V. Kataev wrote a short story "Pipe and Pitcher", which teaches children what they need to work hard to get a good result. In this work, the everyday plot and magical characters are intertwined - this is of interest to young readers. The following is a summary of the Pipe and Pitcher.
Main characters
To begin the summary of “Pipes and Pitcher” follows from acquaintance with the heroes of this story.
Zhenya is a lazy girl; she did not want to bend down constantly to find berries. Therefore, she asked the old boletus for a magic pipe.
The old boletus - the chief boss over all the berries and mushrooms. He does not like lazy people.
The family goes for berries
The summary of “Pipes and Pitcher” is continued by the fact that the family of the girl Zhenya decided to go for strawberries. Mom chose the best clearing for the girl, they gave her a jug and said that there should be a lot of berries in this place.
The girl walked through the clearing, but did not find anything. When she comes, she sees that everyone has berries. Dad gathered a quarter mug, mom had half a cup, and little brother Pavlik had two berries on a saucer.
Parents teach Zhenya to search for berries
Further, in a brief summary of “Pipe and Pitcher,” the girl complains that she did not find strawberries, because she was advised of the worst glade. Mom asked her daughter if she looked under the leaves. Eugene says no. They told her that you must definitely look there.
The girl asked why her little brother was not looking. Adults explain to her that he is short, and Zhenya is already tall, so she will have to bend down to find strawberries. Dad showed the girl how to pick berries. Eugene thanked her father and went to her clearing.
Search for strawberry glade
A brief summary of “Pipe and Pitcher” tells us that the girl began to pick berries as her parents advised her. She looked under the leaves and saw that in fact there were a lot of strawberries. The girl was delighted and began to pick berries.
But soon she was tired of squatting and Zhenya decided that she had already gathered a lot. But, looking into the jug, she saw that there were only four berries. The girl was upset and continued to collect further. But she quickly got tired again, thought that now it’s like there are a lot of strawberries in a jug. And I saw only eight berries.
My wife did not like to bend down all the time, so she decided to look for another clearing where the strawberries do not hide, and she is going to a jug. I went, but never found such a place. The girl was hungry and ate all the berries.
Meeting with the old boletus
An interesting point in the summary of Kataev’s Pipe and Pitcher is the meeting of the girl Zhenya and the forest grandfather. At that moment, when the girl did not know how to collect strawberries, a small old man of strong physique crawled out from under the hemp.
He introduced himself to the girl as an old boletus and said that he was in charge of all the berries and mushrooms. Eugene told him that his berries offended her. The old man was surprised, because he was always at peace with him. The girl talked about how they hide under the leaves, but she does not want to bend down constantly. Then the forest grandfather tells the girl about the magic pipe.
If you play on this pipe, then all the berries immediately appear from under the leaves. He asked her to start playing. And, hearing magical sounds, wild strawberries immediately appeared in a clearing. When the boletus asked her to stop playing, the berries hid again.
Eugene wanted to get a magic pipe. Grandfather offered her an exchange: she is a jug to him, and he is her instrument. The girl was delighted and joyfully gave him a jug, and she decided that with the help of a pipe she could collect many berries.
How Zhenya gathered strawberries
The summary of the fairy tale “Pipe and Pitcher” ends with what the girl began to do as the old boletus showed her. There were more and more berries, but Zhenya had few berries, so the pipe played longer and longer, until the whole meadow was strewn with berries.
Only the girl wanted to start collecting strawberries, but remembered that she had given the pitcher to the forest grandfather. Zhenya got angry at the instrument and ran to the old Borovichka. They switched back. The girl wanted to pick berries, and they hid again. Then she began to ask the magical old man for both the pipe and the jug.
Borovik did not agree and asked why she had a pipe. Eugene explains to him that she does not like to constantly bend over for berries. The forest grandfather was angry that she was lazy, and took the pipe, disappearing under the stump. My wife had to pick strawberries, as my parents taught.
She returned to her clearing and began to pick berries quickly, because her relatives were waiting for her. And the girl gathered a full jug of strawberries. Dad praised Zhenya and asked how she was able to collect so many berries? The girl replied that a jug helped her. She didn’t tell anyone about the pipe. And everyone was able to collect a lot of berries and the contented went home.
The summary “Pipe and Pitcher” for grade 1 will be useful. Because children are still interested in fairy tales with magic elements. It would seem that a simple plot - the family decided to collect berries in the forest. But thanks to the old boletus and the magic pipe, it becomes more interesting for children to read the story. Readers understand that in order to get a result, you need to work hard.
A brief summary of the story "Pipe and Pitcher" shows how the main character has changed. If Zhenya was a lazy girl at the very beginning, then after meeting with the forest grandfather, she realized that work can bring joy. She herself was pleased that she was praised. After all, every person is pleased when his work is noticed and appreciated.
About hard work - that's what the story is about. Therefore, this work is studied in elementary school. You can supplement the story with proverbs and sayings about work. You can ask what other fairy tales and stories children know about hard work. Also in the lesson, you can talk about caring for the world around us, about the need to take care of the smaller brothers and plants. Thanks to such conversations, children form a love of work, responsibility, and respect for the world around them.