Lived an old man with an old woman, and he had a daughter. That old woman then died, and the old man to wait a while and married a widow, who had his own daughter. Poor habitation come Starikova daughter. The stepmother was hateful, rest does not give the old man:
- Carry your daughter into the woods, into the dugout, where it is more napryadet.
What to do! Listened to a peasant woman -’ll take my daughter into the dugout, gave her a flint, flint da bag of grits and says:
- Here’s Got a light, light does not translate, porridge boil, but she do not yawn – so sit strands.
Night fell. Red girl lit the stove, start trouble, out of nowhere, the mouse – says:
- The girl, girl! Give me a spoonful of clover!
- Oh, my myshenka! Talking my boredom – I’ll give you more than one spoon, and fill feed.
Mouse had eaten and left. Night broke bear:
- Come on, girl, mascara lights so let’s play hide and seek.
The mouse climbed on his shoulder Starikova daughter and whispered in her ear:
- Do not worry, girl! Say: «Come on! Put out the fire and crawl under the stove, and I’ll run over you and the bell ringing.
Did so. The bear chases the mouse – no catches. Began to roar so throwing logs. Throwing, throwing, never got tired and said:
- Skilled worker you are, girl, playing hide and seek! For’ll send you a herd of horses in the morning so excited silver.
The next morning a woman said:
- Go on, old man-ka visit her daughter that she napryala into the night.
Went the old man and a woman sits waiting yes: as a child, he will bring the stone. It’s time to toss and turn the old man and the dog:
- Tyaf-tyaf-tyaf! With old daughter rides a herd of horses, driving, WHO silver lucky.
- You’re lying, vile dog! It’s in the back bones rattle!
Here are the gates creaked horses ran into the yard, and a daughter with his father sitting on the cart: full of possibility silver. The woman from the greed of his eyes flared.
- What a matter! – Screams. – I’ll cart-ka my daughter into the woods, and my daughter, two herds of horses prigonit, two loads of silver brought.
Took a man and Babino daughter in the dugout, gave her a flint, a flint, a bag of grits and left one. On the evening of brewed her porridge. Ran the mouse and requests:
- Natasha! Natasha! Sweet eh your porridge? Give at least a spoon!
- Look at what! – Natasha screamed and flung it with a spoon.
The mouse ran away, but Natasha Know yourself upisyvaet a mess. Ate a full pot lights pozadula, lay in a corner and fell asleep. Came at midnight, broke into a bear and says:
- Hey, where are you, girl? Let’s play hide and seek.
Maid scared silent, only his teeth knocked out of fear.
- Ah, you that’s where! N? bell, run, and I’ll catch them.
Took the bell, the hand trembles, a bell rings besper?ch and mouse says:
- Angry girl living not to be!
Bear Babin rushed to catch his daughter and once caught her, strangled and ate today. The next morning the old man sends a woman into the woods:
- Go! My daughter will bring two loads, two herd prigonit.
A man left, and a woman waiting outside the gate. That dog ran:
- Tyaf-tyaf-tyaf! Do not come home the daughter Babineau, an old man sitting on an empty wagon, the bones in the back of booming!
- You’re lying, vile dog! My daughter rides, cattle drives, wagons lucky. On, eaten pancake say yes: Babin daughter in gold, in silver will bring, but Starikova grooms do not take!
Dog ate a pancake and barked:
- Tyaf-tyaf-tyaf! Starikov daughter’s wedding will give, and Babineau in the back of the stone will bring.
That neither did the woman with the dog: pancakes and she has been given, and beat her – she know his firm … Look, the old man at the gate, the wife of the body serves, a woman opened the body, looked at the stone and began to howl, so much so angry that the grief and anger on the very day she died. The old man gave his daughter to marry a good husband, and they began to live happily ever after.