We remember our favorite children's tales. Summary: "The Scarlet Flower" by S.T. Aksakova

"The Scarlet Flower" is a fairy tale, known to us from childhood, written by the Russian writer ST Aksakov. It was first published in 1858. Some researchers of the creativity of the author tend to believe that the plot of this work is borrowed from the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast" by Madame de Beaumont. So it or not, judge the reader. In this article, a short tale of "The Scarlet Flower" is given.

Introduction

In a certain kingdom there lived a rich merchant with his three daughters. The youngest, Nastenka, he loved more than anyone. She was very affectionate to her father. And somehow he is going to the road for the goods and punishing the daughters to live in peace and harmony, while he is not. And for this promise to bring each of them a gift, as they wish themselves. The eldest daughter asked her father for a gold crown, the middle one - a mirror of a crystal, a magic one, and the youngest one - a flower scarlet, which is not beautiful in the whole world. This concludes our introduction (its concise content). "Scarlet Flower" is a fairy tale in which good in the finals is conquered by evil. Evil spells will dissipate, and all will be rewarded according to merit. But more about this later. In the meantime, read the work further (its brief content).

"The Scarlet Flower". Aksakov ST Development of events

The merchant traveled for a long time to distant countries, he was trading. He bought gifts for older daughters. But in any way he will not understand, what is necessary for his Nastenka for the little flower. There is nothing to do, it's time to return home. But on the way to the homeland, his robbers are attacked by robbers. Our merchant remained without goods, and without friends-assistants. Long he wandered alone in the woods and saw a beautiful palace. He went there, looks, everything is trimmed with gold, silver and gem stones. Only our hero thought about food, as before him came a table with dishes. After eating, the merchant decided to take a walk along the beautiful garden near the palace. There grew outlandish plants, birds of paradise sat on trees . And suddenly he noticed a little flower, scarlet, which he had never seen more beautiful. The merchant was delighted, tore it. And at that moment everything turned dark, lightning flashed, and there was a huge shaggy monster before him. It roared, asked why he had torn off his little flower. The merchant fell to his knees before him, asked for forgiveness and permission to take this miracle to his youngest daughter Nastenka. The merchant's monster released him home, but he made a promise from him that he would come back here. And if he does not come, he should send one of his daughters. And in order to do this, the beast gave him a magic ring, putting it on, the merchant immediately found himself at home. This description of the meeting of the protagonist with the monster (summary).

"The Scarlet Flower". Aksakov S. T. Culmination

Oldest daughters accepted gifts from their father, but they refused to help him. I had to do this to Nastenka. She put a ring on her finger and found herself in a beautiful palace. She walks along it, can not marvel at such an unprecedented beauty, such a rich decoration. On the walls appear inscriptions of fire. This monster talks to her like that. Nastenka began to live here. But soon she missed her relatives and began to ask the owner to go home. She let her beast go home, but warned that if she did not return in three days, she would die of longing for her. She swore that she would be here at the appointed time. Nastenka put a ring on her finger and found herself in a father's house. She told her father and sisters how she lives with a monster in a beautiful palace. She told them how much wealth is stored in this place. Her sisters took black envy. They moved the arrows on all the watches in the house an hour ago. It's time to return to Nastenka's palace. The closer this moment, the stronger her heart aches. She could not stand it and put a ring on her finger. But only too late she noticed the deception of the sisters. She returned to the monster, but it is nowhere to be found. The garden is empty and the palace is empty. She walks, calls him. And then the girl saw that there was a monster on the hillock, and in the hands of his flower is scarlet. Nastenka rushed to him, embraced him. So the power of love and kindness of the girl won and envy, and fear, and dark charms. This is the most important moment in the fairy tale (its brief content).

"The Scarlet Flower". Aksakov S. T. End of the tale

As soon as Nastenka hugged the behemoth, lightning flashed, a thunder sounded. And he sees a beautiful woman who stands before her no longer a terrible beast, but a young man of a ruddy face. And the prince of the overseas told her that with her love she had destroyed the spell of an evil sorceress who had turned him into a monster. And he asked her to become his wife. They returned together to Nastenka's father, who blessed the young to live together, live and make good money.

More than a hundred years ago, ST Aksakov wrote his work. "Scarlet Flower", a summary of which is given in this article, and to this day remains one of our favorite fairy tales.