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Russian folk tale about how the sly fox and the crane were friends. The red-haired prankster invited the crane to visit and decided to treat him to porridge, which she thinly smeared on a saucer. In response, the crane offered her a treat in a jug with a narrow neck. Moral of the story: don’t do mean things to others, you won’t get the same yourself.

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The fox and the crane became friends. She even became his godfather when the she-bear gave birth to a cub.

So one day the fox decided to treat the crane and went to invite him to visit her:

Come, kumanek, come, dear! How I can treat you!

The crane is going to a feast, and the fox made semolina porridge and spread it on the plate. Served and treated:

Eat, my darling kumanek! I cooked it myself.

The crane slammed its nose, knocked and knocked, but nothing hit. And at this time the fox is licking the porridge for itself and licking it all off itself. The porridge is eaten; the fox says:

Don't blame me, dear godfather! There is nothing more to treat!

Thank you, godfather, and that’s it! Come and visit me now.

The next day the fox comes, and the crane prepared okroshka, put it in a jug with a small neck, put it on the table and said:

Eat, gossip! True, there is nothing more to treat.

The fox began to spin around the jug, and would come in this way and that, and lick it and smell it; nothing is enough! My head won't fit into the jug. Meanwhile, the crane pecks and pecks until it has eaten everything.

Don't blame me, godfather! There is nothing more to treat.

The fox was annoyed: she thought that she had enough to eat for a whole week, but she went home as if she was slurping unsalted food. As it came back, so it responded. Since then, the fox and the crane have been apart in their friendship.

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  • Fox and crane.

    Russian folk tale for children from 3 years old.


      The fox and the crane became friends. So I decided to treat him one day. I went to call the crane for a visit:
        - Come, crane, come dear! How I can treat you!
        The crane came to visit, and the fox cooked semolina porridge, spread it on a plate, served it and treated it:
        - Eat, crane, eat, dear! I cooked it myself.
        The crane slammed its nose on the plate, knocked and knocked - nothing hit!
        And at this time the fox was licking and licking the porridge, so she ate it all herself. She ate it and said:
        - Don’t punish me, crane! There is nothing more to treat.
        - Thank you, fox, and that’s it! Come and visit me now.
        The next day the fox comes to the crane, and the crane prepared okroshka, poured it into a jug with a narrow neck and said:
        - Eat, little fox! There is nothing more to treat.
       The fox began to spin around the jug: he would go in this way, and that way, and lick it, and sniff it - he couldn’t get anything: his head wouldn’t fit into the jug!
        Meanwhile, the crane pecks, and pecks, and eats everything.
        - Well, don't be angry, fox! There is nothing else to consider.
        The fox became annoyed: she thought that she would eat enough for a whole week, but she came home hungry.
        Since then, the fox and the crane have had separate friendships.

    The fairy tale The Fox and the Crane is the only fairy tale in Russian folklore in which a fox and a crane were friends. However, the tale is not only about strange friendship, but also about politeness, good manners and the rules of hospitality. After you read the story online and discuss it with your child, try to come up with a good ending together.

    Fairy tale of the Fox and the Crane read

    The Fox became the godfather of the Crane. I decided to invite him to visit. Semolina porridge I cooked it and spread it on a plate. She licks the plate with her tongue and invites the Crane to help herself. Only the merchant knocked and knocked on the plate with his beak, but could not swallow anything. He thanked Chanterelle for the treat and invited her to visit him. I decided to teach the gossip a lesson. He cooked okroshka, poured it into a jug and offered it to the Fox. The poor gossip is around the jug this way and that, but her face doesn’t fit into the jug. The crane pecked out all the food from the jug, but the Fox remained hungry. Since then, the Fox and the Crane have been apart in their friendship. You can read the fairy tale online on our website.

    Analysis of the fairy tale The Fox and the Crane

    The Fox and the Crane is a short fairy tale about how to be friends and how to receive guests. The characters in the fairy tale, the Fox and the Crane, do not know how to be friends and are poorly acquainted with the rules of hospitality. Perhaps the heroes had good intentions. But, inviting each other to visit, everyone thought about themselves, and did not care about making the guest comfortable. Therefore, the Crane felt awkward visiting the Chanterelle, and the Chanterelle felt awkward visiting the Crane. The meaning of the fairy tale The Fox and the Crane is that one must be able to be friends and take care of friends. What does the fairy tale The Fox and the Crane teach? The fairy tale teaches you to think not only about yourself, but also about others.

    Fox and crane– children’s folk tale as presented by A. Afanasyev, a famous literary historian and researcher of Russian folk art. The fairy tale The Fox and the Crane will introduce your child to good Russian humor. Firstly, you can read the fairy tale online for free and role-play it with your child. Secondly, while the mother is preparing lunch, the child can choose suitable dishes for fairy tale characters. And don’t just stop at the fox and the crane: give space to your child’s imagination - and the largest basin will become a plate for a giant, and the smallest saucer will do for Thumbelina.
    Reading the fairy tale The Fox and the Crane online for free can become a reason for a serious conversation about the fact that if a child wants to have real friends, then his attitude towards others should be appropriate.

    What does the fairy tale The Fox and the Crane teach?

    This fairy tale teaches you to be attentive to others, because this is the key to strong friendship! It shows the short-lived friendship between a cunning fox and a wise crane.