A word to dear adult readers - parents, teachers and educators Dear adult readers! You have opened an unusual book. In it you will not find space rangers, fussy Mickey Mouse, stingy Uncle Scrooge. This book has no dramatic plot, no whirlwind of events, no frivolous main characters. This is not surprising, our book is smart: fabulous, but about you and me; modern, but very kind; interesting but quiet. The shape of the book is such that it will fit your child. After all, we took into account that he lives by feelings, thinks in images, understands everything, dares to “have his own opinion” about everything. That's just what? Children's vision of the world is different from our adult. It is neither worse nor better, just different. That is why it is so difficult to explain to a child those things that seem obvious to us, it is difficult to be heard. And because of this, we, adults, often turn to screaming, not being able to understand, we begin to order ... Psychologists, teachers, philosophers, who have extensive experience in talking with children, took part in the work on the book. Conversations about the main thing - good and evil, man and his place in the world, time and space. Our small and cheerful interlocutors turned out to be big and serious thinkers. We have learned a lot from them. Therefore, we take the liberty of advising you what and how to do so that this book will help you and your child become closer, more understandable to each other. A fairy tale is a fairy tale. And that says a lot. Remember? A fairy tale is a lie ... You can read a fairy tale together, learn a lesson from it - a lesson in kindness. Or let your child read this story without you. Children are always willing to read what they are interested in. This is how one should learn to read, on material that is close and familiar to the child. And now the main thing. The highlight of this book is a detailed methodological guide that allows you to organize an educational, educational conversation based on a fairy tale. In such a conversation, psychological conditions are created for the development of worldview ideas, thinking and speech of older preschoolers and junior schoolchildren. We hope that your dialogue with your child will help him overcome the age crisis associated with the beginning of school life.

Chapter 1, secret and incomprehensible and therefore not very pleasant

First, a decent-sized secret was born. He didn't fit in with me. It turned out to be too big. The secret sat in a safe hiding place. Because of a secret, a discovery happened. Now there is no secret. There was, but the whole secret came out.
I couldn't save it. She gave half a secret to her friend. Such are the things!
I think I've completely confused you now.

Chapter 2Where everything goes right

I am Masha, and I am very strange. I like semolina porridge.
But first things first. That day began as usual. I did a load. The mood is great! Mom cooked breakfast as usual...
I drank tea with pies and carelessly dangled my legs. Chur, today not a word to dad and mom. I'll tell them everything tomorrow. Well, for now I'll shake my feet. I'll be patient a little, I'll wait a little. I'll make tea in a saucer ...
My mom gives me a huge sandwich to take to school with me.
And in addition, having cast aside doubts, I secretly take cookies from my mother.
- Dear mom, thank you!
- Masha, behave nicely. Masha, goodbye. Don't forget to write down homework.

Chapter 3In it, the secret is revealed, and the fairy tale is just beginning.

And here I am on the first floor!
And there, under the stairs, sits my secret!
Four eyes. Eight paws. What a weak light! Meows and yelps the secret at the same time. And I got my sandwich instantly ...
And they sleep, warming each other with warmth. Covered with an old, torn shirt. So they shiver all night from cold and fear. In vain they say about cursing that they are like a cat with a dog. My pets live together. And there is no need to talk about them.
I remember the first time I met them. The dog was protecting the cat. She had little strength. On weak paws, she stepped forward and fell. And whimpered a little. And I thought I was screaming...
I almost cried out of pity for them!
I try to break the sandwich in half. Better feed them. Don't forget about anyone. Don't cheat anyone.
Dark. Does not work. The sandwich breaks unevenly.
You are my poor! How hungry are you! I had breakfast. There will be lunch. And you have no one but me.

Kitten and dog meow and bark. Each other gives a larger piece. What noble animals are!
It's good to be good. I even clap my hands. I feel so good, so happy. Let me tell you guys!

Chapter 4About the black and white day of I A class

What happened at school hurts me to remember. But what was, was. Tears to shed enough!
Dear reader, you must know this. Just try to understand me! Share my pain and accept.
Boys and girls, listen carefully! Don't be deaf! People can be not only good, but also very bad!
My best friend, whom I entrusted with a secret, was the first to laugh. And spilled the secret to everyone. And I believed her so much. I opened the door of my soul so wide. Why did she push me away and why did she deceive me?
What's wrong with everyone now? But how then to live? Why smile?
The boys around were laughing. Offensive faces were built. They also told the teacher that they wanted to be heroes.
“Machine's secret is to secretly feed a dog and a cat,” says one tomboy, waving his tail made from a scarf.
“Masha is very sick with us, she is terribly sorry for the dog and the cat,” another continues, and bleats like a lamb: “m-e-e.
And there's another boy. He put his finger in his mouth and yelled in a bad voice:
- Masha wore her sandwich to a shabby dog. She bit her finger in gratitude.
And he pretended to be crying and jumping from severe pain. And I didn’t even pretend, I cried loudly from impotence and resentment.
Masha has stupid secrets. She's not going anywhere in the summer. Will save money little by little to save some cat.
- Not some, but the best in the world. She will live in my apartment, - I whisper, rubbing my tears with my fist.
And here's what happened next...
It turns out my friend, whom I entrusted with a secret. Makes an important appearance and says this:
- Masha will tame her dog and teach us to rush. Ha ha ha!
And this is her! My best friend! I was smitten. I was amazed. Not to intercede, to somehow help me. What she said next, I convey to you exactly.
- There would be at least a normal dog. Pedigree and expensive. And this one... is kind of sassy. Weak and lame.
And all this - as if admiring yourself. And all this is important nodding a beautiful head. And there was something to admire! No one in the class could match her beauty. No one could match her beauty. She looked great. Anytime and anywhere! Hairstyle - hair to hair. The lips are red, folded in a bow. It turned out to be just empty. A beautiful wrapper. Seemed so good. It turned out so bad.
And yet it was, you hear, it was good in this day. Many guys sympathized with me. They took pity on me. Warmed with a kind word. They offered their help. How good are they! If only you knew!
But most of all I was struck by the fact that the second-year-old Senya came up to me at recess. Trousers wrinkled, knees covered in paint. Hands do not know where to put. It hurts to look at him directly. He looked untidy, somehow sloppy. There are traces of chalk on the sweater and something else ... I didn’t see it.
He touched my pigtail. I prepared to scream. I knew that he could pull and run away ...
And he suddenly reached into his pocket, with the button torn off. And the bundle was removed from there very quickly.
- Masha, tomorrow is Sunday, - Senya said in great embarrassment. - Masha, you have beautiful braid. And I have here bread, cheese and sausage. Don't worry, I've already eaten. I wanted to ask you. So that you give a little food to the dog and cat. I always pity those who are weaker. Take it all now! Let's save animals together. Let's get out of trouble together. Those who need our help. So that they don’t think badly about Sen and Masha.
Senya shook my hand. He smiled and ran away.

Chapter 5In it, the animals speak and give Masha a magic crystal (such a magic glass)

rang last call. From what happened today, I will learn a lesson.
I thought about the cat and the dog all the way. Look! They are already waiting for me! It's just a pity that they can't say
Dog and cat in chorus:
- Masha, you dropped your mitten when you fed us in the morning.
I opened my mouth like this:
- And who says it? Dog:
- The one who stands on his hind legs in front of you. Bow-wow.
Cat:
- And next to him, curled up in a ball, lies. Meow meow.
Masha:
- Can't be. Are you able to speak? Do I understand the voices of animals?
Cat and dog:
- You understand, because there is no kinder person. We know what happened at school. We want you to learn to distinguish good people from bad ones. Trust your secrets to reliable people. And it's possible. We will help you, Masha.
Dog:
- Animals often suffer because the owners are not chosen.
Cat:
- People can first understand a person. And if he is good - be his friend forever.
Dog and cat:
- You must learn to distinguish good people from bad ones in order to avoid tears and insults in the future.
Masha:
- Thanks a lot. Wonderful. Everything is clear to me now. It's dangerous to be friends with bad guys. How terrible it is to make mistakes in people!
Dog:
- You know that people deprived us of our homes. And the feeling of resentment against the evil is familiar to us. I racked my brains for a long time and invented a magic crystal. Close your eyes. Cover the crystal with your hand. And you will immediately know what kind of person is in front of you. If he is kind, then white light will stream. If the paint is black, then he is unkind, no!
Masha:
- Thank you, my dear! Thank you my family!
Cat:
Don't forget to return the crystal to us in the morning. Don't waste your time, feel free to hit the road.
Masha:
- Thank you, my family! Thanks my dears!

Chapter 6 About the extraordinary adventures of Masha and the help of the magic crystal

As always, there are many people in the yard. We need to test the crystal as soon as possible.
I squeeze it with my hand. What do I see in front of me?
Hooray! I knew it. Much more white! Not enough black! But in every person there was at least a drop, at least a little bit of black paint ... Don't forget about this. This is how my journey began.
And the boys are playing hide and seek. Everyone is hiding, Vitya - the driver - considers. It is white as snow on the inside. Apparently a very good person. But a thin film, black as soot, covers the white. I got upset even. What's the matter? Ah, so it is! We agreed to count to seven. Vitya finished on the number six. Almost all white inside. And he plays so dishonestly! Is it possible? I'll come closer and find out. I don't understand anything.
- Wait, sorry. Shame on you, Vitya. Why are you playing dishonest? Do you only count to six?
My hand, meanwhile, is still squeezing the crystal. And the white light inside Viti broke through the black film. You can see right away that Vitya is ashamed.
- Excuse me, I'm good. But Alyosha choked me unfairly. And I decided to cheat a little. Oh, I'm not going to snitch, I'll drive honestly.
And the black color receded. There is a tiny dot left. Guess what the next line is about? Of course, about Alyosha.
- Guys, I'm good too. I'll play fair now. Strictly follow the rules.
Then everything around Vitya and Alyosha sparkled, turned silver. What good guys! With that thought, I left.

Chapter 7 In which the continuation of the adventure

And there goes a mother with her son. The little boy carries a children's book under his arm. Together they honor her. Then they will play together. How happy people are! And I'm happy, I'm calm for them.
But what is it? Mom angrily looks at her son ... What an unpleasant picture
“Instead of discussing outfits with a friend, I am obliged to walk around the yard with you,” the mother says to her son.
Well, what a sad, black picture! And the son does not take offense at his mother. It has a white patch on it.
- Mom, forgive me that you have me.
Mom looks at her son in amazement. Takes him by the hand.
“I'm sorry, dear,” he says so timidly. And there are tears in her eyes. They turned into ice cubes from the cold.
Inside the mother, the black color disappears. That's how it happens! And I'm happy, for these people I'm calm again.

Chapter 8 In it, a crystal shows a movie about a grandfather, and a tomboy buys oranges and something else.

In the middle of the yard, look quickly, the big guys are playing hockey.
Hands in pockets. Slightly lame. Raised collar. An old man walks across the hockey field. Everything happens in an instant. Do you hear a faint cry? The puck hit the limping old man in the leg. I can't look at this guys!
And the one who made this inaccurate pass, his face is whiter than chalk, but inside he is all black now. And when this boy realized that his grandfather would not catch up with him, then, laughing loudly, he asked the goose.
Only for a moment did grandfather turn black. I wanted to kick this brat's ears.
And then the crystal showed me a film about my grandfather. Here he is still a boy, in a whirlwind of snow, a girl who has fallen on a skating rink lifts so gently. It became white-white inside the old man. And the boys did not raise a hand.
And the boys were quiet. Stopped riding. They approached the grandfather. They started to apologize.
How rushed that tomboy, completely exhausted by remorse! I brought a bag of sweets and three oranges from the nearest store.
Grandpa laughs. Invites the guys to be friends. He invites you to have a cup of tea.
You can go blind from the white color, which at the same time began to come from all of them!

Chapter 9 penultimate

At the entrance stands a grandmother with a gray-haired, uncovered head. An adult uncle is pressed to him with his hand. Her soul burns with love so brightly. An adult uncle gives her some kind of package. He says: "Here, mom, gifts." She told him: "Son, come in for at least an hour."
- Mom, I have so much to do! I also wanted to go to the store. And then back to work. I'll drop by sometime on Saturday. I just don't know which one. Let me give you a quick kiss. Well, bye, mother, our respect to you. Yes, I almost forgot, greetings from Natasha's granddaughter.
Grandmother:
Why doesn't she come to me? Raised you. Was not needed. So like?
Son:
- Yes, she has no time, she is getting married.
And inside the uncle is one blackness. White is offensive enough. I understood this just like that, without a crystal.

Chapter 10 the last, again secret and again incomprehensible

Morning has come. The sun has risen. Well, I lived yesterday! I've never had one like this! I understood a lot. Learned a lot.
Mom and dad are sitting in the kitchen. They are talking about something. I must have interrupted them. As soon as the door was opened, there was silence.
Mother:
- Masha, my dad and I found out everything. Your secret has been unraveled. We hardly slept at night. Everything was thought and decided. Dad went for milk in the morning. Go get the dog and the cat. And next time, be sure that we are your friends. We can be trusted. We cannot be deceived.
Masha:
- Here's my mother! Here's my dad! Dear ones, come with me. Dad, where is your hat?
And so, the three of us slowly walk up the stairs. And we catch by surprise ... My girlfriend - the one, yes! - a bottle-feeding baby cat! Are our eyes lying?
True, a good company gathered? Okay, bye bye!

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Dear adult readers!
Parents! Teachers! Educators!
You are truly worthy of respect, you have taken a step forward. We are sincerely glad that these pages have attracted your attention. With great pleasure we will go our half way, we will make every effort so that you can organize an educational, educational conversation with your children.
However, we immediately want to warn you that the questions about what values, moral norms, worldview guidelines your children will acquire as a result of such a conversation are completely within your competence. That's why you and Parents, Teachers, Educators. We rely on your tact, on your own understanding of good and evil, on your sense of responsibility and proportion.
Our job is to hand you modern, psychologically verified tools, with the help of which you can convey to the mind and heart of the child what you yourself consider necessary ...

Purpose of the conversation based on “The Tale of How Masha Learned to Distinguish Good People from Bad People and What Came Out of It” is simple, it is reflected in the very title of the tale. Let's formulate it this way: the development of spontaneous (already existing, formed as a result of previous experience) ideas of children about good and bad in a person. Search for criteria (signs) by which you can distinguish good people from bad ones.

The conversation consists of several interrelated stages.
Stage I (preparatory). It is carried out before reading a fairy tale.
The purpose of the stage is to draw the child's attention to the problem of finding criteria (features) by which a good person can be distinguished from a bad one, actualizing the problem of good and bad in the child's mind. To put it simply, at this stage the child must accept the problem posed in the fairy tale. And we are creating the necessary prerequisites for this.
Ask your child the following questions:
1. What kind of people do you like to play with - good or bad?
2. Can you trust bad people with your secrets? Why?
3. Why is it necessary to choose friends among good people?
4. Have you had cases when you thought badly about a person, but he turned out to be good? Why were you wrong in the first place?
5. Have you had cases when you thought well of a person, but he turned out to be bad? Did this person hurt or let you down? What did you feel about it?
Children's answers to such questions are not difficult to predict. Of course, most children will say that they prefer to be friends with good people. Children are able to argue this opinion, illustrate with examples from their own lives. But then it will be logical to ask the main question of this stage: “You like to communicate with good people. But how do you tell good people from bad people? How to avoid mistakes?
Invite the children to draw a good and a bad person, comment on the drawings.

II stage of the conversation. Also carried out before reading the tale. At this stage, children form their own cognitive positions (points of view) regarding the problem posed, reveal the content of their (spontaneous) ideas about a good and bad person, list the signs that, in their opinion, characterize good and bad people, create an image of good and bad people. a bad person in the form of a drawing and a "verbal picture" - a verbal description of this image.

Children's answers to the question of how to distinguish a good person from a bad one can be divided into three groups.
First, the largest group of children, believes that a good person must certainly look good, and a bad person must look bad. The concept of a “good person” comes down to a set of visual, external characteristics. Good man - beautiful clothes”,“ well dressed ”,“ in new trousers ”, etc. Children from this group identify the form ( appearance) and content (the inner essence of a person hidden from direct observation), they “meet by clothes” and offer to see off by clothes.
Second group consists of children who believe that it is possible to distinguish a good person from a bad one by actions. A good person "transfers grandmother across the road", "gives gifts", "does not fight", - in a word, does good deeds. The bad always do bad.
The small number of children who make up third group, when determining a good and bad person, they are guided by internal signs, reveal the concept of a “good person” through other concepts. Good, in their opinion, “kind”, “honest”, “correct”. Bad - "evil", "envious", "greedy".
I wonder which group your child's answers belong to?
One way or another, at the second stage, the child will solve the problem at the current (available to him) level of development. The problem will cease to exist for him. The child is satisfied because he has found a solution that seems universal to him.
Ah, if only it were that easy...

III stage. Reading a fairy tale. You will read the story to the child, or he can read it on his own.

IV stage. The development in children of ideas about a good and bad person in the process of conversation based on a fairy tale.
First you need to re-create the problem. To do this, the child must realize the limitations and incompleteness of the answer to the question that he had already given at stage II. The events described in the tale contradict his original ideas. Draw your child's attention to these contradictions. Then the child will receive an incentive to change, complicate, realize his spontaneous (pre-existing before the conversation) ideas.
Recommendation. If necessary, reread individual fragments of the tale. The answers to the questions are contained in the respective chapters. We have indicated these chapters at the end of each question.
Ask the following questions:
1. Describe Masha's friend. How did she look? What seemed? (Chapter 4.)
2. Describe the repeater Senya. What did he look like? What did it look like? (Chapter 4.)
3. Did Machine's friend do well in revealing the secret? (Chapter 4.)
4. Did Senya do well by giving away the sandwich? (Chapter 4.)
By answering these questions, the children, with your help, will discover an amazing truth for themselves. You can look very good, but do bad things, be bad. You can look bad, but still be good. It may be, but it may seem. It's not the same thing. The form does not always match the content.

A few more possible continuations of this topic in the discussion.
Recall with your child the fairy tale "The Wolf and the Seven Kids". With his insinuating voice, the insidious wolf deceived the gullible kids. They paid dearly for their carelessness.
Ask questions:
1. Why did the wolf manage to deceive the kids?
2. What were the kids supposed to do to uncover the deception?
But people can pretend, take on a good guise to achieve bad goals. Give similar examples to your child. Remember at least the boys who teased Masha (Chapter 4). After all, they told the teacher that they wanted to be heroes, but they acted like...

Here is another interesting exercise.
Take several different sweets (if you have them, of course). Can your child guess what is behind the candy wrapper even before they open the candy?
Now make sure he's wrong. To do this, change the candy wrappers on sweets, make a plasticine candy. Show your child that you can’t judge the content only by the candy wrapper. It's the same with a man...
Instruction. Eat candy together.
If by appearance it is impossible to say for sure whether a person is good or bad, then it remains to be judged by actions. But the whole difficulty lies in the fact that even a good person sometimes acts unworthily, and a bad one can surprise with his generosity. In addition, the same person can do both good and bad deeds. Let's try to get this across to the kids.
Ask the following questions:
1. Did Masha's friend do a good or bad thing at school? (Chapter 4.)
2. What act did she do when she was feeding the kitten? (Chapter 10.)
3. Masha's friend did both good and bad things. So what kind of person was she? (Chapters 4, 10.)
4. What act did the adult son do when he gave his mother a package with gifts? Was he a good person? (Chapter 9.)
5. What act did Vitya do when he only counted up to six? And when did he confess to the guys in deception? So what kind of person was he? (Chapter 6.)
6. Was the mother walking with her son good or bad? (Chapter 7.)
7. What kind of person was the tomboy who hit his grandfather with a puck? (Chapter 8.)
So figure out who is good and who is bad.
Now the main thing. Magic crystal idea. A fairy tale story about the search for a magic crystal, a kind of litmus test that allows you to see the inside behind the outside, the content behind the form, is reproduced in myths and fairy tales different peoples for centuries. Many dreamed and still dream that a person “has written on his forehead” what he is. Let's give the child the opportunity to dream up, find himself in a fabulous, unreal world.
Questions:
1. Would you like to have a "magic crystal"?
2. If the crystal was in your hands, how would you dispose of it?
3. Would you look through the crystal at your parents, acquaintances, teachers?
4. What do you expect to see? (This question will help you find out how the child evaluates their environment.)
5. What will the person who looks through the crystal at you see? (The question will allow you to reveal the child's self-esteem.)
6. Does the magic crystal really exist?
7. If people invented a crystal, what would their life be like?
IN real life people have to do without miracle cures, there is no place for simple solutions and unambiguous answers. Each person himself is looking for criteria and signs to distinguish good from evil, good from bad. Let's help this child.

Exercise.
What will a good person do if: a) he finds a wallet on the street; b) the weak are offended before his eyes; c) he will be asked to help; d) his friends quarreled; e) Are his parents tired after work? How will a bad person act in these cases?
Questions:
Can a bad person do a good deed?
Can a good person commit a bad deed?
How will a good person feel after doing a bad deed?
The conclusion to this part of the conversation can be the following conclusion: “If a person is good, then he does more good deeds than bad ones. If a good person commits a bad deed, then he repents of it. Thus, by behavior, by deeds, with a high degree of probability they judge what kind of person is in front of you.
You can reveal the content of the concept of "good person" through other concepts. The likely conclusion from the following exercise is: "A good person has good qualities."

Exercise.
Does a good or bad person have such qualities as kindness, anger, responsiveness, courage, determination, greed, cunning, timidity, severity, seriousness, courage, envy, laziness, stupidity? But after all, the qualities of a person are manifested in behavior, in action. They say that you can recognize a person only by "eating a pood of salt with him." But then you will really want to drink, and there will not be enough salt for everyone. How do you understand these words?
And now a miracle will happen, and you will find out that your child is a real philosopher, and you will tell your friends and acquaintances about it.
More philosophical questions:
1. What did Mashenka see with the help of a magic crystal? Did she see the man from the inside? Outside?
Suddenly, after answering these questions, you will come to a very special topic “Soul - body”.
2. Why did Masha see “at least a drop, at least a little bit” of black in every person, even in a good one?
3. Are there people who do not have bad qualities and have not committed a single bad deed?
4. Are there people who do not have a single good quality and have not committed a single good deed?
5. Do you agree with Masha, who believes that there are more good people than bad ones?
6. Can the same act be both good and bad at the same time?
7. Can any quality of a person be good in one case and bad in another?
8. Are there times when a good person can do a bad deed?

Exercise.
Give examples of your
A) good qualities;
b) bad qualities;
c) good deeds;
d) bad deeds.
Exercise question:“How do good and bad coexist in you?”
Finish the educational conversation with a discussion of the following topic: “What can be done to make you become less bad, more good?” Ask your child what help he needs to do this.
Note. The total duration of the conversation based on the fairy tale is 15 - 2 hours. The duration of each lesson should not exceed 25 minutes. Thus, the implementation of the entire conversation plan takes place within 4-5 lessons.

If you do not want to stop there and you have a desire to systematically conduct developmental and educational conversations with children, then a special course “Philosophy for Children” recommended by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, as well as other books in the “Book for the Mind and Heart” series, will be of great help. .

In a distant country there lived a boy, and he had a mother, but they did not have a father. The boy was five or six years old and walked in kindergarten like most kids his age. The boy was the smallest in the group and the most shy, so the rest of the children often offended the boy and laughed at him: either they would take away the toys, or call them names.

The poor boy came home and wanted to complain to his mother about how his children offend, but suddenly he heard his mother talking on the phone with her friend and crying. And my mother said how everyone at work does not like her, how her boss mocks her, insults her, and all her colleagues laugh. And the boy felt sorry for his mother, and he did not tell her how his children offended him in the kindergarten, but decided to help himself and his mother himself: to find a way to make everything change so that people become kind, and no one else did not offend anyone and did not ridicule. And so great was the boy's desire to make all people good that the angels decided to help him. They appeared to him in a dream and taught the boy a magical way to change people and the whole world.

1While the boy was sleeping, the angels inserted a magic crystal of love into his heart and told that if someone suddenly offends him or others, makes fun of someone, just turn on your magic crystal of love and imagine how it flashes with snow-white light , fills the whole body with warm and gentle energy of love, and then release a powerful beam of love energy from the chest, directing it to that person or several people who are behaving badly, and they will literally change their behavior before our eyes.

In the morning the boy, inspired by the story of the angels, boldly went to the kindergarten to test this miraculous remedy that the angels had given him. Arriving in the garden, he saw how one of the boys offends the girl. He immediately sent a ray of love from his heart to the boy, filled him to the brim with snow-white warm and pleasant energy of love, and after a few minutes the boy stopped playing around and offending the girl.

2 The boy's delight knew no bounds. All day long he trained and filled himself and others with the energy of love in the most difficult offensive and unfair situations, and as if by magic, all the most difficult situations changed and simply dissolved in love. When his mother took the boy home, he told her about his wonderful way to change the world. Of course, at first, the mother did not believe her son and thought that this was a child's game and the kids did not understand anything about the problems of adults.

In the morning, when my mother came to work, her boss immediately called her and began to scold her unfairly. She was so offended that she had no strength to endure, and in despair she remembered the words of her son and decided to try the magic remedy. She asked the angels to turn on the crystal of love in her heart. The crystal immediately ignited, filled the mother with a beautiful magical all-conquering and all-reconciling energy of love, and a powerful beam escaped from her heart right into the heart of her boss. A minute later he was filled with light and love, fell silent and stopped scolding and unfairly offending the boy's mother.

Mom began to use this method every day, and one fine day her boss proposed to her to marry him, and she agreed. The boy also liked him very much, and they lived happily ever after and told everyone about this wonderful tool to change the world for the better. Every day there were more and more happy people living in love, and over time, all wars stopped, people stopped offending each other, and love reigned on Earth ...

love crystal

Even one small person can change the world for the better!

With love, Daniel

Three girls lived in a small quiet town: Marina, Katya and Sonya. They went to the same school and in the same class. The girls were best friends, always and everywhere went together. But one day an extraordinary, unforeseen incident happened to them ...
The city in which they lived was surrounded by forests. On the right, the forest is rare, but very beautiful, and on the left, it is dense and very scary. There was a house on the outskirts, the grandfather-forester lived in it. He was given the nickname Forester. This old man is small, thin, with a beard to his knees, he doesn’t look scary at all, but if you look into his eyes, he’s trembling. They said that this Forester was a shaman or some kind of sorcerer, because he knew how to predict not only the weather. But these were only rumors, although they were still afraid to go to him. Once in the town there was no snow at all in winter, and all the inhabitants were in a bad mood: soon New Year. They loved the snowy winter.
In the morning, Katya was going to school, looked out the window at the gray dusty road, at the bare trees. A terrible thought came by itself: “Is it really not going to be winter?!”. At this time, Sonya had already left the house and saw a dirty, ugly street. She was frightened and thought: “Is it really not going to snow?!”. And Marina lived near the forest. She looked at the beautiful forest, but it does not beckon with beauty as before, but frightens with darkness. She turned around and saw: the terrible forest shone and shimmered, sparkled in the sun, snow glistened on the tops of pines and fir trees, and the crunch of someone's steps was heard from the thicket. Marina ran to school. She told her friends about what she saw and suggested:
- Katya, Sonya, maybe we should go to the Forester?
- Are you completely out of your mind? Katya exclaimed. - How to pounce on us and ...
- Don't continue, - Marina interrupted her, - you're right, it's very risky!
- But you have to try! What is winter without snow?! And you look at the forests, something is wrong with them! Don't you see?! Something needs to be done about this! Sonya continued.
- Aren't you scared?
- It's scary, but if we leave everything like that, then my conscience will simply torment me, - the girl answered confidently.
- You're right, but aren't you afraid, Katya? Marina asked.
"It's scary," Katya said timidly.
- Okay, we need to go, - Sonya confidently went forward, followed by Katya and Marina.
There were gray clouds in the sky, the road, the trees were also gray. The girls were approaching the Forester's house, fear flickering in their eyes. They came closer, an old man ran out to meet them:
- Who you are!? Why did you come here!?
“We came to find out what happened to the city,” Sonya said in a trembling voice.
- I won't tell you anything! Go away! And don't come back! shouted the old man.
No, we're just not leaving! Katya answered him.
- We must find out what happened to the city! Marina picked it up.
- And why is all this happening! Katya finished.
- Ah, so it is!? the old man got angry. The girls stepped back. - Come in, - the Forester suddenly continued amiably and opened the door, letting the girls go forward. They entered the house and saw various magic crystals on the shelves.
So you are a sorcerer? Katya asked calmly.
- No, I'm not a sorcerer, I'm a wizard, - the Forest Warden answered with a very kind smile, - if you want to know what happened in the city, then you must confess to me, are you ready to save him?
- I'm ready, - Marina said confidently, but with fear in her eyes.
“And we,” Katya and Sonya picked up in unison.
- Then listen. Once upon a time, very, very long ago, when the terrible forest was the only beautiful corner in this valley, there was a house in the thicket in the clearing. A girl lived in it. She had a mirror with four crystals, each crystal representing a season. Blue crystal - winter, green - spring, red - summer, yellow - autumn. Once the evil witch Anna stole all the crystals. And in our valley the weather disappeared, darkness covered the whole earth every day. But at that time, my team and I were able to defeat the sorceress and return the crystals. Now the same thing happened. You need to defeat the sorceress and return the crystals to their place.
- And where do we need to go?
- In a bad forest! You must find that girl, she will tell you where to look for the witch. But remember: for everything about everything you are given five days. And one more thing: in a scary forest, you must be very careful and think only about how to return the crystals and defeat the sorceress! – the Forester warned and showed the way to the forest.
The girls ended up in the forest knee-deep in a snowdrift. There is a lot of snow, but it is warm, it is even hot in thin jackets. They took off their jackets and started playing snowballs, building a snowman and just swimming in the snow. Finally, the girls got tired and sat down under a big Christmas tree. And suddenly a cell phone rang in the pocket of someone's jacket. It turned out that this is Katya's phone, it contains a reminder: "January 31, 16:50 to go to the art school."
- Girls! Katya exclaimed.
- What's happened? Sonya asked.
- Today is January 31st! We've been here for two days! Katya screamed.
- How!? It just can't be! We, we just couldn't be here for two whole days, personally it seemed to me that only two hours had passed! Marina was surprised.
- Remember what the Forester warned about! This forest does not want us to continue on our way. And he will do everything to stop us, so we should only think about how to find the sorceress and return the crystals! Sonya argued.
- You're right, we need to go, - Marina supported her.
“Then go ahead, we only have three days left!” Katya said.
The girls walked into the woods. They had been walking for several hours and were very tired. Suddenly, a hare jumped out from behind the snowy bushes and spoke in a human voice:
- Hey hello! Who are you?
- I am Sonya, this is Marina and Katya. And we are looking for a girl who lives in the thicket of the forest, - answered Sonya.
- Where are you from, people? Stop, stop, why do you need Anastasia?! the hare asked rudely.
- We are looking for her to learn more about the sorceress Anna and the crystals, - Marina answered.
- And so you are the lifeguards. The Forester told me a lot about you that you would come and save the valley! Forgive me for being rude, let me introduce myself - Yurokov, but you can call me Yurok, - the hare changed his anger to mercy. - Very glad to meet you. Maybe you can help find Anastasia?
- Yes, of course, if it's not difficult for you! Katya asked kindly.
- Well, let's go! - the hare called them and galloped forward. They walked all day, the girls told him a story about crystals and a witch. It began to get dark, the path narrowed, the branches blocked the entire road, as if deliberately interfering with them, but the girls did not even think of stopping. Finally, we came to a small but very beautiful hut. A girl came out to meet them.
- Hi, Yurok! Hello girls! You are the so-called rescuers. I'm Anastasia, and you?
- I am Marina.
- I'm Sonya.
- I'm Katya.
- Come in, go to bed on any bed you like. The morning is wiser than the evening. Good night!
The girls entered the house and immediately fell asleep from fatigue. The night was calm and quiet. Anastasia woke them up in the morning:
- Girls, wake up! It's time for you to go, the darkness is near.
The girls jumped up, began to dress, having breakfast, they set off, Anastasia gave them a mirror and said:
- You must be very careful! When you defeat the sorceress, insert the crystals at sunset into the mirror and then the valley and the whole Earth will be saved. If you do not have time, then the whole Earth will perish. Here's a magic clock for you, they will tell you how much is left before sunset. Farewell.
She clapped her hands, and they were in a clear clearing. Trees in the distance behind. Gray and naked. It was getting colder. They walked and walked and finally saw the road, it was made of ice.
“Now skates and warm clothes,” Katya said dreamily. And at the same moment, fur coats and skates appeared on the girls.
- So the magic began ... - Sonya added timidly, and they drove on. The girls approached the sorceress, fear flickered in their eyes. Here on the horizon in the fog the outlines of the castle appeared.
“So that’s where she’s hiding,” Marina said in a trembling voice. They drove up to the castle, and the skates suddenly disappeared.
The girls stood in front of the steps that led into the mist. It felt like they were leading nowhere. Katya looked at her watch: there was an hour left before sunset.
- We must hurry...
The girls climbed into the fog, taking a step, they saw a tall castle. Already standing in front of the door, Sonya could not stand it:
- I can't! I'm very scared, let's go back!
- No! We must finish everything! - Marina exclaimed confidently and opened the door.
They entered the castle, before them lay the red carpet, at the very end stood the ice throne. Anna was sitting on the throne, next to her was a pedestal on which lay four crystals of bright color.
- Come here! Anna ordered. The girls approached the witch.
- What would you like?
- We want to take the crystals! Sonya answered.
- What?! No! I won't give them to you!
We'll still take them! – confidently said Marina.
- Never! Don't you dare yell at me, little girl! - Anna exclaimed and launched a stream of ice fire into Marina. Marina fell on the transparent floor of the hall.
- No! Katya screamed. - How can you!
We will still defeat you and save everyone! Sonya exclaimed.
- You me? How funny! You little girls can't beat me! Anna laughed.
The girls embraced and said to each other:
- I'm sorry for everything, I'm sorry for everything!
The stream of fire did not hit them, as if someone was protecting them.
- Our friendship will help defeat the evil Anna.
They joined hands and focused all their energy on Anna. She fell on the throne. But the sorceress quickly got up and turned her power on them. The girls, holding hands, reflected it. Ice rays hit the witch right in the heart, she froze from her own malice. Katya looked at her watch, there was a minute left before sunset:
- Hurry, there's a minute left! Katya exclaimed.
Sonya ran up to the crystals, grabbed them and went to Katya. The blue crystal slipped out of her hands, but Marina managed to catch it. They ran up to Katya:
- How much is left?!
- Twenty seconds. First crystal, second, third, fourth... Five seconds left. Head for the sunset!
The last rays of the sun filled the crystals, and the whole planet, every corner of it, acquired its own colors, its own season.
- We made it! the girls exclaimed in unison.
And suddenly the castle disappeared. In its place, a new forest grew up, which united all the forests. The girls returned home. No one even noticed that they were gone. Only girlfriends and their fabulous friends knew that the world was saved! Winter has begun in the town. Before the New Year were the last moments.

THE TALE "THE MAGIC CRYSTAL" In a distant country there lived a boy, and he had a mother, but they did not have a father. The boy was five or six years old and he went to kindergarten, like most children of his age. The boy was the smallest in the group and the most shy, so the rest of the children often offended the boy and laughed at him: either they would take away the toys, or call them names. The poor boy came home and wanted to complain to his mother about how his children offend, but suddenly he heard his mother talking on the phone with her friend and crying. And my mother said how everyone at work does not like her, how her boss mocks her, insults her, and all her colleagues laugh. And the boy felt sorry for his mother, and he did not tell her how his children offended him in the kindergarten, but decided to help himself and his mother himself: to find a way to make everything change so that people become kind, and no one else did not offend anyone and did not ridicule. And so great was the boy's desire to make all people good that the angels decided to help him. They appeared to him in a dream and taught the boy a magical way to change people and the whole world. 1While the boy was sleeping, the angels inserted a magic crystal of love into his heart and told that if someone suddenly offends him or others, makes fun of someone, just turn on your magic crystal of love and imagine how it flashes with snow-white light , fills the whole body with warm and gentle energy of love, and then release a powerful beam of love energy from the chest, directing it to that person or several people who are behaving badly, and they will literally change their behavior before our eyes. In the morning the boy, inspired by the story of the angels, boldly went to the kindergarten to test this miraculous remedy that the angels had given him. Arriving in the garden, he saw how one of the boys offends the girl. He immediately sent a ray of love from his heart to the boy, filled him to the brim with snow-white warm and pleasant energy of love, and after a few minutes the boy stopped playing around and offending the girl. 2 The boy's delight knew no bounds. All day long he trained and filled himself and others with the energy of love in the most difficult offensive and unfair situations, and as if by magic, all the most difficult situations changed and simply dissolved in love. When his mother took the boy home, he told her about his wonderful way to change the world. Of course, at first, the mother did not believe her son and thought that this was a child's game and the kids did not understand anything about the problems of adults. In the morning, when my mother came to work, her boss immediately called her and began to scold her unfairly. She was so offended that she had no strength to endure, and in despair she remembered the words of her son and decided to try the magic remedy. She asked the angels to turn on the crystal of love in her heart. The crystal immediately ignited, filled the mother with a beautiful magical all-conquering and all-reconciling energy of love, and a powerful beam escaped from her heart right into the heart of her boss. A minute later he was filled with light and love, fell silent and stopped scolding and unfairly offending the boy's mother. Mom began to use this method every day, and one fine day her boss proposed to her to marry him, and she agreed. The boy also liked him very much, and they lived happily ever after and told everyone about this wonderful tool to change the world for the better. Every day there were more and more happy people living in love, and over time, all wars stopped, people stopped offending each other, and love reigned on Earth ... Crystal of love Even one small person can change the world for the better!

In memory of the remarkable Russian artist Nikolai Alexandrovich Zarubin, who untimely passed away from us at the age of 50…

White noise…
In this noise of departed friends voices.
Wait…
Wait…
Wait half an hour!
I didn't have time to say anything!
About you…
About you…
About you alone...
Our Earth has not always existed. For a very long time, not only we and our parents were NOT, but the Earth, too.
Although, every self-respecting child does not understand: how it was not me, here I am - I am!
And yet. In those old - old times, a completely different Planet floated across the boundless expanses of the Young Universe.
And it was so huge that not just people lived on it, but Giants. But these were not at all such Giants as in our usual fairy tales. To say that they were kind and beautiful would be an understatement! They were beautiful, like Gods, and kind, like Perfect Kindness itself!
Just imagine the most ordinary giant family. Five people. Mother-in-law, father, mother and two sons.
In our ordinary family, it’s like: a mother-in-law with a son-in-law “on knives”, naughty children, an angry and tired mother, and the head of the family drinks (and not only on holidays) ... Of course, not everyone is like that. But - a lot.
And in an ordinary giant family, the House was the Sacred Temple of Love. You can't swear in church, right? So they didn't fight!
Not only that, everyone in this family was usually so talented that…
There was simply nowhere to hang pictures. Books lay everywhere, cats sat on them, and it took at least three days to find a book. And in order to persuade a neighbor to listen to the music that he had just composed, the self-respecting Giant had to read in return ten poems in a row composed by the mistress of the house! Well, yes, they also wrote poetry! And they sang songs to these verses with beautiful giant voices!
And in this family, about which I am telling you, it was also like that. Grandmother painted wonderful still lifes. In her paintings, as if alive, huge Sunflowers shone, reddened by Poppies, lilac lilac ... It is impossible to tear yourself away! I imagine all this splendor, and at once New Tale she's starting to compose!
No, that's not possible! Remind me somewhere in October, so be it, I'll tell you Grandma's Big Tale ...
Mom in this extraordinary family was considered Our Girl, and no serious work on household she was not trusted.
Yes, if they had trusted ... Mom had VERY no time: she also painted pictures, poems and sang more. You ask how, with such employment, she managed to give birth to two sons? I don't understand myself. Probably, in giant families, children were still found in cabbage. However, my mother felt the same way. No wonder one of her magnificent paintings was called: "They found me in cabbage."
Look later, it’s probably on the Internet ... But what, again, you didn’t guess that today I’m not telling you any fairy tale?
Everything was so.
Now about sons. The youngest of them was a musician. Very good. Although in appearance he looked more like a pirate than a musician. But looks are often deceiving. You know this without me! And he also knew how to do all sorts of useful things. A very rare skill, I must say, both then and now - even more so.
And the older brother was an artist and philosopher. And also a storyteller.
He taught me to tell stories. Even though he was younger...
But the most talented in this wonderful giant family was Papa. It's even breathtaking, as you can imagine how many magical paintings he created! There are no words in our language that could describe these pictures! The very creation of the world was captured almost every second! Time flowed in his paintings, waterfalls of shades shimmered into all sorts of streamlined bizarre forms ... And everything on these wonderful canvases was alive, even trees, clouds, water, earth and fire ... And the air was alive too.
And the most interesting thing is that other Giants - both artists and not very much, loved this Giant at all and not for the paintings. He was a VERY kind guy. Everyone immediately guessed about it by his beautiful shining eyes and ... - that's right - they began to use it! Human nature here is not much different from the giant! If a person so willingly and happily responds to every movement of your suffering soul, then for some reason it is tempting to do some petty dirty trick to him in response. To not be recognized. And generally speaking.
The giant dad was very worried about this wire. Already other such Good Giants said and said to him: do not let so many people close to your Soul! And all to no avail!
And, instead of looking again for the basis of universal harmony in the era of the collapse of times (If you didn’t understand anything, don’t worry. Few people understand this at all!) Our Good Giant rushed to help. Take the cat out of the tree. Or a huge picture to transport to the other end of the city.
And it so happened that ... Well, why is it that in fairy tales and in life the worst always happens! I don't even want to talk. But once you start...
Another Giant (also a good artist) needed Magic Crystals to complete another Good Painting. It took three days and three nights to follow them. And be sure to walk. Otherwise, the Crystals ceased to be Magic. And, of course, our Good Philosopher-Giant went for these crystals. He had just three free days. Why didn't the Good Artist himself go? I don't know. Looks like he was busy.
Crystals, if properly crushed and added to paint, gave any picture an additional charm, truthfulness and something else. The Good Giant himself NEVER used these crystals, and without that, his colors were the most, most magical in the entire Universe.
But for a friend, he still brought these crystals. And he fell and ... did not rise again. The heart failed.
…Today I am telling a VERY truthful one. Fairy tale. And therefore I simply CANNOT calm you down and write that, for example, some Fairy came and revived our Giant. Maybe someone in that World was saved in this way, but ...
The good Giant is gone forever.
His beautiful family was orphaned. But there were pictures And - memory.
What happens to the paintings of the Real Artist when he leaves us is not exactly known. Some believe that part of the artist's soul forever remains on Earth in the form of White Noise. He hovers somewhere near his paintings, and sometimes he suggests something useful to the kindest and most sensitive people ... So, when you come to an exhibition, do you notice anything? Sometimes it seems that this picture is written as if about you and for you alone. And I don't want to leave her...
I recently heard that death is not the worst thing that can happen to a person. Probably so. And the fact that today we have so warmly remembered our Good Giant is very good. Both for him and for us.
... Every year, in February, on the birthday of the Good Giant, I go outside - in a blizzard or in a snowy fog.
And there, in the fresh air, among the Universal White Noise,
I hear the Giant's voice. He reads his only poem:
Soft snow fell
On sharp roofs...