About the book: 2013 / Not so long ago, in the forties of the last century, in the life of the Russian people, songs, legends and fairy tales were a natural necessity, part of the people's life. Folk philosophy, with all its national characteristics, is expressed better than anywhere else in a fairy tale, and the provisions of this philosophy, which once sounded simple and clear, often do not reach us. Fairy-tale poetry was a natural necessity of the entire everyday and moral way of life. The fairy tale arose by itself, especially in conditions of forced idleness. I remember during my school years, when during the holidays I came to visit my grandmother Anisya (on my mother’s side), who lived in the Volokolamsk region, we, especially in winter, took turns gathering in different houses and even organized unique fairy tale-telling tournaments. Fairy tale, as if clothes and food were either everyday or festive. The fairy tale partially quenches the people's inescapable thirst for beauty. With it, the self-purification of the national spirit is accomplished - constantly and routinely, morality and folk philosophy are improved and strengthened. In the family, a fairy tale already hovers over the head of the baby. At first, the child hears fairy tales from his grandparents, from his mother and father, then he hears them, as they say, professionally performed, and one day he begins to tell them himself. Mikhail Lepyoshkin (Ber) is the man who brings us back today to this amazing folk genre . The fairy tales he writes are very necessary and useful. The fairy tales included in this collection are interesting, instructive and relevant, especially today. The child’s perception is not yet ready for significance, and Ber’s fairy tales are both for adults and for children. Everyday and ideological authenticity, details combined with incredible events cause a special emotional effect. Glory to the Earthly families and Mother Earth! Russia is alive. I wish you creative success, Ber, and write more fairy tales for us, now living, and for our descendants. With bow, Priest Slavic Rodobor (Boruta).