Nastya Shilova
Corrective and developmental fairy tale “Cowardly Bunny”
Little Bunny
Once upon a time, in an old forest, there lived bunny. He was nicknamed "coward" because he was afraid of everything in the world. He was afraid of hedgehogs, swifts, and even squirrels, not to mention a wolf or a fox. The only friend with him was the hedgehog, who told to him about his brave friend the bear and his fearless antics. The hedgehog often came to visit bunny to play with him and have fun, because it’s so lonely for a coward alone in his house.
One day, late in the dark night, I was sleeping bunny in his soft bed and dreamed of a clearing strewn with carrots and cabbage, and just as he wanted to touch the food, a loud sound was heard from somewhere. The bunny woke up and realized that someone is knocking on the door. Immediately fear attacked him, he crawled under the covers and began to cry, wanting the sounds to stop. But everyone knocked and knocked on the door. A familiar voice was heard - it was a hedgehog. The bunny opened the door, and how surprised he was when he also saw behind her the fearless bear, about whom he had heard so much. He approached him and said“Come with me, don’t be afraid, I’m in charge in this forest and no one will hurt you.”. They walked along a long path, the path was illuminated by the calm moon, the bear told the bunny that once upon a time, like him, he was afraid of everything around him, other bears laughed and joked at him. But somehow one of them fell into a trap, the others were afraid that there might be people nearby and fled in all directions. The bear was nearby, hiding behind a bush from everyone around, but when he saw this picture, he took pity and, despite his fear, decided to go out and help.
Afterwards the bear spent bunny to his house. He still couldn’t sleep, the story told by the bear, gave him no rest.
The next day, a situation happened to him that completely changed his life. As usual, he decided to take a walk along the river; the sun warmed the already hot air, which made the forest feel stuffy. Suddenly, from somewhere nearby, I heard "Help". Bunny I immediately understood what was happening - someone was drowning. Without thinking, he ran to the river and saw the bully hare who had teased him so often. He just repeated "help", bunny- The coward, without hesitation, grabbed a stick and handed it to the drowning man, pulled the end and pulled out the hare.
Only a few minutes later both came to their senses. Bully hare said“You are not a coward, you are a hero, thank you”. The bully's words surprised bunny, he felt strong and courageous, and all his fears evaporated.
Since then bunny he was not afraid to go outside, every day he explored more and more new clearings. One day, somehow by accident, he came across the one he had dreamed about, he was so happy then and only regretted that he had been hiding and being afraid for so long.
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The world of a “special” child is interesting and timid. The world of a “special” child is ugly and beautiful. Clumsy, sometimes strange, good-natured and open. The world of the “special”.
The Hare had many children. Each bunny had its own name, and these names reflected the characters of the bunny. Some animals gave them names before the birth of their children, but the Hare did not do that.
He believed that everyone already has a name, but no one knows it for the time being until it manifests itself in the child’s character.
Perhaps that’s why in the Hare’s family there was a son, the Little Bunny, and a daughter, the Good Little Bunny, there was a little bunny, the Poet, and one was called the Cowardly Bunny. They called him that not because he was more afraid than others, but because he covered his eyes with his paws so as not to see anything, and pressed his ears so as not to hear anything when it became scary. All the bunnies laughed at him, only dad took it very seriously. He spoke sternly:
- Is it possible to close your eyes and ears? You can't see or hear anything either! Everyone is scared, but you need to carefully watch for danger, and not bury your head in the sand or run wherever your eyes look.
The little cowardly bunny agreed with daddy bunny, but still couldn’t help himself.
One day, the Hare found a large apple tree with ripe apples. There were so many fruits that there would have been enough for half the winter. Unfortunately, the apple tree was located very far from the hare’s house, on the other edge of the forest; there was no way to cope with the apples alone. Then the Hare decided to take the older children with him; both entertainment for them and help for the parent. Among them was the Cowardly Bunny. Since the journey was long, dad strictly ordered everyone to obey, not make noise and not run away to the sides.
They took the safest road; not along the wide paths along which foxes and wolves walk, and not in the dense thickets where snakes and snakes live, but they went along narrow paths along which only small, peaceful animals run. Dad walked ahead, often stopped and listened, looked around and sniffed the air. Bunnies followed him. The bunnies chuckled, seeing how cautious their father was. It seemed to them that he was so afraid of everything in vain, because all around was such a quiet and calm forest.
“Caution is not cowardice,” the Hare noted in a whisper, “and recklessness is not courage,” he added instructively.
The bunnies continued to giggle quietly. Only the eldest bunny, who walked last and, like dad, listened and sniffed, did not laugh.
Finally, we reached the edge of the forest, where an apple tree grew. It stood a little apart from the other trees. That is why it was large and branched, and the apples on it were large and ripe. The bunnies rushed to pick apples, but dad stopped them:
“Where are you going?!” He said angrily. “Sit in the bushes and don’t make any noise until I find out everything!”
Having walked around the apple tree several times, having taken a good look at everything, the Hare galloped up to the bush where the little hares were sitting and said loudly:
- You can go out, everything is fine. But just don't make too much noise!
The bunnies poured out into the clearing and began to collect apples. They took the apples that had fallen to the ground and put each one in its own bag. It was the first time Dad had taken the kids with him, he was usually the one to get food, so everyone was trying really hard to fill the bags full. The Cowardly Bunny also tried. It was fun to work, and the hares were so noisy that they did not notice the distant barking of dogs. Even Papa Hare couldn’t hear him, the little bunnies were making so much noise. But then a shot was heard in the distance. Everyone froze for a second and scattered wherever their eyes were looking.
- Stop! - Papa Hare shouted, - Well, everything is alive to me! - Hearing daddy’s stern voice, the bunnies returned. “Listen to me carefully,” the father hare spoke as soon as all the bunnies had gathered around him. “These are hunters.” If you want to avoid being caught by hunters, you need to be cunning and brave, and not rush into different sides. Where did you run?
“It’s so scary!” remarked one little bunny, looking around.
“Of course, it’s scary,” dad agreed, “but you need to know where the danger is in order to run from it, and not towards it.” Do you know? - None of the bunnies knew. - And I don’t know! So listen to me. Now everyone look around carefully. Anyone who notices danger should tell me. And as I say, we’ll run in the other direction. But now there is nothing to be afraid of, the shot was far away. Is everyone clear?
“Yes,” the bunnies answered and fell silent.
You could hear dogs barking somewhere in the distance. The bunnies listened and looked around, as their father taught them. Finally, at the other end of the field, several dogs became visible, jumping out of the forest, and shots were also heard from there.
“There’s danger there,” said daddy hare, “so let’s run deep into the forest to the stream, and then we’ll follow the stream so as not to leave a smell for the dogs.” We have plenty of time, so don't fuss.
A shot was heard again, and the hares began to run away. When they ran quite far away, the hare noticed that one bunny was missing.
-Where is the Little Bunny? - He asked the older bunny.
“I don’t know,” he answered, “I didn’t see him.”
“Lead everyone to the stream,” dad commanded, “I’ll join you later.” If I'm gone for a long time, don't wait, follow the stream to the house.
Having said this, the Hare turned around and rushed as fast as he could towards the apple tree. He clearly heard the dogs barking approaching and was in a hurry. Finally, he reached the apple tree, the dogs were very close, they carefully examined and sniffed everything.
The hare began to look for the Cowardly Bunny and soon found him under a bush. The little bunny was lying on the ground, closing his eyes and covering his ears with his hands. Of course, he did not hear what the Hare said to the hares and did not see the approaching dogs. Papa Hare came up to him and grabbed him by the ear. The little bunny got scared and started to run, but dad whispered in his ear:
- Don’t be afraid, it’s me, although the dogs are already close too. You almost killed yourself! Now listen to me carefully, we will leave quietly...
But he didn’t have time to finish, because a huge dog jumped out from behind the nearby bushes and rushed towards them.
- Let's run! - Papa Hare shouted, and they rushed deeper into the forest.
The cowardly bunny ran with all his might, not making out the road and not knowing where he was running. His heart was pounding wildly with fear, and his paws were constantly getting tangled.
- And where are we running? - The little bunny heard his dad’s surprisingly calm voice.
“From dogs,” answered the coward, gasping for breath.
- Well, there is only one dog so far, and it will still catch up with us. - Dad answered.
The bunny looked at his dad and it seemed to him that he was in no hurry at all.
- Why will it catch up?
- Because, although we run faster, the dog is more resilient and has a sensitive sense of smell. She will find us.
Out of fear, the bunny stopped and covered his ears.
“Why are you talking about this so calmly,” he asked dad, “aren’t you scared?”
- It’s scary, but I don’t want to hide from fear, otherwise we will definitely be caught, and we can still escape.
- How?
- It’s difficult, at least for you, but if you do everything as I say, we’ll be saved together.
“I’ll try.” The little bunny answered as confidently as possible, opened his eyes and raised his ears straight up.
“Let’s run,” the hare commanded, and the little coward rushed after him.
The hares ran out into the clearing and jumped onto a large stump.
- So, as I say, run left into the forest. Don’t just run through the forest, but choose a twisting path to confuse your trail. I'll run to the right. We’ll run around the spruce thicket and go out to the stream, and we’ll meet there. For now, stand and look into both eyes.
The very second the Hare finished speaking, the same dog jumped out of the forest. She followed the scent left by the hares. Seeing the hares sitting on a stump, the dog rushed towards them. She ran closer and closer. The little bunny became more and more scared. He wanted to run or close his eyes and cover his ears, but he remembered that his dad had strictly ordered him to carefully watch the dog and sit still. When there was one jump left to the hares, dad gave the command, and the cowardly bunny rushed, as he was told, to the left, and dad the hare to the right. The hares scattered so unexpectedly in different directions that the dog did not have time to decide which of them to run after, while she was thinking, the hares had already disappeared into the forest. Realizing that she had been tricked, the dog began to sniff the tracks, but the tracks went both to the right and to the left. Spinning in place, the dog became completely confused.
Meanwhile, the cowardly bunny ran to the stream. He diligently confused the tracks, choosing a road more difficult for dogs. At the stream he met the Hare.
“Let’s walk on the water now, so we can completely throw them off the scent.”
They walked along the stream and caught up with the rest of the hares already near the house. The sounds of hunting were left far behind, and soon everyone arrived safely at home. As soon as the bunnies felt safe, they began to scold the cowardly bunny for almost killing himself. The cowardly bunny was very ashamed, and he wanted to hide from everyone again, but Papa Hare, passing by, asked him:
“Haven’t you told me how you and I wrapped a huge hunting dog around the nose?”
Hearing this, the rabbits' mouths opened in surprise.
“No,” the cowardly bunny answered timidly.
“So tell me, it was only thanks to your courage that we were saved, otherwise we would have already been captured,” at these words the girls and the bunnies sat down on the floor in surprise, and the little bunnies hid behind their mother.
All the bunnies looked with admiration at the cowardly bunny and asked him to tell him about this story.
“How does it happen,” the Cowardly Bunny asked the hare’s dad in surprise, “I was more scared than anyone, but they consider me a hero?”
- A hero is not one who is not afraid, but one who can overcome his fear. You managed to overcome fear and not only saved yourself, but also saved me. I hope that after this incident you will unlearn the habit of closing your ears and eyes? - Dad laughed.
“I’ll take a broom,” the mother hare entered the conversation, “and give one place each to both the hero and his dad, so that next time they don’t go far from home.”
“We won’t do it again,” said dad, hugging his agitated wife.
Then he looked at the Cowardly Bunny and noticed that he had closed his eyes again, out of habit, hiding from his mother’s broom. The other bunnies also noticed this, and everyone laughed, and the Cowardly Bunny laughed the loudest.
The program emphasizes the need to introduce children to their native culture, teach children nursery rhymes, songs, chants, and develop children’s interest in children’s folklore. Most children 3-4 years old with level 2 OHP have low level understanding and reproduction of small folklore forms. Children, due to their speech abilities and concomitant disorders of the mental function, cannot quickly remember and accurately reproduce nursery rhymes, songs, etc. The lack of success in reproducing nursery rhymes leads to a decrease in interest and reluctance to engage in this type of activity. How can we help children quickly remember and accurately reproduce a nursery rhyme without reducing interest in this type of activity? To solve this problem, an algorithm was compiled for memorizing nursery rhymes. Conducting classes using this algorithm made it possible to better memorize nursery rhymes and increase interest in folklore.
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Teacher of MKDOU " Kindergarten No. 38" Grishkina N.M.
Topic: “Little Bunny”
Target: Mastering the nursery rhyme “Little Bunny”.
Tasks:
1. Continue teaching children to listen carefully to the nursery rhyme and answer questions about the content of the nursery rhyme based on the pictures. 2. Enrich children’s vocabulary on the lexical topic: “Vegetables.”
3. Learn to agree words in a phrase in gender, number, case.
4. Practice using singular verbs. including present and past tense.
5. Learn to coordinate speech with movements.
6. Form intonation expressiveness of speech when uttering the remark: - Go away, the owner is coming.
7. Develop coordination of movements, plastic expressiveness, imagination;
8. Encourage children to stage a nursery rhyme;
9. Induce a positive emotional attitude in children.
Cultivate a desire to help in trouble.
Dictionary: carrots, cabbage, vegetable garden, bunny, little coward, jump, gnaw, go, away.
Equipment: PC, nursery rhyme presentation, rabbit hats, silhouettes of vegetables (carrots, cabbage), brushes, glue.
Progress of the lesson:
1.Org.mament "Puzzling a riddle."
The teacher invites the children to play. The phonogram “crying voice” sounds. Children stand in a semicircle in the center of the group
Educator : -Guys, you hear someone’s voice, someone is crying. Maybe you need our help?Let's go see who it is.
Children go to the PC and sit on chairs.The teacher looks behind the monitor
Educator: - Well, I'll take a look. Oh, that's who it is. Guess it.
The teacher asks a riddle.
A ball of fluff, long ear, Jumps deftly, loves carrots.
Children: Bunny.
Educator: - Yes, it's a bunny. Let's say hello to the bunny, Hello, bunny! Bunny : -Hello kids! I'm a bunny with long ears and fast legs. Educator : - What happened, Bunny, why are you crying? Bunny: - The owner drove me out of the garden and didn’t give me carrots and cabbage. See it all for yourself. Educator: - Let's guys see what happened.
2. Show and read the presentation of the nursery rhyme on a PC.
The little bunny ran across the field and ran into the garden. I found a carrot, I found a cabbage. Sits and chews. Oh, the owner is coming!
3. Conversation on the content of the nursery rhyme based on pictures.
Educator : - Why did the bunny run away from the garden? (he was scared of the owner) - Yes, and when someone is afraid, what do they call him? – What else was the name of the bunny? (coward) - Let's repeat everything: coward. - Show how afraid the bunny is (children show). -And now he’s not afraid (the children relax). -Where did the cowardly bunny run? ( By field). -Stand up and show how the little bunny ran across the field.
(children stand near the chairs and imitate the fast running of a hare)
- “Z The little coward was running across the field.”Sit down. -Where did he run? ( to the garden) -Yes, “ ran into the garden"-Look at the picture and tell me what the bunny found in the garden? (carrots, cabbage). - Yes, “I found a carrot, I found a cabbage” and what does it do? (gnaws) - Sits - gnawing . Show how the bunny gnaws carrots and cabbage.
(depict)
Who is the cowardly bunny afraid of? (owner). -Show how scared the bunny was when he saw his owner.
(children act scared)
What do we tell the bunny so that he has time to escape from his owner? (“Oh, the owner is coming”) -Say it loudly (quietly).
4. Repeated display and reading of the presentation of the nursery rhyme on the PC with children agreeing on the text of the nursery rhyme.
Educator : -And now let’s remember the story of the bunny once again. Help me.
5.Staging a nursery rhyme
Educator : -Don’t cry, bunny, don’t be sad. We will help you, whatever we can think of! Really, guys? (Yes) -Now let’s get up and go to the garden, let’s see what kind of owner lives there!
This is the vegetable garden. What is growing here? (Carrots, cabbage). The little bunny ran across the field - we run between the hoops (demonstration). Ran into the garden (show). Who drove you out of the garden? (master). From the beginning I will be the master. And you are bunnies. You will run to the chairs.
"One, two, three - turn around
Quickly turn into a hare"
Children wearing bunny hats stand in a circle and perform movements in accordance with the text.
The little bunny ran across the field,Children run around hoops.
I ran into the garden. They run into a hoop.
I found a carrot, they take dummies of carrots,
I found cabbage.
Sits and chews. They sit and pretend that a bunny is gnawing
Oh, the owner is coming! They run away to the chairs
Educator: - Now let's choose the owner. (using a nursery rhyme)
6. Productive activities of children.
Educator: - Still, the bunny is afraid of his owner. Where can the bunny get cabbage and carrots? How to help? (draw, sculpt, bring from home). - You and I will draw carrots and cabbage and give them to the bunny, he will have his own garden. - Everyone sit down at the tables.Legs together make friends. Keep your back straight. Hands are resting. – What vegetables are on your stele? (carrots and cabbage) -What color is a carrot? (orange and I ). We'll take what pencil? (orange th ) Cabbage, what color? (green and I ). Let's take what pencil? (green th ). We paint over it carefully, without leaving white spaces, and do not go beyond the contours. Then we stick the vegetables into the garden. We have 2 beds: a bed with carrots and a bed with cabbage. To ensure that the cabbage and carrots stick, we apply glue to the entire leaf, and don’t forget about the corners.
Children do shading on pictures of cabbage and carrots. Glue it onto the poster “Vegetable Garden for the Bunny.”
Educator: - Oh guys, the bunny’s mood has changed. He laughs (recording starts). What was he like at first? (sad). -Have you become? (cheerful, joyful). -Why did you become cheerful? (he now has his own garden, his own vegetables)
7. Conclusion . Reading a nursery rhyme by all children and changing their reaction to the ending of the nursery rhyme.
Educator: - What a nice garden we have, I just want to repeat the nursery rhyme again. Help me(the text of the nursery rhyme is repeated). Educator: - No, now the bunny won't leave. He has his own garden and his own vegetables. -What a great fellow you are for helping the bunny and not leaving him in trouble. -Shall we leave the bunny in our group? (Yes) Educator: -Where are we going to put him? Let's find a place for the bunny in one of our corners of the group. Will the bunny be comfortable in the exercise corner? (No). And in a corner of nature? (yes) Let's place the bunny and the garden in a natural corner.
Children, together with a teacher, hang a poster in a corner of nature.
Educator: - Goodbye, bunny - long ears, fast legs. Wait for us to visit.
The Hare had many children. Each bunny had its own name, and these names reflected the characters of the bunny. Some animals gave them names before the birth of their children, but the Hare did not do that. He believed that everyone already has a name, but no one knows it for the time being until it manifests itself in the child’s character.
Perhaps that’s why in the Hare’s family there was a son, the Little Bunny, and a daughter, the Good Little Bunny, there was a little bunny, the Poet, and one was called the Cowardly Bunny. They called him that not because he was more afraid than others, but because he covered his eyes with his paws so as not to see anything, and pressed his ears so as not to hear anything when it became scary. All the bunnies laughed at him, only dad took it very seriously. He spoke sternly:
Is it possible to close your eyes and ears? You can't see or hear anything either! Everyone is scared, but you need to carefully watch for danger, and not bury your head in the sand or run wherever your eyes look.
The little cowardly bunny agreed with daddy bunny, but still couldn’t help himself.
One day, the Hare found a large apple tree with ripe apples. There were so many fruits that there would have been enough for half the winter. Unfortunately, the apple tree was located very far from the hare’s house, on the other edge of the forest; there was no way to cope with the apples alone. Then the Hare decided to take the older children with him; both entertainment for them and help for the parent. Among them was the Cowardly Bunny. Since the journey was long, dad strictly ordered everyone to obey, not make noise and not run away to the sides.
They took the safest road; not along the wide paths along which foxes and wolves walk, and not in the dense thickets where snakes and snakes live, but they went along narrow paths along which only small, peaceful animals run. Dad walked ahead, often stopped and listened, looked around and sniffed the air. Bunnies followed him. The bunnies chuckled, seeing how cautious their father was. It seemed to them that he was so afraid of everything in vain, because all around was such a quiet and calm forest.
“Caution is not cowardice,” the Hare noted in a whisper, “and recklessness is not courage,” he added instructively.
The bunnies continued to giggle quietly. Only the eldest bunny, who walked last and, like dad, listened and sniffed, did not laugh.
Finally, we reached the edge of the forest, where an apple tree grew. It stood a little apart from the other trees. That is why it was large and branched, and the apples on it were large and ripe. The bunnies rushed to pick apples, but dad stopped them:
Where are you going?!” He said angrily. “Sit in the bushes and don’t make any noise until I find out everything!”
Having walked around the apple tree several times, having taken a good look at everything, the Hare galloped up to the bush where the little hares were sitting and said loudly:
You can go out, everything is fine. But just don't make too much noise!
The bunnies poured out into the clearing and began to collect apples. They took the apples that had fallen to the ground and put each one in its own bag. It was the first time Dad had taken the kids with him, he was usually the one to get food, so everyone was trying really hard to fill the bags full. The Cowardly Bunny also tried. It was fun to work, and the hares were so noisy that they did not notice the distant barking of dogs. Even Papa Hare couldn’t hear him, the little bunnies were making so much noise. But then a shot was heard in the distance. Everyone froze for a second and scattered wherever their eyes were looking.
Stop! - Papa Hare shouted, - Well, everything is alive to me! - Hearing daddy’s stern voice, the bunnies returned. “Listen to me carefully,” the father hare spoke as soon as all the bunnies had gathered around him. “These are hunters.” If you want to avoid being caught by hunters, you need to be cunning and brave, and not rush in different directions. Where did you run?
It’s so scary!” one little bunny remarked, looking around.
Of course, it’s scary,” Dad agreed, “but you need to know where the danger is in order to run from it, and not towards it.” Do you know? - None of the bunnies knew. - And I don’t know! So listen to me. Now everyone look around carefully. Anyone who notices danger should tell me. And as I say, we’ll run in the other direction. But now there is nothing to be afraid of, the shot was far away. Is everyone clear?
“Yes,” the bunnies answered and fell silent.
You could hear dogs barking somewhere in the distance. The bunnies listened and looked around, as their father taught them. Finally, at the other end of the field, several dogs became visible, jumping out of the forest, and shots were also heard from there.
“There’s danger there,” said daddy hare, “so let’s run deep into the forest to the stream, and then we’ll follow the stream so as not to leave a smell for the dogs.” We have plenty of time, so don't fuss.
A shot was heard again, and the hares began to run away. When they ran quite far away, the hare noticed that one bunny was missing.
Where's the Little Bunny? - He asked the older bunny.
“I don’t know,” he answered, “I didn’t see him.”
Lead everyone to the stream,” dad commanded, “I’ll join you later.” If I'm gone for a long time, don't wait, follow the stream to the house.
Having said this, the Hare turned around and rushed as fast as he could towards the apple tree. He clearly heard the dogs barking approaching and was in a hurry. Finally, he reached the apple tree, the dogs were very close, they carefully examined and sniffed everything.
The hare began to look for the Cowardly Bunny and soon found him under a bush. The little bunny was lying on the ground, closing his eyes and covering his ears with his hands. Of course, he did not hear what the Hare said to the hares and did not see the approaching dogs. Papa Hare came up to him and grabbed him by the ear. The little bunny got scared and started to run, but dad whispered in his ear:
Don't be afraid, it's me, although the dogs are already close too. You almost killed yourself! Now listen to me carefully, we will leave quietly...
But he didn’t have time to finish, because a huge dog jumped out from behind the nearby bushes and rushed towards them.
Let's run! - Papa Hare shouted, and they rushed deeper into the forest.
The cowardly bunny ran with all his might, not making out the road and not knowing where he was running. His heart was pounding wildly with fear, and his paws were constantly getting tangled.
And where are we running? - The little bunny heard his dad’s surprisingly calm voice.
From dogs,” answered the coward, gasping for breath.
Well, there is only one dog for now, and it will still catch up with us. - Dad answered.
The bunny looked at his dad and it seemed to him that he was in no hurry at all.
Why will it catch up?
Because, although we run faster, the dog is more resilient and has a sensitive sense of smell. She will find us.
Out of fear, the bunny stopped and covered his ears.
“Why are you talking about this so calmly,” he asked dad, “aren’t you scared?”
It’s scary, but I don’t want to hide from fear, otherwise we will definitely be caught, and we can still escape.
This is difficult, at least for you, but if you do everything as I say, we will be saved together.
“I’ll try.” The little bunny answered as confidently as possible, opened his eyes and raised his ears straight up.
“Let’s run,” the hare commanded, and the little coward rushed after him.
The hares ran out into the clearing and jumped onto a large stump.
So, as I say, run left into the forest. Don’t just run through the forest, but choose a twisting path to confuse your trail. I'll run to the right. We’ll run around the spruce thicket and go out to the stream, and we’ll meet there. For now, stand and look into both eyes.
The very second the Hare finished speaking, the same dog jumped out of the forest. She followed the scent left by the hares. Seeing the hares sitting on a stump, the dog rushed towards them. She ran closer and closer. The little bunny became more and more scared. He wanted to run or close his eyes and cover his ears, but he remembered that his dad had strictly ordered him to carefully watch the dog and sit still. When there was one jump left to the hares, dad gave the command, and the cowardly bunny rushed, as he was told, to the left, and dad the hare to the right. The hares scattered so unexpectedly in different directions that the dog did not have time to decide which of them to run after, while she was thinking, the hares had already disappeared into the forest. Realizing that she had been tricked, the dog began to sniff the tracks, but the tracks went both to the right and to the left. Spinning in place, the dog became completely confused.
Meanwhile, the cowardly bunny ran to the stream. He diligently confused the tracks, choosing a road more difficult for dogs. At the stream he met the Hare.
Let's walk on the water now, so we can completely throw them off the scent.
They walked along the stream and caught up with the rest of the hares already near the house. The sounds of hunting were left far behind, and soon everyone arrived safely at home. As soon as the bunnies felt safe, they began to scold the cowardly bunny for almost killing himself. The cowardly bunny was very ashamed, and he wanted to hide from everyone again, but Papa Hare, passing by, asked him:
And you haven’t yet told us how you and I wrapped a huge hunting dog around the nose?
Hearing this, the rabbits' mouths opened in surprise.
No,” the cowardly bunny answered timidly.
So tell me, it was only thanks to your courage that we were saved, otherwise we would have already been captured,” at these words the girls and the bunnies sat down on the floor in surprise, and the little bunnies hid behind their mother.
All the bunnies looked with admiration at the cowardly bunny and asked him to tell him about this story.
“How does it happen,” the Cowardly Bunny asked the hare’s dad in surprise, “I was more scared than anyone else, but they consider me a hero?”
A hero is not one who is not afraid, but one who can overcome his fear. You managed to overcome fear and not only saved yourself, but also saved me. I hope that after this incident you will unlearn the habit of closing your ears and eyes? - Dad laughed.
“I’ll take a broom,” the mother hare entered the conversation, “and give one place each to both the hero and his dad, so that next time they don’t go far from home.”
“We won’t do it again,” said dad, hugging his agitated wife.
Then he looked at the Cowardly Bunny and noticed that he had closed his eyes again, out of habit, hiding from his mother’s broom. The other bunnies also noticed this, and everyone laughed, and the Cowardly Bunny laughed the loudest.
