Konstantin Paustovsky is the author of the Warm Bread fairy tale, beloved by several generations. This tale is highly edifying because it describes human relationships and morality, which people often ignore in pursuit of their own selfish principles.
Plot description
In winter, cavalrymen passed by a village and left a warhorse in it, wounded in the leg. The miller Pankrat cured the animal, and the horse, in gratitude, helped him to repair the mill dam - the winter was harsh, and people were running out of torment. The village was threatened by famine. Once the horse reached out to the boy Filke, who was eating a piece of bread, but the boy shouted at him and threw the bread far into the snow. At that moment, a terrible blizzard flew into the village, which subsided only in the evening, leaving behind a river, frozen to the very bottom.
The residents of the village were threatened with starvation by the frozen river - after all, without water, the mill could not work and grind flour.
Realizing the consequences of his act, Filka ran to repent to his grandmother, who told him about a case a century ago, when a similar situation occurred in the village after a local rude man offended an old crippled soldier. As a result, the land became a desert - the gardens stopped blooming, the forests dried up, and the animals and birds scattered in all directions. Filka decided to correct his mistake and went to Pankrat, who was reputed to be a cunning and learned man.
The denouement of the Paustovsky fairy tale
Miller Pankrat advised Filka to invent salvation from the fierce cold, making amends to the horse. Filka thought for a long time and finally came up with an idea - he apologized to the villagers and asked them for help in splitting the frozen river. Work began to boil, as a result of the efforts made, people managed to get to the water and turn the mill wheel. Pankrat was able to start grinding flour, and the village was saved from severe hunger. However, Filka was still tormented by guilt in front of the undeservedly offended horse.
In the evening, all the inhabitants of the village, in joy, baked sweet, fragrant ruddy bread, which Filka carried to the horse. Having broken a loaf, he handed it to the animal, but he backed away from the offender. The boy was afraid that he would not receive forgiveness and wept bitterly, but the miller Pankrat calmed the horse and explained to him that Filka was not angry and understood a lot. The horse took bread from the hands of the offender, and the boy turned from a callous person into a person with a kind heart.
This tale teaches people to be sympathetic, kind and able to step over their pride in order to ask for forgiveness.
In the fairy tale "Warm Bread" intertwined relationships of people who must be able to take responsibility for their actions, correcting the evil caused by them. Everything in our world is interconnected, so that later you do not have to untie tightly twisted knots, you need to have the courage to pull the thread at the very beginning and dissolve, while there is still a small tangle of resentments.
