Favorite fairy-tales: a summary of Hans Christian Andersen's "Wild Swans"

Hans Christian Andersen is a world-famous children's storyteller. He was born in a poor shoemaker family. As a child, the father told the boy that he was allegedly a relative of Prince Frits. This was the reason for the child's fantasies about his acquaintance with the son of the royal family. Even when Hans grew up, he did not stop dreaming and inventing various untrue stories. All this was reflected in the wonderful fairy tales that glorified him to the whole world. Many of them we know from childhood. One of his best works was written in 1838 by Andersen. "Wild Swans", a summary of which is given in this article - is a tale of the value of kindred feelings, of selfless love in all its manifestations. Even the possibility of own death does not frighten the main character. She only has one wish - to save her brothers. Let's remember how it was ...

Summary. "Wild swan". Introduction

Once upon a time there was a king. And he had eleven beautiful sons and one daughter, who was called Elsa. They lived well and amicably, until the stepmother appeared in their family. She was an evil witch. Appearing in the castle, her stepmother immediately established her own orders there. She sent Elsa to be raised in a remote village, and turned her brothers into white swans. They flew away to no one knows where. Their sister, who lived in the wilderness, grew more beautiful every day. And now she has turned into a real beauty, the beauty of which is not in the white world. When Elsa returned to her father's house, her stepmother saw even more angry when she saw her. She decided to make her stepdaughter ugly. For this, the witch sent three nasty toads to her. But, as soon as they touched the innocent girl, they turned into red poppies and swam along the river away from her. Then the stepmother smeared Elsa with mud so that even her own father could not recognize her and drove her out of the castle.

Summary. "Wild swan". Developments

After that I had to spend the night in a forest. There she dreams a dream in which she sees herself and her brothers as a child. In the morning, waking up, Elsa washed in a forest pond, after which she again became a beauty. And the girl went to look for her brothers. On the way she met an old woman with a bowl full of berries. She treated them to Elsa and told that soon she would go out to the river, where eleven beautiful swans in golden crowns arrive. In the morning the beautiful woman went out to the river and waited for her brothers. In the evening the swans flew in and turned into lads. At dawn the brothers again flew away, promising to take their sister with them. The next day they carried it away in a willow basket into a cave overgrown with greenery. Elsa was left to live there. One night she had a strange dream: the old woman, who pointed the way to the brothers, told her the secret of their salvation. She said that swans will turn into young men if they put on them shirts, knitted from nettles, which grows in the cemetery or near this cave. Only while this girl should be silent, otherwise the charm will not work. The next day Elsa set to work. She snatched the nettle from the cave and began to knit the first shirt. But she did not have time to finish her second shirt, as the local king who had hunted in these places found her. He was fascinated by the beauty of Elsa, took her to his castle and married her.

Summary. "Wild swan". Decoupling

Only one circumstance upset the king - his young wife was always silent, showing what she needed, only with signs. Archbishop, who served with him, told that his beauty - a witch. At night, he saw herself walking into the cemetery and tearing nettles there. Why is it necessary for an ordinary girl? The king wanted to see for himself. The next night, he caught his wife behind this case. Soon the people became aware that the young queen was a witch. People demanded that Elsa be burned at the stake. The girl herself could not explain to them why she was tearing nettles, since this would destroy all her efforts. Even when the girl was taken to be executed, she sat and knit. She had to finish the last shirt. Swans circled around her. At that moment, when the executioner grabbed her hand, she managed to throw on the brothers tied shirts, and they turned into young men. Only she did not have time to finish the sleeve on her last shirt. The younger brother remained with the wing instead of the hand. Having done this, Elsa fainted. And the brothers told the king their whole story. At that moment, the logs for the fire turned into a bush of scarlet roses. Only one flower in the middle was dazzling white. The king tore it, put it on the girl's breast, and she woke up. Destroyed the evil sorceress charm. Elsa's heart was filled with joy and peace. This concludes the tale of a brave girl and her eleven brothers (here is a brief summary). "Wild Swans" is a work of selflessness and love. It teaches us the belief that good always overcomes evil, whatever happens. Children love this tale. By its motives, created and cartoons, and artistic tapes.

The tale "Wild Swans", a brief summary of which is given here, perhaps, is one of the best works of Hans Christian Andersen.