In the magical and so charming world of goodchildren's fairy tales real images are intertwined with fantastic, only here good always triumphs over evil, everyone lives happily ever after. It is with the help of this magical world that the easiest way to form the right notions of kindness, truth, loyalty and love in a child. Without fairy tales, childhood would not be so amazing. Without fairy tales, it just loses its appeal and magic.
A good tale never dies. It is passed from mouth to mouth, slightly changing, but still carries a spark of kindness into the open hearts of the little ones.
One of the most famous fairy tales in the world is consideredEnglish folk tale "Three Little Pigs." Yes, this is an English fairy tale, although many mistakenly consider it Slavic folklore. Interestingly, some sources attribute the authorship of this work to specific individuals, and not only to the British. To whom? This is now and find out.
Summary of all your favorite fairy tales
The Three Little Pig Brothers - Nif-Nif, Nuf-Nuf and Naf-Naf- had a fun summer, walking a lot, lounging on the grass and enjoying the sunshine. But the clever Naf-Naf at the end of the summer reminded the brothers that it would be time to think about housing for the winter. Nif-Nif and Nuf-Nuf were too lazy to start building a house for themselves, they still enjoyed a carefree life, while smart Naf-Naf already worked on housing. With the first frost, they set to work. Nif-Nif built himself a little hut of straw, and Nuf-Nuf's dwelling was made of thin rods. Such huts could not protect not only from the winter cold, but also from the wolf, who was so eager to eat these pink and plump piglets. He had no problems blowing off (and thereby destroying) the straw house of Nif-Nif, who later tried to hide in a dwelling from the bars of Nuf-Nuf. But this house was destroyed. Only due to the fact that Naf-Naf built a house of stone, the pigs were able to defend themselves from the evil wolf, but he tried to climb through the chimney, but still the evil triumphed over the good, and the piglets remained alive.
The hot question of authorship
I wonder who the real author is?The Three Little Pigs and authorship are widely discussed today. After all, many people know this tale from childhood, as it is one of the easiest to understand. She has to taste even the smallest children, because it is often called the Russian folk. But for Russian children, parents started reading the Three Little Pigs not too long ago. The author of the book with the translation of this English fairy tale is none other than the famous Sergei Mikhalkov. Interestingly, its version is slightly different from the original. After all, only the Russian version of the tale tells that smart pigs just taught a wolf a lesson. If we compare this tale with the source code, that is, with the work “The Three Little Pigs” (the author of the tale is the people) as the original, then there are sly pigs boiling an arrogant wolf in a boiler when he tried to get through the chimney to Naf-Naf's house.
Such cruelty of the folklore variant is inherentNot only this particular fairytale, in the original many works (not only English, but also other nations) were quite cruel, but after they were changed and modernized to a form in which they already came to us. And thus, the three little pigs (the author of the English fairy tale - the English people) have already become not so bloodthirsty and have not cooked a wolf, but simply let go.
A little more about the Russian version of the fairy tale
Mikhalkov is a great author."Three Little Pigs" - a fairy tale that he translated back in 1936. It was then under his name was published "The Tale of the Three Little Pigs", which immediately became a favorite and widely known. It is interesting that not only this work of Mikhalkov was created on the basis of another fictional story (stories, fairy tales), but he was able to add such colors to them, after which the characters came to life in a new way.
The tale Mikhalkov translated into English
An interesting historical fact is thatthat the variant of the work “The Three Little Pigs” (the author of the fairy tale - Mikhalkov) was published in 1968 in England. It is noteworthy that the source of this translation was the German edition of the Three Little Pigs of Mikhalkov, which was published in 1966. This fact confirms that Mikhalkov really created this fairy tale, that is, he is the author. The Three Little Pigs is a work that many attribute to his pen. In extreme cases, he is the author of the most popular and interesting version of this tale.
More options for possible authors
Who wrote the fairy tale "Three Little Pigs"?English author or not? You can hear the answer, according to which the authors of this tale are still considered the Brothers Grimm. But this is absolutely the wrong answer. Confirmation of this can be found in the book “nursery rhymes and stories” (the first printed version of this tale entered here), which was published in London back in 1843. At this time, the Brothers Grimm were already well known and would hardly have allowed to print this work under their own name. On the other hand, it doesn’t matter who the author is, The Three Little Pigs is just a great fairy tale.
Interpretation of fairy tales in cartoons
Nif-Nif, Nuf-Nuf and Naf-Naf so loved by childrenthat their story was even filmed in cartoons. The most famous options for us are, of course, Disney and from the studio Soyuzmultfilm. And here the question of who wrote the fairy tale “The Three Little Pigs” has ceased to be an important one. The author of each individual film adaptation made its own adjustments, thereby slightly changing the tale, making it more interesting for children. The main thing is that, despite the fact that both versions of the fairy tale were filmed in the last century, they still remain interesting for new generations.
The tale that became the basis of the provocative cartoon Tack Avery
World famous multiplier Tack Averymanaged to give a new meaning to the children's fairy tale. In his caricature version of the cartoon, which was created during the Second World War, the “evil and terrible gray wolf” was the image of Hitler. The “countries” that agreed to sign a non-aggression pact are the stupid Nif-Nif and Nuf-Nuf. And only "Captain Pig" was preparing for a possible attack by the "wolf." So we can say that Tack Avery is also the one who wrote The Three Little Pigs. The author here is simply creating a story for adults, not for children. After he wrote and the continuation of this story "pigs".
A tale worth reading to children
In this tale, we have good and bad heroes.Good, of course, piglets, we sympathize with them. After all, the evil wolf wants to eat them. But the pigs are also stupid (Nif-Nif and Nuf-Nuf), because they hope that little houses will save them, and if not for the clever Naf-Naf, they would not have survived. Only together, the brothers were able to defeat the wolf, and even teach him a lesson, so that he would never try again to eat them.
Although this tale is considered by many to be primitive,yet this is exactly the work that is worth telling the children of the whole world. After all, regardless of who wrote The Three Little Pigs, the author wanted to convey the main point - you always need to prepare for the winter time, that is, be prepared for bad times and start training in advance, and the family is the main value, only with the family you can even beat the wolf. Indeed, it is only in the form of a fairy tale that such serious life concepts can be conveyed to young children, and only in this form will they be perceived by them. It is important that children answer correctly questions that they can ask after listening to or reading this work so that they understand the whole point. And it’s better still to give the kids the option in which the wolf is not killed, because after that the pigs (as heroes) already cease to be good. It is better if they only punish him for their desire to eat them, because this is the wrong thing. And young parents should not be lazy to re-tell exactly this tale. If she is interested in the baby, then he really likes.
Fairy tale is the simplest form of transmission.Wisdom, experience from generation to generation, is our legacy, which we must save for the next generations, who, in their own way, will probably understand everything and also ask themselves who wrote the fairy tale “The Three Little Pigs”. The author of this question will already receive a completely different answer, the essence of which is that the author of this tale is the people of the whole world, because generation after generation has modernized and perfected it.
