Кто выбивал копытом драгоценные камни в сказке серебряное копытце

«Silver Hoof»
by Pavel Bazhov
Original title	Серебряное копытце
Translator	Alan Moray Williams (first), Eve Manning, et al.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian
Series	The Malachite Casket collection (list of stories)
Genre(s)	skaz (fairy tale)
Published in	Uralsky Sovremennik
Publication type	anthology
Publisher	Sverdlovsk Publishing House
Media type	print
Publication date	1938
Published in English	1944

«Silver Hoof» (Russian: Серебряное копытце, tr. Serebrjanoe kopyttse, lit. «Small Silver Hoof») is a fairy tale short story written by Pavel Bazhov, based on the folklore of the Ural region of Siberia. It was first published in Uralsky Sovremennik in 1938, and later included in The Malachite Casket collection. In this fairy tale, the characters meet the legendary zoomorphic^[1] creature from the Ural folklore called Silver Hoof. In 1944 the story was translated from Russian into English by Alan Moray Williams and published by Hutchinson.^[2][3] In the 1950s another translation was made by Eve Manning.^[4][5][6] It was included in James Riordan’s collection of stories The Mistress of the Copper Mountain: Tales from the Urals, published in 1974 by Frederick Muller Ltd.^[7] Riordan heard the tales from a headteacher when he was bedridden in Sverdlovsk. After returning to England he rewrote the tales from memory, checking them against Bazhov’s book. He preferred not to call himself «translator», he believed that «communicator» was more appropriate.^[8]

Sources[edit]

Bazhov’s stories are based on the oral lore of the miners and gold prospectors.^[9] The character of Silver Hoof is based on the Ural legends. Bazhov mentioned that he had heard tales about the mythical creature Silver Deer, also known as the elk Golden Horns and the goat Silver Hoof.^[10] The exact origin of the creature is unknown, but deer have significant roles in the mythology of various peoples located all over the world. In the folklore tales, the goat/deer can be either friendly or harmful.^[11] Golden or silver deer/elk became popular at the Urals in the 18th century.^[12] According to the Bashkir folklore, dreaming about a goat is a good omen.^[12] The Finnic peoples prayed to the Elk.^[1] The depictions of the animal were found among Permian bronze casts.^[1] While the character of Silver Hoof is in fact based on the legends, the actual storyline was penned by Bazhov.^[13]

Publication[edit]

The author heard the tales about the goat with a silver hoof at the Urals from the hunter named Bulatov. The tales seemed to originate from the area where many people were engaged in the searches for chrysolites. But Bazhov had to write the storyline for «Silver Hoof» himself.^[13] «Silver Hoof» was completed on 3 August 1938.^[13]

The tale was not included in the first edition of The Malachite Box. But, inspired by its success, Bazhov continued working on his stories. The tales «Sinyushka’s Well», «Silver Hoof», and «The Demidov Caftans» were finished before the publication of the collection.^[14] It was first published in 1938 in the 2nd volume of Sverdlovsk Publishing House’s Uralsky Sovremennik.^[15] It was then released as a part of Sverdlovsk Publishing House’s children’s collection Morozko.^[16]

Plot[edit]

An old man Kokovanya has no family and decides to take an orphan into his house. He finds out that Daryonka (lit. «A gift»), a 6-year-old girl, has recently lost her family and invites her to live with him. She accepts, and when she asks about his profession, he reveals that he works as a gold prospector in summer, and in winter he’s hunting a certain goat in the forests, because he wants «to see where he stamps his right forefoot».^[17] Kokovanya, Daryonka and her cat named Muryonka start living together.

Kokovanya works to earn their living, the girl cleans the house and cooks. Winter comes, and Kokovanya decides to go hunting in the forest as usual. He tells Daryonka about the grey goat called Silver Hoof:

That’s a very special goat. On his right forefoot he’s got a silver hoof. And when he stamps with that silver hoof he leaves a gem there. If he stamps once there’s one gem, if he stamps twice there are two, and if he begins to paw the ground there’ll be a whole pile. […] Ordinary goats have two horns, but this one’s got antlers, with five tines.^[18]

Unlike other goats’ horns, Silver Hoof’s horns are not shed in winter, and that is how Kokovanya is planning to recognize him. Daryonka begs the old man to take her hunting, and he reluctantly agrees. The cat follows them too. In the forest, Kokovanya goes hunting every day and comes back with a lot of regular goat meat and skins. Soon they have so much meat that Kokovanya has to go back to the village to bring the horse, so that they could carry everything back. He leaves the girl in the forest for a while.
Next morning Daryonka sees Silver Hoof passing by. That night, she sees her cat Muryonka sitting in the glade with the goat in front of her, as if they are communicating. They run about the glade for a long time. Next day Muryonka and the goat are gone, but Kokovanya and Daryonka find a lot of gemstones. «After that people often found stones in the glade where the goat had run about. Most of them were green ones, chrysolites, folks call them.»^[19]

Analysis[edit]

Pavel Bazhov indicated that all his stories can be divided into two groups based on tone: «child-toned» (e.g. «The Fire-Fairy») and «adult-toned» (e.g. «The Stone Flower»). He called «Silver Hoof» a «child-toned» story.^[20] Such stories have simple plots, children are the main characters, and the mythical creatures help them, typically leading the story to a happy ending.^[21]

In Bazhov’s tales chrysolites, unlike ill-omened malachite and emeralds, are meant for humans and bring happiness to their lives. They are «children’s» stones that appear in the «child-toned» stories. Children play with chrysolites in the very first story from The Malachite Box, «Beloved Name». As an amulet, the chrysolite can banish demons, strengthen spiritual resistance, give courage and protect from night terrors. After his «conversation» with the cat, Silver Hoof gives the gemstones as a gift to Daryonka. This gift can be regarded as corporeal and spiritual at the same time, a sacred gift that is bestowed upon good people only.^[22] Bazhov himself did not believe that gemstones could bring luck or protect from envy, jealousy and the evil eye.^[23]

Bazhov liked the idea of a child together with an old man contacting the mythical creatures. These people are traditionally portrayed as the closest to the otherworldly, but at the same time they are the least reliable narrators in the adult world.^[24] The cat Muryonka is a literary creation, not the folklore character, because such insignificant character couldn’t have remained intact in the oral tradition.^[1] It is an «intermediary», a linking creature that ties the real world and the mythical world.^[25] Cats in the literary tradition cats are often depicted as travellers between worlds.^[26]

Adaptations[edit]

A 1947 children’s play of the same name was written by Bazhov and Evgeny Permyak.^[27] Mariya Litovskaya criticized Permyak for oversimplifying an already simple story. She commented that he had been obviously trying to create a fun children’s play, and therefore had added a clear antagonist and a lot of secondary characters, such as the fox, the bear, the eagle-owl. Litovskaya said that he had turned the «multilayered tale» into «the tale of friendship between humans and animals, and the battle between good and evil».^[28] She also noted that Pavel Bazhov had not been opposed to the changes.^[29]

Lyubov Nikolskaya composed the children’s opera Silver Hoof based on the story of the same name in 1959.^[30][31]

There is a radio play by Beryl E. Jones.^[32]

The 1978 film[edit]

The film Podaryonka (also known as Little Present^[33]), based on «Silver Hoof», was a part of the animated film series made at Sverdlovsk Film Studio^[33][34] from the early 1970s to early 1980s, on time for the 100th anniversary since the birth of Pavel Bazhov. The series included the following films: Sinyushka’s Well (1973), The Mistress of the Copper Mountain (1975), The Malachite Casket, The Stone Flower (1977), Podaryonka, Golden Hair (1979), and The Grass Hideaway (1982).^[35][36][37]

Podaryonka is a stop motion animated film directed by Igor Reznikov, with screenplay by Alexander Rozin.^[33] It was narrated by V. Dugin,.^[34] The music was composed by Vladislav Kazenin^[33] performed by the State Symphony Cinema Orchestra.

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

• Bazhov, Pavel (1952). Valentina Bazhova; Alexey Surkov; Yevgeny Permyak (eds.). Sobranie sochinenij v trekh tomakh Собрание сочинений в трех томах [Works. In Three Volumes] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Moscow: Khudozhestvennaya Literatura.
• Bazhov, Pavel; translated by Alan Moray Williams (1944). The Malachite Casket: tales from the Urals. Library of selected Soviet literature. The University of California: Hutchinson & Co. ltd. ISBN 9787250005603.
• Bazhov, Pavel; translated by Eve Manning (1950s). Malachite Casket: Tales from the Urals. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House.
• Shvabauer, Nataliya (10 January 2009). «Tipologija fantasticheskih personazhej v folklore gornorabochih Zapadnoj Evropy i Rossii» Типология фантастических персонажей в фольклоре горнорабочих Западной Европы и России [The Typology of the Fantastic Characters in the Miners’ Folklore of Western Europe and Russia] (PDF). Dissertation (in Russian). The Ural State University. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
• Litovskaya, Mariya (2014). «Vzroslyj detskij pisatel Pavel Bazhov: konflikt redaktur» Взрослый детский писатель Павел Бажов: конфликт редактур [The Adult-Children’s Writer Pavel Bazhov: The Conflict of Editing]. Detskiye Chteniya (in Russian). 6 (2): 243–254.
• Batin, Mikhail (1983). «Istorija sozdanija skaza Malahitovaja shkatulka» История создания сказа «Малахитовая шкатулка» [The Malachite Box publication history] (in Russian). The official website of the Polevskoy Town District. Retrieved 30 November 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
• Nikulina, Maya (2003). «Pro zemelnye dela i pro tajnuju silu. O dalnikh istokakh uralskoj mifologii P.P. Bazhova» Про земельные дела и про тайную силу. О дальних истоках уральской мифологии П.П. Бажова [Of land and the secret force. The distant sources of P.P. Bazhov’s Ural mythology]. Filologichesky Klass (in Russian). Cyberleninka.ru. 9.
• P. P. Bazhov i socialisticheskij realizm // Tvorchestvo P.P. Bazhova v menjajushhemsja mire П. П. Бажов и социалистический реализм // Творчество П. П. Бажова в меняющемся мире [Pavel Bazhov and socialist realism // The works of Pavel Bazhov in the changing world]. The materials of the inter-university research conference devoted to the 125th birthday (in Russian). Yekaterinburg: The Ural State University. 28–29 January 2004. pp. 18–26.

«Silver Hoof»
by Pavel Bazhov
Original title	Серебряное копытце
Translator	Alan Moray Williams (first), Eve Manning, et al.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian
Series	The Malachite Casket collection (list of stories)
Genre(s)	skaz (fairy tale)
Published in	Uralsky Sovremennik
Publication type	anthology
Publisher	Sverdlovsk Publishing House
Media type	print
Publication date	1938
Published in English	1944

«Silver Hoof» (Russian: Серебряное копытце, tr. Serebrjanoe kopyttse, lit. «Small Silver Hoof») is a fairy tale short story written by Pavel Bazhov, based on the folklore of the Ural region of Siberia. It was first published in Uralsky Sovremennik in 1938, and later included in The Malachite Casket collection. In this fairy tale, the characters meet the legendary zoomorphic^[1] creature from the Ural folklore called Silver Hoof. In 1944 the story was translated from Russian into English by Alan Moray Williams and published by Hutchinson.^[2][3] In the 1950s another translation was made by Eve Manning.^[4][5][6] It was included in James Riordan’s collection of stories The Mistress of the Copper Mountain: Tales from the Urals, published in 1974 by Frederick Muller Ltd.^[7] Riordan heard the tales from a headteacher when he was bedridden in Sverdlovsk. After returning to England he rewrote the tales from memory, checking them against Bazhov’s book. He preferred not to call himself «translator», he believed that «communicator» was more appropriate.^[8]

Sources[edit]

Bazhov’s stories are based on the oral lore of the miners and gold prospectors.^[9] The character of Silver Hoof is based on the Ural legends. Bazhov mentioned that he had heard tales about the mythical creature Silver Deer, also known as the elk Golden Horns and the goat Silver Hoof.^[10] The exact origin of the creature is unknown, but deer have significant roles in the mythology of various peoples located all over the world. In the folklore tales, the goat/deer can be either friendly or harmful.^[11] Golden or silver deer/elk became popular at the Urals in the 18th century.^[12] According to the Bashkir folklore, dreaming about a goat is a good omen.^[12] The Finnic peoples prayed to the Elk.^[1] The depictions of the animal were found among Permian bronze casts.^[1] While the character of Silver Hoof is in fact based on the legends, the actual storyline was penned by Bazhov.^[13]

Publication[edit]

The author heard the tales about the goat with a silver hoof at the Urals from the hunter named Bulatov. The tales seemed to originate from the area where many people were engaged in the searches for chrysolites. But Bazhov had to write the storyline for «Silver Hoof» himself.^[13] «Silver Hoof» was completed on 3 August 1938.^[13]

The tale was not included in the first edition of The Malachite Box. But, inspired by its success, Bazhov continued working on his stories. The tales «Sinyushka’s Well», «Silver Hoof», and «The Demidov Caftans» were finished before the publication of the collection.^[14] It was first published in 1938 in the 2nd volume of Sverdlovsk Publishing House’s Uralsky Sovremennik.^[15] It was then released as a part of Sverdlovsk Publishing House’s children’s collection Morozko.^[16]

Plot[edit]

An old man Kokovanya has no family and decides to take an orphan into his house. He finds out that Daryonka (lit. «A gift»), a 6-year-old girl, has recently lost her family and invites her to live with him. She accepts, and when she asks about his profession, he reveals that he works as a gold prospector in summer, and in winter he’s hunting a certain goat in the forests, because he wants «to see where he stamps his right forefoot».^[17] Kokovanya, Daryonka and her cat named Muryonka start living together.

Kokovanya works to earn their living, the girl cleans the house and cooks. Winter comes, and Kokovanya decides to go hunting in the forest as usual. He tells Daryonka about the grey goat called Silver Hoof:

That’s a very special goat. On his right forefoot he’s got a silver hoof. And when he stamps with that silver hoof he leaves a gem there. If he stamps once there’s one gem, if he stamps twice there are two, and if he begins to paw the ground there’ll be a whole pile. […] Ordinary goats have two horns, but this one’s got antlers, with five tines.^[18]

Unlike other goats’ horns, Silver Hoof’s horns are not shed in winter, and that is how Kokovanya is planning to recognize him. Daryonka begs the old man to take her hunting, and he reluctantly agrees. The cat follows them too. In the forest, Kokovanya goes hunting every day and comes back with a lot of regular goat meat and skins. Soon they have so much meat that Kokovanya has to go back to the village to bring the horse, so that they could carry everything back. He leaves the girl in the forest for a while.
Next morning Daryonka sees Silver Hoof passing by. That night, she sees her cat Muryonka sitting in the glade with the goat in front of her, as if they are communicating. They run about the glade for a long time. Next day Muryonka and the goat are gone, but Kokovanya and Daryonka find a lot of gemstones. «After that people often found stones in the glade where the goat had run about. Most of them were green ones, chrysolites, folks call them.»^[19]

Analysis[edit]

Pavel Bazhov indicated that all his stories can be divided into two groups based on tone: «child-toned» (e.g. «The Fire-Fairy») and «adult-toned» (e.g. «The Stone Flower»). He called «Silver Hoof» a «child-toned» story.^[20] Such stories have simple plots, children are the main characters, and the mythical creatures help them, typically leading the story to a happy ending.^[21]

In Bazhov’s tales chrysolites, unlike ill-omened malachite and emeralds, are meant for humans and bring happiness to their lives. They are «children’s» stones that appear in the «child-toned» stories. Children play with chrysolites in the very first story from The Malachite Box, «Beloved Name». As an amulet, the chrysolite can banish demons, strengthen spiritual resistance, give courage and protect from night terrors. After his «conversation» with the cat, Silver Hoof gives the gemstones as a gift to Daryonka. This gift can be regarded as corporeal and spiritual at the same time, a sacred gift that is bestowed upon good people only.^[22] Bazhov himself did not believe that gemstones could bring luck or protect from envy, jealousy and the evil eye.^[23]

Bazhov liked the idea of a child together with an old man contacting the mythical creatures. These people are traditionally portrayed as the closest to the otherworldly, but at the same time they are the least reliable narrators in the adult world.^[24] The cat Muryonka is a literary creation, not the folklore character, because such insignificant character couldn’t have remained intact in the oral tradition.^[1] It is an «intermediary», a linking creature that ties the real world and the mythical world.^[25] Cats in the literary tradition cats are often depicted as travellers between worlds.^[26]

Adaptations[edit]

A 1947 children’s play of the same name was written by Bazhov and Evgeny Permyak.^[27] Mariya Litovskaya criticized Permyak for oversimplifying an already simple story. She commented that he had been obviously trying to create a fun children’s play, and therefore had added a clear antagonist and a lot of secondary characters, such as the fox, the bear, the eagle-owl. Litovskaya said that he had turned the «multilayered tale» into «the tale of friendship between humans and animals, and the battle between good and evil».^[28] She also noted that Pavel Bazhov had not been opposed to the changes.^[29]

Lyubov Nikolskaya composed the children’s opera Silver Hoof based on the story of the same name in 1959.^[30][31]

There is a radio play by Beryl E. Jones.^[32]

The 1978 film[edit]

The film Podaryonka (also known as Little Present^[33]), based on «Silver Hoof», was a part of the animated film series made at Sverdlovsk Film Studio^[33][34] from the early 1970s to early 1980s, on time for the 100th anniversary since the birth of Pavel Bazhov. The series included the following films: Sinyushka’s Well (1973), The Mistress of the Copper Mountain (1975), The Malachite Casket, The Stone Flower (1977), Podaryonka, Golden Hair (1979), and The Grass Hideaway (1982).^[35][36][37]

Podaryonka is a stop motion animated film directed by Igor Reznikov, with screenplay by Alexander Rozin.^[33] It was narrated by V. Dugin,.^[34] The music was composed by Vladislav Kazenin^[33] performed by the State Symphony Cinema Orchestra.

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

• Bazhov, Pavel (1952). Valentina Bazhova; Alexey Surkov; Yevgeny Permyak (eds.). Sobranie sochinenij v trekh tomakh Собрание сочинений в трех томах [Works. In Three Volumes] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Moscow: Khudozhestvennaya Literatura.
• Bazhov, Pavel; translated by Alan Moray Williams (1944). The Malachite Casket: tales from the Urals. Library of selected Soviet literature. The University of California: Hutchinson & Co. ltd. ISBN 9787250005603.
• Bazhov, Pavel; translated by Eve Manning (1950s). Malachite Casket: Tales from the Urals. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House.
• Shvabauer, Nataliya (10 January 2009). «Tipologija fantasticheskih personazhej v folklore gornorabochih Zapadnoj Evropy i Rossii» Типология фантастических персонажей в фольклоре горнорабочих Западной Европы и России [The Typology of the Fantastic Characters in the Miners’ Folklore of Western Europe and Russia] (PDF). Dissertation (in Russian). The Ural State University. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
• Litovskaya, Mariya (2014). «Vzroslyj detskij pisatel Pavel Bazhov: konflikt redaktur» Взрослый детский писатель Павел Бажов: конфликт редактур [The Adult-Children’s Writer Pavel Bazhov: The Conflict of Editing]. Detskiye Chteniya (in Russian). 6 (2): 243–254.
• Batin, Mikhail (1983). «Istorija sozdanija skaza Malahitovaja shkatulka» История создания сказа «Малахитовая шкатулка» [The Malachite Box publication history] (in Russian). The official website of the Polevskoy Town District. Retrieved 30 November 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
• Nikulina, Maya (2003). «Pro zemelnye dela i pro tajnuju silu. O dalnikh istokakh uralskoj mifologii P.P. Bazhova» Про земельные дела и про тайную силу. О дальних истоках уральской мифологии П.П. Бажова [Of land and the secret force. The distant sources of P.P. Bazhov’s Ural mythology]. Filologichesky Klass (in Russian). Cyberleninka.ru. 9.
• P. P. Bazhov i socialisticheskij realizm // Tvorchestvo P.P. Bazhova v menjajushhemsja mire П. П. Бажов и социалистический реализм // Творчество П. П. Бажова в меняющемся мире [Pavel Bazhov and socialist realism // The works of Pavel Bazhov in the changing world]. The materials of the inter-university research conference devoted to the 125th birthday (in Russian). Yekaterinburg: The Ural State University. 28–29 January 2004. pp. 18–26.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ «Серебряное копытце» за 2 минуты и подробно за 4 минуты. 

Очень краткий пересказ сказки «Серебряное копытце»

В стародавние времена на Урале в одном из «заводов», то есть поселении каменных дел мастеров, жил старик Кокованя. Был он одинок. Чтобы скрасить свою старость, Кокованя взял домой маленькую недавно осиротевшую девочку Даренку и ее худенькую, ободранную, но любимую кошку.

Несмотря на бедность, жили счастливо и дружно, каждый занимался делом: Кокованя летом занимался золотодобычей, а зимой охотился, Дарена готовила пищу, кошка Муренка приносила мышей.

Кокованя рассказывал приемной дочке сказки, да поведал еще про козла по прозвищу Серебряное Копытце: будто козлик этот бегает по лесу, почти никем не замечаемый (точнее, никому не показываясь), а одно копыто у него из чистого серебра.

Если стукнет этим копытцем, из-под него посыплются драгоценные камни.

С тех пор Дарена захотела увидеть Серебряное Копытце и с этой целью упросила Кокованю зимой взять ее с собой в лес, на охоту. Жили в лесу уединенно, в небольшой избушке.

Когда дедушка пострелял козлов, наготовил солонины и отправился за лошадью, чтобы свою добычу переправить в «завод», а потом продать, Дарена осталась с кошкой в зимней избе.

Однажды вечером Серебряное Копытце явился к девочке: сказочный козел взобрался на крышу домика, о чем-то посовещавшись с кошкой Муреной, и принялся бить копытцем из чистого серебра.

С крыши посыпались дорогие камни. Дарена не могла надивиться на такое чудо, и тут вернулся Кокованя. Набрал он полшапки драгоценных камешков, остальные же снегом засыпало к утру. И все бы хорошо, только вместе с козлом Серебряное Копытце, который словно испарился, исчезла и Мурена.

Только эта и осталась печаль у Коковани с Дареной: пропажа любимой кошки. В остальном же жили они дальше в довольстве и горя не знали.

Главные герои и их характеристика:

•  Кокованя  – пожилой охотник, оставшийся без семьи, «большой да бородатый». Жил «в заводе», то есть в поселении уральских мастеров. Летом намывал золото, зимой стрелял козлов и заготавливал солонину на продажу. Любил детей и к животным по-доброму относился «старик веселый да ласковый». Взял к себе девочку-сиротку, чтобы вырастить и воспитать.
•  Дарена  – младшая дочка Григория Потопаева, знакомого Коковани, оставшаяся никому не нужной сиротой после смерти обоих родителей. Девочка лет 5, «махонькая, а носишко пуговкой». Коковане сразу она показалась «девчоночкой маленькой», но сердце у малышки оказалось большое и доброе: хотя самой жилось несладко у чужих людей, попрекавших каждым куском хлеба, она взяла на свое попечение «драную» кошку, и та отвечала на заботу ласковым мурлыканьем. Легкая на подъем, не по годам сметливая, любопытная и трудолюбивая девочка.

Второстепенные герои и их характеристика:

•  Кошка Мурена  – небольшая, худенькая, неухоженная и полуголодная в начале сказки, красивая и холеная к концу повествования. Умеет отвечать добром на добро: искренне привязывается к пятилетней Дарене, отрывавшей от себя кусочек, чтобы накормить животное. Возле Дарены «звонко мурлычет» и общается почти человеческим языком, а хулиганистых детей не любит и даже царапает. Отличается мудростью: благодаря «разговору» с ней козел Серебряное Копытце пришел к Дарене с Кокованей, чтобы осыпать их самоцветами.
•  Серебряное Копытце  – сказочный козел с пятью рожками. «Ножки тоненькие, головка легонькая». Его почти никто не мог увидеть: козлик являлся только избранным. Одно копыто (правое) было у него из серебра. Стоило козлику ударить правой ножкой – «рождался» и из-под нее падал камень-самоцвет. В конце сказки пришел к девочке Дарене, чтобы осыпать ее избушку целым дождем из драгоценных каменьев.

Краткое содержание сказки «Серебряное копытце» подробно

В «заводах» на Урале в прежние времена жил одинокий старик Кокованя. Был он еще вполне крепок: летом кормился намыванием золота, а когда наступали холода, уходил в лес на охоту, приносил козлов, которых затем продавал.

Задумался однажды Кокованя о том, что в его доме пусто и одиноко: он остался без семьи, а хотелось ему, чтобы рядом была живая душа. И надумал Кокованя взять себе сиротку, чтобы жить вместе: обоим легче будет.

В то время как раз семейство знакомого его Григория Потопаева осиротело. Старших дочек Григория взяли к барам в рукодельню, т.е. в мастерскую, а младшая девочка была совсем мала, ее определили в семью одного бедняка. А у того и так детей десяток человек, и сиротку стали укорять за каждый кусок хлеба.

Кокованя отправился в это семейство. Видит: полна горница народу, а одна малышка сидит у печки, гладит тощую драную кошку. Кошка же звонко мурлыкает. Спросил Кокованя: «Пойдешь ко мне жить, подаренка?»

Девочка удивилась: «Откуда ты, дедушка, узнал, что меня Дареной зовут?». Подумала и согласилась идти к старику жить, но с условием: взять и кошку. Кокованя охотно согласился на это условие.

Стали жить втроем, Кокованя приносил пропитание, Даренка прибирала в избе и готовила, как могла, а кошка мышей ловила. По вечерам старик рассказывал девочке сказки, особенно же любила она слушать истории про козла с серебряным копытом: Кокованя сказал ей, что есть такой чудной козел, и он непременно хочет этого козла увидеть.

На правой ножке у козла серебряное копытце, стоит ему ударить копытцем – падает на землю настоящий самоцвет.

Дарене захотелось тоже взглянуть на Серебряное Копытце. Девочка упросила старика взять ее зимой в лес, где Кокованя охотился, а жил в избушке. Кошечка тоже увязалась с ними.

Несколько дней Кокованя ходил на охоту, забил столько козлов, что пришлось ему возвращаться в «завод» за лошадью, так как на простых санках все это было не довезти. А пока он ходил, Даренка с кошкой оставались вдвоем.

Однажды вечером Дарена, выглянув в окошко, увидела яркое светлое пятнышко на лугу, которое вскоре исчезло. Девочка решила, что это, наверное, и есть сказочный козлик Серебряное Копытце.

На другой вечер Серебряное Копытце близко подошел к избе, и девочка хорошо рассмотрела его: пять рожек на голове, а на правой ножке копыто отливает серебром.

Третий вечер снова она одна проводила зимней избушке, дожидаясь Кокованю. И вдруг слышит топот, будто кто-то по стенам избушки бегает. Испугалась Дарена, хотела с кошкой поговорить, а кошки и нет нигде.

Тогда Даренка отворила дверь, выскочила наружу, побежала кошку искать. И открылось ее взгляду чудо чудное: козел Серебряное Копытце с кошкой разговаривают. Она ему что-то мурлыкает, он слушает.

Потом стали вдвоем по покосным лугам бегать, а после Серебряное Копытце вскочил на крышу избенки и давай волшебной ножкой бить. Как ударит – самоцветы с крыши катятся.

Замерла Дарена, глядя на такое диво, тут и Кокованя вернулся, тоже стоит смотрит. Набрал Кокованя полшапки изумрудов и других дорогих каменьев, хотел было побольше взять, но Дарена его уговорила: давай, мол, оставим до утра, чтобы еще полюбоваться.

Ушли в избу. А утром все замело, снегом скрыло драгоценные камни. Но Кокованя с Дареной не расстроились: им и так хватило тех самоцветов, которые Кокованя в шапку собрал.

Стали они жить-поживать, добра наживать. Одно только и опечалило старика с девочкой: пропала с той ночи любимая кошка. Исчезла вместе с Серебряным Копытцем. Видно, тоже волшебная была. С той поры на месте их бывшей избенки люди нередко стали находить драгоценные камни хризолиты.

Кратко об истории создания произведения

Павел Бажов написал «Серебряное копытце» в 30-е годы 20 века. Сказка вошла в цикл «Уральские сказы». Первая публикация сказки в альманахе «Уральский современник» в 1938 году. Это очень легкое, доброе произведение, каждая строка пронизана искренней любовью к человеку и ко всякому живому существу. Того, кто неравнодушен к чужой беде, жизнь обязательно отблагодарит.

Серебряное копытце – это фантастический образ. По Уральской легенде, действительно ходил по Уралу такой “серебряный олень” — хранитель богатства, и его разновидности –“лось – золотые рога”, “козел – серебряное копытце».