"Английский для малышей" в "Байтике-4"
"Английский для малышей" в "Байтике-4"

Christmas stories from Russian students

Ребята, занимающиеся в кружке английского языка "Байтика-4" (преп. И.С.Рязанова), написали и перевели рождественские сказки.

Жила когда-то девочка по имени Тереза, которая очень любила праздники, потому что обожала получать подарки. Рис. 5-7kb
В этот год Тереза с нетерпением ждала Рождества, так как она мечтала о большой чудесной кукле, которую видела на витрине магазина, о симпатичном игрушечном щенке с длинными ушами и коротким хвостиком, о новой коробке цветных ручек, где, кроме обычных цветов радуги, есть еще золотая и серебряная, о кожаном рюкзачке... Она написала письмо Санта Клаусу.
Наконец, наступил вечер накануне Рождества. Тереза легла спать с приятной мыслью, что утром получит свои долгожданные подарки.
Ночью она проснулась. Тереза взглянула на электронные часы, цифры которых светились в темноте. На часах было ровно 3 часа ночи. «Значит, уже пришло Рождество! - подумала Тереза. - Значит, Санта Клаус уже оставил под ёлкой мои подарки!» И Тереза слезла с кровати и побежала в гостиную, где стояла нарядная, украшенная сверкающими шариками и звездочками Рождественская елка. Тереза подошла к елке... Вот, наверное, пакет для братика Питера, точно, тут и написано "Питеру". Вот сверток для мамы и коробочка для папы... Но где же ее подарки? Где кукла? Где длинноухий щенок, где ручки, где рюкзачок? Где?.. Тереза села на пол и заплакала.
Она долго и безутешно плакала и тут услышала голос над собой: "Тереза!". Она подняла голову и увидела высокого старика в черных сапогах, в красной шубе и колпаке с белым мехом - точь-в-точь старик с рождественских открыток! "Санта Клаус!" - воскликнула девочка.
- Да, это я, - произнес старик. - Здравствуй, Тереза. Почему ты плакала?
- Потому что я не нашла под елкой своих подарков, - печально ответила Тереза.
- Хм... А вспомни, как ты грубила учителям и родителям, как не учила уроков, получала плохие оценки, а потом обманывала маму и папу, вспомни, как обижала своего братика! - строго сказал Санта Клаус. - Вспомнила? А теперь скажи, заслуживаешь ты подарков?
- Но... но я хочу куклу, и щенка, и ручки! - всхлипнула Тереза.
- Я могу вернуть тебя в прошлое, и, если ты исправишь свои ошибки, ты получишь подарки. Согласна?
- О, да! - повеселела Тереза и... очутилась в начале декабря.
Ее теперь было не узнать! Она разговаривала со всеми вежливо, в школе у нее были только хорошие оценки, она много помогала маме и не ругалась с Питером. Сначала она старалась только ради подарков, но потом забыла о них. Тереза поняла, что вежливой, отзывчивой, старательной быть гораздо приятнее: ее полюбили и в школе, и дома.
И вот пришло Рождество. Конечно, вы догадались: Тереза нашла под елкой и куклу в чудесном зеленом платье, и рыжего щенка с черными ушами, и коробку с цветными ручками, и прелестный рюкзачок, и даже пакет с конфетами. Питер, правда, съел половину конфет, но Тереза не стала с ним ссориться.

Маша РЯЗАНОВА.

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Once upon a time there lived a girl named Teresa, who liked holidays very much, because she enjoyed getting presents.
This year Teresa was looking forward to Christmas. She was dreaming about the big wonderful doll, which she had seen in the store; about the nice toy puppy with long ears and a short tail; about a new box with colour pens, in which besides ordinary colours there were golden and silver pens; about a small leather backpack... She wrote a letter to Santa Claus.
At last Christmas eve came. Teresa went to bed with a pleasant thought, that in the morning she would get her presents.
At night she woke up. Teresa looked at the electronic clock, its figures were shining in the darkness. It was 3 o’clock. «So, Christmas has already come! - thought Teresa. - So, Santa Claus has already put my presents under the Christmas tree!» And Teresa jumped out of the bed and ran to the living-room, where there was a smart Christmas tree... This is, probably, a package for little Peter. Yes, there is a notice: «For Peter». This is a package for Mother and a box for Father. But where are her presents? Where is the doll? Where are the puppy, the pens and the backpack? Where? Teresa sat down on the floor and burst into tears.
She was crying long and suddenly she heard a voice from somewhere above: «Teresa!» She turned up her head and saw a tall old man. He had black boots, a red fur-coat and a cap on. He looked just the same as Santa Claus on Christmas cards.
- Yes, that’s me, - he said. - Hello, Teresa. Why have you been crying?
- Because I haven’t found my presents, - answered Teresa with grief.
- Hm... But remember, that you were rude with your teachers, friends and parents, that you didn’t do your homework, got bad marks and then deceived your Mother and Father and hurt your little brother!- said Santa Claus strictly. - Do you remember? And now tell me: «Do you deserve presents?»
- But... But I want the doll, and the puppy, and the pens! - cried Teresa.
- I can send you to the past, and if you correct your mistakes, you will get your presents. Do you agree? - asked Claus.
- O, yes! - said Teresa and...
...she was in the first days of December.
Now she was quite a different person! She spoke politely to everybody, she got only good marks, she helped her Mother a lot and never quarrelled with Peter. At first she did her best only to get the presents, but then forgot about them. Teresa understood, that being polite, kind and hard-working was better: everybody loved her at school and at home.
And Christmas came. Of course, you can guess: Teresa found the doll in a wonderful green dress, the funny puppy with black ears, the box with colour pens, a very nice backpack and even a bag of sweets under the Christmas tree. Peter ate half of the sweets, but Teresa didn’t quarrel with him.

Mary RYAZANOVA.

Жил-был мальчик со своими родителями. Это был обыкновенный мальчик, он ходил в школу, играл со своими друзьями. А ещё он любил мечтать. Скоро будет Рождество, а это время, когда сбываются все желания. Мальчик очень хотел настоящую собаку. Но родители дарили ему только игрушки. Рис. 5-7kb
И вот наступило Рождество. В доме стояла нарядная ёлка, вкусно пахло пирогами, горело много свечей. Все были очень счастливы. Поздно вечером мальчик лёг спать, так как он хотел первым увидеть подарки.
Ночью он услышал звон колокольчика и увидел прекрасную фею в красивом дилижансе. Она звала его с собой. Мальчик был удивлён, но поехал вместе с феей. Скоро они увидели большой замок. Их вышли встречать эльфы и гномы.
В замке было очень красиво. Здесь готовились подарки для детей всей земли. Эльфы шили красивые мешочки, а гномы укладывали туда игрушки. Северный олень потом развозил их детям. Мальчик тоже стал помогать. Они работали и работали...
Мальчик открыл глаза и огляделся. Прямо перед ним стояла маленькая собачка. А на столе лежал маленький красный колпак гнома...
Кирилл МАРКУШЕНОК.

Once upon a time there lived a boy and his parents. He was an ordinary boy, he went to school and played with his friends. And he liked dreaming. Christmas was to come soon, and it’s the time when dreams come true. The boy wanted to have a puppy. But his parents gave him only toy puppies.
Christmas came. There was a smart small fir-tree at home, a tasty smell of pies, lighted candles. Everybody was happy. The boy went to bed early, because he wanted to see Christmas presents. At night he heard ringing bells and saw a beautiful fairy in the stage coach. She called him to go with her. The boy was surprised, but he went with the fairy. Soon they saw a big castle. Elves and dwarfs came out to meet them.
It was very beautiful in the castle. Presents for all the children were prepared there. The elves sewed beautiful bags. The dwarfs put different toys and sweets into the bags. The reindeer brought these presents to children. The boy started helping them. They worked very hard.
The boy woke up and looked around. There was a little puppy near his bed. And on the table there was a red dwarf’s cap...
Kirill MARKUSHONOK.

Once upon a time there lived a poor woman in the village. She lived with her cat, because her husband had died many-many years ago and she lived alone. It was Christmas eve. The woman was very ill. She couldn’t celebrate this holiday as rich people do.
Soon Christmas came. Suddenly the woman saw an old man. He was in a red fur-coat and had a large bag on his back. Slowly he came up to the woman and asked: «What is your wish?» The woman answered: «I’d like to have a little boy, who will help me». Santa Claus answered: «Give me your cat». The woman gave him her cat and he turned the cat into a young boy.
From this day on the woman and her son have lived very happily.
Ann FADEEVA.

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In a very poor family there lived a girl. Her name was Angelina. She lived with her father. His name was Elf. At Christmas eve Elf went to the forest to chop a fir-tree. Suddenly he saw Santa Claus walking by. Santa was carrying presents for children. It was slippery and he fell down. Elf came up to Santa and help him up. But Santa Claus couldn`t walk and Elf took his sack filled with presents and delivered all the presents.
At home Angelina decorated the Christmas tree with paper trimmings. Santa Claus decided to reward Elf for his help. In the morning Angelina woke up. And saw the Christmas tree decorated with gold toys and under it there was a big doll with blue eyes. And since that time Elf has always helped Santa to deliver presents.
Elena SAVUSHKINA.

Once upon a time there lived a poor family. In the family there lived a boy. His name was Tom. He always wanted to have a New Year tree. But his family didn’t have enough money. One day Tom was walking and met an old man. But Tom didn’t know that the old man was a magician.The magician said:
- I’ll give you your wish.
- Please, give us a New Year tree.
- OK, - said the man and went away.
And on Christmas night his family had a New Year tree. Tom liked it and said:
- It’s great , but we haven’t got any trimmings!
His mother answered:
- There is no problem! We can decorate it with sweets and paper trimmings.
Since that time Tom’s family have always had a New Year tree on Christmas day.
And each Christmas Tom remembers that old and kind man.
Lena LEBEDEVA.

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Once upon a time there lived a little girl. Her name was Lisa. In her childhood she enjoyed listening to fairy tales. Shortly before Christmas she wrote a letter to Santa Claus. She said that she wanted to meet a fairy from the fairy-tale. She was looking forward to Christmas. And at last she got a letter from Santa Claus. It was said in the letter that the fairy would come to her when she went to bed. Lisa was helping her father to decorate the Christmas tree, to lay the table, but she was thinking about meeting the fairy. It was twelve o’clock. Lisa sat down under the Christmas tree and fell asleep. In her dream she saw a beautiful fairy. The fairy invited Lisa to her wonderful country. They rode beautiful white horses, went for a walk in the magic garden and ate fruit. The fairy gave Lisa a wand and said: «This wand can give you any wish.» Lisa woke up, she saw the wand and understood that it wasn’t a dream. She came up to the window and saw a little homeless kitten. And her wish was: «May all the living creatures have home.»
Nastya KUROCHKINA.

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Eliza. She liked sledging in winter. She had an old sledge. Her parents could not buy a new sledge for her. It was Christmas eve. Father brought home a fir-tree. Eliza decorated the fir-tree with nice trimmings, garlands and tinsel. At night, when she was sleeping, she had a nice dream: she had a new sledge in her dream. In the morning when Eliza got up, she saw a new sledge under the Christmas tree. She liked it very much and asked her Mother and Father, where it was from. Mother and Father said: «This is a present from Santa Claus». And happy Eliza went out to sledge.
Yura KAZAKEVICH.

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Kate with her Grandmother in a small country house in the village. They were very poor, but Grandmother saved some money and at Christmas Eve she bought a small fir-tree and a cake. When Grandmother came home, Kate was very glad to see her, and they started decorating their Christmas tree. Then Grandmother boiled some water in the kettle and they were going to have a cup of tea. But suddenly somebody knocked at the door. “Come in!”- said Grandmother. The door opened and Grandmother and Kate saw a little dwarf. He was very hungry and cold. “Give me something to eat, please”, - said the dwarf. “We have very little food, but we will treat you,” - said Grandmother. They had their meal and the dwarf left. In the morning they found a lot of presents under the Christmas tree.
Max TVERITNEV.

Once upon a time there lived a boy in the country. His name was Peter. His family was poor. His parents worked all day long, but they didn’t have much money.
It was winter. It was the 31-st of December, the greatest holiday for all the people - New Year’s eve. People give many beautiful presents to children and celebrate New Year. But Peter had neither presents nor a New Year tree. In the evening Peter heard a knock at the door and opened it. There was Santa Claus and Snow Maiden and the dwarfs. They decorated the New Year tree with trimmings. The dwarfs gave Peter a nice Teddy bear. At 12 o’clock Santa Claus said: «Happy New Year!»
They sang songs and danced round the green New Year tree. Peter was very happy.
The next day in the morning Santa Claus and his friends sat into the four-reindeer sleigh and went to the magic icy Santa Claus’ castle.
Ramil ZYABIROV.

Once upon a time there lived two brothers. Their names were Sasha and Andrew. Sasha was very lazy, but Andrew on the contrary was very hard-working and tried to help everyone.
One day at Christmas eve the parents told the boys to go to the forest and chop a fir-tree. Sasha pretended he was ill and didn’t go to the forest. So Andrew went to the forest alone. When he came to the edge of the forest he decided to look back. He looked back... and he couldn’t believe his eyes. There were huge pine-trees and he fell into the deep snow. Christ appeared and said: “You are a good boy, Andrew. I’ve come to reward you”. And Christ gave him the fir-tree with a star on its top.
When Andrew came home Sasha was ill. At night Andrew was thinking about Sasha. In the morning he got up and saw everybody happy and found out that Sasha had got well and had stopped being lazy.
So Andrey’s wish came true.
Alexey APARIN.

Hедалеко от леса стоял маленький домик. В нем жил фермер со своей дочерью. Жена его умерла много лет назад. Рядом с домом росла большая высокая ёлка. Приближалось Рождество. Фермер был настолько беден, что у него даже не было ёлочных игрушек. Тогда они обратились к фее. Она жила в тёмном лесу. Фея сказала: “Нарядите ёлку старыми вещами, и совершится настоящее чудо. Вы станете богаты.” Так они и сделали. Фермер взял старые вещи, нарядил ёлку и пошёл спать.
Когда фермер и его дочь проснулись, они увидели много красивых ёлочных игрушек. Под ёлкой лежали дорогие подарки. Они были так счастливы! С тех пор они зажили хорошо.
Евгений КАРЛОВ.

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There was a little house not far from the forest. In that house there lived a farmer with his daughter. His wife had died many years ago. Also there was a fir-tree in the garden. It was very big and tall. Christmas came. The farmer was so poor, that he couldn’t buy trimmings for the fir-tree . So they went to the fairy. She lived in the dark forest. The fairy said: «Decorate your Christmas tree with old things and you will have your wish. You will be rich.» The farmer decorated the Christmas tree and went to bed.
When the farmer and his daughter woke up, they saw many beautiful trimmings on the Christmas tree. There were a lot of expensive presents under the tree. The farmer and his daughter were so happy! And they lived happily ever after.
Evgeny KARLOV.

Жила в лесу маленькая пушистая елочка. У нее была густая крона, и под ней нередко прятались зверьки, спасающиеся от страшных голодных волков. За это ее очень любили маленькие зверушки. Но взрослые высокие и стройные деревья елочку всячески обижали, показывая на ее жесткие колючие иголки и смеясь над ее темными страшными шишками. Маленькая елочка очень грустила, что у нее нет таких больших красивых листьев, как у клена, таких гибких ветвей, как у березы.
Однажды осенью между деревьями возник спор, кого из них выберет Санта Клаус на Рождество. Береза сказала: "Я самая красивая. У меня такой стройный ствол, такие гибкие, плакучие ветви. Именно меня должны пригласить на праздник." Клен стал возражать: "Нет! Это я должен украшать праздник. У меня самая пушистая крона и большие разноцветные листья." Но елочке так хотелось на праздник, что она набралась храбрости и спросила: "А может, Санта Клаус и меня возьмет?" Когда деревья услышали это, они снова стали смеяться над ней. Елочка опустила свои ветви и заплакала. Вдруг под елочку забежал заяц. Он спросил ее: "Почему ты плачешь?" И она рассказала: "Я очень хочу, чтобы меня выбрал Санта Клаус на Рождество, но деревья считают меня некрасивой!"
"В Рождество исполняются все мечты. Я помогу тебе,"- ответил Заяц и убежал. У елочки появилась надежда.
Вот пришло Рождество. Елочка проснулась и увидела вокруг себя много детей, которые играли, веселились, пели песни. Потом они встали вокруг елочки, взялись за руки и стали водить хоровод. Маленькая елочка была счастлива.
Лиза ЕДЕМСКАЯ.

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Once upon a time there lived a fluffy little Fir-tree in the forest. She had dense branches and little animals often hid under it from big awful hungry wolves. Little animals loved the Fir-tree. But big old trees offended the little tree and laughed at her thorny needles and dark cones. The Fir-tree was very sad, because she did not have such big, beautiful leaves, as the Birch had.
One autumn day the trees had an argument, who would be chosen the Christmas Tree. The Birch said: "I am the fairest one of all. I have such a shapely trunk, such slim branches. They must invite me to the party". The Maple objected: "No! I must go to the party. I have big and colorful leaves." But the Fir-tree wanted to go to the party so much that she asked: "Perhaps I'll be chosen to go to the party?" When the trees heard it, they started to laugh at her. The Fir-tree dropped her branches and cried. Suddenly a Hare came under her branches. He asked her: "Why are you crying?" And she said: "I want to be chosen Christmas tree, but all the trees laugh at me and think that I am ugly!" "On Christmas day all the dreams come true. I'll help you,"- said the Hare and ran away. Now the Fir-tree had a hope.
Christmas came. She woke up and saw a lot of children around her playing and singing songs. Then they made a circle around the Fir-tree and danced merrily. The little Fir-tree was very happy.
Since that time the Fir-tree has been the main symbol of Christmas.
Liza EDEMSKAYA.

Аt Christmas eve a little girl wished for a big miracle. And she went to the fairy to ask her for a big miracle for all the people. But the fairy said: "I can't work a miracle because the witch had stolen my wand." The girl asked her how she could find the witch. And the little girl walked and walked and then she saw a small house. She knocked at the door. The witch opened the door. But she didn’t want to give the wand back. The girl said: "If I give you my white ribbon will you give me the wand?" And the witch agreed. And on Christmas day the fairy got her wand back. It was a real miracle, worked by the girl.
Polina PANKOVA.