A hero was born in a certain country. Baba Yaga gave birth to him and raised him. He grew tall and menacing. His mother went on vacation, and he received unprecedented freedom.
Not knowing what to spend my energy on, I went into the forest. There he began to torture his strength, tear up trees by the roots, and when he got tired, he climbed into a huge hollow and fell asleep. His loud snoring made the earth shake for a long time. People and animals were afraid of him, sleepy.
His fame reached foreign lands, where they were surprised at his power and feared, believing that he had gone to bed for a reason; apparently he was gaining strength. At home they were proud of him and had high hopes, they spoke in whispers, and walked around on tiptoe.
He slept for a hundred, two hundred and a thousand years. At first, the enemies thought that the country was strong in which they feared the hero only because he slept in a hollow, but gradually they began to remember that more than once trouble came, but the strong man did not wake up and did not provide help. There were droughts and famines, fights, diseases and natural disasters, impoverishment, but the sleepyhead didn’t care at all, he didn’t open his eyes or move his ears.
The fate of his homeland was patient and long-suffering; the people believed in their defender and waited, hoping that at the last moment he would awaken.
Meanwhile, the enemies began to lose fear and went to war against Bogatyr. They approached cautiously, but sensing the stinking smell, they carried out brutal reprisals. They destroyed everything in their path. Last time the people called out to the brave man. Not hearing his snoring, Ivan the Fool split the hollow with his fist, and it became clear that the vipers had eaten Bogatyr’s entire body up to the neck.
Russia can be seen in the image of a patient and long-suffering country, where it is typical for the people to rely on Strong Personality, a king or hero who will come and restore order. Each time, in their vain expectation, the people were deceived. Saltykov-Shchedrin ridicules unjustified fear and the hero himself, who, possessing invincible strength, squandered it on sleep and stupidity, remaining deaf and blind to the needs of his compatriots. The author raises the topic of civic duty and the responsibility of each person for his homeland, destiny and well-being.
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Bogatyr
In a certain kingdom, a hero was born. Baba Yaga gave birth to him, gave him water, fed him, groomed him, and when he grew up about a mile away from Kolomna, she herself retired into the desert, and let him go on all four sides: go, Bogatyr, accomplish feats!
Of course, first of all, Bogatyr hit the forest; he sees one oak tree standing - he uprooted it; he sees another one standing - he smashes him in half with his fist; he sees the third one standing and there is a hollow in it - Bogatyr climbed into the hollow and fell asleep.
The green oak tree mother groaned from his rolling snores; Fierce animals ran from the forest, feathered birds flew; The goblin himself was so frightened that he took the goblin with her cubs in his arms - and was gone.
The fame of the Bogatyr spread throughout the entire earth. And their own, and strangers, and friends, and adversaries will not be surprised at him: they are afraid of their own in general because if they are not afraid, then how can they live? And besides, there is hope: the Bogatyr certainly lay down in the hollow in order to gain even more strength in his sleep: “Now our Bogatyr will wake up and glorify us before the whole world.” Strangers, in turn, are afraid: listen, they say, what a groan went across the earth - no way, in “that” land the Bogatyr was born! No matter how he rings the bell for us when he wakes up!
And everyone walks around on tiptoe and repeats in a whisper: “Sleep, Bogatyr, sleep!”
And then a hundred years passed, then two hundred, three hundred and suddenly a whole thousand. Julitta drove and drove and finally arrived. The titmouse boasted and boasted, and in fact did not set the sea on fire. They cooked and cooked the man until all the dampness was boiled out of him: ah, man!
They fixed everything up, they finished everything off, they completely robbed each other - a sabbath! But Bogatyr is still sleeping, still looking out of the hollow with his sightless eyes straight at the sun, and letting the rolling snores go around him for a hundred miles.
The adversaries looked for a long time, thought for a long time: this country must be powerful, in which they fear the Bogatyr just because he sleeps in a hollow!
However, little by little they began to scatter their minds; They began to remember how many times cruel misfortunes were sent to this country, and never once did the Bogatyr come to the rescue of the little people.
In such and such a year, the little people fought among themselves according to bestial custom and killed a lot of people in vain. The old people grieved bitterly at that time, bitterly cried out: “Come, Bogatyr, judge our timelessness!” But instead he slept in the hollow. In such and such a year, all the fields were scorched by the sun and destroyed by hail: they thought the Bogatyr would come and feed the worldly people, but instead he sat in a hollow. In such and such a year, both the city and the village were burned by fire, the people had no shelter, no clothing, no hedgehogs; They thought: the Bogatyr will come and fix the world’s needs - but even here he slept in the hollow.
In a word, for the entire thousand years this country has suffered from all sorts of pains, and not once did the Bogatyr lift an ear or move an eye to find out why the earth was groaning all around.
What kind of Bogatyr is this?
This side was long-suffering and long-suffering and had great and unflagging faith. She cried and believed, sighed and believed. She believed that when the source of tears and sighs dried up, the Bogatyr would seize a moment and save her. And then the moment came, but not the one that the inhabitants were waiting for. The adversaries rose up and surrounded the country in which the Bogatyr was sleeping in a hollow. And everyone went straight to Bogatyr. At first, one approached the hollow carefully - it stinks; another one came up - it also stinks. “But Bogatyr is rotten!” - said the adversaries and rushed to the country.
The adversaries were cruel and unforgiving. They burned and chopped down everything that came their way, taking revenge for that ridiculous age-old fear that Bogatyr instilled in them. The little people rushed about, seeing the dashing timelessness, rushed towards the adversary - they looked, there was nothing to go with.
Then a miracle happened: the hero did not move. Just like a thousand years ago, his head motionlessly looked with sightless eyes at the sun, but no longer emitted those mighty snores that once made the green oak tree mother shudder.
At that time, the fool Ivanushka came up to Bogatyr, broke the hollow with his fist - he looked, and the vipers had eaten away Bogatyr’s body right up to his neck.
Sleep, Bogatyr, sleep!
The hero is the hero of a fairy tale, the son of Baba Yaga. Sent by her to his exploits, he uprooted one oak tree, crushed another with his fist, and when he saw a third one with a hollow, he climbed in and fell asleep, terrifying the surrounding area with his snoring. His fame was great.
They were both afraid of the hero and hoped that he would gain strength in his sleep. But centuries passed, and he still slept, not coming to the aid of his country, no matter what happened to it. When, during an enemy invasion, they approached him to help him out, it turned out that the Bogatyr had long been dead and rotten. His image was so clearly aimed against the autocracy that the tale remained unpublished until 1917.
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