The world of books is wonderful and vast. How to bring a child into it? Parents who are concerned about this issue can find time to read and focus on short stories from both modern and classic writers.
Reading short stories
In modern society, children's interest in literature is declining more and more. Conscious parents, of course, are looking for a way out and try to teach their children to read. For non-tiring reading, we can recommend short but capacious stories and stories about the relationship of man to animals.
Valeeva M. D.'s story "Alien"
Writer Valeeva Maya Diasovna was born on May 1, 1962 in Kazan. The main problems of the works are man and nature, man and animals. The writer has a story "Alien". It's about a girl named El who worked at the zoo. A pair of wolves lived there. The offspring were taken from the she-wolf every spring. The cubs were drowned.
Once Elya saw a zoo worker go to drown the cubs. She managed to pick up one wolf cub. She brought him home, went out, raised him and named him Eve.
But it is difficult to keep a wolf in a city apartment. The neighbors were unhappy. They were afraid of Eve. Elya was forced to take her to her friends outside the city. They settled Eve in an open-air cage next to a thoroughbred master's dog named Chel.
The man fell in love with the she-wolf, they became friends. But Eve missed El and her son and howled at night. The village neighbors were unhappy with her howl, and a guy named Vitek decided to shoot the she-wolf, made his way to the aviary and pushed back two boards in the wall. Eve rejoiced at the freedom and rushed out onto the village street. Chel also ran away with her. Vitek shot and wounded Chela. On the way to the forest, Chel died, and Eve had to go into the forest.
The she-wolf wandered in the forest for several days, but longing for El and Ruslan brought her to the city. She found the area where they lived. And once while walking, Elia and Ruslan saw a she-wolf. They were very happy that she was found.
For some time, Eva lived with Elia and Ruslan again. Once Elya and her friends went to the Mari forests. She took Eve with her, deciding to give her a choice between the forest and living with her.
The parting of the she-wolf Eve and Eli was sad. The wolf licked her for a long time and did not want to let go. Elya got into the car with difficulty and was afraid to look back. She could hardly hold back her tears. The wolf chose the forest and did not run after the car. Obeying the call of nature, the animal made a choice in favor of freedom.
The story of A. P. Platonov "Cow"
Platonov Andrey Platonovich - Russian writer. Born on August 16 (28), 1899 in Voronezh. At the beginning of his career, he was published in newspapers and magazines. During the years of repression, he survived the arrests of relatives and friends. Was a war correspondent. He has an interesting writing style. The style is called "Platonic" - awkward, homemade. Outdated words and turns of speech are often used in works. The simplicity of presentation is close to that of a child's, so his works are well read by children.
The plot of the story "The Cow" is also simple. It is about the boy Vasya. The boy lived with his mom and dad on the railway line. Trains passed by. Father was listed as a lineman at the station. His wife and son often helped him see the trains with special light signals.
Vasya's parents kept a cow. She recently had a calf and soon fell ill. His father took him to the vet. The calf was not cured, it was sold for meat.
Vasya went to the cow every day. He loved her and courted her. When the calf was taken away, the mother-cow was bored and moaned pitifully. She waited for him, but did not wait. Vasya came to the cow and pitied her, tried to feed and drink tasty food, talked to her, persuade her not to be sad. But the cow could not overcome the longing for the calf and began to hurt. She ate poorly, looked at everyone indifferently and did not react in any way to the boy's care and affection.
Vasya went to school. He was a diligent and inquisitive boy. He read a lot about unfamiliar countries and cities, watched the passing trains, peered into the faces of passengers and thought about how these people live.
He often helped his father at the station, knew all the conventional light signals that had to be given to train drivers. Trains sometimes stopped, and Vasya talked to the drivers. Helped sand the rails and check the train brakes.
As time went. Vasya went to school every day, his mother and father did the housework and worked at the station. We watched the cow, which became a little "shawl". She could escape the barn and go to the train line and run aimlessly on the rails. Vasya was afraid that she would be run over by a locomotive. He ran out of school every day and thought about it.
It happened once. Vasya saw a freight train standing on the line and a familiar driver. She and her father were pulling a cow out from under the train. The driver was unable to stop a large freight train in time and hit a cow.
Everyone understood that the driver was not to blame. Vasya's father decided to buy a new cow. The driver promised to help him with money, as he felt guilty. Driving once again, he threw off two pieces of 100 rubles each in a tobacco pouch.
Vasya was asked at school to write an essay from his life. He wrote about a cow. About the fact that the cow was kind and brought many benefits to his family. They will buy another cow, but he will never forget this cow.
There is always benefit
It is necessary to read such stories with a child, because the situations described in them cause a lot of emotions. Questions and reflections and inner experiences appear. All this helps to form the correct worldview. Helps to love the world around.
