Read bedtime stories for children 0. Short stories for children

It was time for bed, and the little hare grabbed the big hare tightly by its long, long ears. He wanted to know for sure that the big hare was listening to him.

- Do you know how much I love you?
“Of course not, kid. How should I know?
- I love you - that's how! - and the hare spread its paws wide, wide.

But the big hare has longer legs.
- And I you - that's how.
“Wow, how wide,” thought the hare.

“Then I love you—that’s how!” And he pulled himself up with all his might.
- And you - that's how, - the big hare reached for him.
“Wow, how high,” thought the hare. “I would like that!”

Then the hare guessed: a somersault on the front paws, and with the hind legs up the trunk!
“I love you to the very tips of your hind legs!”
“And I love you - to the very tips of your paws,” the big hare picked him up and threw him up.

- Well, then ... then ... Do you know how much I love you? ... Like that! - and the hare jumped and tumbled across the clearing.
- And I love you - like this, - the big hare grinned, and jumped so much that he reached the branches with his ears!

"That's a jump! thought the hare. “If only I could do that!”

- I love you far, far along this path, as from us to the river itself!
- And I you - as through the river and in-oh-oh-he is behind those hills ...

“How far away,” the hare thought sleepily. Nothing else came to his mind.

Here above, above the bushes, he saw a big dark sky. There is nothing beyond the sky!

“I love you until the moon itself,” the hare whispered, and closed his eyes.
- Wow, how far ... - The big hare laid him on a bed of leaves.

He himself settled down next to him, kissed him goodnight ... and whispered in his ear:

And I love you to the moon. To the very, very moon... and back.

"That's how I love you" - a translation of a fairy tale in poetic form:

The little hare smiled at his mother:
- I love you like this! - and threw up his hands.
- And that's how I love you! - his mother told him
She spread her hands and also showed.

- It's very, very much, a lot, but not too much.
He crouched down and jumped high like a ball.
- I love you like this! the bunny laughed.

And then in response to him, dashing dashingly,
- That's how much I love you! - jumped the hare.
- This is a lot, - the hare whispered, -

- I love you like this! the bunny smiled
And somersaulted on the grass-ant.
- And that's how I love you! - Mommy said
Tumbled, hugged and kissed.

- This is a lot, - the hare whispered, -
It's a lot, a lot, a lot, but not too much.
Do you see the tree growing right next to the river?
I love you like this - you understand, mom!

And mom can see the whole valley in her arms.
- That's how much I love you! mother told her son.
So it was a fun day. At the hour when it was getting dark
The yellow-white moon appeared in the sky.

At night, children need to sleep even in our fairy tale.
The bunny whispered to his mother, closing his eyes:
- From the earth to the moon, and then back -
That's how much I love you! Isn't it clear?

Having tucked a blanket on all sides of the bunny,
Quietly, before going to bed, my mother whispered:
- It's very, very much, it's so nice,
If you love to the moon, and then back.

Go to sleep. Adults can make babies go to bed on their own. After all, it’s good to lie down and listen to how mom tells interesting short bedtime stories. You can invent them yourself - there are so many objects around, and each of them can temporarily become a participant in a magical action. Ideas are just in the air. You can invent fantastic characters or endow forest animals and pets with magical powers.

fish

If you have an aquarium, let its inhabitants provide inspiration for new history. Short bedtime stories can be about fish.

Tell your child that when everyone falls asleep, the light turns on in the aquarium - these are the inhabitants of the underwater kingdom who arrange funny dances.

You can start the tale with the fact that a small catfish (or other fish that is in the home aquarium) lived in an aquarium. Catfish was very fond of singing, but the owners of the aquarium did not hear him. The fish diligently opened its mouth to extract beautiful sounds and was very upset that no one praised it for this.

The owners saw that their catfish was sad and thought it was from loneliness. They bought him a girlfriend and planted her when the catfish was sleeping. After he woke up, he began to sing as always, and suddenly he heard someone praising him. He was surprised and saw another fish. Somik was glad that now they hear him, he began to try even harder.

The second individual was female and over time, catfish created strong family they had many children. And now, when people fall asleep, the fish begin to sing in their own language and dance merrily. From their joy, the aquarium is filled with light that streams in different directions.

Short bedtime stories can be dedicated not only to fish, but also to forest animals.

Hare with magic ears

When your baby goes to bed, surprise him. Ask if he knows that the magic hare has detachable ears. The beginning of the story will surely interest the child. Tell him if he wants to hear more, let him lie down in his bed. After that you will be able to continue. Short stories told to children at night will help them fall asleep faster and have good dreams.

So, there lived a bunny with magic ears in the forest. He woke up early, went for a walk and sang his cheerful song. This morning the animal, as always, fastened its ears and went for a walk. On the way, he met a hedgehog, they talked and the hare told him about his magic ears, which can hear what will happen the next day. Friends did not know that their conversation was heard by the evil wizard Mukhomor Muhorovich. He was the lord of three foxes and called them. The foxes have arrived. Mukhomor Muhorovich revealed a secret to them, telling them about the wonderful ears of a hare. The magician ordered the foxes to bring him ears.

They asked the forest dwellers where the hare could be found. But no one answered them, since everyone loved a kind animal, but no predators. But the foxes managed to deceive the squirrel. They said it was the hare's birthday and they were bringing him a present. The gullible squirrel showed the way to the foxes.

What happened next

They grabbed the hare and took it to the fly agaric. But he did not reward them, but turned chanterelles into mushrooms. He grabbed the hare by the ears, but he broke free and ran away. And the ears remained with Mukhomor Mukhorovich.

Meanwhile, the little squirrel told the animals that the hare had a birthday. Everyone went to him with gifts, but they found him weeping bitterly. Kosoy told the beasts what happened and how he lost his ears.

The animals found a wise old raven and asked him how to defeat Mukhomor Mukhorovich. He replied that he needed to say 3 times: "Be healthy." They uttered these words in chorus, and the evil wizard immediately turned into a simple fly agaric mushroom. The animals brought the bunny his ears, and everyone began to sing and have fun.

Such short bedtime stories will allow the child to fall asleep in a good mood, and the next evening, too, quickly go to bed to hear another interesting story.

How the sun argued with the moon

One day, towards evening, the moon and the sun met in the sky. The luminary of the day and says to the night one: “Still, people love me more. In winter, they ask me to appear, then everyone’s mood improves. In the spring they look forward to me, they want me to melt the snow faster, bring warmth closer. I give people a golden tan, warm up the seas, rivers, lakes in which people love to swim so much. over the horizon."

The moon listened to the sun for a long time and replied that she had nothing to say to this, and it would be better for her to hide behind the clouds, since people do not need it. So the moon did. Meanwhile, a man was returning to his village. At first he walked joyfully along the road, but when the moon hid behind the clouds, it became dark, he lost his way.

Then he began to ask the moon to appear at least for a little while. She looked out, the man found his way home. Then the moon realized that people needed it too, and therefore tried not to hide behind the clouds, but to light the way for night travelers.

White bull and the like

If you want to tell your child very short bedtime stories, jokes will help you out. You can tell about the grandfather and the woman who ate milk porridge. Then tell about the fact that the old man was angry with his wife and slapped her on the stomach (lightly). And then adults know what happened.

When talking about a white bull, you simply repeat the words after the child, first saying the phrase: “Do you want to listen to a fairy tale about a white bull”? You can diversify the story by calling it gray or even black.

Funny bedtime stories

Short funny stories will amuse both adults and children. If you need a fairy tale for an adult, tell me that there was a prince. One day he came to the princess and asked if she would marry him. She answered: "No." Therefore, the prince lived happily ever after - he did what he wanted, went wherever he wanted, no one forbade him anything, etc. Of course, after such a story, all that remains is to laugh.

At night, the guys themselves can compose. So, one boy came up with a story about a merchant who had everything. Once he bought a mirror box. When he opened it at home, he lost everything - both the house and wealth. Amuse the child and the like short stories who teach not to desire more than a person needs and to rejoice in what he has.

Fairy tales are poetic stories of extraordinary events and adventures involving fictional characters. In modern Russian, the concept of the word "fairy tale" has acquired its meaning since the 17th century. Until that moment, the word "fable" was supposedly used in this meaning.

One of the main features of a fairy tale is that it is always based on a fictional story, with a happy ending, where good triumphs over evil. The stories contain a certain hint, which enables the child to learn to recognize good and evil, to comprehend life on illustrative examples.

Children's fairy tales read online

Reading fairy tales is one of the main and important stages on the way of your child to life. A variety of stories make it clear that the world around us is quite contradictory and unpredictable. Listening to stories about the adventures of the main characters, children learn to appreciate love, honesty, friendship and kindness.

Reading fairy tales is useful not only for children. Having matured, we forget that in the end, good always triumphs over evil, that all adversity is unimportant, and the beautiful princess is waiting for her prince on a white horse. give a little Have a good mood and plunge into the fairy-tale world quite simply!

The squirrel jumped from branch to branch and fell right on the sleepy wolf. The wolf jumped up and wanted to eat her. The squirrel began to ask:

Let me in.

Wolf said:

Okay, I'll let you in, just tell me why you squirrels are so cheerful. I'm always bored, but you look at you, you're all playing and jumping up there.

Belka said:

First, let me climb the tree, and from there I will tell you, otherwise I am afraid of you.

The wolf let go, and the squirrel went to the tree and said from there:

You're bored because you're angry. Anger burns your heart. And we are cheerful because we are kind and do no harm to anyone.

Fairy tale "The Hare and the Man"

Russian traditional

The poor man, walking through the open field, saw a hare under a bush, was delighted and said:

That's when I'll live at home! I will catch this hare and sell it for four altyns, with that money I will buy a pig, she will bring me twelve little pigs; piglets will grow up, bring twelve more; I'll pin them all, I'll accumulate a barn of meat; I’ll sell the meat, and with the money I’ll run a house and get married myself; my wife will bear me two sons - Vaska and Vanka; the children will plow the arable land, and I will sit under the window and give orders. “Hey, you guys,” I shout, “Vaska and Vanka!

Yes, the peasant shouted so loudly that the hare was frightened and ran away, but the house with all the wealth, with his wife and children was gone ...

Fairy tale "How the fox got rid of nettles in the garden"

Once a fox came out into the garden and sees that a lot of nettles have grown on it. I wanted to pull it out, but I decided that it was not even worth starting. I already wanted to go to the house, but here comes the wolf:

Hello cousin, what are you doing?

And the cunning fox answers him:

Oh, you see, godfather, how many beautiful ones I have ugly. Tomorrow I will clean and store it.

What for? the wolf asks.

Well, then, - says the fox, - the one who smells nettles does not take the dog's fang. See godfather, do not come close to my nettle.

She turned and went into the house to sleep the fox. She wakes up in the morning and looks out the window, and her garden is empty, not a single nettle is left. The fox smiled and went to cook breakfast.

Fairy tale "Ryaba Hen"

Russian traditional

Once upon a time there lived a grandfather and a woman in the same village.

And they had a chicken. named Ryaba.

One day the hen Ryaba laid an egg on them. Yes, not a simple egg, golden.

Grandfather beat the testicle, did not break it.

The woman beat and beat the testicle, did not break it.

The mouse ran, waved its tail, the testicle fell, and it broke!

The grandfather is crying, the woman is crying. And the hen Ryaba tells them:

Do not cry grandfather, do not cry woman! I'll lay you a new testicle, but not a simple one, but a golden one!

Tale of the most greedy man

Eastern fairy tale

In one city of the country of the Hausa lived the miser Na-khana. And he was so greedy that none of the inhabitants of the city had ever seen Na-khana give at least water to the traveler. He'd rather get a couple of slaps in the face than lose the smallest bit of his fortune. And this was a great fortune. Na-khana himself probably did not know exactly how many goats and sheep he had.

One day, returning from the pasture, Na-khana saw that one of his goats had stuck its head in a pot, but could not get it out. Na-khana himself tried for a long time to remove the pot, but in vain. Then he called the butchers and, after a long bargain, he sold the goat to them on the condition that they cut off her head and return the pot to him. The butchers slaughtered the goat, but when they took out its head, they broke the pot. Na-hana was furious.

I sold the goat at a loss, and you also broke the pot! he shouted. And even cried.

Since then, he did not leave the pots on the ground, but put them somewhere higher, so that goats or sheep would not stick their heads in them and cause him loss. And people began to call him the great miser and the most greedy man.

Fairy tale "Eyeglasses"

Brothers Grimm

The beautiful girl was lazy and slovenly. When she had to spin, she was annoyed at every knot in linen yarn and immediately broke it to no avail and threw it in a heap on the floor.

She had a maid - a hardworking girl: it happened that everything that the impatient beauty threw away would be collected, unraveled, cleaned and thinly rolled. And she accumulated so much of such matter that it was enough for a pretty dress.

A young man wooed a lazy beautiful girl, and everything was already prepared for the wedding.

At a bachelorette party, a diligent maid danced merrily in her dress, and the bride, looking at her, said mockingly:

"Look, how she dances! How merry she is! And she herself dressed up in my hair!"

The groom heard this and asked the bride what she wanted to say. She told the groom that this maid had woven a dress for herself from the same linen that she had discarded from her yarn.

As the groom heard this, he understood that the beauty was lazy, and the maid was zealous for work, he approached the maid, and chose her as his wife.

Fairy tale "Turnip"

Russian traditional

Grandfather planted a turnip and says:

Grow, grow, turnip, sweet! Grow, grow, turnip, strong!

The turnip has grown sweet, strong, big, big.

The grandfather went to pick a turnip: he pulls, he pulls, he cannot pull it out.

Grandpa called grandma.

grandma for grandpa

Grandfather for a turnip -

The grandmother called her granddaughter.

Granddaughter for grandmother

grandma for grandpa

Grandfather for a turnip -

They pull, they pull, they can't pull it out.

Granddaughter called Zhuchka.

Bug for granddaughter

Granddaughter for grandmother

grandma for grandpa

Grandfather for a turnip -

They pull, they pull, they can't pull it out.

Bug called the cat.

Cat for a bug

Bug for granddaughter

Granddaughter for grandmother

grandma for grandpa

Grandfather for a turnip -

They pull, they pull, they can't pull it out.

The cat called the mouse.

Mouse for a cat

Cat for a bug

Bug for granddaughter

Granddaughter for grandmother

grandma for grandpa

Grandfather for a turnip -

Pull-pull - and pulled out a turnip. So the turnip's fairy tale is over, and whoever listened - well done!

Fairy tale "Sun and cloud"

Gianni Rodari

The sun merrily and proudly rolled across the sky on its fiery chariot and generously scattered its rays - in all directions!

And everyone had fun. Only the cloud got angry and grumbled in the sun. And no wonder - she was in a thunderous mood.

- You're a spender! - the cloud frowned. - Leaky hands! Throw, throw your beams! Let's see what you're left with!

And in the vineyards, each berry caught the sun's rays and rejoiced in them. And there was not such a blade of grass, a spider or a flower, there was not even such a drop of water that would not try to get its piece of the sun.

- Well, spend more! - the cloud did not let up. - Spend your wealth! You will see how they will thank you when you have nothing left to take!

The sun was still merrily rolling across the sky and giving away its rays in millions, billions.

When it counted them at sunset, it turned out that everything was in place - look, every single one!

Upon learning of this, the cloud was so surprised that it immediately scattered into hail. And the sun splashed cheerfully into the sea.

Fairy tale "Sweet porridge"

Brothers Grimm

Once upon a time there was a poor, modest girl alone with her mother, and they had nothing to eat. Once the girl went into the forest and met an old woman on the way, who already knew about her miserable life and gave her an earthen pot. He had only to say: “Pot, cook!” - and tasty, sweet millet porridge will be cooked in it; and just tell him: “Potty, stop it!” - and the porridge will stop cooking in it. The girl brought a pot home to her mother, and now they got rid of poverty and hunger and began to eat sweet porridge whenever they wanted.

Once the girl left home, and the mother says: “Pot, cook!” - and porridge began to boil in it, and the mother ate her fill. But she wanted the pot to stop cooking porridge, but she forgot the word. And now he cooks and cooks, and the porridge is already creeping over the edge, and all the porridge is being cooked. Now the kitchen is full, and the whole hut is full, and porridge is creeping into another hut, and the street is all full, as if it wants to feed the whole world; and a great misfortune happened, and not a single person knew how to help that grief. Finally, when only the house remains intact, a girl comes; and only she said: “Pot, stop it!” - he stopped cooking porridge; and the one who had to go back to the city had to eat his way through the porridge.

Fairy tale "Black grouse and the fox"

Tolstoy L.N.

The black grouse was sitting on a tree. The fox came up to him and said:

- Hello, black grouse, my friend, as soon as I heard your voice, I came to visit you.

“Thank you for your kind words,” said the grouse.

The fox pretended not to hear, and said:

– What are you talking about? I can not hear. You, black grouse, my friend, would go down to the grass for a walk, talk to me, otherwise I won’t hear from the tree.

Teterev said:

- I'm afraid to go to the grass. It is dangerous for us birds to walk on the ground.

Or are you afraid of me? - said the fox.

“Not you, I’m afraid of other animals,” said the black grouse. - There are all kinds of animals.

- No, black grouse, my friend, today the decree has been announced so that there will be peace throughout the earth. Now the animals do not touch each other.

“That’s good,” said the black grouse, “otherwise the dogs are running, if only in the old way, you would have to leave, but now you have nothing to be afraid of.”

The fox heard about the dogs, pricked up her ears and wanted to run.

– Where are you? - said the grouse. - After all, now the decree, the dogs will not be touched.

- And who knows! - said the fox. Maybe they didn't hear the order.

And she ran away.

Fairy tale "The Tsar and the Shirt"

Tolstoy L.N.

One king was sick and said:

“I will give half of the kingdom to the one who will cure me.

Then all the wise men gathered and began to judge how to cure the king. No one knew. Only one wise man said that the king can be cured. He said:

- If you find a happy person, take off his shirt and put it on the king, the king will recover.

The king sent to look for a happy person in his kingdom; but the ambassadors of the king traveled all over the kingdom for a long time and could not find a happy person. There was not a single one that was satisfied with everyone. Who is rich, let him be ill; who is healthy, but poor; who is healthy and rich, but his wife is not good; and whoever has children who are not good - everyone complains about something.

Once, late in the evening, the king's son was walking past the hut, and he heard someone say:

- Here, thank God, I've worked out, eaten and go to bed; what else do i need?

The king's son was delighted, ordered to take off this man's shirt, and give him money for it, as much as he wants, and take the shirt to the king.

The messengers came to the happy man and wanted to take off his shirt; but the happy one was so poor that he had no shirt on.

Tale "Chocolate Road"

Gianni Rodari

Three little boys lived in Barletta - three brothers. Somehow they were walking outside the city and suddenly saw some strange road - even, smooth and all brown.

- What, I wonder, is this road made of? The older brother was surprised.

“I don’t know from what, but not from planks,” the middle brother remarked.

They wondered, wondered, and then knelt down and licked the road with their tongues.

And the road, it turns out, was all lined with chocolate bars. Well, the brothers, of course, were not at a loss - they began to regale themselves. Piece by piece - they did not notice how the evening came. And they all gobble up chocolate. So we ate it all the way! Not a piece of her is left. As if there was no road at all, no chocolate!

– Where are we now? The older brother was surprised.

“I don’t know where, but it’s not Bari!” the middle brother replied.

The brothers were confused - they did not know what to do. Fortunately, a peasant came out to meet them, returning from the field with his cart.

“Let me take you home,” he offered. And he took the brothers to Barletta, right up to the house.

The brothers began to get out of the cart and suddenly saw that it was all made of cookies. They rejoiced and, without thinking twice, began to gobble her up on both cheeks. There was nothing left of the cart - no wheels, no shafts. Everyone ate.

That's how lucky one day three little brothers from Barletta. No one has ever been so lucky, and who knows if they will ever be.

A fairy tale is that part of childhood that remains with us forever, even when childhood is gone. This is a magical world that is wide open in front of the baby, and acquaintance with it begins with a short and sweet bedtime story.

At what age should children read fairy tales

There is no strict age limit in reading fairy tales to a child. Reading for a child is, first of all, an opportunity for emotional intimacy with an adult. Even if not a word is clear yet, the familiar timbre of the voice, the measured rhythm soothe the baby and stimulate its development. That is why psychologists recommend reading fairy tales even to babies. The main condition: the process should bring pleasure to both the adult and the baby.

The benefits of reading fairy tales

A bedtime story read by a parent is a powerful stimulus for the development of a child, a wide range of opportunities for a child in the following areas:

• imagination;
• fantasy;
• creative thinking;
• speech skills;
• emotional development;
• the ability to find a way out of problem situations.

Unlike cartoons, a fairy tale does not present a child ready-made images and the world invented by the artist, but invites him to think, think out and imagine what is not in the illustrations.

Simply put, we read to children at night and at the same time reveal their creative potential. The next step is the first children's tests of themselves as an author and artist, but that will come later. And now such familiar and at the same time amazing short bedtime stories come to the aid of parents.

Bedtime stories - what should they be?

It often happens that the baby every day asks for the hundredth time to read a familiar fairy tale to him, not wanting to listen to any others.

It is not worth arguing and trying to read something new - a bedtime story exists in order to cradle and give pleasant dreams. So it should be:

• short;
• calm;
• kind;
• without dynamic details in the plot, but with a happy ending.

Repeating the same situation over and over again (familiar room, favorite blanket and soft toy, nearby - a mother reading a familiar fairy tale) turns for the baby into a kind of ritual that has a calming effect. It helps relieve the emotional stress that has accumulated over a long day.

Short stories on our website

The "Short Bedtime Stories" section presents famous works by Russian and foreign authors that have become favorites for children all over the world.

Magic little men created by Astrid Lindgren, kind tigers by Donald Bisset, inseparable Hedgehog and Bear cub by Sergey Kozlov - these and other characters are looking forward to meeting young readers.

Here you will also find folk tales and illustrated works by Vladimir Suteev. Kids will be delighted with simple instructive stories and colorful pictures created by a real Master.

Tips on the site

The free bedtime stories presented on our website are so diverse that sometimes it can be difficult to find the right one. To help parents, we have developed a convenient search engine, which allows you to view the parameters of a fairy tale without opening it:

• age of readers;
• reading time;
• short description;
• popularity indicator;
• illustration.

Secrets of reading bedtime stories

In order to replace the evening fairy tale with a sweet dream, it should be a short fairy tale, which should be read online in a calm and familiar environment.

Read in a low voice, without haste. Remember, we read to children at night not to give them new knowledge - there is daytime for this. In the evening, it is important to create a relaxing atmosphere and a sense of peace. For this, it is important to choose the right bedtime story, which is why our site is always open for you, dear parents!