Moral of Larchik's fable:
The moral of the fable is that you should not look for complexities and hidden meanings where they do not and cannot exist. Often, like this master, people try to come up with their own facts for any situation. But in this way they only complicate what is actually simple and understandable. Of course, the main character of the fable, the mechanic, was an experienced craftsman. However, he was not smart enough to understand: there was nothing complicated in this casket. The fabulist teaches that looking for a secret meaning in such cases simply means complicating life for yourself and others.
It often happens to us where we just have to guess and just get down to business.
A Casket was brought to someone from the master. The decoration and cleanliness of the Casket caught my eye; Well, everyone admired the beautiful Casket. Here a sage enters the mechanics room. Looking at the Casket, he said: “A casket with a secret, So; it doesn't even have a lock; And I undertake to open it; yes, yes, I'm sure of it; Don't laugh so secretly! I’ll find the secret and I’ll tell you the little chest: In mechanics, I’m worth something too.” So he set to work on the Casket: He turns it from all sides and breaks his head; First a carnation, then another, then a bracket. Here, looking at him, another shakes his head; They whisper, and they laugh among themselves. The only thing that rings in my ears is: “Not here, not like that, not there!” The mechanic is even more eager. Sweated, sweated; but, finally, he got tired, fell behind the Chest, and couldn’t figure out how to open it: But the Chest simply opened. _____
It often happens to us that we see labor and wisdom there, where we just have to guess and just get down to business.
Tarasov is an ordinary provincial town with a million inhabitants. No better and no worse than others. It has everything that other Russian cities have: cinemas and shopping centers, stadiums and universities, restaurants, casinos, nightclubs. There is also an airport, museums, theaters, large squares and beautiful cathedrals. In general, there is everything.
And life in Tarasov proceeds the same way as everywhere else - there is both good and bad. There are snowstorms and floods, landslides and hurricanes, inflation and privatization. There are elections and re-elections, revelations of unscrupulous politicians and contract killings.
By the way, Tarasov does not lag behind the capital in terms of contract killings. First, they kill some crime boss in his own office, and with him, God knows how many other people. Then they blow up an entrepreneur along with his car, poison a local politician, and kill the president of some society with a pistol at the entrance of his house. Then a former mayor dies a mysterious death, or under strange circumstances a major industrialist commits suicide... This list goes on and on.
But besides the negativity that modern life is rich in, Tarasov residents have a whole heap of attractions nearby - several theaters, the Sobinov Conservatory, a museum founded by Radishchev’s grandson... Chernyshevsky, Sobinov, Konstantin Fedin, Lev Kassil and many other famous people of the past lived here. The city of Tarasov is lucky with current celebrities, such as Tabakov, Yankovsky, or pop stars Alena Apina, Bari Alibasov and other nays.
Tarasov has always been famous for his love of art. There is no other city on the map that is so valued by touring musicians and actors. Therefore, it is not surprising that the incident described below occurred right here, in Tarasov...
A long-awaited event took place in everyone’s favorite Radishchev Museum - an exhibition of a unique collection of ancient icons. Tarasovites, passionate admirers and connoisseurs of “the legends of deep antiquity,” were looking forward to its opening. The director of the museum negotiated for several months with the owner of the collection, Sergei Viktorovich Godyashchev.
The collector of rarities did not object to the exhibition and agreed to show his fellow countrymen his collection, but... The unexpected happened: at the last moment, when all that remained was to sign the contract, urgent matters required Godyashchev’s presence in Moscow, and the contract remained unsigned. The director of the museum, Alexei Petrovich Belov, very upset, of course, by this circumstance, was literally besieged by journalists from television and local newspapers, and since he had no doubt at all that the agreement would be signed, he told reporters about the exhibition as a decided matter. And suddenly... such an offensive discrepancy.
In the meantime, Alexey Petrovich decided to start repairing and maintaining the museum’s security system, so that when the icons finally take their places, everything will be in order and there will be nothing to complain about.
The alarm system in the museum was, of course, quite old and left much to be desired. The director was worried that she would not be able to provide full, reliable protection of the valuable collection of icons during the exhibition that was being negotiated. But quite recently a real miracle happened: one company offered the museum to install an ultra-modern security system with video cameras and other sophisticated bells and whistles in exchange for government subsidies promised to the museum. Belov initially refused, but then he reasoned this way: he would not receive money from the state earlier than in six months, and then he would still have to seriously deal with the alarm system. Therefore, with a clear conscience, he agreed to accept the offer, which seemed quite acceptable to him. The relevant documents were signed, and the company undertook to install all the necessary devices upon request.
And now, since the exhibition was postponed, the director decided to use the services of the company. On the same day, when it became clear that Godyashchev urgently had to leave for Moscow, Belov called a team of installers. They soon arrived and began unloading the equipment. Alexey Petrovich watched them with undisguised admiration, they worked so easily and harmoniously. At the threshold of the museum, a mountain of boxes, boxes and coils of wire gradually grew. There were ladders, rope lifts and a bunch of other incomprehensible equipment. Belov opened the doors of the museum for the brigade, and the mountain from the porch just as quickly migrated inside. The installers, all of them in orange overalls, quickly and efficiently brought their equipment into working order. Alexey Petrovich could not keep up everywhere, work was carried out in several places of the building at once, every ten minutes the foreman came up to him and clarified some details. In a word, the museum has turned into an anthill.
It all ended exactly one day later, as suddenly as it began. Alexey Petrovich walked through the museum with an inspection. He expected to see some garbage, wire scraps, for example, but the halls were perfectly clean. The alarm system, as Belov used to call the security system in the old fashioned way, was installed, but there was no trace of any activity left. The director walked around the building twice, examined the doors and windows, from which the ugly wires from the old alarm had completely disappeared. In general, everything was fine.
Then he went to the former technical room, where all the museum trash had previously been dumped. Now there is a control panel for the security system. The room turned out to be filled with monitors, instruments and other boxes of unknown purpose. Alexey Petrovich carefully sat down on a chair in front of the main control panel, looking at this miracle of technology. Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and without waiting for an answer, a young tall guy in a gray suit entered the room. Taking a quick look at everything, he turned to Alexei Petrovich:
- Hello, are you the director?
– Yes, I, Alexey Petrovich Belov, director of the museum.
- Great! I'm Maxim Romanchenko, they sent me from the company that installed the system here. I will work for you as its operator for a month. During this time, you can find a replacement for me from your staff or hire a person, and I will train him in everything.
- Amazing! – Alexey Petrovich said smiling. “I was just now thinking about what we were going to do with all this now, and, to be honest, I already wanted to call you.”
– Well, since I’m here myself, let me explain to you how the system works so that you have an idea of what you’ve got. “The guy put a small leather case on the table and, clicking the locks, took out a huge thick book sealed in plastic. – Here is the instruction manual, but in general only those who already know how to handle the system can use it.
- Oh, I'm afraid I'll never learn this.
- Why, it’s not difficult. But you still shouldn’t go beyond a general introduction, and for serious work you’ll find some smart guy. By the way, it will be better if you do this quickly - I need time to train him.
- Sit closer.
Maxim turned a toggle switch, and the whole infernal machine came to life, the monitors lit up, the lights began to blink, and the buzzer buzzed. Alexey Petrovich looked at the monitors, the screens of which were divided into four parts. In each field one could see some part of the museum - halls, corridors, utility rooms, a wardrobe, an entrance door. Well, that's all. A panorama of the four outer walls of the museum was broadcast on a separate monitor.
Maxim twirled some knobs and began to explain to Alexey Petrovich:
– On the monitors you can view the entire museum from inside and outside. The system operates 24 hours a day and requires an operator. The purpose of the system is not only security, but also control. Everything that is recorded by video cameras is recorded on special digital tapes. They’re here,” he tapped on some huge box that was quietly humming. – You can look out for and catch not only thieves, but also hooligans. For example, someone threw an apple core into a vase. The security guard will notice this and stop the bully. Boys who got into the habit of breaking windows or cutting doors with a knife in the evenings can now be identified and punished. The system works very reliably. Video cameras cover ninety-eight percent of the museum's area. Almost everything is under control.
A Casket was brought to someone from the master. The decoration and cleanliness of the Casket caught my eye; Well, everyone admired the beautiful Casket. Here a sage enters the mechanics room. Looking at the Casket, he said: “A casket with a secret, So; it doesn't even have a lock; And I undertake to open it; yes, yes, I'm sure of it; Don't laugh so secretly! I’ll find the secret and I’ll tell you the little chest: In mechanics, I’m worth something too.” So he set to work on the Casket: He turns it from all sides and breaks his head; First a carnation, then another, then a bracket. Here, looking at him, another shakes his head; They whisper, and they laugh among themselves. The only thing that rings in my ears is: “Not here, not like that, not there!” The mechanic is even more eager. Sweated, sweated; but, finally, he got tired, fell behind the Chest, and couldn’t figure out how to open it: But the Chest simply opened.
Listen to Ivan Krylov's Fable
“Russia’s efforts have made it possible to slow down global warming of the planet” (Putin)
“Oh, frost, frost...” (Russian folk song)
A man created for great things. He was given unique abilities and talents already upon his birth. Amazing adaptability to environmental conditions, getting used to the habitat and society of one’s own kind, accepting the rules of the game of this society and putting oneself within the framework of these rules, however, does not make the individual unfree. Even a slave, oppressed and powerless, is capable of dreaming and philosophizing. Of course, his thoughts will be primarily about survival and dreams of freedom, but the patrician also lives within the limits of acceptable rules, the violation of which is punished no less cruelly than the violation of the rules of a slave. Born free, man enslaved himself, delegating powers to those chosen from among himself. Initially, being in harmony with nature, although completely dependent on it, since he himself was and is a part of it, man acted irrationally. He hastened to provide himself with comfort, and at the expense of other tribesmen, and created a hierarchy. The growth of the planet's population required the creation of conglomerations with different leaders representing their own paths of development. Thus, peoples and their individuality emerged. However, the development paths of different communities did not differ in diversity - all the same provision of the comfort of worldly existence. This comfort could be achieved in several ways. For example, military conquests and the conquest of neighboring tribes. This is how the warriors appeared. The second option was trade, which was the most common speculation based on scarcity. What you see now existed before, and tricks (from body kit to creating demand) have always existed. Trade turned out to be a profitable business, but the trouble was that the tribes of warriors did not agree with this approach to the matter and quickly realized that their comfort could well come at the expense of the traders. Milking a huckster became a matter of honor. The third type of income was bank interest or a loan, which became widespread in Europe in the early Middle Ages. Banks became needed by everyone: warriors and merchants. The fourth way to get rich turned out to be the hardest - work. The largest number of people who created material wealth lived by labor. It was they who were subject to tribute: first, tithes and a tax on human resources - recruits for the needs of soldiers. The fifth option was the opportunity to make money from religion. This is the most productive income, taxing everyone and everything, that is, the four previous classes. This was especially evident in the Middle Ages. Now religion is an integral part of bank interest and the Vatican Bank is evidence of this. I would like to clarify one detail, we are talking specifically about religion, and not about FAITH. Faith is completely different from the options for its interpretation. And finally, the sixth way to make money in human society. This is the most unscrupulous one, because it exploits all the previous ones. It's about politics. This is the method we will consider in relation to the annexation of the long-suffering Crimea to the Russian Federation. I have heard rumors about telephone conversations between the Kremlin and Kiev immediately before the annexation of Crimea. I was always skeptical about this if it weren't for the document I published in the thumbnail title.
SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ON THE LEGAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DECISIONS OF THE HIGHEST BODIES OF STATE AUTHORITY OF THE RSFSR ON CHANGING THE STATUS OF CRIMEA, ADOPTED IN 1954
The Supreme Council of the Russian Federation decides: 1. The Resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR dated February 5, 1954 “On the transfer of the Crimean region from the RSFSR to the Ukrainian SSR” as adopted in violation of the Constitution (Basic Law) of the RSFSR and legislative procedure is recognized as having no legal force with moment of acceptance. 2. In view of the constitution of this fact by subsequent legislation of the RSFSR and the conclusion between Ukraine and Russia of a bilateral agreement of November 19, 1990, in which the parties renounced territorial claims, and the consolidation of this principle in treaties and agreements between the CIS states, it is considered necessary to resolve the issue of Crimea by interstate negotiations between Russia and Ukraine with the participation of Crimea and based on the will of its population.
Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation R.I. Khasbulatov Moscow, House of Soviets of Russia May 21, 1992 No. 2809-I
Apparently, it was this document that the GDP had in mind when it said that Ukraine did not secede quite correctly.
While the Kremlin has taken many positive steps, some actions are puzzling. Of course, we are not allowed to know much, but sooner or later everything secret becomes clear. Is it worth keeping your people in the dark if there are documents that can explain the legality of the return of Crimea, and not just one, but several? The published Resolution should be of interest to historians, not only future ones, but also present ones. It seems to me that the Kremlin could not have been unaware of the existence of such a document, otherwise why would there be such a huge staff of lawyers there. As I see it from what I’ve read, the decision to return Crimea was made by both sides, and this document only confirms the legality of what happened in 2014. It turns out that there was nothing heroic in the return of the peninsula, except for the deceived people who took everything at face value. It seems that this document also sheds light on Russia’s trampling in the Donbass. In this light, the statement of another European official is extremely noteworthy. The International Criminal Court in The Hague cannot open a criminal case regarding the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation. This was stated by ICC spokesman Fadi El-Abdallah. According to him, the function of considering cases related to “acts of aggression” may appear at the International Criminal Court only at the end of 2021, if the relevant norms are ratified by at least 30 states. “This norm is written in the Rome Statute, but will come into force in 2021. There is due to be a vote in November 2021 on whether we want to reinvigorate this part of the judicial responsibility or not. Depending on the results of the vote, we will know whether this crime falls within the jurisdiction of the court,” Abdallah said. However, according to him, Ukraine will not be able to appeal to the ICC even after the completion of the procedure. “I don't think that applies to the facts that were in the past. Events occurring before the act of aggression amendment comes into force will not be considered by the court.” It seems that this whole world show around Crimea has completely different goals and they should be looked for in the Middle East.
“The Casket” is one of Krylov’s first original fables. Krylov's fable Chest
tells the story of an experienced mechanic who tried unsuccessfully to open a casket. Despite the efforts of the master and the hints of the assembled spectators, the casket was never opened - it turned out that there was simply no lock in it.
Analysis of the fable Larchik, the main characters of the fable
Analyzing one of the most original fables by Ivan Krylov, “The Casket,” we see a self-confident and, probably, experienced, but not at all smart mechanic who tried in every possible way to open the casket, but it turned out to be beyond his power. The spectators who gathered to watch this action tried in every possible way to help with their tips, but this did not lead to success.
The whole solution is hidden in the last lines of the work “And the casket simply opened,” but as far as one author knows. In life, it often happens that people look for a way out of a simple situation in complex ways, thereby greatly complicating everything. So the main character just needed to open the casket, and not come up with cunningly wise options. The author of this work, with his lines, wanted to convey to humanity that there is no need to turn his fables inside out by choosing the key to each line and word, but rather look at the surface. There is also a hint that you should not quit what you have started, halfway through encountering the slightest difficulties.
If we examine the work from the reverse side, we see that the author did not give a specific answer as to exactly how the casket was opened. It is not entirely clear whether the problem is the absence or presence of a lock, or the stupidity of the master. Another moral emerges from this: there is no single correct way out of any problem and you need to analyze the situation and look for a special, individual approach.
Ivan Andreevich, in his fables, including “Larchik,” amazingly tries to open people’s eyes to simple, absurd situations and stupid actions. If the main character (the mechanic) had been a little smarter and had not exaggerated his capabilities, had not considered himself a great sage, but had looked at the task assigned to him, he would have easily opened the beautiful casket.
The meaning of the phraseological unit “and the casket just opened”
To define the expression, we turn to various dictionaries. The intelligent I. S. Ozhegova gives the following interpretation to this stable phrase: “About what seemed complex, but in fact was completely simple.” The linguist noted that the expression is used in a conversational style.
Let's consider what definition the dictionary of I. A. Bunin, edited by A. I. Vasiliev, gives to the stable phrase “and the casket just opened.” The meaning of the phraseological unit in it is as follows. “It is used when talking about some matter, an issue in the resolution of which there was nothing to be clever about.”
The phraseological dictionary of Rose T.V. contains the following interpretation: “A simple way out of a seemingly difficult situation.”
As we see, all definitions are expressed in different words, but have a common meaning.
Moral of the phrase
There is such a thing as “breaking into an open door.” It perfectly conveys the meaning of the phraseological unit “and the casket just opened.” The author of the quote from the fable we are considering conveys to readers the idea that often seemingly complex situations have a completely simple way out.
The phrase from this work instantly became a catchphrase. It is popular among writers and journalists. The former often use it in dialogues, while the latter often use it in titles. They use this expression to show that everything is actually simpler and clearer than it seems.
The meaning of the fable passage is relevant to all of us. After all, we often find things complicated that sometimes actually have a simple solution. In such cases, it is worth remembering Krylov’s fable “The Casket”. She perfectly shows us how people complicate something that has a simple solution.
Origin story
As already noted, this catchphrase came to us from the 1808 fable “Larchik” by I. A. Krylov. It begins with the author’s main thought. What follows is the story of how one mechanic tries to unravel the secret of a chest without a lock: how it opens.
He turns it this way and that, racks his brain, presses on different places. But the casket does not budge, and the audience laughs. The mechanic tried, sweated, got tired and gave up. But the casket opened simply, it was not locked.
