§ 4. Vowels after hissing words 1. After hissing words (zh, ch, sh, shch), the letters i, yu, y are not written, but are written accordingly a, y, and, for example: seagull, farewell, miracle, squint, fat, sew . Exceptions: brochure, jury, parachute, pshute, fishyu and some other words of foreign origin. Note.

§ 12. Capital letters after punctuation marks 1. The first word after a period, question or exclamation mark, or ellipsis at the end of the previous sentence is written with a capital letter. For example: Black evening. White Snow (Block). Won't you leave? No? (Chekhov). Forward!

VI. Vowels after sibilants and c in suffixes and endings § 35. Vowels o and e after sibilants 1. After sibilants, o is written under stress, in accordance with the pronunciation: a) at the endings of nouns, for example: dugout, turn (turn), listage, displacement, footage,

§ 35. Vowels o and e after sibilants 1. After sibilants, o is written under stress, in accordance with the pronunciation: a) at the endings of nouns, for example: dugout, turn (turn), listage, litrazh, metrage, installation, dummy, page , rack, ball, paralysis,

§ 4. Vowels after hissing words 1. After hissing words (zh, ch, sh, shch), the letters i, yu, y are not written, but are written accordingly a, y, and, for example: seagull, farewell, miracle, squint, fat, sew .Exceptions: brochure, jury, parachute, pshute, fishu and some other words of foreign origin. Note.

§ 12. Capital letters after punctuation marks 1. The first word after a period, question or exclamation mark, or ellipsis at the end of the previous sentence is written with a capital letter. For example: Black evening. White Snow (Block). Won't you leave? No? (Chekhov). Forward!

VI. VOWELS AFTER SISSINGS AND C IN SUFFIXES AND ENDINGS § 34. Vowels o and e after sibilants 1. After sibilants, o is written under stress, in accordance with the pronunciation: a) at the endings of nouns, for example: dugout, turn (turn), leafage, displacement, footage,

§ 34. Vowels o and e after sibilants 1. After sibilants, o is written under stress, in accordance with the pronunciation: a) at the endings of nouns, for example: dugout, turn (turn), leafage, litrazh, metrage, installation, dummy, page , rack, ball, paralysis,

Vowels not after sibilants and q Letters a - y, y - y § 1. Letters a, y are used: To convey vowels a, y at the beginning of a word and after vowels, for example: hell, scarlet, army, gasp, liana, oasis , Loire; mind, morning, bumpkin, spider, will teach. To convey the vowels a, u and at the same time to indicate

Vowels after sibilants and q Letters a, y § 13. After zh, sh, ch, sch, q the letters a, y are written (and not written i, y), for example: sorry, Zhanna, boundary; ball, noodles; hour, candle, silent; platform, raincoat; heron, father; creepy, I'll say; noise, Shura, enormous; feeling, silent; pike, forgive me; in a row, to father. Note 1: B

Letters i, s § 14. After zh, sh, h, sch the letter i is written (and s is not written), for example: fat, saffron milk cap, interpublishing, say, sew, reeds, clean, rays, shield, look. Note. In some foreign-language proper names, the letter y is written after h, for example: Truong Tinh (Vietnamese proper name). § 15.

The letters o and e after c § 22. After c, to convey the stressed vowel o, the letter o is written, to convey the stressed e - the letter e, for example: clatter, socle, dancer, dancer, dance, facing, crimson, face, face, cucumber , cucumbers, sheep; valuable, whole, tse (letter name), tsetse

The letter e after sibilants and c § 25. The letter e is written after the letters zh, ch, sh, c only in the following special cases.1. In abbreviations, for example: ZhEA (housing maintenance office), ZhES (railway power station), CHES (frequency electromagnetic sensing), CELT (color

There are only 4 hissing sounds in the Russian language. Of these, two are hard - Zh and Sh, and two are soft - Ch and Sh. From elementary school or even from childhood, we are forced to memorize three very important rules:

• (often, thicket, sorrel).
• (monster, tentacle, miracle).
• (giraffe, vital, wide).

There are, of course, exceptions. If you want to repeat these rules and get acquainted with a large number of examples, follow the links above.

In other cases, after hard hissing AND And Sh vowels are written A, ABOUT, U, and after soft hissing H And SCH– vowels AND, E, Yo. Alas, these rules do not always work (read below the use of O and E after sibilant consonants).

If the word is borrowed from a foreign language or is a proper noun, then Yu or Ya can be used after sibilants, for example: jury, parachute, Saint-Just. Also, in abbreviations and compound words, any letters can be used according to the rules for composing abbreviations.

Spelling vowels after C

• I and Y after C. The letter Y is placed after C only in suffixes –yn- and endings. For example: Lisitsyn, ends, freaks. In other cases, the letter I is placed after the C. For example: circus, cynical, zinc, dial. There are also exception words: chicken, gypsy, chick-chick, chick, chicks, chick. You can read more about the spelling of I and Y after C here:
• Yu and Ya after C. After T, the letters Yu and Ya are written only in borrowed words and proper names. For example: Zurich.
• O and E after C. If the vowel is under stress, then the letter that is heard is written. For example: clatter, price tag, dancer, whole. If the vowel is not under stress, then the letter E is always written. For example: finger, towel, kiss. The only exception is the clicking sound. In borrowed words and proper names, the letter O can be used after C in unstressed syllables.

Spelling of vowels after hissing Zh, Sh, Shch, Ch

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• O after sibilants in stressed syllables. The letter O is written in stressed syllables if it refers to the ending of a noun. For example: big, key, doctor. Also O is written in stressed syllables if it refers to the suffixes of nouns -ok-, -onok and -onk-. For example: boot, powder, bear, barrel, girl, dog. The letter O is also written in adjective suffixes -ov-. For example: penny, walrus. The letter O is used if it is a suffix of adverbs -o-. For example: hot, good. The letter O is written in the -on endings of nouns in the genitive case and plural. For example: princes, intestines. In addition to all this, there are also vocabulary words: gooseberry, glutton, pulp, rattle, slum, thicket, prim, clink glasses, Pechora, seam, rustle, seams, heartburn, burn, arson. In borrowed words, the spelling is similar to the sound. For example: cup, tablet, gesture.
• O and E after sibilants in unstressed syllables. In Russian words, E is written after Zh, Sh, Ch, Shch in unstressed syllables. For example: peas, good. If the word is of foreign origin, then the letter O can be used. For example: jockey, chocolate.
• O and E after sibilants in other cases. In all other cases, the letter E is written, although O can be heard (in stressed syllables). This includes the endings of verbs -eosh, -yot, -yote, eat (for example: you lie, laugh), suffixes of verbs and nouns -yovyva- (for example: chew, shade), suffix of nouns formed from verbs with –yovk (example: delimitation , chewing, uprooting), noun suffix -er- (for example: conductor, boyfriend, trainee), roots with alternating E under stress and E without stress (for example: yellow - yolk, black - blacken, alkali - alkaline), suffixes of passive participles -yonn (-yon) in derivatives from them (for example: baked, carried away, baked, doomed), endings of the pronoun that in the prepositional case (for example: about what, with what).

In different morphemes

Basic Rules

Vowels i,Yu,s after hissing and c

1. After sizzling and,h,w,sch letters are not written I,Yu,s, and are written accordingly A,at,And (h A sy, sch at ka, ok And t).

Exceptions:brooch Yu ra, f Yu ri, parash Yu T,*psh Yu t, fish Yu and some etc., in addition, foreign proper names ( AND Yu L, F Yu Lee, Saint-J Yu st, och s, Ш Yu cur), compound words and letter abbreviations ( Between Yu rbureau).

2. After ts letters Yu And I can only be written in non-Russian proper names ( C Yu Rich, C Yu rupa).

Vowels e(e),o after hissing and c at the root

3. Under stress after sibilants, the root is written e(e), if in related words or in other forms of the same word it is written e (bech e Vka – Bech e va, h e bitter - h e grow up), without such relations it is written O (kryzh O got into it, w O h, w O roh, sh O To).

It is necessary to distinguish between the spelling of nouns cool O g, perezh O g, podzh O g, prozh O G and verbs in the past tense form cool e g, perezh e g, podzh e g, prozh e G(the latter are compared with the root burn –burned ).

4. A fluent vowel sound under stress after sibilants is indicated by the letter O(intestine– quiche O To).

5. In words of foreign origin, including proper names, it is possible to write O after sibilants under stress and in unstressed syllables( w O mpol,f O kay, sh O Colad, Ch O sir, sh O Kalsky).

6. In the root under the stress after ts is written O, if a sound is pronounced O(ts O kat, ts O kol, ts O cat), as well as in related words without stress ( ts O cat).

In words of foreign origin O after ts can also be written in an unstressed syllable( hertz O g, palazz O ).

Vowels e(e),o after sibilants and Ts in suffixes

And endings

7. After hissing and C:

· in suffixes -OK-,-onok-,-He to-,-ov- and endings of nouns and adjectives, in suffixes of adverbs it is written under stress O (snow O k, knife O m, canvas O hot, hot O ), without accent – e(pears e vyy, husband e m);

· in suffixes of verbs, passive participles, verbal nouns and adjectives -yovk-, -ev-,-yovyva-,-yon-,-yonn-,-er-,in the prepositional case of the pronoun What, as well as in words formed from them, it is written e(extinguished e bake, bake e day, night e vka, kopch e ny, oh e m, per hour e m, at e m, no way e m).

Exception:yet e.

8. After ts in endings and suffixes it is written under stress O, no accent e(merchant O c – merchant e in, berts O vyy – calico e vyy, ring O howl - ring e wat).

Vowels I,S after C

9. After C in the root and in words ending in - tion, written And, in suffixes and endings – s (ts And rkul, akats And I, father s, sisters s n).

Exceptions: ts s gan, ts s films, on c s kidneys, c s ts and words with the same root.

*10. Last names have vowels after and,h,w,sch And ts are written regardless of the above rules, in accordance with the spellings in official documents ( Pugach e c – Tkach O in, Shish O c – Chernysh e in, Solzhenits s n – Yelets And n, Karachents O V).

¨ Give examples of rules from this paragraph that are based on various spelling principles.

Task 33.Write it off. Label the spellings.

F...ludi, ch...rsty, sh...pot, tower...m, brick...m, failure...th, nut...k, ladle...m, posh. ..china, hair...ska, shirt...n, locust...th, hot..., burning..., mirror...m, youth...m, blush...m, l...tka, hard...hard, too...m, strap...k, finish...m, river.

Task 34.Distribute the words into the columns of the table, indicating parts of speech and explaining spelling.

Cheap..., sh...k, h...knuckle, pear...w, sh...mouths, tatar...nok, izh...ha, girl...n, married. ..m, boyfriend...r, hedgehog...wy, night...vka, retouch...vka, luggage...m, ch...tki, arson...g (noun), condensed...n-ka, plush...vom, light...g, baked...sad, sad...n, zh...rnov, pizh...n, ch...hom, comb...to, borzh...mi, generally..., open...nka, enraged...n, soul...nka, h...bots, smoke...nosti, burnt.. .nka, shred...check, sh...rokh.

¨ Look in the dictionary for the lexical meaning of words you are unfamiliar with.

Task 35. Copy the first part of the text, inserting the missing letters and adding punctuation marks. Write out words with vowels after sibilants and Ts from the second part of the text, grouping them by morphemes and explaining spellings.

1. I felt fresh... and it was time for me to hit the road. Having passed through the thick...mouse...dawns...and made my way through the thick...bu...I...l went out to the bank of a good...river...familiar to me and quickly from...the rocks pl...skodo(n,nn)y boat which friends jokingly nicknamed the Chinese j...nka. Before setting sail, I checked the contents of my canvas travel bag. Everything was in place of a can of pork... smoked... (n, nn) ​​and dried... (n, nn) ​​fish, a loaf of black... condensed bread... (n, nn) ​​milk, a skein of cream... twine and (not) a few other things needed on the road. I haven’t forgotten my st...ri(n,nn)th...sh...mpole gun... .

2. My vn…mania pr…vl…kla boardwalk on the market square. The w...ngler's performance was coming to an end. He was replaced by a dancer, a thin woman with a red... woolly bang hanging down on her forehead and with a yellow fan in her hands. She danced... doing some kind of dance that reminded... her of a tap dance, she gave way to the clown. But the poor guy had no talent and probably didn’t understand... that he was completely (un)funny with his antics and jumping.

To the right of the stage there were shopping shops where you could buy chocolate bars and hot(n, nn)hot c...film and mushrooms right with a bag and lids.. .vnik for a penny price.

Task 36.Compose sentences with these words so that the part of speech and lexical meaning of each word are obvious.

Burn - burn, set fire - arson, burn - burn.

Task 37. Arrange the words among the columns of the table. Determine the lexical meaning of unfamiliar words and make sentences with them.

Ts...to roll, ts...kidney, ts...pants, dance...r, lead...howl, mo-ts...on, ts...rulnik, hen...n, trot...th, short...th, red-faced...th, ts...rkovnaya, ts...rkovaya, ts...vilization, ts...sterna, ts...ferblat, ts... remonial, ts...tadel, ts...geika, ts...mbali, ts...anid, ts...lullo-id, quartz...vy, catcher..., ts...gan, ts...ntral .

Task 38.Compose a text for a dictation on the topic “Vowels after sibilants and Ts” (at least 30 words), get ready to conduct the dictation in the classroom.

Task 39.Copy the sentences by inserting missing letters and punctuation. Indicate the conditions for choosing spellings. Explain punctograms.

Ivan Ivanovich approached the gate and rattled the... deck. She was reluctant to ceremonies and when Ivan Nikiforovich had a fever...she herself with her own hands wiped him from head to toe with... for nothing and vinegar 4 . 3. The philosopher shuddered at some unaccountable feeling (?) which he himself could not explain to himself. 4. The centurion sat almost (immobile) in his room... . 5. Pulcheri... Ivanovna’s room was all ... filled with chests, drawers and chests (?) 2.

(N.V. Gogol)

Task 40.Determine the lexical meaning of each word, check yourself in the dictionary. Make up sentences with these words.

F...kay, ma...rdom, sh...vinism, bungee..., anch...us, crepe-j...neigh, ranch..., artiche...k, crush. ..n, sh...mpol.

Task 41.What are the people whose names and surnames are given known for? Make up sentences with these words, insert the missing letters.

Ch...rlenis, J...l Vern, Saint-J...st, Solzh...nits...n, Aj...bey, Ch...kovsky, Sh...pen, Ch ...ser, Sh...rs, Sh...u, Khonzh...nkov.

Task 42.Complete the algorithm diagram.

Vowels O, e, Yo after sibilants and Ts (spelling)

Oh, Yo after the hissing w, ch, sh, shch

O is written

2. In suffixes of nouns under stress:

OK ,
eg: circle, hook, cockerel, borscht, jump, push, and in derivatives from such words: circle, hook, jump, etc.;

ONOK and -CHONOK,
eg: little bear, little mouse, little pebble, little barrel, little little arap; -onysh: uzhonysh;

-ONK(A) and -ONK(I),
eg: little book, little hand, shirt, vest, money, pants, rhymes;

-OVKA(A) (in denominative derivative words),
e.g.: siskin (female siskin), mousebird (rodent), chrychovka, small mouse;

-OB(A): thicket, chischoba (forest clearing); the same in the word slum, where the suffix is ​​not distinguished in modern language, and in the ironic formation khrushchoba, created after its model. Exception: in the word study it is written e;

OTK(A): ratchet;
-ovshchin(s): stabbing.

3. In the suffix of adjectives -OV-
e.g.: hedgehog, brocade, penny, canvas,

4. Also in nouns ending in -ovka, -ovnik, derived from adjectives with the suffix -ov- (-ev-):
e.g.: pear and pear (cf. pear), hacksaw (cf. knife and knife variant), cherry plum (plum), guzhovka (drawn), punshovka (punch), mite "heron with a pincer-shaped beak" (mite), dračovka ( drachovy, from drač "a kind of planer"), raincoat (cloak), rechovka (speech), hogweed (borscht), uzhovnik (uzhovy).
The word gooseberry is spelled in the same way, where the suffix is ​​not distinguished in the modern language.

Note 1. Denominate nouns in –OVKA such as small things, hacksaw, raincoat should be distinguished from verbal nouns such as overnight.

Note 2. In Russian surnames there is a hissing + -OV (-ЁВ) is written ABOUT or Yo in accordance with tradition and with registration in official documents: cf., for example, Chernyshov and Chernyshev, Kalachov and Kalachev, Khrushchov and Khrushchev; Emelyan Pugachev.

5. In the suffix of adjectives and adverbs -OHONK-
eg: fresh, good, good.

6. In place of the fluent vowel o in nouns and adjectives,
eg: glutton, glutton, gluttonous (cf. eat), pulp (cf. press), burn, arson, overburn, heartburn (cf. burn, burned); trouble (cf. gen. n. rod), seam (seam); knyazhon (genus plural from princess), nozhon (genus plural from scabbard - an obsolete version of the word scabbard), scrotum, scrotum (genus plural and diminutive from moshna), intestines , kishochki (gender and diminutive from intestine), kvashonka (diminutive from kvashnya), koshomka and koshomny (from koshma), ochochki (from ochka), ochochko (from ochko), smeshon (short form of the masculine gender from funny);

This also includes words with the suffix -OK: hook, jump (kind of hook, jump).

However, in the words accounting, offset, account, account, calculation (cf. take into account, set off, begin, count, count out) the letter e is written

Note. Just like SMESHON, colloquial versions of the short forms husband are written when necessary. sort of
eg: terrible, must, need.

7. In those roots of Russian words where the vowel o after sibilants is always stressed and does not alternate with e (in the letter ё): zholknut (and zholknut), zhoster, zhokh, zazhor (and variant zazhora), already; clink glasses, crazy, grebe, prim, clink, clink; shorkat, rustle, blinkers (and saddlery, saddler).
The word vechor (and vechoroshny) is also spelled, although it is related to the word vecher (and evening)
Some Russian proper names are written with the letter o, for example: Zhora, Zhostovo, Pechora (river), Pechory (city), Sholokhov.

8. In the roots of borrowed (foreign) words.

List of basic words:
borjomi, joker, junk, joule, major, dude, drum major, force majeure; anchovy, kharcho, choker; hood, gherkin, cruchon, offshore, torshon, shock, ramrod, shop, shorts, shorts, show;

The same in proper names,
eg: John, Georges, Joyce, Chaucer, Shaw, Shchors.

The letter E is written after sibilants

The spelling of verbs with the root ZhЁG should be distinguished from nouns with the same root with the letter O: burn, arson, burnout

8. In those roots of Russian words where the stressed sound O corresponds in other words or forms with the same root to a vowel (stressed or unstressed) conveyed by the letter E.

The following is a list of basic words with such roots (in parentheses, words with the same root or forms with the letter E after zh, ch, sh, shch are indicated).

Roots with the same combination:
chewed (chew),
gutter (gutter, groove, grooved),
yellow (yellow, yellowish, turn yellow, yolk),
acorn (acorns, stomach "small acorn", acorn),
bile, bile (cf. variants bile, bile; bile, bile),
wives, little wife, little wife, newlywed (wife, woman, woman, female, getting married, getting married),
perch (pole, perch, perch),
millstone (millstone, millstone),
hard, rigidity (hard, harsh),
sazhenki (sazhen and sazhen),
heavy (heavier, heavier, outdated heavier).

Roots with the combination CH:
twine (string, twine),
evening (evening, evening),
liver, hepatic (liver),
honour, honorable (honor),
bees, bee (bee, beekeeper),
account, account, offset, report, accounting, counter, counting, offset, accounting, cross-count, even, odd, even, rosary (count, count, recalculate, set off, take into account, deduction, accounts, accountant, odd),
cheboty (chebotar),
bangs, bangs, chela (plural) (brow, petition, ochelya), cheln (shuttles, shuttle),
cross out, cross out, cross out, cross out, cross out, underline (cf. option cross out; cross out, cross out, cross out, cross out, cross out, underline),
black (black, blacken, rabble, blackness, blackish),
callous, callousness (callous, callous),
damn, damn, devilish (devils, devils, devilish, devilish, devilish, devilishness),
dash (dash, devil, draws, draws, drawing),
comb, comb, comb, comb, comb, comb, comb, hairstyle, comb, comb, comb (comb, comb, comb, comb),
clear, clarity, distinct (rosary),
tap dancing (tapping).
Roots with a combination of she:
cheap, cheap (cheap, cheap, cheaper, get cheaper),
Koshevka (kosheva),
wallet (wallet, wallet),
millet, millet (millet),
lattice, sieve (plural), lattice (option: lattice; sieve, lattice),
silk, silky (silks, silky),
whisper, whisper (whisper, whisper, whispers),
wool, long-haired, short-haired (wool, woolly, woolly).

Roots with the combination ШЁ:
dandy (dandy, dapper, flaunt, flaunt),
cheeks, cheek, slap, buccal (cheek, cheeky),
tickle (tickle, tickle),
lye, lye (slit, cracks),
click, click (click, click),
lye, alkali (alkalis, alkaline),
puppy (puppy, puppy), brush (bristles).

Note. However, in proper names with the roots of the words listed in paragraph 8, the letter O can be written. In accordance with tradition and registration in official documents, the letter o is written in such proper names as, for example, Choboty (name of a locality), Chorny, Pshonnaya, Zholobov, Zholtikov (surnames).

8. In the Prepositional case of the pronoun WHAT
eg: about what, on what, as well as in the words how much, how much, and; in the word more.

9. In some borrowed words, where the letter e conveys under stress a special vowel sound of the source language, different from Russian o
eg wife-premier, Schönbrunn, Schönberg.

Letters o, e in place of unstressed vowels

2. In a number of words of foreign language origin, after zh, ch, sh, the letter O is written in an unstressed position. List of basic words: jonathan, jockey, juggler, majordomo, majoritarian, banjo, harmonic; chonguri, lecho, poncho, ranch, capriccio (cf. capriccio variant); chauvinism, chocolate, highway, driver; proper names, eg: Scotland, Jaurès, Chopin, Shostakovich, Boccaccio. Derivatives from words of foreign language origin with a stressed o after hissing words and forms of such words where the vowel after the hissing word is unstressed are also written, for example: shock (from shock), torshonate (from torshon), chokerovka (from choker), ramrod (plural). . from cleaning rod).
Note 1. The letter o is written after sibilants not under stress in words with the prefix inter- and in compound abbreviated words if it begins the second part of the word, for example: interregional, intercommunity, interbranch, leather shoe.
Note 2. The letter o after hissing words not under stress is also written in individual formations not legalized by the literary norm, for example: zhokhovaty (from zhokh), stiff (from stiff), shoroshok ("barely audible rustle"), nasvezho (from fresh, according to the sample in rough form, completely).

Spelling vowels after sibilants F, W, H, Sh And C.

1. Vowels Y, Yu, E, Ya do not write after hissing words:h A sch A , and And know, sch at ka.

Exceptions: brooch Yu ra, f Yu ri, parash Yu T.

2. Spelling O–Yo after the hissing ones

kryzh O got into it, w O in, obzh O ra, saddler , thicket, w O roh, prim , slum

1) B roots under stress, ifThere is cognate withE (alternation occurs, the emphasis shifts):

w e sweat - whisper, w e yellow - turn yellow,

sch e chka – cheek, h e rt - devils, w e rdochka - poles

2) In suffixes and endings of nouns and adjectives, in suffixes of adverbs underaccent :

speech O nka, friend O k, hedgehog O nok, penny O vyy, brick O m, stranger O yay, hot O

2) In suffixes and endings of nouns and adjectives, in suffixes of adverbswithout accents :

speech e nka, nuts e k, orange e wow, comrade e m, senior e th, melodious e

3) Fluent vowel in suffixes of nouns and adjectives:

princesses - princes O n, funny - funny O n

3) In endings and suffixes of verbs, verb forms and words formed from verbs:

coast e sew, take care e ny, touch e ny, touch e nka, raskorch e howl, writhe e bathroom, cramp e vka

w O fer, sh O colada, w O ngler, w O sse, hood O n, f O kay

4) In the suffix -er- foreign words:

conductor e r, experience e r, courtship e R

BUT: major

!Remember!

evening O R , BUT evening e rka(newspaper)

cool O G (noun)hands

more

cool e G(verb) hand

3. Vowels O – E, Y – I after C

cluck O t, faces O vka, dance O r, well done O m

2) B foreign language words without accents:

hertz O g, palazz O

3) In a phrasefly-ts O cat

Without accent:

towels e m

dance e wat

mirror e

In suffixes and endings:

chickens s n

birds s

white-faced s th

Exceptions:

gypsy, chick, tiptoe, chick, chick

In the roots of words and words on-tion:

ts And rkul

ts And rk

national And I

akats And I

about her

The black..porn bit..rt in black..silk clothes..was sitting on the..hard sofa and drinking cheap..stomach..coffee, occasionally cha..repenting with his reflection in the heavy ..a scrap of glossy...twisted samovar standing on a brocade...coloured tablecloth. The devil was a big... glutton and, despite his emaciation and a sick liver, he ate gooseberries with condensed milk. After eating and shaking his finger at his reflection..m, damn, well done..shaking his forehead, he started to dance..to tap..weave. The clatter of his hooves was so strong that in the basement they thought that a horse was prancing upstairs. However, the devil was not a very skilled dancer and, having made one not entirely successful leap, crashed into a samovar and burned his patch, covered with soft fur. The burn..g was very severe..l. The distressed black sheep rushed to the barrel of wet apples and shoved the burnt patch into it.

“It’s true what they say: God doesn’t take care of the careless..t,” the damn..chucked the damn proverb..th.