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Medvedev V.V. story "Barankin, be a man!"

Genre: literary fairy tale, fantasy story.

The main characters of the story "Barankin, be a man!" and their characteristics

1. Yura Barankin. A loser, a quitter, a lazy person, a lover of fights. Brave and resourceful, a visionary. very interesting, creative boy.
2. Kostya Malinin. Lazy and weakling. Afraid of everything, everything. fears. Submits to Barankin in everything.
3. Zinka Fokina, class leader.
4. Mishka Yakovlev, an excellent student who was supposed to study with the guys
5. Venka Smirnov, a disgrace. Thunderstorm of sparrows, butterflies and ants.

1. Two D's in geometry
2. Meeting
3. Promise to correct deuces
4. On the bench
5. Handing out shovels
6. Spell
7. Two sparrows
8. Tailless Sparrow
9. Muska the cat
10. Old Sparrow
11. Venka Smirnov's slingshot
12. Mom Sparrow
13. How to make a nest
14. Fight over the birdhouse
15. Air inversion
16. Transformation into butterflies
17. Old familiar sparrow
18. Venka Smirnov's cap
19. Butterflies for the collection
20. New transformation
21. Worker ants
22. Venka Smirnov's stick
23. Riot of ants
24. Ant War
25. The last transformation.

1. Yura Barankin and Kostya Malinin receive bad marks and are scolded at the meeting
2. Yura and Kostya, not wanting to study and work, turn into sparrows
3. They fight, they are shot with a slingshot, they are hunted by a cat and other sparrows and they turn into butterflies
4. Butterflies do not have a quiet life - sparrows, boys, girls who catch butterflies for collection
5. The guys turn into ants, work for the benefit of the anthill and almost die in the war
6. The guys turn into people and become excellent students.

What does the story “Barankin, be a man!” teach?
This story teaches us to love study, love to work. Teaches you to help a friend in difficult times and never abandon a friend in trouble. Teaches that nature and its inhabitants should be treated with care. Teaches not to shoot sparrows with a slingshot, not to catch butterflies, not to destroy anthills.

Review of the story "Barankin, be a man!"
This is a very funny and at the same time instructive story that I really liked. Its main characters understand that every animal in nature works, otherwise it is simply impossible. And there is no animal that would have a completely simple and easy life. The heroes of the story understand that a person must work, that this is the beauty of life.
I liked that the boys were re-educated, that they understood a lot and became different people.

Proverbs for the story "Barankin, be a man!"
Man - that sounds proud.
You can't take the fish out of the pond without difficulty.
The sun paints the earth, and man is labor.
Time for business, time for fun.

Summary, brief retelling of the story "Barankin, be a man!" by chapter
Part one "Barankin to the blackboard."
1. Two deuces.
Yura Barankin and his friend Kostya Malinin get D's in geometry. The class leader, Zinka Fokina, shames them, photographer Alik Novikov takes pictures of their faces and attaches them to a wall newspaper, the editor of the wall newspaper is angry with the boys for ruining such a newspaper.
In general, everything went wrong from the very beginning of the school year.
2. They don’t even let you come to your senses.
After class, classmates called a meeting. Most of the guys were indignant, especially Yura and Kostya.
3. How it works in opera.
At the meeting, the guys scold the boys and call them blockheads, parasites, drones. They use standard cliches from newspapers. Barankin is angry that Venka Smirnov, also a poor student and a blockhead, is yelling the loudest. But it turns out. Venka yells for Barankin, that he can’t be called to the board right after the holidays.
Yura and Kostya promise to correct the deuces in the quarter, but headman Fokina demands that they correct the deuces tomorrow. They are given the help of an excellent student Yakovlev.
4. What if I'm tired of being human?
After the meeting, the guys disperse, and Yura and Kostya sit shocked at their desks. Fokina approaches them and begins to demand from Barankin that he become a man, that he be a man, that he speak like a human.
Barankin thinks that he is very tired of being a man.
5. They still hand over the shovels and the Bear is about to appear.
On Sunday morning, Yura and Kostya are sitting on a bench and waiting for Mishka Yakovlev. The weather is beautiful. Headman Fokina and photographer Novikov appear in the courtyard. Fokina carries shovels and hands them to Barankin. She demands that, after studying, the boys come to plant trees in the school yard.
6. Seven days off in a week, that's what caught my imagination
Yura watches how sparrows and butterflies flutter around, how ants scurry along the ground and is very envious of all these animals, who are not having a life, but a continuous day off. And so Barankin decides on this very day to implement a brilliant idea that he had been thinking about for a long time.
7. The only instruction in the world.
Yura tells Kostya that if you really want something, it will definitely happen. He offers to turn into sparrows and spend at least one day off like a human being.
Yura hands Kostya a notebook with “Instructions” written on it.
8. I don’t want to study, I want to be a bird.
The guys begin to decide what is best and who to turn into. Kostya suggests butterflies, but Yura insists on sparrows. In the last lesson he heard that sparrows live very well. Kostya agrees, saying that he played a raven in the play, and it will be easy for him to turn into a sparrow.
The guys practice jumping on the ground and begin to cast a spell.
Part two. Tick-tweet! Life is Beautiful!
9. You have to really want it and
Yura closed his eyes and really wanted to become a sparrow. He felt that he had strange desires - to fly up onto a branch, to fly through the air. Then he wanted oats.
Finally Yura opened his eyes and looked around himself. He really turned into a sparrow.
But Kostya Malinin sat there in the form of a man.
10. What does it mean in sparrow language?
Kostya sees the Barankin sparrow and tries to talk to him. But the sparrow only tweets. Kostya is offended that the sparrow calls him a cap
Kostya begins to repeat the spell again. At this moment, Yakovlev appears around the corner on a bicycle, but when he rides up to the bench there is no one there. Only shovels and textbooks. Mishka takes his textbooks and goes to Yura’s house.
Barankin and Malinin are happy.
11. Meeting with the tailless.
Yura turned into a sparrow with a snub-nosed beak, and Kostya still had unusual blue eyes. The sparrow boys drank water from the puddle and began to look for oats.
For some reason, the seeds didn’t suit them.
Kostya is chased away from the oats by a large tailless sparrow. Then he starts jumping on Yura. But Yura also fluffed his feathers and tripped up the big sparrow. He fell and became frightenedly silent.
But the guys offered him oats, because they don’t hit people who are down. The sparrow flew away, and Kostya shouted to Yura that there was a cat nearby.
12. The cat Muska wants to eat me.
Barankin turned around and saw his mother’s beloved cat Muska. He was not afraid and even began to talk to the cat, not paying attention to the cries of Kostya, who prudently flew into a tree.
As a result, the cat jumped on Barankin and crushed him under him. Yura managed to wriggle free and took off, leaving several feathers in the cat’s claws.
13. What grandmothers tweet about.
An old sparrow flew up to Yura and Kostya and began to scold them. He was indignant that the boys behaved so frivolously with the cat. He said that sparrows cannot have familiar cats. He demanded to name his parents.
Kostya and Yura hastily flew away, dissatisfied with the sparrow's life. They sat down on an empty tree and something whistled past Yura.
14. Long-range slingshot with optical sight.
Yura sees that his roommate, Venka Smirnov, is aiming at him with a slingshot. Moreover, this slingshot was made by Barankin himself.
He and Kostya quickly fly away and from a bird's eye view notice that the city is full of cats and boys with slingshots. This discovery depresses them. They get tired and suddenly a sparrow calls out to them.
15. What happens when sons renounce their mother.
The fat sparrow calls the boys her babies and invites them to build a nest. Kostya and Yura tell the sparrow that she was mistaken and they are not her children. The sparrow is indignant, calls other sparrows as witnesses and gives the imaginary children a good beating.
Kostya and Yura agree to be her children and fly off to build a nest.
16. Kostya and I are learning to build a nest.
The sparrow teaches the boys how to build a nest, from time to time she pecks at them, and the boys are surprised. It turns out that sparrows also have to study and work.
At this time, a fat red sparrow arrives, who turns out to be the boys' father, Chika.
17. Fight over the birdhouse.
Chika drags his whole family into a fight for the birdhouse from which the swifts have flown south. Malinin does not know how to fight, but Barankin drags him along.
The sparrows immediately crash into a flock of fighting sparrows.
Malinin clings to Barankin's tail and Yura pulls him out of the fight.
18. Kostya Malinin tweeted.
The guys try to fly away from the battlefield, but they are pursued by four sparrows, who shout that these two tweeted the loudest.
Barankin uses a cunning technique - he turns over on his back in flight and kicks with his legs. So he scatters his pursuers and the guys fly away.
Tired and embittered, Kostya offers to immediately turn into butterflies, which cats do not eat and do not build nests.
Yura has doubts, but decides to support his friend. Three cats creep up to them and the boys hastily recite the converted spell.

Part three. I am a skit boy, and Kostya is a swallowtail.
19. Pest known to the population.
The cats sneak up on the boys, and they continue to desperately read the spell. The cats separate and prepare to jump. Barankin thinks that everything is lost, but the cats suddenly turn around and run away.
Barankin examines himself and realizes that he has turned into a butterfly. He looks around in search of Kostya and sees a wonderful butterfly. It turns out that Kostya Malinin turned into a swallowtail, and Barankin himself into a skittish, into a pest.
Kostya calls Yura along with him, promising to treat him with nectar.
20. Sleeping Beauty
The boys flew for nectar, but suddenly Kostya noticed a beautiful yellow butterfly, a buckthorn, in the gutter and decided to get to know it. Barankin called him a girl, but nothing came of the acquaintance. The butterfly was sleeping. Kostya said that this is the law of nature and that butterflies sleep in winter. Barankin was upset because he didn’t want to sleep through the winter holidays.
Then a familiar tailless sparrow appeared and Kostya hid. Barankin was unaware of the danger and began to talk to the sparrow, but Kostya pulled him under the roof in time.
Barankin decided to silently endure the difficulties of the butterflies' life.
21. Anti-aircraft cap.
The guys flew to a large flowerbed that smelled deliciously of nectar. Barankin had already begun to eat when he heard shouts of “Crush the gypsy moth.” He didn’t pay attention to them, because he was a skit. But a cap fell nearby. The boys were hunting for him. It seemed to be Venka Smirnov again and another boy. They were glad that they had shot down Barankin and looked for him in the grass.
Yura folded his wings and hid. And when the guys turned away, he took off and sat down on the post with the clock, next to Kostya.
22. Goodbye guys, maybe we won't see each other again
Barankin offered to fly to the vegetable gardens, but Kostya said that it was impossible to go there, the butterflies were poisoned with chemicals there. And he offered to fly to the school garden and at the same time look at the children.
Kostya was flying fast and Barankin began to fall behind. Then he grabbed Kostya by the paws and flew to school in tow. They sat on the windowsills and watched the guys work in the garden.
Then Yakovlev arrived and a fuss arose. The guys were clearly looking for Barankin and Malinin.
Kostya called Yura to the flowers and they began to go down.
23. Anti-sneezing vaccination.
Yura chose a huge flower and climbed inside. He began to eat nectar and sneezed. Then someone butted him and Yura butted him back.
But when he crawled out of the flower, he saw a bee looking at him. Yura got scared and flew away. He looked where Kostya was and saw that he, too, had been driven into a flower by a bee.
Barankin grabbed a light twig and hit the bee from behind. And then he fell into the grass from hunger.
24. I understand my mistake, but a terrible law of nature comes into play.
Barankin came to his senses near a puddle of water and began to drink water. He understood that turning into sparrows and butterflies was a mistake, but he did not know who he should turn into. Yura looked at the ants and decided that it was not worth turning into these hard workers.
Suddenly Barankin remembered how he was called a drone at a meeting and shouted to Malinin that they urgently needed to turn into drones who were definitely not doing anything.
But the guys didn’t remember what drones looked like. Finally Kostya said that drones are like bees.
Yura saw that Kostya was falling asleep and realized that he could sleep all winter. He wanted to pour water from the puddle on him.
25. They already have a butterfly like me in their collection.
The guys from the class scolded Barankin and Malinin, not suspecting that they were under their feet. Fokina and the other girls sat in a circle and began reading a report about butterflies.
Barankin wanted to cover Malinin with a piece of paper so that he would not be noticed and dragged a piece of newspaper. They noticed him, but Fokina said that they already had the skit.
Then they noticed Kostya, and Fokina became agitated. How is it that in our city there is a real swallowtail from the Ussuri region.
The girls with the net began to sneak up with Kostya.
26. In the stain, therefore in the dryer, and in the straightener.
The girls were preparing a terrible death for Kostya and Barankin decided to act. He rushed at Kostya and pushed him. Then he shouted to make him a candle and butterflies took off into the sky.
But Kostya still wanted to sleep and fell into the bushes, next to the ants.
Barankin began to tickle him and Kostya woke up again. Yura told him about the stain and the collection and Kostya finally woke up.
He began to read a spell to turn into a goosebump. Barankin wanted to become a drone, but he couldn’t leave his comrade and also became a drone

Part four. Guard! Mimriki"
27. An unpleasant event for Fokina and a saving one for us
The girls crept up to the bushes, but there were no butterflies there anymore, but two ants.
Yura reprimanded Kostya for turning into ants, but he waved him off. He said that he doesn’t believe in instinct, and today is a day off and the ants are also resting.
The boys found a round seed and began to play football. Real ants saw them and moved their antennae.
Kostya and Yura came out of the bushes and saw ants running along the path, carrying something. They all worked.
The boys wanted to quickly leave, but instinct forced them to move towards the anthill.
28. We are repairing an anthill
The guys did not want to work, but instinct forced them to grab a twig and drag it to the anthill. They began to scurry back and forth to the anthill, dragging various weights. They tried to free themselves from the action of instinct, but nothing worked for them.
And then Venka Smirnov walked past the anthill and poked it with a stick.
It was as if he switched the ants to third gear and they began to intensively restore the anthill.
29. It was probably the only riot of its kind on earth.
Barankin understands that this was not the life he dreamed of. He tries to fight his instinct and decides to start a riot. He throws pine needles and demands that Malinin throw a leaf. Kostya also throws the leaf and the boys run into the bushes. They begin to cast a spell to turn into a human, but then some ants grab them.
30. Unexpected salvation from an unexpected threat.
The old ant began to ask the guys why they weren’t working. Barankin said that today is Sunday and today is a day off. These are the rules in a brick anthill.
The ants made a noise and began to suspect the boys.
And the old ants consulted and said that this was an unheard-of crime and for it these two idler ants were sentenced to death.
Kostya and Yura were dragged away from the anthill.
31. That’s what myrmics are and that’s what Kostya Malinin is.
At this time, the sentinel ant raised the alarm - myrmics appeared. Kostya and Yura climbed onto the flower and began to look from above. They saw huge red ants appear and quickly bite off the heads of the black ones.
Then the guys saw a real war of ants. Red ants surrounded the black anthill and attacked. But Black did not give up and took advantage of his numerical superiority. The blacks began to crowd out the red ones.
At this time, the boys noticed a huge detachment of redheads who were hurrying to the anthill.
Yura said that he urgently needed to turn into a human, but Kostya grabbed a twig and rushed into the thick of the battle, shouting “Death to the Myrmics!”
32. We get surrounded
Kostya ran towards the myrmics alone with his club at the ready. He would probably have died, but Barankin managed to grab him and drag him into the forest.
But even here they were found by red ants.
Barankin ordered Kostya to climb the flower and urgently turn into a human, and he himself climbed after.
The Mimriks began to climb up the stem after the boys.
33. Ten big ones on two small ones and a spider web.
The red ants persistently climbed onto the flower and Yura beat them with a twig until the twig broke. The boys retreated to the middle of the flower and Kostya flatly refused to turn into a man without a friend.
Then Barankin saw a cobweb over a flower and the guys quickly jumped on it. Yura bit the cobweb and it was blown away by the wind. The red ants did not have time to grab the boys.
From above, the guys saw that the war of the ants had already ended and the blacks, having won, returned to normal work.
The boys began to read the spell, but then the swift grabbed Kostya in flight and carried him away.
Part five. Barankin, be human!
34. Voice from beyond the grave.
Barankin experiences the death of a friend who died as a hero. He discovers that he has turned into a man and goes home without noticing anyone. Yura sits down on a bench and roars at the top of his lungs.
But then he hears a voice that asks why he burst into tears.
35. We exist!
It was Malinin's voice. Barankin decided that his friend was speaking to him from the other world, because he saw how he was eaten by a swift. But Malinin also saw how the swift ate Barankin.
Finally Yura opened his eyes and saw Kostya.
The guys are happy. screaming, feeling each other. they are delighted to be human again.
Then the rest of the guys come and the boys hug them all, shouting, “Man, that sounds proud.”
They are in a hurry to start studying.
On the stairs, Yura sees Venka Smirnov, slaps him on the head and breaks his slingshot.
36. I want to be human forever.
That day Yura and Kostya did homework for four hours. Then they worked excitedly in the school garden.
The next morning, the friends arrive at school first.
The boys' lives change. They begin to study well, correct their failing grades, and everything is fine with them.

Drawings and illustrations for the story "Barankin, be a man!"

A very funny and at the same time very instructive story “Barankin, be a man!” was created in 1961 by the Soviet writer Valery Vladimirovich Medvedev. This amazing story will tell about the adventures of two friends - classmates Yura Barankin and Kostya Malinin, who one day suddenly no longer wanted to study.

“Barankin, be a man!” Brief summary of the work

It all started with Barankin and Malinin receiving bad marks in geometry. Zinka Fokina developed vigorous activity in this regard. An evil wall newspaper was created, on which the faces of these two unfortunate boys were stuck with caustic inscriptions.

But this is only the beginning of the work “Barankin, be a man!” The summary then unfolds around a demonstrative meeting, or rather, not a meeting, but a very serious conversation. What did Barankin and Malinin not hear about themselves there! As a result, it was decided that on Sunday the excellent student Mishka Yakovlev would study with the newly minted poor students. They will solve problems with him. And then everyone will go to the school garden to plant trees. The boys were ashamed, but they had nowhere to go. At the end of the meeting, the same annoying Fokina comes up to them and says: “Barankin, be a man, urgently correct Kostya’s deuces!”

First reincarnation

And then simply fantastic events take place in the work “Barankin, be a man!” A chapter-by-chapter summary tells of those ill-fated adventures in which our heroes constantly barely escaped danger.

So, in the very first chapters, Barankin and Malinin received a good thrashing. Barankin was so stunned and offended that he no longer wanted to be human.

And then Sunday came. And suddenly Barankin persuades Malinin to turn into sparrows with the help of simple actions and spells. And so it happened. Now the two of them are sitting on a branch and thinking: “This is the real carefree life!” But she didn’t turn out to be that carefree either. Seeing their prey, the cat Muska chased after them and wanted to eat them. Then an old sparrow flew at them and began to educate them in its own way. Then their neighbor Venka Smirnov began chasing them with a slingshot. And then a mother sparrow appeared, who recognized them as her sons and forced them to learn how to build a nest. Daddy Sparrow himself came after her. And then they, with their entire large family of sparrows, rushed to fight with other sparrows for the birdhouse.

I don't want to be a sparrow, I want to be a butterfly

But this is not the end of the work “Barankin, be a man!” Its summary is just entering the acute phase of its development. Disillusioned with the life of a sparrow, the boys wanted to become butterflies. And again they succeeded in the transformation trick. Only Barankin became a skittish, and Malinin a swallowtail. Now they were incredibly happy that they would flutter carefree from one flower to another.

But again, that was not the case, they were immediately noticed by a bully - a tailless sparrow. Having barely managed to escape from this feathered creature, the butterflies were so hungry that the aroma of pollen made them dizzy. Then they heard someone’s steps and screams; these were their classmates with shovels, who were already chasing the butterflies, thinking that they were harmful silkworms. Barankin and Malinin suddenly really wanted to see their friends, and without even knowing why, because the guys were working at the site, and Fokina was giving them all sorts of orders. But then a bee began to chase the butterflies Barankin and Malinin.

Ants

Then it was even more difficult for the heroes of the work “Barankin, be a man!” The summary continues with the fact that they barely escaped from this terrible bee, when suddenly ants appeared. And immediately our heroes wanted to become ants. But then they thought that the ants were constantly working, and they immediately stopped wanting. But now Barankin wanted to become a drone. And then suddenly the swallowtail-Malinin fell asleep, Barankin could not wake him up! And then Fokina and the guys appeared again. Seeing a beautiful swallowtail, she wanted to put it in a stain. In general, barely, but Barankin fought off the swallowtail from Fokina, and they flew wherever they could, as long as they were farther away. These heroes suffered a lot, but continued their transformations.

Then they turned into ants, and then such efficiency was revealed in them that they themselves were afraid. They began to work from morning to evening, until they were eaten by a swift, and they woke up as people again. In general, these foolish guys had to go through a lot and endure a lot until they realized that it was best to be human.

This is how the story “Barankin, be a man!” ended. The summary of the book shows that it was thanks to all these transformations and adventures that the guys developed a sense of responsibility for their work. Then they no longer allowed themselves to be lazy, but gladly did everything that the school and parents required of them.

Here it is indicated how at a school meeting the class discusses the studies of two boys, Barankin and Malinin, they are advised to correct the deuces they received. The class leader, Fokina, even published a wall newspaper with their photographs on it.

After a discussion at the meeting, the whole class decided that excellent student Misha Yakovlev would help them, and then everyone would go outside to plant trees. The guys are very ashamed of their grades, and besides, Fokina comes to them and says: “Barankin, be a man! Quickly remove your deuces.” Boys are so

They were also surprised at the stopper, because they always had twos, but it never came to this.

On Sunday, they are waiting for their friend, but he does not come, and the weather is beautiful outside, the schoolchildren go out into the street. Barankin and Malinin begin to observe nature, they see how sparrows coo carelessly, butterflies fly, and ants crawl, busy with their business. Barankin sat and thought: “How lucky they are, it’s probably always Sunday.” It seemed to him that all birds and insects had a wonderful life, not like people. They don't have to go to school and study.

Then interesting and colorful events take place in the boys' lives. Upset

Barankin is no longer going to be human. On Sunday, Barankin invited Malinin to be sparrows. He agrees, and they begin to repeat spells and behave like sparrows. And then a miracle, they suddenly turned into birds. A couple of sparrows carefreely settled on the tree branches, thinking: “It’s good, you don’t have to do homework, you sit quietly, and no one bothers you.”

Seeing the sparrows, the cat Muska attacked them, intending to catch and eat them. They flew away, then they were attacked by an old sparrow, who also wanted to give them advice on life. And Senka Smirnov began to hunt for them with a slingshot. Then the adult sparrow mistook them for her children and began to teach them how to build a nest correctly. Then the father sparrow came rushing in, and everyone flew off to fight for food in the birdhouse. The fictional sparrows barely escaped them all.

The boys were so upset by the life of a sparrow that they decided to be butterflies. With the help of spells, Barankin became a cabbage butterfly, and Malinin became a swallowtail. They were so happy that they didn’t have to do anything but enjoy the beautiful flowers. Suddenly the old sparrow attacked them again, and when they wanted to have lunch, they began to feel dizzy from the pollen.

Suddenly, they were being hunted by guys from their class who were successfully planting trees. They thought they were flower pests. They barely managed to hide from Fokina, who wanted to catch a swallowtail for her collection, when suddenly a bee chased after them. They barely hid from her. Then Malinin the swallowtail got tired and fell asleep, and Barankil began to wake him up. Then, as luck would have it, Fokina came again and wanted to catch and dry a swallowtail butterfly. He barely saved the mafaon from the guys, and they flew in the other direction. They suffered a lot.

Barankin and Malinin didn’t like being butterflies; they wanted to become ants. They began to work like all ants, so much so that they even got scared. They worked all day, until nightfall. Then they fought together with all the other ants. Then they were eaten by a swift. And they reincarnated back into people.

The boys endured so much during their adventures, and finally realized that it was best to be human. After these adventures, they gained responsibility and corrected their deuces. The boys have changed for the better.

A very funny and at the same time very instructive story “Barankin, be a man!” was created in 1961 by the Soviet writer Valery Vladimirovich Medvedev. This amazing story will tell about the adventures of two friends - classmates Yura Barankin and Kostya Malinin, who one day suddenly no longer wanted to study.

“Barankin, be a man!” Brief summary of the work

It all started with Barankin and Malinin receiving bad marks in geometry. The head of the class, Zinka Fokina, developed vigorous activity on this occasion. An evil wall newspaper was created, on which the faces of these two unfortunate boys were stuck with caustic inscriptions.

But this is only the beginning of the work “Barankin, be a man!” The summary then unfolds around a demonstrative meeting, or rather, not a meeting, but a very serious conversation. What did Barankin and Malinin not hear about themselves there! As a result, it was decided that on Sunday the excellent student Mishka Yakovlev would study with the newly minted poor students. They will solve problems with him. And then everyone will go to the school garden to plant trees. The boys were ashamed, but they had nowhere to go. At the end of the meeting, the same annoying Fokina comes up to them and says: “Barankin, be a man, urgently correct Kostya’s deuces!”

First reincarnation

And then simply fantastic events take place in the work “Barankin, be a man!” A chapter-by-chapter summary tells of those ill-fated adventures in which our heroes constantly barely escaped danger.

So, in the very first chapters, Barankin and Malinin received a good thrashing. Barankin was so stunned and offended that he no longer wanted to be human.

And then Sunday came. And suddenly Barankin persuades Malinin to turn into sparrows with the help of simple actions and spells. And so it happened. Now the two of them are sitting on a branch and thinking: “This is the real carefree life!” But she didn’t turn out to be that carefree either. Seeing their prey, the cat Muska chased after them and wanted to eat them. Then an old sparrow flew at them and began to educate them in its own way. Then their neighbor Venka Smirnov began chasing them with a slingshot. And then a mother sparrow appeared, who recognized them as her sons and forced them to learn how to build a nest. Daddy Sparrow himself came after her. And then they, with their entire large family of sparrows, rushed to fight with other sparrows for the birdhouse.

I don't want to be a sparrow, I want to be a butterfly

But this is not the end of the work “Barankin, be a man!” Its summary is just entering the acute phase of its development. Disillusioned with the life of a sparrow, the boys wanted to become butterflies. And again they succeeded in the transformation trick. Only Barankin became a skittish, and Malinin a swallowtail. Now they were incredibly happy that they would flutter carefree from one flower to another.

But again, that was not the case, they were immediately noticed by a bully - a tailless sparrow. Having barely managed to escape from this feathered creature, the butterflies were so hungry that the aroma of pollen made them dizzy. Then they heard someone’s steps and screams; these were their classmates with shovels, who were already chasing the butterflies, thinking that they were harmful silkworms. Barankin and Malinin suddenly really wanted to see their friends, and without even knowing why, because the guys were working at the site, and Fokina was giving them all sorts of orders. But then a bee began to chase the butterflies Barankin and Malinin.

Ants

Then it was even more difficult for the heroes of the work “Barankin, be a man!” The summary continues with the fact that they barely escaped from this terrible bee, when suddenly ants appeared. And immediately our heroes wanted to become ants. But then they thought that the ants were constantly working, and they immediately stopped wanting. But now Barankin wanted to become a drone. And then suddenly the swallowtail-Malinin fell asleep, Barankin could not wake him up! And then Fokina and the guys appeared again. Seeing a beautiful swallowtail, she wanted to put it in a stain. In general, barely, but Barankin fought off the swallowtail from Fokina, and they flew wherever they could, as long as they were farther away. These heroes suffered a lot, but continued their transformations.

Then they turned into ants, and then such efficiency was revealed in them that they themselves were afraid. They began to work from morning to evening, until they were eaten by a swift, and they woke up as people again. In general, these foolish guys had to go through a lot and endure a lot until they realized that it was best to be human.

This is how the story “Barankin, be a man!” ended. The summary of the book shows that it was thanks to all these transformations and adventures that the guys developed a sense of responsibility for their work. Then they no longer allowed themselves to be lazy, but gladly did everything that the school and parents required of them.

Good afternoon or evening everyone!

It is known that books help educate children. Reading aloud with children is also very useful. Reading together brings parents back to childhood. And this is so great!

Children have long-lasting memories of mom or dad reading a book to them before bed, out loud. And closing their eyes, they listen and dream, worry about the characters or laugh at their behavior. Of course, children of school age can already read on their own. But you don’t want to miss those moments when an adult reads to them. Children love to have a book read out loud to them or a story told before bed.

Recently my granddaughter and I read a book together Valeria Medvedeva “Barankin, be human!”

I remember taking this book from the library as a child. It was so old and shabby, read by schoolchildren just like me. In those days, there were no good books on the shelves of bookstores. And we ran to the library.

Of course, now there are no problems getting the right book. The selection of books for both adults and children is quite large.

Yulia was given Medvedev’s book for her birthday in the fall. And we decided to read it out loud together. I have read the book and will write our review about it today.

Review of Medvedev’s book “Barankin, be a man!”

The book is intended for children of middle school age. The book is printed without abbreviations. The book contains illustrations.

An unusual, instructive story for children. The story is very easy to read. The plot is captivating and there are many funny moments. We read several chapters before bed. Julia wanted to hear what would happen next. But we agreed - we read a little every day.

The book is written on behalf of the main character Yura Barankin.

Two friends, Yura Barankin and Kostya Malinin, receive bad marks at the beginning of the school year and listen to the instructions of their classmates. The class leader says sternly: “Barankin, be a man!”

Boys don’t want to study or work with other guys. They sit on a bench, look at the sparrows and envy their carefree life. And with the help of the power of thought, they decide to turn into sparrows.

But it turns out that life for sparrows is not as sweet as it seemed at first. You have to look for food, escape from cats, build nests, fly away from boys with slingshots.

Disillusioned with the life of a sparrow, the guys turn into and then into ants.

Having been in the “skin” of insects, friends are convinced that there is no one on earth who would live without worries and troubles. Everywhere you need to work, protect your life and the lives of your comrades, even if you are a butterfly or an ant.

Having experienced difficult and sometimes dangerous adventures, the guys realized that being a Human is not a bad thing. “I want to be a Human forever!” - these are the words of Barankin, who wants to turn back into a human.

“What you were born with is how you fit in.”

The boys are turning into people and are very happy about it. They agree to both study and work.

Yulia liked the book. And I enjoyed reading Medvedev’s fascinating story and remembered my childhood at the same time.

The child realized that no matter who you are, you need to work and mind your own business.

This is our review of a children's book we read today. V. Medvedeva “Barankin, be a man!”

Interesting, funny and instructive. An excellent book for school-age children.

Did you read this book in your childhood? Do your children read it? Write in the comments.

Now Yulia is reading the book “Stories about School”. The collection includes stories by V. Dragunsky, V. Golevkin and many other authors.

The children's spring break has begun. Let them rest, get enough sleep, play and read good books.

Best regards, Olga.