Rudolf Erich Raspe
A little old man with a big nose sits by the fireplace and talks about his incredible adventures, convincing his listeners that these stories are true.
While in Russia in winter, the baron fell asleep right in an open field, tying his horse to a small post. Waking up, M. saw that he was in the middle of the town, and the horse was tied to a cross on the bell tower - overnight the snow that had completely covered the city melted, and the small column turned out to be the snow-covered top of the bell tower. Having shot the bridle in half, the baron lowered his horse. Traveling no longer on horseback, but in a sleigh, the baron met a wolf. Out of fear, M. fell to the bottom of the sleigh and closed his eyes. The wolf jumped over the passenger and ate him back horses. Under the blows of the whip, the beast rushed forward, squeezed out the front of the horse and harnessed itself into the harness. Three hours later M. rode into St. Petersburg on a sleigh harnessed to a ferocious wolf.
Seeing a flock of wild ducks on the pond near the house, the baron rushed out of the house with a gun. M. hit his head on the door - sparks flew from his eyes. Having already taken aim at the duck, the baron realized that he had not taken the flint with him, but this did not stop him: he ignited the gunpowder with sparks from his own eye, hitting it with his fist. M. was not at a loss during another hunt, when he came across a lake full of ducks, when he no longer had bullets: the baron strung the ducks on a string, luring the birds with a piece of slippery lard. The duck “beads” took off and carried the hunter all the way to the house; Having broken the necks of a couple of ducks, the baron descended unharmed into the chimney of his own kitchen. The lack of bullets did not spoil the next hunt: M. loaded the gun with a ramrod and skewered 7 partridges on it with one shot, and the birds were immediately fried on a hot rod. In order not to spoil the skin of the magnificent fox, the baron shot at it with a long needle. Having pinned the animal to a tree, M. began to whip her with a whip so hard that the fox jumped out of his fur coat and ran away naked.
And after shooting at a pig walking through the forest with his son, the baron shot off the pig’s tail. The blind pig could not go further, having lost her guide (she was holding on to the tail of the cub, who led her along the paths); M. took hold of the tail and led the pig straight into his kitchen. Soon the boar also went there: after chasing M., the boar got its tusks stuck in a tree; the baron only had to tie him up and take him home. Another time, M. loaded the gun with a cherry pit, not wanting to miss the handsome deer - however, the animal still ran away. A year later, our hunter met the same deer, between whose antlers there was a magnificent cherry tree. Having killed the deer, M. received both the roast and the compote at once. When the wolf attacked him again, the baron thrust his fist deeper into the wolf's mouth and turned the predator inside out. The wolf fell dead; Its fur made an excellent jacket.
The mad dog bit the baron's fur coat; she also went crazy and tore all the clothes in the closet. Only after the shot did the fur coat allow itself to be tied up and hung in a separate closet.
Another wonderful animal was caught while hunting with a dog: M. chased the hare for 3 days before he was able to shoot it. It turned out that the animal has 8 legs (4 on its stomach and 4 on its back). After this chase the dog died. Grieving, the baron ordered a jacket to be sewn from her skin. The new thing turned out to be difficult: it senses prey and pulls towards a wolf or a hare, which it strives to kill with shooting buttons.
While in Lithuania, the baron curbed the mad horse. Wanting to show off in front of the ladies, M. flew into the dining room on it and carefully pranced on the table without breaking anything. For such grace, the baron received a horse as a gift. Perhaps it was on this very horse that the baron burst into Turkish fortress, when the Turks were already closing the gates, they cut off the back half of M’s horse. When the horse decided to drink water from the fountain, the liquid poured out of it. Having caught the back half in the meadow, the doctor sewed both parts together with laurel twigs, from which a gazebo soon grew. And in order to scout out the number of Turkish cannons, the baron jumped on a cannonball launched at their camp. The brave man returned to his friends on an oncoming cannonball. Having fallen into a swamp with his horse, M. risked drowning, but he grabbed the braid of his wig tighter and pulled them both out.
When the baron was captured by the Turks, he was appointed bee shepherd. While fighting off a bee from 2 bears, M. threw a silver hatchet at the robbers - so hard that he threw it onto the moon. The shepherd climbed to the moon along a long stalk of chickpeas grown right there and found his weapon on a pile of rotten straw. The sun dried out the peas, so they had to climb back down on a rope woven from rotten straw, periodically cutting it and tying it to its own end. But 3-4 miles from Earth, the rope broke and M. fell, breaking through a large hole, from which he climbed out using steps dug out with his fingernails. And the bears got what they deserved: the baron caught the clubfoot on a shaft greased with honey, into which he hammered a nail behind the impaled bear. The Sultan laughed until he dropped at this idea.
Having set off home from captivity, M., on a narrow path, could not miss the oncoming crew. I had to take the carriage on my shoulders, and the horses under my arms, and in two passes I had to carry my belongings through another carriage. The baron's coachman diligently blew his horn, but could not blow out a single sound. At the hotel, the horn thawed and thawed sounds poured out of it.
When the baron was sailing off the coast of India, a hurricane tore out several thousand trees on the island and carried them to the clouds. When the storm ended, the trees fell into place and took root - all except one, from which two peasants were picking cucumbers (the only food of the natives). The fat peasants tilted the tree and it fell on the king, crushing him. The inhabitants of the island were extremely happy and offered the crown to M., but he refused because he did not like cucumbers. After the storm, the ship arrived in Ceylon. While hunting with the governor's son, the traveler got lost and came across a huge lion. The baron started to run, but a crocodile had already crept up behind him. M. fell to the ground; The lion jumped on him and fell straight into the crocodile's mouth. The hunter cut off the lion's head and drove it so deep into the crocodile's mouth that he suffocated. The governor’s son could only congratulate his friend on his victory.
Then M. went to America. Along the way, the ship encountered an underwater rock. From a strong blow, one of the sailors flew into the sea, but grabbed the heron’s beak and stayed on the water until rescued, and the baron’s head fell into his own stomach (for several months he pulled it out of there by the hair). The rock turned out to be a whale that woke up and, in a fit of rage, dragged the ship by its anchor across the sea all day. On the way back, the crew found the corpse of a giant fish and cut off its head. In the hole of a rotten tooth, the sailors found their anchor along with the chain. Suddenly water rushed into the hole, but M. plugged the hole with his own butt and saved everyone from death.
While swimming in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Italy, the baron was swallowed by a fish - or rather, he himself shrank into a ball and rushed straight into the open mouth so as not to be torn to pieces. Because of his stomping and fuss, the fish screamed and stuck its muzzle out of the water. The sailors killed her with a harpoon and cut her with an ax, freeing the prisoner, who greeted them with a kind bow.
The ship was sailing to Turkey. The Sultan invited M. to dinner and entrusted him with business in Egypt. On the way there, M. met a small walker with weights on his legs, a man with sensitive hearing, an accurate hunter, a strong man and a hero, who turned the blades of a mill with air from his nostrils. The baron took these guys as his servants. A week later the baron returned to Turkey. During lunch, the Sultan especially for dear guest took out a bottle of good wine from a secret cabinet, but M. declared that the Chinese Bogdykhan had better wine. To this the Sultan replied that if, as proof, the baron did not deliver a bottle of this very wine by 4 o’clock in the afternoon, the braggart’s head would be cut off. As a reward, M. demanded as much gold as 1 person could carry at a time. With the help of new servants, the baron obtained wine, and the strong man carried out all the Sultan's gold. With all sails set, M. hurried to go to sea.
The entire navy of the Sultan set off in pursuit. The servant with powerful nostrils sent the fleet back to the harbor, and drove his ship all the way to Italy. M. became a rich man, but quiet life was not for him. The baron rushed to the war between the English and the Spaniards, and even made his way into the besieged English fortress of Gibraltar. On M.'s advice, the British pointed the muzzle of their cannon exactly towards the muzzle of the Spanish cannon, as a result of which the cannonballs collided and both flew towards the Spaniards, with the Spanish cannonball piercing the roof of one shack and getting stuck in the throat of an old woman. Her husband brought her a snuff of tobacco, she sneezed and the cannonball flew out. In gratitude for useful advice the general wanted to promote M. to colonel, but he refused. Disguised as a Spanish priest, the baron sneaked into the enemy camp and threw the dadelko cannons from the shore, burning wooden means movement. The Spanish army fled in horror, deciding that a countless horde of Englishmen had visited them at night.
Having settled in London, M. once fell asleep in the mouth of an old cannon, where he hid from the heat. But the gunner fired in honor of the victory over the Spaniards, and the baron hit his head in a haystack. For 3 months he stuck out of the haystack, losing consciousness. in the fall, when the workers were stirring up a haystack with a pitchfork, M. woke up, fell on the owner’s head and broke his neck, which everyone was happy about.
The famous traveler Finn invited the baron on an expedition to the North Pole, where M. was attacked polar bear. The baron dodged and cut off 3 toes on the beast's hind leg, he released him and was shot. Several thousand bears surrounded the traveler, but he pulled on the skin of a dead bear and killed all the bears with a knife to the back of the head. The skins of the killed animals were torn off, and the carcasses were cut into hams.
In England, M. had already given up traveling, but his rich relative wanted to see the giants. In search of the giants, the expedition sailed across the Southern Ocean, but a storm lifted the ship beyond the clouds, where, after a long “voyage,” the ship moored to the Moon. The travelers were surrounded by huge monsters on three-headed eagles (radish instead of weapons, fly agaric shields; the belly is like a suitcase, only 1 finger on the hand; the head can be removed, and the eyes can be removed and changed; new residents grow on trees like nuts, and when they grow old, they melt into air).
And this voyage was not the last. On a half-broken Dutch ship, M. sailed on the sea, which suddenly turned white - it was milk. The ship moored to an island made of excellent Dutch cheese, on which even grape juice was milk, and the rivers were not only dairy, but also beer. The locals were three-legged, and the birds built huge nests. Travelers here were severely punished for lying, with which M. could not but agree, because he cannot stand lies. When his ship sailed, the trees bowed twice after him. Wandering the seas without a compass, sailors encountered various sea monsters. One fish, quenching its thirst, swallowed the ship. Her belly was literally full of ships; when the water subsided, M. and the captain went for a walk and met many sailors from all over the world. At the baron's suggestion, the two tallest masts were placed upright in the fish's mouth, so the ships could float out - and found themselves in the Caspian Sea. M. hurried ashore, declaring that he had had enough of adventures.
But as soon as M. got out of the boat, the bear attacked him. The Baron squeezed his front paws so hard that he roared in pain. M. held the clubfoot for 3 days and 3 nights, until he died of hunger, since he could not suck his paw. Since then, not a single bear has dared to attack the resourceful baron. Retold Mouse
By the hot fireplace, a little old man with an impressive nose tells his adventures, vouching that they are all the pure truth.
While traveling around Russia, Baron Munchausen fell asleep in an open field and tied his horse to a post. In the morning, when the snow melted, the pillar turned out to be the top of the bell tower. Having shot through the bridle, M. went down to the ground and continued on his way in the sleigh. On the way, he met a wolf who ate the back of the mare, but the baron managed to harness it and continued on his way.
Then the baron told the audience about his unprecedented success in hunting. Shooting ducks, he ignited the gunpowder in the gun with sparks from his eyes, another time he caught them on a string, he managed to plant seven partridges on a burning ramrod, and with the help of a long needle he caught a fox and with blows of the whip forced it to shed its luxurious skin intact. On another hunt, M. fired a cherry pit at a deer instead of a bullet. The beast managed to escape, but a year later the baron shot it, receiving both meat and compote from the cherries of the tree that grew on the deer’s forehead. A jacket made from a dog helped the Baron a lot when hunting; it points him to the tracks of a wolf and a hare.
Once the baron was captured by the Turks and they assigned him to graze their bees. Protecting the bees from the bears, M. found himself on the Moon, from where he was able to descend by tying a very long rope of rotten straw. He lured the bears onto a shaft smeared with honey. The Sultan appreciated the captive’s invention and sent him home. Returning to his homeland, M. had to carry a carriage and horses in his hands in order to miss an oncoming cart on a narrow road.
Finding himself on the island of Ceylon, M. almost became a victim of a lion and a crocodile. But he managed to cut off the lion's head and pushed it so deep into the crocodile's mouth that he suffocated. After this, the baron went to America, but on the way his ship was swallowed by a huge whale. There were hundreds of ships in its belly, and thanks to M.’s resourcefulness, they all managed to get out.
The Baron again went to Turkey, taking as his servant a fast walker, a man with very sensitive hearing, a strong man and a heroic blower. He bet the Sultan with all his gold that the Chinese ruler had the best wines on Earth. He ordered a bottle of Chinese wine to be delivered to him at four o'clock to check this. With the help of M.'s servants, he won the argument and the strongman took away all the Sultan's gold. The entire fleet of the Sultan was sent after them, but the hero-blower easily broke away from them. M. reached Italy and began to live for his own pleasure, but soon decided to take part in the war between the British and the Spaniards. Thanks to his resourcefulness and courage, the English army won, and the baron settled in London. Together with his relative, who dreamed of seeing giants, he went on a journey and ended up on an island made of cheese, where rivers of milk and beer flowed everywhere. Any lie was severely punished here, and M. fully supported this custom, because most of all he hated deception in any form.
After this adventure, the baron decided to settle down, but as soon as he stepped ashore, he found himself in the arms of a ferocious bear. M. managed to overcome him and since then not a single animal has dared to attack him.
Extracurricular reading lesson in 4th grade
“R.E. Raspe “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.”
Lesson objectives: 1. Introducing students to the world fiction, acquaintance with the features of the genre.
2. Development of primary skills in analyzing a literary text, retelling skills, the ability to highlight the main points in the character’s behavior, confirm one’s point of view with text, and express one’s attitude towards what one read.
3. Fostering curiosity, activity, and the ability to evaluate his moral qualities through the hero’s actions.
Equipment: an exhibition of books with adventure themes; forms with crossword puzzles, presentation with illustrations for the work, audio recording.
Motivational stage.
1. Viewing a book exhibition.
What do all the books in the exhibition have in common? (It's all adventure).
Today we will work with the work of Rudolf Erich Raspe “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen”.
Audio recording plays:
“A little old man with a long nose sits by the fireplace and talks about his adventures.
They listen to him and laugh right in his eyes:
Hey Munchausen! That's it Baron!
But he doesn't even look at them. He calmly continues to tell how he flew to the moon, how he lived among three-legged people, how he was swallowed by a huge fish, how his head was torn off...”
Introduction to the topic.
1. Structure of the book.
How many parts does the book consist of? (Preface, main part of two chapters, epilogue.)
- Who read the whole book?
Who read the first part?
Who read the second part?
How quickly can you navigate through a book? (According to the table of contents.)
2. Reasoning about the reality of the book's hero.
Who is the main character of the book?
On whose behalf is the story being told?
Was there really a Baron Munchausen? (Children's reasoning).
Teacher:
“The fantastic “Adventures of Baron Munchausen” are based on the stories of Baron Munchausen, who actually lived in Germany in the 18th century.
He was a military man, served for some time in Russia and fought with the Turks.
Returning to his estate in Germany, Munchausen soon became known as a witty storyteller who dreamed up the most incredible adventures.
It is not known whether he wrote down his stories himself or someone else did, but in 1781 some of them were published.
In 1785, the German writer E. Raspe processed these stories and published them.
Subsequently, they were joined by fantastic stories from other writers about the adventures of Baron Munchausen. But the author of the book is considered to be E. Raspe.
*In a number of editions of other retellings of Raspe’s book, the name of the main character is spelled “Munchausen”.
Work with text.
"Horse on the Roof"
- What story does the first part begin with? ("Horse on the Roof")
Retelling.
What advantages of Baron Munchausen are noted by the author? (A sharp shooter, a seasoned man.)
"Half a horse."
Looking at the illustration.
What story comes to mind? ("Half Horse")
Retelling the beginning of the story.
Selective reading:
How did Munchausen find the other half of the horse?
What quality did Munchausen and the military doctor display? (Resourcefulness)
Reading a dictionary entry from " Explanatory dictionary» S.I. Ozhegova. (Resourceful - quick-witted, easily finding a way out of a difficult situation.)
"By hair".
What hairstyle did Munchausen wear? (Wig with pigtail.)
In what situation did she help Munchausen?
Selective reading:
Was it easy for him?
"Sparks from the eyes."
Why did the baron tell his stories?
Is it possible to derive practical benefit from his stories?
What would you do if you needed to start a fire and didn’t have any matches with you?
Selective reading:
What did Munchausen do in such a situation?
Will you take the Baron's advice?
What does the expression “sparks fell from the eyes” mean?
Reading a dictionary entry from the School phraseological dictionary Russian language" by V.P. Zhukov. (“Sparks fell from the eyes - someone’s eyes dazzled from a strong blow”)
What character trait of the hero can be seen in this story? (Likes to give advice.)
"Wolf Inside Out"
Do you believe the stories of Baron Munchausen? Why? After all, he provides evidence. For example, in the story “Wolf Inside Out”.
Brief retelling.
Pair work:
Find evidence that this case is real. (I made an excellent jacket from his skin and, if you don’t believe me, I’ll be happy to show it to you.”)
What character trait does this indicate? (Practical, economic.)
"Crazy fur coat."
Looking at the illustration.
What story episode is depicted? ( "Mad fur coat.")
Reading the beginning of the story (until the words “Your fur coat is mad.”)
Retelling the text.
Work on the image of Baron Munchausen.
1. Appearance.
How do you imagine the Baron? (Confirmation with the words of the text.)
2. Title.
3. Character.
What character traits are characteristic of Munchausen?
resourceful
truthful
accurate shooter
seasoned man
loves to travel.
curious
likes to give advice
Kind
good-natured (not touchy)
etc.
Is there a similar character in Russian literature? (Captain Vrungel.)
4. A brief comparative description of the heroes of the works of E. Raspe and A. Nekrasov.
"My wonderful servants."
Selective reading:
Whom and for what skills did Baron Munchausen take with him on the road?
What work is this story similar to? (« flying ship"rns.)
5. Brief benchmarking works.
"Chinese wine"
What story did the wonderful servants help the baron emerge from with honor?
Brief retelling.
Lesson summary.
In what language was it first published?
Who translated it into Russian? (K. Chukovsky.)
Who main character books?
What are its main features? (Resourcefulness, “truthfulness.”)
Teacher:
“When the book became famous, the name Munchausen began to be used to call people who constantly lie and attribute to themselves all sorts of miraculous feats that they did not and could not accomplish.”
Is what is written in the book true?
Can this be called a lie?
2. Working with Ozhegov's dictionary. Distinction of the concepts “fiction”, “fantasy”, “lie”, “dream”.
1. A lie, something that is made up.
2. Invention, idea, ingenuity.
Fantasy
1. Ability to creative imagination; It's just imagination.
2. A dream, a product of the imagination.
3. Something far-fetched, implausible, unrealistic.
4. Whim, fad.
5. Musical composition in free form.
Intentional distortion of the truth, untruth, deception.
1. Something created by the imagination, mentally imagined.
2. The object of desires, aspirations.
3. Discussion.
So who was Baron Munchausen: an inventor, a dreamer, a dreamer, a liar or a truthful person?
How did you feel after reading the book?
Was it worth writing? Why?
What does she teach? (Never lose heart. Don’t get lost in any situation. Don’t lose your presence of mind and sense of humor.)
4. Solving the crossword puzzle.
Who once tore all the master's dresses to shreds?
How did Munchausen manage to kill seven partridges with one shot?
What animal had eight legs?
What did Munchausen shoot at the fox?
What grew on the deer's head?
What did Munchausen tie to the rope to catch the ducks?
What did Munchausen use to make his second trip to the Moon?
How did Munchausen get to the moon the second time?
Homework.
Do you think it matters whether these stories actually happened?
Teacher:
E. Raspe: “Was there really Munchausen? Read the stories and judge for yourself whether there was a more truthful man on Earth than Baron Munchausen.”
And if it wasn’t, then it’s a shame. Is it true? I invite you to play the role of Munchausen and tell your “true” story. Form it in the form of an essay.
A little old man with a big nose sits by the fireplace and talks about his incredible adventures, convincing his listeners that these stories are true.
While in Russia in winter, the baron fell asleep right in an open field, tying his horse to a small post. Waking up, M. saw that he was in the middle of the town, and the horse was tied to a cross on the bell tower - overnight the snow that had completely covered the city melted, and the small column turned out to be the snow-covered top of the bell tower. Having shot the bridle in half, the baron lowered his horse. Traveling no longer on horseback, but in a sleigh, the baron met a wolf. Out of fear, M. fell to the bottom of the sleigh and closed his eyes. The wolf jumped over the passenger and devoured the horse's hindquarters. Under the blows of the whip, the beast rushed forward, squeezed out the front of the horse and harnessed itself into the harness. Three hours later M. rode into St. Petersburg on a sleigh harnessed to a ferocious wolf.
Seeing a flock of wild ducks on the pond near the house, the baron rushed out of the house with a gun. M. hit his head on the door - sparks flew from his eyes. Having already taken aim at the duck, the baron realized that he had not taken the flint with him, but this did not stop him: he ignited the gunpowder with sparks from his own eye, hitting it with his fist. M. was not at a loss during another hunt, when he came across a lake full of ducks, when he no longer had bullets: the baron strung the ducks on a string, luring the birds with a piece of slippery lard. The duck “beads” took off and carried the hunter all the way to the house; Having broken the necks of a couple of ducks, the baron descended unharmed into the chimney of his own kitchen. The lack of bullets did not spoil the next hunt: M. loaded the gun with a ramrod and skewered 7 partridges on it with one shot, and the birds were immediately fried on a hot rod. In order not to spoil the skin of the magnificent fox, the baron shot at it with a long needle. Having pinned the animal to a tree, M. began to whip her with a whip so hard that the fox jumped out of his fur coat and ran away naked.
And after shooting at a pig walking through the forest with his son, the baron shot off the pig’s tail. The blind pig could not go further, having lost her guide (she was holding on to the tail of the cub, who led her along the paths); M. took hold of the tail and led the pig straight into his kitchen. Soon the boar also went there: after chasing M., the boar got its tusks stuck in a tree; the baron only had to tie him up and take him home. Another time, M. loaded the gun with a cherry pit, not wanting to miss the handsome deer - however, the animal still ran away. A year later, our hunter met the same deer, between whose antlers there was a magnificent cherry tree. Having killed the deer, M. received both the roast and the compote at once. When the wolf attacked him again, the baron thrust his fist deeper into the wolf's mouth and turned the predator inside out. The wolf fell dead; Its fur made an excellent jacket.
The mad dog bit the baron's fur coat; she also went crazy and tore all the clothes in the closet. Only after the shot did the fur coat allow itself to be tied up and hung in a separate closet.
Another wonderful animal was caught while hunting with a dog: M. chased the hare for 3 days before he was able to shoot it. It turned out that the animal has 8 legs (4 on its stomach and 4 on its back). After this chase the dog died. Grieving, the baron ordered a jacket to be sewn from her skin. The new thing turned out to be difficult: it senses prey and pulls towards a wolf or a hare, which it strives to kill with shooting buttons.
While in Lithuania, the baron curbed the mad horse. Wanting to show off in front of the ladies, M. flew into the dining room on it and carefully pranced on the table without breaking anything. For such grace, the baron received a horse as a gift. Perhaps, on this very horse, the baron burst into the Turkish fortress, when the Turks were already closing the gates - and cut off the back half of M’s horse. When the horse decided to drink water from the fountain, the liquid poured out of it. Having caught the back half in the meadow, the doctor sewed both parts together with laurel twigs, from which a gazebo soon grew. And in order to scout out the number of Turkish cannons, the baron jumped on a cannonball launched at their camp. The brave man returned to his friends on an oncoming cannonball. Having fallen into a swamp with his horse, M. risked drowning, but he grabbed the braid of his wig tighter and pulled them both out.
When the baron was captured by the Turks, he was appointed bee shepherd. While fighting off a bee from 2 bears, M. threw a silver hatchet at the robbers - so hard that he threw it onto the moon. The shepherd climbed to the moon along a long stalk of chickpeas grown right there and found his weapon on a pile of rotten straw. The sun dried out the peas, so they had to climb back down on a rope woven from rotten straw, periodically cutting it and tying it to its own end. But 3-4 miles before the Earth, the rope broke and M. fell, breaking through a large hole, from which he climbed out using steps dug out with his fingernails. And the bears got what they deserved: the baron caught the clubfoot on a shaft greased with honey, into which he hammered a nail behind the impaled bear. The Sultan laughed until he dropped at this idea.
Having set off home from captivity, M., on a narrow path, could not miss the oncoming crew. I had to take the carriage on my shoulders, and the horses under my arms, and in two passes I had to carry my belongings through another carriage. The baron's coachman diligently blew his horn, but could not blow out a single sound. At the hotel, the horn thawed and thawed sounds poured out of it.
When the baron was sailing off the coast of India, a hurricane tore out several thousand trees on the island and carried them to the clouds. When the storm ended, the trees fell into place and took root - all except one, from which two peasants were collecting cucumbers (the only food of the natives). The fat peasants tilted the tree and it fell on the king, crushing him. The inhabitants of the island were extremely happy and offered the crown to M., but he refused because he did not like cucumbers. After the storm, the ship arrived in Ceylon. While hunting with the governor's son, the traveler got lost and came across a huge lion. The baron started to run, but a crocodile had already crept up behind him. M. fell to the ground; The lion jumped on him and fell straight into the crocodile's mouth. The hunter cut off the lion's head and drove it so deep into the crocodile's mouth that he suffocated. The governor’s son could only congratulate his friend on his victory.
Then M. went to America. Along the way, the ship encountered an underwater rock. From a strong blow, one of the sailors flew into the sea, but grabbed the heron’s beak and stayed on the water until rescued, and the baron’s head fell into his own stomach (for several months he pulled it out of there by the hair). The rock turned out to be a whale that woke up and, in a fit of rage, dragged the ship by its anchor across the sea all day. On the way back, the crew found the corpse of a giant fish and cut off its head. In the hole of a rotten tooth, the sailors found their anchor along with the chain. Suddenly water rushed into the hole, but M. plugged the hole with his own butt and saved everyone from death.
Swimming in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Italy, the baron was swallowed by a fish - or rather, he himself shrank into a ball and rushed straight into the open mouth so as not to be torn to pieces. Because of his stomping and fuss, the fish screamed and stuck its muzzle out of the water. The sailors killed her with a harpoon and cut her with an ax, freeing the prisoner, who greeted them with a kind bow.
The ship was sailing to Turkey. The Sultan invited M. to dinner and entrusted him with business in Egypt. On the way there, M. met a small walker with weights on his legs, a man with sensitive hearing, an accurate hunter, a strong man and a hero, who turned the blades of a mill with air from his nostrils. The baron took these guys as his servants. A week later the baron returned to Turkey. During lunch, the Sultan, especially for his dear guest, took out a bottle of good wine from a secret cabinet, but M. declared that the Chinese Bogdykhan had better wine. To this the Sultan replied that if, as proof, the baron did not deliver a bottle of this very wine by 4 o’clock in the afternoon, the braggart’s head would be cut off. As a reward, M. demanded as much gold as 1 person could carry at a time. With the help of new servants, the baron obtained wine, and the strong man carried out all the Sultan's gold. With all sails set, M. hurried to go to sea.
The entire navy of the Sultan set off in pursuit. The servant with powerful nostrils sent the fleet back to the harbor, and drove his ship all the way to Italy. M. became a rich man, but a quiet life was not for him. The baron rushed to the war between the English and the Spaniards, and even made his way into the besieged English fortress of Gibraltar. On M.'s advice, the British pointed the muzzle of their cannon exactly towards the muzzle of the Spanish cannon, as a result of which the cannonballs collided and both flew towards the Spaniards, with the Spanish cannonball piercing the roof of one shack and getting stuck in the throat of an old woman. Her husband brought her a snuff of tobacco, she sneezed and the cannonball flew out. In gratitude for the practical advice, the general wanted to promote M. to colonel, but he refused. Disguised as a Spanish priest, the baron sneaked into the enemy camp and threw dadelko cannons from the shore and burned wooden vehicles. The Spanish army fled in horror, deciding that a countless horde of Englishmen had visited them at night.
Having settled in London, M. once fell asleep in the mouth of an old cannon, where he hid from the heat. But the gunner fired in honor of the victory over the Spaniards, and the baron hit his head in a haystack. For 3 months he stuck out of the haystack, losing consciousness. in the fall, when the workers were stirring up a haystack with a pitchfork, M. woke up, fell on the owner’s head and broke his neck, which everyone was happy about.
The famous traveler Finn invited the baron on an expedition to the North Pole, where M. was attacked by a polar bear. The baron dodged and cut off 3 toes on the beast's hind leg, he released him and was shot. Several thousand bears surrounded the traveler, but he pulled on the skin of a dead bear and killed all the bears with a knife to the back of the head. The skins of the killed animals were torn off, and the carcasses were cut into hams.
In England, M. had already given up traveling, but his rich relative wanted to see the giants. In search of the giants, the expedition sailed across the Southern Ocean, but a storm lifted the ship beyond the clouds, where, after a long “voyage,” the ship moored to the Moon. The travelers were surrounded by huge monsters on three-headed eagles (radish instead of weapons, fly agaric shields; the belly is like a suitcase, only 1 finger on the hand; the head can be removed, and the eyes can be removed and replaced; new residents grow on trees like nuts, and when they grow old, they melt into air).
And this voyage was not the last. On a half-broken Dutch ship, M. sailed on the sea, which suddenly turned white - it was milk. The ship moored to an island made of excellent Dutch cheese, on which even grape juice was milk, and the rivers were not only dairy, but also beer. The locals were three-legged, and the birds built huge nests. Travelers here were severely punished for lying, with which M. could not but agree, because he cannot stand lies. When his ship sailed, the trees bowed twice after him. Wandering the seas without a compass, sailors encountered various sea monsters. One fish, quenching its thirst, swallowed the ship. Her belly was literally full of ships; when the water subsided, M. and the captain went for a walk and met many sailors from all over the world. At the baron's suggestion, the two tallest masts were placed upright in the fish's mouth, so the ships could float out - and found themselves in the Caspian Sea. M. hurried ashore, declaring that he had had enough of adventures.
But as soon as M. got out of the boat, the bear attacked him. The Baron squeezed his front paws so hard that he roared in pain. M. held the clubfoot for 3 days and 3 nights, until he died of hunger, since he could not suck his paw. Since then, not a single bear has dared to attack the resourceful baron.
It is believed that the fantastic “Adventures of Baron Munchausen” are based on the stories of a baron with the same last name who actually lived in Germany in the 18th century. He was a military man, served for some time in Russia and fought with the Turks. Returning to his estate in Germany, Munchausen soon became known as a witty storyteller who invented the most incredible adventures.
In 1786, the German writer Raspe processed these stories and published them. He is generally considered to be the author of the book.
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A little old man with a big nose sat by the fireplace and told about his adventures. They listened to him and laughed:
- Oh yes Munchausen! That's it Baron!
But he didn’t even look at them and continued to calmly tell how he flew to the moon, how he lived among three-legged people, how he was swallowed by a huge fish.
When one of the visitors, having listened to the baron, said that these are all your thoughts, Munchausen replied:
- Those counts, barons, princes and sultans, whom I had the honor to call my best friends, always said that I was the most truthful person on earth...
Here are a few stories from “the most truthful man on earth.”
Horse on the roof
I went to Russia on horseback. It was winter, it was snowing heavily. My horse was tired and began to stumble: I also wanted to rest. But I didn’t come across a single village on the way. Then I decided to spend the night in an open field.
There are no bushes or trees around, just some kind of post sticking out. I pulled the horse to the post, and I lay down next to him and fell asleep.
I slept for a long time. And when I woke up, I saw that I was not lying in a field, but in a village, there was a church nearby, and my horse was neighing on the roof of the church.
I thought and realized what happened. Last night this entire village was covered with snow, and only the top of the cross was sticking out. I did not know that it was a cross, and I tied my tired horse to it. And at night, when I was sleeping, a strong thaw began, the snow melted, and I found myself on the ground. But my poor horse remained there, on the roof.
Without hesitation, I fired, the bridle in half, and the horse quickly descended towards me.
Partridges on a ramrod
Oh, resourcefulness is a great thing! Once I happened to shoot seven partridges with one shot.
And it was like this.
I was returning from hunting, having spent all my bullets. Suddenly seven partridges flew out from under my feet. Of course, I couldn't let such a great catch slip away from me.
I loaded the gun - with what do you think? - with a ramrod! Yes, with an ordinary cleaning rod used to clean guns. Then I ran to the partridges, scared them and shot. The partridges flew up one after another, and my ramrod pierced seven at once. All seven partridges fell at my feet.
I picked them up and was amazed to see that they were fried! Yes, they are dust fried!
However, it couldn’t have been otherwise: after all, my ramrod became very hot from the shot, and the partridges that fell on it could not help but fry.
I dined with great appetite.
Who among us in childhood did not hear the name of this incredible storyteller, who so sedately talked about his adventures? Is there really a person who has not read “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen”? Its summary is familiar not only from the wonderful book by Erich Raspe, but also from numerous cartoons and movies. Let's remember our childhood and the plot of our favorite fairy tale.
The work consists of several separate stories, united by one hero - a little old man with a big nose. He convinces his readers that everything he talks about near the blazing fireplace is the pure truth!
The first is the story of how the baron fell asleep in an open field while in snowy Russia. He tied the horse to a small post. But imagine his surprise when, after waking up, Munchausen found himself lying in the city square, and his horse hanging from the bell tower. Having freed his four-legged friend, the hero continued his journey in the sleigh. But along the way, half a horse was eaten by a wolf, so the baron harnessed the predator and thus reached St. Petersburg.
The main character of the book, Raspe, is distinguished by his ingenuity and resourcefulness. continue, and next time he will talk about how he hunted wild ducks, igniting the gunpowder in the gun with sparks from his own eyes or luring them with lard. The birds even carried it home, giving him an unforgettable air trip.
Many of Baron Munchausen's adventures are connected with hunting. Stories are told about how the hero shot partridges with a hot rod and immediately cooked them, how he beat a fox with a whip until it jumped out of its lush skin. Having shot off the pig's tail, which the piglet was holding on to, the enterprising baron brought the animal straight to his kitchen. And there are legends about how Munchausen shot a deer with a cherry pit, and then a tree grew on its head. But the brave baron, beloved by children and adults, also turned the wolf inside out, defeated the mad fur coat, and caught a hare with eight legs.
The work "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" summary which cannot be conveyed by all the magic and subtle humor of the story, which is very interesting. Remember how you laughed when you read about the taming of a mad horse in Lithuania, about how the horse’s hind end was cut off by a gate, and the baron had to catch it, chasing it across the field in order to sew it back. Every person will definitely remember Munchausen’s legendary flight on the cannonball and how he freed himself from the swamp by pulling himself out by his pigtail.
Of course, this is not all the adventures of Baron Munchausen. The summary cannot contain all these fantastic stories. After all, the main character was in Turkish captivity, tended bees, traveled through India, Ceylon, America, Mediterranean Sea. And everywhere, a quick mind saved the life of both the character himself and other heroes, and gave advice and food.
The hero always emphasized that he could not stand lies, and approved of the fact that on one island they were severely punished for deception. All his stories are true, and he is the most truthful person in the world. It's hard to disagree with this, isn't it?
