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A brief retelling of G. Troepolsky’s story “White Bim Black Ear”

The newborn Scottish Setter puppy was distinguished from all others by its unusual color: its body was white and only one ear and paw were black. To prevent the defective puppy from being euthanized, an elderly writer took him in. He fed him, named him Bim and raised him to be a real hunter. These two were happy together.

One day the writer had to leave his pet. The old front-line wound reminded me of itself - a fragment near the heart. And Ivan Ivanovich was urgently taken to the hospital to improve his health. The old woman looking after Bim let him go for a walk alone. The dog tried to get into the hospital, injured his paw while catching up with a train, fell into the hands of a flayer, a driver he knew sold him to a village, where the dog was almost killed by a hunter. When Bim returned to the city, he came to his master's house. A neighbor, who had long had a grudge against the poor fellow, called for the dogs to be caught. Bim was locked in an iron van and taken to quarantine. He desperately tried to escape, gnawing and scratching at the tin door until his strength and hope left him.

On Sunday morning, Alyosha and his father came to the city to the market. The boy went to look for Chernoukha and met Tolik. The children realized that they loved and were looking for one dog. Ivan Ivanovich came from the station, and three people began looking for Bim at once. The old hunter went to the quarantine area to warn about the lost Bim. There his pet was found, unfortunately, already dead.

White Bim Black Ear

“...Reader, friend! …Think about it! If you write only about kindness, then for evil it is a godsend, a brilliance. If you write only about happiness, then people will stop seeing the unhappy and, in the end, will not notice them. If you write only about the seriously sad, then people will stop laughing at the ugly..." ...And in the silence of the passing autumn, enveloped in its gentle slumber, in the days of short-lived oblivion of the coming winter, you begin to understand: only truth, only honor, only a clear conscience, and about all this - a word .

A word to little people who will later become adults, a word to adults who have not forgotten that they were once children.

Maybe that's why I write about the fate of the dog, about its loyalty, honor and devotion.

...Not a single dog in the world considers ordinary devotion to be something unusual. But people have come up with the idea of extolling this feeling of a dog as a feat only because not all of them, and not very often, have such devotion to a friend and loyalty to duty that this is the root of life, the natural basis of the being itself, when the nobility of the soul is a self-evident state.

...This is how it is among us humans: there are modest people with a pure heart, “inconspicuous” and “small”, but with a huge soul. They decorate life, containing all the best that exists in humanity - kindness, simplicity, trust. So a snowdrop seems like a drop of heaven on earth..."

1. TWO IN ONE ROOM

Piteously and, it seemed, hopelessly, he suddenly began to whine, clumsily waddling back and forth, looking for his mother. Then the owner sat him on his lap and put a pacifier with milk in his mouth.

And what could a month-old puppy do if he still didn’t understand anything in life, and his mother was still not there, despite any complaints. So he tried to give sad concerts. Although, however, he fell asleep in the arms of the owner in an embrace with a bottle of milk.

But on the fourth day, the baby already began to get used to the warmth of human hands. Puppies very quickly begin to respond to affection.

He didn’t yet know his name, but a week later he established for sure that he was Bim.

At two months old, he was surprised to see things: a desk tall for a puppy, and on the wall - a gun, a hunting bag and the face of a man with long hair. I quickly got used to all this. There was nothing surprising in the fact that the man on the wall was motionless: if he didn’t move, there was little interest. True, a little later, then, no, no, yes, he will look: what does it mean - a face looking out of the frame, as if from a window?

The second wall was more interesting. It all consisted of different blocks, each of which the owner could pull out and put back in. At the age of four months, when Bim was already able to reach on his hind legs, he himself pulled out the block and tried to examine it. But for some reason he rustled and left a piece of paper in Bim’s teeth. It was very funny to tear that piece of paper into small pieces.

– What is this?! – the owner shouted. - It is forbidden! - and poked Bim’s nose into the book. - Bim, you can’t. It is forbidden!

After such a suggestion, even a person will refuse to read, but Bim will not: he looked at the books for a long time and carefully, bowing his head first to one side, then to the other. And, apparently, he decided: since this one is impossible, I’ll take another one. He quietly grabbed the spine and dragged it under the sofa, there he chewed off first one corner of the binding, then the second, and, having forgotten, he dragged the unlucky book into the middle of the room and began to torment it playfully with his paws, and even with a jump.

It was here that he learned for the first time what “hurt” meant and what “impossible” meant. The owner stood up from the table and said sternly:

- It is forbidden! – and tapped his ear. “You, your stupid head, tore up the “Bible for Believers and Non-Believers.” - And again: - You can’t! Books are not allowed! “He tugged his ear again.

Bim squealed and raised all four paws up. So lying on his back, he looked at the owner and could not understand what was actually happening.

- It is forbidden! It is forbidden! - he deliberately hammered and thrust the book to his nose again and again, but no longer punished. Then he picked up the puppy, stroked it and said the same thing: “You can’t, boy, you can’t, silly.” - And he sat down. And he sat me on my knees.

So at an early age, Bim received morality from his master through the “Bible for Believers and Non-Believers.” Bim licked his hand and looked carefully into his face.

He already loved it when his owner talked to him, but so far he understood only two words: “Bim” and “impossible.” And yet it is very, very interesting to watch how white hair hangs on the forehead, kind lips move and how warm, gentle fingers touch the fur. But Bim was already able to absolutely accurately determine whether the owner was cheerful or sad, whether he was scolding or praising, calling or driving away.

And he could also be sad. Then he spoke to himself and turned to Bim:

List and brief description of the heroes of G. Troepolsky’s story “White Bim Black Ear”

Bim is a smart, affectionate and devoted dog from the setter breed.
Ivan Ivanovich is a pensioner, a war veteran, and the owner of Bim. He is a hunter, writes notes for a magazine.
Tolik is a kind boy who would like to shelter Bim, but his parents are against pets.
Stepanovna is a good neighbor of Ivan Ivanovich. Bim was left in her care when his owner was admitted to the hospital.
Dasha is a sympathetic girl who lives in the same city as Bim and Ivan Ivanovich. Dasha took pity on Bim and stood up for him.
Khrisan Andreevich is a village resident who bought Bim for 15 rubles from a tram driver.
Alyosha is the son of Khrisan Andreevich. A kind, hardworking shepherd boy who loved Chernoukha-Bim with all his heart.
The aunt is Ivan Ivanovich’s evil neighbor. She disliked Bim from the first meeting, constantly slandered the good dog and tried in every possible way to harass him.
The “gray” man is a negative character who beat up Bim.

Brief summary of the story by G. Troepolsky “White Bim Black Ear” in detail by chapter

Chapter 1. Two in one room

Bim's owner wanted to drown him for his defective color, but the elderly writer, widower Ivan Ivanovich, took the dog into his home. He fed, trained and loved the puppy very much.

Chapter 2. Spring forest

When Bim grew up, the owner began to train him in the forest to hunt woodcocks.

Chapter 3. Bim's first enemy

In the forest, where Ivan Ivanovich took Bim for walks, there were other dogs. There our four-legged hero met Shaggy, who became a stray due to the fault of her former owners.

One day the chairman of the house committee came to Ivan Ivanovich and Bim. A noxious neighbor wrote a complaint about the dog, accusing Bim of aggression. But the chairman, seeing how well-mannered the dog was, did not let the paper go.

In this chapter, the author tells the reader that Ivan Ivanovich was a journalist in the past and now does not give up writing.

Chapter 4. Yellow Leaf

Bim and Ivan Ivanovich spend a lot of time in the forest, hunting. The owner watches with delight the gracefulness of his pet, with him the old man forgets his misfortunes and longing for his deceased son and wife. On one of these happy days, the friends returned home tired and with trophies. And in the evening, Bim noticed that his man was taking medication.

Chapter 5. On the raid in the wolf ravine

Bim is already four years old. Ivan Ivanovich goes with his friends to hunt wolves. He takes Bim with him. Experienced hunters have doubts. Will Bim cope? But the dog behaves impeccably. This raid made a very strong impression on the dog, and since then he always recognized the wolf's trail.

Chapter 6. Farewell to a friend

The owner was worried about an old war wound - a shrapnel near the heart. One day he became so ill that he was taken away for surgery. Bim remained under the supervision of neighbor Stepanovna, but she let him go for a walk alone. He looked for the owner around the city, was on duty at the ambulance station. Bim meets an evil neighbor, she again raises a scandal, and the police appear. The girl Dasha stood up for the dog, she walked him home and fed him. Stepanovna explained to Dasha that Bim was left alone, since Ivan Ivanovich was in a Moscow hospital.

Chapter 7. The search continues

Bim continued searching for the owner. In the park he met some boys and became friends with one of them, Tolik. Then Bim fell into the hands of a bad man, who took off his collar with a rare hunting medallion. The “gray” man locked the dog up and then beat him because he howled pitifully. Bim breaks free, feels very bad, but does not give up the search for his owner.

Chapter 8. Case at the switch

Bim wandered around the city for a long time and learned it. One day he smelled Dasha, which led him to the station. The dog rushed after the train on which the girl left. Exhausted, he fell, but a kind woman took pity on him and fed him. Then the dog got stuck between the rails, but people noticed the poor fellow and helped him get out.

Bim returned home with a crushed paw. Stepanovna handed the dog a letter from the owner. Ivan Ivanovich sent a sheet of paper, rubbing it in his hands. Bim fell asleep lying on this letter, there were tears in his eyes. He would have rushed to look for the owner further, but Stepanovna limited his lonely walks.

Chapter 9. Little friend, false rumors, denunciation of Bim

Tolik began to look after Bim. He walked the dog every day, Stepanovna’s granddaughter Lyusya helped him. But the “gray” man conspired with the evil aunt, and they slandered Bim that he bites passers-by and seems to have rabies. Then Tolik took his friend to the veterinarian, and he concluded that Bim was completely healthy.

Chapter 10. For money

In the fall, Bim almost completely recovered and began to walk alone again. One day he was picked up by a familiar driver. He sold the dog to a village resident Khrisan Andreevich. He called Bim “Chernoukh” and took him into his house.

Chapter 11. Chernoukh in the village

The author gave a beautiful description of the village: cozy houses, a warm barn, pets. Bim-Chernoukh liked the new environment, and he became attached to the owner, his wife and son Alyosha. But, despite his well-fed life, Bim wanted freedom and really missed Ivan Ivanovich. He was not allowed out of the yard.

Chapter 12. In the expanse of fields. Unusual hunt. The escape

However, soon Khrisan Andreevich entrusted Bim with guarding the sheep. One day, neighbor Klim saw the smart dog and wanted to buy him. Khrisan Andreevich refused, but allowed him to be taken hunting. In the forest, Bim did not catch the hare, for which Klim beat him and left him alone. Then the dog ran away from the village. The boy Alyosha misses Bim the most.

Chapter 13. Forest hospital. Mom and dad. Thunderstorm in the forest

For several days, Bim wandered through the forest, eating game and medicinal herbs. Having recovered, he returned to the city and by the smell found Tolik’s apartment, who was very happy about his friend’s return. But the parents were categorically against keeping a pet. At night, the boy’s father, Semyon Petrovich, secretly took Bim into the forest and abandoned him there. The dog got wet in the rain, almost got into a fight with a she-wolf, but returned to the city. Tolik was very upset and decided to find the dog.

Chapter 14. The path to the native door. Three tricks

Bim found Tolik's house, but, noticing his father, he took off running. The dog fell into a ditch and then spent the night in someone else's building.

Chapter 15. At the last door. The Mystery of the Iron Van

Bim ran to Ivan Ivanovich's house, but the evil aunt called the quarantine service to catch stray dogs. Bim and his old friend Lokhmatka were captured and taken away in an iron van. All night the dog whined and scratched at the metal doors until he was completely exhausted.

Chapter 16. Meetings in search. Bim's footprints on the ground. Four shots

Dog catchers caught Bim on Saturday, and on Sunday Ivan Ivanovich returned from the hospital. At the same time, Tolik and Alyosha met, the latter came to the city with his father to find Bim. The boys met Ivan Ivanovich and became friends.

Despite being tired from the road, Ivan Ivanovich could not lie in a warm bed. He went to the quarantine site to warn dog catchers about his lost dog. There was only a watchman at the site and he took Ivan Ivanovich to the iron van where two dogs had been locked a day earlier. There the owner found Bim, but it was too late: the dog died trying to break through the iron door. Ivan Ivanovich buried him in the forest, but hid the terrible truth from the boys.

Chapter 17. The forest sighed (instead of an afterword)

Ivan Ivanovich and Khrisan Andreevich, having hidden Bim’s death from the boys, persuaded them to stop searching. Ivan Ivanovich got another dog and also named him Bim. However, he forever remembered his old friend and longed for him for a long time in the spring forest.

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White Bim Black Ear

“...Reader, friend!...Just think! If you write only about kindness, then for evil it is a godsend, a brilliance. If you write only about happiness, then people will stop seeing the unhappy and, in the end, will not notice them. If you write only about the seriously sad, then people will stop laughing at the ugly..."...And in the silence of the passing autumn, enveloped in its gentle slumber, in the days of short-lived oblivion of the coming winter, you begin to understand: only truth, only honor, only a clear conscience, and about all this - a word

A word to little people who will later become adults, a word to adults who have not forgotten that they were once children.

Maybe that's why I write about the fate of the dog, about its loyalty, honor and devotion.

...This is how it is among us humans: there are modest people with a pure heart, “inconspicuous” and “small”, but with a huge soul. They decorate life, containing all the best that is in humanity - kindness, simplicity, trust. So a snowdrop seems like a drop of heaven on earth..."

1. Two in one room

But on the fourth day, the baby already began to get used to the warmth of human hands. Puppies very quickly begin to respond to affection.

He didn’t yet know his name, but a week later he established for sure that he was Bim.

- What is this?! - the owner shouted. - It is forbidden! - and poked Bim’s nose into the book. - Bim, you can’t. It is forbidden!

It was here that he learned for the first time what “hurt” meant and what “impossible” meant. The owner stood up from the table and said sternly:

- It is forbidden! - and tapped his ear. “You, your stupid head, tore up the “Bible for Believers and Non-Believers.” - And again: - You can’t! Books are not allowed! “He tugged at his ear again.

Bim squealed and raised all four paws up. So lying on his back, he looked at the owner and could not understand what was actually happening.

So at an early age, Bim received morality from his master through the “Bible for Believers and Non-Believers.” Bim licked his hand and looked carefully into his face.

And he could also be sad. Then he spoke to himself and turned to Bim:

- This is how we live, fool. Why are you looking at her? - he pointed to the portrait. - She, brother, died. She doesn't exist. No...” He stroked Bim and said in full confidence: “Oh, you’re my fool, Bimka.” You don't understand anything yet.

But he was only partly right, since Bim understood that they would not play with him now, and he took the word “fool” personally, and “boy” too. So when his great friend called him a fool or a boy, Bim went immediately, as if to the nickname. And since he, at that age, mastered the intonation of his voice, then, of course, he promised to be the smartest dog.

But is it only the mind that determines a dog’s position among its fellows? Unfortunately no. Apart from his mental abilities, not everything was in order with Bim.

True, he was born from purebred parents, setters, with a long pedigree. Each of his ancestors had a personal sheet, a certificate. Using these questionnaires, the owner could not only reach Bim’s great-grandfather and grandmother, but also know, if desired, his great-grandfather’s great-grandfather and great-grandmother’s great-grandmother. This is all good, of course. But the fact is that Bim, despite all his advantages, had a big drawback, which later greatly affected his fate: although he was from the breed of Scottish setter (Gordon setter), the color turned out to be completely atypical - that’s the point. According to the standards of hunting dogs, the Gordon Setter must be black, with a shiny bluish tint - the color of a raven's wing, and must have clearly demarcated bright markings, reddish-red tan marks; even white markings are considered a big fault in Gordons. Bim degenerated like this: the body is white, but with reddish markings and even slightly noticeable red specks, only one ear and one leg are black, really like a raven’s wing, the second ear is a soft yellowish-red color. Even a surprisingly similar phenomenon: in all respects it is a Gordon setter, but the color is, well, nothing like it. Some distant, distant ancestor jumped out to Bima: his parents were Gordons, and he was an albino of the breed.

In general, with such multi-colored ears and tan marks under large, intelligent dark brown eyes, Bim’s muzzle was even prettier, more noticeable, perhaps even smarter or, how to say, more philosophical, more thoughtful than that of ordinary dogs. And really, all this cannot even be called a muzzle, but rather a dog’s face. But according to the laws of cynology, white color, in a particular case, is considered a sign of degeneration. He is handsome in everything, but by the standards of his coat, he is clearly questionable and even vicious. This was Bim’s problem.

Of course, Bim did not understand the guilt of his birth, since puppies are not given by nature to choose their parents before they are born. Bim simply cannot even think about it. He lived for himself and was happy for now.

But the owner was worried: would they give Bim a pedigree certificate that would secure his position among hunting dogs, or would he remain a lifelong outcast? This will be known only at the age of six months, when the puppy (again, according to the laws of cynology) will define itself and become close to what is called a pedigree dog.