Any holiday is interesting and unusual if the participants are dressed in costumes of different characters. New Year, a themed children's birthday, a home performance - why not organize a costume party? What can we say about matinees and holidays held annually in kindergartens and schools?

An integral attribute of the image will be a mask - this is a simple way to transform the appearance beyond recognition and keep the intrigue until the end of the holiday. So, if you're looking for an addition to a kid's carnival costume, why not look into the options for masks, especially since many of them can be easily made by hand.

What are the masks?

· Decorative half masks. The most common type of masks, they can be made of cardboard, fabric, paper, papier-mâché, clay, and so on, attached with an elastic band or with a handle;

· Beanie masks. Most often they are made for children, because they are afraid to hide their faces, and the mask, which is worn on the head with a paper rim, does not cause the child much discomfort. The image itself is printed and glued to the rim;

· Masks for the lower part of the face. A rather non-standard version of masks, most often it is used if a child wants to become a superhero or try on a fabulous image. However, ordinary mustaches and bright smiles are also no less pretty;

· Face masks. This option completely covers the face of the child, the mask can be an image of an animal or a fairy-tale character, this is an excellent option for staging fairy tales or matinees;

· Bulk masks. They cover the entire face or only the upper part, but do not interfere with the movements of the child, since they are made taking into account the lines of the face (there are bulges for the nose and cheekbones), most often they are created from cardboard or polymer clay.

Each of the above masks has the right to exist, in this article we will consider different variations and their manufacture at home.

Mask "Parade of Planets"

Children like to transform not only into animals or fairy-tale characters.

With the help of cardboard, paints and a stapler, you can turn a home holiday into a real intergalactic celebration.

Comet, crescent, stars, planets - all this is drawn on corrugated cardboard. In the center we leave an oval for the child's face, cut it out, color it. The mask is attached to the head with ribbons or elastic bands. The detachable parts of the mask can be attached with a stapler, so that the “tail” of the comet will certainly not fall off during the holiday.

Mask of the Mysterious Lady

A beautiful and graceful half mask that will appeal to both the little princess and her mother, and making it with your own hands is not only easy, but also fun.

You will need: ribbon, tulle, black paint, scissors, cling film, template, glue.

The template for the mask is easiest to print on a regular A4 sheet; you can find a lot of interesting masks with patterns on the Internet. Cover the stencil sheet with cling film and place on a flat surface.

Take a piece of old tulle (about 25x13 cm in size), put it on top of our template.

Circle the black patterns on the mask with fabric paint or a regular marker.

After the tulle dries, it must be carefully separated from the film.

Now the mask can be cut along the contour, cut holes for the eyes.

We cut two pieces from the tape (the length of each is about 40-50 cm), using glue or a stapler, attach each piece to the edge of the mask.

We let the glue dry, we do a control fitting. Our carnival mask is ready!

Animal masks

It does not take much time to make them; you can also connect a child to this fun activity. The proposed stencils need to be enlarged and printed on a printer.

Ready? Now we need thick cardboard, scissors, a simple pencil, paints or felt-tip pens, as well as fur and beads for decoration.

Cut out the mask along the contour, transfer it to thick cardboard.

Together with the children, we paint the muzzle of the animal with pencils or paints, cut out a hole for the eyes. With the help of fur and feathers of the desired color, we add realism masks. For fastening, ordinary glue in sticks or PVA is suitable.

The mask can be attached on a stick or on an elastic band. For an elastic band in a mask, holes are made with a hole punch or a knife, while a stick can simply be glued to the side of the mask. The main thing is to calculate the length so that it is not difficult for the child to hold it in his hands.

You can make the mask one-piece and attach it to the paper band and put it on the child's head - this is an option for young children who are uncomfortable with completely covering their face.

Volumetric half mask made of cardboard

Attach the cardboard to the child's face, mark the eyes, bend around the nose so that it is easy to breathe. Cut out the mask.

For decoration, you will need rhinestones and sparkles (you can buy them in needlework stores), multi-colored feathers, superglue, a toothpick.

If you still don't know how you want to decorate the mask, make a mini sample on paper and then start working on the original. In order for the rhinestones and sparkles to stick neatly, use a toothpick: you need to dip it into the glue, pick up the rhinestone and carefully bring it to the mask. Mostly, holes around the eyes are decorated with beads.

Glitter can be glued to the lower part of the eyelid. Apply a layer of glue and carefully sprinkle glitter on it. The same sparkles can be applied on the upper and lower edges of the mask.

You can also use multi-colored feathers for decoration - they will add color to our mask. Each feather is glued on with glue until the entire mask is filled.

Now we attach an elastic band or two tapes and leave the mask to dry. Our product is ready!

Autumn mask from improvised materials

Many children in kindergarten or school are assigned to collect ikebana from leaves and all kinds of gifts of nature: acorns, seeds, chestnuts, and so on. From dried leaves and herbs, you can make a beautiful mask.

To do this, you will need: thick cardboard, glue, scissors, leaves, seeds, sticks and so on.

First of all, we draw a mask stencil: in fact, we will decorate it in the autumn style.

We cut out the mask from cardboard, arm ourselves with glue and glue the leaves along the contour. On top of the mask, you can glue a few spikelets or herbs - this way it will look more colorful. Holes around the eyes can be decorated with halves of acorns or seeds. After that, we glue the stick with adhesive tape (this option is not very convenient with elastic bands, the leaves can touch the child’s face, which is not very pleasant) and you can go to the autumn carnival!

Mask with paper roses

A great option as an addition to a girl's fancy dress. To make a mask you will need: thick cardboard, glue, corrugated paper, scissors, tape.

First you need to cut a stencil out of cardboard, make cuts for the eyes.

Now we make the decor itself. From corrugated paper, you need to cut about 25 strips (length 20-40 cm, the more - the larger the rose will turn out). Each strip folds in half.

A paper rose is made by twisting, the strip must be gradually turned 180 degrees. It is better to fasten some places with glue - so the flower will not fall apart.

Now we glue the roses alternately to the mask, applying glue liberally to the bottom of the flower. We fix the ribbon mask on the sides, if desired, you can decorate the product with feathers or beads.

Volume mask made of felt

The gray wolf is probably the most popular villain from the fairy tale, so it is not surprising that at least one character is present at the children's party. But what to do if the costume is already ready, but the mask did not work out? - do it yourself.

To make a mask, we need: black, gray, white and silver felt, a paper mask template, glue, elastic, scissors, thread and a needle. Mask patterns are offered below, it is enough to enlarge and cut them out.

Take the two main halves of the mask and cut out holes for the eyes. It is best to connect the parts with glue: glue is applied to the cardboard base, we apply a cloth to it and run it with a hot iron.

The mask must be tried on, if necessary, you can expand the holes for the eyes with scissors.

We attach two arcs of black felt to the gray base (the easiest way is to sew) - so the eyes of the wolf will be more expressive.

We fasten the dark gray forehead, and the strip on the nose, sew the nose itself, white "eyebrows". Now you can fasten the elastic between the two layers of the mask, you can sew it on by hand or glue it - the main thing is that it sticks well.

Once again, we sew or sew on a sewing machine all the details of the mask, the seams should be neat.

A great addition to a fancy dress is ready!

The tale tells about the adventures of Ivan, the merchant's son. What he did not have to endure: his brothers kicked him out of the house; for three years he lived in the forest with an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow; defeated the Serpent Gorynych, thanks to a wonderful shirt; married Elena the Beautiful, but the miracles did not end there ... (in the retelling of A.N. Afanasiev, v.3)

Wonderful shirt read

In a certain kingdom there lived a rich merchant; the merchant died and left three sons at an age. The older two went hunting every day. At one time, they asked their mother and younger brother, Ivan, to hunt, took him to a dense forest and left him there in order to divide all his father's estate into two parts among themselves, and deprive him of his inheritance. Ivan the merchant's son wandered through the forest for a long time, eating berries and roots; Finally he got out onto a beautiful plain and on that plain he saw a house. He entered the rooms, walked and walked - there was no one, everywhere was empty; only in one room the table is set for three cutlery, there are three loaves on the plates, and a bottle of wine is placed in front of each cutlery. Ivan the merchant's son bit off a small piece of each bread, ate it, and then drank a little from all three bottles and hid behind the door.

Suddenly an eagle flies, hit the ground and became a fine fellow; a falcon flies after him, a sparrow follows the falcon - they hit the ground and turned into good fellows too. Sat down at the table to eat. “But bread and wine have been opened with us!” - says the eagle. “And that’s true,” the falcon replies, “it’s clear that someone has come to visit us.” They began to look for a guest, to call. The eagle says: “Show us! If you are an old old man, you will be our dear father, if you are a good fellow, you will be a brother, if you are an old woman, you will be your mother, and if you are a red maiden, we will call you our sister. Ivan the merchant's son came out from behind the door; they kindly received him and called him their brother.

The next day, the eagle began to ask Ivan the merchant's son: "Do us a favor - stay here and exactly one year later, on this very day, collect it on the table." - "Well, - the merchant's son answers, - it will be done." The eagle gave him the keys, allowed him to go everywhere, look at everything, only one key that hung on the wall, he did not order to take. After that, the good fellows turned to birds - an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow - and flew away.

Ivan the merchant's son once walked around the yard and saw a door in the ground behind a strong lock; I wanted to look there, I began to try the keys - not a single one is necessary; ran into the rooms, took the forbidden key from the wall, unlocked the lock and opened the door. In the dungeon, the heroic horse stands - in all its decoration, on both sides of the saddle two bags are hung: in one - gold, in the other - semi-precious stones. He began to stroke the horse; the heroic horse hit him in the chest with a hoof and knocked him out of the dungeon for a whole fathom. From that Ivan the merchant's son slept soundly until the very day on which his named brothers were to fly. As soon as he woke up, he locked the door, hung the key in the old place and set the table for three appliances.

Here an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow flew in, hit the ground and became good fellows, said hello and sat down to dinner. The next day, the falcon began to ask Ivan the merchant's son: serve one more year! Ivan the merchant's son agreed. The brothers flew away, and he again went around the yard, saw another door in the ground, unlocked it with the same key. In the dungeon, the heroic horse stands - in all its decoration, bags are attached to both sides of the saddle: in one - gold, in the other - semi-precious stones. He began to stroke the horse; the heroic horse hit him in the chest with a hoof and knocked him out of the dungeon for a whole fathom. From that, Ivan the merchant's son slept soundly for the same amount of time as before; woke up on the very day when the brothers were supposed to fly in, locked the door, hung the key on the wall and prepared the table.

An eagle, a falcon and a sparrow arrive; hit the ground, said hello and sat down to dinner. The next day, in the morning, a sparrow began to ask Ivan the merchant's son: serve one more year of service! He agreed. The brothers turned into birds and flew away. Ivan the merchant's son lived alone for a whole year, and when the appointed day came, he laid the table and waited for his brothers. The brothers flew in, hit the ground, and became good fellows; came in, said hello and had lunch. After dinner, the elder brother, the eagle, says: “Thank you, merchant's son, for your service; here is a heroic horse for you - I give you with all the harness, and with gold, and with semi-precious stones.

The middle brother, the falcon, gave him another heroic horse, and the younger brother, the sparrow, gave him a shirt. “Take it,” he says, “the bullet does not take this shirt; if you put it on - no one will master you!

Ivan the merchant's son put on that shirt, mounted the heroic horse and rode off to woo Elena the Beautiful for himself; and it was announced all over the world about her: whoever defeats the Serpent Gorynych, she should marry him. Ivan the merchant's son attacked the Serpent Gorynych, defeated him and was about to pinch his head in an oak stump, but the Serpent Gorynych began to tearfully beg and ask: “Don't beat me to death, take me into your service; I will be your faithful servant! Ivan, the merchant's son, took pity on him, took him with him, brought him to Elena the Beautiful, and a little later married her, and made Serpent Gorynych a cook.

Once the merchant's son went hunting, and the Serpent Gorynych seduced Elena the Beautiful and ordered her to find out why Ivan the merchant's son is so wise and strong? The Serpent Gorynych brewed a strong potion, and Elena the Beautiful gave her husband that potion to drink and began to ask: “Tell me, Ivan the merchant’s son, where is your wisdom?” - "In the kitchen, in a broom." Elena the Beautiful took this broom, decorated it with different colors and put it in a conspicuous place. Ivan the merchant's son, returning from hunting, saw a broom and asked: "Why did you decorate this broom?" “And then,” says Elena the Beautiful, “that your wisdom and strength are hidden in it.” “Oh, how stupid you are! Can my strength and wisdom be in a broom?

Elena the Beautiful again gave him a strong potion to drink and asked: “Tell me, dear, where is your wisdom?” - "A bull in the horns." She ordered the bull's horns to be gilded. The next day, Ivan the merchant's son, returning from hunting, saw a bull and asked: “What does this mean? Why are the horns gilded? - "And then, - Elena the Beautiful answers, - that here your strength and wisdom are hidden." “Oh, how stupid you are! How can my strength and wisdom be in the horns? Elena the Beautiful gave her husband a strong potion to drink and began to ask him relentlessly: “Tell me, dear, where is your wisdom, where is your strength?” Ivan the merchant's son gave her a secret: "My strength and wisdom are in this shirt." After that he got drunk and fell asleep; Elena the Beautiful took off his shirt, chopped him into small pieces and ordered him to be thrown into the open field, and she herself began to live with the Serpent Gorynych.

For three days the body of Ivan the merchant's son lay scattered across the open field; the crows have flocked to peck at him. At that time, an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow flew past, saw a dead brother and decided to help him. Immediately the falcon rushed down, killed the crow on the fly and said to the old raven: “Bring more dead and living water!” The raven flew and brought dead and living water. An eagle, a falcon and a sparrow laid down the body of Ivan the merchant's son, sprinkled it first with dead water, and then with living water. Ivan the merchant's son got up and thanked them; they gave him a golden ring. As soon as Ivan the merchant's son put the ring on his hand, he immediately turned into a horse and ran to the courtyard of Elena the Beautiful. The serpent Gorynych recognized him, ordered to catch this horse, put it in the stable, and the next day in the morning cut off his head.

Under Elena the Beautiful there was a maid; she felt sorry for such a glorious horse, went to the stable, she herself weeps bitterly and says: “Oh, poor horse, they will execute you tomorrow.” The horse proclaimed to her in a human voice: “Come tomorrow, red maiden, to the place of execution, and when my blood splashes to the ground, protect it with your foot; then collect this blood together with the earth and scatter it around the palace.” In the morning they led the horse to be executed; they cut off his head, blood spattered - the red maiden protected it with her leg, and then gathered it together with the earth and scattered it around the palace; on the same day glorious garden trees grew around the palace. The Serpent Gorynych gave the order to cut down these trees and burn them to the last. The maid burst into tears and went into the garden for the last time to take a walk and admire. One tree prophesied to her in a human voice: “Listen, fair maiden! As soon as they chop down the garden, you take one chip and throw it into the lake. She did just that, threw the sliver into the lake - the sliver turned into a golden drake and floated on the water.

The Serpent Gorynych came to that lake - he decided to go hunting, he saw a golden drake. “Give me,” he thinks, “I’ll catch him alive!” He took off the wonderful shirt that the sparrow gave Ivan the merchant's son, and rushed into the lake. And the drake farther and farther, led the Serpent Gorynych deeper, fluttered - and ashore, turned into a good fellow, put on a shirt and killed the snake. After that, Ivan the merchant's son came to the palace, shot Elena the Beautiful, and married her servant and began to live with her, live, make good.

(Illustrated by Leah Selina)

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Fairy tale Wonderful shirt

Russian folktale

Fairy Tale Miraculous Shirt read:

In a certain kingdom there lived a rich merchant. The merchant died and left three sons at an age. The two elders went hunting every day.

At one time, they took their younger brother, Ivan, with them to hunt, took him to a dense forest and left him there in order to divide all his father's estate among themselves, and deprive him of his inheritance.

Ivan, the merchant's son, wandered through the forest for a long time, ate berries and roots, finally got out onto the plain and saw a house on that plain.

He entered the rooms, walked, walked - there was no one, everywhere was empty; only in one room the table is set for three cutlery, there are three loaves on the plates, and a bottle of wine is placed in front of each cutlery. Ivan, the merchant's son, bit off a small piece of each bread, ate it, and then drank a little from all three bottles and hid behind the door.

Suddenly an eagle flies, hit the ground and became a fine fellow; a falcon flies after him, a sparrow follows the falcon - they hit the ground and turned into good fellows too. Sat down at the table to eat.

- And after all, bread and wine have been opened with us! the eagle says.

“And that’s true,” the falcon replies, “it’s clear that someone has come to visit us.” They began to look for a guest, to call. Eagle says:

- Show us! If you are an old old man, you will be our dear father, if you are a good fellow, you will be a brother, if you are an old woman, you will be your mother, and if you are a red maiden, we will call you our sister.

Ivan, the merchant's son, came out from behind the door, they kindly received him and called him their brother.

The next day, the eagle began to ask Ivan, the merchant's son:

- Do us a favor - stay here and exactly one year later, on this very day, collect on the table.

“Very well,” the merchant’s son replies, “it will be done.

The eagle gave him the keys, allowed him to go everywhere, look at everything, only one key that hung on the wall, he did not order to take.

After that, the good fellows turned into birds - an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow - and flew away.

Ivan, the merchant's son, once walked around the yard and saw a door in the ground behind a strong lock; I wanted to look there, I began to try the keys - not a single one is necessary; ran into the rooms, took the forbidden key from the wall, unlocked the lock and opened the door.

In the dungeon, the heroic horse stands - in all its decoration, on both sides of the saddle two bags are hung: in one - gold, in the other - semi-precious stones.

He began to stroke the horse: the heroic horse hit him in the chest with a hoof and knocked him out of the dungeon for a whole fathom. From that, Ivan, the merchant's son, slept soundly until the very day on which his named brothers were to fly.

As soon as he woke up, he locked the door, hung the key in the old place and set the table for three appliances.

Here an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow flew in, hit the ground and became good fellows, said hello and sat down to dinner.

The next day, the falcon began to ask Ivan, the merchant's son: do one more year of service! Ivan, the merchant's son, agreed.

The brothers flew away, and he again went around the yard, saw another door in the ground, unlocked it with the same key.

In the dungeon, the heroic horse stands - in all its decoration, bags are attached to both sides of the saddle: in one - gold, in the other - semi-precious stones.

He began to stroke the horse: the heroic horse hit him in the chest with a hoof and knocked him out of the dungeon for a whole fathom. From that, Ivan, the merchant's son, slept soundly for the same amount of time as before.

I woke up on the very day when the brothers were supposed to arrive, locked the door, hung the key on the wall and prepared the table.

An eagle, a falcon and a sparrow arrive: they hit the ground, said hello and sat down to dinner.

The next day, in the morning, the sparrow began to ask Ivan, the merchant's son: serve one more year of service. He agreed.

The brothers turned into birds and flew away. Ivan, the merchant's son, lived alone for a whole year, and when the appointed day came, he laid the table and waited for his brothers.

The brothers flew in, hit the ground and became good fellows: they went in, said hello and had lunch.

After dinner, the elder brother, the eagle, says:

“Thank you, merchant son, for your service; here is a heroic horse for you - I give you with all the harness, and with gold, and with semi-precious stones.

The middle brother, the falcon, gave him another heroic horse, and the younger brother, the sparrow, gave him a shirt.

“Take it,” he says, “the bullet won’t take this shirt; if you put it on, no one will overpower you!

Ivan, the merchant's son, put on that shirt, mounted a heroic horse and rode off to woo Elena the Beautiful for himself; and it was announced all over the world about her: whoever defeats the Serpent Gorynych, she should marry him.

Ivan, the merchant's son, attacked the Serpent Gorynych, defeated him, and was about to pinch his head in an oak stump, but the Serpent Gorynych began to tearfully beg and ask:

- Do not beat me to death, take me into your service: I will be your faithful servant!

Ivan, the merchant's son, took pity on him, took him with him, brought him to Elena the Beautiful, and a little later married her, and made Serpent Gorynych a cook.

Once the merchant's son went hunting, and the Serpent Gorynych seduced Elena the Beautiful and ordered her to find out why Ivan, the merchant's son, is so wise and strong?

The Serpent Gorynych brewed a strong potion, and Elena the Beautiful gave her husband that potion to drink and began to ask:

- Tell me, Ivan is a merchant's son, where is your wisdom?

- In the kitchen, in a broom.

Elena the Beautiful took this broom, decorated it with different colors and put it in a conspicuous place. Ivan - the merchant's son returned from hunting, saw a broom and asked:

- Why did you decorate this broom?

“And then,” says Elena the Beautiful, “that your wisdom and strength are hidden in it.

- Oh, how stupid you are! Can my strength and wisdom be in a broom?

Elena the Beautiful again gave him a strong potion to drink and asked:

“Tell me, dear, where is your wisdom?”

- Bull in the horns.

She ordered the bull's horns to be gilded. The next day, Ivan, the merchant's son, returned from hunting, saw a bull, and asked:

- What does it mean? Why are the horns gilded?

- And then, - Elena the Beautiful answers, - that here your strength and wisdom are hidden.

- Oh, how stupid you are! Can my strength and wisdom be in the horns?

Elena the Beautiful gave her husband a strong potion to drink and again began to question him:

- Tell me, dear, where is your wisdom, where is your strength? Ivan is a merchant's son and gave her a secret:

“My strength and wisdom is in this shirt. After that he fell asleep.

Elena the Beautiful took off his shirt, and chopped him into small pieces and ordered him to be thrown into the open field, and she herself began to live with the Serpent Gorynych.

For three days the body of Ivan, the merchant's son, lay scattered across the field, the crows had already flocked to peck at him.

At that time, an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow flew past, saw a dead brother.

The falcon rushed down, killed the crow on the fly and said to the old raven:

- Bring more dead and living water!

The raven flew and brought dead and living water.

An eagle, a falcon and a sparrow laid down the body of Ivan, the merchant's son, sprinkled it first with dead water, and then with living water.

Ivan, the merchant's son, stood up and thanked them: they gave him a golden ring.

As soon as Ivan, the merchant's son, put the ring on his hand, he immediately turned into a horse and ran to the courtyard of Elena the Beautiful.

The serpent Gorynych recognized him, ordered to catch this horse, put it in the stable, and the next day in the morning cut off his head.

Under Elena the Beautiful there was a maid; she felt sorry for such a glorious horse, went to the stable, she herself weeps bitterly and says:

“Ah, poor horse, you will be executed tomorrow!” The horse proclaimed to her in a human voice:

“Come tomorrow, red maiden, to the place of execution, and when my blood splashes to the ground, protect it with your foot, then collect this blood together with the earth and scatter it around the palace.

In the morning they led the horse to be executed, cut off his head, blood spurted - the red maiden protected her with her leg, and then gathered it together with the earth and scattered around the palace: on the same day, glorious garden trees grew around the palace.

Serpent Gorynych gave the order to cut down these trees and burn every single one.

The maid burst into tears and went into the garden for the last time to take a walk and admire. One tree proclaimed to her in a human voice:

“Listen, red girl! As soon as they cut down the garden, you take one chip and throw it into the lake.

She did just that, threw the splinter into the lake - the splinter turned into a golden drake and floated on the water.

The Serpent Gorynych came to that lake - he decided to go hunting - he saw a golden drake. “Give me,” he thinks, “I’ll catch him alive!”

He took off the wonderful shirt that the sparrow gave to Ivan, the merchant's son, and rushed into the lake. And the drake went further and further, led the Serpent Gorynych deeper, fluttered - and ashore, turned into a good fellow, put on a shirt and killed the snake.

After that, Ivan, the merchant's son, came to the palace. He drove out Elena the Beautiful, and married her maid and began to live with her, live, make good.

There once lived a rich peasant, and he had a son, Grytsko. Both father and mother died together. And Grytsk was only seventeen years old. He sold everything clean, converted the land, and the garden, and cattle into money, bought himself a horse, gave fifteen thousand, and a saddle and harness for the horse, bought another saber, a double-barreled gun, said goodbye to his settlement and said:

- Farewell, gentlemen-slobodzhane!

And he went to distant lands, to a distant kingdom, to another state.

Rides, suddenly sees - the steppe: there was a road, otherwise there is none, drove into the grass, rides on the grass. For ten days he rides on the grass, he can’t get out in any way, he won’t find a way. And he asks God to send him death, so that the beast will tear him apart or something. Suddenly he hears - someone is screaming, the voice seems to be Christian. Thank God, maybe it really is a human voice. He rides closer, calls out, the horse stumbled and stopped. The horse is worth it. And the snake screams from the pit:

"Get me out of the hole, Grytsko!"

He got up from his horse, looked and thought if it wasn’t some kind of woman, looking like a viper in a hole.

"How can I get you out if I'm afraid of you?"

- Give me the end of the whip: I'll grab it, so you'll pull me out.

He jumped off the horse, gave her a whip, she grabbed the end with her mouth, he got scared and pulled it so that it fell half a gon from him. And suddenly a panna comes towards him, such that you can’t even think of it, you can only tell it in a fairy tale. Came up.

“Hello,” he says, “Grytsko Ivanovich!” She shook hands and kissed. - Thank God, and where did you come from that you rescued me from the pit? Well, now, Grytsko, what do you wish: that I be your wife or sister?

Grytsko thought with his head: She is a snake, how will she be my wife? .. Better be a sister.

Be my sister and I'll be your brother! We kissed.

- Well, cut off the little finger from your right hand - I will suck your blood, and you mine, so we will be related.

— How, sister; if I'm afraid to cut my little finger?

- What to be afraid of? And you cut a little. He takes out a knife from his pocket.

- Well, brother, if you want, cut it yourself, but if you want, I will cut you.

- Cut, sister, you, otherwise I'm afraid.

She cut off a piece of skin from her little finger, put it in her mouth and sucks. She held, held his little finger in her mouth.

- Well, take it out, brother, that's enough.

“Now suck on my blood.”

He took her little finger in his mouth and began to suck blood. Sucked.

“Well, brother, that’s enough. Now we will be relatives by blood - you are my brother, and I am your sister.

They go to themselves, put the reins on their hands and talk about different things. How long, how short, they walked, but the road opened. They go again along the road, for a long time, for a short time, looking - a school of horses is visible; you can’t look at it, it’s so big, there’s no end to it, no edge.

- Whose is it, sister, such a large school of horses is visible?

“This,” he says, “brother, is my joint.

We passed that jamb, they go and go for themselves, they talk about different things. We walked two versts, again such a herd that you can’t even look at it with your eyes?

— Whose herd is this, sister, so big?

“This,” he says, “is my herd.

And Grytsko thinks with his head: “It would be better if she were my wife than my sister, because she is so rich.” And then he asks:

- Whose steppes are these, that I traveled for ten days, and did not find any path, no road, nothing, until suddenly I found you?

“This, brother, is all my steppes.

Well, they go again, talk to themselves. We passed a herd of two versts. Such a flock of sheep opens up that you can’t even look at it.

— Sister, whose flock is this? It's so big you can't even see it with your eyes.

- I have, - he says, - fifty thousand such flocks. They passed the flock, they go further. Large trees can be seen in the distance.

What are those big trees?

- This, brother, is my garden, there are my mansions behind the trees. It's not far, five versts passed.

They go to themselves, talk; she asks what kingdom he is from, how he traveled, and where he comes from.

“My father,” he says, “was a rich man, I am from such and such a kingdom. Yes, I left and ended up right here.

They approach her house, the house is surrounded by a fence, and the houses are all in three tiers, painted with different colors, decorated with all sorts of carvings, green, black, different colors. Approach the gate; sister opens the gate. Opened, entered, closed. She took the horse to the stable. And there are grooms, and she says to them:

- Put the horse in a stall, feed him well. He takes his brother by the hand, let's go to the rooms. They enter, and there eleven pannochkas are sitting at the table, drinking. Hello.

- Hello, ladies!

— Hello, well done!

- No, - he says, - this is not a good fellow, call him brother, he is like a brother to me and to you.

They put him at the table, let's drink, walk. They are very happy with him, they do not know how to feed him, where to seat him.

“Let’s go,” he says, “brother, to my garden for a walk.” We went to the garden for a walk along the first path. We walked two miles along the first road, looking - an iron poker lies across the road. She stepped over it and asked her brother:

“Take the poker, get it out of the way, I’m tired of it: as I walk, I keep stumbling.

He grabbed the poker and couldn't move it, it's so heavy.

“Uh,” he says, “what a weak strength you have!” How did you travel around the world with such a weak force?

- I, sister, did not happen to fight with anyone, so I have such strength. Such as God gave.

They stepped over the poker, went through the garden, along all the paths. He stayed with his sister for ten days. Again we went to the garden for a walk along that road. Again lies to hell.

“Accept,” he says, “brother, a poker, at least from the road.”

He took it, but did not budge. We went through the garden, took a walk, entered the rooms. And she began to ask the sisters to give their brother the same strength as theirs.

And immediately all twelve sat down to spin pure flax. We twisted the threads in two, and let's immediately warp the warp, and put and weave on the cross. They put it on, wove it, and sewed twelve golden flowers on the shirt. They did everything in one night: they spun, and weaved, and sewed, sewed twelve golden flowers - they gave him twelve heroic strengths. They woke him up, put this shirt on him. And then it began to light up. We walked a little, let's drink tea. Drank, ate:

“Let’s go, brother, to my garden for another walk.” All twelve go. We reached that poker - the poker lies across the path.

He takes her by the end. As she grabbed it, as she threw it to the devil, so she flew up above the tree.

“Thank you, brother,” says the sister, “that you removed the poker from the path: I’m tired of it, I’ll forget it, and I keep tripping over it.”

He stayed for another ten days.

“Well, sister,” she says, “it’s time for me to leave you.

— Where are you going?

— Yes, where God will send.

- Do you want me to marry you? I have everything in abundance - and there is a lot of land and enough livestock.

“No,” he says, “thank you, sister, I don’t want to.

“Well, well, you’re planning to leave me, but you don’t even have a good horse.

— No, my horse is very good.

“Wait a minute, brother, test your horse.”

He went to the stable and let's stroke the horse. He stroked his back with his palm, so the horse sat down on his knees; could not bear his hand.

“Well, my horse is really no good,” he says to his sister.

“And I told you he wasn’t good enough.

- Well, where, sister, can I get a horse?

- Yes, you saw a lot of horses with me, choose any.

She immediately went out, whistled with a heroic whistle - the earth roars, buzzes, a herd of two thousand horses flies straight into the corral. All entered the corral. She took and closed the gate.

“Now, brother, go choose a horse of your choice.”

He went to the paddock and let's choose the horses, and they kick; he took by the mane - the horse fell; he took it by the leg - the horse fell; how many horses he went through, but not one of them is good. He comes out and says:

- And your horses are bad, sister, worthless anywhere

- And the worthless ones, so it is necessary to let them out.

They took the horses out. She whistled with a heroic whistle a second time - the second herd runs straight into the pen. She also locked them up.

- Well, go, brother, choose your own horse.

I went again to choose, and a marshy swamp became in the paddock. Selected, selected, out:

“Sister, I’m tired, I can’t find a horse for myself.

- And you, brother, did not notice what is standing in the middle of the pen in the swamp?

- Eh, yes, it’s such that it won’t get out of the swamp.

"Go and try it out."

He comes to the horse, takes by the mane. How he pulled him out of the swamp, how he began to carry his horse around the paddock! She is laughing:

- Hold on, brother, do not give in!

He held him back, gave him a bridle, and curbed the horse, led him to the stable, put him in the box. They kept him for a month, cleaned him and fed him well.

- Well, sister, it's time for me to leave you.

- As you wish, brother; If you don't want to live with me, then get together with God.

He said goodbye to his sisters. The horse was taken out and saddled.

“Well, if you get married, brother, don’t trust your wife and don’t say what you have, and don’t take off this shirt, but when you take it off, you’ll die right away.”

And she said to the horse:

- Here is your master, you trust him. If someone kills the owner and it will be possible to escape, then you, my good horse, come to me.

They gave their brother a damask saber, a pike and said:

- As you command, brother, so the horse will carry you - over a tree, or between trees, or over stones, or on the ground, or as you know.

He equipped himself on the road and went to distant lands, to the tenth kingdom, to another state. Reaches a big, big city. He hears a ringing in the city, already the earth is buzzing. He approaches - they ring so loudly that he plugs his ears, otherwise, he says, he will tear his head. I drove into the city and looks on both sides. He sees houses, but people are not visible. And the bells are ringing, ringing with might and main. I drove around the city for a mile, looking - my grandfather walks at the door. He goes to his grandfather.

“Hello,” he says.

“Hello,” he says, “merchant, or goodness, or whatever your name is!”

- As, - he says, - you name it, so be it! And what does it mean, grandfather, I drove a mile away, but I don’t see anyone in the city, only I see you first. And why is it that your bells are ringing so that it’s impossible to get through, I’ve already plugged my ears.

“This,” he says, “is a merchant, a cannibal has settled with us and has already devoured two counties of people in our kingdom. And they ordered, - he says, - to give him the princess to be eaten, so they call, maybe the Lord will have mercy on us.

- If I fell into my hands, I would feed him, he would not want to eat the princess!

And my grandfather had a filly; so he left the young man in the House with the old woman, and he himself went out, sat on the filly - and to the king.

- So, they say, and so, your clairvoyance, God brought from a foreign land such a young man that he could destroy an ogre.

And then the king ordered the horses to be harnessed to the carriage. They go to their grandfather. Rushed. The king runs into the house. He bows, shakes hands.

What kingdom are you from, sir?

- From such and such, white or what.

- Can you kill a cannibal?

“I can,” he says, “if only he fell into my hands.”

- Please, sir, to my house.

They sat down, rode off, and he took his horse. Speaks:

- Put the horse in a stall so that he has oats, hay, water all the time, as it should.

They put the horse in the stall. They enter the room themselves. And here is the queen, the daughter of the king, sons. Hello.

- Well, he says, - as soon as you kill the cannibal, here's my daughter as a wife, I give you half the kingdom while I'm alive, but if I die, everything will be yours. Do you agree, daughter?

How do you disagree? Is it really better for a cannibal to go to be devoured than to marry a Christian whom God sent into our kingdom. I want it in body and soul.

Sit down, eat well, drink. The time is coming when to take or not to take to the cannibal.

- Gather all who are, to see how I will destroy it. And call me a priest to confess me and take communion.

They called the pope. Then all the townspeople left and stopped half a gon from the cave. He takes the princess by the hand, brings her closer to the cave.

“Come out,” he says, “the cannibal, here is the princess for you to eat!”

The cannibal saw the princess and jumped out in an instant. And as soon as the serpent appeared, he hit him with a pike, and he fell.

“Here you are,” she says, “princess! The cannibal roared with all his might, and let him cut him with a damask saber so that all the townspeople were surprised, frightened. He took off his head. He killed him, chopped him into pieces, put him in a heap, doused him with alcohol, set him on fire and blew the ashes.

“Look,” she says, “my wife, what have I done to the cannibal. Honor me as a husband, because I begged you from death.

They returned to the city and let's drink, walk, that the Lord slept from a foreign land of such a hero who killed the cannibal, and they drink for his health, they walk. They drank for three days, had fun, and then to the priest, they celebrated the wedding, they live. Half the kingdom was written to him by the king, handed over. The king lived for three years and then died. He remained king over the whole kingdom. And they lived for twelve years, but they had no children, And they had a good priest in the city, and left behind him a son, a lad, an orphan of five years. They took him instead of their son. So he grew up, and he was already eighteen years old. They taught him wisdom. And he grew big and so handsome that in all the kingdoms there was no better adopted child. So the queen fell in love with this adopted child. And let's ask the king: why, they say, you never take off your shirts?

“I,” he says, “is so used to it, it is always white, whiter than those that you give, so you don’t have to take it off.

“My father,” she says, “he took off his shirts three times a day, but you never take yours off.

Well, he didn’t take off, he didn’t take off, but she was all for her own:

- Take it off, take it off, we'll at least wash it. So he took it and took off his shirt.

And as soon as he took it off, she took it and passed the shirt to the adopted child through other doors, and he instantly put it on himself. And as soon as he put it on, he immediately behind the saber and enters the old king's room.

Came in and says:

- Hello, father, will we fight or put up?

- And why should we, son, fight? He says:

- That's what!

And as he hit him with a saber, so he took off his head. Then he cut him to pieces with a saber and orders:

- Put him, this corpse, in a bag, tie him up and take his horse out of the stable, tie it to the tail and let it go, and so that neither he nor his horse is in my kingdom.

They tied it to the tail, and the horse went between the trees, and it hangs, tied to the tail. As soon as he ran about fifty miles, the horse neighed, then the sister found out that the horse Dobryan was neighing, and ran into the rooms.

- No, - he says, - sisters, our brother!

Everyone ran out and looked - a horse ran up, sank down at the porch, stopped. They took the bag, untied it from the tail. She sniffed.

- This is my own brother.

Then they took the horse to the stable, put it in a stall. The sack is carried into the rooms, the precious carpet is spread out, and the sack is emptied. They collected the bones, as it should be, then put the pieces together, take them away and smear them with healing water. They smeared for three hours: a man lies like a man, only inanimate. Let them pour some life-giving water into his mouth then. He began to move a little. They pour, and he moves.

- Raise his head, sisters! They raised him, poured more living water into him. He then got up.

— Where am I? he asks.

“That’s how you, brother, would fall asleep forever.” After all, I ordered you, brother, that you should not reveal your secrets to your wife, but you did not obey, and died forever. How did you die, my brother?

He told everything as it happened. Sit down, eat, eat. They are all happy for him.

Let's go for a walk in the garden.

Let's go to the garden. And the same poker lies across the path. He rushed to clean it up, but he wouldn't move it either.

“Well, brother, you gave up your strength, why didn’t you listen to me?”

“Give me, sisters, such health as you gave me then.

You should have kept what you have. God does not send health twice. If I or my sisters give you our health, then we ourselves will be left without it. We will not give you ours, but you have lost yours! And I will endow you, brother, with such wisdom and cunning that you will not lose them all your life.

“Well, sister, don’t give it, then give it, if only it would be good!”

They enter the room. She takes the bottle, pours it into a glass, gives it to him to drink.

- Come on, brother, drink.

He took and drank.

“Well, now,” he says, “brother, whoever you want to turn into, a horse or a bird, that’s what you will be.”

What he said, he did. He stayed three more days with his sisters. We drank, we walked, we rejoiced.

“Well, sister, it’s time for me to get ready for my kingdom. God willing, maybe I'll win it back.

“Well, see that you do to her as you did from her; and if you accept her as a wife, she will put you to bed again.

And brings him a horse. He said goodbye to his sisters, got ready for the journey.

- Carry me, horse Dobryan, to my kingdom!

The horse carried him to the very kingdom, to the very city where the king lived.

He rides through the city along the main street, he sees a tradesman, an old grandfather, walking around the yard. Hello. Grandfather led him into the rooms. And the grandmother looks kind of sad. Tears flow from the grandmother. He walked, walked around the house and asked:

- Why are you, grandmother, so sad! Did your son or daughter die?

“That’s why,” he says, “I’m crying because we got into trouble: the filly threw off her foal.

“Let me,” he says, “I’ll go and see if she can bring another.” Let's go, grandfather, I'll have a look at your filly.

Let's go and have a look.

“Don’t grieve, grandfather, she,” he says, “will be with a foal that same night, and with one that you have never seen before.

We entered the house. The grandfather tells the old woman:

- Here, grandmother, the merchant says that our mare will be with a foal that night.

“Really, grandma, what will happen!”

They seated him at the table. They poured a glass of wine, sat down, drank and offered it to him. Drank, thanked, then went for a walk. Walked, went to bed in the evening. And he let his horse into the meadow. Whether he slept, did not sleep, but got up.

- Thank you, grandfather and grandmother, for the shelter! And went to myself.

He went to the mare, turned into a foal - a golden hair, a silver hair, a golden hoof, a silver hoof, you will not find such a foal in the picture. The grandfather went to feed the mare, looking - already the foal was galloping around her. The grandfather was frightened when he saw him, and did not bring it to the stern, he left it, ran into the hut and did not utter a word, dragging the woman by the hand. Baba rests:

- Where are you dragging me, grandfather?

Grandpa won't even say a word. An hour later he woke up, and then he said:

“Go and see what kind of foal our mare has brought, you won’t find such a foal in all the kingdoms!”

We went with the grandmother, looked at the foal, admired.

- And now, grandfather, take the mare and take her to the market, but sell for as much as they give, otherwise the king will take it for free.

The grandfather took the mare to the market. The foal jumps ahead. He brings him to the bazaar, the tsar himself meets him with gendarmes, asks:

- Where did you, grandfather, take such a foal?

Brought, your clairvoyance, my mare ...

- And you, grandfather, will you sell me a foal?

“Selling,” he says.

- What do you think about him?

- If it were from a foreign king, I would know what to ask, but let's give five thousand from you, and that's enough.

The king took out five thousand, counted, gave the money to his grandfather. Bought a bridle, put on a foal.

The gendarme led him, and the king goes and looks.

“Take him now to the stall in the stable!”

And the king himself went to the rooms to tell his wife. And just at that time the first maid of Olena was standing at the gate; she saw the foal, and as soon as the king passed from the gate into the rooms, she rushed to the stable. And only the one who introduced the foal left, and Olena asked the foal:

“Do you know, Olena, who I am?”

“No,” he says, “I don’t know.

Do you remember the first king? So this is what I am! You know, my adoptive hacked me and whipped me, so I am this very one. So know how they will kill me, you take and soak a handkerchief in blood, bury the handkerchief in the ground, and an apple tree will grow there; and when they chop an apple tree, you take a chip from it, take it to the river and throw it into the water. And then run away from here so that no one sees you.

She went out through other doors, and the king takes the queen by the hand and leads her to the foal.

Take him out, I'll take a look at him. The grooms took him out to the yard. She looked from a distance and said:

- This is not a foal, but my first husband! Dig up a post in the middle of the courtyard, tie it to the post, and then smash it from the cannons to dust.

They tied him up and blasted him with cannons. And the maid walks about there, dipped her handkerchief in the blood, put it in her sleeve, went into the garden and buried it in the garden. Then they doused the foal with alcohol, set it on fire and scattered the ashes.

“Well, it’s a good thing you didn’t touch that foal. Otherwise, he would have killed you!

We spent the night, slept, the king went out into the garden. He walked a little, looking - there is an apple tree, a new one has grown overnight, an apple of gold, silver. I chose an apple for myself, I wanted to bite.

“No,” he says, “I’d better go and ask my wife.”

Comes:

- Go, wife, look at what an apple tree has appeared for us.

She looked:

“This,” he says, “is not an apple tree, but my first husband. Take it down and cut it down. pull out the roots, burn it, and scatter the ashes.

Began to cut; and that maid went around, gathered up the pieces, came to the river, and threw them into the water. The apple tree was cut down, burned down and the ashes scattered. We spent the night the night when we finished with the apple tree. They drank tea. The king took a gun, went into the garden to the river. Suddenly Olena carries water from there.

- Go, - he says, - to the shore, where we take water, there is such a bird that I have never seen such a thing in my life.

He turned there, came to that place, aimed, he sees - she does not fly away. He threw off his boots, tucked up his dressing gown, and trudged on to catch her right in his arms. He wandered, and the bathrobe was in the water, the king is about to reach the bird, but he can’t hold it with his hand - the feathers are slippery. Returned.

- I'll take off, - he says, - a shirt and underpants, I'll go and catch it.

And he wandered back to the bird. As he stepped, and the water is already waist-deep: it will cover, but there is no way to keep him. The bird lured him far into the water and suddenly flapped its wings, hit the shore and turned into a man. And the same shirt that with twelve flowers, which the king took off, put on again.

The king was frightened, standing in the water. And he says:

- Well, son, will we fight or put up? You go to the beach.

He stood for three hours in the water, thinking.

“Think, don’t think, get out of the water.”

He took it and went to the beach. And the man immediately cut and chopped him, enters the rooms and shouts in a heroic voice:

- We wish you good health!

She immediately recognized him, and died.

“Ah, there you are, my gas chamber!” Get over here! She does not go, then he went himself.

- How many times have you killed me in the world: and the king, and the foal, and the apple tree? You saw how I destroyed the cannibal, you were standing next to me, right? She stood and swore that you would respect me as a husband. It was you who thanked me so much that I saved you from death! Take her to the garden.

They took her out. He cut off her head, cut it, chopped it into pieces, burned it, scattered the ashes.

He dressed Olena in royal clothes. And get married to the ass. They got married, and the next Sunday they got married. He mounts his horse, Dobryan.

- Carry me, horse, to the sisters, I will call them to the wedding.

He sat down, galloped higher than a tree on a horse, on Dobryan, to his sisters.

He comes and greets. The sisters are so happy, and my God! They don't know where to put him. He tells:

“I'm done with him and her, and now with the maid from the first wedding. I thank you, sister, for your wisdom-cunning, otherwise I would not have returned back. And now I have returned the strength that you gave me back.

We walked and drank with the sisters for two days. They saddled their horse and went to visit their brother at the wedding. The wedding feast has begun. All who are from other kingdoms, kings, kings, and even some princelings ask their own:

- What kind of pannas are such that you don’t think of it, you don’t think of it, you can only tell it in a fairy tale?

“These are my sisters,” he says.

They celebrated the wedding, all the strangers parted; the sisters stayed. Only the sisters stayed for three more days. Drink, walk.

- Well, Olena, maybe you will finish our brother in the same way as the first one did?

- No, I am a peasant family, I will respect him, as God should!

The sisters left, but they stayed: they live, chew bread and carry good things with bedding.

In a certain kingdom there lived a rich merchant. The merchant died and left three sons at an age. The two elders went hunting every day.

At one time, they took their younger brother, Ivan, with them to hunt, took him to a dense forest and left him there - in order to divide all his father's estate among themselves, and deprive him of his inheritance.

Ivan - the merchant's son wandered through the forest for a long time, ate berries and roots, finally got out onto the plain and saw a house on that plain.

He entered the rooms, walked, walked - there was no one, everywhere was empty; only in one room the table is set for three cutlery, there are three loaves on the plates, and a bottle of wine is placed in front of each cutlery. Ivan, the merchant's son, bit off a small piece of each bread, ate it, and then drank a little from all three bottles and hid behind the door.

Suddenly an eagle flies, hit the ground and became a fine fellow; a falcon flies after him, a sparrow follows the falcon - they hit the ground and turned into good fellows too. Sat down at the table to eat.

But we have bread and wine! - says the eagle.

And that's true, - the falcon answers, - it is clear that someone has come to visit us. They began to look for a guest, to call. Eagle says:

Show us! If you are an old old man, you will be our dear father, if you are a good fellow, you will be your brother, if you are an old woman, you will be your mother, and if you are a red maiden, we will call you our sister.

Ivan - the merchant's son came out from behind the door, they affectionately received him and called him their brother.

The next day, the eagle began to ask Ivan, the merchant's son:

Do us a favor - stay here and exactly one year later, on this very day, collect on the table.

Well, - the merchant's son answers, - it will be done.

The eagle gave him the keys, allowed him to go everywhere, look at everything, only one key that hung on the wall, he did not order to take.

After that, the good fellows turned to birds - an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow - and flew away.

Ivan - the merchant's son once walked around the yard and saw a door in the ground behind a strong lock; I wanted to look there, I began to try the keys - not a single one is necessary; ran into the rooms, took the forbidden key from the wall, unlocked the lock and opened the door.
In the dungeon, the heroic horse stands - in all its decoration, on both sides of the saddle two bags are hung: in one - gold, in the other - semi-precious stones.

He began to stroke the horse: the heroic horse hit him in the chest with a hoof and knocked him out of the dungeon for a whole fathom. From that, Ivan, the merchant's son, slept soundly until the very day on which his named brothers were to fly.

As soon as he woke up, he locked the door, hung the key in the old place and set the table for three appliances.

Here an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow flew in, hit the ground and became good fellows, said hello and sat down to dinner.

The next day, the falcon began to ask Ivan, the merchant's son: do one more year of service! Ivan the merchant's son agreed.

The brothers flew away, and he again went around the yard, saw another door in the ground, unlocked it with the same key.

In the dungeon, the heroic horse stands - in all its decoration, bags are attached to both sides of the saddle: in one - gold, in the other - semi-precious stones.

He began to stroke the horse: the heroic horse hit him in the chest with a hoof and knocked him out of the dungeon for a whole fathom. From that, Ivan, the merchant's son, slept soundly for the same amount of time as before.

I woke up on the very day when the brothers were supposed to arrive, locked the door, hung the key on the wall and prepared the table.

An eagle, a falcon and a sparrow arrive: they hit the ground, said hello and sat down to dinner.

The next day, in the morning, a sparrow began to ask Ivan, the merchant's son: serve the service for another year. He agreed.

The brothers turned into birds and flew away. Ivan, the merchant's son, lived alone for a whole year, and when the appointed day came, he laid the table and waited for his brothers.

The brothers flew in, hit the ground and became good fellows: they went in, said hello and had lunch.

After dinner, the elder brother, the eagle, says:

Thank you, merchant's son, for your service; here is a heroic horse for you - I give it with all the harness, and with gold, and with semi-precious stones.

The middle brother, the falcon, gave him another heroic horse, and the younger brother, the sparrow, gave him a shirt.

Take it, - he says, - the bullet does not take this shirt; if you put it on, no one will overpower you!

Ivan - the merchant's son put on that shirt, sat on the heroic horse and went to woo Elena the Beautiful for himself; and it was announced all over the world about her: whoever defeats the Serpent Gorynych, she should marry him.

Ivan - the merchant's son attacked the Serpent Gorynych, defeated him and was about to pinch his head in an oak stump, but the Serpent Gorynych began to tearfully beg and ask:

Do not beat me to death, take me into your service: I will be your faithful servant!

Ivan, the merchant's son, took pity on him, took him with him, brought him to Elena the Beautiful, and a little later married her, and made Serpent Gorynych a cook.

Once the merchant's son went hunting, and the Serpent Gorynych seduced Elena the Beautiful and ordered her to find out why Ivan, the merchant's son, is so wise and strong?

The Serpent Gorynych brewed a strong potion, and Elena the Beautiful gave her husband that potion to drink and began to ask:

Tell me, Ivan is a merchant's son, where is your wisdom?

In the kitchen, in a broom.
Elena the Beautiful took this broom, decorated it with different colors and put it in a conspicuous place. Ivan - the merchant's son returned from hunting, saw a broom and asked:

Why did you decorate this broom?

And then, - says Elena the Beautiful, - that your wisdom and strength are hidden in it.

Ah, how stupid you are! Can my strength and wisdom be in a broom?

Elena the Beautiful again gave him a strong potion to drink and asked:

Tell me, honey, where is your wisdom?

The bull has horns.

She ordered the bull's horns to be gilded. The next day, Ivan, the merchant's son, returned from hunting, saw a bull and asked:

What does it mean? Why are the horns gilded?

And then, - Elena the Beautiful answers, - that here your strength and wisdom are hidden.

Ah, how stupid you are! Can my strength and wisdom be in the horns?

Elena the Beautiful gave her husband a strong potion to drink and again began to question him:

Tell me, dear, where is your wisdom, where is your strength? Ivan is a merchant's son and gave her a secret:

My strength and wisdom is in this shirt. After that he fell asleep.

Elena the Beautiful took off his shirt, and chopped him into small pieces and ordered him to be thrown into the open field, and she herself began to live with the Serpent Gorynych.

For three days the body of Ivan lay - the merchant's son scattered across the field, the crows flocked to peck at him.

At that time, an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow flew past, saw a dead brother.

The falcon rushed down, killed the crow on the fly and said to the old raven:

Bring rather dead and living water!

The raven flew and brought dead and living water.

An eagle, a falcon and a sparrow laid down the body of Ivan, the merchant's son, sprinkled it first with dead water, and then with living water.

Ivan, the merchant's son, stood up and thanked them: they gave him a golden ring.

As soon as Ivan, the merchant's son, put the ring on his hand, he immediately turned into a horse and ran to the courtyard of Elena the Beautiful.

The serpent Gorynych recognized him, ordered to catch this horse, put it in the stable, and the next day in the morning cut off his head.

Under Elena the Beautiful there was a maid; she felt sorry for such a glorious horse, went to the stable, she herself weeps bitterly and says:

Oh, poor horse, you will be executed tomorrow! The horse proclaimed to her in a human voice:

Come tomorrow, red maiden, to the place of execution, and as soon as my blood splashes to the ground, protect it with your foot, then collect this blood together with the earth and scatter it around the palace.

In the morning they led the horse to be executed, cut off his head, blood splashed - the red maiden protected her with her leg, and then gathered it together with the earth and scattered around the palace: on the same day, glorious garden trees grew around the palace.

Serpent Gorynych gave the order to cut down these trees and burn every single one.

The maid burst into tears and went into the garden for the last time to take a walk and admire. One tree proclaimed to her in a human voice:

Listen, red girl! As soon as they cut down the garden, you take one chip and throw it into the lake.

She did just that, threw the sliver into the lake - the sliver turned into a golden drake and floated on the water.

The Serpent Gorynych came to that lake - he decided to hunt - he saw a golden drake. “Give me,” he thinks, “I’ll catch him alive!”

He took off the wonderful shirt that the sparrow gave to Ivan, the merchant's son, and rushed into the lake. And the drake farther and farther, led the Serpent Gorynych deeper, fluttered - and ashore, turned into a good fellow, put on a shirt and killed the snake.

After that, Ivan, the merchant's son, came to the palace. He drove out Elena the Beautiful, and married her maid and began to live with her, live, make good.