The hat lay on the dresser, the kitten Vaska sat on the floor near the dresser, and Vovka and Vadik sat at the table and painted pictures.

Suddenly, behind them, something plopped down - fell to the floor. They turned and saw a hat on the floor near the chest of drawers.

Vovka went up to the chest of drawers, bent down, wanted to pick up his hat - and suddenly he screamed:
- Ah ah ah! - and run to the side.
- What are you? Vadik asks.
- She is alive!

- Who is alive?
- Hat hat hat pa.
- What you! Are hats alive?
- See for yourself!

Vadik came closer and began to look at the hat. Suddenly the hat crawled straight towards him. He screams like:
- Ai! - and jump on the couch. Vovka is behind him.

The hat crawled out into the middle of the room and stopped. The boys look at her and tremble with fear. Then the hat turned and crawled towards the sofa.

- Ai! Ouch! the guys shouted.
They jumped off the couch and ran out of the room. They ran into the kitchen and closed the door behind them.

- I want to go! Vovka says.
- Where?
- I'm going to my house.
- Why?
- I'm afraid of hats! This is the first time I see a hat walking around the room.
“Maybe someone is pulling her by the rope?”
- Well, go take a look.

- Let's go together. I'll take a stick. If she climbs to us, I'll crack her with a club.

“Wait, I’ll take a stick too.”

- Yes, we have no other club.

- Well, I'll take a ski pole.
They took a stick and a ski pole, opened the door and looked into the room.

– Where is she? Vadik asks.
“Over there, by the table.
- Now I'll crack it with a club! Vadik says. - Just let him crawl closer, such a vagabond!
But the hat lay near the table and did not move.
- Yeah, scared! - the guys rejoiced. - Afraid to climb to us.
“Now I’ll frighten her away,” said Vadik.
He started pounding on the floor with a club and shouting:
- Hey hat!

But the hat didn't move.
“Let’s pick potatoes and shoot potatoes at her,” Vovka suggested.

They returned to the kitchen, took potatoes from the basket and began to throw them at the hat. They threw them, they threw them, and finally Vadik hit. The hat will jump up!
- Meow! - shouted something. Look, a gray tail stuck out from under the hat, then a paw, and then the kitten itself jumped out.

- Vaska! - the guys rejoiced.
“He must have been sitting on the floor, and the hat fell on him from the chest of drawers,” Vovka guessed.

Vadik grabbed Vaska and let's hug him!
- Vaska, dear, how did you get under the hat?
But Vaska did not answer, He only snorted and squinted from the light.

- THE END -

Story. Illustrations. Semyonova I.

The hat lay on the chest of drawers, the kitten Vaska was sitting on the floor near the chest of drawers, and Vovka and Vadik were sitting at the table and painting pictures. Suddenly, behind them, something plopped down - fell to the floor. They turned and saw a hat on the floor near the chest of drawers.

Vovka went up to the chest of drawers, bent down, wanted to pick up his hat - and suddenly he screamed:

- Ah ah ah! - and run to the side.

- What are you? Vadik asks.

- She is alive!

- Who is alive?

- Hat-hat-hat-pa.

- What you! Are hats alive?

- See for yourself!

Vadik came closer and began to look at the hat. Suddenly the hat crawled straight towards him. He screams like:

- Ai! - and jump on the couch. Vovka is behind him.

The hat crawled out into the middle of the room and stopped. The boys look at her and tremble with fear. Then the hat turned and crawled towards the sofa.

- Ai! Ouch! the guys shouted.

They jumped off the couch and ran out of the room. They ran into the kitchen and closed the door behind them.

- I ho-ho-ho-zhu! Vovka says.

- I'm going to my house.

- Why?

- I'm afraid of hats! This is the first time I see a hat walking around the room.

“Maybe someone is pulling her string?”

- Well, go take a look.

- Let's go together. I'll take a stick. If she climbs to us, I'll crack her with a club.

“Wait, I’ll take a stick too.”

- Yes, we have no other club.

- Well, I'll take a ski pole.

They took a stick and a ski pole, opened the door and looked into the room.

— Where is she? Vadik asks.

“Over there, by the table.

“Now I’m going to crack her with a stick!” Vadik says. "Just let him get closer, you tramp!"

But the hat lay near the table and did not move.

- Yeah, scared! - the guys rejoiced. — Afraid to climb to us.

"Now I'll frighten her away," said Vadik.

He started pounding on the floor with a club and shouting:

- Hey hat!

But the hat didn't move.

“Let’s pick potatoes and shoot potatoes at her,” Vovka suggested.

They returned to the kitchen, took potatoes from the basket and began to throw them at the hat. They threw them, they threw them, and finally Vadik hit. The hat will jump up!

- Meow! something shouted. Look, a gray tail stuck out from under the hat, then a paw, and then the kitten itself jumped out.

- Vaska! - the guys rejoiced.

“Probably he was sitting on the floor, and the hat fell on him from the chest of drawers,” Vovka guessed.

Vadik grabbed Vaska and let's hug him!

- Vaska, dear, how did you get under the hat?

But Vaska did not answer, He only snorted and squinted from the light.

Stories for children "Cucumbers", "Mishkina porridge", "Dreamers", " living hat» Nosov Nikolai Nikolaevich are known, perhaps, to every child. They are constantly included in the list of books recommended for reading in kindergarten and primary school. Short, funny, memorable scenes taken from life are very popular with young readers and listeners.

Nikolai Nosov

The Living Hat and other works of the writer were born after the birth of a child in his family. The kid, like all children, needed to be told fairy tales. But Nikolai Nikolaevich liked to invent funny stories- so I got the idea to try myself in the writing field. Nosov wrote his first works, including the story "The Living Hat", in 1938, at the same time they began to be published in children's publications, mainly in the then popular Murzilka magazine. Soon enough of them accumulated, but the war prevented the release of the collection. As a result, it appeared only in 1945 and immediately attracted the attention of readers. Since then, for several decades, Nikolai Nosov has been one of the most famous and most beloved writers by young and middle-aged children.

Nosov's "living hat" begins quite normally. Two boys are sitting at the table and quietly drawing. Nearby, at the chest of drawers, a kitten is playing. Suddenly, the heroes hear something thump on the floor. It turned out that a hat fell off the chest of drawers. Also a common thing, but she suddenly stirred, causing fear among the guys. They understood that an inanimate object cannot move by itself. But the hat, for no reason at all, began to move around the room. The boy, who came to visit a friend, even wanted to run home from fear. However, curiosity got the better of them, and the heroes decided to find out what was going on. They began to throw potatoes into the hat and suddenly heard a meow. Nosov's work "The Living Hat" ends cheerfully: a harmless kitten turned out to be the culprit of the friends' fear.

Features of the plot and style

What conquers more than one generation of young readers of the book of Nikolai Nikolayevich? To answer the question, consider the story "The Living Hat" as an example. Nosov chooses for the plot a situation that is quite real and understandable to every child, but introduces a little mystery into it. The reader, unlike the characters, from the very beginning knows who is sitting under the hat. Therefore, the one that Nosov uses works great. "The Living Hat" is a humorous story, as we have fun watching how absolutely groundless fear more and more overcomes the heroes. In addition, the plot in the story develops rapidly: Volodya and Vadik instantly react to what is happening and come up with a plan of action. If at first they just try to run away - a natural reaction of a person when they meet with something incomprehensible and frightening, then they begin to build versions of what is happening. At some point, the boys even begin to defend themselves with a club, but they certainly want to reveal the secret of the hat. The only hero who really arouses the reader's sympathy is the cat Vaska, who was catching flies, who became both the culprit and the victim of what happened.

The vocabulary used in “Live Hat” is also close to the guys - a story where the expressions “something flopped”, “shaking with fear”, “began to throw” are appropriately used. They best help to understand the state of the main characters who find themselves in a comic situation.

The educational value of the story

Despite the apparent simplicity and insignificance of the situation described, children can learn several lessons from the work. Firstly, the main characters are brave, active boys. Having overcome their fear caused by fantasies, they began to look for a logical explanation for what they saw. For example, they decided that someone was just pulling the hat by the rope. It is also important that the boys decided to get to the bottom of the truth together, and Vovka, who was about to run away home, remained with his friend. Mutual assistance, courage, ingenuity will help to find a way out of any situation, emphasizes Nosov.

"Live Hat" - a story about what great time childhood, when you can be sincere and direct.

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living hat

The hat lay on the chest of drawers, the kitten Vaska was sitting on the floor near the chest of drawers, and Vovka and Vadik were sitting at the table and painting pictures. Suddenly, behind them, something plopped down - fell to the floor. They turned and saw a hat on the floor near the chest of drawers.

Vovka went up to the chest of drawers, bent down, wanted to pick up his hat - and suddenly he screamed:

Ah ah ah! - and run to the side.

What are you? - asks Vadik.

She is alive!

Who is alive?

Hat-hat-hat-pa.

What you! Are hats alive?

See for yourself!

Vadik came closer and began to look at the hat. Suddenly the hat crawled straight towards him. He screams like:

Ay! - and jump on the couch. Vovka is behind him.

The hat crawled out into the middle of the room and stopped. The boys look at her and tremble with fear. Then the hat turned and crawled towards the sofa.

Ay! Ouch! the guys shouted.

They jumped off the couch and ran out of the room. They ran into the kitchen and closed the door behind them.

I ho-ho-ho-zhu! Vovka says.

I'll go to my house.

I'm afraid of hats! This is the first time I see a hat walking around the room.

Or maybe someone is pulling her by the rope?

Well, go take a look.

Let's go together. I'll take a stick. If she climbs to us, I'll crack her with a club.

Wait, I'll take a stick too.

Yes, we have no other club.

Well, I'll take a ski pole.

They took a stick and a ski pole, opened the door and looked into the room.

Where is she? - asks Vadik.

Over there, by the table.

Now I'll crack it like a club! Vadik says. - Let him just crawl closer, such a vagabond!

But the hat lay near the table and did not move.

Yep, scared! - the guys were delighted. - Afraid to climb to us.

Now I'll scare her away, - Vadik said.

He started pounding on the floor with a club and shouting:

Hey hat!

But the hat didn't move.

Let's pick potatoes and shoot potatoes at her, ”Vovka suggested.

They returned to the kitchen, took potatoes from the basket and began to throw them at the hat. They threw them, they threw them, and finally Vadik hit. The hat would jump up!

Meow! - shouted something. Look, a gray tail stuck out from under the hat, then a paw, and then the kitten itself jumped out.

Vaska! - the guys were delighted.

He must have been sitting on the floor, and the hat fell on him from the chest of drawers, Vovka guessed.

Vadik grabbed Vaska and let's hug him!

Vaska, dear, how did you get under the hat?

But Vaska did not answer, He only snorted and squinted from the light.