literary work, the writer retained and developed in himself this perception of what was being recreated.
At eighteen he went to the front and became an artilleryman in an anti-tank brigade. Anti-tank artillery met the enemy first. More than once the young soldier Evgeniy Nosov looked death in the eye. He was seriously wounded near Königsberg. I met victory in the hospital. At the age of twenty, having been discharged from the hospital with disability benefits, the young man had to choose his own path. He leaves for Kazakhstan, works as a literary employee of a local newspaper. In 1959, his first book, “On the Fishing Path,” was published.
Questions and tasks
1. What is common in the biographies of P.P. Bazhov and E.I. Nosova?
2. What qualities determined the character of the boy Evgeny Nosov?
3*. What can you tell us about the writers Mine Reid and Jules Verne, whom young Evgeny Nosov was interested in?
4. What facts from the writer’s biography indicate his determination and great vitality?