Koschey the immortal. The tale of Koschey the Immortal for children to read Koschey the Immortal
In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a king; this king had three sons, all of them were of age. Only their mother was suddenly carried away by Koschey the Immortal.
The eldest son asks his father for his blessing to look for his mother. Father blessed; he left and disappeared without a trace.
The middle son waited and waited, also begged from his father, left, and this one disappeared without a trace.
The little son, Ivan Tsarevich, says to his father:
- Father! Bless me to look for mother.
The father doesn’t let me in, he says:
- There are no brothers, and you too will leave: I will die from the cliff!
- No, father, if you bless me, I’ll go, and if you don’t bless me, I’ll go.
Father blessed.
Ivan Tsarevich went to choose a horse for himself; on whomever he lays his hand, he will fall; couldn’t choose a horse, walked along the road through the city, hung his head. The old woman came out of nowhere and asked:
- What, Ivan Tsarevich, hung his head?
- Go away, old woman! I’ll put it on your hand and slap it with the other - it’ll be wet.
The old woman ran around another alley, came towards me again, and said:
- Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! Why did you hang your head?
He thinks: “Why is the old woman asking me? Will she help me?
And he says to her:
- Well, grandma, I can’t find a good horse for myself.
- You fool, you’re tormented, but you can’t help the old woman! - the old woman answers. - Come with me.
She led him to the mountain and indicated the place:
- Dig up this soil.
Ivan Tsarevich dug it up and saw a cast-iron board with twelve locks; He immediately tore off the locks and opened the doors, went underground: here a heroic horse was chained with twelve chains; He apparently heard the rider in himself, neighed, began to thrash, and broke all twelve chains.
Ivan Tsarevich put on heroic armor, put a bridle and a Cherkassy saddle on his horse, gave the old woman money and said:
- Bless and farewell, grandmother!
I sat down and drove off.
I drove for a long time, finally reached the mountain; It’s a huge mountain, steep, and there’s no way to climb it. Here his brothers ride near the mountain; we said hello and drove off together; they reach a cast-iron stone of one and a half hundred pounds, on the stone there is an inscription: whoever throws this stone on the mountain will be the one to go.
The older brothers could not lift the stone, but Ivan Tsarevich threw it up the mountain in one fell swoop - and immediately a ladder appeared in the mountain.
He left the horse, sharpened his little finger into a glass of blood, gave it to his brothers and said:
- If the blood in the glass turns black, don’t wait for me: that means I’ll die!
I said goodbye and left. Went up the mountain; what has he not seen enough of! There are all kinds of forests, all kinds of berries, all kinds of birds!
Ivan Tsarevich walked for a long time and reached the house: a huge house! The Tsar's daughter lived in it and was dragged away by Koshchei the Immortal.
Ivan Tsarevich walks around the fence, but does not see the doors. The Tsar's daughter saw the man, went out onto the balcony, and shouted to him:
- Look, there is a gap in the fence, touch it with your little finger, and there will be doors.
And so it happened. Ivan Tsarevich entered the house. The girl received him, gave him food and drink and questioned him. He told her that he had gone to get his mother from Koshchei the Immortal. The girl says to him:
- It will be difficult to get you a mother, Ivan Tsarevich! He is immortal - he will kill you. He often comes to see me... he has a sword worth five hundred pounds, will you pick it up? Then go!
Ivan Tsarevich not only raised the sword, but also threw it upward; he moved on himself.
Comes to another house; knows how to look for doors; entered the house, and there was his mother, they hugged and cried.
He tested his strength here too, throwing a ball of one and a half thousand pounds. The time comes to be Koshchei the Immortal; his mother hid it. Suddenly Koschey the Immortal enters the house and says:
- Fu, fu! You can't hear a Russian braid, you can't see a Russian braid, but the Russian braid itself has come to the yard! Who did you have? Isn't it your son?
- What are you, God bless you! I myself flew around Rus', picked up the Russian spirit, and that’s what you’re imagining,” answered Ivan Tsarevich’s mother. And she herself, with affectionate words, asks Koshchei the Immortal, asking this and that and saying:
- Where is your death, Kosh the Immortal?
“I have death,” he says, “in such and such a place; there is an oak tree, under the oak tree there is a box, in the box there is a hare, in the hare there is a duck, in the duck there is an egg, in the egg is my death.
Koschey the Immortal said this, stayed for a while and flew away.
The time has come - Tsarevich Ivan was blessed by his mother and went to the death of Kosh the Immortal.
He walks along the road for a long time, hasn’t had a drink, hasn’t eaten, he wants to eat until he dies and thinks: who would fall for this time! Suddenly - a wolf cub; he wants to kill him. The wolf jumps out of the hole and says:
- Don't touch my brainchild; I'll be useful to you.
- Be so!
“Wait,” he thinks, “I’ll eat here!” Loaded the gun, wants to shoot, the crow says:
- Don't touch me, I'll be useful to you.
Ivan Tsarevich thought and released the crow.
The pike came out of nowhere and said:
- Don’t touch my brainchild, Ivan Tsarevich, I’ll be useful to you.
He also released the little pike.
How to get through the sea? He sits on the shore and thinks; The pike seemed to know his thoughts and lay across the sea. Ivan Tsarevich walked across it as if across a bridge; reaches the oak tree where Koshchei the Immortal died, took out a box, opened it - the hare jumped out and ran. Where can you keep a hare?
Ivan Tsarevich was afraid that he had let the hare go, became thoughtful, and the wolf, which he did not kill, rushed after the hare, caught it and carried it to Ivan Tsarevich. He was delighted, grabbed the hare, tore it open and somehow became timid: the duck fluttered and flew. He shot and shot and missed! I thought about it again.
Out of nowhere a crow came with its crows and went after the duck, caught the duck and brought it to Tsarevich Ivan. The prince was delighted, took out the egg, went, reached the sea, began to wash the egg, and dropped it into the water. How to get it out of the sea? Immeasurable depth! The prince began to spin again.
Suddenly the sea shook - and the pike brought him an egg, then lay down across the sea. Ivan Tsarevich walked along it and went to his mother; comes, said hello, and she hid him again.
At that time Koschey the Immortal arrived and said:
- Fu, fu! You can't even hear a Russian braid, you can't see it, but here it carries Russia!
- What are you doing, Kosh? “I have no one,” answered Ivan Tsarevich’s mother.
Koschey says again:
- I can’t do something!
And Ivan Tsarevich squeezed the testicle: Koshchei the Immortal was offended by this. Finally, Tsarevich Ivan came out, showed the egg and said:
- Here, Koschey the Immortal, is your death!
He knelt down opposite him and said:
- Don’t hit me, Ivan Tsarevich, let’s live together; the whole world will be conquered by us.
Ivan Tsarevich was not seduced by his words, crushed the testicle - and Koschey the Immortal died.
They, Ivan Tsarevich and his mother, took what they needed and went to their homeland; On the way, they went to pick up the Tsar’s daughter, whom Ivan Tsarevich had visited, and took her with them; They went further and reached the mountain, where Tsarevich Ivan’s brothers were all waiting. The girl says:
- Ivan Tsarevich! Come back to my house; I forgot my wedding dress, diamond ring and unstitched shoes.
Meanwhile, he sent down the mother and the king’s daughter, with whom they agreed to get married at home; the brothers accepted them, took the descent and cut it so that Ivan Tsarevich could not go down, the mother and the girl were somehow persuaded by threats so that they would not talk about Ivan Tsarevich at home. Arrived in your kingdom; the father was delighted with his children and wife, but was only sad about Ivan Tsarevich.
And Ivan Tsarevich returned to his bride’s house, took the engagement ring, wedding dress and unstitched shoes; comes to the mountain, throws a ring from hand to hand. Twelve young men appeared and asked:
- What do you order?
- Move me from this mountain.
The fellows immediately lowered him. Ivan Tsarevich put on the ring - they were gone; went to his kingdom, came to the city where his father and brothers lived, stopped with an old woman and asked:
- What, grandmother, is new in your kingdom?
- Why, child! Here our queen was captured by Koshchei the Immortal; Three sons were looking for her, two found her and returned, but the third, Ivan Tsarevich, was not there, and they did not know where. The king complains about him. And these princes and their mother brought some kind of royal daughter, the Bolshak wants to marry her, but she sends ahead somewhere for an engagement ring or orders them to make the same ring that she needs; They're already calling out a cry, but no one is looking for them.
- Go, grandmother, tell the king what you will do; “And I’ll help,” says Ivan Tsarevich.
At some point the old woman curled up, ran to the king and said:
- Your Royal Majesty! I will make a wedding ring.
- Do it, do it, grandma! We are glad to have such people,” says the king, “and if you don’t do it, then your head will be on the chopping block.”
The old woman got scared, came home, forces Ivan Tsarevich to make a ring, and Ivan Tsarevich sleeps, thinks little, the ring is ready. He jokes with the old woman, and the old woman shakes all over, cries, scolds him:
“Here you are,” he says, “you yourself are on the sidelines, but you, a fool, have brought me to death.”
The old woman cried and cried and fell asleep.
Ivan Tsarevich got up early in the morning and woke up the old woman:
“Get up, grandma, go and carry the ring, and be careful: don’t take more than one ducat for it.” If they ask who made the ring, say: yourself; don't tell on me!
The old woman was delighted and took off the ring; The bride liked it.
This, he says, is what it should be!
I brought her a dish full of gold; she took only one chervonets. The king says:
- What, grandma, don’t you take enough?
- What do I need a lot for, Your Royal Majesty! When I need it, you give it to me.
The old woman said this and left.
Some time has passed - news is circulating that the bride is sending the groom for a wedding dress or orders him to sew the same one that she needs. The old woman managed to do this too (Ivan Tsarevich helped) and took off her wedding dress.
Then she took off the unsewn shoes, and took the chervonets one at a time and said: she makes these things herself.
People hear that the king has a wedding on such and such a day; We waited for that day. And Ivan Tsarevich punished the old woman:
- Look, grandma, how the bride will be brought down the aisle, you tell me.
The old woman didn't miss a beat. Ivan Tsarevich immediately dressed in the royal dress, it goes out:
- That's what I am, grandma!
The old woman is at his feet.
Father, I'm sorry, I scolded you!
- God will forgive.
Comes to church. His brother was not there yet. He stood in line with the bride; they were married and taken to the palace.
On the road he came across the groom, his big brother, saw that the bride was being led with Ivan Tsarevich, and went back in shame.
The father was delighted with Ivan Tsarevich, learned about the cunning of the brothers and, as the wedding was celebrated, sent his older sons into exile, and made Ivan Tsarevich heir.
In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a king; this king had three sons, all of them were of age. Only their mother was suddenly carried away by Koschey the Immortal.
The eldest son asks his father for his blessing to look for his mother. Father blessed; he left and disappeared without a trace.
The middle son waited and waited, also begged from his father, left, and this one disappeared without a trace.
The little son, Ivan Tsarevich, says to his father:
Father! Bless me to look for mother.
The father doesn’t let me in, he says:
There are no brothers, and you too will leave: I will die from the cliff!
No, father, if you bless me, I’ll go, and if you don’t bless me, I’ll go.
Father blessed.
Ivan Tsarevich went to choose a horse for himself; on whomever he lays his hand, he will fall; couldn’t choose a horse, walked along the road through the city, hung his head. The old woman came out of nowhere and asked:
What, Ivan Tsarevich, hung his head?
Go away, old woman! I’ll put it on your hand and slap it with the other - it’ll be wet.
The old woman ran around another alley, came towards me again, and said:
Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! Why did you hang your head?
He thinks: “Why is the old woman asking me? Will she help me?
And he says to her:
Now, grandma, I can’t find a good horse for myself.
You fool, you’re tormented, but you can’t help the old woman! - the old woman answers. - Come with me.
She led him to the mountain and indicated the place:
Dig up this soil.
Ivan Tsarevich dug it up and saw a cast-iron board with twelve locks; He immediately tore off the locks and opened the doors, went underground: here a heroic horse was chained with twelve chains; He apparently heard the rider in himself, neighed, began to thrash, and broke all twelve chains.
Ivan Tsarevich put on heroic armor, put a bridle and a Cherkassy saddle on his horse, gave the old woman money and said:
Bless and farewell, grandma!
I sat down and drove off.
I drove for a long time, finally reached the mountain; It’s a huge mountain, steep, and there’s no way to climb it. Here his brothers ride near the mountain; we said hello and drove off together; they reach a cast-iron stone of one and a half hundred pounds, on the stone there is an inscription: whoever throws this stone on the mountain will be the one to go.
The older brothers could not lift the stone, but Ivan Tsarevich threw it up the mountain in one fell swoop - and immediately a ladder appeared in the mountain.
He left the horse, sharpened his little finger into a glass of blood, gave it to his brothers and said:
If the blood in the glass turns black, don’t wait for me: that means I’ll die!
I said goodbye and left. Went up the mountain; what has he not seen enough of! There are all kinds of forests, all kinds of berries, all kinds of birds!
Ivan Tsarevich walked for a long time and reached the house: a huge house! The Tsar's daughter lived in it and was dragged away by Koshchei the Immortal.
Ivan Tsarevich walks around the fence, but does not see the doors. The Tsar's daughter saw the man, went out onto the balcony, and shouted to him:
Here, look, there is a gap in the fence, touch it with your little finger, and there will be doors.
And so it happened. Ivan Tsarevich entered the house. The girl received him, gave him food and drink and questioned him. He told her that he had gone to get his mother from Koshchei the Immortal. The girl says to him:
It will be difficult to get you a mother, Ivan Tsarevich! He is immortal - he will kill you. He often comes to see me... he has a sword worth five hundred pounds, will you pick it up? Then go!
Ivan Tsarevich not only raised the sword, but also threw it upward; he moved on himself.
Comes to another house; knows how to look for doors; entered the house, and there was his mother, they hugged and cried.
He tested his strength here too, throwing a ball of one and a half thousand pounds. The time comes to be Koshchei the Immortal; his mother hid it. Suddenly Koschey the Immortal enters the house and says:
Fu, fu! You can't hear a Russian braid, you can't see a Russian braid, but the Russian braid itself has come to the yard! Who did you have? Isn't it your son?
What are you, God bless you! I myself flew around Rus', picked up the Russian spirit, and that’s what you’re imagining,” answered Ivan Tsarevich’s mother. And she herself, with affectionate words, asks Koshchei the Immortal, asking this and that and saying:
Where is your death, Kosh the Immortal?
I have death,” he says, “in such and such a place; there is an oak tree, under the oak tree there is a box, in the box there is a hare, in the hare there is a duck, in the duck there is an egg, in the egg is my death.
Koschey the Immortal said this, stayed for a while and flew away.
The time has come - Tsarevich Ivan was blessed by his mother and went to the death of Kosh the Immortal.
He walks along the road for a long time, hasn’t had a drink, hasn’t eaten, he wants to eat until he dies and thinks: who would fall for this time! Suddenly - a wolf cub; he wants to kill him. The wolf jumps out of the hole and says:
Don't touch my brainchild; I'll be useful to you.
Be so!
“Wait,” he thinks, “I’ll eat here!” Loaded the gun, wants to shoot, the crow says:
Don't touch me, I'll be useful to you.
Ivan Tsarevich thought and released the crow.
The pike came out of nowhere and said:
Don’t touch my brainchild, Ivan Tsarevich, I will be useful to you.
He also released the little pike.
How to get through the sea? He sits on the shore and thinks; The pike seemed to know his thoughts and lay across the sea. Ivan Tsarevich walked across it as if across a bridge; reaches the oak tree where Koshchei the Immortal died, took out a box, opened it - the hare jumped out and ran. Where can you keep a hare?
Ivan Tsarevich was afraid that he had let the hare go, became thoughtful, and the wolf, which he did not kill, rushed after the hare, caught it and carried it to Ivan Tsarevich. He was delighted, grabbed the hare, tore it open and somehow became timid: the duck fluttered and flew. He shot and shot and missed! I thought about it again.
Out of nowhere a crow came with its crows and went after the duck, caught the duck and brought it to Tsarevich Ivan. The prince was delighted, took out the egg, went, reached the sea, began to wash the egg, and dropped it into the water. How to get it out of the sea? Immeasurable depth! The prince began to spin again.
Suddenly the sea shook - and the pike brought him an egg, then lay down across the sea. Ivan Tsarevich walked along it and went to his mother; comes, said hello, and she hid him again.
At that time Koschey the Immortal arrived and said:
Fu, fu! You can't even hear a Russian braid, you can't see it, but here it carries Russia!
What are you doing, Kosh? “I have no one,” answered Ivan Tsarevich’s mother.
Koschey says again:
I can't do something!
And Ivan Tsarevich squeezed the testicle: Koshchei the Immortal was offended by this. Finally, Tsarevich Ivan came out, showed the egg and said:
Here, Koschey the Immortal, is your death!
He knelt down opposite him and said:
Don’t hit me, Ivan Tsarevich, let’s live together; the whole world will be conquered by us.
Ivan Tsarevich was not seduced by his words, crushed the testicle - and Koschey the Immortal died.
They, Ivan Tsarevich and his mother, took what they needed and went to their homeland; On the way, they went to pick up the Tsar’s daughter, whom Ivan Tsarevich had visited, and took her with them; They went further and reached the mountain, where Tsarevich Ivan’s brothers were all waiting. The girl says:
Ivan Tsarevich! Come back to my house; I forgot my wedding dress, diamond ring and unstitched shoes.
Meanwhile, he sent down the mother and the king’s daughter, with whom they agreed to get married at home; the brothers accepted them, took the descent and cut it so that Ivan Tsarevich could not go down, the mother and the girl were somehow persuaded by threats so that they would not talk about Ivan Tsarevich at home. Arrived in your kingdom; the father was delighted with his children and wife, but was only sad about Ivan Tsarevich.
And Ivan Tsarevich returned to his bride’s house, took the engagement ring, wedding dress and unstitched shoes; comes to the mountain, throws a ring from hand to hand. Twelve young men appeared and asked:
What do you want?
Take me off this mountain.
The fellows immediately lowered him. Ivan Tsarevich put on the ring - they were gone; went to his kingdom, came to the city where his father and brothers lived, stopped with an old woman and asked:
What, grandmother, is new in your kingdom?
Why, child! Here our queen was captured by Koshchei the Immortal; Three sons were looking for her, two found her and returned, but the third, Ivan Tsarevich, was not there, and they did not know where. The king complains about him. And these princes and their mother brought some kind of royal daughter, the Bolshak wants to marry her, but she sends ahead somewhere for an engagement ring or orders them to make the same ring that she needs; They're already calling out a cry, but no one is looking for them.
Go, grandmother, tell the king what you will do; “And I’ll help,” says Ivan Tsarevich.
At some point the old woman curled up, ran to the king and said:
Your Royal Majesty! I will make a wedding ring.
Do it, do it, grandma! We are glad to have such people,” says the king, “and if you don’t do it, then your head will be on the chopping block.”
The old woman got scared, came home, forces Ivan Tsarevich to make a ring, and Ivan Tsarevich sleeps, thinks little, the ring is ready. He jokes with the old woman, and the old woman shakes all over, cries, scolds him:
“Here you are,” he says, “on the sidelines, but you, a fool, have brought me to death.”
The old woman cried and cried and fell asleep.
Ivan Tsarevich got up early in the morning and woke up the old woman:
Get up, grandma, go and carry the ring, and be careful: don’t take more than one ducat for it. If they ask who made the ring, say: yourself; don't tell on me!
The old woman was delighted and took off the ring; The bride liked it.
This, he says, is what it should be!
I brought her a dish full of gold; she took only one chervonets. The king says:
Why, grandma, don’t you take enough?
Why do I need a lot, your royal majesty! When I need it, you give it to me.
The old woman said this and left.
Some time has passed - news is circulating that the bride is sending the groom for a wedding dress or orders him to sew the same one that she needs. The old woman managed to do this too (Ivan Tsarevich helped) and took off her wedding dress.
Then she took off the unsewn shoes, and took the chervonets one at a time and said: she makes these things herself.
People hear that the king has a wedding on such and such a day; We waited for that day. And Ivan Tsarevich punished the old woman:
Look, grandma, how the bride will be brought down the aisle, you tell me.
The old woman didn't miss a beat. Ivan Tsarevich immediately dressed in the royal dress, it goes out:
That's what I am, grandma!
The old woman is at his feet.
Father, I'm sorry, I scolded you!
God will forgive.
Comes to church. His brother was not there yet. He stood in line with the bride; they were married and taken to the palace.
On the road he came across the groom, his big brother, saw that the bride was being led with Ivan Tsarevich, and went back in shame.
The father was delighted with Ivan Tsarevich, learned about the cunning of the brothers and, as the wedding was celebrated, sent his older sons into exile, and made Ivan Tsarevich heir.
The tale of Ivan Tsarevich, who went to rescue his mother from the captivity of Koshchei the Bessmetny. Great strength, courage and luck helped Ivan find Koshchei’s death. And intelligence and cunning helped to stop the brothers’ cunning...
Koschey the Immortal read
In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a king; this king had three sons, all of them were of age. Only their mother was suddenly carried away by Koschey the Immortal.
The eldest son asks his father for his blessing to look for his mother. Father blessed; he left and disappeared without a trace.
The middle son waited and waited, also begged from his father, left, and this one disappeared without a trace.
The little son, Ivan Tsarevich, says to his father:
Father! Bless me to look for mother.
The father doesn’t let me in, he says:
There are no brothers, and you too will leave: I will die from the cliff!
No, father, if you bless me, I’ll go, and if you don’t bless me, I’ll go.
Father blessed.
Ivan Tsarevich went to choose a horse for himself; on whomever he lays his hand, he will fall; couldn’t choose a horse, walked along the road through the city, hung his head. The old woman came out of nowhere and asked:
What, Ivan Tsarevich, hung his head?
Go away, old woman! I’ll put it on your hand and slap it with the other - it’ll be wet.
The old woman ran around another alley, came towards me again, and said:
Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! Why did you hang your head?
He thinks: “Why is the old woman asking me? Will she help me?
And he says to her:
Now, grandma, I can’t find a good horse for myself.
You fool, you’re tormented, but you can’t help the old woman! - the old woman answers. - Come with me.
She led him to the mountain and indicated the place:
Dig up this soil.
Ivan Tsarevich dug it up and saw a cast-iron board with twelve locks; He immediately tore off the locks and opened the doors, went underground: here a heroic horse was chained with twelve chains; He apparently heard the rider in himself, neighed, began to thrash, and broke all twelve chains.
Ivan Tsarevich put on heroic armor, put a bridle and a Cherkassy saddle on his horse, gave the old woman money and said:
Bless and farewell, grandma!
I sat down and drove off.
I drove for a long time, finally reached the mountain; It’s a huge mountain, steep, and there’s no way to climb it. Here his brothers ride near the mountain; we said hello and drove off together; they reach a cast-iron stone of one and a half hundred pounds, on the stone there is an inscription: whoever throws this stone on the mountain will be the one to go.
The older brothers could not lift the stone, but Ivan Tsarevich threw it up the mountain in one fell swoop - and immediately a ladder appeared in the mountain.
He left the horse, sharpened his little finger into a glass of blood, gave it to his brothers and said:
If the blood in the glass turns black, don’t wait for me: that means I’ll die!
I said goodbye and left. Went up the mountain; what has he not seen enough of! There are all kinds of forests, all kinds of berries, all kinds of birds!
Ivan Tsarevich walked for a long time and reached the house: a huge house! The Tsar's daughter lived in it and was dragged away by Koshchei the Immortal.
Ivan Tsarevich walks around the fence, but does not see the doors. The Tsar's daughter saw the man, went out onto the balcony, and shouted to him:
Here, look, there is a gap in the fence, touch it with your little finger, and there will be doors.
And so it happened. Ivan Tsarevich entered the house. The girl received him, gave him food and drink and questioned him. He told her that he had gone to get his mother from Koshchei the Immortal. The girl says to him:
It will be difficult to get you a mother, Ivan Tsarevich! He is immortal - he will kill you. He often comes to see me... he has a sword worth five hundred pounds, will you pick it up? Then go!
Ivan Tsarevich not only raised the sword, but also threw it upward; he moved on himself.
Comes to another house; knows how to look for doors; entered the house, and there was his mother, they hugged and cried.
He tested his strength here too, throwing a ball of one and a half thousand pounds. The time comes to be Koshchei the Immortal; his mother hid it. Suddenly Koschey the Immortal enters the house and says:
Fu, fu! You can't hear a Russian bone, you can't see a Russian bone, but the Russian bone itself has come to the yard! Who did you have? Isn't it your son?
What are you, God bless you! I myself flew around Rus', picked up the Russian spirit, and that’s what you’re imagining,” answered Ivan Tsarevich’s mother. And she herself, with affectionate words, asks Koshchei the Immortal, asking this and that and saying:
Where is your death, Kosh the Immortal?
I have death,” he says, “in such and such a place; there is an oak tree, under the oak tree there is a box, in the box there is a hare, in the hare there is a duck, in the duck there is an egg, in the egg is my death.
Koschey the Immortal said this, stayed for a while and flew away.
The time has come - Tsarevich Ivan was blessed by his mother and went to the death of Kosh the Immortal.
He walks along the road for a long time, hasn’t had a drink, hasn’t eaten, he wants to eat until he dies and thinks: who would fall for this time! Suddenly - a wolf cub; he wants to kill him. The wolf jumps out of the hole and says:
Don't touch my brainchild; I'll be useful to you.
Be so!
“Wait,” he thinks, “I’ll eat here!” Loaded the gun, wants to shoot, the crow says:
Don't touch me, I'll be useful to you.
Ivan Tsarevich thought and released the crow.
The pike came out of nowhere and said:
Don’t touch my brainchild, Ivan Tsarevich, I will be useful to you.
He also released the little pike.
How to get through the sea? He sits on the shore and thinks; The pike seemed to know his thoughts and lay across the sea. Ivan Tsarevich walked across it as if across a bridge; reaches the oak tree where Koshchei the Immortal died, took out a box, opened it - the hare jumped out and ran. Where can you keep a hare?
Ivan Tsarevich was afraid that he had let the hare go, became thoughtful, and the wolf, which he did not kill, rushed after the hare, caught it and carried it to Ivan Tsarevich. He was delighted, grabbed the hare, tore it open and somehow became timid: the duck fluttered and flew. He shot and shot and missed! I thought about it again.
Out of nowhere a crow came with its crows and went after the duck, caught the duck and brought it to Tsarevich Ivan. The prince was delighted, took out the egg, went, reached the sea, began to wash the egg, and dropped it into the water. How to get it out of the sea? Immeasurable depth! The prince began to spin again.
Suddenly the sea shook - and the pike brought him an egg, then lay down across the sea. Ivan Tsarevich walked along it and went to his mother; comes, said hello, and she hid him again.
At that time Koschey the Immortal arrived and said:
Fu, fu! You can't hear a Russian bone, you can't see it, but here it brings Russia!
What are you doing, Kosh? “I have no one,” answered Ivan Tsarevich’s mother.
Koschey says again:
I can't do something!
And Ivan Tsarevich squeezed the testicle: Koshchei the Immortal was offended by this. Finally, Tsarevich Ivan came out, showed the egg and said:
Here, Koschey the Immortal, is your death!
He knelt down opposite him and said:
Don’t hit me, Ivan Tsarevich, let’s live together; the whole world will be conquered by us.
Ivan Tsarevich was not seduced by his words, crushed the testicle - and Koschey the Immortal died.
They, Ivan Tsarevich and his mother, took what they needed and went to their native side; On the way, they went to pick up the Tsar’s daughter, whom Ivan Tsarevich had visited, and took her with them; They went further and reached the mountain, where Tsarevich Ivan’s brothers were all waiting. The girl says:
Ivan Tsarevich! Come back to my house; I forgot my wedding dress, diamond ring and unstitched shoes.
Meanwhile, he sent down the mother and the king’s daughter, with whom they agreed to get married at home; the brothers accepted them, took the descent and cut it so that Ivan Tsarevich could not go down, the mother and the girl were somehow persuaded by threats so that they would not talk about Ivan Tsarevich at home. Arrived in your kingdom; the father was delighted with his children and wife, but was only sad about Ivan Tsarevich.
And Ivan Tsarevich returned to his bride’s house, took the engagement ring, wedding dress and unstitched shoes; comes to the mountain, throws a ring from hand to hand. Twelve young men appeared and asked:
What do you want?
Take me off this mountain.
The fellows immediately lowered him. Ivan Tsarevich put on the ring - they were gone; went to his kingdom, came to the city where his father and brothers lived, stopped with an old woman and asked:
What, grandmother, is new in your kingdom?
Why, child! Here our queen was captured by Koshchei the Immortal; Three sons were looking for her, two found her and returned, but the third, Ivan Tsarevich, was not there, and they did not know where. The king complains about him. And these princes and their mother brought some kind of royal daughter, the Bolshak wants to marry her, but she sends ahead somewhere for an engagement ring or orders them to make the same ring that she needs; They're already calling out a cry, but no one is looking for them.
Go, grandmother, tell the king what you will do; “And I’ll help,” says Ivan Tsarevich.
The old woman ran to the king and said:
Your Royal Majesty! I will make a wedding ring.
Do it, do it, grandma! We are glad to have such people,” says the king, “and if you don’t do it, then your head will be on the chopping block.”
The old woman got scared, came home, forces Ivan Tsarevich to make a ring, and Ivan Tsarevich sleeps, thinks little, the ring is ready. He jokes with the old woman, and the old woman shakes all over, cries, scolds him:
“Here you are,” he says, “on the sidelines, but you, a fool, have brought me to death.”
The old woman cried and cried and fell asleep.
Ivan Tsarevich got up early in the morning and woke up the old woman:
Get up, grandma, go and carry the ring, and be careful: don’t take more than one ducat for it. If they ask who made the ring, say: yourself; don't tell on me!
The old woman was delighted and took off the ring; The bride liked it.
This, he says, is what it should be!
I brought her a dish full of gold; she took only one chervonets. The king says:
Why, grandma, don’t you take enough?
Why do I need a lot, your royal majesty! When I need it, you give it to me.
The old woman said this and left.
Some time has passed - news is circulating that the bride is sending the groom for a wedding dress or orders him to sew the same one that she needs. The old woman managed to do this too (Ivan Tsarevich helped) and took off her wedding dress.
Then she took off the unsewn shoes, and took the chervonets one at a time and said: she makes these things herself.
People hear that the king has a wedding on such and such a day; We waited for that day. And Ivan Tsarevich punished the old woman:
Look, grandma, how the bride will be brought down the aisle, you tell me.
The old woman didn't miss a beat. Ivan Tsarevich immediately dressed in the royal dress, it goes out:
That's what I am, grandma!
The old woman is at his feet.
Father, I'm sorry, I scolded you!
God will forgive.
Comes to church. His brother was not there yet. He stood in line with the bride; they were married and taken to the palace.
On the road he came across the groom, his big brother, saw that the bride was being led with Ivan Tsarevich, and went back in shame.
The father was delighted with Ivan Tsarevich, learned about the cunning of the brothers and, as the wedding was celebrated, sent his older sons into exile, and made Ivan Tsarevich heir.
(Afanasyev, vol. 1, recorded in the Shchadrinsky district of the Perm province, ill. V. Sluzhaev)
In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a king; this king had three sons, all of them were of age. Only their mother was suddenly carried away by Kosh the Immortal.
The eldest son asks his father for his blessing to look for his mother. Father blessed; he left and disappeared without a trace.
The middle son waited and waited, also begged his father, left, and he disappeared without a trace.
The little son, Ivan Tsarevich, says to his father:
Father! Bless me to look for mother. The father doesn’t let me in, he says:
There are no brothers, and you too will leave: I will die from the cliff!
No, father, if you bless me, I’ll go, and if you don’t bless me, I’ll go.
Father blessed.
Ivan Tsarevich went to choose a horse for himself; on whomever he lays his hand, he will fall; couldn’t choose a horse, walked along the road through the city, hung his head. The old woman came out of nowhere and asked:
What, Ivan Tsarevich, hung his head?
Go away, old woman! I’ll put it on your hand and slap it with the other, it’ll be wet.
The old woman ran around another alley, came towards me again, and said:
Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! Why did you hang your head? He thinks: “Why is the old woman asking me?
Will she help me? And he says to her:
Now, grandma, I can’t find a good horse for myself.
You’re a fool, you’re tormented, but you don’t bother the old woman!” the old woman answers. “Come with me.”
She led him to the mountain and indicated the place:
Dig up this soil.
Ivan Tsarevich dug it up and saw a cast-iron board with twelve locks; He immediately tore off the locks and opened the doors, went underground: here a heroic horse was chained with twelve chains; He apparently heard the rider in himself, neighed, began to thrash, and broke all twelve chains.
Ivan Tsarevich put on heroic armor, put a bridle and a Cherkassy saddle on his horse, gave the old woman money and said:
Bless and farewell, grandma! I sat down and drove off.
I drove for a long time, finally reached the mountain; It’s a huge mountain, steep, and there’s no way to climb it. Here his brothers ride near the mountain; we said hello and drove off together; they reach a cast-iron stone of one and a half hundred pounds, on the stone there is an inscription: whoever throws this stone on the mountain will be the one to go.
The older brothers could not lift the stone, but Ivan Tsarevich threw it up the mountain in one fell swoop - and immediately a ladder appeared in the mountain.
He left the horse, sharpened his little finger into a glass of blood, gave it to his brothers and said:
If the blood in the glass turns black, don’t get along with me: that means I’ll die!
I said goodbye and left. Went up the mountain; what has he not seen enough of! There are all kinds of forests, all kinds of berries, all kinds of birds!
Ivan Tsarevich walked for a long time and reached the house: a huge house! The king's daughter lived in it and was dragged away by Kosh the Immortal.
Ivan Tsarevich walks around the fence, but does not see the doors. The Tsar's daughter saw the man, went out onto the balcony, and shouted to him:
Here, look, there is a gap in the fence, touch it with your little finger, and there will be doors.
And so it happened. Ivan Tsarevich entered the house. The girl received him, gave him food and drink and questioned him. He told her that he had gone to get his mother from Kosh the Immortal. The girl says to him:
It’s difficult to reach your mother, Ivan Tsarevich! He is immortal - he will kill you. He often comes to see me... he has a sword worth five hundred pounds, will you pick it up? Then go!
Ivan Tsarevich not only raised the sword, but also threw it upward; he moved on himself.
Comes to another house; knows how to look for doors; entered the house, and there was his mother, they hugged and cried.
He tested his strength here too, throwing a ball of one and a half thousand pounds. The time comes for Kosh the Immortal to be; his mother hid it. Suddenly Kosh the Immortal enters the house and says:
Fu, fu! You can't hear a Russian braid, you can't see a Russian braid, but the Russian braid itself has come to the yard! Who did you have? Isn't it your son?
What are you, God bless you! I flew around Rus' myself, picked up the Russian spirit, and that’s what you’re imagining,” answered Ivan Tsarevich’s mother. And she herself, with affectionate words, asks Kosh the Immortal, asking this or that and saying:
Where is your death, Kosh the Immortal?
“I have death,” he says, “in such and such a place; there is an oak tree, under the oak tree there is a box, in the box there is a hare, in the hare there is a duck, in the duck there is an egg, in the egg is my death.
Kosh the Immortal said this, stayed a little and flew away.
The time has come - Tsarevich Ivan was blessed by his mother and went to the death of Kosh the Immortal.
He walks along the road for a long time, hasn’t had a drink, hasn’t eaten, he wants to eat until he dies and thinks: who would fall for this time! Suddenly - a wolf cub; he wants to kill him. The wolf jumps out of the hole and says:
Don't touch my brainchild; I'll be useful to you.
Be so!
“Wait,” he thinks, “I’ll eat here!” Loaded the gun, wants to shoot, the crow says:
Don't touch me, I'll be useful to you. Ivan Tsarevich thought and released the crow. He goes further, reaches the sea, stops at
shore. At this time, a little pike suddenly took off and fell ashore, he grabbed it, he was dying to eat and thought: “Now we’ll eat!”
The pike came out of nowhere and said:
Don’t touch my brainchild, Ivan Tsarevich, I will be useful to you.
He also released the little pike.
How to get through the sea? He sits on the shore and thinks; The pike knew his thoughts exactly and lay across the sea. Ivan Tsarevich walked across it as if across a bridge; reaches the oak tree where Kosh the Immortal died, took out the box, opened it - the hare jumped out and ran. Where can you keep a hare?
Ivan Tsarevich was afraid that he had let the hare go, became thoughtful, and the wolf, which he did not kill, rushed after the hare, caught it and carried it to Ivan Tsarevich. He is delighted
he jumped up, grabbed the hare, tore it open and somehow became timid: the duck fluttered and flew. He shot, shot, missed! I thought about it again.
Out of nowhere a crow came with its crows and went after the duck, caught the duck and brought it to Tsarevich Ivan. The prince was delighted, took out the egg, went, reached the sea, began to wash the egg, and dropped it into the water. How to get it out of the sea? Immeasurable depth! The prince began to spin again.
Suddenly the sea shook - and the pike brought him an egg, then lay down across the sea. Ivan Tsarevich walked along it and went to his mother; comes, said hello, and she hid him again.
At that time Kosh the Immortal arrived and said:
Fu, fu! You can't even hear a Russian braid, you can't see it, but here it carries Russia!
What are you doing, Kosh? “I have no one,” answered Ivan Tsarevich’s mother.
Kosh says again:
I can't do something!
And Ivan Tsarevich squeezed the testicle: The Immortal’s cat was offended by this. Finally, Tsarevich Ivan came out, showed the egg and said:
Here, Kosh the Immortal, is your death! He kneels opposite him and says:
Don’t hit me, Ivan Tsarevich, let’s live together; the whole world will be conquered by us.
Ivan Tsarevich was not seduced by his words, crushed the testicle, and Kosh the Immortal died.
They, Ivan Tsarevich and his mother, took what they needed and went to their homeland; On the way, they stopped by for the Tsar’s daughter, to whom Ivan Tsarevich had gone ahead, and took her with them; They went further and reached the mountain, where Tsarevich Ivan’s brothers were all waiting. The girl says:
Ivan Tsarevich! Come back to my house; I forgot my wedding dress, diamond ring and unstitched shoes.
Meanwhile, he sent down the mother and the king’s daughter, with whom they agreed to get married at home; the brothers accepted them, took the descent and cut it so that Ivan Tsarevich could not go down, the mother and the girl were somehow persuaded by threats so that they would not talk about Ivan Tsarevich at home. Arrived in your kingdom; the father was delighted with his children and wife, but was only sad about Ivan Tsarevich.
And Ivan Tsarevich returned to his bride’s house, took the engagement ring, the wedding dress and unstitched shoes; comes to the mountain, throws a ring from hand to hand. Twelve young men appeared and asked:
What do you want?
Take me off this mountain. The fellows immediately lowered him. Ivan Tsarevich put on
ring - they were gone; went to his kingdom, came to the city where his father and brothers lived, stopped with an old woman and asked:
What, grandma, is new in your kingdom?
Why, child! Here our queen was captured by Copt the Immortal; Three sons were looking for her, two found her and returned, but the third, Ivan Tsarevich, was not there, and they did not know where. The king complains about him. And these princes and their mother brought some tsar’s daughter, the Bolshak wants to marry her, but she sends ahead somewhere for an engagement ring or orders them to make the same ring that she needs; They're already calling out a cry, but no one is looking for them.
Go, grandma, tell the king what you will do; “And I’ll help,” says Ivan Tsarevich.
At some point the old woman curled up, ran to the king and said:
Your Royal Majesty! I will make a wedding ring.
Do it, do it, grandma! We are glad to have such people,” says the king, “and if you don’t do it, then your head will be on the chopping block.”
The old woman got scared, came home, forces Ivan Tsarevich to make a ring, and Ivan Tsarevich sleeps, thinks little, the ring is ready. He jokes with the old woman, and the old woman shakes all over, cries, scolds him:
“Here you are,” he says, “on the sidelines, but you, a fool, have brought me to death.”
The old woman cried and cried and fell asleep. Ivan Tsarevich got up early in the morning and woke up the old woman:
Get up, grandma, go and carry the ring, and be careful: don’t take more than one ducat for it. If they ask who made the ring, say: yourself; don't tell on me!
The old woman was delighted and took off the ring; The bride liked it.
This is how it should be, he says!
I brought her a dish full of gold; she took only one chervonets. The king says:
What, grandma, don’t you take enough?
Why do I need a lot, Your Royal Majesty! When I need it, you give it to me.
The old woman said this and left.
How much time has passed there - the news is that the bride is sending the groom for a wedding dress or orders him to sew the same one that she needs. The old woman managed to do this too (Ivan Tsarevich helped) and took off her wedding dress.
Then she took off the unsewn shoes, and took the chervonets one at a time and said: she makes these things herself.
People hear that the king has a wedding on such and such a day; We waited for that day. And Tsarevich Ivan ordered the old woman:
Look, grandma, how the bride will be brought down the aisle, you tell me.
The old woman didn't miss a beat. Ivan Tsarevich immediately dressed in the royal dress, it goes out:
That's who I am, grandma! The old woman is at his feet.
Father, I'm sorry, I scolded you! I- God will forgive.
Comes to church. His brother was not there yet. He stood in line with the bride; they were married and taken to the palace.
On the road he comes across a groom - his big brother, he saw that the bride was being led with Ivan Tsarevich, go back in shame.
The father was delighted with Ivan Tsarevich, learned about the cunning of the brothers and, as the wedding was celebrated, sent his older sons into exile, and made Ivan Tsarevich heir.
In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a king; this king had three sons, all of them were of age. Only their mother was suddenly carried away by Kosh the Immortal.
The eldest son asks his father for his blessing to look for his mother. Father blessed; he left and disappeared without a trace.
The middle son waited and waited, also begged his father, left, and he disappeared without a trace.
The little son, Ivan Tsarevich, says to his father:
Father! Bless me to look for mother. The father doesn’t let me in, he says:
There are no brothers, and you too will leave: I will die from the cliff!
No, father, if you bless me, I’ll go, and if you don’t bless me, I’ll go.
Father blessed.
Ivan Tsarevich went to choose a horse for himself; on whomever he lays his hand, he will fall; couldn’t choose a horse, walked along the road through the city, hung his head. The old woman came out of nowhere and asked:
What, Ivan Tsarevich, hung his head?
Go away, old woman! I’ll put it on your hand and slap it with the other, it’ll be wet.
The old woman ran around another alley, came towards me again, and said:
Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! Why did you hang your head? He thinks: “Why is the old woman asking me?
Will she help me? And he says to her:
Now, grandma, I can’t find a good horse for myself.
You’re a fool, you’re tormented, but you don’t bother the old woman!” the old woman answers. “Come with me.”
She led him to the mountain and indicated the place:
Dig up this soil.
Ivan Tsarevich dug it up and saw a cast-iron board with twelve locks; He immediately tore off the locks and opened the doors, went underground: here a heroic horse was chained with twelve chains; He apparently heard the rider in himself, neighed, began to thrash, and broke all twelve chains.
Ivan Tsarevich put on heroic armor, put a bridle and a Cherkassy saddle on his horse, gave the old woman money and said:
Bless and farewell, grandma! I sat down and drove off.
I drove for a long time, finally reached the mountain; It’s a huge mountain, steep, and there’s no way to climb it. Here his brothers ride near the mountain; we said hello and drove off together; they reach a cast-iron stone of one and a half hundred pounds, on the stone there is an inscription: whoever throws this stone on the mountain will be the one to go.
The older brothers could not lift the stone, but Ivan Tsarevich threw it up the mountain in one fell swoop - and immediately a ladder appeared in the mountain.
He left the horse, sharpened his little finger into a glass of blood, gave it to his brothers and said:
If the blood in the glass turns black, don’t get along with me: that means I’ll die!
I said goodbye and left. Went up the mountain; what has he not seen enough of! There are all kinds of forests, all kinds of berries, all kinds of birds!
Ivan Tsarevich walked for a long time and reached the house: a huge house! The king's daughter lived in it and was dragged away by Kosh the Immortal.
Ivan Tsarevich walks around the fence, but does not see the doors. The Tsar's daughter saw the man, went out onto the balcony, and shouted to him:
Here, look, there is a gap in the fence, touch it with your little finger, and there will be doors.
And so it happened. Ivan Tsarevich entered the house. The girl received him, gave him food and drink and questioned him. He told her that he had gone to get his mother from Kosh the Immortal. The girl says to him:
It’s difficult to reach your mother, Ivan Tsarevich! He is immortal - he will kill you. He often comes to see me... he has a sword worth five hundred pounds, will you pick it up? Then go!
Ivan Tsarevich not only raised the sword, but also threw it upward; he moved on himself.
Comes to another house; knows how to look for doors; entered the house, and there was his mother, they hugged and cried.
He tested his strength here too, throwing a ball of one and a half thousand pounds. The time comes for Kosh the Immortal to be; his mother hid it. Suddenly Kosh the Immortal enters the house and says:
Fu, fu! You can't hear a Russian braid, you can't see a Russian braid, but the Russian braid itself has come to the yard! Who did you have? Isn't it your son?
What are you, God bless you! I flew around Rus' myself, picked up the Russian spirit, and that’s what you’re imagining,” answered Ivan Tsarevich’s mother. And she herself, with affectionate words, asks Kosh the Immortal, asking this or that and saying:
Where is your death, Kosh the Immortal?
“I have death,” he says, “in such and such a place; there is an oak tree, under the oak tree there is a box, in the box there is a hare, in the hare there is a duck, in the duck there is an egg, in the egg is my death.
Kosh the Immortal said this, stayed a little and flew away.
The time has come - Tsarevich Ivan was blessed by his mother and went to the death of Kosh the Immortal.
He walks along the road for a long time, hasn’t had a drink, hasn’t eaten, he wants to eat until he dies and thinks: who would fall for this time! Suddenly - a wolf cub; he wants to kill him. The wolf jumps out of the hole and says:
Don't touch my brainchild; I'll be useful to you.
Be so!
“Wait,” he thinks, “I’ll eat here!” Loaded the gun, wants to shoot, the crow says:
Don't touch me, I'll be useful to you. Ivan Tsarevich thought and released the crow. He goes further, reaches the sea, stops at
shore. At this time, a little pike suddenly took off and fell ashore, he grabbed it, he was dying to eat and thought: “Now we’ll eat!”
The pike came out of nowhere and said:
Don’t touch my brainchild, Ivan Tsarevich, I will be useful to you.
He also released the little pike.
How to get through the sea? He sits on the shore and thinks; The pike knew his thoughts exactly and lay across the sea. Ivan Tsarevich walked across it as if across a bridge; reaches the oak tree where Kosh the Immortal died, took out the box, opened it - the hare jumped out and ran. Where can you keep a hare?
Ivan Tsarevich was afraid that he had let the hare go, became thoughtful, and the wolf, which he did not kill, rushed after the hare, caught it and carried it to Ivan Tsarevich. He is delighted
he jumped up, grabbed the hare, tore it open and somehow became timid: the duck fluttered and flew. He shot, shot, missed! I thought about it again.
Out of nowhere a crow came with its crows and went after the duck, caught the duck and brought it to Tsarevich Ivan. The prince was delighted, took out the egg, went, reached the sea, began to wash the egg, and dropped it into the water. How to get it out of the sea? Immeasurable depth! The prince began to spin again.
Suddenly the sea shook - and the pike brought him an egg, then lay down across the sea. Ivan Tsarevich walked along it and went to his mother; comes, said hello, and she hid him again.
At that time Kosh the Immortal arrived and said:
Fu, fu! You can't even hear a Russian braid, you can't see it, but here it carries Russia!
What are you doing, Kosh? “I have no one,” answered Ivan Tsarevich’s mother.
Kosh says again:
I can't do something!
And Ivan Tsarevich squeezed the testicle: The Immortal’s cat was offended by this. Finally, Tsarevich Ivan came out, showed the egg and said:
Here, Kosh the Immortal, is your death! He kneels opposite him and says:
Don’t hit me, Ivan Tsarevich, let’s live together; the whole world will be conquered by us.
Ivan Tsarevich was not seduced by his words, crushed the testicle, and Kosh the Immortal died.
They, Ivan Tsarevich and his mother, took what they needed and went to their homeland; On the way, they stopped by for the Tsar’s daughter, to whom Ivan Tsarevich had gone ahead, and took her with them; They went further and reached the mountain, where Tsarevich Ivan’s brothers were all waiting. The girl says:
Ivan Tsarevich! Come back to my house; I forgot my wedding dress, diamond ring and unstitched shoes.
Meanwhile, he sent down the mother and the king’s daughter, with whom they agreed to get married at home; the brothers accepted them, took the descent and cut it so that Ivan Tsarevich could not go down, the mother and the girl were somehow persuaded by threats so that they would not talk about Ivan Tsarevich at home. Arrived in your kingdom; the father was delighted with his children and wife, but was only sad about Ivan Tsarevich.
And Ivan Tsarevich returned to his bride’s house, took the engagement ring, the wedding dress and unstitched shoes; comes to the mountain, throws a ring from hand to hand. Twelve young men appeared and asked:
What do you want?
Take me off this mountain. The fellows immediately lowered him. Ivan Tsarevich put on
ring - they were gone; went to his kingdom, came to the city where his father and brothers lived, stopped with an old woman and asked:
What, grandma, is new in your kingdom?
Why, child! Here our queen was captured by Copt the Immortal; Three sons were looking for her, two found her and returned, but the third, Ivan Tsarevich, was not there, and they did not know where. The king complains about him. And these princes and their mother brought some tsar’s daughter, the Bolshak wants to marry her, but she sends ahead somewhere for an engagement ring or orders them to make the same ring that she needs; They're already calling out a cry, but no one is looking for them.
Go, grandma, tell the king what you will do; “And I’ll help,” says Ivan Tsarevich.
At some point the old woman curled up, ran to the king and said:
Your Royal Majesty! I will make a wedding ring.
Do it, do it, grandma! We are glad to have such people,” says the king, “and if you don’t do it, then your head will be on the chopping block.”
The old woman got scared, came home, forces Ivan Tsarevich to make a ring, and Ivan Tsarevich sleeps, thinks little, the ring is ready. He jokes with the old woman, and the old woman shakes all over, cries, scolds him:
“Here you are,” he says, “on the sidelines, but you, a fool, have brought me to death.”
The old woman cried and cried and fell asleep. Ivan Tsarevich got up early in the morning and woke up the old woman:
Get up, grandma, go and carry the ring, and be careful: don’t take more than one ducat for it. If they ask who made the ring, say: yourself; don't tell on me!
The old woman was delighted and took off the ring; The bride liked it.
This is how it should be, he says!
I brought her a dish full of gold; she took only one chervonets. The king says:
What, grandma, don’t you take enough?
Why do I need a lot, Your Royal Majesty! When I need it, you give it to me.
The old woman said this and left.
How much time has passed there - the news is that the bride is sending the groom for a wedding dress or orders him to sew the same one that she needs. The old woman managed to do this too (Ivan Tsarevich helped) and took off her wedding dress.
Then she took off the unsewn shoes, and took the chervonets one at a time and said: she makes these things herself.
People hear that the king has a wedding on such and such a day; We waited for that day. And Tsarevich Ivan ordered the old woman:
Look, grandma, how the bride will be brought down the aisle, you tell me.
The old woman didn't miss a beat. Ivan Tsarevich immediately dressed in the royal dress, it goes out:
That's who I am, grandma! The old woman is at his feet.
Father, I'm sorry, I scolded you! I- God will forgive.
Comes to church. His brother was not there yet. He stood in line with the bride; they were married and taken to the palace.
On the road he comes across a groom - his big brother, he saw that the bride was being led with Ivan Tsarevich, go back in shame.
The father was delighted with Ivan Tsarevich, learned about the cunning of the brothers and, as the wedding was celebrated, sent his older sons into exile, and made Ivan Tsarevich heir.