Vitaly Bianchi, "How the Ants Hurried Home": a summary and analysis

Vitaly Valentinovich Bianchi (1894-1959) discovered nature, watching its representatives on the shore of the Gulf of Finland at the dacha in Lebyazhyem. He was both a writer-naturalist, a hunter, and a local ethnographer. When he wrote a fairy tale, he himself became one by one, then by another insect, humanizing them. So it happened with the fairy tale of Bianca "How the ant was hurrying home". The brief contents will acquaint the reader with various insects and bugs.

A little about the author

The writer wanted his stories and stories to be of interest to both children and adults. Children who do not know how to read are listened with interest to short tales of "Whose legs are these?", "Who sings what?", "Where does the crayfish winter?", As well as Bianka's little tale-tale "How the Ants hurried home". A brief outline of this story will be set out below. Many, more than 300 stories, written by the author.

They are translated into different languages. The illustrations to them were often made by his daughter, as well as 30 (!) Illustrators. His entertaining and instructive stories were printed in many children's magazines: "Young Naturalist", "Chizh", "Druzhnye guys", "Koster", "Iskorka". One hundred and twenty books were printed by separate editions. And, of course, there were cartoons. Among them there is a colorful hand-drawn film on Bianca's fairy tale "How the Ants Hurried Home". We will tell you a short story later.

The film based on the work is called "Journey of an ant", script writer and production director E. Nazarov.

Encyclopedia about nature

Each story of V. Bianchi reveals to the reader something new and unexplored. They collected facts and observations, described the time of the year and the time of the day when the action takes place. Each animal, bird, insect and plant are described with biological authenticity. To make the reader more interested, the headline often turns into a question or begins with the word "how". So attracts attention to the content of Bianca's fairy tale "How the Ants hurried home". The brief content of this forest story immediately puts the reader in the know why the ant was hurrying to his home. And gradually we will recognize all his assistants.

We begin to read a fairy tale

The sun was going to the sunset, and the ant was sitting on the very top of the birch. Under him was his native anthill. He had to hurry: with the last ray of sun ants close all the entrances and exits from their house. He sat down on a leaf to rest, then quickly go down and have time to get into his home.

What happened then?

The wind blew and tore off the leaf from the birch, and the ant flew far away far beyond the river and beyond the village. So begins to describe Bianchi, like an ant home was in a hurry. The brief content of this amazing story is set forth further. He fell with a leaf on the stone and hurt his paw. The poor fellow is very sad: now he certainly will not have time to go home.

First assistants

His legs hurt, and he can not run. Suddenly the poor fellow sees the Caterpillar-Surgeon and asks her to help.

"Sit down," the Caterpillar agrees, "but do not bite." It was very uncomfortable to go on it. She then bent a high hump, then straightened into a wand. The ant was very tired and tears from the uncomfortable "horse". He sees Spider-Haymaking and asks him to take him home. The spider agreed.

His legs are above his body. The kid climbed the leg, and then moved to the back. Legs of the spider as stilts, but it goes slowly. Do not have time to ant home. Bianca's story "How the Ants Hurried Home" continues on.

Beetle and Beetle-Blochachok

When Spider saw the Roach, he said that she was running very fast and would instantly deliver the ant to the house.

She put the Beetle on herself with a sick ant, quickly ran quickly with all six legs. I reached the potato field and broke up with the ant. Here he was helped by a tiny Beetle-Blochachok. The Ant holds firmly to him, because the feet of Blochachka are like springs. They will fold, then straighten out. Instantly the whole field skipped a quick Bloshachok. That's how the ant was hurrying home. Bianchi placed before him an insurmountable barrier - a high fence. Who will help him further? The sun is lower and lower, and the anthill is still far away.

Grasshopper and Watermelon

A grasshopper passed through the fence of the mountain-traveler. And ahead - the river. As an ant home was in a hurry! Bianchi again made it difficult for him. But there was also an assistant - a Waterman-Bug.

On the water the water meter goes, like the others on the ground, more precisely, like a skater on the rink. So we got to know a little about the peculiarities of the movement of different insects. So the ant went to the other side of the river.

The sun is already hiding

An ant looks - it's almost impossible to see the sun. The legs all ache and hurt, he can not run as before. A hurry, but how? Here May creeps past (beetle, very powerful and heavy). All the insects saw how the ant was hurrying home. The fairy-tale of V. Bianchi will continue with flying. The ant climbed onto the wings, and Zhuk ordered him to change over to his head. He unfolded Maisky Khrushch in two at first solid wings, and then released from them thin, translucent and - flew. They got to the native birch and said goodbye to her on high. Oh it's getting very dark. The last adventure of the ant will show Bianchi. How did the ants hurry home? The content of the tale shows how difficult it was for a toddler to get to his native anthill. Caterpillar Leafwright refused to help him. And to go down down urgently is necessary: last minutes remain. The ante rushed at her and bit it. The caterpillar was frightened and fell from the leaf.

The ant clung to it tightly, and they fall together. Suddenly, something delayed them. He sees an ant with a thin thread. She leaves the abdomen Leaflet leaves and becomes longer and longer and does not tear. So they two fall down on the thread. We descended, but only one course remained, as if the traveler was waiting. The ant jumped into it - and it's home. Managed! The sun had set. That's what adventures were while the ants were in a hurry home. The author described in such detail each assistant - no textbooks should be read.

Fairy tale analysis

Both talents of the writer - the scientist and the storyteller were revealed here. The scientist told how the ants go to sleep in the evenings. He described in detail the skills of all insects, which the ant met. The caterpillar-land surveyor crawls folding, and then straightening up. Good Spider-Mower with huge paws walks slowly. The roar on the level ground is very agile, it rushes like a car, but not all obstacles can be overcome. The potato field turned out to be beyond her power. Beetle-Blochachok jumps very quickly, but he does not know how to jump high, like Grasshopper. On the water runs perfectly and does not sink the Bug-Waterman. The May Beetle flies like an airplane. By the way, he has a feature. According to all the laws of physics, he can not fly, but flies! Scientists have yet to solve this riddle. Caterpillar The leaf roller can release threads from the abdomen in order to make a cocoon from them. And in the cocoon will lie dolls, from which will appear young leaf rollers. All this is the knowledge of the scientist.

Bianchi storyteller

All the inhabitants of the forest and fields talk with each other, they are trying to help the unfortunate ant. The road home is full of trials and adventures. But the end, as it should be, is safe in a fairy tale.

"How the ants hurried home": parents' feedback

Readers note the friendship and mutual assistance that the fairy tale brings up. And the knowledge of the scientist is just a treasure, which he skillfully shares in the art form with the young reader. Many people note the high quality of illustrations. It is good that they are placed on all spreads. In some families this story has aroused a new interest in insects. Many children listened to her so many times that they knew it by heart.

Such reviews are not accidental. V. Bianchi was born in the family of a biologist. He lived near the Zoological Museum, where his father worked. It was his father who taught Vitaly to keep a diary of nature. Later he traveled a lot in our homeland and always brought new recorded observations. So many works have been created that win the reader an artistic and scientific side.