Baby tsakhes read short. Little Tsakhes, nicknamed Zinnober. Hoffman E.T.A. A Note on Mental Qualities

The peasant woman Lizi had an ugly son, whose name was Tsakhes. One day she was returning home from the forest with him and, stopping to rest, fell asleep. Fairy Rosabelverde, passing by, saw them. She felt terribly sorry for Tsakhes, and she decided to help him. The fairy combed his hair with a magic comb. After that, three fiery hairs appeared on the freak's head, which endowed him with witchcraft. All the merits and successes of others were now assigned only to him. And all his bad sides (of which there were quite a lot) - to others. And only a few people were able to see the truth. When Lisey woke up and started on the road again, she met a local pastor. He was so fascinated by this imaginary beauty Tsakhes that took him to his upbringing.

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Lisey, of course, happily got rid of the dwarf, who had always been a burden to her.

A young man named Balthazar is studying at Kerepes University. He is madly in love with the daughter of his teacher, Professor Terpin - Candida. Little Tsakhes, taking the name Zinnober, comes to this university. He rubs himself into Turpin's confidence and charms Candida. Everyone around admires the dwarf. Only Balthazar and his friend Fabian see everything as it really is. Zinnober takes the place of a freight forwarder in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then a Privy Councilor for Special Affairs. But here again, magical power helps. Arrives in Kerpes under the guise of Dr. Prosper Alpanus, in which Balthazar guesses the magician. He reveals the secret of Tsakhes. When Rosabelverde comes to the magician, guilty of this whole story, he convinces the fairy to refuse protection to the dwarf and breaks the magic comb.

Meanwhile, Turpin is already arranging Zinnober's engagement to Candida. Balthasar comes to the feast and, tearing the magic hairs out of the dwarf's head, burns them. The magic dissipates instantly. Then everyone finally begins to see what Zinnober really is. Struck by this course of events, Tsakhes runs away from the people to his palace. He tries to hide in a jar and gets stuck and dies. After death, the fairy returns the dwarf to its former attractive appearance. And she gives the mother of Tsakhes a magical sweet onion, and she becomes the personal supplier of this onion for the court. Balthazar and Candida marry, and Alpanus leaves them his possessions and leaves for India himself.

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In a small state ruled by Prince Demetrius, each inhabitant was given complete freedom in his undertaking. And fairies and magicians value warmth and freedom above all, so under Demetrius, many fairies from the magical land of Dzhinnistan moved to a blessed little principality. However, after the death of Demetrius, his heir Paphnutius decided to introduce enlightenment in his fatherland. He had the most radical ideas about enlightenment: any magic should be abolished, fairies are busy with dangerous witchcraft, and the ruler's first concern is to grow potatoes, plant acacias, cut down forests and instill smallpox. Such enlightenment dried up the flowering land in a matter of days, the fairies were sent to Jinnistan (they did not resist too much), and only the Rosabelverde fairy managed to stay in the principality, who persuaded Paphnutius to give her a canoness position in a shelter for noble maidens.

This something Kind fairy, the mistress of flowers, once saw on a dusty road a peasant woman, Lisa, who had fallen asleep on the side of the road. Lisa was returning from the forest with a basket of brushwood, carrying in the same basket her ugly son, nicknamed little Tsakhes. The dwarf has a disgusting old muzzle, twig legs and spider arms. Taking pity on the evil freak, the fairy combed his tangled hair for a long time ... and, smiling mysteriously, disappeared. As soon as Lisa woke up and set off again, she met a local pastor. For some reason, he was captivated by the ugly baby and, repeating that the boy was wonderfully good-looking, decided to take him up. Liza was glad to get rid of the burden, not really understanding how her freak began to look to people.

Meanwhile, the young poet Balthazar, a melancholy student, is studying at Kerepes University, in love with the daughter of his professor Mosh Terpin, the cheerful and charming Candida. Mosch Terpin is possessed by the ancient Germanic spirit, as he understands it: heaviness combined with vulgarity, even more unbearable than the mystical romanticism of Balthazar. Balthazar strikes at all the romantic eccentricities so characteristic of poets: he sighs, wanders alone, avoids student feasts; Candida, on the other hand, is the embodiment of life and gaiety, and she, with her youthful coquetry and healthy appetite, is a very pleasant and amusing student admirer.

Meanwhile, a new face invades the touching university reserve, where typical burches, typical enlighteners, typical romantics and typical patriots personify the diseases of the German spirit: little Tsakhes, endowed with a magical gift to attract people to him. Having wormed his way into the house of Mosh Terpin, he completely charms both him and Candida. Now his name is Zinnober. As soon as someone reads poetry in his presence or expresses himself wittily, everyone present is convinced that this is the merit of Zinnober; if he meows vilely or stumbles, one of the other guests will certainly be guilty. Everyone admires the grace and dexterity of Zinnober, and only two students - Balthazar and his friend Fabian - see all the ugliness and malice of the dwarf. Meanwhile, he manages to take the place of a freight forwarder in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and there a Privy Councilor for Special Affairs - and all this is a deception, because Zinnober managed to appropriate the merits of the most worthy. It so happened that in his crystal carriage with a pheasant on the goats and a golden beetle on the backs, Dr. Prosper Alpanus, a magician wandering incognito, visited Kerpes. Balthasar immediately recognized him as a magician, but Fabian, spoiled by enlightenment, doubted at first; however, Alpanus proved his power by showing Zinnober to his friends in a magic mirror. It turned out that the dwarf is not a wizard or a dwarf, but an ordinary freak who is helped by some secret power. Alpanus discovered this secret power without difficulty, and the Rosabelverde fairy hurried to pay him a visit. The magician told the fairy that he had made a horoscope for a dwarf and that Tsakhes-Zinnober could soon destroy not only Balthazar and Candida, but the whole principality, where he became his man at court. The fairy is forced to agree and refuse Tsakhes her patronage - all the more so since Alpanus cunningly broke the magic comb with which she combed his curls. The fact of the matter is that after these combing, three fiery hairs appeared in the head of the dwarf. They endowed him with witchcraft power: all other people's merits were attributed to him, all his vices to others, and only a few saw the truth. The hairs were to be pulled out and burned immediately - and Balthazar and his friends managed to do this when Mosh Terpin was already arranging the engagement of Zinnober with Candida. Thunder struck; everyone saw the dwarf as he was. They played with him like a ball, they kicked him, he was thrown out of the house - in wild anger and horror he fled to his luxurious palace, which the prince gave him, but the confusion among the people grew unstoppably. Everyone heard about the transformation of the minister. The unfortunate dwarf died, stuck in a jug where he tried to hide, and as a last blessing, the fairy returned to him the appearance of a handsome man after death. She did not forget the unfortunate mother, the old peasant woman Lisa: such a wonderful and sweet onion grew in Lisa's garden that she was made the personal supplier of the enlightened court. And Balthazar and Candida lived happily, as a poet should live with a beauty, whom the magician Prosper Alpanus blessed at the very beginning of his life.

In a small state ruled by Prince Demetrius, each inhabitant was given complete freedom in his undertaking. And fairies and magicians value warmth and freedom above all, so under Demetrius, many fairies from the magical land of Jinnistan moved to a blessed little principality. However, after the death of Demetrius, his heir Paphnutius decided to introduce enlightenment in his fatherland. He had the most radical ideas about enlightenment: any magic should be abolished, fairies are busy with dangerous witchcraft, and the ruler's first concern is to grow potatoes, plant acacias, cut down forests and instill smallpox. Such enlightenment dried up the flowering land in a matter of days, the fairies were sent to Jinnistan (they did not resist too much), and only the Rosabelverde fairy managed to stay in the principality, who persuaded Paphnutius to give her a canoness position in a shelter for noble maidens.

This kind fairy, the mistress of flowers, once saw on a dusty road a peasant woman, Liza, asleep on the side of the road. Lisa was returning from the forest with a basket of brushwood, carrying in the same basket her ugly son, nicknamed little Tsakhes. The dwarf has a disgusting old muzzle, twig legs and spider arms. Taking pity on the evil freak, the fairy combed his tangled hair for a long time... and, smiling mysteriously, disappeared. As soon as Lisa woke up and set off again, she met a local pastor. For some reason, he was captivated by the ugly baby and, repeating that the boy was wonderfully good-looking, decided to take him up. Liza was glad to get rid of the burden, not really understanding how her freak began to look to people.

Meanwhile, a young poet Balthazar, a melancholy student, is studying at the Kerepes University, in love with the daughter of his professor Mosh Terpin, the cheerful and charming Candida. Mosch Terpin is possessed by the ancient Germanic spirit, as he understands it: heaviness combined with vulgarity, even more unbearable than the mystical romanticism of Balthazar. Balthazar strikes at all the romantic eccentricities so characteristic of poets: he sighs, wanders alone, avoids student feasts; Candida, on the other hand, is life and gaiety incarnate, and she, with her young coquetry and healthy appetite, is a very pleasant and amusing student admirer.

It so happened that in his crystal carriage with a pheasant on the goats and a golden beetle on the backs, Dr. Prosper Alpanus, a magician wandering incognito, visited Kerpes. Balthasar immediately recognized him as a magician, but Fabian, spoiled by enlightenment, doubted at first; however, Alpanus proved his power by showing Zinnober to his friends in a magic mirror. It turned out that the dwarf is not a wizard or a dwarf, but an ordinary freak who is helped by some secret power. Alpanus discovered this secret power without difficulty, and the Rosabelverde fairy hurried to pay him a visit. The magician told the fairy that he had made a horoscope for a dwarf and that Tsakhes-Zinnober could soon destroy not only Balthazar and Candida, but the whole principality, where he became his man at court. The fairy is forced to agree and refuse Tsakhes her patronage - especially since Alpanus cunningly broke the magic comb with which she combed his curls.

The fact of the matter is that after these combing, three fiery hairs appeared in the head of the dwarf. They endowed him with witchcraft power: all other people's merits were attributed to him, all his vices to others, and only a few saw the truth. The hairs were to be pulled out and burned immediately - and Balthazar and his friends managed to do this when Mosh Terpin was already arranging the engagement of Zinnober with Candida. Thunder struck; everyone saw the dwarf as he was. They played with him like a ball, they kicked him, he was thrown out of the house - in wild anger and horror he fled to his luxurious palace, which the prince gave him, but the confusion among the people grew unstoppably. Everyone heard about the transformation of the minister. The unfortunate dwarf died, stuck in a jug where he tried to hide, and as a last blessing, the fairy returned to him the appearance of a handsome man after death. She did not forget the unfortunate mother, the old peasant woman Lisa: such a wonderful and sweet onion grew in Lisa's garden that she was made a personal supplier of an enlightened court.

And Balthazar and Candida lived happily, as a poet should live with a beauty, whom the magician Prosper Alpanus blessed at the very beginning of his life.

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(Short story, 1819) Prince Demetrius ruled in one small state. In this state, each inhabitant was given complete freedom in his endeavors. Fairies and magicians put freedom above all else, so under Demetrius, many fairies from the magical land of Jinnistan moved to a small principality. But after the death of Demetrius, his heir Paphnutius decided to introduce enlightenment in his fatherland, which seemed to him that all magic should be abolished. Pursuing his goal, he sent all the fairies to Dzhinnistan, and only the fairy Rosabelverde managed to stay in the principality, who persuaded Paf-nutia to give her a place as canoness in an orphanage for noble maidens. The result of the expulsion of the fairies was the drying gardens of this fertile region. And then one day the Rosabelverda fairy, the mistress of flowers, saw a peasant woman Lisa asleep on the side of the road. Lisa was returning from the forest with a basket of brushwood, carrying in the same basket her ugly son, nicknamed little Tsakhes. This dwarf had a disgusting old face, twig legs and spider arms. Taking pity on the evil freak, the fairy combed his tangled hair for a long time and, smiling mysteriously, disappeared. good-looking, I decided to take him in. Liza was glad to get rid of the burden, although she did not understand why people could like her freak. At the same time, the young poet Balthazar, who was in love with the daughter of his professor Mosh Terpin, Candida, was studying at Kerpes University. was possessed by the ancient Germanic spirit, as he understands it: heaviness combined with a vulgarity even more unbearable than the mystical romanticism of Balthasar.Meanwhile, a new face invades the touching university reserve: little Tsakhes, endowed with a magical gift to attract people. then once, having got into the house of Mosch Terpin, he completely fascinates both him and Candida. Now his name is Zinnober. As soon as someone reads poetry in his presence or witty expression, everyone immediately thinks that this is the merit of Zinnober. As soon as he mewed vilely or stumbled, one of the other guests turned out to be guilty. Everyone admires the grace and dexterity of Zinnober, and only two students - Balthazar and his friend Fabian - see all the ugliness and malice of the dwarf. Meanwhile, he manages to take the place of a freight forwarder in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and there also a Privy Councilor for Special Affairs, and all this is a deceit, for Zinnober managed to appropriate the merits of the most worthy. Once the city was visited by Dr. Prosper Alpanus, a magician wandering incognito. Balthasar immediately recognized him as a magician, but Fibian, spoiled by enlightenment, doubted at first. However, Alpanus proved his power by showing his friends Zinnober in a magic mirror. It turned out that the dwarf is not a wizard or a dwarf, but an ordinary freak who is helped by some secret power. Alpanus discovered this secret power without difficulty, and the Rosabelverde fairy hurried to pay him a visit. The magician told the fairy that he had made a horoscope for a dwarf, and that Tsakhes-Zinnober could soon destroy not only Balthazar and Candida, but the whole principality, where he became his man at court. The fairy is forced to agree and refuse Tsakhes her patronage, especially since the magic comb with which she combed his curls, Alpanus, not without intent, broke. However, after these combing, three fiery hairs appeared in the head of the dwarf. They endowed him with witchcraft power: all other people's merits were attributed to him, all his vices to others, and only a few saw the truth. The hairs had to be pulled out and immediately burned, and Balthazar and his friends managed to do this when Mosh Terpin was already arranging the engagement of Zinnober with Candida. Thunder struck, and everyone saw the dwarf as he really was. He was played like a ball, he was kicked, he was thrown out of the house. In wild anger and horror, he fled to his palace, which the prince gave him, but confusion among the people grew. Everyone heard about the transformation of the minister. The unfortunate dwarf died, stuck in a jug where he tried to hide, and as a last blessing, the fairy returned to him the appearance of a handsome man after death. She did not forget the unfortunate mother, the old peasant Lisa. In Lisa's garden, such a wonderful and sweet onion grew that she was made the personal supplier of the enlightened court.

The fairy tale "Little Tsakhes, nicknamed Zinnober" by Hoffmann was written in 1819. The main idea of the book is a satirical demonstration of the vices and social imperfections not only of Germany of the 19th century, but of society as a whole.

Main characters

Baby Tsakhes (Zinnober)- the son of a poor peasant woman, an ugly dwarf who, thanks to magic, could attract people to himself and appropriate other people's merits.

Balthazar- a student, a romantically inclined young man.

Fairy Rosabelverde- a kind, compassionate fairy who endowed little Tsakhes with magical powers.

Other characters

Fabian- a student, comrade of Balthasar, a realist and a merry fellow.

Mosh Terpin- a respected person, a professor of natural sciences, whose lectures Balthazar attended.

candida- the professor's daughter, with whom Balthazar was in love.

Prosper Alpanus- a wandering magician, a healer who helped Balthasar to dispel Zinnober's spell.

Chapter 1

A beggar, ragged peasant woman sat by the road and complained about her misfortunes, among which one was especially terrible - her own ugly son, whom she gave birth to "to the shame and ridicule of the whole village." By the age of two, he still could not walk and talk, and ate so much, "like an eight-year-old big man." The poor woman was pitied by “Fräulein von Rosenschen, canoness of the nearby orphanage for noble maidens”, who was in fact a good sorceress. She combed the hair on the head of little Tsakhes in a special way, and he immediately spoke and skipped. The village pastor, seeing the boy, decided to take him to his upbringing, and the peasant woman happily agreed.

Chapters 2-5

Two students, the modest Balthazar and the merry fellow Fabian, while walking through the forest, witnessed how an ugly dwarf fell from a horse to the ground - it was little Tsakhes. Soon, friends were surprised to find that no one in the city sees the true appearance of a freak. Balthazar was invited to a dinner party with Professor Mosh Terpin, with whose daughter Candida he was in love. There was also a dwarf who introduced himself to everyone as Zinnober. All those present in every possible way praised his subtle mind and deep knowledge in the sciences. Zinnober, on the other hand, "proudly accepted the praises pouring in from all sides." When Balthazar saw how Candida "kissed his nasty mouth, right on the blue lips", he thought he had gone crazy and left the professor's house.

In the forest, Balthazar calmed down a little. Soon he noticed the violinist Sbjock and the referendary Pulcher, who suffered from the ugly dwarf. Suddenly, enchanting sounds were heard in the forest, and a chariot in the shape of a shell, carried by snow-white unicorns, drove past the comrades in misfortune. The wagon was driven by a pheasant, and at the back was a huge golden beetle. In the same wagon sat a man in Chinese clothes. Balthasar immediately realized that this was a powerful sorcerer who would help dispel the "cursed spell of little Zinnober".

Meanwhile, thanks to his amazing influence on people, the freak easily became a privy councilor and was about to marry Candida. Balthazar learned from Fabian that the forest spell is Dr. Prosper Alpanus, who “loves to surround himself with mystical darkness, to put on the appearance of a person who is privy to the innermost secrets of nature.” Fabian accused the sorcerer of quackery, for which he was punished.

Chapters 6-9

Balthazar's friends began to spy on the dwarf, and saw how the sorceress carefully combed his hair. When the freak found out that his secret was revealed, he fell ill from experiences. But even then, he wouldn't let the doctor touch his head.

Rosabelverde came to Prosper Alpanus, and a heated argument broke out between the sorcerers. Prosper showed her a horoscope that clearly stated that Tsakhes was not worthy of such honors. The sorceress was forced to admit defeat. Prosper Alpanus visited the suffering Balthazar, and revealed to him the secret of the freak, which consisted of "three fiery sparkling hairs on the crown of the head." He advised the young man to pull out these hairs and immediately burn them. The wizard left Balthazar his estate and flew off to distant India.

Balthazar managed to pull out the magic hairs from the dwarf right during his engagement to Candida. The inhabitants of the city realized that they were besotted. Fleeing from shame and human anger, little Tsakhes tried to hide in a chamber pot, and choked in sewage. Finally, Rosabelverde again turned Tsakhes into Zinnober, and his burial "was one of the most magnificent that has ever been seen" by the inhabitants of the town.

Conclusion

Hoffmann dressed his mockery of the hypocritical sanctimonious society in a fabulous form. However, in the plot, fairy-tale events are so closely intertwined with real ones that the work is more perceived as a story, and not as a fairy tale.

After getting acquainted with brief retelling“Little Tsakhes, nicknamed Zinnober” we recommend reading the work in full.