There is a good Russian proverb: "As it comes around, it will respond." The essence of this expression is very beautifully laid out in the tale of the Fox and the Crane. Wonderful Russian folk tale for children. Decorated with beautiful large pictures. Fairy tales with illustrations are a little more interesting to read for children. They see the heroes of the story and the text of the tale is perceived more easily and understandably.

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Fox and Crane

Russian folk tale for children

Lived - there were a fox and a crane. The fox and the crane became friends. So the fox decided to treat the crane, went to invite him to visit her:
- Come, kumanek, come, dear! I'll feed you.

The crane went to the invited feast. And the fox boiled semolina porridge and spread it on a plate. Served and regales:
- Eat, dear kumanek, - she cooked herself.
The crane knock-knock with his nose on the plate, knocked, knocked - nothing hits! And the fox licks herself and licks the porridge, so she ate everything herself.

She ate porridge and says:
- Do not blame me, kumanek! There is nothing more to eat.
The crane answers her:
- Thank you, godfather, and on this. Come to visit me.
The next day, the fox comes to the crane, and he prepared okroshka, poured it into a jug with a narrow neck, put it on the table and said:
- Eat, gossip. Right, there is nothing more to regale.

The fox began to spin around the jug. And so he goes in, and that way, and licks him, and sniffs something - he can’t get it in any way: his head won’t fit into the jug.
And the crane pecks at itself and pecks until it has eaten everything.
- Well, do not blame me, godfather! There is nothing more to feed.
Annoyance took the fox. I thought that I would eat for a whole week, but I went home - I slurped unsalted. As it backfired, so it responded.

Since then, the friendship between the fox and the crane has been apart.

Fox and crane

The fox made friends with the crane.

So the fox once decided to treat the crane, went to invite him to visit:

Come, kumanek, come, dear! How can I feed you!

A crane is going to a feast, and a fox has boiled semolina porridge and smeared it on a plate. Served and treats:

Eat, my dear kumanek! She cooked herself.

The crane clap-clap its nose, knocked-knocked, nothing hits. And the fox at this time licks herself and licks porridge - so she ate it all herself. The porridge is eaten; fox and says:

Do not blame me, dear godfather! There is nothing more to eat!

Thank you, godfather, and on this! Come to visit me.

The next day, the fox comes, and the crane prepared okroshka, poured it into a jug with a narrow neck, put it on the table and said:

Eat, gossip! Don't be ashamed, little dove.

The fox began to spin around the jug, and this way and that way, and lick it and sniff it; there is no sense like no! The head does not fit into the jug. Meanwhile, the crane pecks at itself and pecks while it has eaten everything.

Well, do not blame me, godfather! There is nothing else to feed.

Annoyance took the fox: she thought that she would eat for a whole week, but she went home, as she slurped unsalted. Since then, the friendship between the fox and the crane has been apart.

Alternative text:

The Fox and the Crane - Russian folk tale in the processing of Tolstoy A.N.

The Fox and the Crane - Russian folk tale in the processing of Afanasyev A.N.

In the Complete Collection of Krylov's Fables, such a fable is absent, that is, Ivan Andreevich did not write such a fable.

The last of his fables, The Nobleman, he completed in 1835. This fable Ivan Andreevich read them Imperial Majesties in the Anichkov Palace. Krylov was dressed up in a kravchey suit ( kravchy- the boyar who served the tsar at the table): in a Russian caftan, embroidered with gold, in red boots, with a gray beard tied up.

As for the work called "The Fox and the Crane", that is, a Russian folk tale in the processing of Leo Tolstoy, which is given at the end of this text.

Due to the fact that often a request is received specifically for fable "The Fox and the Crane", many authors write the fable themselves, giving it the same name. One of these variants of the fable is the author of the site « children's hour» invites you to read.

Fairy tale "The Fox and the Crane"

The fox and the crane became friends.So the fox decided to treat the crane, went to invite him to visit her:

- Come, kumanek, come, dear! I'll feed you!

The crane went to the invited feast. And the fox boiled semolina porridge and spread it on a plate. Served and regales:

- Eat, my dear kumanek, - she cooked herself.

The crane knock-knock with his nose on the plate, knocked, knocked - nothing hits!And the fox licks herself and licks the porridge, so she ate everything herself.She ate porridge and says:

— Don't blame me, kumanek! There is nothing more to eat.

The crane answers her:

- Thank you, godfather, and on this! Come to visit me.

The next day, the fox comes to the crane, and he prepared okroshka, poured it into a jug with a narrow neck, put it on the table and said:

- Eat, gossip! Right, there is nothing more to regale.

The fox began to spin around the jug. And he will come in like that, and like that, and lick it, and sniff it, - he can’t get it in any way: his head won’t fit into the jug.And the crane pecks at itself and pecks until it has eaten everything.

- Well, do not blame me, godfather! Nothing else to eat!

Annoyance took the fox. I thought that I would eat for a whole week, but I went home - I didn’t slurp salty. As backfired, so it responded!

Since then, the friendship between the fox and the crane has been apart.

You can listen to the story

Fox and crane- a children's folk tale presented by A. Afanasyev, a well-known literary historian and researcher of Russian folk art. The tale of the Fox and the Crane will introduce the child to good Russian humor. Firstly, the fairy tale can be read online for free and played with the child in roles. Secondly, while mom is preparing dinner, the child can pick up the right dishes for fairy tale characters. And do not stop only at the fox and the crane: give free rein to the children's imagination - and the largest basin will become a plate for the giant, and the smallest saucer will fit for Thumbelina.
Reading the fairy tale The Fox and the Crane online for free can be an occasion for a serious conversation that if the baby wants to have real friends, then his attitude towards others should be appropriate.

What does the tale of the Fox and the Crane teach?

This fairy tale teaches to be attentive to others, because this is the key to strong friendship! She shows the short-lived friendship between the cunning fox and the wise crane. Somehow the cheat invited a feathered friend to visit, and she put out a treat on a flat plate so that he could only knock with his beak. The crane repaid such hospitality to his friend in the same way, offering the red-haired guest a treat in a narrow jug ...

Russian folk tale about how a cunning fox and a crane were friends. The red-haired naughty crane invited her to visit and decided to treat him with porridge, which she thinly smeared on a saucer. In response, the crane offered her a treat in a jug with a narrow neck. Moral of the story: do not do meanness to another, you yourself will not get the same.

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The fox made friends with the crane. She even became a godmother to him when a bear cub appeared at a bear.

So the fox once decided to treat the crane, went to invite him to visit:

Come, kumanek, come, dear! How can I feed you!

A crane is going to a feast, and a fox has boiled semolina porridge and spread it on a plate. Served and treats:

Eat, my dear kumanek! She cooked herself.

The crane clap-clap its nose, knocked-knocked, nothing hits. And the fox at this time licks herself and licks the porridge - so she licked it all herself. The porridge is eaten; fox and says:

Do not blame me, dear godfather! Nothing else to eat!

Thank you, godfather, and on this! Come visit me now.

The next day, the fox comes, and the crane prepared okroshka, put it in a jug with a small neck, put it on the table and said:

Eat, gossip! True, there is nothing else to treat.

The fox began to spin around the jug, and this way and that way, and lick it and sniff it; it doesn't get anything! The head does not fit into the jug. Meanwhile, the crane pecks at itself and pecks while it has eaten everything.

Do not blame me, godfather! There is nothing else to feed.

Annoyance took the fox: she thought that she would eat for a whole week, but she went home, as she slurped unsalted. As it backfired, so it responded. Since then, the friendship between the fox and the crane has been apart.