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The Little Humpbacked Horse

A peasant lives in one village. He has three sons: the eldest - Danilo - is smart, the middle - Gavrilo - "this way and that", the youngest - Ivan - a fool. The brothers make their living by growing wheat, taking it to the capital and selling it there. Suddenly, trouble happens: someone starts trampling crops at night. The brothers decide to take turns on duty in the field in order to find out who he is. The older and middle brothers, frightened by the cold and bad weather, leave duty without finding out anything. When does the turn come younger brother, he walks into the field and sees a white mare with a long golden mane appear at midnight. Ivan manages to jump onto the mare's back, and she starts galloping. Finally, when tired, the mare asks Ivan to let her go, promising to give birth to three horses: two - handsome men, which Ivan, if he wants, can sell, and the third - a horse "only three inches tall, on the back with two humps and with arshin ears" - Ivan cannot be given to anyone for any treasure, because he will be Ivan's best friend, helper and protector. Ivan agrees and takes the mare to the shepherd's booth, where three days later the mare gives birth to the three promised horses.

After some time, Danilo, accidentally entering the booth, sees two beautiful golden-maned horses there. Together with Gavrila, they decide secretly from Ivan to take them to the capital and sell them there. In the evening of the same day, Ivan, having come, as usual, to the booth, discovers the loss. The Little Humpbacked Horse explains to Ivan what happened and offers to catch up with the brothers. Ivan mounts the Little Humpbacked Horse, and they instantly overtake them. The brothers, making excuses, explain their actions by poverty; Ivan agrees to sell the horses, and together they go to the capital.

Having stopped in a field for the night, the brothers suddenly notice a light in the distance. Danilo sends Ivan to bring a flame, "to make a smoke." Ivan sits on the Little Humpbacked Horse, drives up to the fire and sees something strange: "a wonderful light streams around, but does not warm, does not smoke." The Little Humpbacked Horse explains to him that this is the Firebird's feather, and does not advise Ivan to pick it up, as it will bring him a lot of trouble. Ivan does not obey the advice, picks up a pen, puts it in his hat and, returning to his brothers, he is silent about it.

Arriving in the capital in the morning, the brothers put their horses for sale in a horse row. The governor sees the horses and immediately goes with a report to the king. The governor praises the wonderful horses so much that the king immediately goes to the market and buys them from the brothers. The royal grooms lead the horses away, but the dear horses knock them down and return to Ivan. Seeing this, the tsar offers Ivan a service in the palace - appoints him head of the royal stables; Ivan agrees and goes to the palace. The brothers, having received the money and dividing them equally, go home, both get married and live peacefully, remembering Ivan.

And Ivan serves in the royal stable. However, after a while, the royal sleeping bag - the boyar, who was the head of the stables before Ivan and now decided to kick him out of the palace at all costs - notes that Ivan does not clean and groom the horses, but nevertheless they are always fed and watered and cleaned out. Deciding to find out what the matter is, the sleeping bag sneaks into the stable at night and hides in the stall. At midnight Ivan enters the stable, takes the Firebird's feather wrapped in a rag out of his hat, and in its light begins to clean and wash the horses. Having finished the work, having fed and watered them, Ivan immediately falls asleep in the stable. The sleeping bag goes to the tsar and reports to him that not only is Ivan hiding the precious feather of the Firebird from him, but he allegedly boasts that he can get the Firebird itself. The Tsar immediately sends for Ivan and demands that he get him the Firebird. Ivan claims that he did not say anything of the kind, however, seeing the tsar's anger, he goes to the Little Humpbacked Horse and tells him about his grief. The little horse volunteers to help Ivan.

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The next day, on the advice of Humpback, having received from the tsar "two troughs of Beloyar's millet and overseas wine", Ivan mounts on a horseback and goes to fetch the Firebird. They travel for a whole week and finally arrive in a dense forest. In the middle of the forest there is a clearing, and in the clearing there is a mountain of pure silver. The Little Horse explains to Ivan that the Firebirds fly here at night to the stream, and tells him to pour millet into one trough and pour wine over it, and climb under the other trough himself, and when the birds fly in and start pecking grain with wine, grab one of them ... Ivan obediently performs everything, and he manages to catch the Firebird. He brings it to the tsar, who, with joy, rewards him with a new position: now Ivan is the tsar's stirrup.

However, the sleeping bag does not leave Ivan's thoughts on his mind. After a while, one of the servants tells the others a fairy tale about the beautiful Tsar Maiden, who lives on the ocean shore, rides in a golden boat, sings songs and plays on the harp, and besides, she is the own daughter of the Moon and sister to the Sun. The sleeping bag immediately goes to the Tsar and reports to him that he allegedly heard Ivan boasted that he could get the Tsar Maiden too. The Tsar sends Ivan to bring him the Tsar Maiden. Ivan goes to the skate, and he again volunteers to help him. To do this, you need to ask the king for two towels, a gold-embroidered tent, a dinner set and various sweets. The next morning, having received everything he needs, Ivan sits on the Little Humpbacked Horse and goes after the Tsar Maiden.

They travel for a whole week and finally come to the ocean. The horse tells Ivan to spread the tent, place a dining set on a towel, spread sweets, and hide behind the tent and wait for the princess to enter the tent, eat, drink and start playing the harp, run into the tent and grab her. Ivan successfully does everything that the skate told him to do. When they all return to the capital, the Tsar, seeing the Tsar Maiden, invites her to get married tomorrow. However, the princess demands that her ring be taken from the bottom of the ocean. The Tsar immediately sends for Ivan and sends him to the ocean for the ring, and the Tsar Maiden asks him to stop by on the way to bow to her mother - the Moon and brother - the Sun. And the next day Ivan and the Little Humpbacked Horse set off again.

Approaching the ocean, they see that across it lies a huge whale with "a village on its back, a fuss on its tail." Having learned that the travelers are heading to the Sun in the palace, the whale asks them to find out for what sins he suffers so much. Ivan promises him this, and the travelers continue on. Soon they drive up to the palace of the Tsar Maiden, in which the Sun sleeps at night, and the Moon rests during the day. Ivan enters the palace and sends greetings to the Month from the Tsar Maiden. The month is very glad to receive the news about the missing daughter, but upon learning that the tsar is going to marry her, he gets angry and asks Ivan to convey his words to her: not an old man, but a young handsome man will become her husband. When Ivan asked about the fate of the whale, the Month replies that ten years ago this whale swallowed three dozen ships, and if he releases them, he will be forgiven and released into the sea.

Ivan and Gorbunk go back, drive up to the whale and pass on the words of the Month to him. Residents are hastily leaving the village, and the whale is releasing the ships. So he is finally free and asks Ivan how he can serve him. Ivan asks him to get the Tsar Maiden's ring from the bottom of the ocean. A whale sends sturgeons to search all the seas and find a ring. Finally, after a long search, the chest with the ring was found, and Ivan delivers it to the capital.

The Tsar brings the Tsar Maiden a ring, but she again refuses to marry him, saying that he is too old for her, and offers him a means by which he will be able to rejuvenate: you need to put three large cauldrons: one with cold water, another - with hot, and the third - with boiling milk - and bathe in turn in all three cauldrons. The Tsar calls Ivan again and demands that he be the first to do all this. The Little Humpbacked Horse promises Ivan his help: he will wave his tail, dunk his muzzle into the cauldrons, sprinkle at Ivan twice, whistle loudly - and after that Ivan can even jump into boiling water. Ivan does everything - and becomes a well-written handsome man. Seeing this, the king also jumps into the boiling milk, but with a different result: "boom into the cauldron - and boiled there." The people immediately recognize the Tsar Maiden as their queen, and she takes the transformed Ivan by the hand and leads him down the aisle. The people greet the king with the queen, and a wedding feast is thundering in the palace.

P. P. Ershov
The Little Humpbacked Horse

A peasant lives in one village. He has three sons: the eldest - Danilo - is smart, the middle - Gavrilo - "this way and that", the youngest - Ivan - a fool. The brothers make their living by growing wheat, taking it to the capital and selling it there. Suddenly, trouble happens: someone starts trampling crops at night. The brothers decide to take turns on duty in the field in order to find out who he is. The older and middle brothers, frightened by the cold and bad weather, leave the watch without finding out anything. When the younger brother's turn comes, he walks into the field and sees a white mare with a long golden mane appear at midnight. Ivan manages to jump onto the mare's back, and she starts to gallop. Finally, when tired, the mare asks Ivan to let her go, promising to give him three horses: two - handsome men, whom Ivan, if he wants, can sell, and the third - a horse "only three inches tall, on the back with two humps and with arshin ears" - Ivan cannot be given to anyone for any treasure, because he will be Ivan's best friend, helper and protector. Ivan agrees and takes the mare to the shepherd's booth, where three days later the mare gives birth to the three promised horses.

Having stopped in a field for the night, the brothers suddenly notice a light in the distance. Danilo sends Ivan to fetch a flame, "so that he can make a smoke." Ivan sits on the Little Humpbacked Horse, drives up to the fire and sees something strange: "a wonderful light streams around, but does not warm, does not smoke." The Little Humpbacked Horse explains to him that this is the Firebird's feather, and does not advise Ivan to pick it up, as it will bring him a lot of trouble. Ivan does not obey the advice, picks up a pen, puts it in his hat and, returning to his brothers, keeps silent about it.

The next day, on the advice of Humpback, having received from the tsar "two troughs of Beloyar's millet and overseas wine," Ivan mounts on a horseback and goes to fetch the Firebird. They travel for a whole week and finally arrive in a dense forest. In the middle of the forest there is a clearing, and in the clearing there is a mountain of pure silver. The Little Horse explains to Ivan that the Firebirds fly here at night to the stream, and tells him to pour millet into one trough and pour wine over it, and climb under the other trough himself, and when the birds fly in and start pecking grain with wine, grab one of them ... Ivan obediently performs everything, and he manages to catch the Firebird. He brings it to the tsar, who, with joy, rewards him with a new position: now Ivan is the tsar's stirrup.

Approaching the ocean, they see that across it lies a huge whale, with "a village on its back, a fuss rustling on its tail." Having learned that the travelers are heading to the Sun in the palace, the whale asks them to find out for what sins he suffers so much. Ivan promises him this, and the travelers continue on. Soon they drive up to the palace of the Tsar Maiden, in which the Sun sleeps at night, and the Moon rests during the day. Ivan enters the palace and sends greetings to the Month from the Tsar Maiden. The month is very glad to receive the news about the missing daughter, but upon learning that the tsar is going to marry her, he gets angry and asks Ivan to convey his words to her: not an old man, but a young handsome man will become her husband. When Ivan asked about the fate of the whale, the Month replies that ten years ago this whale swallowed three dozen ships, and if he releases them, he will be forgiven and released into the sea.

The Tsar brings the Tsar Maiden a ring, but she again refuses to marry him, saying that he is too old for her, and offers him a means by which he will be able to rejuvenate: you need to put three large cauldrons: one with cold water, the other - with hot, and the third - with boiling milk - and bathe in turn in all three boilers. The Tsar calls Ivan again and demands that he be the first to do all this. The Little Humpbacked Horse promises Ivan his help: he will wave his tail, dunk his muzzle into the cauldrons, sprinkle at Ivan twice, whistle loudly - and after that Ivan can even jump into boiling water. Ivan does everything - and becomes a well-written handsome man. Seeing this, the king also jumps into the boiling milk, but with a different result: "boom into the cauldron - and boiled there." The people immediately recognize the Tsar Maiden as their queen, and she takes the transformed Ivan by the hand and leads him down the aisle. The people greet the king with the queen, and a wedding feast is thundering in the palace.

A peasant lives in one village. There are three words in it: senior - Danil - smart, middle - Gavrila - "this way and that", the youngest - Ivan - a fool. The brothers make their living by spinning wheat, taking it to the capital and selling it there. Suddenly, a misfortune happens: someone starts to vitaptivate crops at night. The brothers decide to take turns on duty in the field in order to find out who he is. The elder and middle brothers, frightened by the cold and bad weather, leave the watch without having noticed anything. When the younger brother's turn comes, he goes out into the field and sees a white kobilitsa with a long golden mane appear at midnight. Ivan manages to swing the kobilitsa onto her back, and she starts galloping. Finally, tired, the kobilitsa asks Ivan to let her go, promising to give birth to three horses: two - handsome men whom Ivan can sell, if he wants, and the third - a skate "only three inches tall, on the back with two humps and with arshinny ears" - Ivan cannot be given to anyone for any treasures, because there will be Ivan's best comrade, helper and protector. Ivan agrees and takes the kobilitsa to the shepherd's booth, where three days later the kobilitsa gives birth to three promised horses

After a while, Danil, accidentally entering the booth, sees two beautiful golden-maned horses there. Together with Gavrila, they decide to secretly take Ivan to the capital and sell them there. In the evening of the same day, Ivan, having come, as usual, to the booth, discovers the loss. The Little Humpbacked Horse explains to Ivan what happened and offers to catch up with the brothers. Ivan mounts the Little Humpbacked Horse, and they instantly overtake them. The brothers, justifying themselves, explain their deed by poverty; Ivan agrees to sell the horses, and together they go to the capital.

Stopping in a field for the night, the brothers suddenly notice a portrayed light. Danil will ask Ivan to bring a light, "so that he can develop a smoke." Ivan sits on the Little Humpbacked Horse, approaches the fire and sees something strange: "a wonderful light streams around, but does not warm, does not dim." The Little Humpbacked Horse explains to him that this is the Firebird's feather, and does not advise Ivan to pick it up, as it will bring him a lot of trouble. Ivan does not obey the advice, picks up a pen, puts it in his hat and, returning to his brothers, does not say anything about it.

Arriving in the capital in the morning, the brothers whistle horses for sale in a horse row. The governor sees the horses and immediately sets off with the butt to the king. The governor praises the wonderful horses so much that the king here goes to the market and buys them as brothers. The royal grooms lead the horses away, but the dear horses knock them down and return to Ivan. Seeing this, the tsar offers Ivan a service in the palace - appoints him the head of the royal stables; Ivan agrees and goes to the palace. The brothers, having received the money and dividing them equally, go home, both get married and live peacefully, remembering Ivan.

And Ivan serves in the royal stable. However, after a while, the royal sleeping bag - a boyar, who beat Ivan with the head of the stables and now decided to drive him out of the palace by all means - notes that Ivan does not clean and groom horses, but nevertheless they always feed, give and peeling. Having decided to figure out what the matter is, the sleeping bag sneaks into the stable at night and hides in the stall. At midnight Ivan enters the stable, pulls out the Firebird's feather wrapped in a rag from his hat, and in its light begins to clean and knead the horses. Having finished the work, he fed them and watered them, Ivan is here in the stable and starts to boil. The sleeping bag goes to the tsar and reports to him that Ivan had the one that curls the precious feather of the Firebird here, but Jacobi also boasts that he can get the Firebird itself. The Tsar here will give Ivan and demand that he get him the Firebird. Ivan claims that he did not say anything like that, however, seeing the tsar's anger, he goes to the Little Humpbacked Horse and tells him in his grief. The horse visits Ivan to help.

The next day, on the advice of Humpbacked, having received from the tsar "two korits of Beloyarov millet and overseas wine", Ivan mounts on a horseback and sets off for the Firebird. They drive for a whole week and finally arrive in a dense loess. In the middle of the forest there is a clearing, and in the clearing there is a mountain of pure silver. The little horse explains to Ivan that Firebirds fly to the stream here at night, and tells him to grab the millet in one corito and pour it with wine, and himself to crawl under the other corito, and when the birds fly in and begin to peck the grain with wine, he will grab one of their ... Ivan obediently performs everything, and he manages to catch the Firebird. Vaughn brings it to the Tsar, who, with joy, rewards him with a new position: now Ivan is the Tsar's stirrup.

However, the sleeping bag does not leave Ivan's misli lime. After a while, one of the servants tells the others a fairy tale in the beautiful Tsar Maiden, who lives on the shore of the ocean, rides in a golden boat, sings songs and plays on the harp, and besides, she is the own daughter of the Moon and sister to the Sun. The sleeping bag here goes to the tsar and reports to him that Jacobi had done, as Ivan boasted, that he could get the Tsar Maiden too. The Tsar will order Ivan to bring him the Tsar Maiden. Ivan goes to the skate, and he again visits to help him. To do this, you need to ask the king for two towels, gold-embroidered tents, a dinner set and various sweets. The next morning, having received everything he needs, Ivan sits on the Little Humpbacked Horse and goes after the Tsar Maiden.

They travel for a whole week and finally come to the ocean. The horse tells Ivan to spread the tents, place a dining set on a towel, spread sweets, and hide behind the tent himself and, waiting for the princess to enter the tents, eat, drink and start playing the harp, run in at the tents and grab her. Ivan successfully fulfills everything that the horse told him. When they all return to the capital, the king, seeing the Tsar Maiden, invites her to get married tomorrow. However, the princess demands that her ring be taken from the bottom of the ocean. The Tsar here will give Ivan and send him to the ocean for a ring, and the Tsar Maiden asks him to stop by on the way to bow to her mother - the Month and brother - the Sun. And the next day Ivan and the Little Humpbacked Horse go on the road again

Approaching the ocean, they see that across it lies a huge whale, in which "the village stands on its back, sir-bor is making noise on its tail." I learned that the travelers are heading to the Sun in the palace, the whale asks them to find out for what sins he is suffering so much. Ivan promises him this, and the travelers move on. Soon they approach the Tsar-Devitsi tower, in which the Sun sleeps at night, and the Moon rests during the day. Ivan enters the palace and says hello to the Month, here is Tsar-Devitsi. A month of very advice to receive news of the missing daughter, but, he found out that the tsar was going to marry her, gets angry and asks Ivan to convey his words to her: not an old man, but a young handsome man will become her husband. To Ivan's question about the fate of the whale, the Month replies that ten years ago this whale swallowed three dozen ships, and if it lets them in, it will be forgiven and released Into the sea

Ivan and Gorbunk go back, approach the whale and pass on to him the words of the Month. Residents are hastily leaving the village, and the whale is releasing the ships. Here at last he is free and asks Ivan what he can do for him. Ivan asks him to get the Tsar-Devitsi ring from the bottom of the ocean. The whale will send sturgeons to search all the seas and find a ring. Finally, after a long search, Ivan delivers it to the capital.

The Tsar brings the Tsar Maiden a ring, but she again refuses to marry him, saying that she is too old for her, and offers him a means by which he will be able to rejuvenate: he needs to put three large cauldrons: one with cold water, the other - with hot, and the third - with boiling milk - and bathe in turn in all three boilers. The Tsar calls Ivan again and demands

So be the first to do it all. The hunchbacked horse here promises Ivan his help: he will wave his tail, dunk his muzzle into the cauldron, sleep at Ivan twice, whistle loudly - and after that Ivan can even put it in boiling water. Ivan does all this - and becomes a handsome writing. Seeing this, the tsar also puts it in boiling milk, but with a second result: "boom into the kettle - and it was cooked there." The people here recognize the Tsar Maiden as their queen, and she takes the transformed Ivan by the hand and leads him down the aisle. The people greet the king with the queen, and a wedding feast is thundering in the palace.

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Once upon a time there was a peasant who had 3 sons, Danilo was smart, Gavrilo was "this way and that", the youngest was Ivan the Fool. The brothers noticed that in the field where they grow millet, crops are disappearing. They decided to take turns on duty at night. During his shift, Ivan saw a white mare with a golden mane in the field, jumped on it and galloped. The mare promises Ivan to give birth to three horses, two handsome men and one with a hump on his back in exchange for her freedom. Ivan agrees, but the mare warns him that he can sell two horses, and he must keep the third one, he will help out in difficult times. Three days later, the mare fulfilled her promise.

One day, the older brothers saw two horses, took them away and sold them. The hunchbacked horse told the owner about what had happened, Ivan was sad, jumped on a skate and caught up with the brothers, but Ivan pardoned them and, deciding to sell the horses, went with them to the city.
At night they saw a light and sent Ivan on reconnaissance. Ivan sees - a wonderful light streams around, but does not warm, does not smoke. The Horse says that it is the Firebird's feather that brings misfortune. But Ivan does not listen to the skate, and hides the feather under his hat.

At the horse fair, the mayor immediately noticed and persuaded the king to buy handsome men. However, on the way to the palace, the horses turn around and run back to Ivan. Seeing this, the tsar arranges for Ivan to work in the palace - the manager of the stables.
The evil sleeping bag wants to get rid of Ivan by all means, but sees that the horses are well-groomed and fed. At night, he secretly sneaks into the stable and sees: Ivan takes out the feather of the Firebird, and illuminating the room with it, cleans and cleans the horses and goes to bed. The sleeping bag steals the feather and reports everything to the king. In the morning, the tsar calls Ivan to his place and demands to catch him the Firebird. Ivan, not knowing what to do, returns to the skate and cries, but the hunchback promises to help him.

Ivan takes overseas millet and wine and rides on a hunchback after the miracle bird. They ride for a long time, and finally come to the forest, in the middle of which is a mountain of silver. Firebirds fly to the stream near the mountain. Ivan poured grain into one trough and poured wine, and in the second he hid himself. As soon as the Firebird flew up, Ivan immediately grabbed her. Joyful Ivan returns to the palace and delivers his order to the tsar, for which the tsar promotes Ivan to the tsar's stirrup.

The sleeping bag envies Ivan and finds new way drive him out of the palace: he says to the king that he saw the Tsar Maiden on a golden boat on the shore of the ocean. The Tsar immediately sends Ivan to find the daughter of the Month. And again, the skate is taken to help the owner.
Upon arrival, Ivan lays out the tent, covers the tablecloth with sweets, waits for the princess to come to the covered meadow, grabs her and brings her to the king. The king immediately falls in love with the beauty and invites her to marry him. However, the Tsar Maiden says that first he must get her ring from the bottom of the ocean. And again Ivan and the Little Humpbacked Horse set off on a journey-road to fulfill the Tsar's command.

They see - a whale fish is lying in the ocean, the pine forest is noisy on its tail, the village is not on its back. Ivan recalls that the girl asked him to bow to the Month on her behalf and goes to the beauty's mansion. Also, the Month, having learned from Ivan about the suffering of the whale, tells him a terrible secret: many years ago he swallowed as many as three dozen ships, if he released them, he would receive forgiveness and be able to return to the sea.

The grateful whale helps to get the ring, and Ivan brings it to the king.

The maiden says that the king is too old for her, but she knows how to rejuvenate him: the king must bathe in three cauldrons - with hot milk, with boiled water and with cold water. The Tsar is afraid and sends Ivan the first to pass this test.
Ivan, realizing that he was in danger of death, closes his eyes and jumps into the cauldron and suddenly realizes that here the Little Humpbacked Horse helped him out too - he blew into the cauldron with milk, dipped his face in boiling water, waved his tail over ice water- and Ivan came out safe and sound. The tsar, looking at Ivan, jumped into the cauldron and in the first one and scalded himself. The people choose the brave Ivan as tsar, and the damsel as tsarina and arrange a wedding feast for them.

The sleeping man is jealous of Ivan and finds a new way to drive him out of the palace: he tells the Tsar that he saw the Tsar Maiden on a golden boat on the shore of the ocean. The Tsar immediately sends Ivan to find the daughter of the Month. And again, the skate is taken to help the owner.
Upon arrival, Ivan lays out the tent, covers the tablecloth with sweets, waits for the princess to come to the covered meadow, grabs her and brings her to the king. The king immediately falls in love with the beauty and invites her to marry him. However, the Tsar Maiden says that first he must get her ring from the bottom of the ocean. And again Ivan and the Little Humpbacked Horse set off on a journey-road to fulfill the Tsar's command.

The grateful whale helps to get the ring, and Ivan brings it to the king.

The maiden says that the king is too old for her, but she knows how to rejuvenate him: the king must bathe in three cauldrons - with hot milk, boiled water and cold water. The Tsar is afraid and sends Ivan the first to pass this test.
Ivan, realizing that he was threatened with death, closes his eyes and jumps into the cauldron and suddenly realizes that here the Little Humpbacked Horse helped him out too - he blew into the cauldron with milk, dipped his face in boiling water, waved his tail over the icy water - and Ivan came out whole and unscathed. The tsar, looking at Ivan, jumped into the cauldron and in the first one and scalded himself. The people choose the brave Ivan as tsar, and the damsel as tsarina and arrange a wedding feast for them.