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''The Mitten'' (
Considering numerous variations of the folk tale, the general story line is following: a man loses his mitten in a forest. One by one various animals come and settle in the mitten planning to spend cold winter in the warm mitten. Prior to settling, a new-comer asks permission from the animals already living there. Eventually, the mitten cannot hold all who want to warm themselves inside. It splits open and spills all the animals into the cold. The story illustrates the Tragedy of the Commons.
The range of animals also varies in different versions but generally includes in the most known and popular version: a mouse, a frog, a hare, a fox, a wolf, a boar and a bear. They have nicknames, for example: "Munchy the Mouse" and "Skippy the Frog". The animals arrive to the mitten in increasing order of their size.
Ukrainian
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* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
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: ''Рукавичка'') is a Ukrainian fairy tale. It remains popular in modern Ukraine and has been translated into other languages.
Some of the written records of ''The Mitten'' date back to the 19th century and include the folklore collections of Pavlo Chubynsky
Pavlo Platonovych Chubynsky ( uk, Павло Платонович Чубинський; 1839 – January 26, 1884) was a Ukrainian poet and ethnographer whose poem ''Shche ne vmerla Ukraina'' (Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished) was set to music and ada ...
. and Ivan Rudchenko.
Plot
Considering numerous variations of the folk tale, the general story line is following: a man loses his mitten in a forest. One by one various animals come and settle in the mitten planning to spend cold winter in the warm mitten. Prior to settling, a new-comer asks permission from the animals already living there. Eventually, the mitten cannot hold all who want to warm themselves inside. It splits open and spills all the animals into the cold. The story illustrates the Tragedy of the Commons.
The range of animals also varies in different versions but generally includes in the most known and popular version: a mouse, a frog, a hare, a fox, a wolf, a boar and a bear. They have nicknames, for example: "Munchy the Mouse" and "Skippy the Frog". The animals arrive to the mitten in increasing order of their size.
Translations
''The Mitten'' was translated into various languages, including English, Japanese, Azerbaijani, French, German and Russian. One of the most popular versions of ''The Mitten'' retold in English is by Jan Brett.In popular culture
In 1996 a Ukrainian Animated Film Studio Ukranimafilm released a cartoon ''The Mitten'' (N. Marchenkova, а scriptwriter and director). In 2001 the Ukrainian government released a Ukrainian Fairy Tale series of stamps, including ''The Mitten''.References
{{reflist Ukrainian-language books Ukrainian folklore Fairy tales by country