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Enchanted Princess

In a certain kingdom served as soldiers in the king's Horse Guards, served for twenty-five years through faith and righteousness for his faithful service to the king ordered him to release the net down and give him a reward that same horse on which the regiment was driving seat and with all harness.

Just a soldier with his friends and went home, day rides, and another, and a third ... that's the whole week passed, and another, and a third - not enough money from the soldier, nothing to feed themselves or a horse, and to the house far, far away! Sees that the point is painfully bad, very hungry, began to stare at the sides and saw the side of the large castle. "Come on - I think - not to call you back, maybe for a while to take the service - anything and earn."

Turned in the lock, entered the yard, put the horse in the stable and asked her stern, and he went in the house. In the wards table laid on the table and the wine and the food, which just wants to shower! Soldiers ate, drank. "Now - I think - and you can nap!"

Suddenly enters a bear:

- Do not be afraid of me, my good fellow, you're good to get in here, I do not bear bitter and maiden - enchanted princess. If you spend the night here but the foundations of three nights, the witchcraft destroyed - I did still the princess and marry you.

The soldier agreed, bear left, and he was left alone. Then attacked him such anguish that the light would not have watched, and the further - the stronger.

On the third day before realized that the soldiers decided to leave everything and run out of the castle, just as no struggled as he tried - did not find out. Nothing to do, necessarily had to stay.

The night and the third night, the morning is a princess to him indescribable beauty, thanks him for his service to the crown and tells equip oneself. Immediately they played the wedding and began to live together, nothing to grieve.

After a certain number of times men even think about his native country, he wanted to go there, the princess was dissuade him:

- Stay, my friend, do not go, then you are missing?

No, she could not talk. She says goodbye to her husband, gives him a bag - full poured a seed - and says:

- Which way you go, on both sides throw a seed: where it falls, there the minute povyrastut trees, the trees will be showing off expensive fruits, different birds sing, and overseas cats tales to tell.

Fine young man sat on his horse and rode honored on the road, and where no runs, on both sides of the seed throws, followed the rise of the forest, and crawl out of the damp earth!

Day rides, two, three, and saw: a caravan in a field is, on the grass, sitting on muravke merchants, was playing cards, and near them hanging pot, though no fire under the boiler, and the key is boiling brew.

"Ekoe miracle - he thought the soldiers - Fire can not see, and brew a pot and swing, let take a closer look." Way to turn his horse to the side on his way to the merchants:

- Good morning, gentlemen honest!

And that and do not realize that this is not the merchants, and all the devils.

- Good is your thing: pot boiling without fire! Yes, I better have.

Pulled out of the bag and threw one grain to the ground - at that moment Well grown old trees on the tree fruits flaunt expensive, different birds singing songs, exotic cats tales to tell.

Immediately recognized his features.

- Oh, - say among themselves, - but this is the one that saved the king's daughter. Come on, boys, opoim him for the potion and let it half asleep.

Began to treat him, and had been given a magic potion. The soldier fell to the grass and fell into a profound sleep soundly, and the merchants, caravan and boiler suddenly disappeared.

Soon after came the Princess in the garden for a walk, watching - on top of all the trees were dry. "Not good - thinks. - Is seen with her husband the evil befall! Three months have passed, it's time to go back and forth, but it is not a present!"

Met the princess and went looking for him. Traveling on that road, and for some way to keep the soldiers on both sides of the forest grow and the birds are singing, and the Overseas cats purr tales.

We reached the point that the trees have not increased - the road winds on the open field, and thought, "Where did he go? Not through the ground also failed!" Looking - stands to the side is the same wonderful tree and lies beneath her cute friend.

Ran up to him and push well-wake - no, do not wake up, began to pinch him, stabbing at the sides with pins, chopping, chopping - he feels no pain, just the dead is not vorohnetsya. Angry princess and heart curse she said:

- Damn you, Sonia worthless, violent wind picked up, the country drifted into obscurity!

Only managed to get out, when whistling winds rustled, and in a moment caught the soldier's violent whirlwind and swept from the eyes of the Princess.

Thought better of late princess had said a word wrong, wept bitter tears, came home and went to live one-odinehonka.

A poor soldier brought a whirlwind far, far, far away, in the fairy country, and threw the spit Intermedia two seas, he fell to the very narrow wedge: a sleepy right revs, you turn to the left - immediately fall into the sea, and vanish into thin air !

Six months slept fine young man, did not lift a finger either, but as a wake up, just jump into the legs, looks - from both sides of the waves rise up, and the end can not see the wide sea, but is thought to ask myself: "What a miracle I get here? who dragged me? "

Went on horn and went to the island, on the island - a high mountain so steep, the top of the clouds enough, and on the mountain is a large rock.

Coming to this mountain and see - three feature fight, ribbons and flying.

- Wait, you wretches! What you fight?

- Yes, you see, the day before he died we have a father, and he left after three wonderful things: a magic carpet, seven-league boots yes cap of invisibility, so we can not share.

- Oh, thank you! Of such trifles fight started. Do you want me you will share? All will be happy, no one is hurt.

- Well, neighbor, stripped, please!

- All right! Run quickly to the pine forests, type of resin and carry a hundred pounds here.

Devils ran the pine forests, three hundred pounds of resin collected and brought to the soldier.

- Now dragged from hell largest pot.

Devils dragged tremendous boiler - forty barrels come! - And it all poklali resin.

The soldier made a fire and, once melted resin, ordered the devil to pull pot on the mountain and water it from the top. Devils and it instantly fulfilled.

- Well, - said the soldiers - now Shove off the stone, and let it roll to the mountain, and the three of you after him priudarte. Who before all catch up, he chose to themselves any of the three wonders: who can catch the second, that of the other two take what seems, and then let them get the latest gimmick third.

Devils shoved a rock, and he rolled down the hill briskly, briskly, all three rushed after him. That's one hell caught, grabbed the stone - stone immediately turned and tuck it under him and drove into the resin. Caught up with the other features, and then a third, and with them the same! Clung tightly-tightly to the resin.

The soldier took the mouse seven-league boots but invisible cap, sat on a magic carpet and flew to seek his kingdom.

Long or a short - arrives to the cabin, is - in the cabin sits the Baba Yaga - leg bone, old, toothless.

- Hi, Grandma! Tell me, how would I find my beautiful princess?

- I do not know, my dear! View it did not see slyhom not heard about it. You go for so much of the seas, for so much land - there lives my middle sister, she knows more than I do, and maybe she'll say.

The soldier sat on a magic carpet and flew; long he had to wander through the world. Does he want to eat and drink, now put upon himself invisible cap, albeit in a city, will go to the store, pick up - that only your heart desires, on the carpet - and flies farther.

Flies to another hut is - there sits the Baba Yaga - leg bone, old, toothless.

- Hi, Grandma! Do not know where to find me a beautiful princess?

- No, my dear, I do not know. Go-ka you for so much of the seas, for so to.zemel - live there, my older sister, maybe she knows.

- Ah, you old! How many years you live in the world, and the good do not know.

He sat down on a magic carpet and fly to an older sister.

Traveled a long, long time, a lot of land and have seen many seas, finally arrived at the end of the world, is a hut, and then go no no - one black as hell, can not see anything! "Well, the - I think - if I achieve this sense, there is no place better to fly!"

Included in the cabin - there sits the Baba Yaga - leg bone, gray-haired, toothless.

- Hi, Grandma! Tell me, where can I find my princess?

- Wait a little bit, so I will convene all of its winds, and they ask for it. After all, they are blowing all over the world, so need to know where she now resides.

Old woman came out on the porch, she cried with a loud voice, valiant whistle whistle, all of a sudden up-violent winds wafted only hut shakes!

- Hush, hush! - Shouts Baba Yaga.

And as soon as the winds came, they started to ask:

- Winds my wild, all over the world you blow, eh did not see where the beautiful princess?

- No, never seen! - Meet the winds of one.

- Yes, all of you there?

- All but the south wind not.

After a while flies south wind. Asks his old:

- Where was lost so far? Could hardly wait for you!

- I'm sorry, Grandma! I went into a new realm, where he lives a beautiful princess, her husband is missing, so now Woo its various kings and princes, kings and the king's son.

- And how far up the new kingdom?

- Pedestrian thirty years to go, on the wings of a decade to rush, and I did poveyu - three hours delivered.

Soldiers began to ask that the south wind took him reported to the new realm.

- Perhaps, - said the south wind - I'll carry you, if you give me the will to walk in your kingdom for three days and three nights.

- Walk at least three weeks!

- Well, here I will rest a day or two or three, gather my strength, then yes and go.

Rested south wind, rallied and said the soldier:

- Well, brother, get ready, now go, so do not be afraid to look, intact you will!

Suddenly rustled-whistled strong vyahor, grabbed the soldier into the air and carried over the mountains and the sea just under the clouds, and even three hours later he was in the new kingdom, where his beautiful princess.

South wind tells him:

- Farewell, my good fellow! Pitied you, do not want to walk in your kingdom.

- What is it?

- Because if I spree, not a single house in the town, not a single tree in the gardens there will be all upside down, put!

- Well, good. Thank you! - Said the soldier, put on a cap of darkness and went to the white stone house.

That is until he was out of the realm, in the garden all the trees were dry-tops, and as he was, immediately came to life and began to blossom.

He comes to a large room, and sitting there at the table different kings and princes, kings, and the king's son, arrived for the wonderful princess woo sit so sweet wines treated. What bride or pour a glass to his lips only will hand - soldiers once enough fist on the glass and just knock out. All guests are surprised that, as a beautiful princess in one minute Well guess. "It's true - I think - my friend went back!"

I looked out the window - in the garden on top of all the trees come to life, and it was restored to its guests to guess the riddle:

- I had a golden thread with a golden needle, the needle that I lost and found not adored, but now she found a needle. Who will guess the riddle, for that marriage going.

Kings and princes, kings, and the king's son upon that long a mystery break their wise heads, and could not solve. Princess says:

- Show yourself, my dear friend!

A soldier took off his invisible cap, took a princess for white hands and kissed the mouth of sugar.

- Here's the answer! - Said a beautiful princess. - Gold thread - I, and the golden needle - this is my faithful husband. Where needle - there and thread.

Suitors had the shafts rotate, they departed for their yard, and the princess was with her husband to live happily ever after.