Russian folk fairy tales. Afanasiev's Tale: Magic Horse Fairy tale magic horse summary

In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived an old man and an old woman, and for all their existence they had no children. It occurred to them that their ancient years were about to die, but the Lord did not give an heir, and they began to pray to God that he would create for them an offspring for the memory of their souls. The old man made a covenant: if the old woman gives birth to a child, at that time whoever comes across first, I will take him as a godfather. After some time, the old woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. The old man was delighted, got ready and went to look for his godfather; just outside the gate, and a carriage is rolling towards him, harnessed by four; the emperor is sitting in a carriage.

The old man did not know the sovereign, mistook him for a boyar, stopped and began to bow.

What do you want, old man? - asks the sovereign.

Yes, I beg your mercy, do not be angry to say: baptize my newborn son.

Al you don't have anyone in the village you know?

I have many acquaintances, many friends, but it’s not good to take godfathers, because such a covenant is laid: whoever meets him first, ask him.

Well, - says the sovereign, - here's a hundred rubles for your christening; tomorrow I'll be on my own.

The next day he came to the old man; The priest was immediately called, the baby was christened and named Ivan. This Ivan began to grow not by years, but by the hour - like wheat dough rises on dough; and comes to him every month by mail for a hundred rubles of the Royal salary.

Give you a hundred rubles, go to the city on horseback, buy yourself a horse; and then the path is long - you won’t leave on foot.

Ivan went to the city, and on the way he comes across an old man.

Hello, Ivan peasant son! Where are you heading?

The good fellow answers:

I'm going, grandfather, to the city, I want to buy myself a horse.

Well, listen to me if you want to be happy. As soon as you come to the equestrian, there will be one peasant selling a strong, thin, lousy horse; you choose it, and no matter how much the owner asks you - come on, don't bargain! And when you buy, bring her home and graze in the green meadows twelve evenings and twelve mornings in the dew - then you will recognize her!

Ivan thanked the old man for his science and went into the city; comes to the horse, lo and behold - a peasant is standing and holding a thin, lousy little horse by the bridle.

Are you selling a horse?

What are you asking?

Yes, without bargaining one hundred rubles.

Ivan the peasant's son took out a hundred rubles, gave them to the peasant, took the horse and led him to the court. Brings home, the father looked and waved his hand:

Lost money!

Wait, father! Perhaps for my happiness the horse will recover.

Ivan began to lead his horse every morning and every evening into the green meadows in the pasture, and this is how the twelve dawns of the morning and the twelve dawns of the evening passed - his horse became so strong, strong and beautiful that you can’t think of it, or guess, except in a fairy tale to say, and so reasonable - that only Ivan would think in his mind, and she already knows. Then Ivan the peasant son straightened out his heroic harness, saddled his good horse, said goodbye to his father and mother, and went to the capital city to the tsar-sovereign.

Hello, Your Majesty!

Hello godson! - answered the sovereign, seated him at the table, began to treat him with all sorts of drinks and snacks, and he himself looks at him, marvels: a glorious fellow - and handsome in face, and smart in mind, and tall; no one will think that he is ten years old, everyone will give twenty, and even with a ponytail! “Everything shows,” the king thinks, “that in this godson the Lord gave me not a simple warrior, but a very powerful hero.” And the king granted him an officer rank and ordered him to serve with him.

Listen, gentlemen generals and ministers! What do you think of my godson?

What can I say, Your Majesty! We have seen neither good nor bad from him; one thing is bad - painfully boastful was born. More than once they heard from him that in such and such a kingdom, far away, a large marble palace was built, and a high fence was erected around - neither foot nor horse could get through! Nastasya the beautiful princess lives in that palace. No one can get her, but he, Ivan, boasts of getting her, marrying him.

The king listened to this slander, ordered to call his godson and began to say to him:

Why are you boasting to the generals and ministers that you can get Nastasya the princess, but you don’t report anything to me about it?

Have mercy, your majesty! - answers Ivan the peasant son. - I never dreamed about it.

Now it's too late to deny; if you boasted with me, do the same thing; if you don’t, then my sword, your head off your shoulders!

Ivan, the peasant son, grieved, hung his little head below his mighty shoulders and went to his good horse. The horse will say to him in a human voice:

What, master, are you twisting around, but you don’t tell me the truth?

Ah, my good horse! Why should I be cheerful? The authorities slandered me before the sovereign himself, as if I could get and marry Nastasya the beautiful princess. The king ordered me to do this work, otherwise he wants to chop off his head.

Don't worry, master! Pray to God and go to sleep; The morning is wiser than the evening. We will handle this matter; just ask the king for more money so that we don’t get bored on the road, it would be enough to eat and drink whatever you want.

Ivan spent the night, got up in the morning, appeared to the sovereign and began to ask for a gold treasury on a campaign. The king ordered to give him as much as he needed. So the good fellow took the treasury, put on his horse a heroic harness, sat on horseback and rode on the road.

Let's wait until the evening! As soon as it gets dark, I will turn into a gray-winged eagle and will be transported with you over the wall. At that time, the beautiful princess will sleep on her soft bed; you go straight to her bedroom, take her slowly in your arms and carry her boldly.

That's good, they waited for the evening; as soon as it got dark, the horse hit the damp earth, turned into a gray-winged eagle and said:

It's time for us to do our thing; look don't give up!

Ivan the peasant's son sat on an eagle; the eagle rose into the sky, flew over the wall and placed Ivan in a wide courtyard.

The good fellow went to the wards, looks - everywhere is quiet, all the servants are sleeping in a deep sleep; he went to the bedroom - Nastasya the beautiful princess was lying on the bed, scattering her rich covers in her sleep, sable blankets. The good fellow stared at her indescribable beauty, at her white body, his hot love clouded him, could not stand it and kissed the princess on her sugary lips. From this, the red maiden woke up and screamed with a loud voice in fright; Faithful servants rose to her voice, ran up, caught Ivan the peasant son and tied his hands and feet tightly. The princess ordered him to be imprisoned and given him a glass of water and a pound of black bread a day.

Well, master, listen: tomorrow I will break down the doors and weaken you; you hide in the garden behind such and such a bush; Nastasya the beautiful princess will walk there, and I will turn into a poor old man and begin to ask her for alms; look, do not yawn, it will not be bad.

Ivan cheered up, the bird flew away. The next day, the heroic horse rushed to the dungeon and knocked out the door with his hooves; Ivan the peasant's son ran out into the garden and stood behind a green bush. The beautiful princess went out for a walk in the garden, and as soon as she drew level opposite the bush, a poor old man approached her, bows and asks with tears for holy alms. While the red maiden was taking out a purse with money, Ivan the peasant's son jumped out, grabbed her in an armful, clamped her mouth so tightly that it was impossible to even give a small voice. At the same moment, the old man turned into a gray-winged eagle, soared high and high with the queen and a good young man, flew over the fence, sank to the ground and became, as before, a heroic horse. Ivan the peasant's son mounted his horse and put Nastasya the princess with him; tells her:

What, beautiful princess, now you will not lock me up in a dungeon?

The beautiful princess answers:

It can be seen that I am destined to be yours, do with me what you yourself know!

Listen, brothers, Ivan the peasant son asks them. - What are you fighting for?

The giants stopped fighting and said to him:

We are both brothers; our father died, and all that was left after him was the estate - this is a pomelo and a cranberry; We began to share, and even quarreled: everyone, you see, wants to take everything for himself! Well, we decided to fight not to the stomach, to the death, whoever remains alive will receive both things.

How long have you been arguing?

Yes, for three years we have been beating each other, but we will not achieve any sense!

Oh you! There is something to fight for in mortal combat. Is self-interest great - a pomelo and a stick?

Don't say, brother, what you don't know! With this broomstick and with a stick, you can defeat any force. No matter how many troops the enemy puts up, boldly go out to meet you: where you wave your broom, there will be a street, and if you swing it, so it is with a lane. A stick is also needed: no matter how many troops you capture with it, you will take everything prisoner!

“Yes, things are good! Ivan thinks. “Perhaps they would be useful to me.”

Well, brothers, - he says, - do you want me to divide you equally?

Share, good man!

Ivan the peasant son got off his heroic horse, picked up a handful of fine sand, led the giants into the forest and scattered that sand on all four sides.

Here, he says, collect the sand; whoever has more will get both a stick and a pomelo.

The giants rushed to collect sand, and meanwhile Ivan grabbed both a stick and a broomstick, mounted his horse - and remember your name!

How long, how short, he drives up to his state and sees that his godfather a great misfortune has befallen: the whole kingdom has been conquered, an uncountable army stands near the capital city, threatening to burn everything with fire, to betray the king himself to an evil death.

Ivan the peasant's son left the princess in the nearby forest, and he himself flew to the enemy's army; where he swings a broom - there is a street, where he swings - there is a lane! IN a short time killed whole hundreds, whole thousands; and what survived from death, he hooked it with a stick and dragged it alive to the capital city.

The tsar greeted him with joy, ordered him to beat the drums, blow the trumpets, and granted him the rank of general and a vast treasury.

Then Ivan the peasant's son remembered the beautiful princess about Nastasya, asked for time off and brought her directly to the palace. The tsar praised him for his heroic prowess, ordered him to prepare a house and celebrate a wedding. Ivan the peasant son married a beautiful princess, celebrated a rich wedding and began to live for himself, not to grieve.
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The old man did not know the sovereign, mistook him for a boyar, stopped and began to bow. "What do you need, old man?" - asks the sovereign. “Yes, I beg your mercy, do not be angry to say: christen my newborn son.” - “Al you don’t have anyone in the village you know?” - “I have many acquaintances, many friends, but it’s not good to take godfathers, because such a covenant is laid down: whoever meets you first, ask him.” - “Good,” says the sovereign, “here is a hundred rubles for your christening; Tomorrow I'll be myself." The next day he came to the old man; The priest was immediately called, the baby was christened and named Ivan. This Ivan began to grow not by years, but by the hour - like wheat dough rises on dough; and comes to him every month by mail for a hundred rubles of the royal salary.

Ten years have passed, he has grown big and sensed exorbitant strength in himself. At that very time, the sovereign thought of him, I have a godson, but I don’t know what he is; wished to see him personally and immediately sent an order that Ivan the peasant's son, without any delay, appeared before his bright eyes. The old man began to collect it for the journey, took out the money and said: “Give you a hundred rubles, go to the city on horseback, buy yourself a horse; otherwise the path is long - you won’t leave on foot. Ivan went to the city, and on the way he comes across an old man. “Hello, Ivan the peasant son! Where are you heading?" The good fellow answers: “I’m going, grandfather, to the city, I want to buy myself a horse.” - “Well, listen to me if you want to be happy. As soon as you come to the equestrian, there will be one peasant selling a strong, thin, lousy horse; you choose it, and no matter how much the owner asks you - come on, don't bargain! And when you buy it, bring it home and graze in the green meadows twelve evenings and twelve mornings in the dew - then you will recognize it!

Ivan thanked the old man for his science and went into the city; comes to the horse, lo and behold - a peasant is standing and holding a thin, lousy little horse by the bridle. "Selling a horse?" - "I'm selling." - “What are you asking for?” - "Yes, without bargaining one hundred rubles." Ivan the peasant's son took out a hundred rubles, gave them to the peasant, took the horse and led him to the court. Brings home, the father looked and waved his hand: “Missing money!” - “Wait, father! Perhaps, for my happiness, the horse will recover. Ivan began to lead his horse every morning and every evening into the green meadows in the pasture, and this is how the twelve dawns of the morning and the twelve dawns of the evening passed - his horse became so strong, strong and beautiful that you can’t think of it, or guess, except in a fairy tale to say, and so reasonable - that only Ivan would think in his mind, and she already knows. Then Ivan the peasant son straightened out his heroic harness, saddled his good horse, said goodbye to his father and mother, and went to the capital city to the tsar-sovereign.

Whether he rode close, whether far, whether soon, shortly, he found himself at the sovereign's palace, jumped off to the ground, tied the heroic horse by the ring to an oak pole and ordered to report to the tsar about his arrival. The king ordered him not to detain him, to let him into the wards without any bullying. Ivan entered the royal chambers, prayed to the holy icons, bowed to the king and said: “I wish you good health, your majesty!” - "Hello, godson!" - answered the sovereign, seated him at the table, began to treat him with all sorts of drinks and snacks, and he himself looks at him, marvels: a glorious fellow - and handsome in face, and smart in mind, and tall; no one will think that he is ten years old, everyone will give twenty, and even with a ponytail! “Everything shows,” the king thinks, “that in this godson the Lord gave me not a simple warrior, but a powerful hero.” And the king granted him an officer rank and ordered him to serve with him.

Ivan the peasant son took up the service with all his heart, he does not refuse any work, he stands for the truth with his chest; for this the sovereign loved him more than all his generals and ministers, and did not trust any of them as much as his godson. The generals and ministers became angry with Ivan and began to hold advice, as if to slander him before the sovereign himself. One day the tsar summoned noble and close people to dinner; when everyone sat down at the table, he said: “Listen, gentlemen, generals and ministers! What do you think of my godson?” “What can I say, Your Majesty! We have seen neither good nor bad from him; one thing is bad - painfully boastful was born. More than once they heard from him that in such and such a kingdom, far away, a large marble palace was built, and a high fence was erected around - neither foot nor horse could get through! Nastasya the beautiful princess lives in that palace. No one can get her, and he, Ivan, boasts of getting her, marrying himself.

The tsar listened to this slander, ordered to call his godson and began to say to him: “Why are you boasting to the generals and ministers that you can get Nastasya the princess, but you don’t report anything to me about that?” - “Have mercy, your majesty! - answers Ivan the peasant son. “I didn’t even dream about it.” - “Now it's too late to unlock; if you boasted with me, do the same thing; if you don’t, then my sword, your head off your shoulders! Ivan, the peasant son, grieved, hung his little head below his mighty shoulders and went to his good horse. The horse will speak to him in a human voice: “What, master, are you twisting, but you don’t tell me the truth?” “Ah, my good horse! Why should I be cheerful? The authorities slandered me before the sovereign himself, as if I could get and marry Nastasya the beautiful princess. The king ordered me to do this work, otherwise he wants to chop off his head. "Don't worry, master! Pray to God and go to sleep; The morning is wiser than the evening. We will handle this matter; just ask the king for more money so that we don’t get bored on the road, it would be enough to eat and drink whatever you want. Ivan spent the night, got up in the morning, appeared to the sovereign and began to ask for a gold treasury on a campaign. The king ordered to give him as much as he needed. So the good fellow took the treasury, put on his horse a heroic harness, sat on horseback and rode on the road.

Is it close, is it far, is it soon, is it short, did he drive to faraway lands, to the farthest kingdom, and stopped at the marble palace; around the palace the walls are high, no gates or doors are visible; how to get over the fence? His good horse says to Ivan: “Let's wait until the evening! As soon as it gets dark, I will turn into a gray-winged eagle and will be transported with you over the wall. At that time, the beautiful princess will sleep on her soft bed; you go straight to her bedroom, take her slowly in your arms and carry her boldly. That's good, they waited for the evening; as soon as it got dark, the horse hit the damp earth, turned into a gray-winged eagle and said: “It's time for us to do our job; look, don't give up!" Ivan the peasant's son sat on an eagle; the eagle rose into the sky, flew over the wall and placed Ivan in a wide courtyard.

Ivan sits in a strong dungeon and thinks a gloomy thought: “That’s right, I’ll put my violent head here!” And his good heroic horse hit the ground and became a small bird, flew into his broken window and said: “Well, master, listen: tomorrow I will break down the doors and weaken you; you hide in the garden behind such and such a bush; Nastasya the beautiful princess will walk there, and I will turn into a poor old man and begin to ask her for alms; look, don’t yawn, it won’t be bad.” Ivan cheered up, the bird flew away. The next day, the heroic horse rushed to the dungeon and knocked out the door with his hooves; Ivan the peasant's son ran out into the garden and stood behind a green bush. The beautiful princess went out for a walk in the garden, and as soon as she drew level opposite the bush, a poor old man approached her, bows and asks with tears for holy alms. While the red maiden was taking out a purse with money, Ivan the peasant's son jumped out, grabbed her in an armful, clamped her mouth so tightly that it was impossible to even give a small voice. At the same instant, the old man turned into a gray-winged eagle, flung himself high and high with the queen and the good fellow, flew over the fence, sank to the ground and became, as before, a heroic horse. Ivan the peasant's son mounted his horse and put Nastasya the princess with him; says to her: “What, beautiful princess, now you won’t lock me up in a dungeon?” The beautiful princess answers: “It seems that my destiny is to be yours, do with me what you yourself know!”

Here they go along the way; Is it close, is it far, is it soon, is it short, do they come to a large green meadow. Two giants stand in that meadow, they treat each other with their fists; beaten, beaten to the point of blood, and no one else can overpower; next to them lie pomelo and cranberries on the grass. “Listen, brothers! - Ivan the peasant son asks them. What are you fighting for? The giants stopped fighting and told him: “We are both brothers; our father died, and all that was left after him was the estate - this is a pomelo and a cranberry; We began to share, and even quarreled: everyone, you see, wants to take everything for himself! Well, we decided to fight not to the stomach, to the death, whoever remains alive will receive both things. - "How long have you been arguing?" - “Yes, for three years we have been beating each other, but we will not achieve any sense!” - “Oh you! There is something to fight for in mortal combat. Is self-interest great - a pomelo and a stick? “Don’t say, brother, what you don’t know! With this broomstick and with a stick, you can defeat any force. No matter how many troops the enemy puts up, boldly leave to meet: where you wave a broom - there will be a street, and if you jump - so it is with a lane. A stick is also needed: no matter how many troops you capture with it, you will take everything prisoner! - “Yes, things are good! Ivan thinks. “Perhaps they would be useful to me. Well, brothers, - he says, - do you want me to divide you equally? - "Undress, good man!" Ivan the peasant son got off his heroic horse, picked up a handful of fine sand, led the giants into the forest and scattered that sand on all four sides. “Here,” he says, “collect the sand; whoever has more will get both a stick and a broomstick. The giants rushed to collect sand, and meanwhile Ivan grabbed both a stick and a broomstick, mounted his horse - and remember your name!

How long, how short, he drives up to his state and sees that a considerable misfortune has befallen his godfather: the whole kingdom has been fought, an innumerable army stands near the capital city, threatens to burn everything with fire, betray the king himself to an evil death. Ivan the peasant's son left the princess in the nearby forest, and he himself flew to the enemy's army; where he swings a broom - there is a street, where he swings - there is a lane! In a short time he killed whole hundreds, whole thousands; and what survived from death, he hooked it with a stick and dragged it alive to the capital city. The tsar greeted him with joy, ordered him to beat the drums, blow the trumpets, and granted him the rank of general and a vast treasury. Then Ivan the peasant's son remembered the beautiful princess about Nastasya, asked for time off and brought her directly to the palace. The tsar praised him for his heroic prowess, ordered him to prepare a house and celebrate a wedding. Ivan the peasant son married a beautiful princess, celebrated a rich wedding and began to live for himself, not to grieve. Here's a fairy tale for you, and a bunch of bagels for me.

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The stepmother has a 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 crackling frost." He obeys.

In an open field, Frost Red Nose greets the girl. She responds kindly. Frost feels sorry for his stepdaughter, and he does not freeze her, but gives her a dress, a fur coat, a chest of dowry.

The stepmother is already celebrating a wake for her stepdaughter and tells the old man to go to the field, bring the girl's body to bury. The old man returns and brings his daughter - alive, well-dressed, 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

Parents leave for work, ordering their daughter not to leave the yard and take care of her younger brother. But the girl puts her brother under the window, and she runs out into the street. The swan geese, meanwhile, 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 milky river - jelly banks. Their girl asks about her brother, but the stove asks her to taste a pie, an apple tree - an apple, a river - jelly with milk. The picky girl disagrees. She meets a hedgehog who shows her the way. He comes to the hut on chicken legs, looks in there - and there is Baba Yaga and his brother. The girl carries off her brother, and the geese-swans fly after her in pursuit.

The girl asks the river to hide her and agrees to eat jelly. Then the apple tree hides her, and the girl has to eat a forest apple, then she hides in the stove and eats a rye pie. The geese do not see her and fly away with nothing.

The girl and her brother run home, and just then the father and mother come.

Ivan Bykovich

The king and queen have no children. They dream that the queen will become pregnant if she eats a golden ruff. The ruff is caught, fried, the cook licks the dishes for the queen, the cow drinks the slop. Ivan Tsarevich is born to the queen, Ivan, the cook's son, is born to the cook, and Ivan Bykovich is born to the cow. All three fellows on one face.

The Ivans try their hand at which one of them should be the big brother. Ivan Bykovich turns out to be the strongest of all ... The good fellows find a large stone in the garden, a cellar under it, and there are three heroic horses. The king allows the Ivans to go to foreign lands.

Good fellows come to the hut of Baba Yaga. She says that on the Smorodina River, on the Kalinov Bridge, there live miracles, who have ruined all the neighboring kingdoms.

Well done come to the Smorodina River, stop in an empty hut and decide to go on patrol in turn. Ivan Tsarevich falls asleep on patrol. Ivan Bykovich, not relying on him, comes to the Kalinov Bridge, fights with the six-headed miracle-yud, kills him and puts 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 to fight with the twelve-headed miracle man. He asks the brothers to stay awake and watch: blood will flow from the towel into the bowl. Overflows - you need to rush to the rescue.

Ivan Bykovich fights with a miracle, the brothers fall asleep. It is hard for Ivan Bykovich. He throws his mittens into the hut - breaks through the roof, breaks the glass, and the brothers are all sleeping. Finally, he throws his hat, which destroys the hut. The brothers wake up, and the bowl is already overflowing with blood. They unleash the heroic horse, they themselves run to help. But while they keep up, Ivan Bykovich is already coping with the miracle-yud.

After that, the miraculous 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 in the way of good fellows. But Ivan Bykovich finds out about their plans and cuts down an apple tree, a well, a crib. Then the miracle-Yudov mother-in-law, an old witch, dresses up as a beggar and asks for alms from the fellows. Ivan Bykovich is about to give her a hand, and she takes the hero by the hand, and both find themselves in the dungeon with her old husband.

Eyelashes are lifted to the witch's husband with an iron pitchfork. The old man orders Ivan Bykovich to bring the queen - golden curls. The witch drowns with grief. The old man teaches the bogatyr to open the magic oak tree and take out the ship from there. And Ivan Bykovich brings a lot of ships and boats out of the oak. Several old men ask Ivan Bykovich to be fellow travelers. One is Obedailo, the other is Opivailo, the third knows how to take a steam bath in the bath, the fourth is an astrologer, the fifth swims like a ruff. All together go to the queen - golden curls. There, in her unprecedented kingdom, the old men help to eat and drink all the treats, to cool the red-hot bath.

The queen leaves with Ivan Bykovich, but on the way she turns into a star and flies to 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, pricks her in the side, and she returns to the ship. The old people say goodbye to Ivan Bykovich, and he, along with the queen, goes to the miracle Yudov's father. Ivan Bykovich offers a test: the one who walks along the perch through a deep hole marries the queen. Ivan Bykovich passes, and the miracle-yudov father flies into the pit.

Ivan Bykovich returns home to his brothers, marries the queen - golden curls and sets a wedding feast.

Seven Simeons

The old man has seven sons born on the same day, they are all called Simeons. When the Simeons are left orphans, they do all the work in the field. The king, passing by, sees small children working in the field, calls them to him and questions. One of them says that he wants to be a blacksmith and forge a huge pillar, the other - to look from this pillar, the third to be a ship's carpenter, the fourth - to be a helmsman, the fifth - to hide the ship to 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 desire of the latter. 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 on it and saw Elena the Beautiful in a distant land. Other brothers demonstrated their shipbuilding skills. And the seventh - Simeon the thief - the king wants to hang, but he undertakes to steal Elena the Beautiful for him. All seven brothers go for 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 dresses, and promises to show an unusual stone if Elena comes to the ship.

As soon as Elena entered the ship, the fifth brother hid the ship at the bottom of the sea ... And the sixth, when the danger of the chase had passed, brought him outside and led him to his native shore. The tsar generously rewarded Simeonov, married Elena the Beautiful and set a feast.

Marya Morevna

Ivan Tsarevich has three sisters: Marya Tsarevna, Olga Tsarevna and Anna Tsarevna. When their parents die, the brother marries the sisters: Marya for a falcon, Olga for an eagle, and Anna for 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 on, 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 there Koschey the Immortal is chained. Ivan Tsarevich gives Koshchei a drink. He, having gained strength, breaks the chains, flies away and carries Marya Morevna along the way. The husband goes to look for her.

On the way, Ivan Tsarevich meets the palaces of the falcon, eagle and raven. He visits his sons-in-law, leaves them a silver spoon, fork, and knife as a keepsake. Having reached Marya Morevna, Ivan Tsarevich twice tries to take his wife home, but both times Koschey catches up with them on a fast horse and takes Marya Morevna away. For the third time, he kills Ivan Tsarevich and cuts his body into pieces.

At the sons-in-law of Ivan Tsarevich, the donated silver turns black. A falcon, an eagle and a raven find a cut body, spray it with dead and living water. The prince is alive.

Koschey the Immortal tells Marya Morevna that he took his horse from Baba Yaga, beyond the fiery river. 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 a chick, a lion cub, and even bee honey, so as not to offend the bees. The prince hires Baba Yaga to herd her mares. It is impossible to keep track of them, but the birds, lions and bees help the prince.

Ivan Tsarevich steals a mangy foal from Baba Yaga (in fact, this is a heroic horse). Baba Yaga gives chase, but drowns in a fiery river.

On his heroic horse, Ivan Tsarevich takes away Marya Morevna. Koschey catches up with them. The prince enters into battle with him and kills him.

Ivan Tsarevich and Marya Morevna visit a raven, an eagle and a falcon, and then go to their kingdom.

Emelya the Fool

The peasant had three sons; two are smart, and the third, Emelya, is a fool. The father dies, leaving "one hundred rubles" to each. The elder brothers go to trade, leaving Emelya at home with his daughters-in-law and promising to buy him red boots, a fur coat and a caftan.

In winter, in severe frost, the daughters-in-law send Emelya for water. He is with with great reluctance goes to the hole, fills the bucket... And catches a pike in the hole. Pike promises to make sure that any Emelino desire will come true if he lets her go. She reveals the magic words to the guy: "At the command of the pike, at my will." Emelya releases the pike. His first wish is fulfilled with the help of miraculous words: buckets of water go home by themselves.

A little while later, the daughters-in-law force Emelya to go into the yard to chop wood. Emelya orders the ax to chop wood, and the firewood to go to the hut and lie down in the oven. The bridesmaids are amazed.

They send Emelya to the forest for firewood. He does not harness the horses, the sleigh drives from the yard on its own. Passing through the city, Emelya crushes a lot of people. In the forest, an ax is chopping wood and a club for Emelya.

On the way back in the city of Emelya, they try to catch and crush his sides. And Emelya orders his club to beat all the offenders and safely returns home.

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. Then Yemelin's club beats both the officer and his soldier. The officer reports all this to the king. The king sends a clever man to Emelya. He first speaks to his daughters-in-law and learns that the fool loves affectionate treatment. Sulya Emele goodies and refreshments, he persuades him to come to the king. Then the fool tells his stove 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 drinks Emelya drunk, and then ties it up, puts it in a wagon and takes it to the palace. The king orders to make a big barrel, put his daughter and a fool there, pitch the barrel and put it into the sea.

In a barrel, a fool wakes up. The king's daughter tells him what happened and asks him to rescue himself and her from the barrel. The fool utters magic words, and the sea throws the barrel ashore. She crumbles.

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 him. He arrives, 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 sent Andronovich three sons: Dmitry, Vasily and Ivan. Every night, a firebird flies into the royal garden and pecks golden apples on the king's favorite apple tree. Tsar Vyslav promises to make the heir to the kingdom the one of his sons who catches the firebird. First, Dmitry Tsarevich goes to the garden to guard her, but falls asleep at the post. The same thing happens with Vasily Tsarevich. And Ivan Tsarevich lies in wait for the firebird, grabs it, but it breaks out, 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. Ivan Tsarevich comes to a pillar 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, but not to touch the cage. But the prince takes the cage, a knock and thunder rises, the guards catch him and lead him to the king. Tsar Dolmat agrees to forgive the prince and give him a 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 obey him. Again, Ivan Tsarevich 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, rushes her and Ivan Tsarevich to Tsar Afron. But the prince is sorry to give the princess Afron. The wolf takes the form of Helen, and Tsar Afron gladly gives the horse to the prince for the imaginary princess.

And the wolf runs away from Tsar Afron and catches up with Ivan Tsarevich.

After that, 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 assumes its shape and resorts to Ivan Tsarevich. The wolf takes Ivan Tsarevich to the place where he tore his horse to pieces, and says goodbye to him. The prince and the queen go on. They stop to rest and fall asleep. Dmitry Tsarevich and Vasily Tsarevich find them sleeping, kill their brother, take away the horse and the firebird. The princess, under pain of death, is ordered to be silent about everything and they take her with them. Dmitry Tsarevich is going to marry her.

And the gray wolf finds the cut body of Ivan Tsarevich. He waits for the appearance of the ravens 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 water, and then with 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. At the sight of him, Elena the Beautiful decides to tell the whole truth. And then the king puts his elder sons in prison, and Ivan Tsarevich marries Elena 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 one, Ivan the Fool, to spend the night instead of him. Ivan agrees. At midnight, the father comes out of the grave. He calls the heroic horse Sivka-Burka and tells him to serve his son. The middle brother does the same as the older brother. Again Ivan spends the night on the grave, and at midnight the same thing happens. On the third night, when the turn of Ivan himself comes, everything repeats.

The king throws a cry: whoever plucks the portrait of the princess, drawn on a fly (that is, on a towel), from a high house, the princess will marry him. The older and middle brothers are going to watch 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 the sivka-burka, climbs into one ear of the horse, crawls out into the other and becomes a fine fellow. He goes for a portrait.

The horse gallops high, but only three logs short of the portrait. The brothers see it. Returning home, they tell their wives about the daring young man, but they do not know that this is their brother. The next day, the same thing happens - Ivan again a little lacks. For the third time, he rips off the portrait.

The king calls people of all classes to a feast. Ivan the Fool also comes and sits at the stove. The princess treats the guests and looks: who will wipe his fly with a portrait? But she does not see Ivan The feast goes on the next day, but the princess again does not find her betrothed. For the third time, she discovers Ivan the Fool with a portrait behind the stove and happily leads her to her father. Ivan's brothers are amazed.

Playing a wedding. Ivan, having dressed and cleaned himself, becomes a fine fellow: "not Ivan the fool, but Ivan the king's son-in-law."

magic ring

An old hunter lives with his old woman and son Martynka. Dying, he leaves his wife and son two hundred rubles. Martyn takes a hundred rubles and goes to town to buy bread. But instead, he buys the dog Zhurka from the butchers, whom they want to kill. It takes a 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.

Mother kicks Martyn out of the house, and he is hired as a laborer to the priest. Three years later, the pop offers him a choice of a bag of silver and a bag of sand. Martinka chooses sand, takes it and goes to look for another place. He comes to a forest clearing where a fire is burning, and a girl is on fire. Martin covers the fire with sand. The girl turns into a snake and leads Martyn to the underworld 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 marry the beautiful princess for him. Mother does just that, but the king, in response to this courtship, 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 give his daughter to Martin. 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 Martinka in poverty, in her former hut. Having learned about the disappearance of his daughter, the king orders Martynka to be imprisoned in a stone pillar and starves him.

Vaska the cat and Zhurka the dog run to the post and look in the window. They promise to help the owner. A cat and a 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 choke the mice until the mouse king asks for mercy. Vaska and Zhurka demand a magic ring. One little mouse volunteers to get it. He sneaks into the bedroom to the princess, and she, even when she sleeps, keeps the ring in her mouth. The mouse tickles her nose with its tail, she sneezes and loses the ring. And then the little mouse brings the ring to Zhurka and Vaska.

The dog and the cat are going back. Vaska holds the ring in his teeth. When they cross the sea, Vaska is pecked 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 king cancer asks for mercy, the crayfish push a beluga fish ashore, having swallowed the ring.

Vaska is the first to grab the ring and run away from Zhurka in order to take all the credit for himself. The dog catches up with him, but the cat climbs the tree. Zhurka guards Vaska for three days, but then they reconcile.

The cat and the dog run to the stone pillar and give the ring to the owner. Martinka regains the palace, the crystal bridge and the cathedral. Returns and unfaithful wife. The king orders her to be executed. “But Martinka still lives, chews bread.”

Horns

The old man gives his son, whose name is Monkey, to the soldiers. Teachings are not given to the Monkey, and they tear him with rods. And now the 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 purse from which money does not decrease, even pour out a mountain of gold.

The dream comes true. With cards and a purse in his pocket, Monkey comes to a tavern and starts a fight with a 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 he gives them back all his winnings. The generals tell their king about the Monkey. The King comes to the Monkey and also plays cards with him. The monkey, having won, gives back the winnings to the king.

The king makes Monkey the chief minister and builds a three-story house for him. The monkey, in the absence of the king, rules the kingdom for three years 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 at the meal, Nastasya the Princess brings him a glass of "sleeping potion". Then he takes away the cards and wallet from the sleeping Monkey and orders him to be thrown into the dung pit. Waking up, the Monkey gets out of the pit, puts on his old soldier's dress and leaves the kingdom. On the way, he meets an apple tree, eats an apple, and his horns grow. 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, fat. Seeing this, the princess also wants apples. But they do not benefit her: Nastasya the Princess grows horns. And the 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 is guilty of having deceived the minister, and she hands over the cards and her wallet. Then Monkey treats her with 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 thinking of getting married, but only knows that the princess, to whom he is wooing, has already killed many suitors. The poor peasant Ivan Naked comes to the prince and promises to arrange the matter.

The prince and Ivan the Naked are going to the princess. She offers the fiancé a test: to shoot from a heroic gun, a bow, to ride a heroic horse. All this is done by a servant instead of the prince. When Ivan Naked fired an arrow, it hit the hero Mark Begun and beat off both his hands.

The princess agrees to marry. 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. She is plotting revenge. The prince and his wife are on their way home. When Ivan 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 the pigs.

Ivan Naked is found by Marco Begun. Legless and armless heroes live together in the forest. They steal one priest, and she helps them with the housework. A serpent flies to the priest, because of which she withers and grows thin. The bogatyrs catch the snake and force it to show the lake where the living water is. From bathing in this water, the heroes grow arms and legs. Marco Begun returns the priesthood to his father and himself remains to live with this priest

Ivan Naked goes to look for the prince and finds him herding pigs. The prince changes clothes with Ivan. He rides a horse, and Ivan drives the 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. Since then, she begins to obey her husband. And Ivan Naked serves with them.

The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise

The king travels to foreign lands, and in the meantime, 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 what he “does not know at home”. The king agrees. Only upon arrival 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 allegedly lost. The prince meets an old woman who explains to him that he has been given to the sea king. The old woman advises Ivan Tsarevich to wait on the shore for the appearance of thirteen doves - beautiful maidens, and to steal the shirt from the last, thirteenth. The prince listens to advice. Doves fly in, turn into girls and bathe. Then they fly away, only the youngest remains, 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 overnight. At night, Vasilisa the Wise orders the ants to choose grain from stacks. Then the king orders the prince to build a church of pure wax overnight. Vasilisa orders the bees to do this as well. 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 up her tower and runs away with her husband to Rus'. Messengers from the sea king come to call the young to the palace. Saliva from three corners tells them that it is still early. In the end, the messengers break down the door, and the chamber is empty.

The sea king sets up a chase. Vasilisa, hearing the chase, turns into a sheep, and turns her husband into a shepherd. The envoys 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 is back. The sea king himself starts after him. 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 a drake and a duck, because they dive.

Young people come to the kingdom of Ivan Tsarevich. The prince wants to report to his father-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 for mallow. She molds two doves from dough, which fly to the palace to the prince and beat at the windows. The prince, seeing them, remembers Vasilisa, finds her, brings her to her father-mother, and everyone lives together.

Feather Finista - clear falcon

The old man has three daughters. The father is going to the city, the eldest and middle daughter are asked to buy fabrics for their dress, and the smaller one - Finista's feather - is clear of a falcon. Returning, the father gives the eldest daughters updates, but he could not find the feather. The next time, the older sisters receive a scarf each, but the promised younger feather is missing again. For the third time, the old man finally buys a feather for a thousand rubles.

In the room of the younger daughter, the feather turns into Tsarevich Finist The Tsarevich and the girl are talking. Sisters hear voices. Then the prince turns into a falcon, and the girl lets him fly. The elder sisters stick knives and needles into the window frame. Returning, Finist wounds his wings on the knives and flies away, ordering the girl to look for him in a distant kingdom. She hears it through a dream.

The girl stocks up on three pairs of iron shoes, three cast-iron staves, three stone marshmallows, and goes to look for Finist. On the way, she spends the night with three old ladies. One gives her a golden spindle, the other a silver dish with a golden egg, the third a golden hoop with a needle.

The prosvirs are already gnawed, the staves are broken, the shoes are trampled. The maiden learns that Finist in such and such a city married a prosvirnina's daughter, and is hired to be a worker for the prosvirina. She gives gifts from old women to her sallow daughter in exchange for the right to stay with Finist for three nights.

The wife mixes Finisgu 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 tear wakes up Finista. The prince and the girl run away from the mallow.

Finist again turns into a feather, and the girl comes home with him. She says she was on a pilgrimage. The father and elder daughters leave for matins. The younger one stays at home and, after a while, goes to church with Tsarevich Finist, in a golden carriage and precious attire. In church, relatives do not recognize the girl, but she does not open up to them. The same thing happens the next day. On the third day, the father guesses everything, makes the daughter confess, and the red maiden marries Prince Finist.

Tricky Science

A grandfather and a woman have a son. I want the old man to give 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 tricky science for three years. But he sets a condition: if the old man does not recognize his son in three years, he will forever remain with the teacher.

The day before the appointed time, the son flies to his father as a small bird and tells that the teacher has eleven more students whom the parents did not recognize, and they remained with the owner forever.

The son teaches the father how to recognize him.

The owner (and he turned out to be a sorcerer) wraps his students with doves, stallions, good fellows, but in all guises the father recognizes his son. Father and son go home.

On the way they meet the 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, tells his father to sell him at the market, but without a cage. The father does just that. The teacher-sorcerer buys a bird, and she 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 up the bridle. The sorcerer brings the horse home and ties it up. 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 good fellow 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 crumbles into grains, and the sorcerer in the form of a rooster pecks the grain. One grain turns into a hawk that bullies a rooster.

Sister Alyonushka, brother Ivanushka

The king and queen are dying; their children Alyonushka and Ivanushka go on a journey.

Children see a herd of cows near the pond. The sister persuades the brother not to drink from this pond, so as not to become a calf. They see a herd of horses by the water, and a herd of pigs, and a herd of goats. Alyonushka warns her brother everywhere. But in the end, having disobeyed his sister, he drinks and becomes a kid.

Alyonushka ties him by the belt and leads him with her. They enter the royal garden. The king asks Alyonushka who she is. Soon he will marry her.

On Alyonushka, who has become the queen, an evil sorceress puts on damage. She herself undertakes to treat the queen: she orders to go to the sea and drink water there. By the sea, the sorceress drowns Alyonushka. The kid, seeing this, cries. And the sorceress takes the form of Queen Alyonushka.

The imaginary queen offends Ivanushka. She begs the king to order the goat to be slaughtered. The king, though reluctantly, agrees. The kid asks permission to go to the sea. There he asks his sister to swim out, but she answers from under the water that she cannot. The little kid returns, but then asks for more and more to go to the sea. The king, surprised, secretly follows him. There he hears a conversation between Alyonushka and Ivanushka. Alyonushka tries to swim out, and the tsar pulls her ashore. The little kid talks about what happened, and the king orders the execution of the sorceress.

Princess Frog

The king has three sons. The younger one's name is Ivan Tsarevich. The king tells them to shoot arrows in different directions. Each of them must woo the girl on whose yard his arrow will fall. The arrow of the eldest son falls on the boyar court, the middle one - on the merchant's, and the arrow of Ivan Tsarevich - in the swamp, and the frog picks it up.

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 comforts him. At night, she turns into Vasilisa the Wise and orders her mothers-nannies to bake bread. In the morning, 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 nurses. The next morning, a wonderful carpet is ready.

The king orders his sons to come to him for a review 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 on the water. The wives of other princes try to imitate her, but to no avail. Meanwhile, Ivan Tsarevich finds a frog skin shed by his wife and burns it. Upon learning of this, Vasilisa grieves, turns into a white swan and flies out the window, ordering the prince to look for her at 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 for three years as a frog - such 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 see Baba Yaga. She says that it is difficult to cope 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 on an oak tree. Yaga indicates the place where the oak is located. The animals, whom Ivan Tsarevich spared, help him get a needle, and Koshchei has to die. And the prince takes Vasilisa home.

Nesmeyana Princess

Nesmeyana the princess lives in the royal chambers and never smiles, never laughs. The king promises to marry Nesmeyana to someone who can cheer her up. Everyone tries to do it, 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 worker: “Take as much as you want!” And he takes only one money, and he 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 drops his money into the water. And in the third year he takes a coin, goes to the well and sees: the two old coins 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. He comes to the city, sees Nesmeyana the princess in the window, and before her eyes falls into the mud. A mouse, a bug and a catfish immediately appear: they help, they take off the dress, they clean the boots. The princess, looking at their services, laughs. The king asks who is the cause of the laughter. The princess points to the worker. And then the tsar marries Nesmeyan to a worker.

retold

The old man did not know the sovereign, mistook him for a boyar, stopped and began to bow. "What do you need, old man?" - asks the sovereign. "Yes, I beg your mercy, do not be angry to say: baptize my newborn son." - "Al you don't have anyone in the village of acquaintances?" - "I have many acquaintances, many friends, but it is not good to take godfathers, because such a covenant is laid: whoever meets him first, ask him." "Very well," says the Emperor, "here's a hundred rubles for your christening; tomorrow I'll be there myself." The next day he came to the old man; The priest was immediately called, the baby was christened and named Ivan. This Ivan began to grow not by years, but by the hour - like wheat dough rises on dough; and comes to him every month by mail for a hundred rubles of the royal salary.

Ten years have passed, he has grown big and sensed exorbitant strength in himself. At that very time, the sovereign thought of him, I have a godson, but I don’t know what he is; wished to see him personally and immediately sent an order that Ivan the peasant's son, without any delay, appeared before his bright eyes. The old man began to collect it for the journey, took out the money and said: “Now you have a hundred rubles, go to the city on horseback, buy yourself a horse; Ivan went to the city, and on the way he comes across an old man. "Hello, Ivan the peasant's son! Where are you going?" The good fellow answers: "I'm going, grandfather, to the city, I want to buy myself a horse." - "Well, listen to me, if you want to be happy. When you come to the horse, there will be one peasant selling a strong, thin, lousy horse; you choose it, and no matter how much the owner asks you - come on, don't bargain! And how you buy , bring her home and graze in the green meadows twelve evenings and twelve mornings in the dew - then you will recognize her!

Ivan thanked the old man for his science and went into the city; comes to the horse, lo and behold - a peasant is standing and holding a thin, lousy little horse by the bridle. "Selling a horse?" - I'm selling. - "What are you asking for?" - "Yes, without bargaining a hundred rubles." Ivan the peasant son took out his ruble, gave it to the peasant, took the horse and led him to the yard. He brings home, his father looked and waved his hand: "Lost money! "-" Wait, father! Perhaps, for my happiness, the horse will get better. "Ivan began to lead his horse every morning and every evening into the green meadows in the pasture, and this is how the twelve dawns of the morning and twelve dawns of the evening passed - his horse became so strong, strong and beautiful, no matter what you think, you can’t guess, except in a fairy tale, and so reasonable - that only Ivan thinks in his mind, and she already knows. Then Ivan the peasant son straightened out his heroic harness, saddled his good horse, said goodbye to his father, mother and went to the capital city to king-sovereign.

Whether he rode close, whether far, whether soon, shortly, he found himself at the sovereign's palace, jumped off to the ground, tied the heroic horse by the ring to an oak pole and ordered to report to the tsar about his arrival. The king ordered him not to detain him, to let him into the wards without any bullying. Ivan entered the royal chambers, prayed to the holy icons, bowed to the king and said: "I wish you good health, your majesty!" - "Hello, godson!" - answered the sovereign, seated him at the table, began to treat him with all sorts of drinks and snacks, and he himself looks at him, marvels: a glorious fellow - and handsome in face, and smart in mind, and tall; no one will think that he is ten years old, everyone will give twenty, and even with a ponytail! “Everything shows,” the tsar thinks, “that in this godson the Lord gave me not a simple warrior, but a powerful hero.” And the king granted him an officer rank and ordered him to serve with him.

Ivan the peasant son took up the service with all his heart, he does not refuse any work, he stands for the truth with his chest; for this the sovereign loved him more than all his generals and ministers, and did not trust any of them as much as his godson. The generals and ministers became angry with Ivan and began to hold advice, as if to slander him before the sovereign himself. One day the tsar summoned noble and close people to dinner; when everyone sat down at the table, he said: "Listen, gentlemen, generals and ministers! What do you think of my godson?" - "What can I say, your majesty! We have not seen anything good or bad from him; one thing is bad - he was born painfully boastful. More than once they heard from him that in such and such a kingdom, far away, a large marble palace was built, and a high fence was erected around - neither foot nor horse could get through! Nastasya lives in that palace, the beautiful princess. No one can get her, but he, Ivan, boasts of getting her, marrying himself.

The tsar listened to this slander, ordered to call his godson and began to say to him: “Why are you boasting to the generals and ministers that you can get Nastasya the princess, but you don’t report anything to me about it?” - "Forgive me, your Majesty! - answers Ivan the peasant son. - I never dreamed of that." - "Now it's too late to deny it; if you boasted with me, do it; if you don't do it, then my sword, your head off your shoulders!" Ivan, the peasant son, grieved, hung his little head below his mighty shoulders and went to his good horse. The horse will speak to him in a human voice: “What, master, are you twisting, but you don’t tell me the truth?” “Ah, my good horse! Why should I be merry? The authorities told me before the sovereign himself that I could get and marry Nastasya the beautiful princess. - "Don't worry, master! Pray to God and go to bed; the morning is wiser than the evening. We will manage this matter; just ask the king for more money so as not to get bored on the road, it would be enough to eat and drink whatever you want." Ivan spent the night, got up in the morning, appeared to the sovereign and began to ask for a gold treasury on a campaign. The king ordered to give him as much as he needed. So the good fellow took the treasury, put on his horse a heroic harness, sat on horseback and rode on the road.

Is it close, is it far, is it soon, is it short, did he drive to faraway lands, to the farthest kingdom, and stopped at the marble palace; around the palace the walls are high, no gates or doors are visible; how to get over the fence? His good horse says to Ivan: “Let’s wait until evening! As soon as it gets dark, I will turn into a gray-winged eagle and fly over the wall with you. At that time, the beautiful princess will sleep on her soft bed; hands and carry boldly. That's good, they waited for the evening; as soon as it got dark, the horse hit the damp earth, turned into a gray-winged eagle and said: "It's time for us to do our job; look, don't let it slip!" Ivan the peasant's son sat on an eagle; the eagle rose into the sky, flew over the wall and placed Ivan in a wide courtyard.

The good fellow went to the wards, looks - everywhere is quiet, all the servants are sleeping in a deep sleep; he went to the bedroom - Nastasya the beautiful princess was lying on the bed, scattering her rich covers in her sleep, blankets of sables. The good fellow stared at her indescribable beauty, at her white body, his hot love clouded him, could not stand it and kissed the princess on her sugary lips. From this, the red maiden woke up and screamed with a loud voice in fright; Faithful servants rose to her voice, ran up, caught Ivan the peasant son and tied his hands and feet tightly. The princess ordered him to be imprisoned and given him a glass of water and a pound of black bread a day.

Ivan sits in a strong dungeon and thinks a gloomy thought: "That's right, I'll put my violent head here!" And his good heroic horse hit the ground and became a small bird, flew into his broken window and said: “Well, master, listen: tomorrow I will break down the door and weaken you; you hide in the garden behind such and such a bush; Nastasya will walk there beautiful princess, and I will turn into a poor old man and begin to ask her for alms; look, do not yawn, otherwise it will be bad. Ivan cheered up, the bird flew away. The next day, the heroic horse rushed to the dungeon and knocked out the door with his hooves; Ivan the peasant's son ran out into the garden and stood behind a green bush. The beautiful princess went out for a walk in the garden, and as soon as she drew level opposite the bush, a poor old man approached her, bows and asks with tears for holy alms. While the red maiden was taking out a purse with money, Ivan the peasant's son jumped out, grabbed her in an armful, clamped her mouth so tightly that it was impossible to even give a small voice. At the same moment, the old man turned into a gray-winged eagle, soared high and high with the queen and a good young man, flew over the fence, sank to the ground and became, as before, a heroic horse. Ivan the peasant's son mounted a horse and Nastasya the princess, put him with him; says to her: "What, beautiful princess, now you will not lock me in a dungeon?" The beautiful princess answers: "It is evident that my destiny is to be yours, do with me what you yourself know!"

Here they go along the way; Is it close, is it far, is it soon, is it short, do they come to a large green meadow. Two giants stand in that meadow, they treat each other with their fists; beaten, beaten to the point of blood, and no one else can overpower; next to them lie pomelo and cranberries on the grass. "Listen, brothers!" Ivan the peasant son asks them. "What are you fighting for?" The giants stopped fighting and said to him: "We are both brothers; our father died, and after him only the estate remained - this is a broomstick and a stick; we began to share, and we quarreled: everyone, you see, wants to take everything for himself Well, we decided to fight not to the stomach, to the death, whoever remains alive will receive both things. - "How long have you been arguing?" - "Yes, for three years we have been beating each other, but we will not achieve any sense!" - "Oh, you! There is something to fight for in mortal combat. Is there great self-interest - a broomstick and a stick?" “Don’t say, brother, what you don’t know! With this broom and with a stick, you can defeat at least some force. No matter how much the enemy puts up troops, boldly go out to meet you: where you wave the broom, there will be a street, and if you jump over it, so it is with the alley. A stick is also needed: no matter how many troops you capture with it, you will take everything prisoner! “Yes, things are good!” Ivan thinks. “Perhaps they would be useful to me too. - "Undress, good man!" Ivan the peasant son got off his heroic horse, picked up a handful of fine sand, led the giants into the forest and scattered that sand on all four sides. "Here," he says, "collect sand; whoever has more will get both a stick and a pomelo." The giants rushed to collect sand, and meanwhile Ivan grabbed both a stick and a broomstick, mounted his horse - and remember your name!

There lived in ancient times a great king. He had an only son, handsome as a moon in heaven. And one day, when the king was sitting on the throne, three wise men came in to him. One had a golden peacock, another had a copper trumpet, and a third had an ivory and ebony horse.

The wise men bowed to the king and said:

O king, here we came up with and made these toys. Each of them has something amazing and useful. Accept them as a gift from us, your servants.

And what is useful in them? - asked the king.

And the first wise man said:

Look, O lord, at this peacock. He is all made of pure gold, and his eyes are two large emeralds. Each feather of his tail is adorned with a gem. But this is not what is surprising and useful in it. Its benefit is that every hour it flaps its wings and screams. Take it - and you will know how many hours you should devote to business, and how many - for fun and fun.

And the second wise man said:

O king, my trumpet is more useful than this peacock. Hang it on the gates of your city, and it will guard it, and when a thief enters this city, the trumpet will blow with a voice like thunder.

The thief will be recognized and caught. And the third wise man said:

O lord! These gifts are worth nothing compared to my horse. Have you ever seen horses flying through the air?

No, - answered the king. - This does not happen.

Accept this horse from me as a gift, and you will be able to fly on it to any country you want.

After that, all three wise men bowed to the king and said:

O king, reward us for these amazing and useful things!

I will not reward you until I experience the usefulness of these things, the king replied.

And the king ordered to put a peacock in front of him, and when an hour had passed, the peacock flapped its wings and screamed.

And the king ordered that a trumpet be placed on the gates of the city and that one of the thieves who had been imprisoned be brought in through this gate. When the thief passed under the gate, the trumpet blew with a voice like thunder, the thief was frightened and fell face down on the ground. The king generously rewarded both wise men with gold.

Then the third wise man, the owner of the horse, stepped forward and said:

O king, reward me also, just as you rewarded my comrades.

First I will test your horse, said the king.

At this time, the son of the king approached - and his name was Hasan - and said:

Let me get on this horse and test it.

Try it as you wish, the king replied.

The prince mounted his horse and hit him with his heel, but the horse did not move.

Hasan shouted:

What did you tell us about this horse, sage? He doesn't move!

Then the sage approached the prince and showed him the screw on the right shoulder of the horse.

Turn that screw, he said.

Hasan turned the screw, and suddenly the horse moved, rose to the clouds and flew faster than the wind.

And Hasan, when he stopped seeing the ground under him, was frightened and shouted:

Why did I get on this horse? The wise man did this on purpose to ruin me!

The prince again grabbed the screw on his right shoulder, and suddenly the horse rose higher and flew even faster. Then Hasan began to examine the horse and saw the same screw on his left shoulder.

He turned this screw, and the horse flew more slowly and began to descend ...

“Now I have found the lifting screw and the lowering screw and I see what the secret of this horse is,” the prince said to himself. He was delighted and began to fly higher, then lower, then faster, then slower, as he wanted.

And then he decided to descend to the ground and descended all day, as he flew very high. He flew over the earth and looked at countries and cities that he had never seen before.

And when the sun went down, Hassan was above the beautiful big city with palaces, gardens and canals.

Hasan began to circle over the city and examine it from all sides, and then began to choose a place convenient for descent.

And then he saw a palace surrounded by a strong wall with loopholes. This place seemed convenient to him, he turned the descent screw, and the horse landed right on the roof of the palace.

Hasan got off his horse, examined it from all sides and said to himself:

The one who made this horse is indeed a great sage!

Hassan sat on the roof of the palace until night fell. He was tormented by hunger and thirst, because for many hours he had not eaten or drunk. And he thought: "It is impossible that in such a large palace it was impossible to get food."

He walked around the entire roof, saw a ladder and went down it into a courtyard paved with marble. No noise was heard anywhere and no one was seen. Suddenly Hasan saw a light and heard voices. He hid behind a ledge of the wall, and a crowd of slaves with lamps in their hands passed by him, and among them was a beautiful girl named Zumurrud, the daughter of the king of this city. The king built this palace for her so that she could play and have fun there. And it happened that she came there just that evening and entered the room with her slaves. Hasan followed them and hid behind a pillar. The slaves spread carpets and filled the room with lamps, and then they began to play and have fun. And there was a guard with them, a huge Negro, girded with a sword. .

And this black man stood at the same column where Hassan was, touched him with his shoulder and saw the prince. Then Hassan rushed at the negro and hit him in the face, and then knocked him down and snatched the sword from his hands. The slaves fled in horror. But Princess Zumurrud was not afraid, went up to Hassan and asked him:

Who are you - a man or a genie? By your actions you are a genie, but I heard that they are ugly, and you are handsome.

I am the king's son, - Hasan answered her, - and I do not want you to harm.

They sat down on the carpet and started talking.

And the negro ran to the king and entered him, shouting:

O king, your daughter has been captured by a genie in the form of a man! Go and punish him!

The king got excited and hurried to the palace. Seeing Hasan, he rushed at him with a drawn sword. But Hassan jumped to his feet and shouted at the king so that he almost fell to the ground with fear. Then the king realized that the prince was stronger than him, became more affectionate and asked:

O young man, are you a man or a genie?

I am the son of the king of Persia, and not a genie at all, - Hassan answered. - And if it were not for your daughter, I would have killed you! How dare you call me a genie?

If you are not a genie, the king said, how did you enter the palace? So I will call my slaves and servants, and they will immediately kill you.

O king, - the prince answered, - I am surprised at your stupidity. If your slaves and servants kill me, people will know about it, they will say that you killed the king's son, your guest, and you will disgrace yourself. Better listen to what I tell you: let's fight you one on one, and it will be even better if you bring your troops and armed servants to me and tell them: "This man has come to me and wants to marry my daughter." And then let me fight them, and if they kill me, then you will not be disgraced, and if I defeat them, then you will give me your daughter Zumurrud as a wife and it will be an honor for you to have such a son-in-law.

The king was surprised to hear these words and said:

Do you know that I have forty thousand horsemen, besides slaves and close associates?

Bring them to the square, - the prince answered, - and you will see what will happen.

All right, said the king, I will do so.

And in the morning the king gathered all his warriors in full armor in the square and ordered them to mount their horses. He ordered the prince to bring the best horse in a beautiful harness, but Hassan said:

I will not ride your horse.

Then the king shouted to his troops:

Warriors! This young man wants to marry my daughter and declares that he would defeat you even if there were a hundred thousand of you. Raise him to the point of spears and swords: he has taken on an impossible task!

But Hassan said:

O king, where is your justice? How will I fight them when I am on foot and they are on horseback?

I gave you my best horse, but you refused, - said the king. - Here are your horses, choose what you want.

I don't like these horses, - said Hasan. - I will sit on the one who brought me here.

And where is your horse? - asked the king.

He is on the roof of your palace, - the prince answered.

Woe to you! You've gone crazy! - shouted the king. - How can there be a horse on the roof? I will now prove to you that you lied.

And the king ordered two of his attendants to go to the roof and see if there was a horse there.

And the people around were surprised and said to each other:

How could this horse get on the roof? We have never heard anything like it.

The attendants went up to the roof and saw that there was a horse standing there, the most beautiful of which is not in the world. It was made of ebony and ivory. They began to laugh and say to one another:

And on this horse he will fight with the troops of the king? It must be crazy!

They picked up the horse and brought it to the king, and everyone was amazed at its beauty, beautiful saddle and bridle. And the king asked Hassan:

O young man, is this your horse?

Yes, Hassan replied.

Take your horse and sit on it,” said the king, smiling.

But Hassan replied:

I will sit on it when your soldiers move away from it.

And the king ordered the soldiers to move away from the horse for the flight of an arrow. Then Hassan mounted his horse, and the soldiers lined up opposite Hasan and said to each other:

When he is between the rows, we will take him to the points of spears and swords.

Hasan turned the lifting screw, and suddenly the horse became agitated, thrashed and began to do all the movements that horses do. His insides filled with air, he rose and flew.

The king saw the horse rising and shouted to his soldiers:

Woe to you, grab him before he flies away!

But his associates and viziers told him:

Who can overtake a flying bird? O king, this must be a great sorcerer. Be glad you got rid of him.

Hasan flew up to the clouds, turned his horse and sent it to the princess's palace. And Princess Zumurrud at that time went out to the roof of the palace to see what would happen to Hasan. Around her stood slaves and nannies. Seeing her, Hasan turned the descent screw, the horse slowed down and began to descend. The nannies and slaves were frightened and rushed to run screaming. And the prince sank down on the roof and said:

O Zumurrud, I have deceived your father and his warriors. Do you want to go with me to my country and my kingdom?

Yes, - said Zumurrud, - I will go with you wherever you want.

Then hasten to sit with me on my horse, until servants and guards come running here, ”said Hasan.

He put the princess on a horse behind him and tied her tightly with ropes, and then turned the lifting screw, and they soared into the air and flew. They flew until they reached the capital of the Persian king. Then Hasan sat down in one of the gardens, took Zumurrud to the arbor, and put the wooden horse at the door and ordered the girl to guard him. And he went to his father and found him in grief and sorrow because of separation from his son. When the king saw the prince, he was delighted and pressed him to his chest, and Hasan asked the king:

What happened to the wise man who made the horse?

Woe to him! - answered the king. - It is because of him that you left us, and I put him in prison.

Release him and bring him here,” said Hassan, “because he is a great sage.

And when the sage was brought, the prince rewarded him with honorable clothes and money. But the sage harbored anger at the prince because he learned the secret of the horse and learned to fly on it.

And Hasan told his father about everything that had happened to him, and said:

Know that I have brought with me a beautiful princess and I want to marry her. I left it in the garden of Emir Mahmud and came to tell you about it. I beg you, gather your close associates and viziers and go out to meet her.

Well, - the king answered and immediately ordered the inhabitants to decorate the city and meet the princess.

And Hassan mounted a horse, galloped into the garden of Emir Mahmud and saw that the arbor was empty and Zumurrud had disappeared. He started punching himself in the face and shouted:

Where is she and how did she learn the secret of the wooden horse?

He called the garden keepers and asked them if anyone had come into the garden.

There was no one but the sage, the watchmen answered.

Then the prince realized that the sage had stolen the girl and the horse.

And it really was. When Hasan told the king about where he left the princess, the sage stood outside the door and listened. And then he ran to the garden of Emir Mahmud. Arriving there, he saw his horse and was very happy. It turned out that all the screws were in order and nothing was broken on the horse. Then the sage entered the pavilion and bowed to the princess.

Who are you?” Zumurrud asked.

And the sage replied:

O lady, I am sent from the prince. He told me to take you to another garden. Come with me and I will show you what I have prepared for you.

Zumurrud believed his words and said:

And what will I ride, my father?

On the horse on which you arrived here, - said the sage.

But I don’t know how to ride it alone,” Zumurrud said. The sage realized that she did not know how to control a horse.

I'll sit with you," he said.

And he put Zumurrud behind him, tied her with ropes and turned the lifting screw. The horse filled with air and flew. They flew until the city was out of sight.

Then the princess asked:

Where are we flying and where is the prince?

And the wise man laughed and answered:

Woe to your prince! I spent my whole life building this horse, and when I finally built it, the prince took it away from me and gave me an insignificant reward. But now I have again taken possession of the horse, and I have captured you in my hands, and the prince will grieve just as I grieve.

Zumurrud realized that there was no escape for her and she began to cry. They flew all day and in the evening landed on a green meadow, not far from the city. And in the city lived the king of this country. And it happened that the king was hunting just at that time. He noticed a wise man with a girl and a horse, and before they had time to move, the king's servants rushed at them, grabbed both of them and brought them to the king.

O girl, who are you and who is this old man?” asked the king. And the wise man hastened to answer:

This is my wife.

Then Zumurrud cried out:

O king, he lies! He stole me and took me away by cunning!

And the king ordered to take the sage to the city and put him in prison, and deliver the girl and the horse to his palace. This is what happened to the wise man and the girl. As for Prince Hasan, when he was convinced that the sage had taken away his bride Zumurrud, he put on a traveling dress and went to look for her. He went from city to city and everywhere asked about the flying ebony horse. But everyone laughed and said that there were no such horses and that he must have gone mad.

One day he came to Big city and stopped to spend the night at the inn. Suddenly he heard one traveler say to the others gathered around him:

Oh my friends, I have seen a miracle.

Tell us about him, they asked him. And he said:

I was in the city of Kaisaria, and the king of this city invited me to hunt. And when we were driving through the meadow, we saw there an ugly old man and beautiful girl, and near them - a horse made of ebony. This horse is a miracle of miracles, there has never been a horse more beautiful and better than him.

What happened to the old man, the horse and the girl? - the traveler was asked.

And he answered:

The king put the old man in prison, and took the horse and the girl to his palace.

Hearing this, Hasan immediately asked the traveler how to get to the city of Kaysaria. The next morning he went to that city, and a few days later he reached its gates. But the guards at the gate said to Hasan:

We have this custom in our city: when a stranger comes to us, the king orders to bring him to him and asks who he is and what kind of craft he knows. It's too late to go to the king now.

Come with us, you will spend the night with us. Tomorrow we will take you to the palace.

They brought Hassan to their place, fed him, and then one of them asked the prince what country he was from.

From Persia, Hasan replied.

Then the other watchman said:

We have an old Persian in prison. I have seen many people, but I have not met a person more deceitful than he.

And what is his lie? - Hassan asked.

He says he is a sage. The king found him in a meadow with a girl and an ebony horse. He put the old man in prison, and took the horse and the girl to the palace. But only this girl is possessed, and if the Persian were really a sage, he would have cured her. But he cannot do this, and the king has not yet found anyone who could cure the girl.

Take me to the king, and I will cure her,” Hasan said.

When morning came, they brought him to the king, and Prince Hasan said:

O king, I know many sciences and I know the science of healing especially well. I treat all the sick and possessed, and as soon as I look at the patient, he becomes healthy.

O great sage, we need you! - shouted the king. - Heal the girl who is with me, and I will give you everything you need!

Tell me what's wrong with the girl, - said Hasan.

And the king told him everything that happened with the girl, the horse and the sage.

And what did you do with the horse? - asked the prince. And the king answered:

It is in my treasury. Then Hassan rejoiced and said:

I want to take a look at this horse, and then I may find a way to cure the girl.

The king led Hasan to the horse, and Hasan went around him, examined him and saw that the horse was intact and in good condition.

Now I will go and see the girl, - he said, - and I will cure her with the help of this horse.

He entered Zumurrud and saw that she was in a fit, like a demon possessed. But she was not possessed and did it on purpose so that the king would not take her as his wife.

Hassan came up to her, and she recognized him and cried out for joy. And Hassan ordered the king to go out and said Zumurrud:

It takes cunning to get out of here. You will see what I came up with! Now calm down, and when the king enters, speak kindly to him, so that he will see that you have recovered. Then everything we want will be fulfilled.

I will do so,” Zumurrud said. And Hasan went out to the king and said:

O king, be happy: the illness of the girl has passed.

The king entered Zumurrud, and she stood up to meet him and said:

Welcome!

The king was delighted and asked Hassan:

How can I reward you?

The treatment is not over yet, - Hasan said. - Gather your warriors and go with the girl to the place where you found her. Take the ebony horse with you. There I will destroy the evil spirit that torments the girl.

Let it be your way, said the king.

He went to the meadow with his troops, with a horse and with Princess Zumurrud.

There Hasan asked the king and his soldiers to move away from the horse for the flight of an arrow and said:

I will light the incense, read the spells and kill the spirit here, and then I will sit on the black horse with the girl and bring her to you.

The king withdrew with his soldiers to fly an arrow, and Hasan and Zumurrud mounted a horse. The prince turned the lifting screw, the horse soared into the air and flew. And the king and the soldiers looked at the horse, Hasan and Zumurrud, until they disappeared from sight. The king stood there for half a day, waiting for the prince, but he did not return. Finally the king returned to the city. He could not console himself in any way that he had lost a girl and a horse, and his entourage told him:

This doctor is a sorcerer, and it is very good that he flew away and you got rid of his witchcraft.

And Hasan, meanwhile, flew to his native city and sank near the palace. He married Princess Zumurrud and on the day of his wedding he arranged a feast for all the inhabitants of the city. The king, Hassan's father, was pleased and happy that his son returned safe and sound.

And so that the prince could never fly again, the king ordered the magic horse to be broken.

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