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"Scarlet Sails" ChapterI briefly

Prediction

Longren was a sailor in the huge brig Orion, on which he served for ten years. Soon he was forced to leave, as his wife Mary died, and there was no one to raise their little daughter Assol. It happened like this. Once, during his next long stay at sea, Mary was left completely without money, as she spent everything on treatment after a difficult birth. Then she turned to the local innkeeper Menners for help, and he promised money in exchange for love. Desperate, Mary went to town to pawn her wedding ring. The weather that evening was rainy and cold, and she caught double pneumonia. Mary died a week later.

So Asol temporarily remained in the care of a kind neighbor, and Longren took the calculation to take care of the upbringing of the child. He began to work hard to support himself and his daughter. Longren made toy models of boats, sailboats, boats for city shops. Being by nature closed and uncommunicative, after the death of his wife, he closed himself even more, lived his own life, and devoted all his time to Assol. I always bought groceries in the city and never from Menners.

Once, in the cold season, a sharp coastal storm arose. Menners could not cope with his boat and ended up in the destructive expanse of the sea. The only person who saw this was Longren. At that time he stood and smoked on the shore, but did not lift a finger to help. Soon, Menners was nevertheless caught, but the cold water and the horror of what was happening did their job and the innkeeper died a couple of days later. Before his death, he managed to talk about Longren's cruelty, but kept silent about how he had not helped poor Mary at one time. All fellow villagers further fenced themselves off from Longren, and this alienation affected Assol.

When Assol was eight years old, her father began to take her with him to the city to deliver goods to shops. Sometimes she went by herself. So, on one of her trips, Assol sat down along the way to rest and look at the toys made by her father. Among them was one such beautiful, miniature racing yacht with a white vessel and a scarlet sail. Curiosity got the better of her, and Assol lowered the toy boat into the water near the shore to watch how it sailed. But the current picked up the toy and carried it away. Frightened, the girl ran after him for almost an hour, but to no avail. Along the way, she ran into a traveling collector of fairy tales and legends named Aigle. He introduced himself as a wizard and, returned to her a ship with scarlet sails, which sailed to him, and composed a fairy tale on the go. He told Assol that one day a real ship with the same scarlet sails would sail for her, and on it a brave prince who would take her to his kingdom.

Running home, Assol told her father about her adventure. He was glad that his daughter was safe and sound, and remembered the good wizard with a good word. Longren himself thought to himself that the girl would grow up and quickly forget about this fairy tale. Tired Assol quickly fell asleep. At this time, a tramp was passing near the house. He asked Longren for a cigarette, to which he replied that he would gladly take it out for him, but he just did not want to disturb his sleeping daughter. The offended tramp went to the tavern and told the story he heard about the prince. Since then, all the children in Kapern teased Assol and shouted that the red sails were already sailing towards her.

"Scarlet Sails" ChapterII briefly

Gray

Arthur Gray was the only son of a noble and wealthy family. He grew up in a dark but majestic castle. His parents were slaves of their position and wealth, who regularly paid tribute to the laws of high society, collected a gallery of images of ancestors, and raised their boy in the same spirit. In this regard, they miscalculated a little, since Arthur grew up as a child with a lively and impressionable soul. In the eighth year of his life, it was already noticeable that he was characterized by the type of a knight, a seeker of bizarre adventures and a miracle worker.

Once in the cellar, the keeper told him that among the Madeira, sherry and lafitte, such wine is stored, for which many drunkards would give their lives. The hoops were inscribed with the inscription: "Grey will drink me when he is in paradise." And no one really knew what that meant. This wine has never been tasted. After listening, the boy stamped his foot and said: "I'll drink it!". And then he clenched his hand into a fist and added that paradise is right here, in his hand.

Everything changed in Arthur's life when he was twelve years old. Once in the library, he saw a huge picture above the door, in which the ship rose on the crest of the sea rampart. He understood that in the marine world the main place belongs to the captain. This thought firmly stuck in his mind, and when he was fifteen, he secretly left his father's house and went to serve the sea. He became a cabin boy on the schooner Anselm under the command of the kind but stern captain Gop. It was Gop who introduced Gray to the intricacies of maritime affairs, taught him how to use navigation, keep accounts, etc. At twenty, Gray was able to buy his own three-masted galliot, the Secret. By that time, his father was no longer there, and his mother had aged a lot. She did not take Arthur's infatuation seriously, but she was proud of her boy.

"Scarlet Sails" Chapter III briefly

Dawn

After four years of sailing, fate brought Gray's ship to the city of Liss, not far from which Caperna was located. For ten days the goods were unloaded, on the eleventh day the crew rested on the shore, and on the twelfth day the captain got bored. All day he had a strange premonition that something was about to happen. In the evening, Gray took fishing rods, called the sailor Letika with him, and they went fishing. On the way, the captain was silent and Letika knew that it was better not to break this silence. They sailed into the open sea, and the wave brought them towards Caperna. It was decided to fish here. Leaving Letika with his fishing rods, Gray himself went for a walk along the shore.

There a strange sight awaited him. In the thick of the grass, he saw a sleeping girl. She immediately struck the young captain with her beauty and naturalness. Unable to restrain himself, he put his old ring on her little finger and admired the sleeping miracle for a long time. Letika found him in such a state of mind. Gray asked to be quiet and suggested going to a local tavern. There, from the son of the late Menners, he learned that this girl's name was Assol and that she was crazy, since she had been waiting for a handsome prince on a ship with scarlet sails since childhood. He then spoke of her father's "cruelty", which caused Menners to die. But then a drunken collier intervened in the conversation and said that the words of the innkeeper could not be trusted. Gray himself already understood something about this extraordinary girl. Having paid, the captain left, leaving Letika behind and asking him to find out as much as possible.

"Scarlet Sails" ChapterIV briefly

the day before

On the eve of that day and seven years after Egle's prediction, Assol returned completely upset after another trip to the city to sell toys. This time no one wanted to buy Longren's toys, as there were more overseas curiosities. Yes, and as Longren himself said, the children stopped playing with toys, they only wanted to learn. He reassured his daughter and said if this continues, perhaps he will again go to sea. However, he was afraid to leave his daughter alone. By that time she was already a real beauty with a half-childish face. Everything she wore was transformed on her, whether it was an old scarf or cheap muslin. The charm of the girl was beyond words.

That day she couldn't sleep for some reason. She looked out the window, where the bushes shimmered in the twilight and the trees slept. Assol, obeying some inner call, went for a walk. Having reached the coastal hills, she dived into the meadows and remained there, among the flowers and trees. From the thicket she saw the approaching ship, which, under the wonderful play of light, shimmered like a scarlet rose. Then the girl stretched on the sleepy grass and fell asleep. When she woke up, a radiant ring gleamed on her little finger. She couldn't remember where it came from. So by chance Gray and Assol met on one warm summer day.

ChapterV

combat preparations

When Gray returned to the ship, he asked his assistant Panten to warn everyone that they would raise anchor and move to the mouth of the Liliana. They would stay there a little longer, as Gray put it, he needed a profitable freight. It was ordered not to ask questions, but only to execute. Panten was afraid that the owner was planning to try smuggling, but kept silent and went to carry out orders. At this time, Gray went to the shopping districts of Lyss and skillfully selected two thousand meters of the best scarlet silk. Having met yesterday's musician from the tavern, Zimmer, on the way, he offered him to earn extra money, namely, to assemble a team of musicians and come to his ship. He agreed without hesitation, since Gray paid generously.

Returning to the ship, he waited for Letik, who brought a detailed report from the Assol family. The report said everything, the same that is already known from the first chapter. Gray was once again convinced of the correctness of his actions. Then he revealed his plan to Panten, and the latter felt better. Panten knew that the owner was eccentric, but fair. He often refused the offered cargo for his own reasons. So, for example, he did not take all kinds of nails, parts from the car, but he took fruits, tea, porcelain, spices with pleasure. At the same time, the whole crew felt a little higher than on other ships, because they do not suffer from the pursuit of flat profit. Such was Gray, and the sailors knew it.

ChapterVI

Assol remains alone

Longren spent that night at sea. He kept thinking about the current situation, about Assol, and about what they should live on. When he returned in the morning, he did not immediately find his daughter. She came home, all radiant and mysterious, but said nothing. Longren told her that he intended to soon join the postal steamer that runs between Liss and Casset. This news upset her a little, but she continued to smile, anticipating something beautiful. Assol helped her father get ready, and he left, promising to return in ten days.

Household chores awaited her, but that day she did not sit at home. She decided to walk to Lissa and back. On the way, Assol met that very kind coal miner. He worked with two friends. As a sign of trust in him, she said that she would probably leave here soon, but did not yet know exactly where and how this would happen. They were surprised by this strange remark and continued to work.

ChapterVII

Scarlet "Secret"

Meanwhile, the "Secret" at full speed floated out of the riverbed. On the deck, a musician was playing lingeringly, and scarlet sails covered the entire mast. The coastal wind drove the ship and gave the desired shape to the sails. Gray himself was at the helm, as he was afraid of shallows. Next to him sat a clean-shaven and neatly dressed Panten. Gray shared with him the happiness that filled his heart and soul. He explained that he was going to meet a girl who could not imagine her fate otherwise. She has been waiting for him since childhood, and he will gladly give her his love.

By noon, a war cruiser appeared on the horizon. The ship stopped, the lieutenant went to the ship with his team. The lieutenant and Gray talked about something in the cabin and then he sailed away. In parting, the lieutenant told Gray that he met his future wife by grabbing her skirt when she wanted to run out the window. After a little hesitation, the cruiser hit the horizon with a volley of fireworks.

At this time, Assol was sitting at home and reading a book. Seeing a huge ship with scarlet sails, she, not remembering herself, ran to the shore. The entire population of the village was confused. Men, women and children ran out to look at it. Ships of this size have never come to Caperna before. The crowd on the shore parted when they saw Assol. They looked at the girl with jealousy and concern. She ran waist-deep into the water and waited for him with an expression of happiness on her face. A boat separated from the ship, and Gray was in it. Zimmer played his music, and the melody confidently pounded on the nerves of the crowd.

Gray asked Assol if she recognized him. She said yes. This is how she imagined him from childhood. Before leaving on the Secret, Assol asked if they could take her beloved father with them, and Gray said that, of course, and kissed her hard. Meanwhile, wine was already being opened on deck, waiting for this event for more than a century. According to Letika, this wine was like a beehive and a garden in the mouth. The next day, the sailors could barely keep on their feet, and the tipsy Zimmer quietly moved his bow along the strings, thinking about happiness.

The fairy tale "Scarlet Sails" was first published in 1923. You can read a summary of the "Scarlet Sails" chapter by chapter and a description of the characters on our website. The author sought to show in his work the possibility of the victory of dreams over everyday life. The story "Scarlet Sails" tells about the girl Assol, about her loyalty to a dream and striving for it. The main conflict of the story "Scarlet Sails" is the confrontation between dreams and reality.

The main characters of the fairy tale

Main characters:

• Assol is a poor girl who lives with her father. One day, the old collector of legends Aigle said that the prince would sail for her under scarlet sails. The girl believed with all her heart, and waited for her prince.
• Arthur Gray is the only heir to a noble wealthy family, looking for himself and his place in the world. From the age of fifteen, he leaves his native home and goes on a voyage.

Other characters:

• Longren is an old sailor who lives with his daughter Assol. His wife has died, he raises his daughter himself and earns a living by creating models of ships from wood.
• Aigle is a collector of fairy tales and legends. Once in the forest, he sees Assol with a toy yacht on scarlet sails, and tells the girl that the same ship will sail for her someday.
• Hin Menners is the son of the deceased innkeeper Menners. He hates Assol's father and the girl herself, because Longren did not help his father when his boat was taken to the open sea.
• The inhabitants of Caperna are down-to-earth, cynical people. They do not like Longren, and Assol is considered insane. The story of the scarlet sails for them becomes another reason for ridicule over the girl.

"Scarlet Sails" very brief content

In a distant country, in a village on the seashore, a girl Assol lives. Assol and her father Longren live in poverty, but together. One day, little Assol meets the wizard Egl. The old man predicts to the girl that one day the prince will sail for her on a ship with scarlet sails. Assol believes in this prediction. Because of this, the villagers laugh at her.

7 years pass. Young Assol is still waiting for her prince under scarlet sails. The girl's father goes fishing in the sea for 10 days. Assol is left alone. One day, the ship "Secret" sails to the village, driven by a young, handsome and rich captain Arthur Gray. On the shore, Gray sees Assol sleeping in the forest. He likes the girl, and he puts an expensive old ring on her finger. Gray then goes to a local inn and asks the residents about the girl.

Gray learns that the stranger's name is Assol and that she is waiting for the prince on a ship with scarlet sails. The villagers laugh at the girl's daydreaming, but Gray decides to make this "impossible" dream come true. He boards his ship and sails away.

Meanwhile, Assol wakes up in the forest and sees a ring on his finger. She does not know exactly what happened, but she feels that love has come to her. She's happy.

Meanwhile, in a nearby town, Gray is buying scarlet silk and ordering sails from it for a ship. Here Gray hires an orchestra. Soon, Gray's ship with scarlet sails again sails to the village of Assol.

Local residents gather on the shore and do not believe that Assol's dream has come true. Gray swims to shore. He and Assol see each other and understand that this is love. Gray takes Assol with him. The girl asks him to take her father with them as well, and Gray agrees. On the sailing ship, the lovers and the crew are celebrating a happy meeting.

This is interesting: Green's novel "Running on the Waves" was written in 1928. This is a touching, romantic story about how important it is to follow your dreams without giving up and not paying attention to various life obstacles. We recommend reading the summary "" chapter by chapter. A retelling of the book can be used in preparation for a literature lesson.

Condensed retelling of "Scarlet Sails"

Longren, a closed and unsociable person, lived by making and selling models of sailboats and steamships. The fellow countrymen did not really like the former sailor, especially after one incident.

Once, during a severe storm, the shopkeeper and innkeeper Menners was carried away in his boat far out to sea. Longren was the only witness to what was happening. He calmly smoked his pipe, watching Manners call out to him in vain. Only when it became obvious that he could no longer be saved, Longren shouted to him that in the same way his Mary asked a fellow villager for help, but did not receive it.

On the sixth day, the shopkeeper was picked up among the waves by a steamer, and before his death, he told about the culprit of his death.

He did not tell only about how, five years ago, Longren's wife turned to him with a request to lend a little. She had just given birth to little Assol, the birth was not easy, and almost all of her money was spent on treatment, and her husband had not yet returned from swimming. Menners advised not to be touchy, then he is ready to help. The unfortunate woman went to the city in bad weather to lay a ring, caught a cold and died of pneumonia. So Longren remained a widower with his daughter in his arms and could no longer go to sea.

Whatever it was, the news of such demonstrative inactivity of Longren struck the villagers more than if he had drowned a man with his own hands. The hostility turned almost into hatred and also turned to the innocent Assol, who grew up alone with her fantasies and dreams and seemed to need neither peers nor friends. Her father replaced her mother, and friends, and fellow countrymen.

Once, when Assol was eight years old, he sent her to the city with new toys, among which was a miniature yacht with scarlet silk sails. The girl lowered the boat into the stream. The stream carried him and carried him to the mouth, where she saw a stranger holding her boat in his hands. It was old Egle, the collector of legends and fairy tales. He gave the toy to Assol and told that years would pass and the prince would sail for her on the same ship under scarlet sails and take her to a distant country.

The girl told her father about it. Unfortunately, a beggar who accidentally heard her story spread the rumor about the ship and the overseas prince throughout Capern. Now the children shouted after her: “Hey, gallows! Red sails are sailing! So she came across as crazy.

Arthur Gray, the only offspring of a noble and wealthy family, did not grow up in a hut, but in a family castle, in an atmosphere of predestination of every present and future step. This, however, was a boy with a very lively soul, ready to fulfill his own destiny in life. He was determined and fearless.

The keeper of their wine cellar, Poldishok, told him that two barrels of Cromwellian alicante were buried in one place, and that it was darker than cherry and thick as good cream. The casks are made of ebony and have double copper hoops that say, "I'll be drunk by Gray when he's in heaven." No one has tasted this wine and never will. “I'll drink it,” Gray said, stamping his foot and clenching his hand into a fist: “Paradise? He is here!.."

For all that, he was extremely responsive to someone else's misfortune, and his sympathy always resulted in real help.

In the library of the castle, he was struck by a painting by some famous marine painter. She helped him understand himself. Gray secretly left home and joined the schooner Anselm. Captain Hop was a kind man, but a stern sailor. Having appreciated the mind, perseverance and love for the sea of ​​a young sailor, Gop decided to “make a captain out of a puppy”: to introduce him to navigation, maritime law, sailing and accounting.

At the age of twenty, Gray bought a three-masted galliot "Secret" and sailed on it for four years. Fate brought him to Liss, an hour and a half walk from which was Caperna. With the onset of darkness, together with the sailor Letika Gray, taking fishing rods, he sailed on a boat in search of a suitable place for fishing. Under the cliff behind Kaperna they left the boat and lit a fire. Letika went fishing, and Gray lay down by the fire. In the morning he went for a wander, when suddenly he saw Assol sleeping in the thicket. He looked at the girl who struck him for a long time, and leaving, he took off the old ring from his finger and put it on her little finger.

Then he and Letika went to Menners' tavern, where the young Hin Menners was now in charge. He said that Assol is crazy, dreaming of a prince and a ship with scarlet sails, that her father is the culprit in the death of the elder Menners and a terrible person. Doubts about the veracity of this information intensified when a drunken collier assured that the innkeeper was lying. Gray and without outside help managed to understand something in this extraordinary girl. She knew life within the limits of her experience, but, moreover, she saw in phenomena a meaning of a different order, making many subtle discoveries that were incomprehensible and unnecessary to the inhabitants of Caperna. The captain was in many ways the same himself, a little out of this world. He went to Liss and found scarlet silk in one of the shops. In the city, he met an old acquaintance - a wandering musician Zimmer - and asked him to arrive at the "Secret" with his orchestra in the evening. The scarlet sails bewildered the crew, as did the order to advance towards Kaperna. Nevertheless, in the morning the "Secret" set out under scarlet sails, and by noon was already in sight of Caperna.

Assol was shocked by the spectacle of a white ship with scarlet sails, from the deck of which music was pouring. She rushed to the sea, where the inhabitants of Caperna had already gathered. When Assol appeared, everyone fell silent and parted. The boat, in which Gray was standing, separated from the ship and headed towards the shore. After a while, Assol was already in the cabin. Everything happened just as the old man had predicted. On the same day, they opened a barrel of hundred-year-old wine, which no one had ever drunk before, and the next morning the ship was already far from Caperna, carrying away the crew, defeated by Gray's unusual wine. Only Zimmer did not sleep. He quietly played his cello and thought about happiness.

Chapter 1

Longren, a sailor who went to sea on the brig Orion, after ten years of sailing, leaves the service and returns home. He is forced to do this because, once returning to the small village of Caperna, he learned that he has an eight-month-old daughter, and his beloved wife Mary died of bilateral pneumonia.

The birth was difficult, almost all the savings that were in the house went to the restoration. The poor woman had to go into the city in cold weather to pawn her wedding ring - the only value - and buy bread. After a three-hour journey, Mary fell ill and soon died.

A neighbor, a widow, moved into the empty house. She raised little Assol. Longren also learned that his wife asked to lend her money to the wealthy owner of the inn Menners. He "agreed to give money, but demanded love in return."

After the death of his beloved wife, the sailor became even more unsociable, he lived, raising a girl and earning a living with wooden toys in the form of ships and boats.

When Assol was five years old, "an event occurred, the shadow of which, falling on the father, covered the daughter." In terrible bad weather, Longren stood at the pier and smoked when he saw Menners being carried far out to sea in his boat. Menners asked to help him, but Longren just stood there and was silent, and when the boat was almost out of sight, he shouted: “She also asked you! Think about it while you're still alive..." Returning home at night, he told the awakened Assol that he "made a black toy."

Six days later, Menners was found, he was picked up by a steamer, but he was in a dying state. The inhabitants of Caperna learned from him how silently Longren watched his impending death. After that, he completely became an outcast in the villages. Subsequently, Assol also lost her friends. The children didn't want to play with her. She was feared and repulsed. At first, the girl tried to establish communication with them, but it ended in bruises and tears. She soon learned to play alone.

In good weather, Longren let the girl go to the city. One day, eight-year-old Assol saw a beautiful white yacht in a basket, and her sails were made of scarlet silk. The girl could not resist the temptation to play with an unusual boat, and let her swim in a forest stream. But there was a strong current that quickly carried her down. Run for a toy. Assol found herself in the thicket of the forest and saw Egl, an old collector of songs and fairy tales.

“I don’t know how many years will pass, only in Kapern a fairy tale will blossom, which will be remembered for a long time. One morning, in the sea, a scarlet sail will sparkle under the sun ... You will see a brave, handsome prince ... I have come to take you forever to my kingdom - he will say ... ”.

The joyful girl returned to her father and told him the story. He, not wanting to disappoint his daughter, supported her. A beggar passed nearby, who heard everything and told in the tavern. After this incident, the children began to tease Assol even more, calling her a princess and shouting that “her red sails” had come for her. The girl was considered insane.

Chapter 2 Gray

Arthur Gray was a descendant of a respected family and lived in a rich family estate. The boy was uncomfortable within the framework of family etiquette and a boring home.

Once the boy painted the hands of the crucified Christ in the picture, explaining his act by the unwillingness of “the blood flowing in his house.” At the age of eight, he began to explore the back streets of the castle and went into the wine cellar where the wine was stored, with the ominous inscription "Grey will drink me when he is in Paradise." Young Arthur was indignant at the illogicality of the inscription, and said that he would drink it someday.

Arthur grew up as an unusual child. There were no more children in the castle and he played alone, often in the backyards of the castle. In the weeds and old defensive ditches.

When the boy was twelve, he wandered into a dusty library and saw a picture that depicted a ship in a storm, with the captain standing at the bow. The picture, and especially the figure of the captain, struck Gray. From that moment on, the sea became for him the meaning of life, a dream that for now he could only study from books.

At the age of fifteen, Arthur ran away from the estate and went to sea as a cabin boy on the schooner Anselm, ”to which Captain Gop took him at first out of interest and a desire to show the pampered boy the real sea and the life of sailors. But Arthur, during the voyage, turned from a little prince into a real strong sailor, from a past life he saved only his free, soaring soul. The captain, seeing how the boy had changed, once said to him, "Victory is on your side, rogue." From that moment on, Gop began to teach Gray everything he knew himself.

In Vancouver, Gray received a letter from his mother, she asked him to return home, but Arthur replied that she needed to understand him, he could not imagine his life without the sea.

After five years of sailing, Gray came to visit the castle. Here he learned that his old father had died. A week later, with a large sum, he met with Captain Gop, to whom he informed that he would now be the captain of his own ship. At first, Gop pushed young Arthur away and wanted to leave, but he caught up and sincerely hugged him, after which he invited the captain and crew to the nearest tavern, where they feasted all night.

Soon, in the port of Dubelt, the "Secret" - Gray's huge three-masted aircraft - was moored.

On it, he sailed for about three years, doing merchant business, until, by the will of fate, he ended up in Fox.

Chapter 3

On the twelfth day of his stay at Lys, Gray felt homesick and went to inspect the ship before departure. He wanted to fish. With the sailor Letika, they sailed in a boat along the night coast. So slowly they reached Caperna and stopped there.

Wandering through the night forest, he saw Assol sleeping on the grass. The girl slept in a sweet serene sleep and seemed to Arthur the embodiment of beauty and tenderness. Without realizing why he was doing this, Gray put his ancestral ring on her little finger.

After, in the Menners tavern, the captain began to ask about the girl he saw at Hin Mennners. He said that this, apparently, was "Ship Assol", a crazy girl who was waiting for the prince under scarlet sails. The story of the sails was twisted and told in a vein of mockery and irony, but its innermost essence "remained intact" and hit Gray to the core.

Hin also spoke about the girl's father, calling him a murderer. A drunken collier sitting next to him suddenly sobered up and called Menners a liar. He said that he knew Assol, he had brought her to the city on his cart many times, and the girl was absolutely healthy and sweet. While they were talking, Assol went about her business past the window of the tavern. One glance at the girl's concentrated face and serious eyes, in which a sharp, lively mind was read, was enough for Gray to be convinced of Assol's mental health.

Chapter 4

Seven years have passed since the meeting of Assol and Egl. For the first time in years, the girl returned home very upset and with a full basket of unsold toys. She told Logren that the shopkeeper no longer wanted to buy their crafts. They did not want to accept them in other stores that the girl went around, referring to the fact that modern mechanical toys are now more valued, and not Longren's "wooden knick-knacks". The old sailor decides to go to sea again to earn a living for himself and his daughter, even though he does not want to leave his daughter alone.

Frustrated and thoughtful, Assol went to wander the evening shore of Caperna, and fell asleep in the forest, waking up already with Gray's ring on her finger. At first it seemed to her someone's joke. Thinking well, the girl hid it and did not even tell her father about the strange find.

Chapter 5

Returning to the ship, Gray issued orders that surprised his assistant and went to the city's shops in search of scarlet silk. Gray's assistant, Panten, was so surprised by the behavior of the captain that he thought that he decided to take up smuggling.

Finally finding the right shade, Arthur bought two thousand meters of the fabric he needed, which surprised the owner, who named a sky-high price for his product.

On the street Gray saw Zimmer, a wandering musician whom he used to know, and asked him to gather fellow musicians for Gray's service. Zimmer happily agreed and after a while came to the port with a crowd of street musicians.

Chapter 6

After spending the night in his boat at sea, Londgren returned home and told Assol that he was going on a long voyage. He left his daughter a gun for protection. Longren did not want to leave and was afraid to leave his daughter for a long time, but he had no choice.

Assol was troubled by strange forebodings. Everything in her so dear and close home began to seem alien. Having met the collier Philip, the girl said goodbye to him, saying that she would leave soon, but she didn’t know where yet.

Chapter 7

"Secret" under scarlet sails was the riverbed. Arthur reassured his assistant Paten, revealing to him the reason for such unusual behavior. He told him that he saw a miracle in the image of Assol, and now he must become a real miracle for the girl. That's why he needs scarlet sails.

Assol was at home alone. She was reading an interesting book, and an annoying bug crawled along the leaves and lines, which she kept brushing down. Once again, the insect climbed onto the book and stopped at the word "Look." The girl, sighing, raised her head, and suddenly in the gap between the roofs of the houses she saw the sea, and on it - a ship under scarlet sails. Not believing her eyes, she ran to the pier, where all of Caperna had already gathered, perplexed and noisy. On the faces of the men there was a silent question, on the faces of the women there was undisguised malice. “Never before has a great ship approached this shore; the ship had those very sails, the name of which sounded like a mockery.

When Assol was on the shore, there was already a huge crowd screaming, asking, hissing with anger and surprise. Assol ran into the thick of it, and the people moved away from her, as if in fear.

A boat separated from the ship with strong rowers, among whom was "the one ... whom she knew, vaguely remembered from childhood." Assol threw herself into the water, where Gray took her into his boat.

“Assol closed her eyes; then, quickly opening her eyes, she boldly smiled at his radiant face and breathlessly said: Just like that.

Once on the ship, the girl asked if Gray would take old Longren. He answered "Yes" and kissed the happy Assol. The holiday was celebrated with the same wine from Gray's cellars.

Conclusion

The story is multifaceted and reveals many important problems, so after reading the brief retelling of Scarlet Sails, we recommend reading the full version of the story.

In the foreground is the problem of confronting the dream of everyday life. Kaperna and its inhabitants are the antipodes of Assol and Gray. Assol is waiting for the fulfillment of a fabulous dream, and Gray makes his dream come true by decorating his ship with scarlet silk sails.

Symbolic is the color of the sail. Scarlet is a symbol of victory, rejoicing. The village of Caperna is depicted in gray tones, against the backdrop of its dirty roofs, the “Secret” under scarlet sails seems like a miracle. This color is completely alien here, like Assol and Gray, so they swim away from here at the end of the story.

The plot of "Scarlet Sails" in 3 minutes

Chapter 1

In the village of Kaperna, on the seashore, the girl Assol lives with her father Longren. Heroes live poorly, but amicably. Once in the forest, little Assol meets the magician Aigl. The old man predicts to the girl that one day a brave handsome prince will sail for her on a ship with scarlet sails and take her to a wonderful country. The villagers learn about this prediction. They laugh at the fact that Assol believes in miracles.

Chapter 2. "Grey"

Meanwhile, somewhere far away from Assol lives Arthur Gray, a kind and intelligent boy from a wealthy family. Gray dreams of becoming a captain. At the age of 14, Gray leaves home, becomes a cabin boy on a ship. Over time, Gray buys his own ship "Secret" and becomes a captain.

Chapter 3

7 years after Assol's meeting with the wizard. Gray sails on his ship to the village of Kaperna. On the shore in the forest, he sees Assol sleeping. Gray likes the girl, and he puts his expensive old ring on her finger. Then Gray goes to a local tavern and asks the residents about the stranger. He learns that the girl's name is Assol and that she is waiting for the prince on a ship with scarlet sails. The villagers laugh at the girl's dream, but Gray takes the story seriously. After that, he boards his ship and sails away.

Chapter 4

On the eve of this day, Assol spends the night at home alone: ​​her father is at sea fishing. Assol does housework and, as usual, dreams of a prince on a ship with scarlet sails. In the morning, Assol goes to the forest, where she likes to visit. She falls asleep on the grass. Waking up, Assol sees a ring on his finger. She does not know exactly what happened, but she feels that her happiness has come.

Chapter 5

Gray's ship sails near the village of Assol and stops at the city of Lissa. In Lissa, Gray buys 2000 meters of scarlet silk and orders sails for the ship. Here Gray sees street musicians. He asks them to gather an orchestra and come with the whole orchestra to the ship.

Chapter 6

Assol's father goes to serve on a mail ship to earn money. Longren sails away for 10 days on a voyage. Assol remains alone and takes care of the household. Cheerful and happy Assol goes for a walk in the city of Liss. Friends notice a strange change in her.

Chapter 7

The ship "Secret" with scarlet sails sails to the village where Assol lives. Seeing scarlet sails through the window, Assol runs to the sea. Villagers gather on the shore, not believing their eyes. Gray swims to shore. He and Assol see each other for the first time, but realize that they are in love. Gray takes Assol to the ship. The girl asks him to take her father with him. Gray agrees. The lovers kiss. The whole ship celebrates the meeting of Gray and Assol.

Video summary Scarlet Sails

In the work of Alexander Grin "Scarlet Sails" we see a picture of innocent children's love, which affects the soul as an adult. Longren, already an elderly sailor, leaves his service due to the fact that his daughter Assol is born ....

An eye for an eye

If you believe in a miracle, it will definitely happen. It was about this that Alexander Green wrote his famous work "Scarlet Sails". The summary of this extravaganza story is as follows: in the small provincial town of Kaperna, there lived an elderly sailor Longren. He had a daughter named Assol. This little family in the town was not very favored, because Longren was considered guilty of the death

innkeeper Menners. In part, people were right, because the sailor could save Menners, but he just calmly watched how he was carried away to sea. But he did not save the innkeeper because he, in turn, did not once help Longren's wife: he refused to borrow some money from her, because the woman rejected his harassment. In addition, she had just given birth to a child, and because of the difficult birth, all the funds were spent on treatment. As a result, the woman was forced to go to the city in bad weather and pawn her ring. After this trip, she fell ill with pneumonia and died. Because of this, Longren could no longer go to sea, because he had to take care of little Assol. In order to somehow feed himself, he began to make toys for sale.

Meeting with the storyteller Egle

When Assol grew up, she began to help her father - she carried toys made by him to the city and sold them there. One day, among the many wonderful trinkets, she saw a delightful wooden boat, on a tiny mast of which silk scarlet sails were stretched. The summary does not allow to describe in detail all the feelings that the girl experienced when she launched this boat along the stream. Running after him, she met a strange stranger named Aigle, who told her that one day a handsome prince would sail for her on exactly the same ship and take her with him. Assol believed in this fairy tale so much that she began to run every day to the seashore and look out if scarlet sails appeared on the horizon. The story of how her fellow villagers year after year laughed at her and considered her crazy, allows you to see the stamina and strong-willed character of the girl. She was indifferent to the opinion of the crowd, because she firmly believed that the prince would definitely sail for her.

Gray subdued

Once Assol was walking through the forest, and she was overcome by a dream. She fell asleep so soundly that she did not even feel how someone put a ring on her finger. If she opened her eyes, she would see Prince Charming Arthur Gray, who happened to be in the same forest and stumbled upon a sleeping girl. Her beauty captivated the young man, and he decided to take her as his wife. But he did not dare to wake her, but decided to find out who she was. Therefore, he put an old family ring on her finger, and he went to the town. He wandered into a tavern, the owner of which was the son of the deceased Menners - Khin. He told Gray that Assol was a crazy girl, that her father was to blame for the death of Menners Sr., and that she

time peeps scarlet sails on the sea. The summary allows us to describe only the general essence of the work, so let's say right away that Gray did not believe the innkeeper and decided to fulfill the dream of the beautiful Assol. In one of the local shops, he bought several rolls of the best scarlet silk, from which he decorated his ship with sails.

Dreams do come true if you really believe in them

Assol was very surprised when, waking up, she found a ring on her finger. She realized that the prince she was waiting for had finally found her, so when she saw scarlet sails approaching on the horizon (the summary is not able to present the full picture of the events), she took it for granted. Young woman

ran to the shore, where the astonished people were already crowding. People could not believe that this "holy fool" still waited for her prince, and they parted in front of her, silently clearing the way to the shore. When the ship sailed close enough, a boat sailed away from it, in which Prince Arthur Gray was standing. A few minutes later, Assol was already sailing with him to the long-awaited ship. The story "Scarlet Sails" has become very popular, and now even modern girls believe that one day they will meet their prince.

Alexander Stepanovich Green

"Scarlet Sails"

Longren, a closed and unsociable person, lived by making and selling models of sailboats and steamships. The fellow countrymen did not really like the former sailor, especially after one incident.

Once, during a severe storm, the shopkeeper and innkeeper Menners was carried away in his boat far out to sea. Longren was the only witness to what was happening. He calmly smoked his pipe, watching Manners call out to him in vain. Only when it became obvious that he could no longer be saved, Longren shouted to him that in the same way his Mary asked a fellow villager for help, but did not receive it.

On the sixth day, the shopkeeper was picked up among the waves by a steamer, and before his death, he told about the culprit of his death.

He did not tell only about how, five years ago, Longren's wife turned to him with a request to lend a little. She had just given birth to little Assol, the birth was not easy, and almost all of her money was spent on treatment, and her husband had not yet returned from swimming. Menners advised not to be touchy, then he is ready to help. The unfortunate woman went to the city in bad weather to lay a ring, caught a cold and died of pneumonia. So Longren remained a widower with his daughter in his arms and could no longer go to sea.

Whatever it was, the news of such demonstrative inactivity of Longren struck the villagers more than if he had drowned a man with his own hands. The hostility turned almost into hatred and also turned to the innocent Assol, who grew up alone with her fantasies and dreams and seemed to need neither peers nor friends. Her father replaced her mother, and friends, and fellow countrymen.

Once, when Assol was eight years old, he sent her to the city with new toys, among which was a miniature yacht with scarlet silk sails. The girl lowered the boat into the stream. The stream carried him and carried him to the mouth, where she saw a stranger holding her boat in his hands. It was old Egle, the collector of legends and fairy tales. He gave the toy to Assol and told that years would pass and the prince would sail for her on the same ship under scarlet sails and take her to a distant country.

The girl told her father about it. Unfortunately, a beggar, who accidentally heard her story, spread the rumor about the ship and the overseas prince throughout Kapern. Now the children shouted after her: “Hey, gallows! Red sails are sailing! So she came across as crazy.

Arthur Gray, the only offspring of a noble and wealthy family, did not grow up in a hut, but in a family castle, in an atmosphere of predestination of every present and future step. This, however, was a boy with a very lively soul, ready to fulfill his own destiny in life. He was determined and fearless.

The keeper of their wine cellar, Poldishok, told him that two barrels of Cromwellian alicante were buried in one place and its color was darker than cherry, and it was thick like good cream. The casks are made of ebony and have double copper hoops that say, "I'll be drunk by Gray when he's in heaven." No one has tasted this wine and never will. “I'll drink it,” Gray said, stamping his foot and clenching his hand into a fist: “Paradise? He is here!.."

For all that, he was extremely responsive to someone else's misfortune, and his sympathy always resulted in real help.

In the library of the castle, he was struck by a painting by some famous marine painter. She helped him understand himself. Gray secretly left home and joined the schooner Anselm. Captain Hop was a kind man, but a stern sailor. Having appreciated the mind, perseverance and love for the sea of ​​a young sailor, Gop decided to “make a captain out of a puppy”: to introduce him to navigation, maritime law, sailing and accounting. At the age of twenty, Gray bought a three-masted galliot "Secret" and sailed on it for four years. Fate brought him to Liss, an hour and a half walk from which was Caperna.

With the onset of darkness, together with the sailor Letika Gray, taking fishing rods, he sailed on a boat in search of a suitable place for fishing. Under the cliff behind Kaperna, they left the boat and lit a fire. Letika went fishing, and Gray lay down by the fire. In the morning he went for a walk, when suddenly he saw Assol sleeping in the thickets. He looked at the girl who struck him for a long time, and leaving, he took off the old ring from his finger and put it on her little finger.

Then he and Letika went to Menners' tavern, where the young Hin Menners was now in charge. He said that Assol was crazy, dreaming of a prince and a ship with scarlet sails, that her father was responsible for the death of the elder Menners and a terrible person. Doubts about the veracity of this information intensified when a drunken collier assured that the innkeeper was lying. Gray and without outside help managed to understand something in this extraordinary girl. She knew life within the limits of her experience, but, moreover, she saw in phenomena a meaning of a different order, making many subtle discoveries that were incomprehensible and unnecessary to the inhabitants of Caperna.

The captain was in many ways the same himself, a little out of this world. He went to Liss and found scarlet silk in one of the shops. In the city, he met an old acquaintance - a wandering musician Zimmer - and asked him to arrive at the Secret with his orchestra in the evening.

The scarlet sails bewildered the crew, as did the order to advance towards Kaperna. Nevertheless, in the morning the "Secret" set out under scarlet sails, and by noon was already in sight of Caperna.

Assol was shocked by the spectacle of a white ship with scarlet sails, from the deck of which music was pouring. She rushed to the sea, where the inhabitants of Caperna had already gathered. When Assol appeared, everyone fell silent and parted. The boat, in which Gray was standing, separated from the ship and headed towards the shore. After a while, Assol was already in the cabin. Everything happened just as the old man had predicted.

On the same day, a barrel of hundred-year-old wine was opened, which no one had ever drunk before, and the next morning the ship was already far from Caperna, carrying away the crew, defeated by Gray's unusual wine. Only Zimmer did not sleep. He quietly played his cello and thought about happiness.

The former sailor Longren made a living by making and selling model boats. He left the maritime business when he became a widower with his daughter Assol in his arms. Longren's wife died of severe pneumonia. Longren has not yet returned from another voyage, baby Assol was just born, and it took a lot of money for treatment after a difficult birth. Mother Assol turned to the shopkeeper Menners for help. He did not help her, and she went to the city to pawn her ring. The weather was inclement, the woman caught a cold and soon died.

Countrymen did not favor Longren after one incident. During a storm, the innkeeper Menners was carried out on a boat to the open sea. Longren was the only witness to this, but did not help him, but only reminded him that his wife Mary also asked for help and did not receive it.

Five days later, Meners was picked up by a steamer and before his death, he said that Longren was to blame for his death. The shopkeeper kept silent about the fact that Mary died because of him.

Longren's demonstrative inaction aroused the hatred of his fellow villagers. The neighbors also treated little Assol unkindly. She had no girlfriends and friends, peers did not want to communicate with her. The father was for the girl both a parent and a friend.

Father sent little Assol to the city. She had to take the new toys to the store. Among them was a yacht with bright scarlet sails. Assol lowered this miniature yacht into a stream, a fast current carried her to the mouth, and there the girl saw a stranger. It turned out to be old Egle. He told Assol that in many years a handsome prince would come for her on exactly the same ship.

When the girl told her father about this, a passer-by overheard and smashed it all over Kapern. The children began to tease the girl: “Hey, gallows! Red sails are sailing!

Arthur Gray grew up in the family castle of a wealthy family. The boy had a very lively soul, and he was ready to fulfill his life purpose. Arthur was fearless and determined. He sympathized with everyone and provided, where he could, real help to those in need.

In the library of the family castle, Arthur was fascinated by a painting by one of the famous marine painters. Thanks to her, he realized his calling. The young man left home and became a sailor on the schooner Anselm. There he learned maritime affairs and at the age of twenty he bought his own ship - the three-masted galliot "Secret". Four years later, fate brought him to Liss near Caperna.

At sunset, Gray, along with a sailor, sailed away from the Secret in a boat in search of a good place to fish. They left the boat under a cliff behind Kaperna and lit a fire. The sailor went fishing, and Gray fell asleep by the fire. In the morning, having gone to wander around the neighborhood, he saw Assol sleeping in the thickets. He stared at the girl intently, and then removed the ring from his finger and put it on her little finger.

In the tavern of the old Menners, where his son Khin now ran, Arthur heard a story about the crazy Assol, waiting for her prince on a ship with scarlet sails. Gray found scarlet silk for the Secret's sails in Lys's shop. And he asked an old acquaintance of a musician to come to his ship in the evening along with the orchestra. The scarlet sails surprised the crew no less than the captain's order to keep going to Kaperna.

A ship with scarlet sails, from the deck of which music was heard, was already in Kapern by noon. Assol rushed to the sea. Gray swam to the shore in a boat and took Assol. Everything happened exactly as old Egle had predicted.

Compositions

How do I imagine the collector of fairy tales Egl (based on the book by A. Green "Scarlet Sails") and the performer of the role of Alexei Kolgan

According to one version, the idea of ​​the story "Scarlet Sails" arose during Alexander Grin's walk along the Neva embankment in St. Petersburg. Passing by one of the shops, the writer saw an incredibly beautiful girl. He looked at her for a long time, but did not dare to meet her. The beauty of the stranger so excited the writer that after some time he began to create a story.

An introverted, gloomy man named Longren lives a solitary life with his daughter Assol. Longren makes model sailboats for sale. For a small family, this is the only way to make ends meet. Countrymen hate Longren because of one incident that happened in the distant past.

Once Longren was a sailor and went on a voyage for a long time. Returning once again from swimming, he learned that his wife was no longer alive. Having given birth to a child, Mary had to spend all the money on medicines for herself: the birth was very difficult, and the woman needed urgent treatment.

Mary did not know when her husband would return and, left without a livelihood, went to the innkeeper Menners to borrow money. The innkeeper made an obscene offer to Mary in exchange for help. The honest woman refused and went into town to pawn the ring. On the way, the woman caught a cold and subsequently died of pneumonia.

Longren was forced to raise his daughter on his own and could no longer work on the ship. The former sea knew who destroyed his family happiness.

One day he had a chance to take revenge. During a storm, Menners was swept out to sea on a boat. Longren was the only witness to what happened. The innkeeper called in vain for help. The former sailor stood calmly on the shore and smoked a pipe.

When Menners was already far enough from the coast, Longren reminded him of what he had done with Mary. A few days later, the innkeeper was found. Dying, he managed to tell who was "guilty" of his death. Fellow villagers, many of whom did not know what Menners really was, condemned Longren for his inaction. The former sailor and his daughter became outcasts.

When Assol was 8 years old, she accidentally met the collector of fairy tales Egl, who predicted the girl that years later she would meet her love. Her lover will sail on a ship with scarlet sails. At home, the girl told her father about the strange prediction. Their conversation was overheard by a beggar. He is a retelling of what Longren's countrymen heard. Since then, Assol has become the object of ridicule.

The noble origin of the young man

Arthur Gray, unlike Assol, did not grow up in a miserable hut, but in a castle and came from a rich and noble family. The boy's future was predetermined: he would live the same prim life as his parents. However, Gray has other plans. He dreams of being a brave sailor. The young man secretly left home and entered the Anselm schooner, where he went through a very harsh school. Captain Gop, noticing good inclinations in the young man, decided to make a real sailor out of him. At the age of 20, Gray bought a three-masted galliot "Secret", on which he became the captain.

After 4 years, Gray accidentally finds himself in the vicinity of Liss, a few kilometers from which was Caperna, where Longren lived with his daughter. By chance, Gray meets Assol, sleeping in the thickets.

The beauty of the girl impressed him so much that he took off the old ring from his finger and put it on Assol. Then Gray heads to Kaperna, where he tries to find out at least something about an unusual girl. The captain wandered into the Menners tavern, where his son was now in charge. Hin Menners told Gray that Assol's father is a murderer, and the girl herself is crazy. She dreams of a prince who will sail to her on a ship with scarlet sails. The captain doesn't trust Menners too much. His doubts were finally dispelled by a drunk coal miner, who said that Assol was indeed a very unusual girl, but not crazy. Gray decided to make someone else's dream come true.

Meanwhile, old Longren decides to return to his former occupation. As long as he is alive, his daughter will not work. Longren set sail for the first time in many years. Assol was left alone. One fine day, she notices a ship with scarlet sails on the horizon and realizes that he has sailed for her...

Character characteristics

Assol is the main character of the story. In early childhood, the girl is left alone because of the hatred of others for her father. But loneliness is habitual for Assol, it does not depress and does not frighten her.

She lives in her own fictional world, where the cruelty and cynicism of the surrounding reality do not penetrate.

At the age of eight, a beautiful legend comes into the world of Assol, in which she believed with all her heart. The life of a little girl takes on a new meaning. She starts to wait.

Years go by, but Assol remains the same. Ridicule, offensive nicknames and hatred of fellow villagers for her family did not embitter the young dreamer. Assol is still naive, open to the world and believes in prophecy.

The only son of noble parents grew up in luxury and prosperity. Arthur Gray is a hereditary aristocrat. However, aristocracy is completely alien to him.

Even as a child, Gray was distinguished by courage, audacity and the desire for absolute independence. He knows that he can truly prove himself only in the fight against the elements.

Arthur is not attracted to high society. Social events and dinner parties are not for him. The picture hanging in the library decides the fate of the young man. He leaves home and, having passed the ordeal, becomes the captain of the ship. Audacity and courage, reaching recklessness, do not prevent the young captain from remaining a kind and sympathetic person.

Probably, among the girls of the society in which Gray was born, there would not have been a single one capable of captivating his heart. He does not need stiff ladies with refined manners and a brilliant education. Gray is not looking for love, she finds it herself. Assol is a very unusual girl with an unusual dream. Arthur sees before him a beautiful, bold and pure soul, similar to his own soul.

At the end of the story, the reader has a feeling of a miracle, a dream come true. Despite all the originality of what is happening, the plot of the story is not fantastic. There are no wizards, fairies, or elves in Scarlet Sails. The reader is presented with a completely ordinary, unadorned reality: poor people forced to fight for their existence, injustice and meanness. Nevertheless, it is precisely for its realism and lack of fantasy that this work is so attractive.

The author makes it clear that a person himself creates his dreams, he believes in them and he himself embodies them into reality. It makes no sense to wait for the intervention of some otherworldly forces - fairies, wizards, etc. To understand that a dream belongs only to a person and only a person decides how to dispose of it, you need to trace the entire chain of creating and implementing a dream.

Old Egle created a beautiful legend, apparently to please a little girl. Assol believed in this legend and cannot even imagine that the prophecy will not come true. Gray, falling in love with a beautiful stranger, makes her dream come true. As a result, an absurd, divorced from life fantasy becomes part of reality. And this fantasy was embodied not by creatures endowed with supernatural abilities, but by the most ordinary people.

Faith in a miracle
A dream, according to the author, is the meaning of life. Only she is able to save a person from the daily gray routine. But a dream can become a big disappointment for someone who is inactive and for someone who is waiting for the embodiment of their fantasies from outside, because help from “above” can never be expected.

Gray would never have become a captain by staying in his parent's castle. The dream must turn into a goal, and the goal, in turn, into energetic action. Assol did not have the opportunity to take any action to achieve his goal. But she had the most important thing, something that, perhaps, is more important than action - faith.