Prishvin’s stories do not leave indifferent neither children nor adults. The story “Lisichkin bread”, which tells about the transformation of ordinary stale bread into a magical gift of the forest, will also give readers a lot of positive emotions.
Prishvin's language in nature stories
Throughout his life, Mikhail Prishvin carried the ability to look at the world around him through the eyes of a child - with joy, spontaneity, surprise. That is why his stories about nature are so close and understandable to children of any age.
His works are permeated with a reverent attitude to all living things, love and to nature, and to man. Prishvin, like no one else, is able to show the amazing sides of everyday things, to show the magic that works right next to us.
The wording of the author is amazingly accurate and verified. Prishvin perceives nature at the same time both as a scientist and as a writer. The main character in the stories is the author himself - a hunter, scientist, observer, poet, artist. Simple and interesting stories about wildlife will help to form a child's true attitude to the world.
So, what is the story “Lisichkin bread” about?
Summary
Prishvin describes how he returned from the hunt in the evening, and he was met by little daughter Zinochka. He lays out his hunting trophies on the table and tells the girl about each. About the black grouse: "He lives in the forest, pecks birch catkins in the spring, eats berries in the swamps in the fall, and hides from the freezing frosts in the winter under the cover of snow." He also talks about the hazel grouse, describes his behavior, reproduces his characteristic whistle on the pipe.
Shows brought mushrooms, berries, bones, blueberries, lingonberries. It allows you to touch and smell a piece of fragrant pine resin, talks about how trees heal their wounds with its help. A hunter and forest herbs — valerian, Peter the Cross, cuckoo's tears, rabbit cabbage — specially brought for his daughter.
Under the herbs in the bag, the girl finds brown bread. Father tells her that this is chanterelle bread. The girl eats it with pleasure, although she often refuses fresh white bread at home. Since then, the father often took bread from home especially for his daughter in order to bring the chanterelle bread she loved so much.
Reviews
After reading the story, it becomes clear with what love the main character treats nature. The hunter captivates with a story about the forest not only his daughter Zinochka, but also the reader. And more than one heroine wants to try the mysterious chanterelle bread. Reviews of the story are unanimous - it is to the taste of both kids and adults.
Due to the simplicity of speech, this and other Prishvin's stories are often used in kindergartens to introduce children to nature. The peculiarity of this story is that there is no expressed morality in it - the child himself draws an instructive conclusion from what he read. Together with Zinochka, children learn about the life of forest birds, the names of herbs and berries, but, unlike a naive girl, they understand that the bread brought by her father from the forest is the most ordinary, which means that the girl’s neglect of homemade bread is not based on anything .