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Once upon a time there lived an old man who had three sons. The older ones took care of the housework, were smart and dapper, but the younger one, Ivan the Fool, was so-so - he loved to go to the forest to pick mushrooms, but at home he sat more and more on the stove.
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.
This old man was buried. Night comes, the big brother has to go to the grave, but he is either lazy or afraid, so he says to the younger brother:
- Vanya, replace me this night, go to your father’s grave. I'll buy you a gingerbread.
Ivan agreed, took some bread, and went to his father’s grave. He sat down and waited. At midnight the earth parted, the father rises from the grave and says:
- Who is here? Are you my greatest son? Tell me what is happening in Rus': are dogs barking, are wolves howling, or is my child crying?
Ivan answers:
The father ate bread and lay down in the grave. And Ivan headed home and picked mushrooms along the way. When his eldest son comes, he asks:
-Have you seen your father?
- Saw.
- Did he eat bread?
- Ate. I ate my fill.
The second night has arrived. The middle brother needs to go, but he is either lazy or afraid - he says:
- Vanya, go to your father for me. I'll weave bast shoes for you.
- OK.
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 is here? Are you my middle son? Tell me what is happening in Rus': are dogs barking, are wolves howling, or is my child crying?
Ivan answers:
- It's me, your son. But in Rus' everything is calm.
The father ate bread and lay down in the grave. And Ivan went home and picked mushrooms again on the way. The middle brother asks him:
– Did your father eat bread?
- Ate. I ate my fill.
On the third night it was Ivan’s turn to go. He said to the brothers:
- I walked for two nights. Now you go to your father’s grave, and I will rest.
The brothers answer him:
- What are you doing, Vanya, you became familiar there, you better go.
- OK.
Ivan took the bread and went. At midnight the earth parted, the father rose from the grave:
- Who is here? Are you my youngest son Vanya? Tell me what is happening in Rus': are dogs barking, are wolves howling, or is my child crying?
Ivan answers:
- Your son Vanya is here. But in Rus' everything is calm.
The father ate his fill of bread and said to him:
“You alone fulfilled my order, you were not afraid to visit 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 get into his right ear and get out of his left. You'll be a great guy. Get on your horse and ride.
Ivan took the bridle, thanked his father and went home, picking mushrooms again along the way. At home his brothers ask him:
-Have you seen your father?
- Saw.
- Did he eat bread?
“Father ate his fill and didn’t order anyone to come again.”
At this time, the king shouted a cry: all good fellows, single, unmarried, come to the royal court. His daughter, Incomparable Beauty, ordered to build herself a tower with twelve pillars, with twelve crowns. In this mansion she will sit on the very top and wait for someone to jump up to her and kiss her on the lips. For such a rider, no matter what his family, the king will give his daughter, Incomparable Beauty, as a wife, and half his kingdom in addition.
The Ivan brothers heard about this and said to each other:
- Let's try our luck.
So they fed the good horses oats, took them out, dressed themselves cleanly, and 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, baked goods! Better go into the forest to pick mushrooms, there’s no point in making people laugh.
The brothers mounted their good horses, shook their hats, whistled, whooped - only a column of dust. And Ivan took the bridle and went into an open field. He went out into an open field and shouted, as his father taught him:
Out of nowhere the horse runs, the earth trembles, flames burst from its nostrils, and smoke pours out of its ears. He stood rooted to the spot and asked:
- What do you want?
Ivan stroked the horse, bridled it, got into his right ear, and out of his left ear and became such a fine fellow that he couldn’t even think of it, guess it, or write it with a pen. He mounted his horse and rode to the royal court. Sivka the Burka runs, the earth trembles, covers the mountains and valleys with her tail, and lets tree stumps run between her legs.
Ivan arrives at the royal court, and there are apparently and invisible people there. In a high mansion with twelve pillars and twelve crowns, at the very top in the window sits the princess Incomparable Beauty.
The king came out onto the porch and said:
“Which one of you, good fellows, can gallop on horseback to the window and kiss my daughter on the lips, to him I will give her in marriage and half the kingdom into the bargain.”
Then the good fellows began to gallop. It’s high up there, it’s impossible to reach! Ivanov's brothers tried, but didn't make it to the middle. It was Ivan's turn.
He dispersed Sivka-burka, whooped, gasped, and jumped - but he didn’t get two crowns. It flew up again, scattered another time - it didn’t get one of the crowns. He spun around again, spun around, got the horse hot and galloped - like fire, he flew past the window, kissed the princess Incomparable Beauty on the sugary lips, and the princess hit him on the forehead with a ring and put a seal on him.
Then all the people shouted:
- Hold him, hold him!
And there was no trace of him. Ivan galloped into an open field, climbed into Sivka-burka’s left ear, and came out of his right ear and became Ivan the Fool again. He let the horse go and went home, picking mushrooms along the way. He tied a rag around his forehead, climbed onto the stove and lay there.
His brothers arrive and tell him where they were and what they saw.
“They were good fellows, and one of them was better than all of them – he kissed the princess on the mouth while flying away on horseback.” They saw where they came from, but did not see where they went.
Ivan sits at the pipe and says:
- Wasn’t it me?
The brothers were angry with him:
- Fool - stupid and yelling! Sit on the stove and eat your mushrooms.
Ivan slowly untied the rag on his forehead, where the princess hit him with the ring - the hut was illuminated with fire. The brothers got scared and shouted:
- What are you doing, fool? You'll burn the hut!
The next day, the king invites all the boyars and princes, and ordinary people, both rich and poor, both old and small, to his feast.
Ivan's brothers began to gather for a feast with the Tsar. Ivan tells them:
- Take me with you!
- How can you, fool, make people laugh! Sit on the stove and eat your mushrooms.
The brothers mounted good horses and rode off, and Ivan went on foot. He comes to the king for a feast and sits in the far corner. Princess Incomparable Beauty began to make the rounds of the guests. He brings the cup of honey and looks to see who has the seal on his forehead.
She walked around all the guests, approached Ivan, and her heart sank. I looked at him - he was covered in soot, his hair stood on end.
Princess Incomparable Beauty began to ask him:
- Whose are you? Where? Why did you tie your forehead?
- I hurt myself.
The princess untied his forehead - suddenly there was light throughout the entire palace. She screamed:
- This is my seal! That's where my betrothed is!
The king comes up and says:
- What a betrothed he is! He is bad, covered in soot.
Ivan says to the king:
- Let me wash my face.
The king allowed it. Ivan went out into the yard and shouted, as his father taught:
- Sivka-burka, prophetic kaurka, stand in front of me like a leaf in front of the grass!
Out of nowhere the horse runs, the earth trembles, flames burst from its nostrils, and smoke pours out of its ears. Ivan climbed into his right ear, came out of his left and again became such a fine fellow that he could neither think of it, nor guess, nor write with a pen. All the people gasped.
The conversations here were short: a merry feast and a wedding.
The old man had three sons: two were smart, and the third, Ivanushka, was a fool; day and night the fool lies on the stove.
The old man sowed wheat, and the wheat grew rich, but someone got into the habit of pounding and poisoning that wheat at night. So the old man says to the children:
My dear children, guard the wheat every night in turn, catch the thief for me.
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 the 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 the whole night in the hayloft.
On the third night it is the fool's turn to go. He took the lasso and went. He came to the boundary and sat down on a stone: he was sitting, not sleeping, waiting for the thief.
At midnight, a motley horse galloped into the wheat: one hair is golden, the other is silver, it runs - the earth trembles, smoke pours out of its ears, flames blaze from its nostrils. And that horse began to eat wheat: not so much eating as trampling.
The fool crept up to the horse on all fours and at once threw a lasso around his neck. The horse rushed with all his might - but that was not the case. The fool resisted, the lasso pressed his neck. And then the fool’s horse began to pray:
Let me go, Ivanushka, and I will do you a great service!
“Okay,” answers Ivanushka the Fool. - How will I find you then?
Go outside 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 the grass!” - I’ll be here.
Ivanushka the Fool released the horse and made him promise not to eat or trample any more wheat.
Ivanushka came home.
Well, you fool, have you seen it? - the brothers ask.
“I caught,” says Ivanushka, “a motley horse.” He promised not to go to the wheat field again - so I let him go.
The brothers laughed to their hearts' content at the fool, but from that night no one touched the wheat.
Soon after this, biryuchi (heralds) from the tsar began to walk through the villages and cities, calling out the cry: gather, boyars and nobles, merchants and townspeople and simple peasants, all to the tsar for a holiday for three days; take the best horses with you; and whoever on his horse reaches the princess's mansion and takes off the ring from the princess's hand, the king will give the princess in marriage.
Ivanushka’s brothers also began to gather for the holiday: not just to jump themselves, but at least to look at others. Ivanushka also asks to go with them.
Where are you going, fool! - say the brothers. - Do you want to scare people? Sit on the stove and pour out the ashes.
The brothers left, and Ivan the Fool took the basket and went to pick mushrooms. Ivanushka went out into the field, threw his basket, whistled three times and shouted:
The horse runs - the earth trembles, flames come out of its ears, smoke pours out of its nostrils. He came running and the horse stood rooted to the spot in front of Ivanushka.
Well,” he says, “get into my right ear, Ivanushka, and get out into my left.”
Ivanushka climbed into the horse’s right ear, and came out into the left - and became such a fine fellow that he couldn’t even think of it, guess it, or say it in a fairy tale.
Then Ivanushka mounted his horse and rode off to the Tsar for the holiday. He galloped to the square in front of the palace, he saw - the people were visible and invisible; and in a high mansion, by the window, the princess sits: on her hand is a ring - there is no price, she is the beauty of beauties. No one even thinks about jumping up to her: no one really wants to break their neck.
Here Ivanushka hit his horse on the steep hips, the horse became angry, jumped - only three crowns did not jump to the princess's window.
The people were surprised, and Ivanushka turned his horse and galloped back. His brothers did not quickly move aside, so he whipped them with a silk whip. The people shout: “Hold him, hold him!” - and Ivanushkin is already gone.
Ivan rode out of the city, got off his horse, climbed into his left ear, climbed out into his right ear and again became the same Ivan the Fool. Ivanushka released his horse, picked a basket of mushrooms and brought them home.
The brothers came home and told their father how they were in the city and what they saw, and Ivanushka lay on the stove and chuckled.
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, and barked:
Sivka-burka, prophetic kaurka! Stand before me like a leaf before the grass!
The horse came running and stood rooted to the spot in front of Ivanushka.
Ivan changed his clothes again and galloped to the square. He sees that there are even more people in the square than before; Everyone admires the princess, but no one thinks of jumping: who wants to break their neck! Here Ivanushka hit his horse on the steep hips, the horse became angry, jumped - and was only two crowns short of the princess’s window. Ivanushka turned his horse, whipped his brothers so that they would move aside, and galloped off.
The brothers come home, and Ivanushka is already lying on the stove, listening to what the brothers are saying, and chuckling.
On the third day, the brothers went to the holiday again, and Ivanushka also rode up. He lashed his horse with a whip. The horse became more angry than before: he jumped and reached the window.
Ivanushka kissed the princess and rode off, not forgetting to hit his brothers with a whip. At this point both the king and princess began to shout: “Hold him, hold him!” - and Ivanushkin disappeared without a trace.
Ivanushka came home - one hand was wrapped in a rag.
The brothers came and began to tell us what happened and how it happened. And Ivanushka on the stove wanted to look at the ring: when he lifted the rag, the whole hut lit up.
Stop fooling around with fire, fool! - the brothers shouted at him. “You’ll still burn the hut.” It's time to drive you out of the house completely, you fool!
Three days later, a cry comes from the king so that all the people, no matter how many are in his kingdom, gather at his place for a feast and that no one dares to stay at home, and whoever disdains the royal feast will have his head taken off his shoulders.
There is nothing to do here, the old man himself went to the feast with his whole family.
They arrived and sat down at the oak tables; They drink and eat, they chatter.
At the end of the feast, the princess began to pour honey from her hands to the guests. She walked around everyone and came up to Ivanushka, the last one; and the fool is wearing a thin dress, covered in soot, his hair is on end, one hand is tied with a dirty rag... just passion.
Why is your hand tied, good fellow? - asks the princess. - Untie it.
Ivanushka untied his hand, and on the princess’s finger, the ring shone on everyone.
Then the princess took the fool by the hand, led him to his father and said:
Here, father, is my betrothed.
The servants washed Ivanushka, combed his hair, dressed him in a royal dress, and he became such a fine man that his father and brothers looked at him and couldn’t believe their eyes.
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The adventure fairy tale for children tells about true friendships, that a true comrade will not let you down and will help you overcome any difficulties. Sivka-Burka's fairy tale, which you can read online on this page, will teach your little one that a truly smart person behaves modestly, does not show off his extraordinary abilities, and thus achieves brilliant results. The narrative is replete with repeating motifs that will help the child enrich his vocabulary and structural structure of speech. The events of this children's fairy tale change dynamically - the child simply will not be able to tear himself away from the bright adventure plot.The old man had three sons: two were smart, and the third, Ivanushka, was a fool; day and night the fool lies on the stove.
The old man sowed wheat, and the wheat grew rich, but someone got into the habit of pounding and poisoning that wheat at night. So the old man says to the children:
My dear children, guard the wheat every night in turn, catch the thief for me.
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 the 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 the whole night in the hayloft.
On the third night it is the fool's turn to go. He took the lasso and went. He came to the boundary and sat down on a stone: he was sitting, not sleeping, waiting for the thief.
At midnight, a motley horse galloped into the wheat: one hair is golden, the other is silver, it runs - the earth trembles, smoke pours out of its ears, flames blaze from its nostrils. And that horse began to eat wheat: not so much eating as trampling.
The fool crept up to the horse on all fours and at once threw a lasso around his neck. The horse rushed with all his might - but that was not the case. The fool resisted, the lasso pressed his neck. And then the fool’s horse began to pray:
Let me go, Ivanushka, and I will do you a great service!
“Okay,” answers Ivanushka the Fool. - How will I find you then?
Go outside 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 the grass!” - I’ll be here.
Ivanushka the Fool released the horse and made him promise not to eat or trample any more wheat.
Ivanushka came home.
Well, you fool, have you seen it? - the brothers ask.
“I caught,” says Ivanushka, “a motley horse.” He promised not to go to the wheat field again - so I let him go.
The brothers laughed to their hearts' content at the fool, but from that night no one touched the wheat.
Soon after this, biryuchi (heralds) from the tsar began to walk through the villages and cities, calling out the cry: gather, boyars and nobles, merchants and townspeople and simple peasants, all to the tsar for a holiday for three days; take the best horses with you; and whoever on his horse reaches the princess's mansion and takes off the ring from the princess's hand, the king will give the princess in marriage.
Ivanushka’s brothers also began to gather for the holiday: not just to jump themselves, but at least to look at others. Ivanushka also asks to go with them.
Where are you going, fool! - say the brothers. - Do you want to scare people? Sit on the stove and pour out the ashes.
The brothers left, and Ivan the Fool took a basket from his daughters-in-law and went to pick mushrooms. Ivanushka went out into the field, threw his basket, whistled three times and shouted:
The horse runs - the earth trembles, flames come out of its ears, smoke pours out of its nostrils. He came running and the horse stood rooted to the spot in front of Ivanushka.
Well,” he says, “get into my right ear, Ivanushka, and get out into my left.”
Ivanushka climbed into the horse's right ear, and came out into the left - and became such a fine fellow that he could not even think of it, guess it, or say it in a fairy tale.
Then Ivanushka mounted his horse and rode off to the Tsar for the holiday. He galloped to the square in front of the palace, he saw - the people were visible and invisible; and in a high mansion, by the window, the princess sits: on her hand is a ring - there is no price, she is the beauty of beauties. No one even thinks about jumping up to her: no one really wants to break their neck.
Here Ivanushka hit his horse on the steep hips, the horse became angry, jumped - only three crowns did not reach the princess’s window.
The people were surprised, and Ivanushka turned his horse and galloped back. His brothers did not quickly move aside, so he whipped them with a silk whip. The people shout: “Hold him, hold him!” - and Ivanushkin is already gone.
Ivan rode out of the city, got off his horse, climbed into his left ear, climbed out into his right ear and again became the same Ivan the Fool. Ivanushka released the horse, picked up a basket of fly agarics and brought it home.
Here are some fungi for you, hostesses, he says.
The daughters-in-law got angry with Ivan:
What kind of mushrooms did you bring, fool? Are you the only one who eats them?
Ivan grinned and climbed onto the stove again.
The brothers came home and told their father how they were in the city and what they saw, and Ivanushka lay on the stove and chuckled.
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, and barked:
Sivka-burka, prophetic kaurka! Stand before me like a leaf before the grass!
The horse came running and stood rooted to the spot in front of Ivanushka.
Ivan changed his clothes again and galloped to the square. He sees that there are even more people in the square than before; Everyone admires the princess, but no one thinks of jumping: who wants to break their neck! Here Ivanushka hit his horse on the steep hips, the horse became angry, jumped - and was only two crowns short of the princess’s window. Ivanushka turned his horse, whipped his brothers so that they would move aside, and galloped off.
The brothers come home, and Ivanushka is already lying on the stove, listening to what the brothers are saying, and chuckling.
On the third day, the brothers went to the holiday again, and Ivanushka also rode up. He lashed his horse with a whip. The horse became more angry than before: he jumped and reached the window. Ivanushka kissed the princess and rode off, not forgetting to hit his brothers with a whip. At this point both the king and princess began to shout: “Hold him, hold him!” - and Ivanushkin disappeared without a trace.
Ivanushka came home - one hand was wrapped in a rag.
What do you have? - Ivan’s daughters-in-law ask.
Well, he says, while looking for mushrooms, he pricked himself on a twig. - And Ivan climbed onto the stove.
The brothers came and began to tell us what happened and how it happened. And Ivanushka on the stove wanted to look at the ring: when he lifted the rag, the whole hut lit up.
Stop fooling around with fire, fool! - the brothers shouted at him. “You’ll still burn the hut.” It's time to drive you out of the house completely, you fool!
Three days later, a cry comes from the king so that all the people, no matter how many there are in his kingdom, gather at his feast and that no one dares to stay at home, and whoever disdains the royal feast will have his head taken off his shoulders.
There is nothing to do here, the old man himself went to the feast with his whole family.
They arrived and sat down at the oak tables; They drink and eat, they chatter.
At the end of the feast, the princess began to carry honey from her hands to the roses. She walked around everyone and came up to Ivanushka, the last one; and the fool is wearing a thin dress, covered in soot, his hair is on end, one hand is tied with a dirty rag... just passion. |
Why is your hand tied, good fellow? - asks the princess. - Untie it.
Ivanushka untied his hand, and on the princess’s finger, the ring shone on everyone.
Then the princess took the fool by the hand, led him to his father and said:
Here, father, is my betrothed.
The servants washed Ivanushka, combed his hair, dressed him in a royal dress, and he became such a fine man that his father and brothers looked at him and couldn’t believe their eyes.
The old man had three sons: two smart, and the third - Ivanushka the Fool; day and night the fool is on the stove.
The old man sowed wheat, and the wheat grew rich, but someone got into the habit of pounding and eating that wheat at night.
So the old man says to the children:
- My dear children, guard the wheat every night, one by one: catch the thief for me!
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 the morning. Comes home and says:
“I didn’t sleep all night, I was cold, but I didn’t see the thief.”
On the second night, the middle son went and also slept the whole night in the hayloft.
On the third night it is Ivan’s turn to go. He took the lasso and went. He came to the boundary and sat down on a stone: he sat, did not sleep, waiting for the thief.
At midnight, a motley horse galloped onto the wheat: one hair was golden, the other was silver; he runs - the earth trembles, smoke pours out of his nostrils, flames burst from his eyes. And that horse began to eat wheat: not so much eating as trampling.
Ivan crept up to the horse on all fours and at once threw a lasso around his neck. The horse rushed with all his might - no such luck! Ivan resisted, the lasso was pressing on his neck. And then Ivan’s horse began to pray:
“Let me go, Ivanushka, and I will do you a great service.”
“Okay,” Ivanushka answers, “how will I find you then?”
“Go outside the outskirts,” says the horse, “whistle three times and shout three times: “Sivka-burka, prophetic kaurka!” Stand before me like a leaf before the grass!” - I’ll be here!
Ivan released the horse and made him promise not to eat or trample any more wheat.
Ivanushka came home. Brothers ask:
- Well, you fool, have you seen the thief?
Ivanushka says:
“I caught a motley horse, he promised not to go to the wheat again - so I let him go.”
The brothers laughed to their hearts' content at the fool, but from that night no one touched the wheat.
Soon after this, the king’s heralds began to walk through villages and towns and call out the cry:
- Gather, boyars and nobles, merchants and townspeople, and simple peasants, all to the Tsar for a holiday for three days; Take the best horses with you, and whoever on his horse reaches the princess’s mansion and takes off the ring from the princess’s hand, the king will give the princess in marriage.
Ivanushka’s brothers also began to gather for the holiday: not just to jump themselves, but at least to look at others.
Ivanushka also asks to go with them. His brothers tell him:
- Where are you going, fool: do you want to scare people? Sit on the stove and pour out the ashes.
The brothers left. Ivanushka took a basket from his daughters-in-law and went to pick mushrooms.
Ivanushka went out into the field, threw his basket, whistled three times and shouted three times:
The horse runs, the earth trembles, flames come out of its eyes, smoke pours out of its nostrils in a column; he came running and stood in front of Ivanushka, rooted to the spot.
The horse says to Ivan:
- Get into my right ear, Ivanushka, and get out of my left.
Ivanushka climbed into the horse's right ear, came out into the left - and became such a fine fellow that he couldn't even think of it, guess it, or say it in a fairy tale.
Then Ivanushka mounted his horse and rode off to the Tsar for the holiday.
He galloped to the square in front of the palace, he saw - visibly and invisibly to the people, and in a high mansion, by the window, the princess was sitting, on her hand there was a ring - there was no price, she was the beauty of beauties.
No one even thinks about jumping up to her: no one wants to break their neck. Here Ivanushka hit his horse on the steep hips: the horse got angry, jumped - only three logs short of the princess’s window. The people were surprised, and Ivanushka turned his horse and galloped back; His brothers did not quickly move aside, so he whipped them with a silk whip.
People shout: “Hold it! Hold him! - and Ivanushkin has already disappeared.
Ivan rode out of the city, got off his horse, climbed into his left ear, climbed out into his right ear and again became the same Ivan the Fool.
Ivanushka let go of the horse. He picked a basket of fly agarics, brought it home and said:
- Here's some fungi for you, hostesses!
The daughters-in-law got angry with Ivan:
- What kind of mushrooms did you bring, fool? Are you the only one who eats them?
Ivan grinned and lay down on the stove again.
The brothers came home and told their father how they were in the city and what they saw, and Ivanushka lay on the stove and chuckled.
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, shouted and barked:
- Sivka-burka, prophetic kaurka! Stand before me like a leaf before the grass!
The horse came running and stood in front of Ivanushka, rooted to the spot. Ivan changed his clothes again and galloped to the square.
He sees that there are even more people in the square than before: everyone is admiring the princess, but no one even thinks about jumping - who wants to break their neck?!
Here Ivanushka hit his horse on the steep hips: the horse got angry, jumped - and was only two logs short of the princess’s window. Ivanushka turned his horse, whipped his brothers so that they would move aside, and galloped off.
The brothers come home, and Ivanushka is already lying on the stove, listening to what the brothers are saying, and chuckling...
On the third day, the brothers again went to the holiday, and Ivanushka also rode up. He lashed his horse with a whip. The horse became more angry than before: he jumped and reached the window.
Ivanushka kissed the princess on her sugary lips, grabbed the expensive ring from her finger, turned his horse and galloped off.
At this point both the king and the princess began to shout:
- Hold it! Hold him!
But Ivanushkin’s trace disappeared.
Ivanushka came home: one hand was wrapped in a rag.
-What do you have? — Ivan’s daughters-in-law ask.
“Well,” says Ivan, “I was looking for mushrooms and got stuck on a twig.”
And Ivan climbed onto the stove.
The brothers came and began to tell us what happened and how it happened, and Ivanushka on the stove wanted to look at the ring: when he lifted the rag, the whole hut lit up.
The brothers shouted at him:
- Stop messing around with fire, fool! You'll still burn the hut!
Three days later, a cry comes from the king: so that all the people, no matter how many there are in his kingdom, gather at his feast and so that no one dares to stay at home, and whoever disdains the royal feast will have his head taken off his shoulders!
There is nothing to do here: the old man and his whole family went to the feast. They came, sat down at the oak tables, drank, ate, and chatted.
At the end of the feast, the princess began to serve honey from her hands to the guests. I went around everyone. The last one approaches Ivanushka, and the fool is wearing a thin dress, covered in soot, his hair is on end, one hand is tied with a dirty rag.
- Why is your hand tied, good fellow? - asks the princess. - Untie it!
Ivanushka untied his hand, and on the princess’s finger, the ring shone on everyone. Then the princess took the fool by the hand and led him to his father.
- Here, father, is my betrothed!
The servants washed Ivanushka, combed his hair, dressed him in a royal dress, and he became such a fine man that his father and brothers looked at him and couldn’t believe their eyes.
They celebrated the wedding of the princess and Ivanushka and made a feast for the whole world.
I was there, I drank honey, I drank wine, it flowed down my mustache, but it didn’t get into my mouth.
