The boy Slava, from our fairy tale, took the fashion - to offend children. How it started is not clear. Did Slava want to change himself? Has he gotten better? Let's not rush things, let's start reading a fairy tale ...

The Tale of Slava Obizhaikin

Once upon a time there was a boy Slava Umnikov. Glory, like Glory, he did many things for glory. For example, he ate well, ran fast, and even tried to compose poetry.

But Slava had one far from the best feature. He abused other children. From whom he will take away the machine, whom he will pull by the scythe, he will say an offensive word to someone.

No one said anything bad to Slava, but in their hearts the children were offended by him. And then one day the children went on an excursion to the Museum. And Glory too.

At the Museum, teacher Natalya Vasilievna told the children about the great poet Pushkin. Slava listened attentively, because he also tried to write poetry.

"Maybe I'll be a famous poet too," he thought.

- Slava Umnikov is our pride! A person to follow! Slava dreamed.

Suddenly, behind the portrait of Pushkin, Slava saw a little man winking at him.

“Let’s go pull the girls by the braids, and the boys step on the heels,” suggested the little man.

"Let's go," Slava agreed.

They approached Zoya Kruglova. The little man stopped, and Slava pulled Zoya's braid with all his might. But Zoya did not cry out. It seemed that she did not even feel the touch of Glory.

“Ay,” the little man yelled, “I forgot that some kind of magical power operates in the Museum, which does not allow offending people.

Glory was surprised.

“So there is a place in the world that is magical?” he thought.

- And now, guys, I will read you my poems.

What started here! The girls and boys made a noise, clamored, and said that they did not want to listen to the poems of Slava Obizhaikin (it was the children who came up with such a surname for him).

“We don’t need the poems that Obizhaikin wrote,” said Zoya Kruglova.

Glory stood red as cancer. He thought to himself:

I won't offend anyone anymore. It's not smart. And my surname is Umnikov, not Obizhaikin. And in general, suddenly I really become a famous person, and then one of my childhood friends will say that I offended him. This cannot be allowed.

Since then, Slava stopped offending the guys. And in general he became friends with them. Famous people must have many friends!

Questions and tasks for the fairy tale

What bad deeds did Slava do?

What was the main character's favorite activity?

What territory in the fairy tale was magical?

Did the children like Slava's poems?

Has the boy's behavior changed at the end of the story?

What proverbs fit the story?

As it comes around, so it will respond.
As you do, so it will return.
Do good and expect good.

The main meaning of the tale is that if you treat people with kindness, then they will come to you with kindness. And if you do not respect people, then they will not respect you, they will not show interest in you.

Why does the child hate animals? Almost all parents and every psychologist asked this question. Often the most calm and obedient baby can treat animals with an extreme degree of cruelty. Some parents look at this behavior of their child through their fingers, they say, they will outgrow and grow wiser. But most mothers and fathers are very concerned about the child's cruel attitude towards our smaller brothers.

Does the child hate animals? Causes…

So what are the reasons for this phenomenon? There are several of them, and we will consider each in detail.

1. Physical abuse

Perhaps this is the most understandable reason that a baby can offend an animal. In families where violence is the norm among adults, children get used to the idea that it is right. Using the example that adults set for him, the baby begins to project this behavior onto those who are weaker than him. Seeing how his mother, older brothers and sisters are offended, overflowing with love for them, the child knows that he cannot cope with someone who is bigger and stronger than him, and takes revenge in his own way. Torturing a cat, he believes that by throwing out the accumulated evil on a defenseless animal, he will become stronger and soon be able to beat the offender himself. If violence is applied directly to him, then he takes out his pain and resentment on the animal.

Advice: Nothing new can be suggested in this case. We live in a civilized society where violence against loved ones or animals is not just bad, in most cases it is a criminally punishable act. Never use physical force on loved ones, especially with a baby. No matter how much a cat that is spinning under your feet interferes with you, do not push the animal away with anger in front of the child. Do not punish older children in front of younger ones. And never spank the smallest member of the family. After all, he already knows that he is the weakest among all of you, and if you offend him, then there is simply no one else in the whole world to stand up for him.

2. Negative influence of friends

You hear the roar and cry of an animal and friendly laughter from the street. You look out and see an unpleasant picture - a cat is running around the yard, and cans are tied to its tail. The animal is simply mad with horror, and the gang of children laughs loudly at how it rushes about in search of shelter. In the center of this group of naughty is your kid, absolutely proud that he brought so much pleasure to his friends with his act and now has become the center of attention of older children for a long time. What to do in this case? Scold? It's useless, you just assure him that he is very cool, since his mother scolds, and the neighbor's children are happy.

Advice: Find out the reason why he did it. Most likely, the answer will be unequivocal - he was told that he was a coward if he did not tie cans to the tail of a cat, or something like that.

• Explain to the child that this is not just not beautiful, it is very cruel;
• Describe in colors the feelings that the animal experienced when this was done to him;
• In the end, isolate him from communication with those who are a bad influence on your child;

Advice: Of course, help the child to catch this cat and release the animal together. Feed and caress both. It depends on how you react and behave in this situation whether such cases will continue or the next time the baby will understand that being brave does not mean offending the weak.

Advice: Watch the cartoon "Mitten" with him. There, the girl so wanted to have a pet dog that her mitten turned into a puppy. Explain that the animal is a kind and loyal creature who will never ask to hurt his friends in order to have fun.

3. The impact of the environment on the behavior of the child

A small child is unlikely to be able to formulate and talk about the fact that he is offended in kindergarten or he has a contention with friends on the playground. Rather, he will definitely try to explain this to his mother, but whether she will hear him or not is another matter. Busy with work, affairs and everyday life, parents do not often delve into the babble of their young children. And it would be worth listening to. Maybe help the child, make him think, and understand what exactly the baby is trying to say. Meanwhile, the negative accumulates in the child and as a result, he needs to throw out his aggression on someone. And who, if not a weak and defenseless animal that cannot answer, is most suitable for the role of a "punching bag"?

Advice: Do not judge the baby strictly! This is most of your fault. Try to find the cause of aggression, find out who and how offends the baby, and eliminate the cause:

• Reconcile quarreling friends;
• Watch how your child communicates in a team, and try to explain to him what he is wrong about;
• In the end, isolate him from communication with those who offend him;
• Visit kindergarten and find out the reasons why your child was punished. It happens that educators, in order not to bother themselves with unnecessary problems, simply scold and punish children, for example, by putting them in a corner. And this is humiliation.

Advice: Only now you can start "rehabilitation" activities. First of all, explain to the child that in any case, no matter what happens, he can always count on your support and protection. Tell him that now everything will be fine and Vasya from the next entrance will not offend him again (BUT do not make empty promises). Compare the behavior of this Vasya with the act of a child when he offended a cat. Explain that in relation to him, the strong boy next door acted exactly as the little one did in relation to the weak cat. Explain to the baby that by doing so he becomes like a bad boy and the animal is just as hurt and offended as he is.

Advice: Read children's books to your child about how the weak need to be protected, not offended. There are many such, this topic is especially well developed in Russian folk tales:

• About the fox and the hare. In this tale, an evil fox drove a bunny out of the house, and a brave and courageous cockerel punished a cunning fox;
• Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka. This fairy tale will teach the child to care for those who are younger and smaller than him. He will tell you that it doesn’t matter at all what skin the beloved creature is in.

4. Self-affirmation

Not finding support and recognition of their merits from parents and others, the child begins to experiment and assert himself at the expense of those who are weaker than him. Offending an animal that cannot give him a worthy rebuff, he believes that now he has certainly become the strongest and most important.

Advice: Give your child the opportunity to show their worth in something more appropriate. For example, if he likes to run, run a race with him. It is clear that you are faster, but still, let the baby be the first in the relay. And then praise him for such results. Or, when clearing the table, ask the baby to take his plate to the sink. When this request is systematic, the child himself will get used to the fact that mom needs help and a reminder will no longer be needed. Praise the baby for the smallest good deed, repeat tirelessly that he is the strongest, bravest and smartest. Develop a sense of superiority in him, constantly supporting him with praise and be sure to explain that bad deeds do not make him stronger and more important.

Advice: Explain to your child that an animal is just a weak creature that needs love and care. And you can use your strength in good deeds. On this topic there is an interesting cartoon "Dasha the Traveler". In it, a little girl Dasha is friends with many animals, with whom they get into various difficult situations and overcome all the troubles by joint efforts. This cartoon can be a worthy example of the fact that animals are friends, and there should be no offense between friends.

5. Researcher-experimenter

When a child is still very young, he does not know the difference between the concepts of "living - not living." Playing with his toys, the baby involuntarily breaks them. Books and notebooks older sister or brother can burst with an interesting sound, and mugs and plates beat with a cheerful ringing. And after all, no one hurts and no one cries because of this! So why not try to tear off the cat's tail or step on the puppy's paw? And will definitely try! At least, in order to look at the reaction of the animal.

Advice: Channel your kid's exploration skills in the right direction. Buy him a designer or puzzles. Take his time with something interesting - books, cartoons, walks and just chatting. If the baby breaks toys or tears books, explain that things need to be protected, if only because tomorrow he will miss his favorite doll or car.

Advice: The wonderful rhyme “Grishka Skvortsov lived and had books” will explain to the kid in the best possible way that books also hurt. But do not forget to separate the living from the non-living. After all, realizing the difference, the child will understand that the animal can be very painful if offended and tormented.

Advice: There is an interesting animated series on this topic called "Three Kittens". There is even a separate series "The Tale of How a Kid Hurts an Animal." The cartoon is very understandable and instructive for the youngest viewers. It is worth watching this tale with your child and explaining to him why the kittens were wrong in relation to their pets, drawing a parallel with the behavior of the baby in relation to the neighbor's cat, whose tail was pinched by the door today.

6. Sadness-longing consumes him

Children who do not go to kindergarten, communicate little with their peers or are deprived of the attention of their parents, not knowing what to do with themselves, they try to misbehave everywhere and in everything. This is done in order to attract attention and brighten up your aimless pastime. And what else can you “stir up” indifferent parents or give yourself vivid sensations? Of course, to do something out of the ordinary. An animal screaming in pain, just what you need!

Advice: Keep your child busy with something interesting. After all, you are a parent, and you should know better what your baby will like:

• Active games. Play hide-and-seek with him at home or go to the playground, where he and his friends will have plenty of fun. It is unlikely that he will still have the strength to mischief at home, and even more so to offend animals;
• Educational games. There are a lot of them for the most different ages. Mosaics, puzzles, pyramids, games specially designed for different ages that can be bought at any children's store;
• Needlework. Drawing, modeling, applique, and much more, it all depends on the age of the child.

In addition, there are many interesting books, cartoons and educational TV programs for children. Make it so that the baby simply does not have time and energy to misbehave or offend pets.

7. I did not know, but now I will be more careful

This is probably the most common reason that children may offend animals. It rather refers to the research methods of the child, but it also needs to be said separately. The child expresses his feelings very violently. Limits for his love or dislike does not exist at all. Therefore, if he already hugs an animal, he will press him to himself so that his bones are already crunching. Or, playing with a kitten with a bow on a string, he pulls this toy too hard. The clinging kitten does not have time to straighten its paws and just hangs on the bow. At the same time, it becomes very painful for him and he refuses to run and have fun with the child further.

Advice: Explain to the baby as clearly as possible why the animal is “crying”. What did he do wrong and what would be right. Show where the cat has claws, how it clings to the bow and explain that cat claws are like human nails. Explain that you can hug mom and dad tightly, because they like it, and the animal is small and it only hurts.

8. Jealousy for the second child

This reason appears in those families where there are two or more children. The second child has his own toys, books and maybe a puppy or a kitten. Trying to "pull over the blanket" of the attention of parents, the baby begins to act by the most extreme methods. An older (or younger) favorite toy may be “accidentally” crushed, a new picture book unexpectedly torn, or a kitten screaming in pain when its tail is pulled.

Advice: When a small child appears, try to make sure that now in the house the word "mine" replaces the word "ours". Children should have shared toys, shared interests, and shared pets. Divide equally everything that you give or bring to the house for children. If the elder was given a candy, then the younger should receive the same. Look for common ground in the interests of children, deal with them equally. The elder sits down to do homework, seat the little one at the children's table and draw with him, sculpt from plasticine. Give all possible attention to each child.

The main thing is to help and not offend

From all of the above, only one conclusion can be drawn. In the fact that children torture and offend animals, in most cases, adults are to blame. It all comes down to one conclusion - the child is given too little attention. Busy parents entrust the care of their kids to grandparents, nannies and aunts. Yearning for mom and dad, considering himself abandoned and unnecessary, the child begins to do everything out of spite. If mom says that breaking toys is bad, I will break them! Let him get angry, at least so draw attention to himself. Severely punished or beaten for dragging a puppy by the ears, next time I will crush his paw with a door! If you cause a feeling of contradiction in a child, it will be very difficult to overcome it. There is only one method here - without raising your voice, face to face to communicate with the child, to exhort and talk. Give reasons, examples, read books and spend a lot of time together.

An inattentive attitude to the problems of your own baby can give rise to aggression and negativity on his part and splash out in negative actions. If you do not see and do not take action in time, you can see in the future how he offends his younger sisters and brothers. Let's not look far ahead now, but cruelty in people tends to only grow. IN childhood you can still explain to the child and guide him along the path of kindness and understanding. It is no longer possible for an adult who is accustomed to live, not paying attention to the insults and pain of others, to prove that he is not doing the right thing.

You can give a lot of examples of books that talk about animals and what is good and what is bad. But cartoons about animals and children are sometimes so exciting that even adults enjoy watching them. One of the recognized masterpieces is Masha and the Bear. An amazing multi-part story about how carefully and reverently a big and strong bear treats the naughty Masha. Watch this cartoon with your baby, laugh and be touched, and be sure to explain that any animal can become his most reliable friend if he does not offend him.

Or the second example is the excellent cartoon Peppa Pig.

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The tale of the boy who screamed and stamped his feet

Tale of a boy, who screamed and stamped his feet.

lived - was boy. His name was Andreyka. He was very naughty boy. Most often he said - "I do not want, I will not" and stamped his feet. In the morning, my mother woke Andreyka and called him for breakfast. Andreika sat down at the table and said: "This is buckwheat porridge, but I wanted semolina. But I don't want this one!" If there was semolina, then he wanted millet. When his mother collected him for kindergarten, he shouted:"I won't wear this sweater! I don't want these boots!" And when Andreika came to kindergarten, he took away toys from children, fought at every step shouted -"I do not want and I will not!"

Once, mom took Andrey from the kindergarten, and they went to the store. I had to buy groceries for home. Andreika saw a beautiful toy in the store and began to ask his mother to buy this toy. Mother said: "Andreika, today we need to buy food, and tomorrow we will go and buy this toy." Andrey shouted:"I don't want tomorrow, I want now! I don't need your products!" And he became stomp and throw food on the floor. Mom was very upset, collected food and they went home. They were silent the whole way home. Mom was offended and ashamed of Andreika.

But then one night, when everyone was sleeping, a real Fairy suddenly appeared in his room. Andreika opened his eyes, saw the Fairy and asked her - "Who are you and how did you get here?" She replied - "I'm a Fairy, I flew in here through an open window. I watched you for a very long time and decided to teach you a lesson. I'm sending you to the island of Nehochuhiya." "And what kind of island is this?" Andrey asked. "On this island live the same boys like you. They fight, call names and only say - "I don't want to, I won't." You'll have to look at yourself from the outside. And only if you change, then you can return home. "

The fairy waved her magic wand and suddenly Andrey found himself on the island of Nekhochuhia. There were no adults on this island, only one boys, who fought all the time, shouted and called each other names. So the whole day passed. When Andrei went to bed, he wanted his mother to read to him fairy tale but my mother wasn't there. He cried and fell asleep.

In the morning he woke up from the screams of children. Andrey wanted to have breakfast, but there was no one to cook porridge, and he remained hungry. All day he hid from the pugnacious boys. In the evening Andreika went to bed, but he could not sleep. He thought - "How good it was next to my mother. She told bedtime stories covered me with a blanket. And in the morning she cooked delicious porridge and escorted me to kindergarten. There were good children and good teachers. And I was just naughty screamed and stomped. If I could go back, I would never again hurt my mother, fight or take toys from children. I want to be kind and obedient boy. "

And as soon as he thought about it, he immediately found himself at home in his bed. He heard a voice mothers: "Andrey, get up, go wash your face and sit down to have breakfast." And Andreika joyfully said: "Okay, mommy." He ate all the porridge, thanked his mother, got dressed and his mother took Andrey to kindergarten. He played with the children all day long, did not offend anyone, shared toys and obeyed the teachers. And when he came home with his mother, had dinner and went to bed, mother began to read to him fairy tale, and Andrey lay with his eyes closed and thought - "Was it a dream or was he really on the island?" And he said without opening his eyes, - "Mommy, I will always be kind and obedient boy because I love you very much!" And my mother thought that it was him in a dream and kissed him. That's how the Fairy helped Andreika to become good boy.

Almost every child at one age or another, often or rarely, begins to use bad words. Parents get upset and do their best to wean the child from such words or just a rude conversation. But, as we know, persuasion and moralizing help little. How to help a child get rid of abusive and rude words in speech? There are several ways.

How to wean a child to swear

1. The first one is suitable for very young children. They just check how adults will react and, in principle, do not understand the meaning of many bad words. In this case, it is enough just not to pay attention, not to emphasize, and then the child himself will refuse to use them. After all, he never got the attention.

2. Distract your child from foul language with word games, or, for example, create your own language. It is possible, for example, to add some “left” syllable between the syllables of words, for example, “kar”. Then the word "hello" will sound quite different: Pri-car-wet-car! Such a game will not only allow you to forget bad words, but also teach mindfulness, improve your mood and give rise to new correct games.

3. Of course, you can always and should just talk to the child, explaining what is good and what is bad, and how in some cases one or another word can be replaced.

4. And you can also tell a fairy tale, and show what destructive properties swearing can have. Like this therapeutic fairy tale from foul language and about strength, and I bring it to your attention today.

Fairy tale "Blot"

Once in Anton's notebook appeared ... Blob. At first she was small and harmless. But every time someone spoke rudely or cursed next to Klyaksa, she began to grow. And soon Klyaksa covered all the equations and problems and got out of the notebook.

Antosha was frightened and rushed to run away from Klyaksa. But Klyaksa caught up with him all the time and found him wherever he hid. Anton swore at her, drove her away. But the more he cursed, the bigger and stronger Blob became.

The boy ran from the blot for a long time. And it has become so big that it covered the sky. Then the boy saw that under the bench in the park a sunny .

Luchik called the boy to him, and Anton quickly darted under the bench. Together they began to tremble with fear.

Why is it so big and keeps growing and growing? Anton asked.

“Because she feeds on bad words and swearing. To get rid of her, you need to thank her.

"What are you thanking her for?" Look: she only crushes and breaks everything.

“Everyone has something to thank for,” replied the sunbeam.

At this time, Klyaksa had already got used to the street and began to frighten passers-by. She trampled on flower beds, screamed in a terrible voice and called names to boys and girls.

Anton understood that this was his Blob and only he alone could deal with it. He gathered all his courage and went out to meet the huge Blob, which had already grown higher than the trees.

Then hail poured from the sky so strong that holes instantly appeared on the leaves. Anton became scared and he hid from the blows of the hail behind the Blot and he was not hurt.

“Thank you, Blob, for saving me,” the boy said, and immediately after these words, Blob became a little smaller.

— Eureka! shouted Anton. Sunbeam was right. Oh, where is he?

The hail began so unexpectedly that the ray did not have time to return to his home and now wept sadly on the bench.

— Blot, can you help the ray to return home to the sky? - Anton asked his black creation, finally ceasing to be afraid of him.

The blot thought for a moment and then said:

- I can blow hard and disperse the clouds. Want?

- Yes please.

The inkblot took in more air and blew up with all her strength. Terrible clouds, reluctantly, dispersed to the sides. The sun lowered the ladder to his ray and he returned home, thanks to Klyaks for his help. The blot became even smaller.

Anton took Klyaksa by the hand and went home. Just then, a ball from a neighboring yard flew right in front of them. Antosha was horrified to see that the ball was flying straight into Grandma Moti's flowerbed.

- Klaxa, help! he shouted.

The inkblot quickly understood what was happening and stood in the way of the ball. The ball bounced off her like a net and flew back onto the football field.

Anton proudly extended his hand to Klyaksa with gratitude. Now they were walking together, dancing. While the boy and Klyaksa got home, they managed to remove the kitten from the roof, hide the mouse from the big dog, keep the little girl from falling into a huge puddle, and a few other good deeds. And now, Klyaksa again became small, which she was from the very beginning.

Anton sincerely thanked her for her science and help. They agreed that Klyaksa would live in a separate spacious notebook and would no longer soil the boy's school notebooks and albums. And Antosha, in turn, promised to write more accurately and always talk to everyone very politely.

This is how an ordinary Blob and an ordinary schoolboy became friends. They not only became friends, but also became better and made the world around them cleaner and fairer...

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IN therapeutic fairy tale "blot" I tried to address not only the problem of foul language, but also the fact that you need to be grateful for everything that happens to you, for everything that you have, and also how important it is to be able to admit and correct your mistakes.

Do not miss the opportunity to tell fairy tales to children. They absorb everything “like sponges” and draw conclusions in time about the correctness or incorrectness of this or that act.

I hope you enjoyed the story. I would be glad to know your opinion about it, and about the problem of profanity in general. After all, this is our common problem: children bring most of these words from school and kindergarten ...

Warmly

Once upon a time there was a girl, her name was Nastenka. Nastenka was very beautiful girl but completely disobedient. She loved, unfortunately, only herself, did not want to help anyone, and it seemed to her that everyone lives only for her sake.
Her mother will ask her: “Nastenka, clean up your toys,” and Nastenka replies: “You need it, you clean it up!” Mom will put a plate of porridge in front of Nastenka for breakfast, butter the bread, pour cocoa, and Nastenka will drop the plate on the floor and shout: “I won’t eat this nasty porridge, you need to - eat it yourself, but I want sweets, cakes and oranges!" And in the store there was no sweetness at all with her, as she liked some kind of toy, she stomped her feet, squealed, for the whole store: “I want it, buy it! Buy now, I said! And it doesn’t matter to her that her mother has no money and that her mother is ashamed of such an ill-mannered daughter, and Nastenka, know for yourself, shouts: “You don’t love me! You have to buy me everything I ask! You don't need me, do you?" Mom tried to talk with Nastenka, to convince that it was impossible to behave like that, that it was ugly, she persuaded her to be an obedient girl, but Nastenka did not care.
Once, Nastenka had a very strong fight with her mother in the store, because her mother did not buy another toy for her, Nastenka got angry and shouted angry words to her mother: “You are a bad mother! I don't want a mom like you! I do not love you anymore! I don't need you! Leave!". Mom didn’t answer anything, she just cried softly and went wherever her eyes looked and, not noticing herself that the farther she goes, the farther Nastenka becomes from her, she forgets that she has a daughter. And when my mother left the city, it turned out that she forgot both her house and Nastenka, and forgot everything about herself.
After a quarrel, Nastya turned around and went home, she didn’t even look back at her mother, she thought that her mother was coming, as always, forgiving everything to her beloved daughter. She came to the house, looks, but her mother is not there. Nastenka was glad that she was left alone at home, before that they had never left her alone. She threw off her shoes and blouse at random, threw it right on the floor in the corridor, and went into the room. First of all, she took out a vase of sweets, turned on the TV and lay down on the couch to watch cartoons. The cartoons are interesting, the sweets are delicious, Nastenka did not notice how the evening came. It's dark outside the window, it's dark in the room, only a little light from the TV falls on Nastenka's sofa, and from the corners there is a shadow, darkness rises. Nastenka became frightened, uncomfortable, lonely. Nastenka thinks - something mother has been gone for a long time, when will she come. And the tummy already hurts from sweets, and I want to eat, but my mother still does not come. The clock has already struck ten times, it's already one in the morning, never before has Nastenka been awake so late, and mother never came. And all around rustles, knocks, cod. And it seems to Nastenka that someone is walking in the corridor, creeping up to the room, otherwise it will suddenly seem that the door handle is knocking, and she is all alone and alone. And Nastenka is already tired, and she wants to sleep, but she can’t sleep - it’s scary, and Nastenka thinks: “Well, where is mom, when will she come?”.
Nastenka hid in the corner of the sofa, covered her head with a blanket, covered her ears with her hands, and sat there all night until morning, shaking with fear, but her mother never came.
There is nothing to do, Nastenka decided to go look for her mother. She left the house, but did not know where to go. I walked, wandered the streets, froze, I didn’t think of dressing warmer myself, but there was no one to tell me, my mother wasn’t there. Nastenka wants to eat, in the morning she only ate a piece of bread, but the day turns again towards evening, it is about to start to get dark, and it’s scary to go home.
Nastenka went into the park, sat down on a bench, sits, cries, pities herself. An old woman came up to her and asked: “Why are you crying girl? Who offended you?”, and Nastenka replies: “My mother offended me, left me, left me alone, left me, but I want to eat and I’m scared to sit at home in the dark alone, and I can’t find her anywhere. What am I to do?” And that old woman was not simple, but magical, and she knew everything about everyone. The old woman stroked Nastenka on the head and said: “You Nastenka offended your mother very much, you drove away from yourself. From such an insult, the heart is covered with an ice crust and a person leaves, wherever his eyes look, and forgets everything about his past life. The further he goes, the more he forgets. And if three days and three nights pass after your quarrel, and you don’t find your mother and don’t ask her forgiveness, then she will forget everything, everything forever and will never remember anything from past life". “But where can I look for her,” Nastenka asks, “I’ve been running around the streets all day, looking, but I can’t find it?” “I will give you a magic compass,” says the old woman, “instead of an arrow there is a heart. Go to the place where you quarreled with your mother, look at the compass carefully, where the sharp tip of the heart shows, you need to go there. Yes, look, hurry up, you don’t have much time left, and the path is long!” The old woman said so and disappeared, as if she had not been at all. I thought it was, Nastenka, that she had imagined everything, but no, the compass, here it is, clamped in a fist, and instead of an arrow on it there is a golden heart.
Nastenka jumped up from the bench, ran to the store, to the very place where she offended her mother, stood there, looked at the compass and suddenly sees - the heart came to life, trembled, rushed about in a circle and stood up, tensed, in one direction with its sharp tip shows , trembles, as if in a hurry. Nastenka ran with all her might. She ran and ran, now the city was over, the forest was beginning, the branches were whipping in her face, the roots of the trees were preventing her from running, they were clinging to her legs, she was stabbing in her side, she had almost no strength left, but Nastenka was running. Meanwhile, evening had already come, it was dark in the forest, the heart on the compass was no longer visible, there was nothing to do, it was necessary to settle down for the night. Nastenka hid in a hole between the roots of a large pine, curled up in a ball. It’s cold to lie on the bare ground, the rough bark scratches your cheek, the needles prick through your thin T-shirt, and there are rustling noises all around, scary for Nastenka. Either it seems to her that the wolves are howling, then it seems that the branches are cracking - the bear is sneaking behind her, Nastenka huddled into a ball, crying. Suddenly he sees a squirrel jumping up to her, asking: “Why are you crying, girl, and why are you sleeping in the forest at night, alone?”. Nastenka answers: “I offended my mother, now I’m looking for her to ask for forgiveness, but here it’s dark, scary and I really want to eat.” “Don’t be afraid, no one will offend you in our forest,” says the squirrel, “we don’t have wolves and bears, but I’ll treat you with nuts now.” The squirrel called her squirrels, they brought nuts to Nastenka, Nastenka ate, and fell asleep. I woke up with the first rays of the sun, ran further, the heart on the compass drives, hurries, the last day is left.
Nastenka ran for a long time, knocked down all her legs, looking - a gap between the trees, a green lawn, a blue lake, and a beautiful house by the lake, painted shutters, a cockerel weather vane on the roof, and near the house Nastenkina's mother plays with some other people's children - cheerful , joyful. Nastenka looks, does not believe her eyes - other people's children call her mother Nastenka, and she responds, as if it should be so.
She cried, Nastenka sobbed loudly, ran up to her mother, wrapped her arms around her, clung to her with all her might, and her mother stroked Nastenka’s head and asked: “What happened, girl, were you hurt or lost?”. Nastya screams: “Mom, it's me, your daughter!”, But mom forgot everything. Nastenka cried more than ever, clung to her mother, shouting: “Forgive me, mother, I will never behave like this again, I will become the most obedient, just forgive me, I love you more than anyone, I don’t need any other mother!”. And a miracle happened - the ice crust on my mother's heart melted, she recognized Nastenka, hugged and kissed. She introduced Nastenka to the children, and they turned out to be little fairies. It turns out that fairies have no parents, they are born in flowers, eat flower pollen and nectar, and drink dew, so when Nastenka's mother came to them, they were very happy that they would now also have their own mother. Nastenka and her mother stayed for a week with the fairies and promised to come to visit, and a week later, the fairies brought mother and Nastenka home. Nastenka never quarreled or argued with her mother again, but helped in everything and became a real little housewife.