Vitaly Bianchi is a famous Soviet writer. His works reveal the wonderful world of nature. Its beautiful and easy language helps to convey all the charm of the world and awakens the imagination of young readers. His works are aimed at raising the desire to protect nature in children. In one of Bianchi’s short stories, “Odinets,” a summary of which is presented below, the main theme is a careful attitude to the world around him.
Acquaintance with Odinets
A summary of Bianchi's “Odinets” should begin with the fact that the narrative opens with a hunting scene. Three dogs surrounded a beautiful powerful moose, which the people nicknamed Odinets. The elk knew perfectly well that the hunter was a danger to him. Therefore, barely seeing a man, he hid in the forest.
The hunter was on the verge of despair: for many days he had been tracking Odinets. He learned about it from a friend of the peasant Larivon, who lived in a village located not far from the Gulf of Finland. In the story of Larivon, the moose presented himself as the keeper of the forest, mysterious and elusive. No one knew where his lying. The peasant also told the hunter about the werewolf bird, but he did not begin to listen further. He was interested in Odinets.
Moose hunting
The hunter was a student and previously hunted only for birds and for hares with foxes. At a student party, he met one attractive girl. And, wishing to please her, the student spoke about Odints and began to brag that he would catch him. Everyone laughed because they knew that he had not yet hunted big game.
The summary of Odinets by Bianchi continues with the fact that, wanting to prove to everyone that he is not just a bouncer, the student goes hunting. But catching this moose was not so simple. During the hunt, the student had to shoot an old hound that fell into a dangerous swamp.
While tracking elk’s lying, the student met a werewolf bird. She was an old friend of Odints. Levontius gave a hint to the student that you can catch an elk in a landowner forest. His children fed salt there, and he was not afraid of them, because they did no harm to the animals.
The hunter managed to track down Odinets and injure him in the leg. The moose became furious, injured the hunter's leg and broke his gun. The student did not get out of bed because of a sore leg and wrote a boastful letter to friends, promising to get the antlers of an elk. Odinets was the strongest beast in the forest, no one could compare with him in strength. The student managed to lure an elk and shoot him. But it turned out to be another young moose.
Forest giant's salvation
In the summary of Odinets, Bianchi should note that the peasants laughed at the student because they loved and respected this mighty moose. A frustrated student decided to return to school. He receives a letter from a girl for whom the hunter started everything. She wrote that she was disappointed by the desire of the young man to catch an elk. But he decided to catch the beast.
The summary of the story "Odinets" by Bianchi continues with the fact that during the hunt a student shot and killed a faithful friend of an elk. The beast was furious and killed the bull, which stupidly attacked him. After this incident, the peasants forgot about their love for Odinets and began to think how to catch him.
They began to drive him to the Gulf of Finland. The student decided that he should shoot Odints. The hunter saw how at dawn the moose went to sea. And, having looked at his beauty, he could not shoot at him. After some time, he returned to school and told the girl that Odinets managed to swim away and that because of her letter he did not shoot at the moose. The girl said that the beast remained alive and now lives safely in the forest.
There is also a brief summary of the chapters of Odinets by Bianchi, which details this story. This story teaches readers to value the life of another living being and take care of nature.