Golden dog Semargl

Dazhdbog, Svarog, Horse, Yarilo
and the master of timelessness, Svarog, the golden dog.

Folklore
performance-game

Golden dog Semargl

Characters:
storyteller
Lel is the master of pranks, jokes and music
Golden dog Semargl
Sisters:
Currant
Dew
Rose's friends:
spring wind
Weeping willow
prickly rosehip
Masters of the Seasons:
Dazhdbog is the master of autumn
Svarog - the master of winter
Horse-master of spring
Yarilo is the master of summer

On the stage, the scenery of the forest, it is static.
Depending on the season, the projector adds flying leaves or snowflakes, or raindrops or sunbeams. When the heroes reach the possession of the golden dog Semargl, the projector sends an image of fog to the scenery. However, the scenery and design of the performance can be chosen at the request of the director.

Prologue
The narrator appears on the stage
storyteller
-In hoary antiquity, when nature,
Lived in harmony with a reasonable person,
Then the weather was good
Years flowed, century after century changed!
At that time, early in the morning they set off,
Girls look for mushrooms and berries in the forest,
In the forest they were not at all afraid,
They sang and sang and laughed,
The forest in August could not scare them!
-Oh, wait for me, I'll go picking mushrooms and berries too!
(runs backstage)
The main characters of the play appear
(Five girls are looking for mushrooms. Rosa and her three friends go deep into the forest.)
Dew
- Oh, look, another mushroom! And there are three more!
spring wind
-I found a porcini mushroom! What a great!
Weeping willow
-But there, further away, behind the birch, three mushrooms!
prickly rosehip
-Let's go soon! And it's almost noon, it's getting hot! We need to go deeper into the forest. It's cold there!
Dew
- Currant, are you coming?
Currant
-Yes. I'm going. Oh, listen, what beautiful music!
 spring wind
What music, I can't hear!
Weeping willow
- I can't hear anything either.
 prickly rosehip
It's quiet here, only the birds sing!
Dew
-There is no music! We went, catch up!
(The younger sister Smorodinka goes the other way for Lel's pipe. The girls discover the loss and search for Smorodina.)

Dazhdbog. Scene one. Autumn
 Dew
- Well, the baskets are full of mushrooms! And where is my sister! Where is Smorodinka? Have you seen Currant?
Girlfriends
- No, you haven't seen it!
(Girlfriends answer that they haven’t seen it and start calling Currants!)
Dazhdbog
- Who's making noise here? Who is cheering? I am Dazhdbog, the owner of the end of summer and yellow autumn!
Dew
- Forgive us Dazhdbog for loud sounds! I lost my sister. Have you seen my sister Smorodinka?
Dazhdbog
-How, I saw that she left for Lelem. Lel played beautiful music. No one forced her, she herself went after Lelem.
Dew
-Where did they go?
Dazhdbog
-I'll show you the way and tell you where Lel took your sister, but first, help persuade grandfather Polevik to give us a harvest for next year.
The girls agree. They call their friends and everyone goes to the field. Game "Dozhinki".
Game "Dozhinki"
Children are divided into two identical teams.
Line up in front of each other, in two lines, facing each other
They bow to each other.
One line of reapers, another of ears
The ears remain, the reapers make a circle around the ears
Reapers:
Dozhinki have arrived
The ears were collected
Tied up in sheaves.
The ears run through the round dance and make their own circle - this is a sheaf
Reapers:
Dozhinki have arrived
The ears were collected
Tied up in sheaves
-And who is in our snopik?
The ears answer:
We!
Reapers:
Call by name!
Ears call themselves by name
Reapers:
Dozhinki have arrived
The ears were collected
Tied up in sheaves.
The ears run away through the round dance
Reapers:
Dozhinki have arrived
The ears were collected
Tied up in sheaves
-And who is in our snopik?
The ears are responsible
We!
 Reapers:
Call by name!
Ears call themselves by name
Reapers:
Dozhinki have arrived
The ears were collected
And what ears in sheaves
Didn't knit?
Children who could not escape through the round dance answer:
I! I!
Reapers: Who am I? Name yourself!
The children answer.
Reapers:
We will celebrate dozhinki
Ears in pigtails to knit!
(They are divided into three teams. The task of the team is to tie the remaining ears into pigtails. That is, to confuse their hands)
Senior wife:
Grandfather Polevik
Will take a pigtail
Will be fruitful
Next year!
Grandfather Polevik, take a pigtail,
Harvest us twice then give !!
Polevik:
- And now I'll see if you have braided strong braids!
senior wife
- Okay, grandfather! Try to unwind!
In the meantime, you will unwind, we will ask the cornfield, the earth to help us
Nyvka, Nyvka give us strength! Come on, all together! (3 times)
Polevik:
- You braided your braids tightly,
Don't untangle them now
I will fulfill the promise
I won't let need come to your door!
(bows)
Everything
(bow to him in response with words)
Dozhinki have arrived
The ears were collected
Tied up in sheaves
Game over. Assistants run away on stage, only the main characters remain.
After the game, Rosa and her friends again go to Dazhdbog
Dew
-Dazhdbog, God of midsummer and yellow autumn, we have fulfilled your desire, help us too. Tell me where is my sister? Where did she go with Lel?
Dazhdbog
- Where they went, your sister is no longer there.
Everything
-Why?
Dazhdbog
-Lel, the stupid, windy god, took your sister into the thicket and left it there. Now your sister has Semargl - a yellow dog. Semargl does not like when children are left unattended, and takes them with him!
Dew
-How to be? My poor sister!
Dazhdbog
- You respected me, amused me and my eyes, and I will help you!
Now I will wave my sleeve, and the path will open before you! Go boldly along it until you enter the territory of the god Svarog. There is his fiefdom, there you will need to agree that he will open the way for you further.
Everything
Thank you god of autumn for your kind words!
Dazhdbog
-Take a gift from me! This stone is Alatyr - a magic stone. I only have a quarter of this stone, but it also has magical charms! If necessary, the stone can increase the strength of each of you tenfold, just call, and as many of your copies of girls like you as you wish will come to your aid! Shout: "Girls, help!". And when help is no longer needed, just release your copies! And then you need to shout again: "Girls, go home, back to where you came from!"
Dew
Thank you god of summer and autumn!
Dazhdbog
- Go boldly and do not be afraid!

Svarog. Scene two. Winter
Music changes, as well as lighting design. The narrator appears on the stage
storyteller
- Soon nature will fall asleep,
Only part of the year remains.
The clouds have fallen low
It became a short, gloomy day,
To know winter is very close,
Snow clouds everywhere shadow
At this time it is better to sit at home, by the fire, in warmth,
It's chilly, our heroines can't keep up with Semargl!
- Oh, it's getting cold! I'll run home, warm myself by the stove! (leaves)
Huddling and trampling, the heroines enter the stage
Dew
- Oh, it's cold!
The master of winter Svarog appears
Svorog
- I have guests!
(Girls bow to Svorog, he bows back)
 Are you girls warm, are you red!
Everything
- It's warm, father!
Svorog
- It's good! I do not like capricious people! Why complain, beauties?
Dew
-Semargl, the yellow dog, took my sister Smorodinka to distant lands! Have you seen them?
Svorog
- You can not look directly at Semargl, otherwise you will go blind! I saw only yellow fog!
Dew
-Where was it?
Svorog
Help me first! My caftan is a snow cloud! Catch me! Touch the caftan! Guess which pocket I have a snowflake in and it will start snowing!
Rose hip
-I want it to snow! Run, God Svorog!
Svorog
-Do not hurry! Listen up! Whoever can make snow help nature!
Wind
-I want to help nature! Run, God Svorog!
Svorog
 -Do not hurry! Listen up! It will snow - there will be a good harvest in the spring! The trees in the forest will warm up under a snow coat! And they are chilly now!
Willow
-I want to help the trees! Run, God Svorog!
Svorog
-Good. Let's Play! Play and keep warm! I see that they are frozen, but be patient, do not open up to me!
(The game is on. The meaning of the game is this: the girls must guess in which pocket the snowflake is. If they guess, they must catch Svorog.)
The girls count the rhyme
Dew
-White snow fluffy,
Spinning in the air
Rose hip
- And the earth is quiet,
Falling down, falling down!
Willow
- We count together,
Let's count together
Wind
- We are a snowflake for sure,
Guess quickly!
(A game)
Dew
- Snowflake behind the sleeve
Svorog
-Right!
Rosa catches up with Svorog (Svorog takes out a snowflake, gives it to Rosa, Rosa throws a snowflake into the air, other girls do the same)
Rose hip
-Snowflake in a hat
Svorog
-Wrong!
Wind
-Snowflake in the right pocket!
Svorog
-Right!
The wind is catching up with Svorog!
Rose hip
- Can I try to guess?
Svorog
-Good!
Rose hip
-Snowflake behind the caftan collar!
Svorog
-Right! catch up!
Dew
-Snowflake in the left pocket!
Svorog
-Right! catch up!
Svorog
-Now everything is all right! I will reward you! Take my part of the Alatyr stone with you on the road!
(shows direction)
 Semargl took your sister to that side, go there! Yes, be careful!
Everything
-Thank you Svorog!
Svorog
- I have paved an easy path for you, but remember that the path will be easy only to the kingdom where the god of spring Khors reigns.

Horse. Scene three. Spring
Music and lighting changes
storyteller
-Rain, rain, rain pour,
You have pity on the crops!
Give me some water
Get drunk on the tree!
-Thunder rumbles, but there is still no rain. It’s dangerous to stay in the forest at such a time, you have to go home!
(He leaves. Thunder rumbles, Horse enters the stage, and his girlfriends appear behind him)
Dew
- Hello, god Khors, why are you not happy, hung your head ?! Happy spring to you red!
Horse
- Hello, girls, hello, beauties! Thanks for your kind words! There is a reason to twist! Spring is in full swing, but there is no rain. The crops won't sprout! The merman, greedy for water, pulled all the water from the earth and the sky into his river!
Rose hip
-Can we help?
Horse
-Try it!
Willow
- Friends, help!
Girlfriends stand in a circle, do a small round dance and call with their heads bowed
Dew
- Grandfather Water, why are you sitting under water? Take a look, just a minute.
Waterman does not answer
Wind
- The girls lead a round dance, the girls sing songs, but they don’t let a watery, curious like that look!
Water
 (shouting from backstage)
-How do they not?
Dew
-That's how!
(Pulls out Vodyanoy by the hand!)
Will you play with us?
Water
-Will you show a round dance?
Dew
- Shall we show, girlfriends? Let's hail our copies! Girls, help!
Rose hip
-Girls, help!
Wind
-Girls to the rescue!
Willow
-Girls, help!
Girls dressed as copies of the main characters come out and line up aroundVodyany
The merman stands in a circle
Wind
- We'll show you a round dance. And you play with us! If you guess where Rosa is, we'll leave without a salty slurp.
Willow
- If you don't guess, let it rain, let the crops drink water!
Water
-May it be so!
They close the eyes of the waterman with a cloth and dance around him. The merman can touch the player in front of him, but his eyes cannot be opened.
Rose hip
- Water, water, who is standing in front of you?
Willow
- We give a chance only once!
Wind
- Guess now!
(The Waterman is untwisted so that he can no longer navigate in space. After that, he tries to find Rosa with his eyes closed, of course, he does not succeed. After that, the Waterman's eyes are opened)
Water
-You won! Well, let it rain!
(Sound of rain. Waterman leaves)
Only four girlfriends and copies remain
Girlfriends
(bow and speak)
-Girls-copies, go home! You are free!
Horse
-Thank you beauties! Grace! Rain watered the earth! Now everything will be fine! I know why you came! I saw where Semargl took the little girl! Now I will open before you the path to the land of the god Yarilo, go boldly along it! Rosa, there is a separate gift for you, take a part of the Alatyr stone, this stone will come in handy soon!

Yarilo. scene four. Summer.
Music and lighting changes
 storyteller
- Bright sun and flowers,
And blooming gardens
God Yarilo shared
Just in a hurry
How to do everything in time?
After all, you can't keep up with the summer!
-Yesterday I saw a whole meadow of wild strawberries! Yesterday, the berries were not ripe, but today, probably, they are already red-red! I'll go and pick up a whole basket! (leaves)
Yarilo and heroines appear
Yarilo
- Oh, she, how much work, when will I have time to do everything?
Dew
-Hello, god of summer!
Wind
- Hello god of harvest
Rose hip
- Hello, god of warm evenings
Willow
- Hello, God Yarilo!
Everything
(together)
- Hello to you!
Yarilo
-And hello to you! Thanks for your kind words! I just don't have time! Come when my time is up! When I hand over the harvest to Dazhdbog, come! And now I can’t talk to you, there’s a lot to do!
Dew
- Have you seen my sister? Her name is Currant!
Yarilo
- When I finish all the work, then I will tell everything that I saw and heard!
Wind
- We would only know about the little girl, about Smorodinka!
Yarilo
-I have no time! (tries to leave)
Rose hip
- You are not hospitable, god Yarilo!
Willow
-What do we do now?
(Girlfriends start crying and wailing)
Rose hip
- Oh, the twist, oh trouble!
Dew
- There is no sister and a trace,
Wind
How to overcome resentment
Willow
You don't want to help us!
(Sound of thunder is heard)
Yarilo
-Stop! Do not Cry! The harvest is not yet ripe, and you caused thunder and rain clouds with tears!
Dew
-Ok, we won't cry if you help us!
Yarilo
- Semargl took your sister to that side! The girl did not cry, she was cheerful!
Willow
-Thank you, god of summer Yarilo!
Wind
You helped us, we will help you too!
Dew
- To do everything in a few short months, you need not two hands, but sixty-six!
Rose hip
-Now we will call the girlfriends-copies, they will help you! Girls, help!
(All copy girls come out. Dance of the many-armed. Girls pass around the attributes of summer labor. Baskets, apples, flowers, and so on)
Yarilo
- You gotta do it all! You helped me a lot!
Dew
-Girls, you are free!
(The copy girls bow and leave. Only four friends remain)
Yarilo
- Rosa, take the last part of the Alatyr stone. There are only nine steps left to the land of Semargl. Go and let the stone keep you!

Land of Semargl. Scene five. Out of season
Dew
- How scary! It's scary to collect four stones together, suddenly the irreparable happens!
Rose hip
-Don't be afraid mate! The god of autumn said that the Semargl-yellow dog loves children and does not offend them!
Wind
- And why did you become such a coward?
Willow
-Well, the time has come, let's collect the Alatyr stone together!
The earth is covered with yellow fog, and when it dissipates, it becomes clear that the stone has turned into a round yellow platform, from which steps go down
Dew
- Currant, sister, where are you?
Rose hip
-Oh, Rosa, look, are these not currant bushes?
Wind
-No, something is wrong here, other bushes grow near the blackcurrant, only the berries on them are outlandish, red and yellow!
Willow
- We need to find Semargl, then everything will become clear! Let's call him
Everything
(screaming together)
-Semargl golden dog! Ay! Respond!
But no one answers them. Only the sound of stone is heard
The girls scream a second time. Again there is no answer. Only a quiet rockfall is heard
The girls scream for the third time. The earth trembles from the roar of stones. Yellow dust rises, when the yellow fog dissipates, the Semargl-yellow dog appears. This is a tall stately man, he is wearing a yellow fur coat with a hood.
Semargl
-Who disturbed me? There has never been a loud sound here
Dew
-Where's my sister? Where is Smorodinka? We came for her!
Semargl
"It's not good to leave a little girl alone!" Any trouble could happen!
Rose hip
- Forgive us yellow dog, we are to blame!
Wind
- Bring back our girlfriend!
Willow
-Give back Currant!
Semargl
-Well, OK. And what will you give in return?
Dew
-And what do you want? We have nothingabout no value.
Semargl
-Give me the stone Alatyr. I don't want any more uninvited guests!
Rose hip
-But how to do it? Is it possible to return Alatyr to its previous state?
Semargl
-Yes, you can! When you go upstairs, tell everyone at once!
The time has come,
We're coming back
With the god Semargl,
 Today we say goodbye!
As soon as you say these words, you will be at home!
And I'll deal with the stone myself.
Everything
-Thank you Semargl!
Semargl
-Never leave Smorodinka alone again. I want to give you a present! Now three types of currants will grow in your gardens, not only black, but red and yellow! As soon as you look at the yellow currant, remember me! And don't worry about the Alatyr stone! From now on, I will have it, as long as I have a stone, no famous thing will come to the land of the Slavs. Only a great warrior can persuade me and take a stone in the hour of hard times, the trouble that will come to the land of the Slavs, but I hope that this will never happen!
Currant
-Here I am! I slept so well!
Girlfriends hug Smorodina.
Heroes leave

Epilogue
storyteller
- Alatyr remained at Semargl. Semargl did not want someone else to find a way to his underworld.
The centuries have done their job, and the time of nature has shifted, the earth subtly feels when the arrows go in the wrong direction, the wrong time makes the earth suffer and ache, hence all the troubles that come to the land of the Slavs.
 But there is still hope!
The one who persuades the yellow dog Semargl, and gets Alatyr in his hands, will again return everything to its place.
Everyone who participated in the performance comes on stage and bows! General action or dance.
End