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Beyond distant lands, in a distant state, there lived a king with a queen; they had no children. The king went to foreign lands, to distant lands, he did not go home for a long time; at that time the queen bore him a son, Ivan Tsarevich, but the king does not know about it.
He began to keep his way to his state, began to drive up to his land, and the day was hot, hot, the sun was so hot! And a great thirst fell upon him; whatever to give, just to drink water! He looked around and saw a large lake not far off; rode up to the lake, dismounted from the horse, lay down on the ground and let's swallow the icy water. Drinks and does not smell trouble; and the king of the sea seized him by the beard.
— Let go! the king asks.
“I won’t let you in, don’t you dare drink without my knowledge!”
- Whatever you want, take a ransom - just let it go!
- Let's do something you don't know at home.
The king thought and thought ... What does he not know at home? It seems that he knows everything, everything is known to him, - and he agreed. I tried - no one keeps a beard; got up from the ground, got on his horse and rode home.
Here he comes home, the queen meets him with the prince, so joyful; and as soon as he learned about his dear offspring, he burst into bitter tears. He told the princess how and what had happened to him, we cried together, but there’s nothing to do, you can’t fix things with tears.
They began to live in the old way; and the prince grows for himself and grows like dough on dough - not by the day, but by the hour - and he has grown big.
“No matter how much you keep with you,” the tsar thinks, but you have to give it back: it’s inevitable!” He took Ivan Tsarevich by the hand and led him straight to the lake.
“Look here,” he says, “my ring; I accidentally dropped it yesterday.
He left one prince, and he turned home.
The prince began to look for a ring, he was walking along the shore, and an old woman came across to meet him.
Where are you going, Ivan Tsarevich?
“Get off, don’t bother, old witch!” And it's boring without you.
- Well, stay with God!
And the old woman went to the side.
And Ivan Tsarevich thought about it: “Why did I scold the old woman?” Let me turn her back; old people are cunning and quick-witted! Perhaps he will say something good.” And he began to turn the old woman:
- Come back, grandmother, forgive my stupid word! After all, I said out of annoyance: my father made me look for a ring, I go and look, but there is no ring!
- You are not here for a ring: your father gave you to the sea king; the sea king will come out and take you with him to the underwater kingdom.
The prince wept bitterly.
- Do not grieve, Ivan Tsarevich! There will be a holiday on your street; just listen to me, old woman. Hide behind that currant bush and hide quietly. Twelve doves will fly here - all red maidens, and after them the thirteenth; will bathe in the lake; meanwhile, take away the shirt from the last one and still don’t give it back until she gives you her little ring. If you fail to do this, you are lost forever; near the sea king, all around the palace, there is a high palisade, for as much as ten versts, and on each spoke a head is stuck; only one empty, do not please get on it!
Ivan Tsarevich thanked the old woman, hid behind a currant bush and waited for the time.
Suddenly twelve pigeons fly in; hit the damp earth and turned into red maidens, all to a single beauty indescribable: neither think, nor guess, nor write with a pen! They threw off their dresses and set off into the lake: they play, splash, laugh, sing songs.
They were followed by the thirteenth dove; hit the damp ground, turned into a beautiful girl, threw off her white shirt and went to bathe; and she was prettier than all, prettier than all!
For a long time Ivan Tsarevich could not take his eyes away, he looked at her for a long time and remembered what the old woman had told him, crept quietly and took away the shirt.
A red-haired girl came out of the water, missed her - there was no shirt, someone took it away; Everyone rushed to look: they searched, searched - not to be seen anywhere.
- Do not look, dear sisters! Fly home; I myself am to blame - I overlooked it, I myself will answer.
Sisters - red maidens hit the damp ground, became doves, flapped their wings and flew away. Only one girl remained, looked around and said:
“Whoever it is, who has my shirt, come out here; if you are an old man, you will be my dear father, if you are middle-aged, you will be my beloved brother, if you are equal to me, you will be a dear friend!
As soon as she said the last word, Ivan Tsarevich appeared. She gave him a golden ring and said:
“Ah, Ivan Tsarevich! Why haven't you come for a long time? The sea king is angry with you. Here is the road that leads to the underwater kingdom; step on it boldly! You will find me there too; because I am the daughter of the sea king, Vasilisa the Wise.
Vasilisa the Wise turned into a dove and flew away from the prince.
And Ivan Tsarevich went to the underwater kingdom; sees - and there the light is the same as ours; and there are fields, and meadows, and green groves, and the sun is warm.
He comes to the sea king. The sea king shouted at him:
- Why haven't you been here for so long? For your guilt, here is your service: I have a wasteland thirty miles long and across - only ditches, gullies and sharp stones! So that by tomorrow it would be smooth as a palm there, and the rye would be sown, and by early morning it would grow so high that a jackdaw could be buried in it. If you don't, your head is off your shoulders!
Ivan Tsarevich comes from the sea king, he is shedding tears. Vasilisa the Wise saw him through the window from her towering tower and asked:
- Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! Why are you shedding tears?
How can I not cry? the prince answers. - The king of the sea made me level ditches, gullies and sharp stones in one night and sow rye, so that by the morning of sleep it would grow and a jackdaw could hide in it.
- It's not a problem, the trouble is ahead. Go to sleep with God; the morning is wiser than the evening, everything will be ready!
Ivan Tsarevich went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
- Hey you, my faithful servants! Level deep ditches, demolish sharp stones, sow spiked rye, so that it will ripen by morning.
Ivan Tsarevich woke up at dawn, looked - everything is ready: there are no ditches, no gullies, there is a field as smooth as a palm, and rye flaunts on it - so high that a jackdaw will be buried.
I went to the sea king with a report.
“Thank you,” says the sea king, “that you managed to serve. Here's another job for you: I have three hundred stacks, in each stack there are three hundred kopecks - all white wheat; thresh for me by tomorrow all the wheat, clean and clean, to a single grain, but do not break the stacks and do not break the sheaves. If you don't, your head is off your shoulders!
“Listen, Your Majesty! - said Ivan Tsarevich; again he walks around the yard and sheds tears.
- What are you crying about? Vasilisa the Wise asks him.
How can I not cry? The king of the sea ordered me to thresh all the stacks in one night, not to drop the grain, but not to break the stacks and not to break the sheaves.
- It's not a problem, the trouble is ahead! Go to bed with God; The morning is wiser than the evening.
The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
- Hey you, creeping ants! No matter how many of you there are in the whole wide world - all crawl here and pick the grain from the father's stacks clean and clean.
In the morning, the sea king calls Ivan Tsarevich:
Did he serve?
“Served, your majesty!”
- Let's go see.
They came to the threshing floor - all the stacks are untouched, they came to the granary - all the bins are full of grain.
- Thank you, brother! the sea king said. “Make me another church of pure wax, ready by dawn; that will be your last service.”
Again Tsarevich Ivan walks through the yard and washes himself with tears.
- What are you crying about? Vasilisa the Wise asks him from the high tower.
- How can I not cry, good fellow? The sea king ordered to make a church out of pure wax in one night.
- Well, it's not a problem yet, the trouble is ahead. Go to sleep; The morning is wiser than the evening.
The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
- Hey you, hard-working bees! No matter how many of you there are in the world, all fly here and mold the church of God from pure wax, so that by morning it will be ready.
In the morning, Ivan Tsarevich got up, looked - there was a church made of pure wax, and went to the sea king with a chill.
Thank you, Ivan Tsarevich! What servants I did not have, no one managed to please like you. Be then my heir, the guardian of the whole kingdom; choose any of my thirteen daughters for your wife.
Ivan Tsarevich chose Vasilisa the Wise; they were immediately married and feasted with joy for three whole days.
Neither more nor less time passed, Ivan Tsarevich yearned for his parents, he wanted to go to Holy Rus'.
“Why are you so sad, Ivan Tsarevich?
- Ah, Vasilisa the Wise, I felt sad for my father, for my mother, I wanted to go to Holy Rus'.
- Here comes the trouble! If we leave, there will be a great chase after us; the sea king will be angry and put us to death. Gotta be smart!
Vasilisa the Wise spat in three corners, locked the doors in her chamber and ran with Ivan Tsarevich to Holy Rus'.
The next day, messengers from the sea king come early - to raise the young, to call the king to the palace. Knocking on the door:
- Wake up, wake up! Father is calling you.
“It’s still early, we didn’t get enough sleep: come after!” one saliva answers.
So the messengers left, waited an hour or two, and knocked again:
"It's not time to sleep, it's time to get up!"
"Wait a little, let's get up and get dressed!" replies another saliva.
The third time the messengers come:
“The Tsar-de-Marine is angry why they are taking so long to cool off.
- Let's go now! - answers the third saliva.
The messengers waited and waited, and let's knock again: no response, no response! They broke down the door, but the tower is empty.
They reported to the king that the young had run away; he became angry and sent a great chase after them.
And Vasilisa the Wise and Ivan Tsarevich are already far, far away! They ride greyhound horses without stopping, without rest.
- Well, Ivan Tsarevich, lie down on the damp earth and listen, is there a chase from the sea king?
Ivan Tsarevich jumped off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:
- I hear people's talk and a horse top!
- They're after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise, and immediately turned the horses into a green meadow, Ivan Tsarevich into an old shepherd, and she herself became a meek sheep.
The chase is on:
- Hey, old man! Didn't you see - didn't a good fellow ride here with a red maiden?
“No, good people, I haven’t seen it,” Ivan Tsarevich answers, “I’ve been grazing in this place for forty years, not a single bird has flown by, not a single beast has roamed past!
The chase is back:
"Your Royal Majesty!" They didn’t run into anyone on the way, they only saw: the shepherd is grazing a sheep.
- What did you miss? After all, they were! - shouted the sea king and sent a new pursuit.
And Ivan Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise have been riding greyhound horses for a long time.
- Well, Ivan Tsarevich, lie down on the damp earth and listen, is there a chase from the sea king?
Ivan Tsarevich got off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:
- I hear people's talk and a horse top.
- They're after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise; she herself became a church, she turned Ivan Tsarevich into an old priest, and the horses into trees.
The chase is on:
— Hey, father! Did you not see if a shepherd with a sheep passed by here?
- No, good people, I haven’t seen it; I have been working in this church for forty years - not a single bird has flown by, not a single animal has roamed past.
Turned the chase back:
"Your Royal Majesty!" Nowhere did they find a shepherd with a sheep; only on the way and saw that the church and the priest-old man.
- Why didn't you break the church, didn't capture the priest? After all, they were the ones! - shouted the sea king and he himself galloped in pursuit of Ivan Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise.
And they have gone far.
Vasilisa the Wise again says:
- Ivan Tsarevich! Lie down on the damp earth - do not hear the chase!
Ivan Tsarevich got down from his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:
- I hear people's talk and a horse top more than ever.
- It's the king himself riding.
Vasilisa the Wise turned the horses into a lake, Ivan Tsarevich into a drake, and she herself became a duck.
The king of the sea galloped to the lake, immediately guessed who the duck and drake were; hit the ground and turned into an eagle. The eagle wants to kill them to death, but it wasn’t there: what doesn’t fly from above ... the drake is about to hit, and the drake dives into the water; the duck is about to hit, and the duck will dive into the water! He fought and fought and couldn't do anything. The king of the sea galloped to his underwater kingdom, and Vasilisa the Wise and Ivan Tsarevich waited a good time and went to holy Rus'.
How long, how short, they arrived in the thirtieth kingdom.
“Wait for me in this forest,” Ivan Tsarevich says to Vasilisa the Wise, “I will go and report to my father and mother in advance.
- You will forget me, Ivan Tsarevich!
- No, I won't forget.
- No, Ivan Tsarevich, don't say, you'll forget! Remember me even when two doves start beating at the windows!
Ivan Tsarevich came to the palace; his parents saw him, threw themselves on his neck and began to kiss and pardon him; in joy, Ivan Tsarevich forgot about Vasilisa the Wise.
He lives a day and another with his father, with his mother, and on the third he decided to marry some princess.
Vasilisa the Wise went to the city and hired herself as a worker for a prosvirna. They began to cook prosvira; she took two pieces of dough, molded a pair of doves and put them in the oven.
“Guess, mistress, what will become of these doves?”
— And what will happen? Let's eat them - that's all!
— No, I didn't guess!
Vasilisa the Wise opened the stove, opened the window - and at that very moment the doves started up, flew straight into the palace and began to beat at the windows; no matter how hard the royal servants tried, they could not drive them away.
It was only then that Ivan Tsarevich remembered Vasilisa the Wise, sent messengers in all directions to question and search for her, and found her at the mallow; took the white hands, kissed the sugar lips, brought him to his father, to his mother, and they all began to live together and live and make good.
For distant lands, in the thirtieth state lived - there was a king with a queen; they had no children. The king went to foreign lands, to distant lands, he did not go home for a long time; at that time the queen bore him a son, Ivan - a prince, and the king does not know about that.
He began to keep his way to his state, began to drive up to his land, and the day - it was hot - hot, the sun was hot! And a great thirst fell upon him; whatever to give, if only to drink water! He looked around and saw a large lake not far off; rode up to the lake, dismounted from the horse, lay down on the ground and let's swallow the icy water. Drinks and does not smell trouble; and the king of the sea seized him by the beard.
- Let go! - asks the king.
- I won't let you in, don't you dare drink without my knowledge!
- Whatever you want, take a ransom - just let go!
- Let's do something you don't know at home.
The king thought - thought ... What does he not know at home? It seems that he knows everything, he knows everything, - and he agreed. I tried a beard - no one holds it; got up from the ground, got on his horse and rode home.
Here he comes home, the queen meets him with the prince, so joyful, and as soon as he found out about his dear brainchild, he burst into bitter tears. He told the queen how and what happened to him, they cried together, but there’s nothing to do, you can’t fix things with tears.
They began to live in the old way; and the prince grows for himself and grows, like dough on dough, - not by the day, but by the hour, - and he has grown big.
“No matter how much you keep with you,” the tsar thinks, “but you have to give it back: it’s inevitable!” He took Ivan the Tsarevich by the hand and led him straight to the lake.
- Look here, - he says, - my ring; I accidentally dropped it yesterday.
He left one prince, and he turned home. The prince began to look for a ring, he was walking along the shore, and an old woman came across to meet him.
- Where are you going, Ivan - Tsarevich?
- Get off, do not bother, the old witch! And it's boring without you.
- Well, stay with God!
And the old woman went to the side.
... And Tsarevich Ivan thought about it: "Why did I scold the old woman? Let me turn her back; old people are cunning and quick-witted! Perhaps he will say something good." And he began to turn the old woman:
- Come back, grandmother, forgive my stupid word! After all, I said out of annoyance: my father made me look for a ring, I go - I look out, but there is no ring!
- You are not here for a ring: your father gave you to the sea king; the sea king will come out and take you with him to the underwater kingdom.
The prince wept bitterly.
- Do not grieve, Ivan - Tsarevich! There will be a holiday on your street; just listen to me, old woman. Hide behind that currant bush and hide quietly. Twelve doves will fly here - all red maidens, and after them the thirteenth; will bathe in the lake; meanwhile, take away the shirt from the last one and don’t give it back until she gives you her little ring. If you fail to do this, you are lost forever; near the sea king, all around the palace, there is a high palisade, for as much as ten versts, and on each spoke a head is stuck; only one empty, do not please get on it!
Ivan - Tsarevich thanked the old woman, hid behind a currant bush and waits for the time - time.
Suddenly twelve pigeons fly in; hit the damp earth and turned into red maidens, all to a single beauty indescribable: neither think, nor guess, nor write with a pen! They threw off their dresses and set off into the lake: they play, splash, laugh, sing songs.
They were followed by the thirteenth dove; hit the ground on the cheese, turned into a red maiden, threw off her shirt from her white body and went to bathe; and she was prettier than all, prettier than all!
For a long time, Ivan the Tsarevich could not take his eyes off, looked at her for a long time and remembered what the old woman had told him, crept quietly and took away the shirt.
A red maiden came out of the water, missed - no shirt, someone carried it away; everyone rushed to look; searched, searched - not to be seen anywhere.
- Do not look, dear sisters! Fly home; I myself am to blame - I overlooked it, I myself will answer. Sisters - red maidens hit the damp ground, became doves, flapped their wings and flew away. Only one girl remained, looked around and said:
- Whoever it is, who has my shirt, come out here; if you are an old man, you will be my dear father, if you are middle-aged, you will be my beloved brother, if you are equal to me, you will be a dear friend!
As soon as she said the last word, Ivan appeared - Tsarevich. She gave him a golden ring and said:
- Oh, Ivan - Tsarevich! Why haven't you come for a long time? The sea king is angry with you. Here is the road that leads to the underwater kingdom; step on it boldly! You will find me there too; because I am the daughter of the sea king, Vasilisa the Wise.
Vasilisa the Wise turned into a dove and flew away from the prince.
And Ivan - Tsarevich went to the underwater kingdom; sees - and there the light is the same as ours; and there are fields, and meadows, and green groves, and the sun is warm.
He comes to the sea king. The sea king shouted at him:
- Why haven't you been here for so long? For your guilt, here is your service: I have a wasteland thirty miles long and across - only ditches, gullies and a sharp stone! So that by tomorrow it would be smooth as a palm there, and the rye would be sown, and by early morning it would grow so high that a jackdaw could be buried in it. If you don't, your head is off your shoulders!
Ivan is coming - the prince from the sea king, he is shedding tears. Vasilisa the Wise saw him through the window from her towering tower and asked:
- Hello, Ivan - Tsarevich! Why are you shedding tears?
- How can I not cry? - answers the prince. - The king of the sea made me level ditches, gullies and sharp stones in one night and sow rye, so that by morning it would grow and a jackdaw could hide in it.
- It's not a problem, there will be trouble ahead. Go to bed with God, the morning is wiser than the evening, everything will be ready!
Tsarevich Ivan went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
- Hey you, my faithful servants! Level - deep ditches, demolish sharp stones, sow spiked rye, so that it ripens by morning.
Ivan the Tsarevich woke up at dawn, looked - everything is ready: there are no ditches, no gullies, there is a field as smooth as a palm, and rye flaunts on it - so high that a jackdaw will be buried.
I went to the sea king with a report.
- Thank you, - says the king of the sea, - that he managed to serve. Here's another job for you: I have three hundred stacks, in each stack there are three hundred kopecks - all white wheat; thresh for me by tomorrow all the wheat clean - clean, to a single grain, but do not break the stacks and do not break the sheaves. If you don't, your head is off your shoulders!
- Listen, your majesty! - said Ivan - Tsarevich; again he walks around the yard and sheds tears.
- What are you crying about? Vasilisa the Wise asks him.
- How can I not cry? The king of the sea ordered me to thresh all the stacks in one night, not to drop the grain, but not to break the stacks and not to break the sheaves.
- It's not a problem, the trouble is ahead! Go to bed with God; The morning is wiser than the evening.
The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
- Hey you, creeping ants! No matter how many of you there are in the whole wide world - all crawl here and pick out the grain from the father's stacks cleanly - cleanly.
In the morning, the sea king calls Ivan the Tsarevich:
- Did you serve?
- Contributed, your majesty!
- Let's go see.
They came to the threshing floor - all the stacks are untouched, they came to the granaries - all the bins are full of grain.
- Thank you, brother! - said the sea king.
- Make me another church of pure wax, so that it will be ready by dawn; this will be your last service.
Ivan is walking again - the prince is walking around the yard and washing himself with tears.
- What are you crying about? Vasilisa the Wise asks him from the high tower.
- How can I not cry, good fellow? The sea king ordered to make a church out of pure wax in one night.
- Well, it's not a problem yet, the trouble is ahead. Go to sleep; The morning is wiser than the evening.
The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
- Gay you, hard-working bees! No matter how many of you there are in the world, you all fly in flocks and mold the church of God from pure wax, so that by morning it will be ready.
In the morning, Ivan, the prince, got up, looked - there was a church made of pure wax, and went to the sea king with a report.
- Thank you, Ivan - Tsarevich! Whatever servants I have had, no one has been able to please like you. Therefore, be my heir, the saver of the whole kingdom, choose any of my thirteen daughters as your wife.
Ivan - Tsarevich chose Vasilisa the Wise; they were immediately married and feasted with joy for three whole days.
Not much time has passed, Ivan the Tsarevich yearned for his parents, he wanted to go to Holy Rus'.
- What is so sad, Ivan - Tsarevich?
- Ah, Vasilisa the Wise, I felt sad for my father, for my mother, I wanted to go to Holy Rus'.
- Here comes the trouble! If we leave, there will be a great chase after us; the sea king will be angry and put us to death. Gotta be smart!
Vasilisa the Wise spat in three corners, locked the doors in her chamber and ran with Ivan the Tsarevich to Holy Rus'.
The next day, messengers from the sea king come early - to raise the young, to call the king to the palace. Knocking on the door:
- Wake up, wake up! Father is calling you.
- It's still early, we didn't get enough sleep: come after! - answers one saliva.
So the messengers left, waited an hour or two, and knocked again:
- It's not time - time to sleep, it's time - time to get up!
- Wait a bit: get up, get dressed! - answers the second saliva.
The third time the messengers come:
- The king - de sea is angry, why they are so long to cool off.
- Let's go now! - answers the third saliva.
They waited - the messengers waited and let's knock again: no response, no response! They broke down the doors, but the tower is empty.
They reported to give, the young ran away for tea; he became angry and sent a great chase after them.
And Vasilisa the Wise and Ivan the Tsarevich are already far, far away! They ride greyhound horses without stopping, without rest.
Come on, Ivav - prince, crouch down on the damp earth and listen, is there a chase from the sea king?
Ivan - Tsarevich jumped off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:
- I hear people's talk and horse top!
- They're after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise and immediately turned the horses into a green meadow, Ivan - Tsarevich - an old shepherd, and she herself became a meek sheep.
The chase is on:
- Hey old man! Didn't you see - didn't a good fellow ride here with a red maiden?
“No, good people, I haven’t seen it,” Ivan the Tsarevich replies, “I’ve been grazing in this place for forty years, not a single bird has flown past, not a single beast has roamed past!
The chase is back:
- Your Royal Majesty! They didn’t run into anyone on the way, they only saw: the shepherd is grazing a sheep.
- What did you miss? After all, they were! - shouted the sea king and sent a new pursuit.
And Ivan - the tsarevich with Vasilisa the Wise long ago - has long been galloping on greyhound horses.
- Well, Ivan - Tsarevich, lie down on the damp earth and listen, is there a chase from the sea king?
Ivan - Tsarevich got off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:
- I hear people's talk and horse top.
- They're after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise; she herself became a church, turned Ivan the Tsarevich into an old priest, and horses into trees.
The chase is on:
- Hey, father! Did you not see if a shepherd with a sheep passed by here?
- No, people: kind, I haven’t seen it; I have been working in this church for forty years - not a single bird has flown by, not a single beast has roamed past.
Turned the chase back:
- Your Royal Majesty! Nowhere did they find a shepherd with a sheep; only on the way they saw that the church and the priest - the old man.
- Why didn’t you break the church, didn’t capture the priest? After all, they were the ones! - shouted the sea king and he himself galloped in pursuit of Ivan the Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise.
And they have gone far.
Vasilisa the Wise again says:
- Ivan Tsarevich! Lie down on the damp earth - do not hear the chase?
Tears Ivan - Tsarevich from the horse, dropped his ear to the damp earth and says:
- I hear people's talk and horse top more than ever.
- This is the king himself galloping.
Vasilisa the Wise turned the horses into a lake, Ivan the Tsarevich into a drake, and she herself became a duck.
The king of the sea galloped to the lake, immediately guessed who the duck and drake were; hit the ground and turned into an eagle. The eagle wants to kill them to death, but not here - it was: what doesn’t scatter from above ... just about, the drake will hit, and the drake will dive into the water; here - here the duck will hit, and the duck will dive into the water! He fought, fought, so he could not do anything. The king of the sea galloped into his underwater kingdom, and Vasilisa the Wise with Ivan the Tsarevich waited a good time and went to holy Rus'.
How long, how short, they arrived in the thirtieth kingdom.
- Wait for me in this forest, - says Ivan - Tsarevich Vasilisa the Wise, - I will go and report in advance to my father, mother.
- You will forget me, Ivan - Tsarevich!
- No, I won't forget.
- No, Ivan - Tsarevich, do not say, you will forget! Remember me even when two doves start beating at the windows!
Ivan - Tsarevich came to the palace; his parents saw him, threw themselves on his neck and began to kiss - pardon him; in joy, Ivan the Tsarevich forgot about Vasilisa the Wise.
He lives a day and another with his father, with his mother, and on the third he decided to marry some princess.
Vasilisa the Wise went to the city and hired herself as a worker for a prosvirna. They began to cook prosvira; she took two pieces of dough, molded a pair of doves and put them in the oven.
- Guess, mistress, what will be of these doves?
- What will happen? Let's eat them - that's all!
- No, I didn't guess!
Vasilisa the Wise opened the stove, opened the window - and at that very moment the doves started up, flew straight into the palace and began to beat at the windows; no matter how hard the tsar's servants tried, they could not drive away.
It was only then that Ivan the Tsarevich remembered Vasilisa the Wise, sent messengers in all directions to question and search for her, and found her at the mallow; took the white hands, kissed the sugar lips, brought him to his father, to his mother, and they all began to live together and live and make good. That's
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Beyond distant lands, in a distant state, there lived a king with a queen; they had no children. The king went to foreign lands, to distant lands, he did not go home for a long time; at that time the queen bore him a son, Ivan Tsarevich, but the king does not know about it.
He began to keep his way to his state, began to drive up to his land, and the day - it was hot - hot, the sun was so hot! And a great thirst fell upon him; whatever to give, just to drink water! He looked around and saw a large lake not far off; rode up to the lake, got off the horse, lay down on the ground and let's swallow the icy water. Drinks and does not feel trouble; and the king of the sea seized him by the beard.
— Let go! - asks the king.
“I won’t let you in, don’t you dare drink without my knowledge!”
- Whatever you want, take a ransom - just let go!
- Let's do something you don't know at home.
The king thought - thought ... What does he not know at home? It seems that he knows everything, he knows everything, - and he agreed. I tried a beard - no one holds it; got up from the ground, got on his horse and rode home.
Here he comes home, the queen meets him with the prince, so joyful, and as soon as he found out about his dear child, he burst into bitter tears. He told the queen how and what had happened to him, they cried together, but there was nothing to do, tears couldn’t improve things.
They began to live in the old way; and the prince grows for himself and grows, like dough on dough, - not by the day, but by the hour, - and he has grown big.
“No matter how much you keep with you,” the tsar thinks, “but you have to give it back: it’s inevitable!” He took Ivan Tsarevich by the hand and led him straight to the lake.
“Look here,” he says, “my ring; I accidentally dropped it yesterday.
He left one prince, and he turned home. The prince began to look for a ring, he was walking along the shore, and an old woman came across him.
Where are you going, Ivan Tsarevich?
“Get off, don’t bother, old witch!” And it's boring without you.
- Well, stay with God!
And the old woman went to the side.
... And Ivan Tsarevich thought about it: “Why did I scold the old woman? Let me turn her back; old people are cunning and quick-witted! Perhaps he will say something good. ” And he began to turn the old woman:
- Come back, grandmother, forgive my stupid word! After all, I said out of annoyance: my father made me look for a ring, I go - I look out, but there is no ring!
- You are not here for a ring: your father gave you to the sea king; the sea king will come out and take you with him to the underwater kingdom.
The prince wept bitterly.
- Do not grieve, Ivan Tsarevich! There will be a holiday on your street; just listen to me, old woman. Hide behind that currant bush and hide quietly. Twelve doves will fly here - all red maidens, and after them the thirteenth; will bathe in the lake; meanwhile, take away the shirt from the last one and don’t give it back until she gives you her little ring. If you fail to do this, you are lost forever; near the sea king, around the whole palace, there is a high palisade, for as many as ten miles, and on each spoke a head is stuck; only one empty, do not please get on it!
Ivan Tsarevich thanked the old woman, hid behind a currant bush and waited for the time.
Suddenly twelve pigeons fly in; hit the damp earth and turned into red maidens, all to a single beauty indescribable: neither think, nor guess, nor write with a pen! They threw off their dresses and set off into the lake: they play, splash, laugh, sing songs.
They were followed by the thirteenth dove; hit the ground on the cheese, turned into a red maiden, threw off her shirt from her white body and went to bathe; and she was prettier than all, prettier than all!
For a long time Ivan Tsarevich could not take his eyes off, looked at her for a long time and remembered what the old woman had told him, crept quietly and took away the shirt.
A red maiden came out of the water, missed - there was no shirt, someone took it away; everyone rushed to look; searched, searched - not to be seen anywhere.
- Do not look, dear sisters! Fly home; I myself am to blame - I overlooked it, I myself will answer. Sisters - red maidens hit the damp ground, became doves, flapped their wings and flew away. Only one girl remained, looked around and said:
“Whoever it is, who has my shirt, come out here; if you are an old man, you will be my dear father, if you are middle-aged, you will be my beloved brother, if you are equal to me, you will be a dear friend!
As soon as she said the last word, Ivan Tsarevich appeared. She gave him a golden ring and said:
“Ah, Ivan Tsarevich! Why haven't you come for a long time? The sea king is angry with you. Here is the road that leads to the underwater kingdom; step on it boldly! There you will find me; because I am the daughter of the sea king, Vasilisa the Wise.
Vasilisa the Wise turned into a dove and flew away from the prince.
And Ivan Tsarevich went to the underwater kingdom; sees - and there the light is the same as ours; and there are fields, and meadows, and green groves, and the sun is warm.
He comes to the sea king. The sea king shouted at him:
- Why haven't you been here for so long? For your guilt, here is your service: I have a wasteland thirty miles long and across - only ditches, gullies and a sharp stone! So that by tomorrow it would be smooth as a palm there, and the rye would be sown, and by early morning it would grow so high that a jackdaw could be buried in it. If you don't, your head is off your shoulders!
Ivan Tsarevich comes from the Sea Tsar, shedding tears himself. Vasilisa the Wise saw him through the window from her towering tower and asked:
- Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! Why are you shedding tears?
How can I not cry? - answers the prince. - The king of the sea made me level the ditches, gullies and sharp stones in one night and sow rye, so that by morning it would grow and a jackdaw could hide in it.
- It's not a problem, the trouble is ahead. Go to bed with God, the morning is wiser than the evening, everything will be ready!
Ivan Tsarevich went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
- Hey you, my faithful servants! Level deep ditches, demolish sharp stones, sow spiked rye, so that it will ripen by morning.
Ivan Tsarevich woke up at dawn, looked - everything was ready: there were no ditches, no gullies, there was a field as smooth as a palm, and rye flaunted on it - so high that a jackdaw would be buried.
I went to the sea king with a report.
“Thank you,” says the sea king, “for being able to serve. Here's another job for you: I have three hundred stacks, in each stack there are three hundred kopecks - all white wheat; thresh for me by tomorrow all the wheat, clean and clean, to a single grain, but do not break the stacks and do not break the sheaves. If you don't, your head is off your shoulders!
“Listen, Your Majesty! - said Ivan Tsarevich; again she walks around the yard and sheds tears.
- What are you crying about? Vasilisa the Wise asks him.
How can I not cry? The king of the sea ordered me to thresh all the stacks in one night, not to drop the grain, but not to break the stacks and not to break the sheaves.
- It's not a problem, the trouble is ahead! Go to bed with God; The morning is wiser than the evening.
The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
- Hey you, creeping ants! No matter how many of you there are in this world - all crawl here and pick the grain from the father's stacks clean and clean.
In the morning, the sea king calls Ivan Tsarevich:
Did he serve?
- He served, Your Majesty!
- Let's go see.
They came to the threshing floor - all the stacks are untouched, they came to the granaries - all the bins are full of grain.
- Thank you, brother! - said the sea king.
“Make me another church of pure wax, so that it will be ready by dawn; this will be your last service.
Again Tsarevich Ivan walks around the yard and washes himself with tears.
- What are you crying about? Vasilisa the Wise asks him from the high tower.
- How can I not cry, good fellow? The sea king ordered to make a church out of pure wax in one night.
- Well, it's not a problem yet, the trouble is ahead. Go to sleep; The morning is wiser than the evening.
The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
- Hey you, hard-working bees! No matter how many of you there are in the world, you all fly in flocks and mold the church of God from pure wax, so that by morning it will be ready.
In the morning, Ivan Tsarevich got up, looked - there was a church made of pure wax, and went to the sea king with a report.
Thank you, Ivan Tsarevich! Whatever servants I have had, no one has been able to please like you. Therefore, be my heir, saver of the whole kingdom, choose any of my thirteen daughters as your wife.
Ivan Tsarevich chose Vasilisa the Wise; they were immediately married and feasted with joy for three whole days.
Neither more nor less time passed, Ivan Tsarevich yearned for his parents, he wanted to go to Holy Rus'.
“Why are you so sad, Ivan Tsarevich?
- Ah, Vasilisa the Wise, I felt sad for my father, for my mother, I wanted to go to Holy Rus'.
- Here comes the trouble! If we leave, there will be a great chase after us; the sea king will be angry and put us to death. Gotta cheat!
Vasilisa the Wise spat in three corners, locked the doors in her chamber and ran with Ivan Tsarevich to Holy Rus'.
The next day, sent from the sea king come early - to raise the young, to call the king to the palace. Knocking on the door:
- Wake up, wake up! Your father is calling you.
“It’s still early, we didn’t get enough sleep: come after!” - answers one saliva.
So the messengers left, waited an hour or two, and knocked again:
- It's not time - time to sleep, it's time - time to get up!
"Wait a little, let's get up and get dressed!" - answers the second saliva.
The third time the messengers come:
- The king of the sea is angry, why do they cool off for so long.
- Let's go now! - answers the third saliva.
They waited - the messengers waited and let's knock again: there is no response, there is no response! They broke down the doors, but the tower is empty.
They reported to give, the young ran away for tea; he became angry and sent a great chase after them.
And Vasilisa the Wise and Ivan Tsarevich are already far, far away! They ride greyhound horses without stopping, without rest.
Come on, Ivan Tsarevich, crouch down on the damp earth and listen, is there a chase from the sea king?
Ivan Tsarevich jumped off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:
- I hear people's talk and a horse top!
- They're after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise and immediately turned the horses into a green meadow, Ivan Tsarevich - an old shepherd, and she herself became a meek sheep.
The chase is on:
- Hey, old man! Didn't you see - didn't a good fellow ride here with a red maiden?
“No, good people, I haven’t seen it,” Ivan Tsarevich answers, “I’ve been grazing in this place for forty years, not a single bird has flown past, not a single beast has roamed past!
The chase is back:
"Your Royal Majesty!" They didn’t run into anyone on the way, they only saw: a shepherd grazes a sheep.
- What did you miss? After all, they were! - shouted the sea king and sent a new pursuit.
And Ivan Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise have been riding greyhound horses for a long time.
- Well, Ivan Tsarevich, lie down on the damp earth and listen, is there a chase from the sea king?
Ivan Tsarevich got off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:
- I hear people's talk and a horse top.
- They're after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise; she herself became a church, turned Ivan Tsarevich into an old priest, and horses into trees.
The chase is on:
— Hey, father! Did you not see if a shepherd with a sheep passed by here?
- No, people: kind, I haven’t seen it; I have been working in this church for forty years - not a single bird has flown by, not a single beast has roamed past.
Turned the chase back:
"Your Royal Majesty!" Nowhere did they find a shepherd with a sheep; only on the way and saw that the church and the priest-old man.
- Why didn't you break the church, didn't capture the priest? After all, they were the ones! - shouted the sea king and he himself galloped in pursuit of Ivan Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise.
And they have gone far.
Vasilisa the Wise again says:
- Ivan Tsarevich! Lie down on the damp earth - do not hear the chase?
Ivan Tsarevich got down from his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:
- I hear people's talk and a horse top more than ever.
- It's the king himself riding.
Vasilisa the Wise turned the horses into a lake, Ivan Tsarevich into a drake, and she herself became a duck.
The king of the sea galloped to the lake, immediately guessed who the duck and drake were; hit the ground and turned into an eagle. The eagle wants to kill them to death, but it wasn’t there: what doesn’t fly from above ... the drake is about to hit, and the drake dives into the water; the duck is about to hit, and the duck will dive into the water! He fought, fought, so he could not do anything. The king of the sea galloped to his underwater kingdom, and Vasilisa the Wise and Ivan Tsarevich waited a good time and went to holy Rus'.
How long, how short, they arrived in the thirtieth kingdom.
“Wait for me in this forest,” Ivan Tsarevich says to Vasilisa the Wise, “I will go and report to my father and mother in advance.
- You will forget me, Ivan Tsarevich!
- No, I won't forget.
- No, Ivan Tsarevich, don't say, you'll forget! Remember me even when two doves start beating at the windows!
Ivan Tsarevich came to the palace; his parents saw him, threw themselves on his neck and began to kiss - pardon him; in joy, Ivan Tsarevich forgot about Vasilisa the Wise.
He lives a day and another with his father, with his mother, and on the third he decided to marry some princess.
Vasilisa the Wise went to the city and hired herself as a worker for a prosvirna. They began to cook prosvira; she took two pieces of dough, molded a pair of doves and put them in the oven.
“Guess, mistress, what will become of these doves?”
— And what will happen? Let's eat them - that's all!
— No, I didn't guess!
Vasilisa the Wise opened the stove, opened the window - and at that very moment the doves started up, flew straight into the palace and began to beat at the windows; no matter how hard the tsar's servants tried, they could not drive away.
It was only then that Ivan Tsarevich remembered Vasilisa the Wise, sent messengers in all directions to question and search for her, and found her at the mallow; took the white hands, kissed the lips of sugar, brought him to his father, to his mother, and they all began to live together and live and make good.
The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise is a magical Russian folk tale with an interesting plot filled with magic and enchantment. The Tale of the Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise can be read in full online or downloaded in PDF and DOC formats.
Summary of the tale The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise can begin with how far away, in a faraway state, there lived a king with a queen. The king went to distant countries for a long time, and in the meantime his wife gave birth to a son, whom he did not know about. A great unexpected joy awaited the king at home, but trouble happened. Approaching his native lands, he became thirsty, saw a lake, and without hesitation for a second, began to swallow water. At the same moment, the sea king grabbed the king by the beard, and promised to let him go if the king would give him something that he did not know at home. Having made a promise to the Sea King that he would fulfill the agreement, he went home. Only at home did the tsar find out that what he did not know at home was his born son, Ivan Tsarevich. They wept with the queen, grieved, but there was nothing to be done, they sent their son to the lake. There, Ivan Tsarevich meets an old woman who tells the whole truth about the fact that his father promised his son to the Sea King. Leaving the old woman gave valuable advice, to get a golden ring as a gift from Vasilisa the Beautiful - the daughter of the Sea King. Ivan did everything, and ended up in the underwater kingdom, the Sea King did not kill him, but made up tasks that were impossible for a simple person. Vasilisa the Wise helped Ivan Tsarevich to fulfill everything and became his wife. Everything was fine with the young, but Ivan yearned for Rus', and for his parents. Knowing that the Sea King would not let them go voluntarily, they had to flee. They met many obstacles on the way, but with the help of the magic of Vasilisa the Wise, they reached Rus' and their parents' house. Here the spouses were waiting for another test. Ivan Tsarevich, with the joy of meeting his parents and his native land, forgot about his wife, fortunately the wise Vasilisa came up with a way that helped Ivan remember her. Everything ended well, they began to live, live, live good.
The characters of the heroes of the fairy tale The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise are very different, perhaps this is one of the fairy tales where it is difficult to single out a positive and negative hero. It would seem that everything is clear, the negative character is the Sea King, but if you analyze his actions, you can see everything from a completely different perspective. For example, he did not just punish the Tsar, who, without asking, invaded his possessions and began to drink from the lake. When Ivan came to him, he did not immediately kill him, but gave him the opportunity to escape punishment. The code he arranged for the pursuit of Ivan Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Beautiful, was unambiguously guided by his father's feelings. What is it like when your own daughter betrays you and secretly escapes to a foreign land.
The king of the thirtieth state provoked a conflict with the Sea King by his invasion of someone else's property. According to an ancient folk tradition, before stopping in an unfamiliar place, you need to ask permission from the spirits, present something to the owners as a gift. Such behavior of the king indicates that he has such vices as: Tactlessness, lack of culture, negligence, neglect, haste, gluttony. And the fact that he did not know about the birth of his son speaks of his irresponsibility and forgetfulness. The king was also a little cowardly, because for the sake of his salvation he was ready to give anything, even what he did not know.
Ivan Tsarevich is not to blame for anything in this tale, he simply paid for the debts and mistakes of his father, but it is difficult to call him a positive hero. His character is revealed when he meets an old woman. Unable to control his temper, he is rude and calls her names. This speaks of such vices as: lack of respect for elders, rudeness, impudence, hostility, neglect, arrogance, foul language, cruelty. In a situation when Ivan Tsarevich returns home and forgets about Vasilisa the Wise, such character traits as ingratitude, forgetfulness, indifference, gambling, infidelity appear. Many negative features can be added to this character, because he forgets his wife, who saved him from death, helped him return to his native land, went against his own father for him.
Read a fairy tale The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise will be interesting for children of all ages. In addition to magic and adventure, it has a deep meaning and morality that are relevant in our real life. Using the example of fairy-tale heroes, children will see what actions should not be done, as they can lead to serious consequences. The fairy tale reveals the values of the family, loyalty, honesty, unity. Love for the motherland, respect for parents, respect for elders. Such fairy tales do not pass without a trace, they are stored in memory for a long time, and have a positive effect on the formation of the psyche and personality.
The tale of the Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise is a good example of many folk proverbs: Do not drink on the greedy, the devil will push with a spatula, Bitter truth is better than a sweet lie, Truth endures from the bottom of the sea, Forewarned - it means armed, Without knowing the ford, do not climb into the water, Devils live in a still pool, Do not take someone else's, so you will not give it back and his own, the Beard did not bring reason, Do not let the lice get stronger, but hold on to the lice! A deal is more precious than money, It is easy to promise, but think about how to fulfill it, What you have no power to give, it is dishonorable to promise.
In the old days, in a certain kingdom, a mouse agreed with a sparrow to live together in one hole, to carry food in one hole - in reserve for the winter.
So the sparrow began to steal: the good is where to hide. I dragged a lot of grain into the mouse hole. Yes, and the mouse does not yawn: whatever it finds, it carries it there.
A noble stock was equipped for a deaf winter time. “Now I’ll live in clover,” the sparrow thinks, and he, cordial, is pretty tired of stealing.
Winter has come, but the mouse does not let the sparrow into the hole, know it drives it, - it plucked out all the feathers on it. It became difficult for a sparrow to loom winter: both malt and cold.
Wait, mouse, I'll find control over you.
And the sparrow went to the bird king to complain about the mouse:
Tsar-sovereign, they did not order to execute, they ordered to say a word. We had an agreement with the mouse to live together in the same hole, to store food for the winter. And when winter came, the mouse did not let me in, and even in mockery pulled out all my feathers. Intercede for me, tsar-sovereign, so that I and my children do not die in vain.
The bird king answers with a sparrow:
Okay, I'll sort this out.
And the bird king flew to the animal king, told him how the mouse abused the sparrow:
Order, dear sir, to pay your mouse to my sparrow for dishonor in full.
Beast King says:
Call a mouse to me.
The mouse appeared, pretended to be such a humble woman, spread such laces, the sparrow became guilty all around:
We didn’t have any agreement, but the sparrow wanted to live by force in my hole, and when she began not to let him in, he got into a fight, I thought that my death had already come.
The animal king says to the bird king:
Well, my dear sir, my mouse is clean all around, your sparrow is to blame.
If so, - the bird king answers the animal king, - let's fight, tell your army to go out into the open field, there we will have a calculation.
Okay, let's fight.
The next day, just before dawn, an army of animals gathered in an open field, an army of birds gathered. A terrible battle began. How strong is the animal people! Someone with a fingernail, someone with a tooth will bite - you look, and the spirit is out. Yes, and the birds do not give in - they filled up the whole field with animal corpses.
In that battle, an eagle was wounded. He tried to climb up - all he could do was fly up to a pine tree and sit on top. The battle was over, the animals dispersed into their lairs, into burrows, the birds scattered into their nests, and he, miserable, sits on a pine tree, mournful.
At that time, a man with a gun was walking through the forest. He sees - the eagle is sitting. "Let me think I'll kill him." As soon as he took aim, suddenly the eagle said to him in a human voice:
Do not beat me, good man, take it better to yourself and feed me for three years - I will gather my strength, I will pay you good.
The peasant did not believe him - what good can you expect from an eagle? - and took aim another time ... Again the eagle asks not to destroy him ... The peasant took aim for the third time, and for the third time the eagle pleaded:
Do not beat me, good man, take me better to yourself, feed me for three years, I will pay you good.
The peasant took pity on the eagle, climbed a pine tree, took the eagle, put it on his arm and brought it home. The eagle says to him:
Take a sharp knife and go into the open field, we had a terrible battle there, a lot of all kinds of animals were stuffed, you will have a lot of fun.
The peasant took a sharp knife, went into an open field, and there all kinds of animals were killed - apparently, invisibly, there were no counts for martens and foxes alone. The peasant took off their skins, brought the skins to the city and sold them not cheaply. With that money I bought bread, poured three large bins - enough for three years.
And he began to feed the eagle. A year has passed. One bin was empty. The eagle says to the peasant:
Carry me into the field to the place where the tall oaks stand.
The peasant brought him into the field to the tall oaks. The eagle rose high and from the flight hit one tree with its chest: the oak was split in two.
No, - says the eagle, - I did not gather with the same strength, feed me for another year.
Another year passes. The eagle orders to carry him to the tall oaks. This time he soared up to the very cloud, from the flight he hit the tree with his chest: the oak tree was split into small pieces.
No, I have not yet gathered with the same strength, feed me for the third year.
So, how three years have passed, three bins of bread are empty, the eagle orders to carry it again to the tall oaks. This time it soared above the cloud, and with a whirlwind struck the largest oak from above with its chest, - crushed it into chips from top to root, - the forest staggered all around.
Now all my old strength is with me, thank you kind man for feeding me for three years. Sit on my wings, I will carry you to my side, I will cry with you for kindness.
The man sat on his wings, the eagle flew across the sky to the sea-ocean, climbed high, high and asked:
Look at the blue sea, is it big?
Yes, with a wheel, - the man answers.
The eagle started up and threw him down, but did not allow him to reach the water, picked him up on his wings, rose even higher and asked:
Yes, with a chicken egg.
The eagle started up and threw the peasant off, and again did not allow him to reach the water, picked him up on his wings and took him this time to the very height:
Look - how big is the blue sea?
With a poppy seed.
For the third time, the eagle threw the peasant into the sea, he flew, flew to the very water, and again the eagle picked him up on his wings and asked:
What, good man, do you recognize now - what is mortal fear?
And the man is a little alive with fear.
Got it, he says...
That's what I felt sweet about when you aimed your gun at me three times.
An eagle flew with a peasant across the sea to a faraway kingdom and a faraway state and says:
We will fly to my older sister. She will give you a lot of gold, silver and semi-precious stones, you do not take anything, ask only for a copper chest with a copper key.
How long, how short, they fly to the copper kingdom. The older sister runs out to them, - she began to kiss her brother, pardon, press him to her heart.
What to treat you, what to regale you, dear brother?
Do not treat me, do not treat me, - the eagle answers her, - treat this good man, - he watered me, fed me for three years, came out of death.
Orlov's sister treated the peasant, regaled him and took him to the storerooms:
Take what your soul wants - gold, silver, semi-precious stone ...
The man answers her:
I don't need anything, give me a copper chest with a copper key.
Here Orlova's sister became angry:
Wouldn't it be fat for you, this chest is expensive for me myself.
The eagle did not talk to her for a long time, put the peasant on wings and flew to the silver kingdom to his middle sister. On the way he punished:
She will give you gold, silver, semi-precious stones, you do not take anything, but ask her for a silver chest with a silver key.
Well, here, with the middle sister, the same thing happened. The eagle did not talk for a long time, flew with the peasant to the golden kingdom to his younger sister, on the way he punished:
Ask her for a golden chest with a golden key.
They fly to the golden kingdom, the younger sister runs out to meet her brother, began to meet, kiss, pardon, press hard to her heart.
Dear brother, where did you come from? Where did you disappear for three years, did not visit for a long time? What do you order yourself to treat, what to regale?
Don't treat me, don't treat me, treat this good man - he gave me water for three years, fed me, came out of death.
She seated the man at the oak tables, at the tablecloths, treated him, treated him to a pantry, and took him to the storerooms, giving him gold, silver, semi-precious stones:
Take what your heart desires.
The man says to her:
I don't need anything, give me a golden chest with a golden key...
Orlov's sister answers him:
For the sake of my brother, I do not feel sorry for anything. Take it for your happiness. - And gives him a golden chest with a golden key.
Here the peasant lived, feasted in the golden kingdom, it was time to part.
Farewell, - the eagle tells him, - do not remember dashingly. Yes, look, do not open the chest until you return home.
The man went home. How long, how short, he walked, walked, got tired and wanted to rest. He sat down on the shore of the blue sea, and thought took over him:
“Why did the eagle not order to open the chest? What if the box is empty? There was something to worry about!”
He looked, looked at the golden chest, fastened, fastened, - he took it and opened it.
Holy Fathers! And bulls and cows, sheep and rams, and a herd of horses climbed from there; a wide courtyard came out from there with mansions, and barns, and sheds; rustled the green garden; many servants jumped out: “Whatever, what is needed? ..”
As the man saw this, he grieved, grieved, began to cry, to say:
What have I done, why didn’t I listen to the eagle, how can I collect all this back into the chest?
Suddenly he sees - an old man came out of the blue sea, approaches him and asks:
What are you, man, crying bitterly?
How can I not cry! Who will collect such a great herd and all the good stuff in a small chest for me?
The old man says to him:
Perhaps I will help your grief, I will gather for you all the cattle, all your goods, but only with the agreement: give me what you do not know at home.
The man thought: “What would I not know at home? Say I know everything."
I thought and agreed.
Collect, - he says, - everything, I'll give it to you - which I don't know at home.
The old man gathered for him in a chest all the bulls and cows, sheep and rams, a herd of horses, a wide yard with mansions, barns and sheds, and many servants. The man took the casket and went home.
How long, how short, does he come home, - his wife meets:
Hello, light, where was-disappeared?
Well, where he was, disappeared, - there I am and now I am not.
And we have joy, without you our son was born.
And his wife carries the baby to him. Just then the peasant suddenly realized what he had promised the old man who was coming out of the sea. The peasant became very depressed and told his wife about everything that had happened to him. They mourned, wept, - but not a century to grieve? The peasant went to the backyard, opened a golden chest, and bulls and cows, sheep and rams, and a herd of horses crawled out; a wide courtyard came out with mansions, barns, sheds and cellars; rustled the green garden.
And the man and his wife began to live and live, to make good things and to raise a son - Vanyusha ... Ivan grows by leaps and bounds, like dough rises in dough; and grew up big, smart, handsome - well done well done.
Once a man went to mow hay. Suddenly an old man comes out of the river and says to him:
Soon you became forgetful. Remember, you are indebted.
The man returned home, he and his wife are sitting and crying. Ivan asks:
Father, mother, what are you crying about?
How can we not cry, - we look at you, Vanyusha, - you were born not for happiness, but for misfortune.
And then the peasant told him what an agreement he had with the old man.
Ivan answers:
Well, you can’t return what you promised, so this is my fate.
Ivan asked his father and mother for a blessing and got ready to go.
He walks the road, walks the wide one, walks through clear fields, green meadows, and comes to a dense forest. In the forest there is a hut on a chicken leg, with one window. Ivan thinks: “Let me come in,” and went into the hut. And there the Baba Yaga sits, pulling the tow, saw him and asks:
What, good fellow, are you trying your share or are you whining from business?
Ivan answers her:
And you, grandmother, first give a drink, feed the road person, and then ask.
Baba Yaga put various drinks and snacks on the table, gave him drink, fed him, and he told her everything without concealment - where and why he was going.
Your happiness, child, - the Baba Yaga tells him, - that you came to me before, otherwise you would not be alive. The old man to whom you are promised is a formidable sea king, he has been angry with you for a long time. Listen to me - go to the seashore, twelve gray ducks will fly there - the daughters of the sea king, hit the ground, turn into red maidens and begin to swim. You grab the shirt from the younger princess and do not give it back until she agrees to marry you. Then everything will be fine.
Ivan thanked the Baba Yaga and went where she told him ... He walked along the road, he walked wide, walked through clean fields, wide steppes and comes to the blue sea. He sat down behind a bush and waited.
In a certain kingdom there lived a king and a queen, and they had no children. No matter how much they grieve, no matter how many healers they call, they do not and do not have children.
