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The adventure tale for children tells about real friendly relations, that a true friend will not let you down and will help to overcome any difficulties. The tale of Sivka-Burka, which you can read online on this page, will teach the baby that a truly smart person behaves modestly, does not push his extraordinary abilities, and so achieves brilliant results. The narrative is replete with repetitive motives that will help the child enrich their vocabulary and speech structure. The events of this children's fairy tale are changing dynamically - the kid simply cannot tear himself away from the bright adventure plot.The old man had three sons: two clever, and the third Ivanushka the fool; day and night the fool is lying on the stove.
The old man sowed wheat, and rich wheat grew, and someone got into the habit of pounding and poisoning that wheat at night. Here the old man says to the children:
My dear children, guard the wheat one by one every night, catch me a thief.
The first night comes. The eldest son went to guard the wheat, but he wanted to sleep: he climbed into the hayloft and slept until morning. He comes home in the morning and says: he didn’t sleep all night, he was cold, but he didn’t see the thief.
On the second night, the middle son went and also slept all night in the hayloft.
On the third night, the fool's turn comes. He took the lasso and went. He came to the border and sat on a stone: he was sitting - not sleeping, the thief was waiting.
At midnight, a motley horse galloped into the wheat: one hair is golden, the other is silver, it runs - the earth trembles, smoke puffs out of the ears, flame burns from the nostrils. And that horse began to eat wheat: not so much eating as trampling.
The fool crept up on all fours to the horse and at once threw a lasso around his neck. The horse rushed with all his might - it didn't work. The fool rested, the lasso presses his neck. And here the horse began to pray to the fool:
Let me go, Ivanushka, and I will do you a great service!
Okay, - Ivanushka the fool answers. - How can I find you later?
Go out to the outskirts, - says the horse, - whistle three times and shout: "Sivka-burka, prophetic kaurka! Stand in front of me like a leaf in front of grass!" - I'll be here.
Ivanushka the fool dismissed the horse and took the floor from him - there is no more wheat and no more trampling.
Ivanushka came home.
Well, you fool, did you see? the brothers ask.
I caught, - says Ivanushka, - a motley horse. He promised not to go to wheat again - so I let him go.
The brothers laughed to their heart's content at the fool, but since that night no one has touched the wheat.
Soon after that, the priesthoods (herald) from the tsar began to walk around the villages and cities, the cry to call: gather, de, boyars and nobles, merchants and burghers and ordinary peasants, all to the king for a holiday, for three days; take the best horses with you; and whoever on his horse reaches the princess of the tower and takes off the ring from the princess's hand, the king will give the princess in marriage to him.
Ivanushka's brothers also began to gather for the holiday: not so much to ride themselves, but at least to look at others. Ivanushka also asks with them.
Where are you, you fool! - say the brothers. - Do you want to frighten people? Sit on the stove and pour the ashes.
The brothers left, and Ivanushka the fool took a basket and went to pick mushrooms. Ivanushka went out into the field, threw the basket, whistled three times and shouted:
The horse runs - the earth trembles, flames from the ears, from the noses smoke poured in a column. He came running - and the horse stood in front of Ivanushka rooted to the spot.
Well, - he says, - get into my right ear, Ivanushka, and get out into my left.
Ivanushka climbed into the horse's right ear, and climbed into the left - and became such a fine fellow that he could not even think of, not guess, or say in a fairy tale.
Then Ivanushka sat on a horse and rode off to the Tsar's holiday. Has galloped to the square in front of the palace, sees - the people are visible and invisible; and in a high mansion, by the window, the princess sits: there is a ring on her hand - there is no price, she is a beauty from beauties. Nobody even thinks to jump before her: no one wants to break his neck for sure.
Here Ivanushka struck his horse on the steep thighs, the horse became angry, jumped - only three crowns did not jump to the princess's window.
The people were surprised, but Ivanushka turned his horse and galloped back. His brothers did not quickly move aside, so he whipped them with a silk whip. The people are shouting: "Hold it, hold it!" - and Ivanushkin is gone.
Ivan drove out of the city, dismounted from his horse, climbed into his left ear, climbed into his right and became again the same Ivanushka the fool. Ivanushka dismissed the horse, picked up a basket of mushrooms and brought it home.
The brothers came home and tell their father how they were in the city and what they saw, and Ivanushka lies on the stove and laughs.
The next day, the older brothers went to the holiday again, and Ivanushka took a basket and went to pick mushrooms. He went out into the field, whistled, barked:
Sivka-burka, prophetic kaurka! Stand in front of me like a leaf in front of the grass!
A horse came running and stood in front of Ivanushka rooted to the spot.
Ivan dressed up again and galloped to the square. He sees that there are even more people on the square than before; everyone admires the princess, but no one thinks to jump: who wants to break his neck! Here Ivanushka struck his horse on the steep thighs, the horse became angry, jumped - and only two crowns to the princess did not reach the window. Ivanushka turned his horse, whipped the brothers to step aside, and galloped away.
The brothers come home, and Ivanushka is already lying on the stove, listening to what the brothers are saying, and laughing.
On the third day, the brothers went to the party again, and Ivanushka also rode up. He whipped his horse with a whip. The horse got angry more than ever: he jumped and reached the window.
Ivanushka kissed the princess and rode off, not forgetting to whip the brothers with a whip. At this point both the king and the princess began to shout: "Hold, hold him!" - and Ivanushkin was gone.
Ivanushka came home - one hand was wrapped in a rag.
The brothers came and began to tell what and how it was. And Ivanushka on the stove wanted to look at the ring: as he lifted the rag, the whole hut shone like that.
Stop pampering with fire, you fool! the brothers shouted at him. - You will burn down the hut. It's time to drive you out of the house, you fool!
Three days later, there comes a cry from the king that all the people, no matter how many in his kingdom, gather to his feast and that no one dares to stay at home, and whoever disdains the royal feast - that one’s head off his shoulders.
There is nothing to do here, the old man himself went to the feast with his whole family.
They came, sat down at the oak tables; they drink and eat, their speeches grow loud.
At the end of the feast, the princess began to carry honey from her hands to the guests. She walked around everyone, went up to Ivanushka last; and the fool has a thin little dress, all covered in soot, hair on end, one hand tied with a dirty rag ... just passion.
Why do you have it, well done, your hand is tied? the princess asks. - Untie it.
Ivanushka untied his hand, and on the princess's finger there was a ring - so he beamed everyone.
Then the princess took the fool by the hand, led him to her father and said:
Here, father, is my betrothed.
The servants washed Ivanushka, combed their hair, dressed in a royal dress, and he became such a good fellow that his father and brothers look - and do not believe their eyes.
The old man had three sons: two clever, and the third Ivanushka the fool; day and night the fool is lying on the stove.
The old man sowed wheat, and rich wheat grew, and someone got into the habit of pounding and poisoning that wheat at night. Here the old man says to the children:
My dear children, guard the wheat one by one every night, catch me a thief.
The first night comes. The eldest son went to guard the wheat, but he wanted to sleep: he climbed into the hayloft and slept until morning. He comes home in the morning and says: he didn’t sleep all night, he was cold, but he didn’t see the thief.
On the second night, the middle son went and also slept all night in the hayloft.
On the third night, the fool's turn comes. He took the lasso and went. He came to the border and sat on a stone: he was sitting - not sleeping, the thief was waiting.
At midnight, a motley horse galloped into the wheat: one hair is golden, the other is silver, it runs - the earth trembles, smoke puffs out of the ears, flame burns from the nostrils. And that horse began to eat wheat: not so much eating as trampling.
The fool crept up on all fours to the horse and at once threw a lasso around his neck. The horse rushed with all his might - it didn't work. The fool rested, the lasso presses his neck. And here the horse began to pray to the fool:
Let me go, Ivanushka, and I will do you a great service!
Okay, - Ivanushka the fool answers. - How can I find you later?
Go out to the outskirts, - says the horse, - whistle three times and shout: "Sivka-burka, prophetic kaurka! Stand in front of me like a leaf in front of grass!" - I'll be here.
Ivanushka the fool dismissed the horse and took the floor from him - there is no more wheat and no more trampling.
Ivanushka came home.
Well, you fool, did you see? the brothers ask.
I caught, - says Ivanushka, - a motley horse. He promised not to go to wheat again - so I let him go.
The brothers laughed to their heart's content at the fool, but since that night no one has touched the wheat.
Soon after that, the priesthoods (herald) from the tsar began to walk around the villages and cities, the cry to call: gather, de, boyars and nobles, merchants and burghers and ordinary peasants, all to the king for a holiday, for three days; take the best horses with you; and whoever on his horse reaches the princess of the tower and takes off the ring from the princess's hand, the king will give the princess in marriage to him.
Ivanushka's brothers also began to gather for the holiday: not so much to ride themselves, but at least to look at others. Ivanushka also asks with them.
Where are you, you fool! - say the brothers. - Do you want to frighten people? Sit on the stove and pour the ashes.
The brothers left, and Ivanushka the fool took a basket and went to pick mushrooms. Ivanushka went out into the field, threw the basket, whistled three times and shouted:
The horse runs - the earth trembles, flames from the ears, from the noses smoke poured in a column. He came running - and the horse stood in front of Ivanushka rooted to the spot.
Well, - he says, - get into my right ear, Ivanushka, and get out into my left.
Ivanushka climbed into the horse's right ear, and climbed into the left - and became such a fine fellow that he could not even think of, not guess, or say in a fairy tale.
Then Ivanushka sat on a horse and rode off to the Tsar's holiday. Has galloped to the square in front of the palace, sees - the people are visible and invisible; and in a high mansion, by the window, the princess sits: there is a ring on her hand - there is no price, she is a beauty from beauties. Nobody even thinks to jump before her: no one wants to break his neck for sure.
Here Ivanushka struck his horse on the steep thighs, the horse became angry, jumped - only three crowns did not jump to the princess's window.
The people were surprised, but Ivanushka turned his horse and galloped back. His brothers did not quickly move aside, so he whipped them with a silk whip. The people are shouting: "Hold it, hold it!" - and Ivanushkin is gone.
Ivan drove out of the city, dismounted from his horse, climbed into his left ear, climbed into his right and became again the same Ivanushka the fool. Ivanushka dismissed the horse, picked up a basket of mushrooms and brought it home.
The brothers came home and tell their father how they were in the city and what they saw, and Ivanushka lies on the stove and laughs.
The next day, the older brothers went to the holiday again, and Ivanushka took a basket and went to pick mushrooms. He went out into the field, whistled, barked:
Sivka-burka, prophetic kaurka! Stand in front of me like a leaf in front of the grass!
A horse came running and stood in front of Ivanushka rooted to the spot.
Ivan dressed up again and galloped to the square. He sees that there are even more people on the square than before; everyone admires the princess, but no one thinks to jump: who wants to break his neck! Here Ivanushka struck his horse on the steep thighs, the horse became angry, jumped - and only two crowns to the princess did not reach the window. Ivanushka turned his horse, whipped the brothers to step aside, and galloped away.
The brothers come home, and Ivanushka is already lying on the stove, listening to what the brothers are saying, and laughing.
On the third day, the brothers went to the party again, and Ivanushka also rode up. He whipped his horse with a whip. The horse got angry more than ever: he jumped and reached the window.
Ivanushka kissed the princess and rode off, not forgetting to whip the brothers with a whip. At this point both the king and the princess began to shout: "Hold, hold him!" - and Ivanushkin was gone.
Ivanushka came home - one hand was wrapped in a rag.
The brothers came and began to tell what and how it was. And Ivanushka on the stove wanted to look at the ring: as he lifted the rag, the whole hut shone like that.
Stop pampering with fire, you fool! the brothers shouted at him. - You will burn down the hut. It's time to drive you out of the house, you fool!
Three days later, there comes a cry from the king that all the people, no matter how many in his kingdom, gather to his feast and that no one dares to stay at home, and whoever disdains the royal feast - that one’s head off his shoulders.
There is nothing to do here, the old man himself went to the feast with his whole family.
They came, sat down at the oak tables; they drink and eat, their speeches grow loud.
At the end of the feast, the princess began to carry honey from her hands to the guests. She walked around everyone, went up to Ivanushka last; and the fool has a thin little dress, all covered in soot, hair on end, one hand tied with a dirty rag ... just passion.
Why do you have it, well done, your hand is tied? the princess asks. - Untie it.
Ivanushka untied his hand, and on the princess's finger there was a ring - so he beamed everyone.
Then the princess took the fool by the hand, led him to her father and said:
Here, father, is my betrothed.
The servants washed Ivanushka, combed their hair, dressed in a royal dress, and he became such a good fellow that his father and brothers look - and do not believe their eyes.
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Well, there was an old man, he had three sons. The elders were busy with the housekeeping, they were tart and dapper, and the youngest, Ivan the Fool, was not so-so - he liked to go mushrooming in the forest, and at home he sat on the stove more and more.
The time has come for the old man to die, so he punishes his sons:
- When I die, you go to my grave for three nights in a row, bring me bread.
The old man was buried. Night comes, it is necessary big brother go to the grave, but he is either lazy or afraid, - he says younger brother:
- Vanya, replace me this night, go to your father's grave. I'll buy you a gingerbread.
Ivan agreed, took bread, went to his father's grave. He sat down and waited. At midnight, the ground parted, the father rises from the grave and says:
- Who's here? Are you, my bigger son? Tell me what is happening in Russia: do dogs bark, wolves howl, or is my child crying?
Ivan replies:
Father ate bread and went to the grave. And Ivan went home, picked up some mushrooms on the way. Comes - the eldest son asks him:
- Have you seen your father?
- Saw.
- Did he eat bread?
- Ate. He ate his fill.
The second night came. The middle brother must go, but he is either lazy or afraid - he says:
- Vanya, go to my father for me. I'll weave some sandals for you.
- Okay.
Ivan took some bread, went to his father's grave, sat down, and waited. At midnight the earth parted, the father rises and asks:
- Who's here? Are you my middle son? Tell me what is going on in Russia: do dogs bark, do wolves howl, or is my child crying?
Ivan replies:
- It's me, your son. And in Russia everything is calm.
Father ate bread and went to the grave. And Ivan went home, the road again picked up mushrooms. The middle brother asks him:
- Did your father eat bread?
- Ate. He ate his fill.
On the third night it was Ivan's turn to go, He says to the brothers:
- I went two nights. Go now to your father's grave, and I will rest.
The brothers answer him:
- What are you, Vanya, it became familiar to you there, you better go.
- Okay.
Ivan took the bread and went. At midnight the earth parted, the father rose from the grave:
- Who's here? Are you, my youngest son Vanya? Tell me what is happening in Russia: do dogs bark, wolves howl, or is my child crying?
Ivan replies:
- Your son Vanya is here. And in Russia everything is calm.
The father ate bread and said to him:
- You alone fulfilled my order, you were not afraid to go to my grave for three nights. Go out into the open field and shout: "Sivka-burka, prophetic kaurka, stand in front of me, like a leaf in front of the grass!" The horse will come running to you, you crawl into his right ear, and crawl out into his left. You will be where you are a fellow. Get on your horse and ride.
Ivan took the bridle, thanked his father and went home, on the way again picked up mushrooms. At home, his brothers ask him:
- Have you seen your father?
- Saw.
- Did he eat bread?
- Father ate his fill and did not order to come again.
At this time, the tsar called a cry: all good fellows, single, unmarried, come to the royal court. His daughter, Incomparable Beauty, ordered to build a tower for herself with twelve pillars, twelve crowns. In this mansion, she will sit on the very top and will wait for someone from one horse gallop to jump up to her and kiss her on the lips. For such a rider, of whatever kind he may be, the king will give his daughter, Incomparable Beauty, and half a kingdom to boot.
The Ivanov brothers heard about this and say among themselves:
- Let's try our luck.
So they fed the good horses with oats, took them out, dressed themselves cleanly, combed their curls. And Ivan sits on the stove behind the chimney and says to them:
- Brothers, take me with you to try your luck!
- Fool, a patch! Better go to the forest for mushrooms, there is nothing to make people laugh.
The brothers sat on good horses, twisted their hats, whistled, shouted - only a column of dust. And Ivan took the bridle and went into an open field. He went out into the open field and shouted, as his father taught him:
Out of nowhere, the horse runs, the earth trembles, flames emanate from his nostrils, smoke pours from his ears. I stood rooted to the spot and asked:
- What do you command?
Ivan stroked the horse, bridled, crawled into his right ear, and crawled out into his left and became such a fine fellow that he could not even think of, guess, or write with a pen. He mounted a horse and rode to the royal court. The sivka-burka is running, the earth is trembling, the mountains-valleys are covered with its tail, the tree-stumps between the legs are letting in.
Ivan arrives at the royal court, and there the people are apparently invisible. In a tall mansion with twelve pillars and twelve crowns at the very top, in the window sits the Princess Incomparable Beauty.
The king went out onto the porch and said:
- Who of you, well done, with a scattering on horseback, will jump to the window and kiss my daughter on the lips, for that I will give her in marriage and half a kingdom to boot.
Then the good fellows began to ride. Where there is - high, not to get it! Ivanov's brothers tried, but did not reach the middle. The turn came to Ivan.
He dispersed the Sivka-burka, shouted, gasped, jumped - he just didn't get two crowns. Soared again, scattered another time - I did not get one crown. He also spun, spun, warmed up the horse and gave a prowl - like fire, flew past the window, kissed the Princess Incomparable Beauty on her sugar lips, and the princess hit him with a ring on the forehead, put a seal.
Then all the people shouted:
- Hold, hold it!
And his trace is gone. Ivan galloped into an open field, climbed into Sivka-burke's left ear, and got out of his right ear and became again Ivan the fool. He let the horse go, and he went home, picked up some mushrooms on the way. He tied his forehead with a rag, climbed onto the stove and lay down.
His brothers come, tell where they were and what they saw.
- They were good fellows, and one of them was the best - he kissed the princess on the mouth with flying off the horse. They saw where they came from, but did not see where they left.
Ivan sits behind the pipe and says:
- Wasn't it me?
The brothers got angry with him:
- Fool - stupid and yelling! Sit on the stove and eat your mushrooms.
Ivan slowly untied the rag on his forehead, where his princess struck with a ring - the hut was lit up with fire. The brothers got scared, shouted:
- What are you fool doing? You will burn the hut!
The next day, the tsar invites all the boyars and princes to his feast, and ordinary people, and rich and poor, and old and small.
Ivanov's brothers began to gather to the king for a feast. Ivan tells them:
- Take me with you!
- Where are you going to make people laugh, you fool! Sit on the stove and eat your mushrooms.
The brothers got on good horses and drove off, while Ivan went on foot. He came to the king for a feast and sat down in the far corner. Princess Incomparable Beauty began to bypass the guests. He brings a bowl of honey and looks at who has a seal on his forehead.
She went around all the guests, went up to Ivan, and her heart ached. I looked at him - he was covered in soot, his hair on end.
Princess Incomparable Beauty began to ask him:
- Whose are you? Where from? Why did you tie your forehead?
- I hurt myself.
The princess untied his forehead - suddenly there was light all over the palace. She screamed:
- This is my seal! That's where my betrothed!
The king approaches and says:
- What a betrothed! He's bad, covered in soot.
Ivan says to the king:
- Let me wash.
The king allowed it. Ivan went out into the yard and shouted, as his father taught:
- Sivka-burka, prophetic cow, stand in front of me, like a leaf in front of the grass!
Out of nowhere, the horse runs, the earth trembles, flames emanate from his nostrils, smoke pours from his ears. Ivan climbed into his right ear, crawled out of the left and became again such a fine fellow that he could not even think of, guess, or write with a pen. All the people gasped.
Conversations here were short: a merry feast and for a wedding.
"Sivka-Burka" is a fairy tale on which many children grew up. It tells of an unusual incident on ordinary days: someone steals wheat in the fields. Three sons of the peasant take turns to guard the field for the night. The youngest is called Ivanushka the Fool, and the two older brothers constantly make fun of him. However, it was only he who caught the thief. They were the unusual horse Sivka-Burka, who promised to serve Ivan for freedom. Thanks to the magical skills of Sivka-Burka, a simple peasant boy was able to win all the competitions and marry a princess. The tale teaches goodness, hard work, ingenuity and loyalty to one's promises.
The old man had three sons: two clever, and the third Ivanushka the fool; day and night the fool is lying on the stove.
The old man sowed wheat, and rich wheat grew, and someone got into the habit of pounding and poisoning that wheat at night. Here the old man says to the children:
- My dear children, guard the wheat every night in turn, catch me a thief.
The first night comes. The eldest son went to guard the wheat, but he wanted to sleep: he climbed into the hayloft and slept until morning. He comes home in the morning and says: he didn’t sleep all night, he was cold, but he didn’t see the thief.
On the second night, the middle son went and also slept all night in the hayloft.
On the third night, the fool's turn comes. He took the lasso and went. He came to the border and sat on a stone: he was sitting - not sleeping, the thief was waiting.
At midnight, a motley horse galloped into the wheat: one hair is golden, the other is silver, it runs - the earth trembles, smoke puffs out of the ears, flame glows from the nostrils. And that horse began to eat wheat: not so much eating as trampling.
The fool crept up on all fours to the horse and at once threw a lasso around his neck. The horse rushed with all his might - it didn't work. The fool rested, the lasso presses his neck. And here the horse began to pray to the fool:
- Let go of me, Ivanushka, and I will serve you a great service!
- Good, - Ivanushka the fool answers. - How can I find you later?
- Go out to the outskirts, - says the horse, - whistle three times and shout: “Sivka-burka, prophetic kaurka! Stand in front of me like a leaf before the grass! " - I'll be here.
Ivanushka the fool dismissed the horse and took the floor from him - there is no more wheat and no more trampling.
Ivanushka came home.
- Well, you fool, did you see? The brothers ask.
- I caught, - says Ivanushka, - a motley horse. He promised not to go to wheat again - so I let him go.
The brothers laughed to their heart's content at the fool, but since that night no one has touched the wheat.
Soon after that, the priesthoods (herald) from the tsar began to walk around the villages and cities, the cry to call: gather, de, boyars and nobles, merchants and burghers and ordinary peasants, all to the king for a holiday, for three days; take the best horses with you; and whoever on his horse reaches the princess of the tower and takes off the ring from the princess's hand, the king will give the princess in marriage to him.
Ivanushka's brothers also began to gather for the holiday: not so much to ride themselves, but at least to look at others. Ivanushka also asks with them.
- Where are you, you fool! - say the brothers. - Do you want to frighten people? Sit on the stove and pour the ashes.
The brothers left, and Ivanushka the fool took a basket from his daughters-in-law and went to pick mushrooms. Ivanushka went out into the field, threw the basket, whistled three times and shouted:
The horse runs - the earth trembles, from the ears, flames, from the noses smoke poured in a column. He came running - and the horse stood in front of Ivanushka rooted to the spot.
- Well, - he says, - get into my right ear, Ivanushka, and get out into the left.
Ivanushka climbed into the horse's right ear, and climbed into the left - and became such a fine fellow that he could not even think of, not guess, or say in a fairy tale.
Then Ivanushka sat on a horse and rode off to the Tsar's holiday. Has galloped to the square in front of the palace, sees - the people are visible and invisible; and in a high mansion, by the window, the princess sits: there is a ring on her hand - there is no price, she is a beauty from beauties. Nobody even thinks to jump before her: no one wants to break his neck for sure.
Here Ivanushka hit his horse on the steep thighs, the horse became angry, jumped - only three crowns did not jump to the princess's window.
The people were surprised, but Ivanushka turned his horse and galloped back. His brothers did not quickly move aside, so he whipped them with a silk whip. The people are shouting: "Hold, hold him!" - and Ivanushkin is gone.
Ivan drove out of the city, dismounted from his horse, climbed into his left ear, climbed into his right and became again the same Ivanushka the fool. Ivanushka let go of the horse, picked up a basket of fly agarics and brought it home.
- Here's to you, hostesses, fungi, - he says.
The daughters-in-law got angry with Ivan:
- What are you, fool, for mushrooms brought? Do you alone have them!
Ivan smiled and climbed onto the stove again.
The brothers came home and tell their father how they were in the city and what they saw, and Ivanushka lies on the stove and laughs.
The next day, the older brothers went to the holiday again, and Ivanushka took a basket and went to pick mushrooms. He went out into the field, whistled, barked:
- Sivka-burka, prophetic kaurka! Stand in front of me like a leaf in front of the grass!
A horse came running and stood in front of Ivanushka rooted to the spot.
Ivan dressed up again and galloped to the square. He sees that there are even more people on the square than before; everyone admires the princess, but no one thinks to jump: who wants to break his neck! Here Ivanushka struck his horse on the steep thighs, the horse became angry, jumped - and only two crowns to the princess did not reach the window. Ivanushka turned his horse, whipped the brothers to step aside, and galloped away.
The brothers come home, and Ivanushka is already lying on the stove, listening to what the brothers are saying, and laughing.
On the third day, the brothers went to the party again, and Ivanushka also rode up. He whipped his horse with a whip. The horse got angry more than ever: he jumped and reached the window. Ivanushka kissed the princess and rode off, not forgetting to whip the brothers with a whip. At this point both the tsar and the princess began to shout: "Hold, hold him!" - and Ivanushkin is gone.
Ivanushka came home - one hand was wrapped in a rag.
- What is this with you? - Ask Ivan's daughter-in-law.
- Yes, - he says, - looking for mushrooms, he pricked himself with a bitch. - And Ivan climbed onto the stove.
The brothers came and began to tell what and how it was. And Ivanushka on the stove wanted to look at the ring: as he lifted the rag, the whole hut shone like that.
- Stop pampering with fire, you fool! The brothers shouted at him. - You will burn down the hut. It's time to drive you out of the house, you fool!
Three days later, there comes a cry from the king that all the people, no matter how many in his kingdom, gather to his feast and that no one dares to stay at home, and whoever disdains the royal feast - that one’s head off his shoulders.
There is nothing to do here, the old man himself went to the feast with his whole family.
They came, sat down at the oak tables; they drink and eat, their speeches grow loud.
At the end of the feast, the princess began to carry honey from her hands. She walked around everyone, went up to Ivanushka last; and the fool is wearing a thin little dress, covered in soot, hair on end, one hand tied with a dirty rag ... just passion. |
- Why do you have it, well done, your hand is tied? The princess asks. - Untie it.
Ivanushka untied his hand, and on the princess's finger there was a ring - so he beamed everyone.
Then the princess took the fool by the hand, led him to her father and said:
- Here, father, my betrothed.
The servants washed Ivanushka, combed her hair, dressed him in a royal dress, and he became such a fine fellow that his father and brothers look - and do not believe their eyes.
