A boy was born - small as a pea. So they called him Pea.
Father and mother looked at their son and said:
- So small - he won’t be able to do anything!..
But soon Pea grew up a little and became an agile and smart boy.
When the mother gathers for water, Pea will run up and say:
“Mother, I’ll go!” and, taking the bucket from her, he goes and brings water. When Mother gets ready to sweep the yard, Pea will run up and say:
- Mother, I will sweep! - and, taking the broom from her, he sweeps the yard clean. When the mother gets ready to peel the rice, Pea will run up and say:
“Mother, I’ll clean it!” Pea will sit down and pick out the rice cleanly. So the mother cooked some food and was about to take it to the field, to her father...
“Mother, I’ll take the food!” said Pea, picked up the cup, put it on his head and walked away singing.
The people were surprised: someone was walking and singing, but who was not visible!
The peas came to the field. His father reaped wheat. He ran up to his father and said:
- Dad, sit down, eat, I’ll reap!
“You can’t, son,” said the father.
“I can, daddy!” Saying this, Pea took the sickle and began to reap. He reaped and reaped, and squeezed most of the wheat field. The father was very pleased with his son.
The pea returned home alone. Suddenly he met a wolf. The wolf was very hungry. He saw Peas and ate them right away.
He ate, but was not satisfied.
A wolf walked and walked and saw a herd of sheep. I just wanted to grab one lamb, and Pea shouted from the wolf’s belly:
- Hey, shepherd, don’t yawn, the wolf is going to eat the ram!
The shepherd drove the wolf away. The hungry wolf searched for food for several days. He searched and searched and found another herd of sheep. I wanted to catch one lamb, and Pea shouted again:
- Hey, shepherd, don’t yawn, the wolf is going to eat your sheep!
The shepherd drove the wolf away. The wolf became weak from hunger and could barely drag his feet. He regretted that he had eaten Pea and wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible.
The wolf began to jump from one edge of the ditch to the other. He jumped and jumped, and the pea fell out of him.
“So I got rid of it!” said the wolf and, satisfied, quickly ran away.
The pea fell to the bottom of the ditch and no matter how hard he tried, he could not get out of it. Pea looked up and saw an old man with a staff walking along the edge of the ditch. Pea asked him:
“Grandfather, hand me your staff, I will grab onto it and rise up.”
The old man looked in one direction and the other - no one was visible.
- Who are you? Why don’t I see you? - said the old man.
“Stretch the end of your staff to the bottom of the ditch, then you will see!” said Pea.
The old man held out his staff. Pea clung to him tightly.
“Thank you, grandfather, be always healthy!” said Pea, when the old man pulled the staff towards him and saw Pea.
When father and mother saw Pea returning home, they were so happy.
“Our son has come, our assistant has come!” the parents said. To celebrate, they arranged a treat for the residents of the entire village. And all my life
We couldn't be happier with our Peas.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru