Sister Fox and Brother Wolf Russian folktale с тестированием

Sister Fox and Brother Wolf Russian folktale

There was once a Fox who built herself a hut and lived there as snug as you please. But winter came, it was cold in the hut,

and so off the Fox ran to the village to fetch a light for her stove.

She stretched herself out on the road and lay there very quietly.

By and by some chumak carters came driving up with a wagon caravan loaded with fish. The Fox lay there without stirring and pretended to be dead.

The men looked and were much surprised.

"Let's take the Fox and sell it, brothers," said they. "We ought to be able to get enough money for it to buy some liquor."

They threw the Fox into the last wagon and drove on.

The Fox saw that they never looked back

and began to throw the fish one after another out onto the road.

Then, leaving the cart only half full, she climbed down herself.

The men drove on,

and the Fox gathered up the fish, sat down and began to eat.

By and by the Wolf came running up.

"Hello there, Sister Fox!" he called.

"Hello yourself, Brother Wolf!"

"What are You doing, Sister Fox?"

"Eating fish."

"Give me some!"

"Go catch them yourself."

"I can't, I don't know how to do it!"

"Well, that's your business, You won't get as much as a bone from me.'-

" Won't You at least tell me how to do it"

And the Fox said to herself:

"You wait, Little Brother! You ate my little bull and now I'll pay You back for it!"

Then she turned to the Wolf and said:

"Go to the river, put your tail into an ice hole, move it slowly back and forth and say: 'Come and be caught, fish, big and small!' That way you'll catch all the fish You want."

"Thank You for telling me," said the Wolf.

He ran to the river, let down his tail into an ice hole, moved it slowly, back and forth and said:

"Come and be caught, fish, big and small!"

And the Fox looked out at him through the reeds on the bank and said:

"Freeze, freeze, Wolf's tail!"

Now, there was a bitter frost out,

and the Wolf kept moving his tail back and forth and saying:

"Come and be caught, fish, big and small!"

And the Fox kept repeating:

"Freeze, freeze, Wolf's tail!"

There the Wolf stayed catching fish till his tail was frozen fast to the ice, and when that happened the Fox ran to the village and cried:

"Come, good people, and kill the Wolf!"

And the villagers came running with pokers, prongs and axes. They fell on the poor Wolf and killed him.

And as for the Fox, she still lives in her hut as snug as You please.

1. What did the fox suggest to the wolf when he asked her to share his fish?

Go away from her

It's better to catch a hare

Catch it yourself

2. How did the wolf start catching fish?

Caught fish with his paw

Sticked his tail into the ice hole and waited

Waited for the fish to emerge from the hole itself

3. What did the fox chant as she walked next to the wolf?

"Catch, fish, big and small!"

"Freeze, freeze, wolf's tail!"

"Fall right into the water, fall!"

4. What did the wolf think when he couldn't get up?

"I'll take revenge on you, sister!"

"I'm getting cold, but there's still no fish!"

"So many fish have piled up - and you can't pull them out!"

5. What happened to the wolf after he was caught?

He was very cold

He was bitten by a passing bear

He was beaten by passing women with water

6.

Where did the fox get the fish?

Caught them in an ice hole

Throwed the grandfather off the cart

Stole them from the wolf

7.

How did the fox outwit the wolf?

Told him to catch fish for his tail in an ice hole

Told him to steal fish from the grandfather

No answer

8.

Why did the wolf lose his tail?

The old woman tore it off

Frozen it in the ice hole

The fox tore it off

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