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Princess Snake

(Russian folk tale)

Cossacks rode by-road, and drove into the thick forest, in the forest at the cost progalinke haystack. Cossack stopped to rest a little bit, went around stacks and lit up, smoked, smoked and did not see how the spark planted in hay. Cossack sat on his horse and started off, did not have time to make ten steps as flared and lit up the whole forest. Cossack looked back, looks - a haystack burning, and the fire is fair maiden, and said with a loud voice:

- Kazak, my good man! Deliver me from death.

- How do you get rid of? Range of flame, no to you get at it.

- Sun Fire in its peak, I get out of it.

Cossack lance thrust into the fire, and the heat from the great back away.

Immediately maiden turnover serpent, climbed on the peak, the Cossack slipped around his neck, wrapped around his neck th ... Читать дальше »

brave ram

Send a goat and a sheep in a remote forest grass to nibble, take a walk on the expanse. Walked, walked, got lost in the dark forest. We went to a remote thicket, watching wolves under a tree, cook dinner.

Goat sheep quietly says:

- What do we do to each bar? We see we are gone. Savage wolves will eat us.

Baran said more quietly:

- Let's climb a tree, the tree-maybe wolves will not reach us!

Sheep and goat climbed up a tree.

Climbed, climbed, dolezli up to the top. Fell off the top of a ram, caught on the horns of females. Bough broke and flew from tree to ram the ground, right where wolves were cooking dinner.

Crashed to the ground, bleated out of fear:

- Baie-uh!

Afraid of wolves, pots pushed, t ... Читать дальше »

Artful Science

(Russian folk tale)

They used to live but the woman's grandfather, was their son. An old man once was poor, he wanted to send him to a science, that in his youth his parents on joy, in his old age for a change, but what will you do if there is no prosperity! He drove it, drove around the city - perhaps in training who will, no, no one undertook to teach without money.

The old man returned home, wept, wept with baboyu, tighter-grieve for their poverty, and again took his son to the city. Only when they came to the city, a man comes out to meet them and asked his grandfather:

- What, the old man, prigoryunilsya?

- How can I not prigoryunitsya! - Said the old man. - That drove, drove his son, no one takes no money in science, and money netuti!

- Well, give it to me, - says head - I have it in three years, will learn all the tricks. Thre ... Читать дальше »

Havroshechka

(Russian folk tale)

There are good people in the world, there are worse, there are those who are not ashamed of his brother.

By such and got tithe-Havroshechka. She was left an orphan, took it these people, brought up and over the work of Zamora: she weaves, she spins, she tidied up, she is responsible for everything.

Were her mistress three daughters. The eldest was called One-eye, the middle - Dvuglazka, and smaller - Triglazka.

Daughter and only knew that the gate to sit outside to look, and tithe-Havroshechka work for them: and they sewed, they spun and wove - and kind words never heard.

Will used to tithe-Havroshechka in the field, will embrace his ryabuyu cow, and lie to her neck and tells her how hard to live happily ever after.

- Cow-mother! I beat, berate, bread is not given, weep not told. By tomorrow ... Читать дальше »

FINIST - the Falcon

There lived a farmer. Died in his wife, left three daughters. The old man wanted to hire a worker - to help the economy. But the smaller daughter Maryushka, said:

- No, sir, hire worker itself, I'll keep farming.

Okay. Daughter became Maryushka farm news. All the while she can, all the while she got on. Father loved Maryushka: glad that such a clever but hard-working daughter grows. Of itself, it Maryushka beauty of Scripture. And her sister zaviduschie zhadnyuschie yes, of themselves, they are ugly, and the ladies-peremodnitsy - all day sitting belyatsya yes, but ruddy, so dress up in new clothes, dress them - not dress, boots - no boots, a scarf - not scarf.

Father went to the market and asks daughters:

- What are you, daughter, to buy than to please?

And they say the older and middle daughter:

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