A fairy tale by pike command to read:

There lived an old man. And he had three sons: two smart, and the third - the fool Emelya.

Those brothers work - they are smart, but the fool Emelya lies on the stove all day, he doesn’t want to know anything.

Once the brothers went to the market, and the women, daughters-in-law, let's send Emelya:

Go, Emelya, for water.

And he told them from the stove:

Reluctance...

Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you presents.

Yes? OK.

Emel got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, took buckets and an ax and went to the river.

He cut through the ice, scooped up buckets and put them down, and he himself looks into the hole. And I saw Emelya in the hole in the pike. He contrived and grab the pike in his hand:

Here the ear will be sweet!

Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll be useful to you.

And what will you be useful to me for? .. No, I’ll carry you home, I’ll order my daughters-in-law to cook the fish soup. The ear will be sweet.

Emelya, Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll do whatever you want.

Okay, just show first that you are not deceiving me, then I will let you go.

Pike asks him:

Emelya, Emelya, tell me - what do you want now?

I want the buckets to go home on their own and the water would not spill ...

The pike tells him:

Remember my words: when you want something - just say:

"According to the command of the pike, according to my desire."

Emelya says:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, buckets, go home yourself ...

He just said - the buckets themselves went uphill.

Emelya let the pike into the hole, and he went for the buckets. Buckets go through the village, the people marvel, and Emelya walks behind, chuckles ...

The buckets went into the hut and themselves stood on the bench, and Emelya climbed onto the stove.

How much time has passed, how little time has passed - the daughters-in-law again say to him:

Emelya, why are you lying? I would go and chop wood.

Reluctance...

If you don’t chop wood, the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you gifts.

Emelya is reluctant to get off the stove. He remembered the pike and slowly said:

At the command of the pike, at my desire - go, an ax, chop wood, and firewood - go into the hut yourself and put it in the oven ...

The ax jumped out from under the bench - and into the yard, and let's chop firewood, and the firewood itself goes into the hut and climbs into the oven.

How much, how little time has passed - the daughters-in-law again say:

Emelya, we have no more firewood. Go to the forest, chop.

And he told them from the stove:

What are you up to?

How - what are we doing? .. Is it our business to go to the forest for firewood?

I'm reluctant...

Well, there will be no gifts for you.

Nothing to do. Emel's tears from the stove, put on shoes, got dressed. I took a rope and an ax, went out into the yard and sat in a sleigh:

Dads, open the gate!

His bridesmaids say to him:

Why, you fool, got into the sleigh, but didn’t harness the horse?

I don't need a horse.

The daughters-in-law opened the gates, and Emelya said quietly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, into the forest ...

The sledge itself went to the gate, and so quickly - it was impossible to catch up on a horse.

And I had to go to the forest through the city, and then he crushed a lot of people, suppressed them. The people shout: "Hold him! Catch him!" And he, you know, drives the sleigh. Came to the forest

At the command of the pike, at my desire - an ax, chop dry firewood, and you, firewood, yourself fall into the sleigh, knit yourself ...

The ax began to chop, chop dry firewood, and the firewood itself fell into the sleigh and knitted with a rope. Then Emelya ordered the ax to knock out a club for himself - such that he could hardly lift it. Sat on the cart:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, home ...

The sleigh raced home. Again Emelya is passing through the city where just now he crushed, crushed a lot of people, and there they are already waiting for him. They grabbed Emelya and dragged her from the cart, scolded and beat her.

He sees that things are bad, and slowly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - come on, club, break off their sides ...

The club jumped out - and let's beat. The people rushed away, and Emelya came home and climbed onto the stove.

How long, how short - the tsar heard about Emelin's tricks and sends an officer after him - to find him and bring him to the palace.

An officer arrives in that village, enters the hut where Emelya lives, and asks:

Are you a fool Emelya?

And he is from the stove:

And what do you need?

Get dressed quickly, I'll take you to the king.

And I don't feel like...

The officer got angry and hit him on the cheek. And Emelya says quietly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - a club, break off his sides ...

The club jumped out - and let's beat the officer, he took his legs by force.

The tsar was surprised that his officer could not cope with Emelya, and sends his greatest nobleman:

Bring the fool Emelya to me in the palace, otherwise I will take off my head from my shoulders.

He bought the biggest nobleman raisins, prunes, gingerbread, came to that village, entered that hut and began to ask his daughters-in-law what Emelya loved.

Our Emelya loves to be kindly asked and promised a red caftan - then he will do whatever you ask.

The greatest nobleman gave Emela raisins, prunes, gingerbread and said:

Emelya, Emelya, why are you lying on the stove? Let's go to the king.

I'm warm here too...

Emelya, Emelya, the tsar will give you good food and drink - please, let's go.

And I don't feel like...

Emelya, Emelya, the tsar will give you a red caftan,

hat and boots.

Emelya thought and thought:

Well, okay, you go ahead, and I'll follow you.

The nobleman left, and Emelya lay still and said:

At the command of the pike, according to my desire - come on, bake, go to the king ...

Here in the hut the corners cracked, the roof shook, the wall flew out, and the furnace itself went along the street, along the road, straight to the king.

The king looks out the window, marvels:

What is this miracle?

The greatest nobleman answers him:

And this is Emelya on the stove going to you.

The king came out onto the porch:

Something, Emelya, there are a lot of complaints about you! You crushed a lot of people.

And why did they climb under the sled?

At this time, the tsar's daughter, Princess Marya, was looking at him through the window. Emelya saw her at the window and said quietly:

By pike command. according to my desire - let the tsar's daughter fall in love with me ...

And he also said:

Go, bake, go home...

The stove turned and went home, went into the hut and stood in its original place. Emelya is lying down again.

And the king in the palace screams and tears. Princess Marya misses Emelya, cannot live without him, asks her father to marry her to Emelya.

Then the tsar got into trouble, agonized and said again to the greatest nobleman:

Go, bring Emelya to me, alive or dead, or I'll take my head off my shoulders.

The great nobleman bought sweet wines and various snacks, went to that village, entered that hut and began to regale Emelya.

Emelya got drunk, ate, got tipsy and went to bed. And the nobleman put him in a wagon and took him to the king.

The king immediately ordered a large barrel with iron hoops to be rolled up. They put Emelya and Marya Tsarevna in it, pitched it and threw the barrel into the sea.

How long, how short - Emelya woke up, he sees - it's dark, crowded:

Where am I?

And they answer him:

Boring and sickening, Emelyushka! They pitched us into a barrel, threw us into the blue sea.

And who are you?

I am Princess Mary.

Emelya says:

At the behest of the pike, at my will - violent winds, roll the barrel onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand ...

The winds blew violently. The sea was agitated, the barrel was thrown onto a dry shore, on yellow sand. Emelya and Marya the princess came out of it.

Emelyushka, where are we going to live? Build any kind of hut.

And I don't feel like...

Then she began to ask him even more, and he said:

At the command of the pike, at my will - line up, stone palace with a golden roof ...

As soon as he said, a stone palace with a golden roof appeared. Around - a green garden: flowers bloom and birds sing. Marya Tsarevna and Emelya entered the palace and sat down by the little window.

Emelyushka, can't you become handsome?

Here Emelya thought for a while:

At the command of the pike, at my will - to become a good young man, a written handsome man ...

And Emelya became such that neither in a fairy tale can be said, nor described with a pen.

And at that time the king went hunting and sees - there is a palace where there was nothing before.

What kind of ignoramus has set up a palace on my land without my permission?

And he sent to find out, to ask: "Who are they?" The ambassadors ran, stood under the window, asking questions.

Emelya answers them:

Ask the king to visit me, I will tell him myself.

The king came to visit him. Emelya meets him, leads him to the palace, puts him at the table. They start drinking. The king eats, drinks and is not surprised:

Who are you, good fellow?

Do you remember the fool Emelya - how he came to you on the stove, and you ordered him and your daughter to be pitched into a barrel, thrown into the sea? I am the same Emelya. If I want, I will burn and destroy your entire kingdom.

The king was very frightened, began to ask for forgiveness:

Marry my daughter, Emelyushka, take my kingdom, but don't ruin me!

Here they arranged a feast for the whole world.

Emelya married Princess Marya and began to rule the kingdom.

Here the fairy tale ends, and whoever listened - well done.

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There lived an old man. He had three sons: two smart, the third - the fool Emelya. Those brothers work, but Emelya lies on the stove all day, not wanting to know anything. Once the brothers went to the market, and the women, daughters-in-law, let's send him:
- Go, Emelya, for water.
And he told them from the stove:
- Reluctance ...
- Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will return from the market, they will not bring you presents.
- OK.
Emel got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, took buckets and an ax and went to the river.
He cut through the ice, scooped up buckets and put them down, and he himself looks into the hole. And I saw Emelya in the hole in the pike.
He contrived and grabbed the pike in his hand:
- Here the ear will be sweet!
Suddenly the pike says to him in a human voice:
- Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll be useful to you.
And Emelya laughs:
- What will you use me for? No, I'll carry you home, I'll tell my daughters-in-law to cook the fish soup. The ear will be sweet.
The pike pleaded again:
- Emelya, Emelya, let me go into the water, I will do anything you want.
- Okay, just show first that you are not deceiving me, then I will let you go.
Pike asks him:
- Emelya, Emelya, tell me - what do you want now?
- I want the buckets to go home by themselves and the water would not spill ...
The pike tells him:
- Mark my words: when you want something - just say:

According to my desire.
Emelya says:

According to my wish -
go, buckets, go home yourself ...
He just said - the buckets themselves went uphill. Emelya let the pike into the hole, and he went for the buckets.
Buckets go through the village, people marvel, and Emelya walks behind, chuckling ... The buckets went into the hut and themselves stood on the bench, and Emelya climbed onto the stove.
How much time has passed, how little time has passed - the daughters-in-law say to him:
- Emelya, why are you lying? I would go and chop wood.
- Reluctance ...
“You won’t chop wood, the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you presents.”
Emelya is reluctant to get off the stove. He remembered the pike and slowly says:

According to my wish -
go, axe, chop wood, and firewood - go into the hut yourself and put it in the oven ...
The ax jumped out from under the bench - and into the yard, and let's chop firewood, and the firewood itself goes into the hut and climbs into the stove.
How much, how little time has passed - the daughters-in-law again say:
— Emelya, we have no more firewood. Go to the forest, chop.
And he told them from the stove:
- What are you up to?
- How are we doing? .. Is it our business to go to the forest for firewood?
- I don't feel like...
“Well, there won’t be any presents for you.
Nothing to do. Emel's tears from the stove, put on shoes, got dressed. I took a rope and an ax, went out into the yard and got into a sleigh:
“Baby, open the gate!”
His bridesmaids say to him:
“Why, you fool, got into the sleigh, but didn’t harness the horse?”
I don't need a horse.
The daughters-in-law opened the gates, and Emelya said quietly:

According to my wish -
go, sleigh, into the forest ...

The sleigh drove through the gates on its own, so fast that it was impossible to catch up on a horse.

The protagonist of the tale - Emelya - absorbed both negative and positive qualities of an ordinary Russian guy of his time.

Unknown author

Some fairy tales appear on their own, others are invented by writers. How did the story called "By the Pike" come about? The fairy tale, the author of which is still unknown, is a product of folk art. It had several variations and was told differently in different regions.

The Russian ethnographer Afanasiev, following the example of the Brothers Grimm or Charles Perrault, decided to organize a voyage around the country and collect scattered legends into one voluminous work, so to speak, to systematize the national heritage. He slightly changed the title of the story and generalized the individual elements that differed depending on the region. Thanks to this, the fairy tale "Emelya and the Pike" gained popularity.

The next one who undertook to cut a familiar plot was Alexei Tolstoy. He added literary beauty to the folk epic and returned the old name "By the Pike's Command" to the work. The fairy tale, the author of which tried to make it more interesting for children, quickly scattered around Moscow and St. Petersburg, and local theaters even added a new performance to their repertoire.

Main characters

The main character of this legend is a certain not too quick young guy Emelya. It contains those negative qualities that prevent him from leading a good life:

• frivolity;

  indifference.

However, when he shows his intelligence and kindness, he comes across real luck - a pike from an ice hole.

The second character, literally the antipode of Emelya, is the pike. She is smart and fair. The fish is designed to help the young man in his personal development, to direct his thoughts in the right direction. As expected in such situations, Emelya and pike became friends.

The third hero acts as a villain. The tsar is a busy man who leads a state of many millions, whom Emelya forces with his antics to descend to the common man. The tale "About Emelya and the Pike" endowed him with an envious character.

The Tsar's daughter is a prize for the protagonist for taking the path of correction.

Story

The tale "Emelya and the Pike" begins with an acquaintance with the main character. He is so unintelligent and extremely lazy that everything entrusted to him has to be redone by other people.

Emelya's daughters-in-law interrogated him for help with long persuasion. Nevertheless, as soon as someone promises him a reward for what he does, he will immediately set to work with double strength.

And suddenly, one fine day, Emelya pulls out a magic pike from the hole. She offers him her service in exchange for her life. The guy immediately agrees.

Magic Help

After the pike becomes his magical subordinate, Emelya lives even better than before. Now he does not even have to carry out very simple orders.

Magic powers cut wood, walk on water, and even beat up his enemies. Emelya remains very pleased with what is happening. He is so lazy that he does not even want to get up from the stove. Pike helps him with this too, turning the stove into the first prototype of a mechanical vehicle.

During such walks on horseback, Emelya can crush several peasants who come across along the way. He justifies himself by the fact that people themselves jumped under his stove.

It seems that he has no remorse for what he did. The tale "About Emelya and the Pike" contains a hidden moral.

Tsar and Emelya

Having heard about an unprecedented miracle, a self-propelled stove, and even about the cool temper of its owner, the tsar decides to call Emelya to him.

Reluctantly, the "hero" comes to look at the master's mansions. But this trip changes the whole life of a guy.

In the royal palace, he meets with the queen. At first, she also seems rather wayward and lazy. But Emelya decides that it is time for him to settle down, and wants to call her as his wife.

The master's daughter at first disagrees. The monarch himself opposes such a union, hoping that his daughter will marry only a noble person or a foreign king.

Emelya asks the pike to bewitch the disobedient princess. In the end, the young man gets his way. The girl agrees. They are getting married.

The enraged king locks the couple forever in love in a barrel and throws them into the sea. Emelya asks the pike to save them. She makes the barrel come to the shore, they get out of it.

The guy asks the pike to build a huge palace for himself, and turn him into a hand-written handsome man. Magic fish grants a wish.

Happy newlyweds live in clover until an angry king comes to them. His palace is much smaller than that of Emelya. The protagonist graciously forgives the sovereign for all the past. He invites him to dine with them. During the banquet, Emelya confesses to him who he really is. The king remains amazed by the dexterity and intelligence of the young man. Now he understands that it was such a guy who was supposed to marry his daughter.

"By the Pike's Command" is a kind and instructive tale. Its end does not leave a concrete guide to action. On the contrary, everyone should think for himself and decide for himself what is right in life and what is not worth doing.

“At the command of the pike” (Russian fairy tale): analysis

This story is somewhat reminiscent of the dream of the Slavic peoples to get everything they want with the help of magical powers, without straining too much.

At the same time, Emelya managed to catch a pike only on his own, when he nevertheless began to do at least something and honestly.

A complete quitter in front of readers evolves into a hardworking, decent person. Having received sufficient motivation in the form of love for the princess, he forgets about the desire to remain lazy, live only for his own pleasure and gets down to business.

If the pike does not make a big impression on him, he initially takes it for granted, then the first refusal of the girl awakens feelings in him.

At the moment when Emelya on the stove begins to crush passers-by, according to many researchers of the tale, the guy shows royal features. After this incident, even the monarch turned his attention to him.

It is possible that our ancestors, who created the fairy tale, saw in the last external transformation of Emelya and internal changes for the better.

When he became more beautiful, he managed to forgive and understand the king, became kinder and more attentive to others. People with visible facial markings were usually considered bad or even familiar with evil spirits.

While Emelya looked like an ordinary, not too pleasant guy, he could not become a king. With the acquisition of inner beauty, everything immediately changed.

Traditional Russian fairy tales always end hopefully. Most likely, the peasants of that time imagined the happiest day in this way.

"By the Pike's Command"

The catchphrase of the whole fairy tale is "At the command of the pike, at my will." This is a kind of spell that summons a magical pike. Saying these words, Emelya gets everything he wants. "By the pike command", that is, just like that. Without putting any effort into it. Despite the fact that the tale is called "Emelya and Pike", among the people it was renamed in honor of these magic words.

Pike teaches the guy this secret spell. And as soon as it sounds, the magic begins to act, wherever Emelya is. Though on the stove, even under water. In the barrel, he is saved by the phrase "at the command of the pike." The tale is its main thread.

These words immediately became a proverb among the people. They mean an attempt to do something not with your own hands, but for someone else's, most often magical, expense.

Fairy tale in pop culture

When the story was first published in large numbers and read by many, it immediately became popular.

The fairy tale "Emelya and the Pike" even became the basis for the film of the same name. A children's film was made in 1938. The well-known at that time Alexander Row was responsible for directing. Separate elements of the script were taken from Elizaveta Tarakhovskaya's play "Emelya and the Pike". The fairy tale in her interpretation was adapted to modern realities, but the moral remained the same.

Director Ivanov-Vano made a cartoon based on the same fiction in 1957. And once again, Tarakhovskaya's play was taken in 1970, for a new film adaptation by Vladimir Pekar.

The third cartoon was created by Valery Fomin, already in 1984.

The fairy tale "Emelya and the Pike" was immortalized on the stamps of the GDR in 1973. Each of the six stamps depicts one of the subjects were.

The mentions of Emelya themselves became popular. The protagonist of the story began to be associated with a lazy person who wants to get rich without doing anything.

"Emelya and the Pike" - a fairy tale, the author of which is not known, did not want to perpetuate himself and remain in the memory of his descendants, not striving for fame, wealth, fame. Nevertheless, his image perfectly demonstrates what a good person should be like.

There lived an old man. He had three sons: two smart, the third - the fool Emelya.

Those brothers work, but Emelya lies on the stove all day, not wanting to know anything.

Once the brothers went to the market, and the women, daughters-in-law, let's send him:
- Go, Emelya, for water.
And he told them from the stove:
- Reluctance...
- Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will return from the market, they will not bring you gifts.
- OK.

Emel got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, took buckets and an ax and went to the river.

He cut through the ice, scooped up buckets and put them down, and he himself looks into the hole. And I saw Emelya in the hole in the pike. He contrived and grabbed the pike in his hand:
- Here the ear will be sweet!

And Emelya laughs:
- What will you use me for? No, I'll carry you home, I'll tell my daughters-in-law to cook the fish soup. It will be sweet.

The pike pleaded again:
- Emelya, Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll do whatever you want.
- Okay, just show first that you are not deceiving me, then I will let you go.

Pike asks him:
- Emelya, Emelya, tell me - what do you want now?
- I want the buckets to go home on their own and the water would not spill ...

The pike tells him:
- Remember my words: when you want something - just say:
By pike command,
According to my desire.

Emelya says:
- By pike command,
According to my desire - go, buckets, go home yourself ...

He just said - the buckets themselves went uphill. Emelya let the pike into the hole, and he went for the buckets.

Buckets go through the village, people marvel, and Emelya walks behind, chuckling ... The buckets went into the hut and themselves stood on the bench, and Emelya climbed onto the stove.

How much time has passed, how little time - the daughters-in-law say to him:
- Emelya, why are you lying? I would go and chop wood.
- Reluctance.
- You won’t chop wood, the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you gifts.

Emelya is reluctant to get off the stove. He remembered the pike and slowly says:
- By pike command,
According to my desire - go, an ax, chop wood, and firewood - go into the hut yourself and put it in the oven ...

The ax jumped out from under the bench - and into the yard, and let's chop firewood, and the firewood itself goes into the hut and climbs into the oven.

How much, how little time has passed - the daughters-in-law again say:
- Emelya, we have no more firewood. Go to the forest, chop.

And he told them from the stove:
- What are you up to?
- How are we doing? .. Is it our business to go to the forest for firewood?
- I don't feel like...
- Well, there will be no gifts for you.

Nothing to do. Emel's tears from the stove, put on shoes, got dressed. I took a rope and an ax, went out into the yard and got into a sleigh:
- Dads, open the gate!

His bridesmaids say to him:
- What are you, fool, got into the sleigh, and the horse is not harnessed?
- I don't need a horse.

The daughters-in-law opened the gates, and Emelya said quietly:
- By pike command,
According to my desire - go, sleigh, into the forest ...

The sledge itself went to the gate, and so quickly - it was impossible to catch up on a horse.

And I had to go to the forest through the city, and then he crushed a lot of people, suppressed them. The people are shouting: “Hold him! Catch him! And he knows the sleigh drives. Came to the forest

At the command of the pike, At my will - an ax, chop dry firewood, and you, firewood, yourself fall into the sleigh, knit yourself ... |

The ax began to chop, chop dry firewood, and the firewood itself fell into the sleigh and knitted with a rope. Then Emelya ordered the ax to knock out a club for himself - such that he could hardly lift it. Sat on the cart:

By pike command,
According to my desire - go, sleigh, home ...

The sleigh raced home. Again Emelya is passing through the city where just now he crushed, crushed a lot of people, and there they are already waiting for him. They grabbed Emelya and dragged her from the cart, scolded and beat her.

He sees that things are bad, and slowly:
- By pike command,
According to my desire - come on, club, break off their sides ...

The club jumped out - and let's beat. The people rushed away, and Emelya came home and climbed onto the stove.

How long, how short - the tsar heard about Emelin's tricks and sends an officer for him: to find him and bring him to the palace.

An officer arrives in that village, enters the hut where Emelya lives, and asks:
- Are you a fool Emelya?

And he is from the stove:
- And what do you need?
- Get dressed soon, I'll take you to the king.
- I don't feel like...

The officer got angry and hit him on the cheek.

And Emelya says quietly:
- By pike command,
According to my desire - come on, club, break off his sides ...

The baton jumped out - and let's beat, he took his legs by force.

The tsar was surprised that his officer could not cope with Emelya, and sends his greatest nobleman:
- Bring the fool Emelya to me in the palace, otherwise I will take off my head from my shoulders.

He bought the biggest nobleman raisins, prunes, gingerbread, came to that village, entered that hut and began to ask his daughters-in-law what Emelya loved.

Our Emelya loves to be kindly asked and promised a red caftan - then he will do everything that you ask.

The greatest nobleman gave Emela raisins, prunes, gingerbread and said:
- Emelya, Emelya, why are you lying on the stove? Let's go to the king.
- I'm warm here...
- Emelya, Emelya, the king will feed and drink you well - please, let's go.
- I don't feel like...
- Emelya, Emelya, the king will give you a red caftan, a hat and boots.
Emelya thought and thought:
- All right, go ahead, and I'll follow you.

The nobleman left, and Emelya lay still and said:
- By pike command,
According to my desire - come on, bake, go to the king ...

Here in the hut the corners cracked, the roof shook, the wall flew out, and the furnace itself went along the street, along the road, straight to the king.

The king looks out the window, marvels:
- What is this miracle?

The greatest nobleman answers him:
- And this is Emelya on the stove going to you.

The king came out onto the porch:
- Something, Emelya, there are a lot of complaints about you! You crushed a lot of people.
- And why did they climb under the sled?

At this time, the tsar's daughter, Princess Marya, was looking at him through the window. Emelya saw her at the window and said quietly:
- By pike command,
According to my desire - let the tsar's daughter fall in love with me ...
And he also said:
- Go, bake, go home ...

The stove turned and went home, went into the hut and stood in its original place. Emelya is lying down again.

And the king in the palace screams and tears. Princess Marya misses Emelya, cannot live without him, asks her father to marry her to Emelya. Then the tsar got into trouble, agonized and said again to the greatest nobleman:
- Go and bring Emelya to me, alive or dead, otherwise I'll take my head off my shoulders.

The great nobleman bought sweet wines and various snacks, went to that village, entered that hut and began to regale Emelya.

Emelya got drunk, ate, got tipsy and went to bed.

The nobleman put him in a wagon and took him to the king. The king immediately ordered a large barrel with iron hoops to be rolled up. They put Emelya and Marya Tsarevna in it, pitched it and threw the barrel into the sea. How long, how short - Emelya woke up; sees - dark, crowded:
- Where am I?
And they answer him:
- Boring and sickening, Emelyushka! They pitched us into a barrel, threw us into the blue sea.
- And who are you?
- I am Princess Mary.
Emelya says:
- By pike command,
According to my desire - violent winds, roll out the barrel on a dry shore, on yellow sand ...

The winds blew violently. The sea was agitated, the barrel was thrown onto a dry shore, on yellow sand. Emelya and Marya the princess came out of it.

Emelyushka, where are we going to live? Build any kind of hut.
- I don't feel like...

Then she began to ask him even more, and he said:
- By pike command,
According to my desire - build a stone palace with a golden roof ...

As soon as he said, a stone palace with a golden roof appeared. Around - a green garden: flowers bloom and birds sing.

Marya Tsarevna and Emelya entered the palace and sat down by the little window.

Emelyushka, can't you become handsome?

Here Emelya thought for a while:
- By pike command,
According to my desire - to become a good young man, a written handsome man ...

And Emelya became such that neither in a fairy tale can be said, nor described with a pen.

And at that time the king went hunting and sees - there is a palace where there was nothing before.

What kind of ignoramus has set up a palace on my land without my permission?

And he sent to find out, to ask: who are they?

The ambassadors ran, stood under the window, asking questions.

Emelya answers them:
- Ask the king to visit me, I will tell him myself.

The king came to visit him. Emelya meets him, leads him to the palace, puts him at the table. They start drinking. The king eats, drinks and is not surprised:
- Who are you, good fellow?

Do you remember the fool Emelya - how he came to you on the stove, and you ordered him and your daughter to be pitched into a barrel, thrown into the sea? I am the same Emelya. If I want, I will burn and destroy your entire kingdom.

The king was very frightened, began to ask for forgiveness:
- Marry my daughter, Emelyushka, take my kingdom, just don't ruin me!

Here they arranged a feast for the whole world. Emelya married Princess Marya and began to rule the kingdom.

Here the fairy tale ends, and whoever listened - well done!

There lived an old man. He had three sons: two smart, the third - the fool Emelya.

Those brothers work, but Emelya lies on the stove all day, not wanting to know anything.

Once the brothers went to the market, and the women, daughters-in-law, let's send him:

Go, Emelya, for water.

And he told them from the stove:

Reluctance...

Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you presents.

OK.

Emel got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, took buckets and an ax and went to the river.

He cut through the ice, scooped up buckets and put them down, and he himself looks into the hole. And I saw Emelya in the hole in the pike. He contrived and grabbed the pike in his hand:

Here the ear will be sweet!

Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll be useful to you.

And Emelya laughs:

What will you be useful to me for? .. No, I’ll carry you home, I’ll order my daughters-in-law to cook the fish soup. The ear will be sweet.

The pike pleaded again:

Emelya, Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll do whatever you want.

Okay, just show first that you are not deceiving me, then I will let you go.

Pike asks him:

Emelya, Emelya, tell me - what do you want now?

I want the buckets to go home on their own and the water would not spill ...

The pike tells him:

Remember my words: when you want something - just say:

"According to the command of the pike, according to my desire."

Emelya says:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, buckets, go home yourself ...

He just said - the buckets themselves went uphill. Emelya let the pike into the hole, and he went for the buckets.

Buckets go through the village, people marvel, and Emelya walks behind, chuckling ... The buckets went into the hut and themselves stood on the bench, and Emelya climbed onto the stove.

How much time has passed, how little time - the daughters-in-law say to him:

Emelya, why are you lying? I would go and chop wood.

Reluctance...

If you don’t chop wood, the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you gifts.

Emelya is reluctant to get off the stove. He remembered the pike and slowly says:

At the command of the pike, at my desire - go, an ax, chop wood, and firewood - go into the hut yourself and put it in the oven ...

The ax jumped out from under the bench - and into the yard, and let's chop firewood, and the firewood itself goes into the hut and climbs into the oven.

How much, how little time has passed - the daughters-in-law again say:

Emelya, we have no more firewood. Go to the forest, chop.

And he told them from the stove:

What are you up to?

How - what are we doing? .. Is it our business to go to the forest for firewood?

I'm reluctant...

Well, there will be no gifts for you.

Nothing to do. Emel's tears from the stove, put on shoes, got dressed. I took a rope and an ax, went out into the yard and sat in a sleigh:

Dads, open the gate!

His bridesmaids say to him:

Why, you fool, got into the sleigh, but didn’t harness the horse?

I don't need a horse.

The daughters-in-law opened the gates, and Emelya said quietly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, into the forest ...

The sledge itself went to the gate, and so quickly - it was impossible to catch up on a horse.

And I had to go to the forest through the city, and then he crushed a lot of people, suppressed them. The people shout: "Hold him! Catch him!" And he, you know, drives the sleigh. Came to the forest

At the command of the pike, at my desire - an ax, chop dry firewood, and you, firewood, yourself fall into the sleigh, knit yourself ...

The ax began to chop, chop dry firewood, and the firewood itself fell into the sleigh and knitted with a rope. Then Emelya ordered the ax to knock out a club for himself - such that he could hardly lift it. Sat on the cart:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, home ...

The sleigh raced home. Again Emelya is passing through the city where just now he crushed, crushed a lot of people, and there they are already waiting for him. They grabbed Emelya and dragged her from the cart, scolded and beat her.

He sees that things are bad, and slowly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - come on, club, break off their sides ...

The club jumped out - and let's beat. The people rushed away, and Emelya came home and climbed onto the stove.

How long, how short - the tsar heard about Emelin's tricks and sends an officer after him - to find him and bring him to the palace.

An officer arrives in that village, enters the hut where Emelya lives, and asks:

Are you a fool Emelya?

And he is from the stove:

And what do you need?

Get dressed quickly, I'll take you to the king.

And I don't feel like...

The officer got angry and hit him on the cheek. And Emelya says quietly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - a club, break off his sides ...

The club jumped out - and let's beat the officer, he took his legs by force.

The tsar was surprised that his officer could not cope with Emelya, and sends his greatest nobleman:

Bring the fool Emelya to me in the palace, otherwise I will take off my head from my shoulders.

He bought the biggest nobleman raisins, prunes, gingerbread, came to that village, entered that hut and began to ask his daughters-in-law what Emelya loved.

Our Emelya loves to be kindly asked and promised a red caftan - then he will do whatever you ask.

The greatest nobleman gave Emela raisins, prunes, gingerbread and said:

Emelya, Emelya, why are you lying on the stove? Let's go to the king.

I'm warm here too...

Emelya, Emelya, the tsar will give you good food and drink - please, let's go.

And I don't feel like...

Emelya, Emelya, the tsar will give you a red caftan, a hat and boots.

Emelya thought and thought:

Well, okay, you go ahead, and I'll follow you.

The nobleman left, and Emelya lay still and said:

At the command of the pike, according to my desire - come on, bake, go to the king ...

Here in the hut the corners cracked, the roof shook, the wall flew out, and the furnace itself went along the street, along the road, straight to the king.

The king looks out the window, marvels:

What is this miracle?

The greatest nobleman answers him:

And this is Emelya on the stove going to you.

The king came out onto the porch:

Something, Emelya, there are a lot of complaints about you! You crushed a lot of people.

And why did they climb under the sled?

At this time, the tsar's daughter, Princess Marya, was looking at him through the window. Emelya saw her at the window and said quietly:

By pike command. according to my desire - let the tsar's daughter fall in love with me ...

And he also said:

Go, bake, go home...

The stove turned and went home, went into the hut and stood in its original place. Emelya is lying down again.

And the king in the palace screams and tears. Princess Marya misses Emelya, cannot live without him, asks her father to marry her to Emelya. Then the tsar got into trouble, agonized and said again to the greatest nobleman:

Go, bring Emelya to me, alive or dead, or I'll take my head off my shoulders.

The great nobleman bought sweet wines and various snacks, went to that village, entered that hut and began to regale Emelya.

Emelya got drunk, ate, got tipsy and went to bed. And the nobleman put him in a wagon and took him to the king.

The king immediately ordered a large barrel with iron hoops to be rolled up. They put Emelya and Maryutsarevna in it, pitched it and threw the barrel into the sea.

How long, how short - Emelya woke up, he sees - it's dark, crowded:

Where am I?

And they answer him:

Boring and sickening, Emelyushka! They pitched us into a barrel, threw us into the blue sea.

And who are you?

I am Princess Mary.

Emelya says:

At the behest of the pike, at my will - violent winds, roll the barrel onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand ...

The winds blew violently. The sea was agitated, the barrel was thrown onto a dry shore, on yellow sand. Emelya and Marya the princess came out of it.

Emelyushka, where are we going to live? Build any kind of hut.

And I don't feel like...

Then she began to ask him even more, and he said:

At the command of the pike, at my will - line up, stone palace with a golden roof ...

As soon as he said, a stone palace with a golden roof appeared. Around - a green garden: flowers bloom and birds sing. Marya Tsarevna and Emelya entered the palace and sat down by the little window.

Emelyushka, can't you become handsome?

Here Emelya thought for a while:

At the command of the pike, at my will - to become a good young man, a written handsome man ...

And Emelya became such that neither in a fairy tale can be said, nor described with a pen.

And at that time the king went hunting and sees - there is a palace where there was nothing before.

What kind of ignoramus has set up a palace on my land without my permission?

And he sent to find out, to ask: "Who are they?" The ambassadors ran, stood under the window, asking questions.

Emelya answers them:

Ask the king to visit me, I will tell him myself.

The king came to visit him. Emelya meets him, leads him to the palace, puts him at the table. They start drinking. The king eats, drinks and is not surprised:

Who are you, good fellow?

Do you remember the fool Emelya - how he came to you on the stove, and you ordered him and your daughter to be pitched into a barrel, thrown into the sea? I am the same Emelya. If I want, I will burn and destroy your entire kingdom.

The king was very frightened, began to ask for forgiveness:

Marry my daughter, Emelyushka, take my kingdom, but don't ruin me!

Here they arranged a feast for the whole world. Emelya married Princess Marya and began to rule the kingdom.

Here the fairy tale ends, and whoever listened - well done.