Old Version: Masha And The Bear

“All right,” said Masha. “But don’t open the basket on the way. And don’t eat any pies. I will climb a tall tree to watch you.”

Here’s a possible text for an of Masha and the Bear , based on the original Russian folk tale (before the popular animated series): Masha and the Bear (Old Folk Version)

The Bear promised and set off through the forest with the basket on his back. Meanwhile, Masha had hidden inside the basket under the pies. She curled up small and kept very still. masha and the bear old version

She walked and walked until she came upon a small wooden hut. She knocked—no one answered—so she went inside. The hut belonged to a great, shaggy Bear. When the Bear returned at sunset and saw Masha, he growled, “Aha! Now you will stay here and cook, clean, and keep my house. You will never leave!”

But Masha cried out from the basket, “I see you! I see you! Don’t sit on a stump! Don’t eat my pie! Take it to Grandmother! Take it to Grandfather!” “All right,” said Masha

Each day, she did her chores and thought of her grandparents. One evening, she said to the Bear, “Let me take a basket of pies to my grandmother and grandfather. They must be so worried.”

Once upon a time, in a small village near a great forest, there lived an old man and his wife. They had a lively little granddaughter named Masha. I will climb a tall tree to watch you

The Bear gasped. “So tall! So far-seeing!” He lifted the basket and trudged on.

The Bear agreed, but said, “I will take the basket myself, so you don’t run away.”

Out popped Masha, safe and smiling. Her grandparents hugged her and praised her cleverness. And from that day on, Masha never wandered into the forest alone again.