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“Here,” said my mother, “look at it!” What is vacation spent on? Dishes, dishes, dishes three times a day! In the morning I wash cups, and in the afternoon there is a whole mountain of plates. Just some kind of disaster!
Yes,” said dad, “it’s really terrible!” What a pity that nothing has been invented in this sense. What are engineers watching? Yes, yes... Poor women...
Dad took a deep breath and sat down on the sofa.
Mom saw how comfortable he was and said:
There is no point in sitting here and pretending to sigh! There is no point in blaming everything on the engineers! I'm giving you both time. Before lunch, you have to come up with something to make this damned sink easier for me! I refuse to feed anyone who doesn’t come up with something. Let him sit hungry. Deniska! This applies to you too. Wrap it around your mouth!
I immediately sat down on the windowsill and began to figure out what to do with this matter. Firstly, I was afraid that my mother really wouldn’t feed me and that I would die of hunger, and secondly, I was interested in coming up with something, since the engineers couldn’t do it. And I sat and thought and looked sideways at dad, how things were going with him. But dad didn’t even think about thinking. He shaved, then put on a clean shirt, then read about ten newspapers, and then calmly turned on the radio and began to listen to some news for the past week.
Then I began to think even faster. At first I wanted to invent an electric machine so that it would wash the dishes and dry itself, and for this I slightly unscrewed our electric polisher and my father’s Kharkov electric razor. But I couldn’t figure out where to attach the towel.
It turned out that when the machine was started, the razor would cut the towel into a thousand pieces. Then I screwed everything back up and began to come up with something else. And about two hours later I remembered that I had read in the newspaper about the conveyor belt, and from this I immediately came up with a rather interesting thing. And when it was time for lunch and mom set the table and we all sat down, I said:
Well, dad? Did you come up with it?
About what? - said dad.
“About washing dishes,” I said. - Otherwise, mom will stop feeding you and me.
“She was joking,” said dad. - How can she not feed her own son and her beloved husband?
And he laughed cheerfully.
But mom said:
I wasn’t joking, you’ll find out from me! What a shame! I’ve said it for the hundredth time - I’m suffocating from the dishes! It’s just not comradely: sitting on the windowsill yourself, shaving, and listening to the radio, while I shorten my life, endlessly washing your cups and plates.
Okay,” said dad, “we’ll think of something!” In the meantime, let's have lunch! Oh, these dramas over trifles!
Oh, over trifles? - Mom said and just flushed all over. - Nothing to say, beautiful! But I’ll take it and really won’t give you lunch, then you won’t start singing like that!
And she squeezed her temples with her fingers and stood up from the table. And she stood at the table for a long, long time and kept looking at dad. And dad folded his arms on his chest and rocked on the chair and also looked at mom. And they were silent. And there was no lunch. And I was terribly hungry. I said:
Mother! It was only dad who didn’t come up with anything. I came up with an idea! It's okay, don't worry. Let's have lunch.
Mom said:
What did you come up with?
I said:
I came up with a clever way, mom!
She said:
Come on, come on...
I asked:
How many utensils do you wash after each lunch? Eh, mom?
She answered:
Then shout “hurray,” I said, “now you will only wash one!” I came up with a clever way!
“Spit it out,” said dad.
Let’s have lunch first,” I said. - I’ll tell you during lunch, otherwise I’m really hungry.
Well,” Mom sighed, “let’s have lunch.”
And we started eating.
Well? - said dad.
It's very simple, I said. - Just listen, mom, how smoothly everything turns out! Look: lunch is ready. You immediately install one device. So you put down the only utensil, pour soup into a plate, sit down at the table, start eating and tell dad: “Dinner is ready!”
Dad, of course, goes to wash his hands, and while he is washing them, you, Mom, are already eating the soup and pouring him a new one, on your own plate.
So dad comes back into the room and immediately says to me:
“Denisa, have lunch! Go wash your hands!”
I'm coming. At this time you are eating cutlets from a small plate. And dad is eating soup. And I wash my hands. And when I wash them, I go to you, and your dad has already eaten soup, and you have eaten cutlets. And when I entered, dad pours soup into his empty deep plate, and you put cutlets for dad in your empty shallow one. I eat soup, dad eats cutlets, and you calmly drink compote from a glass.
When dad ate the second one, I had just finished the soup. Then he fills his small plate with cutlets, and at this time you have already drunk the compote and pour it into the same glass for dad. I move the empty plate from under the soup, start the second course, dad drinks compote, and you, it turns out, have already had lunch, so you take a deep plate and go to the kitchen to wash it!
And while you are washing, I have already swallowed the cutlets, and dad has swallowed the compote. Here he quickly pours compote into a glass for me and takes the free small plate to you, and I blow out the compote in one gulp and take the glass to the kitchen myself! Everything is very simple! And instead of three devices, you only have to wash one. Hooray?
Hurray, said mom. - Hurray, hurray, but unhygienic!
Nonsense, I said, because we are all our own. For example, I am not at all disdainful of eating after dad. I love him. Whatever... I love you too.
“It’s a very cunning way,” said dad. - And then, whatever you say, it’s still much more fun to eat all together, and not in a three-stage flow.
Well,” I said, “but it’s easier for mom!” It takes three times less dishes.
You see,” Dad said thoughtfully, “I think I also came up with one way.” True, he is not so cunning, but still...
“Spit it out,” I said.
Come on, come on... - said mom.
Dad stood up, rolled up his sleeves and collected all the dishes from the table.
Follow me,” he said, “I’ll now show you my simple method.” It means that now you and I will wash all the dishes ourselves!
And he went.
And I ran after him. And we washed all the dishes. True, only two devices. Because I broke the third one. It happened to me by accident, I kept thinking about the simple way my dad came up with.
And how come I didn’t guess it myself?
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Year: 1959 Genre: cycle of stories
Main characters: boy Denis Korablev, Denis's parents and friends
There are several stories in the collection.
It's alive and glowing
The plot of the story revolves around the main character Denis Korablev. The boy spends a long time in the yard, waiting for his mother. She stays late at work or in the store. It’s already starting to get dark, but she’s still not there. Denis stands rooted to the spot and does not move. He is already tired and wants to eat, but he does not have keys to the house, so the child is forced to wait outside.
His old friend Misha Slonov approached Denis. The boy was delighted to see his friend, although for a few minutes he forgot about his loneliness. Bear really liked Denis's toy dump truck. He invites him to barter - to exchange toys, but Denis loves the dump truck, since it is a gift from his father. The bear takes his last chance and gets a live firefly. Denis is delighted with the animal, this is confirmed by his words: “It is alive and glowing.” The boy experiences amazing emotions and enjoys the wonderful glow emanating from the matchbox. Now he is ready to give everything to get it. The bear goes towards the house, and Denis feels less lonely. Next to him was a real living creature.
After some time, mom returned and they went home. Mom was surprised by her son’s action, how he could exchange an excellent toy for some kind of firefly. Although she doesn’t think about the fact that Denis was so lonely and sad waiting for her, and this firefly warmed his soul.
The secret becomes clear
One fine morning, an interesting story happened to Denis. His mother made him eat semolina porridge. But the boy simply hated her. He tried his best to persuade his mother not to eat this dish, but he failed. Mom firmly stood her ground and ordered Denis to eat everything to the last spoon. To cheer up her son, she gives him her word that after breakfast they will go to the Kremlin. But even such a wonderful incentive does not help Denis cope with his aversion to unloved food.
The child tries to salt and pepper the porridge, but this spoils its taste even more and becomes completely inedible. As a result, the boy pours the dish directly out the window. Denis puts the empty cup on the table and rejoices.
Suddenly the doorbell rings and a stranger comes in, completely covered in porridge. Mom looks at this man in shock, and Denis realizes that the trip to the Kremlin has already been cancelled.
The unfamiliar man is indignant and tells them that he was wearing one of his best suits and was going to be photographed, and then, out of nowhere, semolina porridge started pouring down from above.
The story teaches that over time the truth emerges and becomes clear. The consequences of lying can be colossal, so you should tell the truth rather than sweet lies.
From top to bottom - obliquely
Three friends Alenka, Denis and Mishka often played in the yard. In the summer, renovations were underway, and friends helped the builders as best they could. The renovation was coming to an end, and the guys were even sad.
One day, three beautiful girls came in overalls, and they had newspaper hats on their heads. Their names were Sanka, Nelly and Raechka. They were very funny and interesting ladies. They were doing painting work in the yard.
One day Sanka asked the guys what time it was, hearing that twelve o’clock was approaching, the girls got up and went to lunch, leaving the paint and hose in the yard.
At first the comrades doubted and did not touch the paint, but then they became interested. The guys started spraying everything around with a hose, the pressure of the paint flying in different directions. Alenka decided to paint her legs like the Indians. Then the guys got so carried away that they painted the girl’s entire body, right down to her hair. After this, a man came out completely dressed in white. The guys also doused him with paint. He bulged his eyes and did not move from his place, and Denis looked straight into his eyes and continued to hold the hose. Both were shocked by what was happening.
After this incident, all the children had a bad time; their parents did not let them leave the house for a long time. When Denis went out into the yard, Sanechka made fun of the boy, suggesting that he grow up faster and work in the same team.
Green leopards
Mishka, Alenka and Denis decided to launch a rocket. For these purposes, they prepared a place in the sandbox. They dug a huge hole, threw glass in there and left room for the rocket itself. Then Mishka suggested digging a side exit so that the gas from the rocket would come out without obstacles. The guys got to work, but soon got tired.
Out of nowhere, Kostya appeared, looking unwell. He had lost a lot of weight and was pale. The friends inquired about Kostya’s health. It turns out that he recently had measles. The guys started asking him questions. The friends began heatedly discussing different types of diseases and their benefits. They love to get sick, because at this time parents buy a lot of toys and regret it. For example, Kostya was allowed to eat a whole jar of jam. Mishka, Alenka and Denis consider chickenpox to be the most fascinating disease, since you can smear yourself with brilliant green and look like leopards. But at the end of the conversation they understand that you can’t ride a bike with a broken leg.
The guys get back to work. Kostya joins them.
A fire in an outbuilding or a feat in the ice
One day Denis and Mishka were late for class. The guys started playing hockey and forgot about time. They began to worry that their parents would be called to school. On the way, they began to come up with various stories that were supposed to justify their lateness. They were very afraid of their teacher Raisa Ivanovna and therefore decided to take such an action. Each of them came up with their own version. At first Denis suggested lying that they went to pull out teeth, but Misha did not approve of this idea. Then Denis wanted to tell him that they were saving a baby from a burning house, but Mishka wanted to tell him that a small child fell under the ice on a pond and he and his friend carried out a rescue operation.
The dispute continued throughout the journey. Without agreeing with each other, everyone began to tell their story. As a result, the stories did not match and it became clear to everyone that the boys were lying. My classmates began to laugh loudly, especially Valera, who had a presentiment of his bad mark for an incorrectly written sentence. Then the class teacher gave the boys bad grades and told them not to lie anymore.
The work teaches you to tell the truth, regardless of whether it is pleasant or not. Sooner or later the truth will become known to everyone.
Tricky way
Denis's mother went on vacation. She is angry that instead of resting, she has to wash dishes three times a day. She tasked her husband and son with finding a way to make her housework easier.
Deniska grabbed his head and began to think hard, while dad sat quietly and listened to the radio, read newspapers and relaxed on the sofa. The boy wanted to come up with a device that could wash and dry dishes on its own. In the end, it didn't work out for him.
This time my mother did not set the table. She threatened that she would not feed her husband and son until they resolved the issue of washing the dishes. Denis was very hungry and promised to reveal the cunning method he had come up with, but only at lunch.
The family began to have dinner, and Denis told about his cunning method. The point was that you need to eat separately, then there will be several times less dishes. Dad will eat, then mom, and finally Denis. Then you only have to wash one cup. The parents laughed. This option was not suitable because hygiene standards were not observed. The boy said that he absolutely does not disdain his relatives. Then the father rolled up his sleeves and called his son. From that moment on, they began to help their mother wash the dishes. This is the simple way my father found.
The work tells the story of the country of Penguinia, which has experienced several eras in its development, from ancient times to modern history.
Act 1. Its entire development begins with the fact that Lizanka woke up in a chair and began to complain that she did not sleep well
In the evenings, one boy, named Joel, runs to listen to fascinating stories about the adventures of Brother Fox and Brother Rabbit to one old black man - Remus. Good-natured uncle sweetly greets the boy
Jules Verne was the first classic of the genre of science fiction and adventure. With his works, the author created the concept of “scientific novel”.
Vladimir Andreevich Dobryakov
Recently, the seller of a sporting goods store, Aunt Lyuda, came to visit. She asked Alyosha:
Well, Alexey Ivanovich, how are you living?
“It’s normal,” said Alyosha. - I lift dumbbells ten times.
“I can,” Alyosha said angrily. - I just don’t want to.
Cunning means smart. - Aunt Lyuda touched Alyosha’s arm above the elbow. - Wow, strong muscles.
I will still train. Maybe I’ll lift it twenty times!
When Aunt Lyuda left, Ira shook her head:
You are not only cunning, but also a braggart.
But... Ah! - the brother waved his hand. - After all, I heard Aunt Lyuda say: I’m smart. Think about it! - I’ll definitely think about it. “Ira took the plates and asked her mother: “I started reading when I was four years old?”
Yes. Somehow it happened naturally.
It was in vain that Aunt Lyuda added sugar to Lyoshka: if he’s cunning, she said, that means he’s smart... He was happy... So, smart, cunning... - she repeated thoughtfully. - Stop…
Ira is back. My brother was putting dumbbells in a shoe box.
Don't you kiss them goodnight? - asked the sister.
They'll get by. But you kissed your Barbie!
When it was! Now I love books. Okay, I won't interfere.
But when she left, she didn’t close the door behind her.
“Look, reader!” - Alyosha stuck his tongue out at her. And I thought: what should I do? How about playing hand football? Suddenly, laughter came from the next room. Alyosha listened. And again laughter! He couldn’t stand it and quietly walked to the slightly open door. Irinka is sitting on the sofa with a book in her hands. Alyosha made an indifferent face:
Are you reading?
She closed the book, even hid it behind her back.
Let's say. Why did you show up?
So. I hear you laughing.
It's impossible, isn't it?
Not really. It's just... I played football.
Well, continue. I wish you victory...
What is it called?
What do you care? - Ira looked at her watch. - It's time to go to bed. It’s my first shift, we’re on duty. Come on, put the book in its place! “She opened the desk drawer, put a book there and for some reason turned the lock key.
Alyosha was surprised, but said nothing, only gloomily remarked:
You are also cunning.
Such as there is. - Ira put the key in her jeans pocket...
Alyosha dreamed of something alarming, but as soon as he opened his eyes, he immediately thought about his sister and the book, for some reason hidden in the desk drawer and locked with a key.
The sister was no longer there. And mom was getting ready to leave. Alyosha hurriedly had breakfast, thinking about the locked book. The first thing I did was rummage through Irina’s jeans. There was no key. Did she really take it away? I chose a thin nail from my father's box. I moved it inside the lock for about five minutes.
In the movies, they use a hairpin to open any lock. And here…
In the evening - the same story: laughing Ira and Alyosha with a detached face. He increased his dumbbell record, but it didn’t bring him any joy. When I heard the water rustling in the bath, without hesitation, I rushed into Ira’s room. There was a key in the lock of the drawer! Alyosha pulled out the drawer. “She called me a sly,” Alyosha recalled. “And she herself is ten times more cunning.” He took out the key. I looked around. Hide it somewhere? Stupid. In the movies it’s much simpler: I pressed the key into the plasticine unnoticed, and then made a new one!
The next day he was lucky. Everything turned out to be simple. He inserted a kitchen knife into the crack of the drawer, pressed harder, and the drawer opened. And here it is - a book! On the colorful cover there are five large letters “DETECTIVE”. He flipped through the pages. The pictures are funny: an elephant, a dog with a gun, a parrot with its beak open, apparently saying something.
There was an hour and a half left before school. Alyosha settled down on the same sofa where his sister likes to sit.
I can! - Alyosha said out loud, as if for his sister.
True, it took me six minutes to read the incomplete first page. He specifically noted it by the clock hanging on the wall. The same minutes were spent on another page, but it was full. And after that he no longer looked at his watch. Interesting: funny kittens, mother cat...
He spent more than an hour with the book. Locking her in the box again turned out to be even easier than setting her free.
Aunt Luda said it right: “Cunning means smart!”
Very happy, Alyosha went to school.
All week he read in the mornings. I tried to do my homework in the evening.
It was raining on Sunday, and Alyosha thought sadly that he wouldn’t be able to read about the adventures of the detective and his sworn enemies the Mole and the Rat today. But after lunch, my sister said that she would go to her friend’s birthday party.
Did you buy a gift? - asked Alyosha.
Why buy? I'll give you a funny book about a detective. I've already read it.
Better give something else. With a beautiful cover.
This one is interesting though.
But I...” muttered Alyosha, “I also want to read it.”
You?! - the sister was amazed and laughed. - But didn’t you read it?
What are you doing? - my brother didn’t understand.
Well, that's enough! Do you think I'm completely stupid? I don't see you opening my box? Did you like the book?
Cool! - Alyosha said, joyfully surprised. - But I only read half of it.
Okay, I convinced you. I'll give you another book. And now I won’t lock “Detective” in a box. Read for your pleasure. Brother, did you forget about training because of the book? Aunt Lyuda promised to visit us one of these days. You'll embarrass yourself with dumbbells.
It's okay, I'll push it.
The sporting goods saleswoman actually came three days later.
How are you doing, athlete? - she asked.
I will show you now. - Alyosha took out dumbbells, sighed: - Count... He did the last, twentieth, squeeze with great difficulty...
Ay, well done! Receive a gift! - And my aunt took roller skates out of the bag. - Ride!
Aunt Lyuda,” Ira bowed her head guiltily, “I said it wrong last time.” Alyosha reads very well here. I just finished a funny book, more than a hundred pages. It's called "Detective".
Check this out! - Aunt Lyuda was surprised. - Apparently, we’ll have to give him a hockey stick as well. Can you play hockey?
I'll learn! - said Alyosha.
Reads in 35 minutes, original - 4 minutes
Morozko
The stepmother lives with her own daughter and stepdaughter. The old woman decides to drive her stepdaughter out of the yard and orders her husband to take the girl “to an open field in the bitter cold.” He obeys.
In an open field, Frost the Red Nose greets a girl. She answers kindly. Frost feels sorry for his stepdaughter, and he does not freeze her, but gives her a dress, a fur coat, and a dowry chest.
The stepmother is already holding a wake for her stepdaughter and tells the old man to go to the field and bring the girl’s body to bury. The old man returns and brings his daughter - alive, dressed up, with a dowry! The stepmother orders that her own daughter be taken to the same place. Frost Red Nose comes to look at the guest. Without waiting for “good speeches” from the girl, he kills her. The old woman expects her daughter to return with wealth, but instead the old man brings only a cold body.
Swan geese
The parents go to work, telling their daughter not to leave the yard and take care of her little brother. But the girl puts her brother under the window, and she runs out into the street. Meanwhile, the geese-swans carry away their brother on their wings. The sister runs to catch up with the swan geese. On the way she meets a stove, an apple tree, a milk river - the banks of jelly. A girl asks them about her brother, but the stove asks her to try a pie, the apple tree asks for an apple, the river asks for jelly with milk. The picky girl disagrees. She meets a hedgehog who shows her the way. He comes to a hut on chicken legs, looks in - and there is Baba Yaga and his brother. The girl carries off her brother, and the swan geese fly after her.
The girl asks the river to hide her and agrees to eat the jelly. Then the apple tree hides her, and the girl has to eat a forest apple, then she hides in the oven and eats a rye pie. The geese don't see her and fly away with nothing.
The girl and her brother come running home, and just then the father and mother arrive.
Ivan Bykovich
The king and queen have no children. They dream that the queen will become pregnant if she eats the golden-finned ruff. The ruff is caught and fried, the cook licks the queen's dishes, the cow drinks the slop. The queen gives birth to Ivan Tsarevich, the cook gives birth to Ivan, the cook's son, and the cow gives birth to Ivan Bykovich. All three guys look alike.
The Ivans try their hand at deciding which of them should be the big brother. Ivan Bykovich turns out to be the strongest... Well done, they find a large stone in the garden, under it there is a basement, and there are three heroic horses standing there. The Tsar allows the Ivans to travel to foreign lands.
Good fellows come to Baba Yaga's hut. She says that on the Smorodina River, on the Kalinov Bridge, there live miracles-Yudas, who destroyed all the neighboring kingdoms.
The fellows come to the Smorodina River, stop in an empty hut and decide to take turns going on patrol. Ivan Tsarevich falls asleep on patrol. Ivan Bykovich, not relying on him, comes to Kalinovy Bridge, fights with the six-headed miracle-yud, kills him and places six heads on the bridge. Then Ivan, the cook’s son, goes on patrol, also falls asleep, and Ivan Bykovich defeats the nine-headed miracle Yudo. Then Ivan Bykovich leads the brothers under the bridge, shames them and shows them the heads of the monsters. The next night, Ivan Bykovich prepares for a fight with the twelve-headed miracle. He asks the brothers to stay awake and watch: blood will flow from the towel into the bowl. If it overflows, you need to rush to help.
Ivan Bykovich fights with the miracle, the brothers fall asleep. It’s hard for Ivan Bykovich. He throws his mittens into the hut - breaks through the roof, breaks out the windows, and the brothers are all asleep. Finally, he throws the hat, which destroys the hut. The brothers wake up, and the bowl is already overflowing with blood. They release the heroic horse from the chains and run to help themselves. But while they are keeping up, Ivan Bykovich is already coping with the miracle.
After that, the miracle Yudov’s wives and mother-in-law plot to take revenge on Ivan Bykovich. Wives want to turn into a deadly apple tree, a well, a golden bed and find themselves on the way of good fellows. But Ivan Bykovich finds out about their plans and cuts down an apple tree, a well, and a crib. Then the miracle mother-in-law, an old witch, dresses up as a beggar woman and asks for alms from the fellows. Ivan Bykovich is about to give it to her, and she takes the hero by the hand, and both end up in her old husband’s dungeon.
The witch's husband's eyelashes are lifted with an iron pitchfork. The old man orders Ivan Bykovich to bring the queen - golden curls. The witch drowns herself in grief. The old man teaches the hero to open the magic oak and take the ship out of there. And Ivan Bykovich brings out many ships and boats from the oak tree. Several old people ask Ivan Bykovich to be travel companions. One is Obedailo, the other is Opivailo, the third knows how to take a steam bath, the fourth is an astrologer, the fifth swims with a ruff. Everyone goes to the queen together - golden curls. There, in her unprecedented kingdom, the old people help to eat and drink all the treats and cool down the hot bath.
The queen leaves with Ivan Bykovich, but on the way she turns into a star and flies away into the sky. The astrologer returns her to her place. Then the queen turns into a pike, but the old man, who knows how to swim with a ruff, stabs her in the sides, and she returns to the ship. The old people say goodbye to Ivan Bykovich, and he and the queen go to the miracle Yudov’s father. Ivan Bykovich proposes a test: the one who walks along a perch through a deep hole will marry the queen. Ivan Bykovich passes, and Miracle Yudov’s father flies into the pit.
Ivan Bykovich returns home to his brothers, marries the queen - golden curls and gives a wedding feast.
Seven Simeons
The old man gives birth to seven sons on one day, they are all called Simeons. When the Simeons are left orphans, they do all the work in the field. The king, driving by, sees small children working in the field, calls them to him and questions them. One of them says that he wants to be a blacksmith and forge a huge pillar, another - to look from this pillar, the third to be a ship carpenter, the fourth - to be a helmsman, the fifth - to hide a ship at the bottom of the sea, the sixth - to get it out of there, and the seventh - to be a thief. The king does not like the latter’s desire. Simeonov is sent to science. After a while, the king decides to look at their skills.
The blacksmith forged a huge pillar, the brother climbed onto it and saw Helen the Beautiful in a distant country. The other brothers demonstrated their naval skills. And the king wants to hang the seventh - Simeon the thief - but he undertakes to steal Helen the Beautiful for him. All seven brothers go after the princess. The thief dresses up as a merchant, gives the princess a cat, which is not found in that land, shows her expensive fabrics and decorations and promises to show her an unusual stone if Elena comes to the ship.
As soon as Elena entered the ship, the fifth brother hid the ship to the bottom of the sea... And the sixth, when the danger of pursuit had passed, took him out and brought him to his native shore. The Tsar generously rewarded the Simeons, married Helen the Beautiful and gave a feast.
Marya Morevna
Ivan Tsarevich has three sisters: Marya Tsarevna, Olga Tsarevna and Anna Tsarevna. When their parents die, the brother gives the sisters in marriage: Marya to a falcon, Olga to an eagle, and Anna to a raven.
Ivan Tsarevich goes to visit his sisters and meets a huge army in the field, defeated by someone. One of the survivors explains: this army was defeated by Marya Morevna, the beautiful queen. Ivan Tsarevich travels further, meets Marya Morevna, and stays in her tents. Then he marries the princess, and they go to her state.
Marya Morevna, going to war, forbids her husband to look into one of the closets. But he, having disobeyed, looks - and Koschey the Immortal is chained there. Ivan Tsarevich gives Koshchei something to drink. He, having gained strength, breaks the chains, flies away and carries Marya Morevna along the way. Her husband goes to look for her.
On the way, Ivan Tsarevich meets the palaces of a falcon, an eagle and a raven. He visits his sons-in-law and leaves them a silver spoon, fork, and knife as souvenirs. Having reached Marya Morevna, Ivan Tsarevich tries twice to take his wife home, but both times Koschey on a fast horse catches up with them and takes Marya Morevna away. The third time he kills Ivan Tsarevich and cuts his body into pieces.
The donated silver of Ivan Tsarevich's sons-in-law turns black. The falcon, eagle and raven find the severed body and sprinkle it with dead and living water. The prince comes to life.
Koschey the Immortal tells Marya Morevna that he took his horse from Baba Yaga, across the river of fire. The princess steals from Koshchei and gives her husband a magic handkerchief, with which you can cross the fiery river.
Ivan Tsarevich goes to Baba Yaga. On the way, although he is hungry, out of pity he does not eat the chick, lion cub, or even bee honey, so as not to offend the bees. The prince hires himself out to Baba Yaga to herd her mares. It is impossible to keep track of them, but birds, lions and bees help the prince.
Ivan Tsarevich steals a mangy foal from Baba Yaga (in fact, it is a heroic horse). Baba Yaga gives chase, but drowns in a river of fire.
On his heroic horse, Ivan Tsarevich takes Marya Morevna away. Koschey catches up with them. The prince enters into battle with him and kills him.
Ivan Tsarevich and Marya Morevna stop by to visit the raven, eagle and falcon, and then go to their kingdom.
Emelya the Fool
The man had three sons; two are smart, and the third, Emelya, is a fool. The father dies, leaving everyone “one hundred rubles.” The older brothers go to trade, leaving Emelya at home with their daughters-in-law and promising to buy him red boots, a fur coat and a caftan.
In winter, when there is severe frost, the daughters-in-law send Emelya to fetch water. With great reluctance, he goes to the ice hole, fills a bucket... And catches a pike in the ice hole. Pike promises to make Emelino’s every wish come true if he lets her go. She reveals the magic words to the guy: “At the behest of the pike, at my will.” Emelya releases the pike. With the help of miraculous words, his first wish is fulfilled: buckets of water go home on their own.
A short time later, the daughters-in-law force Emelya to go into the yard to chop wood. Emelya orders the ax to chop the wood, and the wood to go to the hut and go into the oven. The daughters-in-law are amazed.
They send Emelya into the forest to get firewood. He doesn’t harness the horses, the sleigh drives itself from the yard. Driving through the city, Emelya crushes a lot of people. In the forest, an ax chops firewood and a club for Emelya.
On the way back in the city, they try to catch Emelya and crush his sides. And Emelya orders his baton to beat all the offenders and returns home safely.
The king, having heard about all this, sends his officer to Emelya. He wants to take the fool to the king. Emelya does not agree, and the officer slaps him in the face. Then Emelina beats both the officer and his soldiers with her baton. The officer reports all this to the king. The king sends an intelligent man to Emelya. He first talks to his daughters-in-law and finds out that the fool loves affectionate treatment. Promising Emelya delicacies and refreshments, he persuades him to come to the king. Then the fool tells his furnace to go to the city itself.
In the royal palace, Emelya sees the princess and makes a wish: let her fall in love with him.
Emelya leaves the king, and the princess asks her father to marry her to Emelya. The king orders the officer to deliver Emelya to the palace. The officer makes Emelya drunk, and then ties him up, puts him in a wagon and takes him to the palace. The king orders him to make a large barrel, put his daughter and the fool in it, tar the barrel and put it into the sea.
A fool wakes up in a barrel. The king's daughter tells him what happened and asks him to free himself and her from the barrel. The fool says the magic words, and the sea throws the barrel ashore. She's falling apart.
Emelya and the princess find themselves on a beautiful island. According to Emelin's desire, a huge palace and a crystal bridge to the royal palace appear. Then Emelya himself becomes smart and handsome.
Emelya invites the king to visit her. He arrives and feasts with Emelya, but does not recognize him. When Emelya tells him everything that happened, the king rejoices and agrees to marry the princess to him.
The king returns home, and Emelya and the princess live in their palace.
The Tale of Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf
Tsar Svyala Andronovich had three sons: Dmitry, Vasily and Ivan. Every night the firebird flies into the royal garden and pecks at the golden apples on the king’s favorite apple tree. Tsar Vyslav promises to make the one of his sons who catches the firebird heir to the kingdom. First, Dmitry Tsarevich goes into the garden to guard her, but falls asleep at his post. The same thing happens to Vasily the Tsarevich. And Ivan Tsarevich lies in wait for the firebird, grabs it, but she breaks away, leaving only a feather in his hands.
The king orders his children to find and bring him the firebird. The older brothers travel separately from the younger ones. Ivan Tsarevich arrives at a post on which it is written: the one who goes straight will be hungry and cold, to the right - he will be alive, but will lose his horse, to the left - he will lose his life, but the horse will be alive. The prince goes to the right. He meets a gray wolf, who kills his horse, but agrees to serve Ivan Tsarevich and takes him to Tsar Dolmat, who has a cage with a firebird hanging in his garden. The wolf advises to take the bird and not touch the cage. But the prince takes the cage, there is a knock and thunder, the guards catch him and lead him to the king. King Dolmat agrees to forgive the prince and give him the firebird if he brings him a golden-maned horse. Then the wolf takes Ivan Tsarevich to Tsar Afron - he has a golden-maned horse in his stable. The wolf convinces not to touch the bridle, but the prince does not listen to him. Again, Tsarevich Ivan is caught, and the Tsar promises to give him the horse if the Tsarevich brings Elena the Beautiful in return. Then the wolf kidnaps Elena the Beautiful and rushes her and Ivan Tsarevich to Tsar Afron. But the prince feels sorry for giving the princess to Afron. The wolf takes the form of Helen, and King Afron happily gives the prince the horse for the imaginary princess.
And the wolf runs away from Tsar Afron and catches up with Ivan Tsarevich.
After this, he takes the form of a golden-maned horse, and the prince takes him to King Dolmat. He, in turn, gives the firebird to the prince. And the wolf again takes its form and runs to Ivan Tsarevich. The wolf takes Ivan Tsarevich to the place where he tore his horse apart and says goodbye to him. The prince and the queen continue on their way. They stop to rest and fall asleep. Dmitry Tsarevich and Vasily Tsarevich find them sleeping, kill their brother, take the horse and the firebird. The princess is ordered to remain silent about everything on pain of death and is taken with them. Dmitry Tsarevich is going to marry her.
And the gray wolf finds the chopped body of Ivan Tsarevich. He waits for the crows to appear and grabs the crow. The raven father promises to bring dead and living water if the wolf does not touch his offspring. The raven fulfills his promise, the wolf sprinkles the body with dead and then living water. The prince comes to life, and the wolf takes him to the kingdom of Tsar Vyslav. Ivan Tsarevich appears at the wedding of his brother with Elena the Beautiful. When Elena the Beautiful sees him, she decides to tell the whole truth. And then the king puts his eldest sons in prison, and Ivan Tsarevich marries Helen the Beautiful.
Sivka-burka
The old man, dying, asks his three sons to take turns spending one night at his grave. The older brother does not want to spend the night at the grave, but asks the younger brother, Ivan the Fool, to spend the night in his place. Ivan agrees. At midnight, the father emerges from the grave. He calls the heroic horse Sivka-burka and orders him to serve his son. The middle brother does the same as the elder. Again Ivan spends the night at the grave, and at midnight the same thing happens. On the third night, when it’s Ivan’s turn, everything repeats itself.
The king calls out: whoever tears off the portrait of the princess, painted on his fly (that is, on a towel), from a high house, the princess will marry him. The older and middle brothers go to see how the portrait will be torn down. The fool asks to go with them, the brothers give him a three-legged filly, and they themselves leave. Ivan calls for Sivka-burka, climbs into one ear of the horse, comes out into the other and becomes a fine fellow. He goes for the portrait.
The horse gallops high, but the portrait is only three logs short. The brothers see this. Returning home, they tell their wives about the daring fellow, but do not know that it is their brother. The next day the same thing happens - Ivan again falls a little short. For the third time he tears down the portrait.
The king summons people of all classes to a feast. Ivan the Fool also comes and sits down at the stove. The princess treats the guests and looks: who will wipe his fly with the portrait? But she does not see Ivan. The feast goes the next day, but the princess again does not find her betrothed. The third time she discovers Ivan the Fool with a portrait behind the stove and happily takes him to his father. Ivan's brothers are amazed.
They are having a wedding. Ivan, having dressed up and cleaned himself up, becomes a fine fellow: “It’s not Ivan the fool, but Ivan the Tsar’s son-in-law.”
Magic ring
An old hunter lives with his old woman and his son Martynka. Dying, he leaves his wife and son two hundred rubles. Martyn takes a hundred rubles and goes to the city to buy bread. But instead, he buys the dog Zhurka from the butchers, which they want to kill. It takes the whole hundred. The old woman swears, but - there is nothing to do - she gives her son another hundred rubles. Now Martynka buys the cat Vaska from the evil boy for the same price.
Martyn's mother kicks him out of the house, and he hires himself out as a farm laborer for the priest. Three years later, the priest offers him a choice of a bag of silver and a bag of sand. The martynka chooses sand, takes it and goes to look for another place. He comes to a forest clearing where a fire is burning, and in the fire is a girl. Martin covers the fire with sand. The girl turns into a snake and takes Martyn to the underground kingdom to her father to thank him. The king of the underground side gives Martynka a magic ring.
Taking the ring and some money, Martynka returns to her mother. He persuades his mother to woo the beautiful princess for him. The mother does so, but the king, in response to this matchmaking, gives Martynka a task: let him build a palace, a crystal bridge and a five-domed cathedral in one day. If he does this, let him marry the princess; if he doesn’t, he will be executed.
Martynka throws the ring from hand to hand, twelve fellows appear and carry out the royal order. The king has to marry his daughter to Martyn. But the princess does not love her husband. She steals a magic ring from him and, with its help, is carried away to distant lands, to the mouse state. She leaves Martynka in poverty, in the same hut. Having learned about the disappearance of his daughter, the king orders Martynka to be imprisoned in a stone pillar and starves him to death.
The cat Vaska and the dog Zhurka run to the post and look through the window. They promise to help the owner. The cat and the dog throw themselves at the feet of street vendors, and then bring Martynka rolls, rolls and bottles of sour cabbage soup.
Vaska and Zhurka go to the mouse state to get a magic ring. They swim across the sea - a cat on the back of a dog. In the mouse kingdom, Vaska begins to strangle the mice until the mouse king asks for mercy. Vaska and Zhurka demand a magic ring. One mouse volunteers to get it. He sneaks into the princess’s bedroom, and she, even when sleeping, keeps the ring in her mouth. The mouse tickles her nose with its tail, she sneezes and loses the ring. And then the mouse brings the ring to Zhurka and Vaska.
The dog and the cat are walking back. Vaska holds the ring in his teeth. When they cross the sea, Vaska is hit in the head by a raven, and the cat drops the ring into the water. Having reached the shore, Vaska and Zhurka begin to catch crayfish. The cancer king begs for mercy; the crayfish push a beluga fish onto the shore, which swallowed the ring.
Vaska is the first to grab the ring and runs away from Zhurka to take all the credit for himself. The dog catches up with him, but the cat climbs a tree. Zhurka watches Vaska for three days, but then they make up.
The cat and dog run to the stone pillar and give the ring to the owner. Martynka regains the palace, the crystal bridge and the cathedral. He also brings back his unfaithful wife. The king orders her execution. “And Martynka still lives, chews bread.”
Horns
The old man gives his son, whose name is Monkey, to become a soldier. Monkey's teaching is not given, and he is beaten with rods. And so Monkey dreams that if he runs away to another kingdom, he will find there one-gold cards with which you can beat anyone, and a wallet from which the money does not decrease, even if you pour out a mountain of gold.
The dream comes true. With cards and a wallet in his pocket, Monkey comes to the tavern and starts a fight with the sutler. The generals come running - they are outraged by the behavior of the Monkey. True, seeing his wealth, the generals change their minds. They play cards with Monkey, he beats them, but gives all his winnings back to them. The generals tell their king about the Monkey. The King comes to Monkey and also plays cards with him. The monkey, having won, gives his winnings back to the king.
The king makes Monkey the chief minister and builds a three-story house for him. The monkey rules the kingdom for three years in the absence of the king and does a lot of good for ordinary soldiers and poor brethren.
The king's daughter Nastasya invites Monkey to visit. They play cards, and then during the meal Nastasya the Princess brings him a glass of “sleep potion.” Then he takes the cards and wallet from the sleeping Monkey and orders him to be thrown into a dung pit. Waking up, Monkey climbs out of the hole, puts on his old soldier's dress and leaves the kingdom. On the way, he meets an apple tree, eats the apple, and grows horns. He takes an apple from another tree and the horns fall off. Then the Monkey picks up apples of both varieties and returns to the kingdom.
The monkey gives a good apple to the old shopkeeper, and she becomes young and fat. In gratitude, the shopkeeper gives Monkey a sutler's dress. He goes to sell apples, gives an apple to Nastasya’s maid, and she also becomes beautiful and fat. Seeing this, the princess also wants apples. But they do not benefit her: Nastasya the Princess grows horns. And Monkey, dressed up as a doctor, goes to treat the princess. He takes her to the bathhouse, whips her with a copper rod and forces her to confess what sin she has committed. The princess blames herself for deceiving the minister and gives back the cards and wallet. Then the Monkey treats her to good apples: Nastasya’s horns fall off, and she becomes a beauty. The king again makes Monkey the chief minister and gives Nastasya the princess for him.
Legless and armless heroes
The prince is planning to marry, but he only knows that the princess to whom he is wooing has already ruined many suitors. Poor man Ivan the Naked comes to the prince and promises to arrange the matter.
The Tsarevich and Ivan Naked go to the princess. She offers the groom tests: shoot from a heroic gun, a bow, ride a heroic horse. All this is done by a servant instead of the prince. When Ivan the Naked shot an arrow, it hit the hero Mark Begun and knocked off both his hands.
The princess agrees to get married. After the wedding, she puts her hand on her husband at night, and he begins to choke. Then the princess realizes that she was deceived, and her husband is not a hero at all. She is plotting revenge. The prince and his wife are going home. When Ivan the Naked falls asleep, the princess cuts off his legs, leaves Ivan in an open field, orders the prince to stand on his heels and turns the carriage back to her kingdom. When she returns, she forces her husband to herd pigs.
Ivan the Naked is found by Marko Begun. The legless and armless heroes live together in the forest. They steal one of the priests, and she helps them with the housework. A snake flies to the priest, which is why she withers and loses weight. The heroes catch the snake and force it to show the lake where there is living water. From bathing in this water, warriors grow arms and legs. Marco Begun returns the share to his father and remains to live with this priest.
Ivan Naked goes to look for the prince and finds him grazing pigs. The Tsarevich exchanges clothes with Ivan. He rides a horse, and Ivan drives pigs. The princess sees from the window that the cattle are being driven at the wrong time, and orders the shepherd to be torn out. But Ivan Naked drags her by the braids until she repents. From then on, she begins to obey her husband. And Ivan the Naked serves with them.
The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise
The tsar travels through foreign lands, and meanwhile his son Ivan Tsarevich is born at home. When the king drinks water from the lake, the sea king grabs him by the beard and demands to give him something that he “doesn’t know at home.” The king agrees. Only upon arriving home does he realize his mistake.
When Ivan Tsarevich becomes an adult, the Tsar takes him to the lake and orders him to look for the ring that he supposedly lost. The prince meets an old woman who explains to him that he has been given to the king of the sea. The old woman advises Ivan Tsarevich to wait for thirteen doves - beautiful maidens - to appear on the shore and steal the shirt from the last, thirteenth. The prince listens to advice. The pigeons fly in, turn into girls and bathe. Then they fly away, leaving only the youngest, from whom the prince steals the shirt. This is Vasilisa the Wise. She gives the prince a ring and shows the way to the sea kingdom, and she flies away.
The prince comes to the sea kingdom. The king of the sea orders him to sow a huge wasteland and grow rye there, and if the prince does not do this, he will be executed.
Ivan Tsarevich tells Vasilisa about his misfortune. She tells him to go to bed, and orders her faithful servants to do everything. The next morning the rye is already high. The Tsar gives Ivan Tsarevich a new task: to thresh three hundred stacks of wheat in one night. At night, Vasilisa the Wise orders the ants to select grain from the stacks. Then the king orders the prince to build a church from pure wax overnight. Vasilisa commands the bees to do this too. Then the tsar allows Ivan Tsarevich to marry any of his daughters.
Ivan Tsarevich marries Vasilisa the Wise. After some time, he confesses to his wife that he wants to go to Holy Rus'. Vasilisa spits in three corners, locks her tower and runs away with her husband to Rus'. Envoys from the sea king come to call the young people to the palace. The droolers from the three corners tell them that it’s too early. In the end, the messengers break down the door, and the mansion is empty.
The sea king sets up the pursuit. Vasilisa, hearing the chase, turns into a lamb, and turns her husband into a shepherd. The messengers do not recognize them and return back. The sea king sends a new chase. Now Vasilisa is turning into a church, and turning the prince into a priest. The chase returns. The sea king himself sets off in pursuit. Vasilisa turns horses into a lake, her husband into a drake, and she herself turns into a duck. The sea king recognizes them, becomes an eagle, but cannot kill the drake and the duck because they dive.
Young people come to the kingdom of Ivan Tsarevich. The prince wants to report to his father and mother and asks Vasilisa to wait for him in the forest. Vasilisa warns that the prince will forget her. This is how it happens.
Vasilisa is hired as a worker at a malt mill. She makes two doves from the dough, which fly to the prince’s palace and hit the windows. The prince, seeing them, remembers Vasilisa, finds her, brings her to her father and mother, and everyone lives together.
Feather of Finist - clear falcon
The old man has three daughters. The father is going to the city, the eldest and middle daughter ask to buy them fabrics for a dress, and the youngest - a feather from Finist - the clear falcon. Having returned, the father gives his eldest daughters some new clothes, but he could not find the feather. The next time, the older sisters each receive a scarf, but the promised feather for the younger sister is again missing. For the third time, the old man finally buys a feather for a thousand rubles.
In the youngest daughter’s room, the feather turns into the prince Finista The prince and the girl are having a conversation. The sisters hear voices. Then the prince turns into a falcon, and the girl lets him fly. The older sisters stick knives and needles into the window frame. Returning, Finist wounds his wings on the knives and flies away, telling the girl to look for him in the distant kingdom. She hears it through her sleep.
The girl stocks up with three pairs of iron shoes, three cast-iron staves, three stone potions and goes to look for Finist. On the way, she spends the night with three old women. One gives her a golden spindle, another a silver dish with a golden egg, the third a golden hoop with a needle.
The bread has already been devoured, the staffs have been broken, the shoes have been trampled. The girl finds out that Finist in such and such a city married the daughter of the malt milk, and is hired by the malt mill as a worker. He gives the old women's gifts of malt to his daughter in exchange for the right to stay with Finist for three nights.
The wife mixes Finisga with a sleeping potion. He sleeps and does not see the red maiden, does not hear her words. On the third night, the girl’s hot tears wake up Finist. The prince and the girl are running away from the malt.
Finist turns into a feather again, and the girl comes home with him. She says she was on a pilgrimage. The father and eldest daughters leave for matins. The youngest stays at home and, after waiting a little, goes to church with Tsarevich Finist, in a golden carriage and precious attire. In church, the relatives do not recognize the girl, and she does not open up to them. The next day the same thing happens. On the third day, the father guesses everything, forces his daughter to confess, and the red maiden marries Prince Finist.
Tricky Science
Grandfather and woman have a son. The old man wants to send the guy to science, but there is no money. The old man takes his son around the cities, but no one wants to teach him without money. One day they meet a man who agrees to teach the guy a tricky science for three years. But he sets a condition: if the old man does not recognize his son after three years, he will remain with the teacher forever.
The day before the appointed time, the son flies to his father like a small bird and says that the teacher has eleven more students, whom the parents did not recognize, and they remained with the owner forever.
The son teaches his father how he can be recognized.
The owner (and he turned out to be a sorcerer) turns his students into pigeons, stallions, and good fellows, but in all forms the father recognizes his son. Father and son go home.
On the way they meet a master. The son turns into a dog and tells his father to sell him to the master, but without a collar. The old man sells with a collar. The son still manages to escape from the master and return home.
After some time, the son turns into a bird and tells his father to sell him at the market, but without a cage. The father does just that. The sorcerer teacher buys a bird, and it flies away.
Then the son turns into a stallion and asks his father to sell him without a bridle. The father again sells the horse to the sorcerer, but he also has to give the bridle. The sorcerer brings the horse home and ties it. The sorcerer's daughter, out of pity, wants to lengthen the reins, and the horse runs away. The sorcerer is chasing him with a gray wolf. The young man turns into a ruff, the sorcerer turns into a pike... Then the ruff turns into a golden ring, the merchant's daughter takes it, but the sorcerer demands that she give the ring. The girl throws the ring, it scatters into grains, and the sorcerer in the guise of a rooster pecks at the grain. One grain turns into a hawk, which kills the rooster.
Sister Alyonushka, brother Ivanushka
The king and queen die; their children Alyonushka and Ivanushka go traveling.
Children see a herd of cows near a pond. The sister persuades her brother not to drink from this pond, so as not to become a calf. They see a herd of horses, a herd of pigs, and a herd of goats by the water. Alyonushka warns her brother everywhere. But in the end, he disobeys his sister, drinks and becomes a little goat.
Alyonushka ties him by the belt and takes him with her. They enter the royal garden. The Tsar asks Alyonushka who she is. Soon he will marry her.
Alyonushka, who has become a queen, is damaged by an evil witch. She herself undertakes to treat the queen: she orders her to go to the sea and drink water there. A witch drowns Alyonushka by the sea. The little goat, seeing this, cries. And the sorceress takes the form of Queen Alyonushka.
The imaginary queen offends Ivanushka. She begs the king to order the slaughter of the little goat. The king, albeit reluctantly, agrees. The little goat asks permission to go to the sea. There he asks his sister to swim out, but she replies from under the water that she cannot. The little goat returns, but then asks to go to the sea again and again. The king, surprised, secretly follows him. There he hears a conversation between Alyonushka and Ivanushka. Alyonushka tries to swim out, and the king pulls her ashore. The little goat tells about what happened, and the king orders the execution of the sorceress.
Princess Frog
The king has three sons. The youngest is called Ivan Tsarevich. The king orders them to shoot arrows in different directions. Each of them must woo the girl in whose yard his arrow will fall. The eldest son's arrow falls on the boyar's courtyard, the middle son's on the merchant's, and Ivan Tsarevich's arrow falls into the swamp, and is picked up by a frog.
The eldest son marries a hawthorn, the middle son marries a merchant's daughter, and Ivan Tsarevich has to marry a frog.
The king orders his daughters-in-law to bake white bread each. Ivan Tsarevich is upset, but the frog consoles him. At night she turns into Vasilisa the Wise and orders her nannies to bake bread. The next morning the glorious bread is ready. And the king orders his daughters-in-law to weave a carpet in one night. Ivan Tsarevich is sad. But at night the frog again turns into Vasilisa the Wise and gives orders to the nannies. The next morning a wonderful carpet is ready.
The king orders his sons to come to him for inspection along with their wives. The wife of Ivan Tsarevich appears in the guise of Vasilisa the Wise. She dances, and from the waves of her hands a lake appears, swans swim in the water. The wives of other princes try to imitate her, but to no avail. Meanwhile, Ivan Tsarevich finds the frog skin discarded by his wife and burns it. Having learned about this, Vasilisa grieves, turns into a white swan and flies out the window, ordering the prince to look for her distant lands near Koshchei the Immortal. Ivan Tsarevich goes to look for his wife and meets an old man who explains that Vasilisa had to live as a frog for three years - this was her punishment from her father. The old man gives the prince a ball that will lead him along.
On the way, Ivan Tsarevich wants to kill a bear, a drake, a hare, but spares them. Seeing a pike on the sand, he throws it into the sea.
The prince enters the hut on chicken legs to Baba Yaga. She says that it is difficult to deal with Koshchei: his death is in a needle, a needle in an egg, an egg in a duck, a duck in a hare, a hare in a chest, and a chest in an oak tree. Yaga indicates the place where the oak tree is located. The animals that Ivan Tsarevich spared help him get the needle, and Koshchei has to die. And the prince takes Vasilisa home.
Nesmeyana the Princess
Princess Nesmeyana lives in the royal chambers and never smiles or laughs. The king promises to marry Nesmeyana to someone who can cheer her up. Everyone is trying to do this, but no one succeeds.
And at the other end of the kingdom lives a worker. Its owner is a kind man. At the end of the year, he puts a bag of money in front of the employee: “Take as much as you want!” And he takes only one piece of money, and even drops it into the well. He works for the owner for another year. At the end of the year the same thing happens, and again the poor worker throws his money into the water. And in the third year, he takes a coin, goes to the well and sees: the two previous pieces of money have surfaced. He takes them out and decides to look at the white light. A mouse, a bug and a catfish with a big mustache beg him for money. The worker is left with nothing again. He comes to the city, sees Princess Nesmeyana in the window, and before her eyes falls into the mud. A mouse, a bug and a catfish immediately appear: they help, take off the dress, clean the boots. The princess, looking at their services, laughs. The king asks who is the reason for the laughter. The princess points to the worker. And then the king marries Nesmeyan to the worker.
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