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SLAVONIC FAIBY TALES
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SLA VONIC
FAIRY TALES.
COLLECTED AND TRANSLATED FROM
THE RUSSIAN, POLISH, SERVIAN, AND BOHEMIAN.
BY
JOHN T. NAAKE,
Of the British Museum
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WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS.
Henry S. King & Co.,
65 CORNHILL, AND 12 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON.
1874.
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PKEF ACE
It is no longer thought needful to apologise for a
collection of folk-tales. They are not even the peculiar
property of the children any longer ; the gravest scho-
lars do not disdain to examine and discuss them, and
all parts of the world, from Mongolia to Cafraria, are
ransacked to produce them. Here is presented a little
gathering of these wild flowers, plucked not for their
scientific interest, — though that they possess, — ^but for
the wild fresh perfume that clings about them.
Poland, Eussia, Bohemia, and Servia have contri-
buted stories to this little collection. It may be said that
the Bohemian tales, perhaps through the genius of the
poets who have preserved them, have, in their original
form, more art, more grace, more completeness of
outline, than the others. Those from Poland reflect the
passive virtues and genial warmth of the peasants whose
lives they illustrate. A greater simplicity, amounting
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vi Preface.
even to childishness, will be found to characterise the
Kussian stories. Those from Servia are in some features
unique, and may be foimd the most interesting of the \
series. The exalted imagination of the Servian race is '
allied with keen and ♦homely sense, and their vigorous
and beautiful romances called forth the admiration of
Goethe. It is hoped that these varied characteristics
may not wholly have evaporated in translation.
The translator makes no claim to the honour of
having collected these stories. He has selected his
materials from the Polish of K. W. Wojcicki ; from the
Eussian of M. Maksimovich, B. Bronnitsuin, and E. ,
A. Chudinsky ; from the Bohemian of K. J. Erben, M. \
Mikssichek, J. K. Z. Eadostova, and J. K. Tyl; and i
lastly, from the Servian of W. S. Karajich. Wojcicki*s j
work has appeared in German, and the Servian collec-
tion has been excellently rendered in the same language
by the daughter of W. S. Karajich. But none of these
tales, as far as the translator is aware, have hitherto
appeared in an English dress.
J. T. N.
London, A'pril, 1874. • \
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CONTENTS,
Carried Away by the Wind
Why is the Sole of Man's Foot Uneven ?
The Snow-Child
The Demon's Danoe
The Plague-Omen
Story of Gk>l Voyansky
Lidnshka and the Water Demon's Wife
The Hare's Heart
The Wonderful Hair
Story of Yasilisa with the Golden Tress, and of Ivan
the Pea
The Emperor Trojan's GK>at'8 Ears
The Langoage of Animals ... ..
The Evil Eye
Hmitsman the Unlncky ...
How to Choose a Wife
The Plague
GroldenHair
The Plague and the Peasant
Handicraft above Everything
PAGR
PoUsh
1
Servian
6
Russian
9
Polish
17
PoUsh
19
Bnissian
22
Bohemian .
80
PoUsh
36
Servian ,
41
Busitiwn
46
Servian
61
Servia/n
65
Polish
73
Russian
84
Servia/n
92
PoUsh
. 95
Bohemdan .
97
PoUsh
. 110
Servia/n
.. 113
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Ivan Kmchina ~
Right and Wrong
Men-Wolves
Yanechek and the Water Demon
Spirit Treasures
Just Earnings are never Lost ...
Story of Little Simpleton
Jonek ... ... ... ...
The Maiden who was Swifter than the Horse
The Book of Magic
The Wise Judgment
Twardowski
The Maiden who was Wiser than the King . . .
Madey ...
The Long-desired Child
The Wicked Wood-Fays
The Wonderful Bird
Wisdom and Fortune
The Three Brothers . ...
The Brownie, or House Spirit ...
All about Twopence
PAGE
Riissian ...
117
Servian . . .
130
Polish ...
135
Bohemia/n ...
141
Russian ...
159
Servian
163
Russian . . .
170
Polish
178
Serviam,
187
Russiam, ...
190
Bohemian . . .
194
Polish
208
Servian
214
Polish ..
220
Bohenvia/n . .
226
Bohemian . .
232
Serviam,
238
Bohenmm..
243
Servian . .
250
Bohemiam,..
257
Servian
. 265
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
'* Play, oh Pipe, p^y ! " (Frontispiece.)
" Irik was almost blinded by its radiance "
" The bread was nicely baked "
" This is liis house, and there he lies dead in it "
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CAEEIED AWAY BY THE WIND.
(from the polish.)
A CERTAIN magician being angry with a young peasant,
came to the hut where he lived and stuck a new and
sharp knife under the threshold, repeating an incan-
tation as he did so, accompanied by this wish : " May this
peasant be seized and carried away by the wind into the
air, there to remain for seven whole years."
The peasant went into the fields to make hay, when
all of a sudden a great wind arose. It scattered the hay
over the field, and seized the peasant himself. In vain
he struggled, in vain he caught hold with his strong
arms of hedge or branch of tree, the invisible power
lifted him up and cai-ried him away.
Borne, as if on the wings of the wind, among the clouds,
he flew like a wild pigeon. The sun began already to
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disappear in the west, and the hungry peasant could
see the smoke ascending from the cottages in his village,
where supper was cooking. At one time he could almost
touch the chimney pots with his feet, and he screamed
aloud for help. But he screamed and wept in vain ; no
one heard his cries, or saw his bitter tears.
He was thus carried about in the air for nearly three
months, and by that time, from hunger and thirst, had
become dried up like a piece of wood. He travelled .over
a large part of the world, but the wind carried him
chiefly over the village where he had lived.
With tears in his eyes he would look on the hut where
dwelt his betrothed. He would see her coming out with
dinner for some one of the family. He would spread his
thin, cold arms towards her, and call her by her name.
His voice would die in his throat, while the girl would
not even look up.
Away and away the peasant was borne by the wind.
Presently he saw the cruel magician standing before
his own house. The magician looked up and shouted to
him:
** Ah, I have not done with you yet ; you shall be thus
carried by the wind over your own village for seven long
years. You shall suffer constantly, and wish you were
dead ; but you shall not be able to die."
" Oh, my little father, my master, forgive me if I have
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Carried Away by the Wind.
oflfended you ! " cried the poor fellow from above. " Look
at me ; see, my nioutl^ is as^v as a chip ! Look at my
face and hands--fflie2fesnis ^Sne froDi them, and the
bones only are left jj Have mercy upon me ! "
The magician whispered a few words, and the peasant
stopped in his circular motion, and remained still in the
air.
" It is- all very well to ask my pardon ; but what will
you promise to give me if^I let you down ? ''
"All that you ask for,'* cried the poor peasant; and
he put his hands together as in supplication, and knelt
down in the air.
" Will you give me your sweetheart ? " demanded the
riiagician. " I want her for my wife. If you will pro-
mise to give her to me, I will let you come down once
more to the earth.'*
The peasant was silent for a moment. Thought he to
himself: "When I am once more on the ground. 111
see what can be done." He therefore called out to the
magician, —
" Oh, master ! you ask a great sacrifice from me ; but
if it cannot be otherwise, let it be as you will."
Hereupon the magician blew upon him, and he came
down to the ground. Oh, how happy he was when he
felt that he could walk, and that the wind had no more
power over him !
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He hastened home. Before the door he met his
betrothed. At the sight of her long lost lover, over whose
fate she had often wept, the astonished girl cried out with
surprise. The peasant pushed her gently aside, and
went into the house. There he saw the farmer who
employed him, and said to him, with tears in his eyes, —
" I cannot serve you any longer, nor can I marry your
daughter. I love her as dearly as my sight, but she can
never be mine."
The countryman looked at him in wonder, and seeing
how sorrowful was his thin, pale face, formerly so fat
and rosy, he asked the reason why he refused to marry
his daughter.
The peasant told him all : his journey in the air^ and
the promise he had made the magician. The farmer,
having heard him out, bade the poor fellow be of good
cheer. He then took a purse full of money, and went to
a witch for advice. When he returned in the evening, he
was smiling and happy, and said to the peasant, —
" Go to-morrow, before daylight, to the witch, and all
will be right."
The peasant, weary as he was, went to bed, and soon
fell fast asleep. He got up, however, before daylight,
and went to the witch. He found her crouching before
a fire burning herbs. The witch told him to stand
quietly by. The morning was calm and beautiful, but
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Carried Away by the Wind.
suddenly a strong wind arose, and made the hut tremble.
Then the witch took the peasant into the yard, and told
him to look up. He raised his eyes and saw the wicked
magician, with nothing on but his night-shirt, whirling
round and round in the air.
" There is your enemy," said the witch ; " he wiU hurt
you no more. If you wish him to see your wedding, do
as I will tell you. For the rest, he will suffer the same
punishment as he had designed for you.**
The delighted peasant ran back home. In a month's
time he was married. When the guests were dancing at
his wedding, the peasant went into the yard, looked up,
and saw above the hut the magician spinning roimd
and round in the air. He took a new knife, and aiming
at the magician, threw it with §dl his might. The
magician fell down, and then it was seen that he
was nailed by the foot to the ground; thus he was
obliged to stand by the window, a miserable witness of
the happiness of the peasant and his friends.
On the following morning thr magician had disap-*
peared from before the hut. Some people said they saw
him flying thorough the air over a large lake some miles
ofif; before and .behind him were large flocks of crows,
which, by their croaking, told of . his continued flight
through 'Space.
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WHY IS THE SOLE OF MAN'S FOOT
UNEVEN ?
(fbom the sebyian.)
When the evil angels rebelled against heaven and
escaped to the earth, they took the sun with them.
Their prince, the archfiend, stuck it on a lance, and
carried it on his shoulder.
When, however, the earth complained to heaven that
it would be quite burnt up by the sun, an archangel was
sent down to see how he could take the sun away from
the archfiend. The archangel descended to the earth, and
made friends with the prince of the rebels, who, however,
at once divined the object of the visit, and stood, accord-
ingly, on his guard.
One day, as they walked together on the earth, they
came to the sea, and agreed to bathe in it. The arch-
fiend stuck the lance, with the sun on the top of it, in
ground. After a little while the archangel said, —
'* Let us dive and see who will go down the deepest."
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Why is the Sole of Man's Foot Uneven ? 7
" Good ; do you begin," said the arch fiend.
The archangel dived and brought up some sand be-
tween his teeth from the bottom of the sea.
It was now the other's turn to dive ; but the archfiend
was afraid that, during his absence, the archangel might
fly away with the sun. Suddenly a thought struck him.
He spat upon the ground, and a magpie arose out of it.
This bird was to keep watch over the sun while the
archfiend also made his plunge and brought up some
sand from the bottom of the sea between his teeth.
As soon as the fiend had dived, the archangel made
the sign of the cross with his hand, and the sea was im-
mediately covered with ice nine ells thick. Then he
seized the sun and flew away with it to heaven.
The magpie screamed with all her might. The arch-
fiend, hearing her voice, guessed at once what had
happened, and hastened back. When he came up, how-
ever, he found he could not make his way through, as
the sea was frozen over. He therefore dived again to
the bottom^ brought up a large stone, broke the ice with
it, and then rushed after the archangel.
The archangel fled through the air with the utmost
speed, followed by the fiend. Just as the angel had one
foot in heaven, the fiend overtook him, and with his
claws, as he tried to stop him, tore off a large piece of
flesh from the sole of the other foot.
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The archangel, severely wounded, appeared with the
sun in heaven, and weeping, said, "What shall I do, so
mutilated as I am ? "
And it was said to him, " Cease from thy tears, and
despair not. It shall happen that, henceforth, man also,
like you, shall have a hollow in the sole of his foot."
As it was said, so it came to pass. From that day
there appeared a small hollow in the sole of man's foot,
and thus it has remained unto this day.
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THE SNOW-CHILD.
(from the RUSSIAN.) ^
In a certain village lived a peasant named Ivan, and his
wife Mary. They were very fond of each other, and had
Uved happily together for many years, but unfortunately
they had no children. The poor people were sad on that
account. Their hearts, however, were gladdened at the
sight of their neighbours' children. What could be done?
It was evidently the will of Heaven ; and in this world.
Heaven's will be done !
One day, in winter, after a great quantity of snow had
fallen on the ground, the children of the village where
Ivan and Mary lived ran into the fields to play. The
old couple looked at them from the window. The
children ran about, played all sorts of frolics together,
and at last began to make a snow-man. Ivan and Mary
sat down quietly watching them. Suddenly Ivan smiled
and said, —
" I say, wife, let us go out and make a snow-man too."
Mary was also in a merry mood.
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" Yes," she answered ; ** let us go out and play, though
we are old. But why should we make a snow-man?
Better to make a snow-child, since Heaven will not
grant us a live one." '
" Very good," said Ivan. .
He put on his cap, and went with his wife into the
garden.
They really set about making a baby of snow. They
made the body; then arms and legs; then put 01:1 the
top a ball of snow for a head.
" Heaven help you ! " cried one who passed by,
" Many thanks," replied Ivan.
"Heaven's help is always acceptable," added Mary.
" What are you doing ? " continuued the stranger.
** What you yourself see," answered Ivan.
• " We are mating a Snyegurka ! " * cried Mary, laugh-
ing.
Then they made a little nose and a chin, two little
holes for eyes, and as soon as Ivan had finished — oh,
wonderful ! — a sweet breath came out of its mouth !
Ivan lifted up his arms and stared. The little holes
were no longer holes; in their place were two bright
blue eyes, and the tiny lips smiled lovingly upon
him.
♦ Snow-child.
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"Mercy on usj What is this?'* cried Ivan, devoutly
crossing himself.
The snow-child turned its head towards him — ^it was
really alive ! It moved its arms and legs inside the
snow, like an infant in swaddling clothes.
" Oh, Ivan,'* cried Mary, trembling with joy, " Heaven
has at last given us a baby ! '* and she seized the child
in her arms.
The snow fell oflf " Snyegurka,'* as Mary called her,
like the shell from a chicken. Mary, delighted beyond
measure, held in her arms a beautiful, living girl.
" Oh, my love ! my love ! My darling Snyegurka ! **
cried the kind-hearted woman, tenderly embracing her
long-wished for, and now unexpectedly granted child.
Then she rushed into the hut with the infant in her
arms. Ivan was astounded at this wonderful event ; as
to Mary, she was beside herself with joy.
Snyegurka grew every hour; each day she looked
more beautiful than before. Ivan and Mary were
delighted with her, and their hut, once so quiet and
lonely, was now full of life and merriment. The girls
of the village visited them constantly; dressed and
played with Snyegurka as if she were a doll ; talked to
to her ; sang songs to her ; joined her with them in all
their games, and taught her all they knew themselves.
Snyegurka was very clever, and quickly learnt everything
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she was told. Dunng the winter she grew up as tall as
a girl of thirteen years old ; she understood and could
talk about most things around her, and had such a sweet
voice that one would never tire of listening to it. Be-
sides this, she was kind, obedient, and affectionate. Her
flesh was as white as snow; her eyes looked like two
forget-me-nots ; and her hair was of a light flaxen colour.
Her cheekg only had no rosy hue in them, because there
was no blood in her veins. In spite of this she was so
beautiful, that, having once seen her, you would wish to
see her agaia and again. It would have done your heart
good to see how she enjoyed herself, and how happy
she was when at play. .Everybody loved her ; she was
idolised by Mary, who would often say to her husband,
" Heaven has granted us joy in our old age ; sorrow has
left my heart ! **
Ivan would answer, "Heaven be praised! But in
this world happiness is seldom lasting, and sorrow is
good for us all."
The long winter had gradually glided away. The
glorious sun again shone in the sky, and wanned the
cold earth. "Where the snow melted, green grass ap-
peared, and the skylark poured forth its sweet notes.
The girls of the village collected together, and welcomed
the spring with a song :—
" Beautiful Spring ! How did you come to us ? How
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The Snow-Child. 13
did you make your journey? On a plough or on a
harrow ? " *
From a gay, sprightly girl, Snyegurka suddenly be-
came sad.
"What is the matter with you, my dearest child?"
Mary would often ask, drawing Snyegurka nearer to
her heart. "Are you ill? You are not so happy as
you UBed to, be. Perhaps an evil eye has glanced at
you?''
Snyegurka would simply answer, " I am well;
mother."
The snow had now completely melted away, and the
genial spring appeared with its warm and sunny days.
The meadows and gardens began to be covered with
radiant and sweet-scented flowers. The nightingale and
other songsters of the woods and fields resinned their
beautiful melodies. In a word, all nature became
brighter and more charming.
Snyegurka alone grew sadder and sadder. She began
to shun her playfellows, and to hide herself from the
rays of the sun like the May-flower under the tree. She
would only play near a well of spring water — splashing
and dabbling in it with her hand— beneath the shade of
* It is cnstomary in some Slavonic countries to welcome the appear,
ance of spring with song.
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a green willow. She grew daily fonder of the shade,
the cool air, and the rain shower. During rain, and
in the evening, she would become more gay. When
the sky became overcast with dark clouds, and a thick
shower of hail* came pouring down, Snyegurka was as
pleased as any other girl would have been at the sight
of a pearl necklace. "When the hail melted and dis-
appeared beneath the warm rays of the sun, Snyegurka
cried bitterly, as if she herself would melt into tears ; as
an affectionate sister might weep over a lost brother.
The spring now ended, the summer came, and the
Feast of St. John was close at hand. All the girls from
the village went into the wood to play. Several of them
came to the hut, and asked Mistress Mary to allow
Snyegurka to go with them. Mary was at first afraid to
let Snyegurka go, and the girl herself did not care about
it, but they could not very well refuse the invitation.
Then Mary thought it would perhaps amuse Snyegurka.
She therefore kissed her tenderly, saying, —
** Go, my dear child; go and enjoy yourself. And you,
my good girls, take care of my Snyegurka. You know
she is as dear to me as my very sight.*' ^
" All right ! we'll take care ! '' cried the girle ; and
they caught hold of Snyegurka by the arms, and ran
away together to the forest.
There they made garlands and bouquets of flowers,
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and sang songs, while Snyegurka took part in their
play.
After sunset the girls piled up a small heap of dry grass
and brushwood, lighted it, and, with garlands on their
heads, stood in a line, one close upon the other. They
put Siiyegurka at the end, and said, "When you see
us running, you run &,fter us." Then they began to
sing, and to jump over the fire.
Suddenly they heard a painful cry. They turned
round quickly, but could see nothing. Greatly surprised,
they looked at each other, and then noticed that Snye-
gurka was missing. ** Oh, the mischievous puss ! '* cried
the girls ; " she has hidden herself."
They ran in every direction in search of her, but all
in vain. They called her by her name,^ " Snyegurka ! "
but there was no answer, ^
"Perhaps she has gone home," cried some of the
girls. They all ran back to the village — Snyegurka was
not there !
They searched for her the whole night, the following,
and the third day; they examined the forest, — every
tree, every bush ; but all to no purpose, Snyegurka was
gone !
Old Ivan and Mary were almost broken-hearted at the
loss of their beloved Snyegurka. Every day Mary went
to the forest to look for her lost child. Poor woman !
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like a tender mother full of grief and yearning for her
young one, she cried aloud, —
" Ah, me ! my Snyegurka ! Ah, me ! my darling dove !
Where art thou ? "
She often fancied she could hear her dear Snyegurka*8
painful cry when she disappeared. Alas ! alas ! Snye-
gurka was nowhere to be found.
Where had Snyegurka gone? Had some wild beast
seized and dragged her into his lair ? or a bird of prey
carried her across the dark blue sea to its nest ? No ;
neither bird nor beast had carried the girl away. When
Snyegurka, following her companions, sprang over the
fire, she melted away and changed in an instant into a
beautiful white cloud, rose up, and disappeared in the
sky for ever ! -
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THE DEMON'S DANCE.
(from the polish.)
When the wind throws the dust up in the air, and whirls
it round in a dry eddy, it shows the dance of an evil
spirit. Whenever you see this, shut up at once all the
doors and windows in your hut, or it will certainly do
some mischief to your bones. If, however, you are
courageous, and wish to obtain riches at the sacrifice of
your soul, take a new knife that has been sprinkled with
holy water, and throw it dexterously into the very middle
of the whirlwind.
One day, a fearless young peasant, angry with the
demon, who, in the shape of a hurricane, had blown off
the roof of his bam, took up a new, consecrated knife,
and stuck it in the ground in the very centre of the dust-
eddy. In a moment the demon appeared, bent double,-
as if suffering great pain, and trembling with fear. He
asked the peasant what he wanted with him.
'' Mend my bam," cried the man in a great fury. *' Fill
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up my potato hole with gold ; then bring to my hut a
keg of brandy and three sides of bacon."
" I will do it all," answered the demon ; '* but first take
the knife out of the ground. It hurts me cruelly."
" No ! " cried the peasant ; " first do what I tell you."
The obedient spirit did all that was demanded of him.
Some time after this the young peasant fell sick. As he
was about to die, his friends, who were gathered round
him, saw the demon standing at the head of the bed
waiting for his soul. They all lamented his miserable
fate, and his godfather said, —
"If, instead of asking for money, he had shot the
demon with a silver button, he would have lived to be an
old man, and have saved his soul."
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THE PLAGUE-OMEN.
(from the polish.)
A, PEASANT, having lost his wife and children by the
plague, fled from his desolate hut and sought refuge
in the forest.
He wandered about the whole day; towards evening
he made a hut of branches, lit a fire, and being tired
soon fell asleep. It was already past midnight when he
was awakened by a great noise. He jumped up and
listened. He could hear, at a distance, merry songs,
accompanied by the music of drums and pipes. He was
greatly surprised at these rejoicings, especially when he
remembered that the Plague was depopulating the
country.
The music approached, and the terror-stricken peasant
saw Homen* advancing through a wide road. " Homen"
* So written in the original Polish.
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consisted of a number of spectres of the most extra-
ordinary shapes and kinds. In the midst of them was a
high, black waggon, on the top of which sat the Plague.
The ghastly company increased at every step ; for almost
everything they met on the road changed into a spectre
and followed the rest.
The peasant's fire was nearly out,-^there remained
only a good sized, half-burnt stem. As soon as Homen
approached, the fire-brand stood up, spread out two
arms from its sides, and the red embers changed into
two shining eyes. It joined at once the train of the
Plague, and began also to sing.
The peasant was thunderstruck. Almost beside him-
self with terror, he seized his axe and tried to strike the
nearest spectre ; but the axe fell from his hands, and
was immediately changed into the shape of a tall woman.
She shook her dark hair before his eyes, joined the
throng, and began also to sing.
Homen passed on ; the astonished peasant saw how
trees, bushes, even owls, and other night birds, assumed
various forms, and swelled the horrible company — the
drfeadful harbinger of wide-spread death. He fell sense-
less on the ^ground.
In the morning, when the warm sun awakened him, he
found that all he had brought with him was broken to
pieces : his goods spoiled, his clothes torn. He knew at
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once that it was nothing else than Homen who had done
him so much injury ; and thanking Heaven that at least
his Hfe was spared, he went further on in search of food
and shelter.
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STOEY OF GOL VOYANSKY.
(PBOM THE BUSSIAN.)
A MOUJiK* was once ploughing a field with a miserable,
lame mare. The poor beast was greatly tormented by
gadflies and gnats. The moujik raised his whip, and
with one stroke of the thong killed tiiirty-three gadflies,
and a great number of gnats. The moujik reflected a
little, and said to himself : —
**0-ho! Fve become a hero. At one blow I've killed
thirty-three knights and no end of common soldiei*s.''
The moujik was called Gol (the naked, or needy). Gol
began to think himself a great man; he unharnessed
his mare, scrambled on to her back, and rode on till he
came to a high road. There he dismounted, cut down a
tree, and set it up as a sign-post with the following
inscription: "Here passed Gol Voyansky.t He en-
— ^—
* Bnssian peasant. t Grol the Hero.
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countered the infidels, and at one blow killed thirty-three
knights and a countless multitude of common soldiers.
Should any knight pass this way, let him read this
inscription, and follow Gol Voyansky." He then re-
mounted his mare and started off afresh.
Soon afterwards, Churila Plenkovich passed by the
post, and, having read the inscription, was greatly sur-
prised at the aimouncement of such astonishing prowess.*
Although he had never heard of Gol before, he was very
anxious to make friends with so valiant a knight.
Churila galloped after Gol, and soon overtook him.
"Did not a knight called Gol Voyansky pass this
way ? " he cried.
*^I am Gol," answered the moujik. "And who may
you be?"
" Churila Plenkovich," the young knight replied, with
a bow, saying to himself as he did so, "Well, this is
something wonderful! A common moujik on a sorry
horse ! Why, it is really disgraceful to be found in such
company ! "
" Go on my left side," said Gol.
Churila, full of wonder, did so, staring all the time at
our hero and his miserable steed.
Meanwhile Eruslan Lazarevich came to the post, and
having also read the inscription, galloped after Gol. He
soon came up with him, and seeing his friend Churila,
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asked him whether he had seen Knight Gol. Churila
pointed to his companion. Eruslan Lazarevich bowed
to Gol. He, too, was greatly surprised at the appearance
of the self-made knight !
'* Go on my^right side," said Gol to him.
At that moment another knight approached ; it was
Prince Bova, who, having read the inscription, was
anxious to find Gol, the famous conqueror of the infidels.
He, also, was much astonished at the sight of a moujik
on a wretched beast, and two vaUant knights riding by
his side, and conversing with him. Gol was saying to
them, —
** You are welcome, companions in arms ! "
Prince Bova bowed to Gol, and asked his name.
'*Gol Voyansky," answered the moujik. **And your
name?"
" I am Prince Bova," repUed the knight.
** Come and join us in our adventures," said Gol ;
**you are neither too soon nor too late. Eide by the
side of Eruslan."
The knights followed Gol, and soon reached some for-
bidden meadows* belonging to a heroine princess.
** We must not enter here," said Eruslan.
** Nonsense ! " cried Gol. ** Let the horses go on into
the field."
* Royal preserves — rigidly exclusive.
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" Gol Voyansky," said Eruslan, *' the Princess is very
powerful. She has at her command twenty -two knights
and a dragon called Zilant, the brother of Tugarin."
** That's a mere trifle for me/' said Gol. '*You are
not afraid of them ? I could kill them all as easily as
flies."
"Very well," said Erilslan; ''if that is the case, let
us go into the meadows. We shall soon have to fight."
They entered the field, dismounted, and let their
horses loose to graze. Seeing a white, empty tent, they
went into it, sat down at the opening, and began to look
about them. Gol, being tired, took off his jacket, lay
down on the ground, and was soon fast asleep.
**Gol has great confidence in himself," remarked
Prince Bova.
Meanwhile the alarm was raised in the Princess's
castle; bells rang and trumpets sounded. A company
of soldiers was despatched, headed by three knights
fully armed, to fight the trespassers.
"Get up, Gol!" cried Churila, "the enemy is upon
us ! "
Gol opened his eyes, and gaping, cried, —
" What's the matter ? Three knights — three gadflies ;
a company of soldiers — gnats. They won't let me sleep,
eh ? Here, Churila, go you and fight them. Kill them
all but one ; send him to the Princess, and let him tell
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her that I, Knight Gol Voyansky, am come to marry
her." Having said this he went to sleep again.
Churila mounted his horse, fought for a long time,
and finally succeeded in slaying his opponents. He
spared one man only, and sent him to the Princess with
GoFs message. But instead of a verbal answer, the
Princess sent out six knights and three companies of
soldiers.
The knights again awakened Gol.
"That's nothing!" cried our hero. "At one blow I
could kill them all. . Here, Prince Bova, go you and
make an end of them ; spare one, and send him to the
Princess."
Prince Bova killed the knights and routed the Uttle
army. Hereupon the Princess sent out twelve knights
and six companies of soldiers. They advanced amid the
clash of arms and the sound of trumpets.
" 0-ho ! " cried Gol, getting up ; " how many are
there of them ? Twelve gadflies and a great many gnats.
Here, Eruslan, go and fight them ; if you can't beat
them, I'll come and help you."
Eruslan mounted his steed, and drew his trusty sword.
How he hewed about him — bright and lefk ! He slew all
the knights; the soldiers, terrified, fled from the field.
The Princess saw it was a hopeless case. As a last
resource, however, she sent out Zilant the Dragon.
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Zilant roared tremendously as he came out of his iron
nest. It was suspended in the air by twelve iron chains,
tied to twelve oak trees. He flew out like an arrow, and
called upon the intruders to prepare for the fight.
"It's my turn now," said Gol to his knights-com-
panions. " Alas ! " he thought within himself, ** I must
go — ^to die ! It's all over with me, but I shall at least
faU like a hero."
Having devoutly crossed himself, he mounted his
mare, waved his axe, and, shutting his eyes, rode to
meet the dragon.
Zilant roared more furiously than ever at the sight of
Gol, thinking the moujik was sent out to mock him.
Meanwhile, poor Gol, whispering to himself, "Oh, my
father and brothers ! remember my name — think of me
when I am gone ! " awaited the approach of death.
Zilant stared at the peasant. ** Surely," he thought,
"there is some trickery here. A moujik — and on such
a beast — sent out to fight me! Why, with a click of
a little finger he could be tossed half a dozen yards."
In his fear of treachery he stooped, and began to ex-
amine Gol's saddle. In an instant Gol rose up, and gave
the dragon such a tremendous blow on the head with his
axe that he feU down stunned, and rolled over on the
sand. Then Gol cut and chopped at him until he had
hewn him into pieces like so much wood. Having killed
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the dragon, Gol took his helmet, and returned with it to
his companions. Hereupon the Princress ordered the
gates of her palace to be opened, and invited the knights
to an entertaiment. When she saw Gol she greatly
wondered wherein his strength lay. She put her hand
upon his shoulder, and pressed him down so heavily that
Gol could with diflSculty stand under it.
'* Welcome, valiant knight ! " cried the Princess. **I
have always admired courage.'*
Then she squeezed his hand so * hard that the poor
fellow ground his teeth together to prevent his stream-
ing out with pain.
** Defend our kingdom," continued the Princess, **and
be our guardian."
Gol said to himself, ** Would that I could be sure to
keep a whole bone in my skin."
The Princess ordered some strong, old mead to be
brought, in order to try her visitors ; but Gol would not
touch a drop of it, saying that when his work was done
he only drank of the water of heroes.*
"We have some of the water of heroes preserved,"
said the Princess.
*' How much have you ? " asked Gol.
** A bottleful," answered the Princess.
* A water the virtue of which ie to inspire heroism and knightly
qualities.
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" Is it of the same size as ours ? " asked Gol. ** Our
bottles contain barely a glassful."
**Tryit," said the Princess. She ordered the bottle
to be brought in, together with a golden cup.
Gol filled the cup, and drank the water ; his strength
greatly increased. The Princess wished to know how he
liked it.
**I've hardly tasted it," said Gol. He then drank
three cups of the water, one after another.
** You have drunk enough," cried the Princess ; '* there
will be none left for me."
** Glorious Water of Heroes ! " exclaimed Gol, walking
about and spreading out his arms. "Now let me try
my 6trength."
He ordered a thick rope, like a ship's cable, and
twisted it into an open noose. Then he mounted a splen-
did charger from the Princess's stable, galloped about
for a time, and jumped headlong into the middle of the
noose. The cable burst asunder into fragments.
From that day Gol became a valiant knight. He
assumed the manners suitable to his high position, and
married the Princess. They had two daughters, whose
names were "Daring," and "Success." Gol felt very
proud whenever he looked at them; and there was no
one living who ever doubted that he had killed thirty-
three knights at a blow.
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LIDUSHKA AND THE WATEE DEMON'S
WIPE.
(prom the BOHEMIAN.)
' In a certain place Kved a young housewife, whose name
was Lidushka. One day, as she was washing linen in
a rivulet, a large, swollen frog swam towards her, look-
ing so ugly that Lidushka, alarmed at the sight of it,
jumped back a pace or two. The ugly looking frog
' approached nearly to the spot where Lidushka had just
been washing, spread its legs out on the top of the water,
and opening its mouth as if it wished to say something,
stood perfectly still.
** You great, fat frog," said Lidushka to herself ; " what
do you want here, and why do you open your mouth at
me so ? "
She then threw a piece of linen that she happened to
have in her hand at the frog, wishing to drive it away
that she might go on with her washing. The frog dived,
and before Lidushka had time to look about her, it
reappeared at the other side of the water, and began
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to swim directly towards her. Lidushka again drove
it away ; but the frog would persist in swimming
towards her, opening its mouth all the time ; it would
not be driven away, but continued to interrupt her in
her work.
" Go away, you great, fat thing ! " cried Lidushka at
last, quite angrily. " Let me know when you have got
your baby, and I will come and be its godmother ; '' and
she threw another piece of linen at the frog'
" Very good, very good ! " croaked the frog. Then it
disappeared under the water, and disturbed Lidushka
no more at her washing.
Not long afterwards, Lidushka came again to the
rivulet to wash her linen at the usual place, when sud-
denly, the same frog she had before seen, only that it
was much thinner now, swam towards her.
"I have got my children now," croaked the- frog,
" and have come to ask you to be their godmother, as
you promised."
Lidushka remembered that she had said, not long
before, that if the frog had a Uttle one, and would let
her know, she would be its godmother ; she therefore,
although alarmed, did not refuse to do what she had
once promised.
'* But you silly thing," said Lidushka full of anxiety,
" where am I to go with you to gratify your wish, and to
fulfil my promise ? "
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*' Come, come, come ! " croaked the frog, spreading out
its legs and swimming on the water.
The promised godmother followed it sorrowfully along
the bank of the rivulet. The frog swam on until it came
to a dam, when it stopped and croaked, ** Fear not, fear
not ! Eemove that stone, and under it you will see a flight
of stairs ; they will lead you down to my house. Come,
come ! I will go before you."
Having thus croaked, the frog disappeared under
water, and the good-natured Lidushka saw no other way
to get out of her trouble than simply to do what the frog
told her. She removed the stone, and saw that there
was really a flight of stairs leading under the dam.
They were most wonderfal stairs ; neither of wood nor of
stone, but as if made of the purest crystal, clear and
transparent, like layers of water placed one below the
other. Lidushka went timidly down a few steps, when
the frog appeared hopping and croaking joyfully before
her, because she was about to fulfil her promise of be-
coming godmother to its little ones. Lidushka, without
further hesitation, descended the remainder of the beauti-
ful steps. They soon reached the object they had in
view — the frog's house. It also was built entirely of
crystal water. Like the stairs, by which they had come
down, was the whole house — ^bright, sparkling, and trans-
parent as crystal. The frog, full of joy, hopped about
Lidushka, and took her to her little ones.
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When the ceremony was over, Lidushka, in fulfilment
of her promise, having taken her part in it as a god-
mother, a splendid entertainment followed, to which
many frogs from far and near had been invited. They
all hopped about Lidushka, and croaked with great joy.
There were various courses — ^boiled and pickled, roast
and frifed — ^but they all consisted of fish : the finest carp,
jack, chad, trout, whiting, perch, and many other fish
which Lidushka did not know even by name. She was
amazed at the sight of all this. The dinner at an end,
she took a walk about the house to see everything more
closely.
Li the course of her walk, she came to a small room,
which looked like the kitchen. It was full of long shelves,
and on the shelves stood rows of little jars. Lidushka
was much surprised when she noticed that all the jars
stood upside down. She was curious to know what was
under them, and lifted one up. In a moment a Uttle
white dove flew from under it, joyfully fluttered its wings,
rose up and disappeared. Lidushka lifted another jar,
and, oh, wonderful ! there flew from it another beautiful
white dove, which joyfully fluttered its wings, and also
disappeared. Then Lidushka lifted a third jar, and a
third white dove flew out of it, fluttered its wings with jo^,
rose up in the air and vanished from her sight. She
wondered greatly why these Uttle doves were here con-
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fined : for Heaven has given an immortal soul to man,
that he may live for ever ; and wings to the birds, that
they may fly freely over the earth.
" Oh, how cruel ! " said Lidushka to herself, '* to keep
you here in everlasting darkness. Wait a moment, you
dear little doves, and I will give you all your liberty."
Thus saying she began to raise the little jars, one after
another, and as from- the first three, there flew from each
successive jar a white dove. As if wishing to thank her
for their release from their dark prison, each of them
fluttered its wings with joy, then rose up and disappeared
in the air.
Scarcely had Lidushka finished lifting up the little jars,
when the mistress of the house, the ugly looking frog,
hopped up to her croaking in a most dismal manner.
She could see from afar what Lidushka was doing with
the little jars.
" Unhappy woman ! " cried the frog; " why did you let
those souls free ? Quick! make haste and fly ! Search for
a lump of dry earth or a piece of toasted bread. There
comes my husband ! Quick ! or he will rob you of your
soul!"*
When the amiable Lidushka heard this dreadful croak-
* It is said that the Water Demon has no power over those who hold
either a handful of dry earth or a piece of toasted bread ; but that he can
drown a man in even k spoonful of water.
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ing, she turned round to see from what quarter the
husband was coming ; but she could see nothing of him.
Only at a distance she observed a few buds of a beautiful
reji water-plant floating towards her on the top of the
water. Suddenly she remembered what she had often
heard before, that the Water Demon sometimes shows
himself on the surface .of the water in the shape of s,
cluster of red flowers. He does this especially to young
girls as they are haymaking near a stream or pond,
to induce them to try to reach the flowers with their
rakes. He tljen pulls them in and drowns them.
Lidushka dashed up the stairs as fast as she could run,
and fortunately reached the dry land in time. She was
overjoyed at having released all the little white doves ;
they were the souls of the unfortunate people whom the
Water Demon had drawn into his power, and had cruelly
drowned. Each soul had been kept in a separate dark
prison, in the shape of a Uttle jar. Lidushka was the
deliverer of them all.
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THE HARE'S HEART.
(from the polish.)
Many years ago, on an island in the middle of the river
Vistula stood a large castle, surrounded by a wall. At
each comer was a high tower, from which flags streamed,
and there strong guards kept watch. A leathern bridge,
hung on chains, joined the island to the banks of the
river.
In this castle lived a rich and valiant knight. When-
ever a trumpet sounded over the entrance gate, it was a
sure sign that the knight had returned victorious, and
had brought valuable booty with him.
In the deep and dark dungeons of the castle many-
prisoners were kept, who were led out daily to work.
They were compelled to repair tho walls, and dig in the
garden. Among tl^em were an old womatf and her
husband. The old woman was a witch, and she was
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determined to revenge herself for their sufferings on the
knight ; she only waited for an opportunity to find him
alone.
One day the knight returned as usual to the castle ;
tired with his exertions, he lay down to rest on the green
grass, and soon fell fast asleep. The witch, who had
watched him, came out quietly from her hiding-place, and
sprinkled some poppy seed over his eyes to make him
sleep more soundly. She then struck him on the side of
his breast where his heart lay, with a twig of an aspen
tree. The knight's breast was immediately opened, and
the wicked witch could see his brave heart quietly beating.
The malicious old woman chuckled with delight, and
with her bony fingers and long nails she took out the
heart so dexterously, that the poor knight never awoke.
Then she put in its place the heart of a hare, closed the
opening, hid her^K among the thick bushes, and
awaited impatiently the result of her wickedness.
Before the knight was quite awake he already began
to feel his timid heart. He, who once did not know
what fear was, now trembled, and tossed his body un-
easily about in his sleep. At last he opened his eyes.
His coat of mail was too heavy for him. As soon as he
got up he heard with terror the barking of the dogs.
Formerly he loved to listen to their cry ; now, terrified,
he ran away like a timid hare. As he fled to his room,
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the clatter of his own arms and spurs alarmed him so
much that he threw them away ; and, almost worn out
with terror, sank down on his bed.
The time was when the knight would dreatn only of
battles and of rich booty ; now he moaned with fear in
his sleep. At the barking of the dogs, or the watch-
cry of his soldiers, who in the high towers guarded
the castle from surprise, he trembled like a child, and
hid his face on the pillow.
. After a time the knight's enemies besieged his castle.
The oflScers and soldiers waited for their commander,
who used to lead them to battle and to victory ; but they
waited in vain. He, the valiant knight, having heard
the clatter of arms, the trampling of horses, and the
noise of men, fled to the very top of his castle, whence
he could see the numerous forces of the enemy. There
he remembered his former battles, his victories, and
the glory of his name. He wept bitterly, and called
aloud : —
** Oh, Heaven ! give me courage ! Give me health and
strength ! My faithful followers are already in the field
of battle, and I, their leader, who used to be ever in their
front, am now, alas ! like a timid maiden, looking down
upon them from my castle wall. Give me a fearless
heart ! Give me strength to bear my arms ! Eestore me
to my former self, and give me victory ! "
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These recollections of the past awakened him as it
were from a dream. He hastened to his room, put on
his armour, mounted his horse and galloped out through
the gate. The sentries received him joyfully, and
sounded their trumpets to announce his arrival. He
hastened on, but fear was in his heart and mind. When
the army courageously attacked the enemy, the general,
terrified, turned his horse round, and flew back to the
castle. Though sheltered behind its thick walls, fear did
not even then leave him. He dismounted, mn into the
deepest vault, and there, fainting away, awaited an
inglorious death. His army, however, was victorious,
and the watch at the towers received it triumphantly.
His soldiers were surprised at the cowardly conduct of
their leader. They searched for him a long time in
vain; at last they found him in a cellar, half dead
from fear and despair.
The unhappy knight did not live long. During the
whole of the winter he tried to warm his trembling limbs
before the fire. When the spring came he opened his
window that he might breathe the fresh air a little. A
martin, which had built its nest near the roof, flying by,
struck him on the head with its wing. The blow was
fatal ; the poor knight fell down as if struck by lightning,
and soon afterwards died.
He was deeply deplored by all his followers. They
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could not comprehend what it was that had so com-
pletely changed their master. A year afterwards, when
some witches were being **swum" for having stopped
the rain, one of them confessed how she had removed
the knight's heart, and had put a hare's heart in its
place. Then they imderstood how a once courageous
knight had become a craven. They wept bitter tears
over his cruel fate, and, as a punishment, burnt the
wicked witch over his grave.
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THE WONDERFUL HAIR.
(from the SERVIAN.)
There once lived a. man who was very poor, and who
had many children ; so many that he was imable to
support them. As he could not endure the idea of their,
perishing of hunger, he was often tempted to destroy
them ; his wife alone prevented him. One night, as he
lay asleep, there » appeared to him a lovely child in a
vision. The child said, —
**0h, man! I see your soul is in danger, in the
thought of killing your helpless children. But I know
you are poor, and am come here to help you. You will
find under your pillow in the morning a looking-glass,
a red handkerchief, and an embroidered scarf. Take
these three things, but show them to no one, and go to
the forest. In that forest you will find a rivulet. Walk
by the side of this rivulet until you come to its source ;
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there you will see a girl, as bright as the sun, with long
hair ^trea^ling down her shoulders. Take care that she .
does you no harm. Say not a word to her ; for if you
utter a single syllable, she will change you into a fish,
or some other creature, and eat you. Should she ask
you to comb her hair, obey her. As you comb it, you
will find one hair as red as blood ; pull it out, and run
away with it. Be swift, for she will follow you. Then
throw on the ground, first the embtgidered scarf, then
the red handkerchief, and last of all the looking-glass ;
they will delay her pursuit of you. Sell the hair to
some rich man ; but see that you do not allow yourself
to be cheated, for it is of boundless worth. Its produce
will make you rich, and thus you will be able to feed
your children.''
Next morning, when the poor man awoke, he found
under his pillow exactly the things the child had told
him of in his dream. He went immediately into the
forest, and when he had discovered the rivulet he walked
by the side of it, on and on, until he reached its source.
There he saw a girl sitting on the bank, threading a
needle with the rays of the sun. She was embroidering
a net made of the hair of heroes, spread on a frame
before her. He^ approached anA bowed to her. The
girl got up and demanded, —
** Where did you come from, strange knight ? "
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The man remained silent. Again she asked him, —
*' Who are you, and why do you come here?" And
many other questions. But he remained silent as a
stone, indicating with his hdnds only that he was dumb
and in need of help. She told him to sit at her feet,
and when he had gladly done so, she inclined her
head towards him, that he might comb her hair. He
began to arrange her hair as if to comb it, but as soon
as he had found the red one, he separated it from the
rest, plucked it out, leapt up, and ran from her with his
utmost speed.
The girl sprang after him, and was soon at his heels.
The man, turning round as he ran, and seeing that
his pursuer would soon overtake him, threw the em-
broidered scarf on the ground, as he had been told.
When the girl saw it, she stopped and began to examine
it ; tumiug it over on both sides, and admiring the em-
broidery. Meanwhile the man gained a considerable
distance in advance. The girl tied the scarf round her
bosom and recommenced the pursuit. When the man
saw that she was again about to overtake him, he threw
down the red handkerchief. At the sight of it, the girl
again stopped, examined, and wondered at it ; the
peasant, in the meantime, was again enabled to increase
the distance between them. When the girl perceived
this, she became furious, and throwing away both scarf
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and handkerchief began to run with increased speed
after him. She was just upon the point of catching the
poor peasant, when he threw the looking-glass at her
feet. At the sight of the looking-glass, the like of which
she had never seen before, the girl checked herself,
picked it up, and looked in it. Seeing her own face, she
fancied there was another girl looking at her. While
she wias thus occupied the man ran so far that she
could not possibly overtake him. When the girl saw
that further pursuit was useless, she turned back, and
the peasant, joyful and unhurt, reached his home. Once
within doors he showed the hair to his wife and children,
and told them all that had happened to him ; but his wife
only laughed at the story. The peasant, however, took
no heed of her ridicule, but went to a neighbouriiig town
to sell the hair. He was soon surrounded by a crowd of
people, and some merchants began to bid for his prize.
One merchant offered him one gold piece, another two,
for the single hair, and so on, until the price rose to
a hundred gold pieces. Meanwhile the king, hearing
of the wonderful red hair, ordered the peasant to be
called in, and offered him a thousand gold pieces for
it. The man joyfully sold it for that sum.
t^at wonderful kind of hair was this after all ? The
king split it carefully open from end to end, and in it
' was found the story of many marvellous secrets of
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nature, and of things that had happened since the
creation of the world.
Thus the peasant became rich, and henceforth lived
happily with his wife and children. The child he had
seen in his dream was an angel sent down from heaven
to succour him, and to reveal to mankind the know-
ledge of many wonderful things which had hitherto
remained unexplained.
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STOEY OF
VASILISA WITH THE GOLDEN TEESS,
AND OF IVAN THE PEA.
(prom the RUSSIAN.)
Many years ago there lived a very celebrated czar. He
had two sons and a beautiful daughter. This daughter
lived in a high tower until she wa-s twenty years of age.
She was much beloved by the czar and czarina, and was
a great favourite with her nurses and waitingrwoijien.
But not a single prince or knight had seen her, as she
was never allowed to leave the tower, or to breathe the
air of freedom. Her name was Vasilisa with the Golden
Tress.
Vasilisa had many handsome dresses and rich jewels,
but she was wi^ary of them ; the tower was confined, and
sad and oppressed, she sighed for a change of scene.
She had long, thick hair, of a golden hue, which was
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plaited into a single tress reaching to her feet: hence
she was called Vasilisa with the Golden Tress.
News flies quickly over the wide world. Many czars,
hearing of the princesses beauty, sent ambassadors to
her father with offers of marriage. The czar was in no
hurry ; but when the proper time arrived, he sent
messengers to all parts of the world to announce that
the Princess Vasilisa would select a husband, and he
therefore invited czars and princes to his court. Then
he went to the tower, and told the beautiful Vasilisa
what he had done.
The princess was greatly pleased, and looking through
the golden bars of her chamber on to the beautiful garden
full of flowers, she asked permission to go there with her
maids to play.
" Father,'* she said, ** I have never seen God's world,
nor walked on the grass, nor among the flowers ; nor
have I ever seen your royal palace. Allow me to play in
the garden with my nurses and maids."
The czar gave his permission at once. The beautiful
Vasilisa descended from the high tower, and went into
the courtyard ; the door was opened, and the princess
found herseK in a green meadow which gradually rose
to a steep hill ; the hill was covered with trees, and the
meadow with many coloured flowers. The princess
plucked the lovely flowers as she went on, and ran a
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little in advance of her attendants. All at onoe there
arose a strong wind, such as was neither known nor
heard of before, such a wind as was never . remem-
bered by the oldest people, — ^it blew a perfect hurricane.
In a moment the wind Ufted the princess up and carried
her away. The attendants screamed ; some ran away
in terror, others looked helplessly around them, and
saw how the wind bore the beautiful Vasilisa with the
Golden Tress out of their sight. It carried her over
many countries and deep rivers, through three king-
doms into a fourth, which belonged to a terrible dragon.
The women ran into the palace, and falling on their
knees- before the czar, cried piteously, —
" Hav.e mercy, and do not punish us ! The wind has
carried away our light — ^the beautiful Vasilisa with the
Golden Tress — we know not whither ! '* And they told
him all that had happened. The czar was very angry
with them, and deeply grieved at the loss of his daugh-
ter; nevertheless, he forgave them all. On the following
morning the foreign princes arrived, and seeing what
grief was depicted on the czar's countenance, they en-
quired the cause of it.
"Woe is me!'* cried the unhappy czar, "the wind
has carried away my dear daughter Vasilisa with the
Golden Tress, and I know not whither she has gone ! "
And he told them all that had happened.
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When the princes heard this story they thought the
czar had changed his mind, and no longer wished his
daughter to marry; they therefore hastened into the
tower formerly occupied by the princess, and searched
everywhere, but could not find her.
The czar dismissed his visitors with all due honour,
and gave a rich present to each of them ; they mounted
their horses and returned to their own countries.
The two young princes, brothers of Vasihsa, seeing
the tears of their father an^d mother, said to them, —
" Father, and you, mother, give us your blessing, and
permit us to go in search of your daughter and our
sister."
" My dear sons," cried the afflicted czar, " where would
you go ? "
" We will go, father, in every direction ; wherever the
road will take' us, — where the lirds fly, and our eyes wiU
guide us. Perhaps we shall find her."
The czar blessed them, and the czarina made every-
thing ready for their journey; they all wept at parting,
and then l^he princes set forth on their search. But
whether they would have to travel near or far ; whether
for a long or a short time, the princes knew not.
They travelled for one year, they travelled for two
years, and they passed through three kingdoms. Then,
at a distance, they could see dark, high mountains, and
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among them a sandy wilderness, whict was the country
of the Dragon. The princes aske^ everywhere of those
who ps^ssed by, —
"Have you heard or seen where the Princess Vasiiisa
with the Golden Tress is ? '* Everywhere the people
answered, "We have neither seen nor heard where she
is.'* Having thus replied, they went on their way.
The princes approached a large town; on the road
thither they saw an old, lame man on crutches, carrying
a wallet, who asked them for alms. The princes stopped,
gave him some silver money, and enquired whether he
had seen, or heard of, the Princess Vasiiisa, the Unveiled
Beauty with the Golden Tress.
"My young friends," answered the old man, "I see
you are wanderers from a foreign land. Our czar, the
Dragon, has forbidden us to talk with strangers. We
may not tell to any one that the wind has brought a
beautiful princess to this town."
When the princes heard that their sister was so near
"fc them, they spurred their flaggiQg steeds and galloped
to the palace. It was truly a palace ! It stood on a
single silver piQar, and was made all of pure gold ; the
roof which covered it was of precious stones. The stairs
leading to the entrance door spread out Hke two wings,
but ran into one at the top ; they were made of rare
pearls. At that moment the beautiful Vasiiisa was
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looking out of a window with golden bars, and recognis-
ing her brothers she screamed with delight. She then
ordered them to be secretly admitted. Happily the
Dragon was away, as the princess was greatly afraid lest
he should see them ; but no sooner had the princes
come in than the silver pillar began to groan, the stairs
to spread out, the roof to sparkle, and the whole castle
to tremble and to turn round.
" The Dragon is coming ! " cried the terrified princess.
'*At his approach the palace turns round and round.
Hide, brothers, hide ! "
No sooner had she uttered these words than the
Dragon rushed hissing in, and demanded in a terrible
voice, " Who is here ? "
"We are here!" answered the princes fearlessly.
*' We have come for our sister VasiHsa."
" 0-ho ! " cried the Dragon, flapping his wings. " Since
you have come to take your sister away, it will not be
for nothing if I kill you. But, although you are the
brothers of Vasilisa, you are no very terrible knights."
And hissing and roaring he seized one of the brothers
with his wings and hurled him against the other. The
courtiers came in, took up the dead princes, and threw
them into a deep ditch.
The princess burst into tears. Vasilisa would neither
eat, nor drink, nor look upon the beautiful world around
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her. Three days thus passed away ; but as she did not
die, her resolution failed her, and she determined to
live ; she regretted to lose her beauty ; she listened to
the calls of hunger, and on the fourth day took some
food.
The princess now began to think how she might
possibly escape from the Dragon. One day she said to
him coaxingly, —
** Dear Dragon, your strength is great, your wings far
spreading and powerful ; can no one withstand you ?'*
**My time is not yet come,'! said the Dragon. **It
was written at the hour of my birth that the only being
who could withstand me would be Ivan the Pea, grown
up from a pea."
The Dragon laughed as he said this, not anticipating
such an antagonist. The strong put confidence in their
strength ; but what is said in jest will sometimes become
a truth.
Meanwhile, the czarina sorrowed for the loss of her
daughter and of her two sons. One day she went with
her ladies-in-waiting into the garden to try to amuse
herself. It was hot, and the czarina became very
thirsty. In the garden there was a beautiful well of
spring water, flowing into a white marble basin. The
czarina dipped a golden cup into the basin, and, drink-
ing hastily, swallowed a pea with the water. In the
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course of time the czarina had a son, and he was called
Ivan the Pea. He grew up not by years but by hours.
He was a handsome boy, — strong and plump, full of
spirit and play, ever laughing and springing on the
sands, and daily increasing in strength.
At ten years of age, Ivan the Pea was a tall, powerful
knight. He asked whether he had any sisters or
brothers; and upon hearing that his sister Vasilisa
had been carried away by the wind, and that his two
brothers who went to seek her had never returned, he
begged his parents to permit him to go also in search
of them aU.
"My dear son!'' cried the czar and czarina, **you
are still too young. Your brothers went away and
never returned ; if you leave us, you also will be lost."
" No," answered Ivan the Pea ; " I shall not be Jiost.
I desire of aU things to find my brothers and sister."
His parents endeavoured to dissuade him' from going,
but all in vain. At last they gave their consent, blessed
him with tears in their eyes, and bade him adieu.
Ivan the Pea set forth on his journey. He travelled
for one day, he travelled for two ; towards evening he
entered a gloomy forest. Li this forest there was a hut
on hen's legs, shaken by the wind, and turning round
and round. Following old custom and nursery tradi-
tion, Ivan blew upon it, saying,—
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" Hut, hut, turn about, with your back to the forest
and your front to me."
The hut immediately turned itself round with its front
towards him. An old woman was looking out of the
window, and she asked, " Whom have we here ? "
Ivan bowed to her, and enquired whether she had
observed which way th^ wind was in the habit of carry-
ing beautiful girls.
**Ah, my son," said the old woman, coughing and
looking hard at Ivan, "the wind has troubled me
dreadfully. It is now a hundred and twenty years that
I have lived in this hut, without ever once leaving it ;
it will kill me some day. You must know though that
it is not the wind that is in fault, but the Dragon."
** Which is the way to him ? "
*' Take care ; the Dragon will swallow you up."
"We shall see."
"Be mindful of your head, good knight," continued
the old woman, shaking her toothless gums, "and
promise me that, if you return safely, you will bring me
some of the water from the Dragon's palace, in which,
if I wash myself I shall be made young again."
"I promise; I will bring you some of the water,
grandmother."
"I take your word for it. And now, my dear son,
go towards the sunset ; after a year's journeying you
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will arrive at the Fox's mountain; then aSk the way
to the Dragon's kingdom."
"Farewell, grandmother."
" Farewell, my son."
Ivan went towards the setting sun. A story is soon
told, but a diflficult work is not so soon completed. Hav-
ing passed through three kingdoms he arrived at the
Dragon's dominions. Before the gates of the city he
saw an old, blind, and lame beggar with a wallet.
Having given the beggar 6ome alms, Ivan the Pea asked
him whether in that city thefe did not live a young
princess, called Vasilisa with the Golden Tress ?
*' Yes," said the beggar ; ** but we ar^ forbidden to tell
of it."
Upon hearing that his sister was indeed there, Ivan
went at once to the palace. At that moment the beauti-
ful Vasilisa with the Golden Tress was watching for the
coining of the Dragon from the window. Seeing a young
knight approaching, she sent to him secretly to learn his
name, and to know whether he was not sent by her
father or mother. When she heard that it was Ivan,
her youngest brother, whom she had never seen before,
the princess rushed out of the palace, and called to him
with tears in her eyes, —
"Eim, dearest brother! Fly from this place. The
Dragon wiU soon be here, and will kill you ! "
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" Dearest sister, I am not afraid of the Dragon, nor
of all his strength."
"Are you then the Pea, and therefore able to with-
stand him ? "
**Wait a moment, sister; let me have something to
drink first."
*' And what will you drink, brother ? "
" A bucketful of mead."
Vasilisa ordered' a bucket of mead to be brought in,
and Ivan drank it at a draught, without even once
stopping to take breath ; he then asked for more. The
surprised princess ordered some more mead to be
brought in.
"Now, brother," she said, "I believe that you are
Ivan the Pea."
" Give me something to eat, dear sister, and then let
me rest after my journey."
The princess then directed her servants to bring in a
strong chair. Ivan sat down upon it, and it immediately
' broke into pieces. The attendants then brought another
chair, still stronger, covered and joined together with iron.
When Ivan sat down, it creaked and bent under him.
"Oh brother!" cried the princess, "that is the
Dragon's own seat."
"It seems then," said Ivan smiling, "that I am
heavier than he."
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He then got up, went to an old sage, who was smith to
the court, and ordered an iron staff to be made, to
weigh five hundred puds.* The smiths set to work;
hammered the iron night and day amid a shower of red-
hot sparks, and in forty hours finished the staff. It
required the united strength of fifty men to bring it to
the castle. Ivan the Pea lifted it up with one hand, and
threw it into the air. The air whistled as the staff
passed through: it and disappeared in the clouds.
The inhabitants ran from place to place panic-
stricken; they were afraid that the staff, falling down
again, would crush their city into ruins, then roll into
the sea, which would overflow and drown them all.
Prince Ivan gave orders that the people should let
him know when the iron staff was seen falling again
to the ground, and then went quietly into the palace.
The terrified people fled away from the principal square.
Spme looked from their doors and windows to see
whether the iron beam was about to descend. They
waited one, they waited two hours ; at the end of the
third, word was sent to the palace that the staff was com-
ing down. Ivan the Pea ran into the square, stretched
out his hand and caught the staff as it fell. It came
down with such force that it bent in his hand. The
* A pud is a weight of forty pounds.
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prince straightened it on his knee, and then returned to
the castle.
Suddenly a dreadful hissing noise was heard; the
Dragon was coming. . His horse, the wind, flew with thb
swiftness of an arrow, vomiting forth flames. At a first
glaji'ce the Dragon looked like a knight ; but his he^d
Was that of a dragon. Usually at his approach, even if
he Were miles away, the palace would tremble, and move
from place to place ; now the Dragon observed, for the
first time, that it did not stir. There must be a
stranger within. The Driagon paused an instant —
hissed and roared ; his horse, the wind, shook his black
mane and spread out his monstrous wings. The
Dragon rushed to the palace, and the palace did not
stir an inch.
*' 0-ho ! " roared the Dragon, " I have to do with an
eUemy ; perhaps it is the Pea."
Prince Ivali soon appeared.
" I will put you in the palm of one hand, clap my
other hand upon you, and crush you to atoms ! " cried
the Dragon.
"We shall see," said Ivan, istpproaching with the
staff.
*' Begone from my castle ! " roared the Dragon iti a
fury.
** Begone, you ! " answered Ivan, lifting up his staff.
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The Dragon flew up in the air that he might strike
Prince Ivan and pierce him with his lance; but he
missed his aim. The prince sprang aside, and exclaim-
ing, ** It is now my turn ! " threw the staff at the Dragon
with such force that the blow broke and scattered him
into a thousand fragments. The staff pierced the earth,
and passed through two kingdoms into a third.
The people threw up their caps with joy, and chose
Ivan to be their czar. But Ivan, as a reward for the
sage smith, who in so short a time had made him such
a staff, ordered the old man to be called before him, and
said to the people, —
" This is your czar ; obey him for good as you once
obeyed the Dragon for evil."
Then Ivan took some of the water of death and of
the water of life, and sprinkled them over the bodies of
his brothers. The young men rose up, and rubbing
their eyes, exclaimed, —
" Heaven knows how long we have slept ! "
"My dear brothers" said Ivan, embracing them
tenderly, without my help you would have slept for
Then Ivan took some of the water of the Dragon,
ordered a ship to be built, and sailing on the river Swan,
with the beautiful Vasilisa with the Golden Tress, he
passed through three kingdoms into a fourth, — his own
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country. He remembered the old woman in the hut,
and gave her some of the water. When the old woman
had washed herself in it she became young again ; she
sang and danced with joy, and accompanied Prince Ivan
on his journey.
The czar and czarina received their son Ivan with
great joy and honour. They sent messengers to all
parts of the world, announcing that their daughter,
the beautiful Vasilisa with the Golden Tress, had safely
returned home. There were great rejoicings : beUs rang
merrily, trumpets sounded, drums were beaten, guns
were fired. Vasilisa obtained a husband and Prince
Ivan a wife. At the marriage feast there were moun-
tains of meat and rivers of mead. They ordered four
crowns to be made, and celebrated two weddings at once.
The great-grandfathers of our great-grandfathers
were there ; they drank of the mead and left some of it
for us, but we have never tasted it. This, however, we
heard: that after the death of the czar, Ivan the
Pea ascended the throne ; ruled the people with great
glory; and the fame of Czar the Pea has been re-
membered from generation to generation.
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GOAT'S EARS.
(from the SERVIAN.)
There once lived an emperor whose name was Trojan.
This emperor had goat's ears, and he used to call in
barber after barber to shave him. But whoever went in
never came out again ; for while the barber was shaving
him, the emperor would ask what he observed un-
common in him, and when the barber would answer
that he observed his goat's ears, the Emperor Trojan
would immediately cut him into pieces.
At last it came to the turn of a certain barber to go,
who feigned illness, and sent his apprentice instead.
When the apprentice appeared before the emperor he
was asked why his master did not come, and he answered,
"Because he is ill." Then the emperor sat down, and
allowed the youth to shave him. As he shaved him the
apprentice noticed the emperor's goat's ears, but when
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Trojan asked him what he had observed, he answered,
" I have observed nothing."
Then the emperor gave him twelve ducats, and said to
him, —
**From this time forth you shall always come and
shave me."
When the apprentice came home, his master asked
him how he got on at the emperor's, and the youth
answered, —
** All well ; and the emperor has told me that I am to
shave him in future.'*
Then he showed the twelve ducats he had received ; but
as to the emperor's goat's ears, of that he said nothing.
From this tinje forth the apprentice went regularly to
Trojan to shave him, and for each shaving he received
twelve ducats ; but he told no one that the emperor had
goat's ears.
At last it began to worry and torment him that he
dare tell no one his secret ; and he became sick and be-
gan to pine away. His master, who could not fail to
observe this, asked him what ailed him, and after much
pressing the apprentice confessed that he had something
on l^s heart which he dared not confide to any one, and
he added,-^** If I could only tell it to somebody, I should
fee] better at once."
Then said the master, —
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** Tell it to me, and I will fajithfuUy keep it from every-
body else ; or if you feax to trust me with it, then go to
the confessor and oonfide it to him ; but if you will not
do even that, then go into the fields outside the town,
there dig a hole, thrust your head into it, and tell the
earth three times what you know, then throw the mould
in again and fill up the hole/'
The apprentice chose the last course ; went into the
field outside the city, dug a hole, into which he thrust
his head, and called out three times, —
*' The Emperor Trojan has goat's ears ! "
Then he filled up the hole again, and with his mind
quite reUeved went home.
When some time had passed by, there sprang an elder-
tree out of this very hole, and three slender stems grew
up, beautiful and straight as tapers. Some shepherds
found this elder, cut oflf one of the stems, and made a
pipe of it. But as soon as they began to blow into the
new pipe, out burst the words :
" The Emperor Trojan has goat's ears ! "
Th^ news of this strange occurrence spread immedi-
ately through the whole city, and at last the Emperor
Trojan himself heard the children blowing on a pipe :
" The Emperor Trojan has goat's ears ! " ,
He sent instantly for the barber's apprentice, and
shouted to him, —
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** Heh ! what is this you have been telling the people
about me?''
The poor youth began at once to explain that he
had indeed noticed the emperor's ears, but had never
told a soul of it. The emperor tore his sabre out of
its sheath to hew the apprentice down, at which the
youth was so frightened that he told the whole' story, in
its order : how he had confessed himself to the earth ;
how an elder-tree had sprang up on the very spot ; and
how, when a pipe was made of one of its stems, the tale
was sounded in every direction.
Then the emperor took the apprentice with him in a
carriage to the place, to convince himself of the truth of
the story ; and when they arrived there they found there
was only a single stem left. The Emperor Trojan ordered
a pipe to be made out of this stem, that he might hear
how it sounded. As soon as the pipe was ready, and one
of them blew into it, out poured the words :
** The Emperor Trojan has goat's ears ! "
Then the emperor was convinced that nothing on this
earth could be hidden, spared the barber apprentice's
life, and henceforth allowed any barber, without excep-
tion, to come and shave him.
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Tfl^ LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS.
(from the SERVIAN.)
A CERTAIN man had a shepherd who had served him
faithfully and honestly for many years. One day, as the
shepherd was tending his sheep, he heard a hissing noise
in the forest, and wondered what it could be. He went,
therefore, into the wood in the direction of the sound, to
learn what it was. There he saw that the dry grass and
leaves had caught fire, and in the middle of a burning
circle a snake was hissing. The shepherd stopped to see
what the snake would do, for the fire was burning all
around it, and the flames approached it nearer and nearer
every moment. Then the snake cried from amid the
fire, —
" Oh, shepherd ! for heaven's sake save me from this
fire!''
The shepherd stretched out his crook over the flames to
the snake, and the snake passed along it on to his hand,
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and from his hand it crawled to his neck, where it twisted
itself round.
When the shepherd perceived this, he was greatly
alarmed, and said to the snake, —
** What have I done iq an evil hour ! Have I saved
you to my own destruction ! *'
The snake answered him, '* Fear not, but carry me to
my father's house. My father is the king of the snakes."
The shepherd, however, began to beg the snake to
excuse him, saying that he could not leave the sheep ;
but the snake answered, —
** Be not troubled about the sheep ; no harm shall
happen to them ; only go as fast as you can,"
The shepherd then walked through the forest with the
snake until he came to a gate which was entirely made of
snakes knotted together. There the snake on the shep-
herd's neck gave a whistle, and all the other snakes un-
twisted themselves. Then the snake said to the shepherd —
** When we come to my father's palace he will give
you whatever you ask for: silver, gold, and precious
stones. Do you, however, take nothing of these, bilt beg
to know the language of the brutes and other, creatures.
He wiQ refuse you this for a long time, but at last he
will grant your request."
Meanwhile they came to the palace, to the father, who,
sheddiQg many tears, cried, —
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'' For heaven's sake ! my dearest daughter, where
have you been ? "
And she told him in due order how she had been sur-
rounded by the forest-fire, and how the shepherd had
rescued her. Then the king of the snakes turned to the
shepherd and said to him, —
*' What would you have me give you for the deliverance
of my daughter ? ''
The shepherd answered, ** Only let me understand
the language of animals; I want nothing else/'
Then the king said, ** That is not good for you ; for if
I were to bestow upon you the gift of the knowledge of the
tongue of animals, and you were to tell any one of it,
you would instantly die. Ask, therefore, for something
else ; whatever you desire to possess, I will give to you.*'
To which the shepherd replied, —
" If you wish to give me anything, then grant me the
knowledge of the l^iUguage of brute creatures ; but if you
do not care to give me that — farewell, and God protect
you ! I want nothing else." And the shepherd turned
to leave the place.
Then the king called him back, saying, —
" Stay ! come here to me, since you will have it at all
hazards. Open yopr mouth."
The shepherd opened his mouth, and the king of the
snakes breathed into it, and said, —
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** Do you now breathe into my mouth.**
The shepherd breathed into his mouth, and the snake-
king breathed again into that of the shepherd. After
they had breathed each three times into the other's
mouth, the king said, —
" Now you understand the language of animals, and of
all created things. Go in peace, and God be with you !
but for the life of you, tell no one of this ; if you do, you
will die on the instant ! "
The shepherd returned home through the forest. As
he walked he heard and understood all that the birds
said, and the grass and all the other things that are
upon the earth. When he came to his sheep and found
them all together and quite safe, he laid himself down to
rest. Scarcely had he lain down when there flew two
ravens towards him, who took their perch upon a tree,
and be^an to talk together in their own language.
** What if that shepherd only knew that underneath
the place where the black lamb lies there is a cellar full
of silver and gold ! "
When the, shepherd heard this, he went to his master,
and told him of it. The master took a cart with him,
and they dug down to a door leading to the cave, and
removed the treasure to his house. But the master was
an honest man, and gave all the treasure to the shepherd,
saying,—
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*'My son, all this treasure is yours, for heaven has
given it to you. Buy yourself a house with it, marry,
and live happily in it."
The shepherd took the treasure, built himself a house,
and, having married, lived a happy life. Soon he became
known as the richest man, not only in his own village,
but so rich that there was not his equal in the whole
neighbourhood. He had his own shepherd, cowkeeper,
hostler, and swineherd ; plenty of goods and chattels, and
great riches.
One day, just before Christmas, he said to his wife,
*'Get some wine, and some brandy, and all things
necessary; to-morrow we will go to the farmyard and
take the 'good things to the shepherds, that they may
also enjoy themselves.''
The wife followed his directions and prepared- all that
he had told her.t When they arrived on the following
day at the farm-house, the master said to the shepherds
in the evening, —
** Come here, all of you ; eat, drink, and be merry. I
will watch over the flocks for you to night.'' And he
went, in very deed, and remained with the flocks.
About midnight the wolves began to howl and the
dogs to bark, and the wolves said in their language, —
" May we come in and do what mischief we like ?
Then you, too, shall have your share."
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And the dogs answered in their language, " Come in ;
and we will eat our fill with you.*'
But among the dogs there was an old one, who had
but two teeth in his head, and he said to the wolves, —
" That will not do. So long as I have my two teeth
in my head you shall, do no harm to my master nor his."
The master heard it all, and understood what was said.
On the following morning he ordered all the dogs to be
killed, save only the old one. The hinds said, "Heaven
forbid, sir ; that would be a great pity ! " But the master
answered, ** Do what I have told you."
Then he prepared to return home with his wife, and
they both mounted their horses. And as they rode on,
the husband got a little ahead, while the wife fell behind.
At last the husband's horse neighed, and called to the
mare, —
" Come on ! make haste ! Why do you lag behind? "
And the mare answered him, ** Ah, yes, it is all very
easy for you : you have only one to carry, the master ;
while I have to carry three, the mistress, her baby, and
my own foal."
The husband turned round and laughed, and his wife
seeing this, urged the mare forward, overtook her hus-
band, and asked him what he had been laughing at.
''Nothing; I do not know; just something that came
into my mind," answered the husband.
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But the wife was not satisfied with this answer, and
she pressed him again and again to tell her why he had
laughed.
But he excused himself, and said, —
"Let me alone, wife ! What is the matter with you?
I do not know myself why I laughed.''
But the more he denied her the more she insisted
upon his telling her what he had been laughkig at. At
last the husband said to her, —
'* Know then, that if I tell you the reason, I shall in-
stantly die."
The woman, however, did not care for that, but urged
him to tell her notwithstanding.
Meanwhile they had reached home. The husband
ordered a coffin to be made immediately, and when it
was ready he had it placed before the house, and said
to his wife, — ^
"• See now, I now lay me down in this coffin, and then
tell you why I laughed ; but as soon as I have told you
I shall die."
The husband lay down in the coffin, and looked around
him for the last time. And there came the old dog from
the farmyard, and sat down at his head and whined.
The husband seeing this, said to his wife, —
" Bring a piece of bread and give it to this dog.''
. The wife brought out a piece of bread, and threw it
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down to the dog ; but the dog would not even look at it.
Then the house-cock ran up, and began to pick at the
bread ; and the dog said to it, —
" Yoii miserable greedy thing, you ! You can eat, and
yet you see that the master is going to die ! "
The cock answered the dog, ''And let him die since
he is such a fool ! I have a hundred wives, and I call
them all together whenever I find a grain of com, and
as soon as they'have come round me, I swallow it myself.
And if any one of them got angry, I should be at her
directly with my beak. The master has only one wife,
and he cannot even manage her.''
When the husband heard this he quickly sprang out
of the coffin, took up a stick, and called his wife into the
room.
" Come, wife,'' he said, '* I will tell you what you so
much want to hear."
Then as he beat her with the stick he cried, " This is
it, wife ! This is it ! "
In this way he quieted his wife, and she never asked
him again what he had been laughing at.
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THE EVIL EYE.
(from THE' polish.)
I.
There once lived a rich gentleman in a mansion on the
banks of the river Vistula. All the windows of this
house were in the front overlooking the beautiful river.
The long avenue, formed of poplar trees, leading to the
porch, was overgrown with grass and weeds — a sign that
few of his neighbours visited the resident, and that the
old Polish hospitality was little practised there.
The owner of this house had lived in it for seven
years. He had come from a distant part of the country,
and was little known to his peasants, who avoided him
with feat and trembling because of the terrible stories
told of his evil eye.
He was bom of rich parents on the banks of the river
San. At the moment of his birth an unlucky star shone
upon him, and he became possessed of an evil eye, a glance
from which would cause disease and death to man and
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beast. If, in an unguarded moment, he looked upon the
cattle, they died ; whatever he regarded and praised,
perished. To complete his misfortunes, his father and
mother died broken-hearted. The *'Evil Eye," as he
came to be called in his native place, where his pernicious
glances had cjaused such destruction, sold all his property
and removed to the banks of the Vistula. He there took
up his abode in a sohtary house, dismissed all the
domestics, save only one — an old man-servant, who had
nursed him in his infancy, and whom alone the evil eye
had no power to harm.
The Evil Eye seldom left home, seeing that desolation
and even death followed his looks. Whenever he drove
out, his old servant sat by his side, to warn him that they
were approaching a village, a town, or hiunan beings
The unhappy man would then either close his eyes, or
cast them down and look on a bundle of pea-straw, which
was always lying at his feet.*
Knowing the baneful power of his eyes, which in spite
of himself brought misery and desolation around him, the
unfortunte man had his house so arranged that all the
* It is the common belief that one possessed of an evil eye, by looking
on a bundle of pea-straw hurts nobody, — the pea-straw is only more
thoroughly dried up. The eyes of the basilisk are said to have the same
influence on me : when this reptile looks on rue it loses its freshness and
colour.
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windows looked over the river Vistula. He trusted that
by this arrangement he should neither hurt his neighbours
nor injure his own property. Twice, in an evil hour, he
had looked upon his farm houses, and twice they were
burnt. But no precaution would fully suffice to this end.
Many vessels were wrecked opposite the White House, as
it was commonly called ; and the boatmen on the river
loaded him with imprecations as they pointed with terror
to the large windows from which the Evil Eye brought
upon them pain and disaster.
One 1)oatman, more courageous than the rest, rowed
to the house and demanded to see its master. The old
servant, although fearful of the consequences, took him
to the room where his master was dining. Annoyed at
being disturbed by a stranger, he looked at the intruder
with a scowl, who fell immediately into such a state of
alarm that he could not speak a word, but fainted at the
door.
The old servant, at the desire of his master, carried the
man to his boat, gave him some money, and rowed him
to the other side of the river. The poor fellow was ill for
a long time, and when he recovered a little he gave a
terrible account of the White House and of its master
the Evil Eye. This greatly increased the terror of his
companions ; and whenever any of them passed in their
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eyes away from the White House and pray with fervour
to be protected from the influence of the IJvil Eye.
II.
Ten years had passed away since the White House be-
came the terror of the boatmen and of the neighbouring
inhabitants. No one would visit the Evil Eye. He spent
his miserable days in silence and solitude.
The following winter proved to be excessively severe.
The wolves collected in herds, and maddened with cold
and hunger, howled dismally round the house. The
master, silent and gloomy, sat before the hearth, on which
a large fire was burning, turning over the leaves of a
book. The old servant, having fastened the doors, sat
on the other side warming himself and repairing a net.
*' Stanislas," said the master, " have you caught many
fish to-day?"
" Not many, master ; but quite enough to serve us two."
** True," said the master sorrowfully, *' Although so
many years have passed away, we are still but two. Oh,
the unhappy hour that gave me birth ! "
Suddenly they heard a hiunan voice in the courtyard
crying for help. The master started, for it was a long
time since he had heard a stranger's voice. Stanislas
ran out of the room, followed by his master, who carried
a lamp in his hand.
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In front of the door they found a covered sledge, and
near it stood an old man calling loudly for assistance.
As soon as the stranger saw two men coming towards
him with a light, he lifted a lady, his wife, who had
fainted, out of the sledge, while old Stanislas assisted
a young and beautiful maiden, his daughter, to alight.
Once within doors they piled more wood on the fire,
and soon restored the lady to herself. The master of the
house, happy to play the host, brought in some good old
wine and drank heartily to the health of the father of the
young and beautiful girl, and of the two ladies.
The old servant smiled to himself as he looked upon
the joyful face of his master, on whose countenance gloom
and sorrow had sat almost from his birth.
The visitor, warmed and cheered by the generous wine,
told his host how he was overtaken by the storm ; how
he had lost his' way ; had for along time wandered about
seeking a refuge in vain ; and how, at last, he was met
by a crowd of hungry wolves from whose fangs it was
with the greatest difficulty he had escaped to, and found
shelter in, the courtyard of the White House.
Soon afterwards the fatigued travellers retired to
warm and comfortable rooms to seek the rest they so
much needed. Silence reigned again in the hall,
broken only now and then by the crackling of the wood
fire.
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m.
The clock on the mantle-shelf in the hall struck one
in the morning. Old Stanislas sat before the fire dozing,
and now and then putting on some more fuel, when the
door leading from the master's apartments was softly
opened and the unfortunate man himself entered the
hall. The old servant, half asleep, rubbed his eyes and
exclaimed, **Why, master, have you not gone to bed
yet?-
**Do not make a noise, my dear old friend,'' said the
master in a pleasant tone of voice ; ** I feel so happy to-
day that I cannot close my eyes." And he sat down in
a large chair before the fire, smiling to himself, joyful
even unto tears.
''Ah, cry! poor master, cry!" thought Stanislas.
" Perhaps you will cry away your evil eye ! "
** If heaven would but grant me what I wish," said the
master, ** I would ask for nothing more. I have lived for
thirty years alone, like a hermit or a criminal, and yet I
have committed no crime nor wilfully injured a living
creature. And all through my unhappy eyes ! "
His face, so smiling a moment before, assumed its usual
expression of sorrow ; but it soon passed away, as a ray
of hope again lighted up the gloom.
*' My dear old friend," he began, and Stanislas looked
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up at his master as he spoke, '* it is possible that even I
may marry."^
"Heaven grant it!'' cried the old servant joyfully.
*' But where are we to find our mistress ? ''
The master rose, went on tiptoe to the door leading to
the travellers' apartments, and pointing with his finger,
said in a whisper, *' There ! "
Stanislas nodded his head approvingly as he put some
last logs of wood on the fire for the night. The master,
deeply occupied with thought, went to bed. The old
servant muttering to himself, ''Heaven grant it may
come to pass ; but I am afraid that pears will never grow
on a willow-tree," soon fell fast asleep.
IV.
In the morning, when the travellers arose, they found
they could not continue their journey on account of the
elder lady's illness. The master of the house heard with
pleasure that they were likely to stay' for a few days
longer. Stanislas began to think that it was possible
that pears might grow on a wiUow-tree.
The visitor was a gentleman in comparatively easy
circumstances. It is true he was not rich, but he had
means, and was upright and independent. He was
pleased with the hospitable master of the house, and
after a week's stay he said to his wife, whose health had
greatly improved, —
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" Maggie, do you know that I begin to think our kind
host is rather stricken with our Mary ; and she, so far
€ts I can see, has no disinclination to his suit. For my
part, I should have no objection to the match, provided
always that everything else is satisfactory."
" It is only your fancy," answered his wife. She was,
however, glad that her husband did not object to what
she herself heartily desired.
" He seems to be a very amiable man, well conducted,
and to have sufficient means to hve upon," continued the
father as he walked about the room. ** Our daughter,
too, is old enough now to enter into the holy ^tate of
matrimony."
After supper, the visitor, having partaken of the
generous wine of his host, hstened with a smiling face
to the offer which the master of the house, in a modest
manner, made for the hand of his daughter Mary. The
father, having considered a little, said, — ** I am much
pleased with you and your kind proposal. Since you
have enough to live upon, and ask for no dowry, I am
willing that my daughter should become your wife. May
you be happy and blessed in your children."
Three months afterwards the Evil Eye wedded his
beautiful wife. The grass and weeds disappeared from
the long avenue of poplar trees leading to the house,
trodden down by the horses and carriages of the friends
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of the bride. But when in a little while all the visitors
had departed, the grass and weeds began to grow before
the White House as before.
V.
Another winter was approaching, and the inhabitants
of the White House had been increased by one person
only — its mistress. Most of the numerous servants who
were engaged at the marriage, soon ran away in terror,
on hearing that their master had an evil eye. The few
who remained, having suffered greatly from illness,
finally left the house also. Its young and beautiful mis-
tress was deserted ; and in the hour of her distress lay
alone — forsaken by her friends — on the costly bed. Her
husband only was present, his face turned away from
her, as he held her cold, damp hand in his own. She
knew the terrible effect of his evil eye ; she knew that
each time he glanced at her, he but added to her pain
and sorrow, yet, in her affectionate nature, and loving
him, she begged that he would .look upon her at least
once more.
"Oh, Mary!" cried the unhappy man, with a deep
sigh, ** I know I can never be happy with you so long as
I have my sight. Here is a knife — cut out my eyes !
Done by your dear hand the act will lose its pain and
anguish."
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The poor wife trembled with horror at the proposal,
and her husband, seeing that he could not prevail upon
her, sank in a chair, and shed bitter tears.
" Of what value to me is this heavenly gift — the gift
of sight ! '* he exclaimed. ** At ev^ry glance I bring de-
struction and misery about me ! No wonder, dearest
Mary, that your pain is great : a tree would wither as I
looked at it. But take courage, love ; I will not look
upon our child. Him at least my eyes shall not injure."
The suffering woman answered him only with a groan.
He called th^ old servant in, and left her. Soon after-
wards two cries, unlike in their sound, were heard in the
house. The one — the joyful cry of a new-born infant,
as it first saw the light ; the other — the agonised cry of
a man, the infant's father, as he parted with sight for
ever ! His eyes, glittering like two diamonds, lay on the
ground by the side of a bloo(J-stained knife.
VI.
Another six years had passed away. Windows had
been made on the side of the White House from which
a beautiful view of the village and fields could be obtained.
The boatmen now often stopped near the house to rest.
Its mistress was well and happy : blessed in a beautiful
daughter, who was the guide of her blind father. The
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peasants no longer ran away at the sight of their master.
The former silence reigned no more at the White House,
numerous servants were in attendance, and the whole
place was full of life and bustle.
Old Stanislas, who had buried his master's eyes at the
time of the self-sacrifice, was now bent with age. One
day, curious to know whether they had perished or not,
he dug for them in the ground. Suddenly they glared
upon him like two live coals. As soon as their baneful
light shone upon his wrinkled face, the old man shivered,
feU down, and died.
This was the first and last time thut the evil eye exer-
cised its power for harm upon the old servant. For as
the master loved him dearly, so his heart coimteracted
the effect of his eye ; but now the eyes, long buried in
the ground, and freed from the influence of the heart of
their master, had acquired additional strength for evil,
and killed the poor old man.
The bUnd master deeply lamented his faithful servant.
In memory of his fidelity he erected a handsome cross
over his grave, beneath which the boatmen often prayed.
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HUNTSMAN THE UNLUCKY.
(from the RUSSIAN.)
Once upon a time there lived a huntsman. He would
go every day in search of game, but it often happened
that he. killed nothing, and so was obhged to return
home with his bag empty. On that. account he was
nicknamed *' Huntsman the Unlucky." At last he was
reduced by his ill fortune to such extremities that he had
not a piece of bread nor a copeck left. The wretched
man wandered about the forest, cold and hungry; he
had eaten nothing for three days, and was nearly dying
of starvation. He lay down on the grass determined to
put an end to his existence; happily better thoughts
came into his mind ; he crossed himself, and threw away
the guh. Suddenly he heard a rustling noise near him.
It seemed to issue from some thick grass close at hand.
The hunter got up and approached the spot. He then
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observed that the, grass partly hid a gloomy abyss, from
the bottom of which there rose a stone, and on it
lay a small jar. As he looked and listened the hmiter
heard a small voice crying, —
" Dear, kind traveller, release me ! ''
The voice seemed to proceed from the Httle jar. The
courageous hunter, walking carefully from one stone to
another, approached the spot where the jar lay, took it
up gently, and heard a voice crying from within like the
chirping of a grasshopper, —
** Eelease me, and I will be of service to you."
"Who are you, my little friend?" asked Huntsman
iihe Unlucky.
" I have no name, and cannot be seen by human
eyes," answered a soft voice. " If you want me, call
* Murza ! ' A wicked magician put me in this jar, sealed
it with the seal of King Solomon, and then threw me
into this fearful place, where I have lain for seventy
years."
"Very good," said Huntsman the Unlucky; "I will
give you your liberty, and then we shall see how you will
keep your word." He broke the seal and opened the
little jar — ^there was nothing in it !
" Halloa ! where are you, my friend ? " cried the
hunter.
'J By your side," a voice answered.
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The hunter looked about him, but could see no one.
'* Murza ! "
** Eeady ! I await your orders. I am your servant for
the next three days, and will do whatever you desire.
You have only to say, * Go there, I know not where ;
bring something, I know not what.* "
"Very well," said the hunter. **You will doubtless
know best what is wanted : Go there, I know not where ;
bring something, I know not what."
As soon as the hunter had uttered these words there
appeared before him a table covered with dishes, each
filled with the most delicious- viands, as if they had come
direct from a banquet of the czar. The hunter sat down
at the table, and ate and drank till he was satisfied. He
then rose, crossed himself, and, bowing on all sides,
exclaimed, —
** Thank you ! thank you ! "
Instantly the table, and everything else with it, dis-
appeared, and the hunter continued his journey.
* After walking some distance he sat down by the road-
side to rest. It so happened that while the hunter was
resting himself, there passed through the forest a gipsy-
thief, leading a horse which he wanted to sell.
*'I wish I had the money to buy the horse with,"
thought the hunter ; " what a pity my pockets are empty !
However, I will ask my invisible friend. Murza ! "
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"Go there, I know not where; bring something, I
know not what.'*
In less than a minute the hunter heard the money
chinking in his pocket ; gold poured into them, he knew
not how nor whence.
''Thanks! you have kept your word," said the hunter.
He then began to bargain with the gipsy for the horse.
Having agreed upon the price, he paid the man in gold,
who, staring at the hunter with his mouth wide open,
wondered where Huntsman the Unlucky had got so much
money from. Parting from the hunter, the gipsy-thief
ran with aU his speed to the farther end of the forest,
and whistled. There was no answer. '* They are asleep,"
thought the gipsy, and entered a cavern where some
robbers, lying on the skins of animals, were resting
themselves.
" Halloa, cororades ! Are you asleep ? " cried the gipsy.
" Get up, quick ! or you will lose a fine bird. He is
alone in the forest, and his pockets are full of gold.
Make haste ! "
The robbers sprang up, mounted their horses, and
galloped after the hunter.
The hunter heard the clatter, and seeing himself
suddenly surrounded by robbers, cried out, — '
'* Murza ! "
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** Eeady ! " answered a voice near him.
** Go there, I know not where ; bring something, I
know not what."
There was a rustling noise heard in the forest, and
then something from behind the trees fell upon the
robbers. They were knocked from their horses, and
scattered on all sides ; yet no hand was seen to touch
'them. The robbers, thrown upon the ground, could not
raise themselves, and the hunter, thankful and rejoicing
at his deliverance, rode on, and soon found his way out of
the dark forest, and came upon a town.
Near this town there were pitched tents full of soldiers.
Huntsman the Unlucky was told that an enoirmous army
of Tartars had come, under the command of their khan,
who, angry at being refused the hand of the beautiful
Princess Milovzora, the daughter of the czar, had
declared war against him. The .hunter had seen the
Princess Milovzora when 'she was out hunting in the
'forest. She used to ride a beautiful horse,* anil carry a
golden lance in her hand ; a magnificent quiver pf arrows
hung from her shoulder. When her veil was lifted up
she appeared like the spring sunlight, to give light to^
the eyes and warmth to the heart.
The hunter reflected for a little while, and then cried,
** Murza ! "
In an instant he found himself dressed in splendid
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attire : his jacket was embroidered with gold, he wore a
beautiful mantle on his shoulders, and ostrich feathers
hung gracefully down from the top of his helmet,
fastened by a brooch of a ruby surrounded by pearls.'
The hunter went into the castle, presented himself before
the czar, and offered to drive away the forces of the
enemy on condition that the czar gave him the beau-
tiful Princess Milovzora for his wife.
The czar was greatly surprised, but did not like to
refuse such an offer at once ; he first asked the hunter
his name, his birth, and his possessions.
"I am called Huntsman the Unlucky, Master of
Murza the Invisible.''
The czar thought the young stranger was mad ; the
courtiers, however, who had seen him before, assured the
czar that the stranger exactly resembled Huntsman the
Unlucky, whom they. knew; but how he had got that
splendid dress they could not tell.
Then the czar demanded :
** Do you hear what they say ? If you are telling lies,
you will lose your head. Let us see, then, how you will
overcome the enemy with the forces of your invisible
Murza?"
"Be of good hope, czar," answered the hunter; "as
soon as I say the word, everything will be completed."
"Good," said the czar. "If you have spoken the
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truth you shall have my daughter for your wife ; if not,
your head will be the forfeit."
The hunter said to himself, '* I shall either become a
prince, or I am a lost man."
He then whispered, "Murza, go there, I know not
where ; do this, I know not what."
A few minutes passed, and there was nothing to be
heard or seen. Huntsman the Unlucky turned pale ; the
czar, enraged, ordered him to be seized and put in
irons, when suddenly the firing of guns was heard in the
distance. The czar and his courtiers ran out on the
steps leading to the castle, and saw bodies of men
approaching from both right and left, their standards
waving gracefully in the air ; the soldiers were splendidly
equipped. The czar could hardly bplieve his eyes, for he
himself had no troops so fine as these.
*' This is no delusion ! " cried Huntsman the Unlucky.
** These are the forces of my invisible friend."
" Let them drive away the enemy then, if they can,"
•said the czar. .
The hunter waved his handkerchief. The army
wheeled into position ; music burst forth in a martial
strain, and then a great cloud of dust arose. When the
dust had cleared away, the army was gone.
The czar invited Huntsman the Unlucky, to dinner,
and asked him numerous questions about Murza the
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Invisible. At the second course the news came that the
enemy was flying in every direction, completely routed.
The terrified Tartars had left all their tents and baggage
behind them. The czar thanked the hunter for his
assistance, and informed his daughter that he had found
a husband for her. Princess Milovzora blushed upon
receiving this intelligence, then turned pale, and began
to shed tears. The hunter whispered something to
Murza, and the princess's tears changed into precious
stones as they feU. The courtiers hastened to pick them
up — ^they were pearls and diamonds. The princess
smiled at this, and overcome with pleasure gave her
hand to Huntsman the Unlucky — unlucky no longer.
Then began the feast. — ^But here the story must end.
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HOW TO CHOOSE A WIFE.
(from the SERVIAN.)
There was once an unmarried man whom some of his
friends desired to marry to a maid, some to a widow,
and others again to a woman who was divorced from her
husband. For his part he knew not which to choose,
for all the three were good and handsome. He went
therefore to a certain old man, to ask his advice as
to whether it would be best to marry the maid, the
widow, or the divorced woman. The old man answered
him, —
"My son, I can tell you nothing about it. But go
to the Allwise (Solomon) ; he will be able to tell you
what is best. Then come back and tell me what he
advises you to do."
Away went the man to the court of Solomon, where
the servants asked him what he wanted; and he
answered them, —
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" I wish to see the AUwise.'*
Then one of the servants took him and led him in ;
and pointing with his hand to a child who was riding
about the court on a stick, said, —
'' There is the AUwise/'
The man said wonderingly to himself, **What can
this child tell me? But since I am here, I will hear
what he has to say."
Then he approached Solomon, and when he came
near to him the child stood still on his horse-stick, and
asked him what he wanted. The man told him all the
story.
The Allwise answered him thus, —
**When you take a maid to wife, you know; when
you take a widow, she knows; but when you take a
divorced woman — beware of my horse.'*
The child turned round, struck the man gently with
the stick across the feet, and then began again to ride
about the court on his stick. Then thought the man to
himself : —
*'What a fool I am! A grown man, I come to a
child to ask him how I shall marry ! "
He at once set out to return to the old man to lay
before him what had passed with the person to whom
he had sent him for advice. When he came to the old
man he related in a tone of anger all the circumstances
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of his visit to the Allwise; upon which the old maai
said, —
"Ah, my son, the Allwise has not spoken in vain:
when you take a maiden to wife, you know ; that means
that she will believe you understand everything better
than she does, and will follow and obey you. If you
take a widow, she knows ; that is to say, she has been
already once married, and thinks she is more experienced
than you ; and will not only not follow, but will try to
command you. If you take a divorced woman — ^beware
of my horse ! And then he smote you across the feet
with his stick. By that you will understand : take care
that she does not scold you as she scolded her first
husband.
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THE PLAGUE.
(from the polish.)
When the Plague desolates the country, whole villages
stand empty; the cocks become hoarse and cannot
crow ; even the dogs, our household guardians, no longer
bark. They can, however, scent and see the Plague
afar off. They, growl, and furiously try to attack it ; for
the Plague delights to tease and worry them.
A p^sant once was asleep on the top of a hay-rick ;
near him leant a ladder. The moon shone brightly,
and the night was clear. Suddenly, borne on the wind
a great noise was heard, in which the growling and
howling of dogs rose distinctly above all other sounds.
The peasant got up, and saw with terror a tall woman,
clothed in white, with dishevelled hair, running straight
towards him, pursued by dogs. In front of her stood a
high fence. The tall woman sprang clear over it at a
bound, and ran up the ladder. There, secure from the
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furious dogs, she put out her leg, and teasing them,
cried, —
*' Na goga, noga ! Na goga, noga ! " (There is my leg,
seize it.)
The peasant at once recognised in her the terrible
Plague itself. He softly approached the ladder, and
pushed it off the rick with all his might. The Plague fell
to the ground and the dogs seized her. She threatened
the peasant with vengeance, and then suddenly dis-
appeared.
The peasant did not die of the plague, but he was
never well afterwards ; and he would often involuntarily
lift up his leg and repeat the cry, —
" Na goga noga! Na goga noga ! "
These were the only words he could utter.
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GOLDEN HAIE.
(from the BOHEMIAN.)
Once there^ lived a king who was so clever that he could
understand all that the animals said to one another.
Listen how ^he came to know this. One day an old
woman brought him a snake in a basket, and said if he
would have it cooked, and would eat it, he would under-
stand what the animals and living creatures, w'hether
on land, in the air, or in the water, said. The king was
pleased at the idea of knowing more than any other man,
paid the old woman well for her present, and ordered
one of his servants to cook the ** fish " immediately for
dinner.
" But mind," added the king, *' you do not taste it ; if
you do you will answer to me for it with your head;"
Lik, the servant, thought it very strange that the king
should forbid him so strongly to taste the dish.
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*'As long as I have lired," he said to himself, ''I
never saw such a fish ; it looks more like a snake.
Besides, how is a cook to prepare food without tasting
it?''
When the snake was ready he ate a piece of it, just to
try its flavour. Suddenly he heard something buzzing
round his ears : —
*' A piece for me ! a piece for me ! "
Irik looked round, but there was no one near, except a
few flies darting about the kitchen. Then he heard a
hoarse voice outside in the street : —
" Where are you going to ? Where are you going to?"
And then various other voices answered, —
*' To the miQer's barley. To the miller's barley."
And looking out of the window he saw a gander with a
flock of geese.
'' 0-iio ! " said he to himself, '' that's the ' fish,' is it ? "
He understood the whole thing at once. He quickly
ate another piece, and then, as if nothing had happened,
took the dish to the king.
After dinner the king ordered Irik to saddle two horses,
and accompany him on a ride. The king went on before,
Irik following him. As they rode through a green
meadow Irik's horse gave a bound, and said, —
**Ho, ho, brother, I feel so light! I should like to
jump over the hiQs ! "
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*'Ah/' said the other horse, *'I, too, should like to
jump. But I am mounted by an old man, and if I were
to jump he would tumble off to the ground like a full
sack, and break his neck."
**And let him break it," said Irik's horse, "it does
not matter. Instead of an old you would have a young
master."
During this conversation Irik laughed heartily, but
quietly, lest the king should hear him. The king well
understood what the horses had said. He turned round,
and, seeing Irik laughing, cried, —
*' What are you laughing at ? "
*' Nothing, your majesty," Irik excused himself; " only
something that came into my mind."
The old king, however, began to suspect him, and
being afraid of the horses he returned home.
Upon reaching the palace, the king ordered Ink to
pour him out a glass of wine.
"But you will lose your head," added the king, "if
you pour either too much or too little."
Irik took a bottle and began to pour out the wine.
Suddenly two birds flew through a window into the
room. One was pursuing the other, and the first held
three golden hairs in its beak.
" Give them to me ! " cried the second, " they are
mine ! "
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**No/* answered the first, "they are ^juine, I picked
them up."
''But I saW them falling, on the ground when the
maiden with the golden locks was combing her hair.
Give me at least two of them.'*
" No, not one."
Hereupon tHe second bird flew upon the first, and
seized the three hairs of gold. Then they began to
struggle for them ; at last each bird got one of the three
hairs in its beak, and the third one fell upon the floor
with a ringing sound.
Irik looked at it, and spilt the wine.
*'You have forfeited your head!" thundered out the
king; ''but I will be merciful to you if you find the maiden
with the golden locks, and bring her to me for my wife."
What was Irik to do ? If he would save his life he
must go and look for this maiden, although he did not
know where to seek her. He saddled his horse, and
started at haphazard. He came to a dense forest ; near
this forest, just by the side of the road, a bush was
burning. Some shepherd boys had lighted it. Under
the bush was an ants' nest ; the sparks were falling
upon it, and the ants, carrying their white eggs, were
running in all directions.
" Oh, help, Irik, help ! " they cried piteously, " or we
and our yoi^ng onesyet unhatched wiU perish ! "
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Irik quickly dismounted, removed the bush, and put
out the fire.
''When you are in trouble," said the ants, ''think of
us, and we will help you."
Then he rode through the forest and approached a
high fir-tree. On the top of it was a raven's nest ; and
under the tree lay two young ravens screaming and
complaining.
"Father and mother have flown away from us. We
are too young to search for food for ourselves, for we
poor chickens cannot even fly. Oh, help, Irik, help !
Give us something to eat or we shall die of hunger."
Irik did not think long ; he dismounted from his horse
and thrust a sword into its side, that the ravens might
have something to eat.
"When you are in trouble," croaked the ravens joy-
fully, " think of us, and we wiU help you."
Irik was now obliged to travel on foot. He walked
for a long time through the forest, and when at last he
came out of it he saw a broad sea before him. Two
fishermen were quarrelling on the shore. They had
caught a large yellow fish in a net, and each of them
wanted to keep it. ,
" Mine is the net, and mine is the fish," cried one.
" Your net would have been of little use to you had it
not been for my boat and help," said the other.
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** When we catch another one like this you shall have it."
*' No ; you wait for that one, and let me have this."
**Let me settle your dispute,'* said Irik. *' Sell the
fish to me, and I will pay you well for it ; then divide
the money, equally between you.'*
He gave them all the money he had received from the
king for his journey, not keeping anything for himself.
The fishermen were pleased with the bargain, and Irik
let the fish go into the sea. The fish swam joyfully in
the water, dived, and not far from land showed its head
again, and said, —
" When you want help, Irik, think of me, and I will
repay your kindness."
It then disappeared beneath the waves.
** Where are you going? " asked the fishermen of Irik.
*' I am going to fiBtch a young bride, the maiden with
the golden locks, for the old king my master ; but I know
not where to find her."
"We can tell you something about her," said the
fishermen. ** It is Zlatovlaska — Golden Hair ; she is
the daughter of the king of the Palace of Crystal, who
lives on yonder island. Evefy morning, at the break of
day, she combs her golden locks; its brightness is re-
flected on the sea, and up among the clouds. If you
like, we will row you ove;r to the island, because you
have settled our dispute so pleasantly. Take care, how-
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ever, to choose the right princess ; the king has twelve
daughters, but only one of them has locks of gold."
When Irik arrived on the island he went to the Palace
of Crystal, and begged the king to give him his daughter
with the golden hair as a wife for his own master.
"I wiU," answered the king; "but you must serve
for her. You must in three days perform three tasks
which I will give you — one for each day. Meanwhile
you can rest yourself until to-morrow."
Early next morning the king said to Irik, "My
daughter Zlatovlaska had a costly pearl necklace; the
string broke, and the pearls dropped off, and were
scattered in the long grass of the meadow. You must
gather these pearls together : not one must be missing."
Irik went into the meadow, it was wide and long ; he
knelt down in the grass, and began to search for the
pearls. He searched from morning until mid-day, but
could not find a single one.
" Oh that my ants were here ! " he cried ; " they
would help me."
" We are here to help you," cried the ants, who
suddenly appeared from somewhere, and ran to him
from all sides. ** What do you want ? "
" I have to gather many pearls together in this
meadow, and I cannot even find one."
" Wait a moment, we wiU collect them for you."
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In a short time the ants brought Irik a great number
of pearls from among the grass, and he had nothing to
do but to thread them on a piece of string. Just as Irik
was about to tie the ends there came crawling to him a
lame ant, whose leg had been burnt off when the ant-hill
was in the midst of the fire, and. cried, —
" Stop, Irik, stop ! Don't tie the thread yet ; I have
brought you one pearl more,"
Irik took the pearls to the king, and when the king had,
counted them there was not one missing.
"You have done your task well," said the king; "to-
morrow morning I will give you some other work to do."
In the morning Irik presented himself, to the king,
and the king said to him, " My daughter with the golden
locks, while bathing in the sea, lost her gold ring. You
must find it, and bring it here."
Irik went, to the sea, and, full of sorrow, wandered on
the shore. The sea was clear, biit so deep that he could
not see the bottom. How then was he to find the ring ?
" Would that my gold-fish were here ! " cried Irik ; "it
would help me."
Suddenly something bright appeared in the sea, and
then the gold-fish came up to the surface.
" I am here to help you. What do you want ? "
" I have to find a gold ring in the sea, and I cannot
even see the bottom of it."
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'* This very instant I met a pike carrying a gold ring
in its fins. Wait a moment, and I will bring it to you."
Soon afterwards the gold-fish appeared, bringing the
pike with the ring.
The king again praised Irik for having done his work
so well, and on the following morning gave him the third
task.
"If you wish me to give you my daughter with the
golden locks for a wife for your king, you must bring
her some water of death and some water of life, they will
be wanted."
Irik did not know where to seek for these waters.
He walked where chance led him, until he came to a
dark forest.
" Would that my ravens were here ; they would
help me."
Suddenly a noise was heard over his head, and the
two ravens appeared.
'' We are here to help you. What do you want ? "
** I have to fetch some of the water of death and some
of the water of life, and know not where to get them."
*' We know where to get them. Wait a moment, and
we will briQg you some."
In a short time the ravens returned to Irik, each
carrying a small gourd bottle ; in one was the water of
life, in the other the water of death.
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Irik, delighted with his good fortune, hastened back to
the palace. On the skirt of the forest he saw a spider's
web spread from one fir-tree to another ; in the middle
of it sat a large spider killing a fly. Irik took the gourd
bottle with the water of death, sprinkled it over the
spider, and it fell to th6 ground like a ripe cherry ; it
was quite dead. Then he sprinkled the fly with the
water of life from the other bottle, and the fly began to
struggle ; in a short time it disentangled itself from the
spider's web, and flew into the air.
''It is your good fortune, Irik, that you have brought
me to life again," buzzed the fly in his ears. ** With-
out my assistance you would never guess which one of
the twelve maidens is the princess with the locks of
gold."
When the king saw that Irik had also accomplished
the third task, he said he would give him his daughter
Zlatovlaska.
**But," added the king, '*you must find her out your-
self."
Then the king took him to a large hall, in the middle
of which stood a table, and around it sat twelve
beautiful girls, all exactly alike; each of them had a
long cloth, as white as snow, thrown over her head
and reaching to the ground, so that it was impossible
to see what kind of hair she had.
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"These are my daughters/' said the king; "if you
can find out which of them is Zlatovlaska, you will have
won her, and may lead her away at once. If you cannot
point her out, she is not destined for you, and you must
leave this place without her."
Irik was in the greatest trouble, and did not know
what to do. All at once something whispered in his
ear : —
" Bz — bz ! go romid the table, and I will tell you
which one it is."
It Was the fly which Irik had rescued from death with
the water of life.
" This is not the one — nor this — ^nor this ; — ^but this
is Zlatovlaska ! "
. " Give me this one from among your daughters," cried
Irik. " I have won her for my master ! "
" You have chosen rightly," said the king. The prin-
cess rose immediately from the table, and removed the
head-dress, and showed her golden hair, flowing in thick
locks down to the ground ; it was as bright as the rising
sun ! Irik was almost blinded by its radiance. Then the
king arrayed his daughter for her journey, according to
her high birth and station, and Irik took her to his master
to become his wife. The old king's eyes sparkled, and
he leapt with joy when he saw Zlatovlaska ; he ordered
immediate preparations to be made for the wedding.
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'' I intended to have you hanged for your disobedience,
that the ravens might eat you," he said to Irik; "but
since you have served me so well, I will only have you
beheaded and decently buried."
After the execution, Zlatovlaska asked the old king for
the dead body of Irik, and as the king could not very well
refuse anything to his bride, he sent it to her. The
princess joined the head to the trunk, sprinkled some of
the water of death over them, and they immediately grew
together so exactly that there was not even a mark left of
the decapitation. Then she sprinkled the body with the
water of life, and Irik got up as fresh as if he were newly
born,' and as hale as a deer ; youth bloomed in his
face.
*' How soundly I have slept ! " said Irik, rubbing his
eyes.
''Yes," said the princess, ''you have slept soundly.
Had it not been for me, you would have slept long
enough."
When the old king saw that Irik was alive, and had
become younger and handsomer than before, he, too,
wanted to be made young again. He immediately
directed that the same should be done to him as had
been done to Irik. Accordingly they beheaded him, and
then sprinkled the body with the water of life over and
over again, until there was no more left. But the head
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would not grow to the trunk. Then they sprinkled it
with the water of death, and the head grew imme-
diately to the trunk. But the old king remained dead,
for there was no water wherewith to bring him to life
again !
But as the kingdom could not remain without a
sovereign ; and as there was no one so wise as Irik, who
understood the language of the brutes and other living
creatures, the people made him their king and the
Princess Zlatovlatska their queen.
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THE PLAGUE AND THE PEASANT.
(from the polish.)
A PEASANT sat down in the shade of a larch tree to rest.
The sun was high and glowing. Suddenly he perceived
something approaching him from a distance. As it
came nearer he saw that it was a woman wrapped in a
large cloak. Her legs were of a wonderful length.
The peasant was greatly frightened, and tried hard
to run away, but the spectre seized him with her bony
arms, and said, —
**Do you know the Plague? It is I. Take -me on
your shoulders and carry me over the whole country.
You must not miss a town, a village, or even a hamlet ;
I must be carried everywhere. For yourself, be not
afraid: in the midst of death and misery you shall
remain alive and well."
She put her long arms round his neck. The peasant
started, but surprised at feeling no weight, he turned his
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head, and then saw that the spectre was sitting on his
shoulders.
He took her first to a town. There was music and
dancing in the taverns, and joy in every place ; mirth
^. and pleasure held their sway. When the peasant
/ entered into the market-place, the woman shook her
W pestilential garments. Soon the music and dancing
I ceased, joy disappeared, and terror reigned supreme.
'^I The terrified peasant saw coffins and dead bodies on
A every side. He heard the funeral bells everywhere.
I Soon the cemetery was filled and there was no more
room Ho bury the dead. Even in the market-place many
I a corpse was left without a grave !
j On went the miserable peasant. Whenever he passed
I through a village the houses were left empty. The
inhabitants, pale and trembling, fled; men were dying
\ on the roads, in the woods, and in the fields,
ig His native village stood on a high hill : there lived
I his wife, his httle children, and his aged parents. At
the sight of it his heart bled within him. Seizing the
^ sj^ectre with all his strength, lest she should escape, he
1. hurried past his home.
Before him flowed the river Pruth, with its blue
'.waters; on the other side arose green hills; and far
beyond, dark mountains, capped with snow, lost their
summits in the clouds. His resolution was quickly
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taken. He rushed on and plunged headlong into the
river, hoping by meeting death himself to drown the
Plague also, and thus to save the country from further
desolation.
The unhappy peasant perished in the waters, but the
Plague, as a spirit, could not be drowned. Overcome,
however, by this courageous act, she fled away in terror
and hid herself among the mountains. Thus the pea-
sant not only saved his village and kU those who were
dear to him, but also that part of his native land into
which the Plague had not been carried.
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HANDICEAFT ABOVE EVEEYTHING.
(from the SERVIAN.)
A KING, with his wife and daughter, once made a pleasure
trip upon the sea. When they had sailed some distance
from the shore, a storm arose which drove the ship upon
a foreign land, where both the king and his kingdom
were quite unknown, and of which land they themselves
had never before heard. Upon gaining the shore the
king did not dare tell of his rank; and as he had
no money, and was ignorant of any handicraft or other
means by which he could support himself and his family,
he was obliged to hire himself as a keeper of village
cattle.
After living some years in this way, the son of the
king of the country fell in love with the herdsman's
daughter, who was now well grown and beautiful. The
prince told his parents that he would never marry any
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other maiden than the daughter of the cattle-keeper of
that village. Father, mother, and all the courtiers en-
deavoured to dissuade him from this course, saying, that
for him, who could choose a partner from among imperial
and royal princesses, to take the daughter of a herdsman
for his wife would be a shame and a disgrace. But all
in vain ; the prince only replied, —
" Either this maiden or none ! "
When they all saw that nothing else was to be done,
one of the councillors was sent to the cattle-herd to tell
him that the king had chosen his daughter to become
the wife of his own son. The councillor made his way to
the herd, and told him of the king's decision ; but the
village cattle-keeper demanded of him, "What handicraft
does the king's son understand ? "
Upon which the messenger, disgusted, made answer, —
" Heaven be with you, oh man ! What should a prince
know of a handicraft ? People only learn handicrafts to
support themselves by; but the king's son possesses
countries and cities."
But the cattle-herd simply replied, —
*'That may be; but unless he understands some
handicraft I cannot give him my daughter."
Then went the councillor home again and told the
king what the cattle-keeper had said; at which the
whole court was perfectly astonished. People had
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believed that it would have been the herd's greatest joy
and pride that the king's son should take his daughter
to wife, — and here he was asking what trade the prince
understood ! The king sent a second councillor ; but the
cattle-herd made him the same answer : —
'* So long as the king's son has not learnt a handi-
craft, and cannot bring to me some of his own work as
a proof of his knowledge, he and I can never become
closer friends."
When this councillor also returned and informed the
king that the cattle-herd was not willing to give his
daughter to the prince until he had learnt some'handi-
craft, however simple it might be, the prince went
himself forth to find out among the different workshops
what trade would be the easiest to learn. As he went
from shop to shop, and saw what the various masters
worked at, he came upon one where work-people were
busy plaiting rush-mats ; and as that appeared to him
to be the lightest of all handicrafts, he set about to learn
it at once. And when in a few days he had learnt to
work he plaited a rush-mat all by himself, which a
messenger took to the cattle-herd and explained that the
prince had already learnt a handicraft, and that the
rush-mat was a piece of his own work.
The cattle-herd took the mat in his hand, and looking
at it on all sides, demanded, —
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** How much is this worth ? "
And they answered him, —
** Four paras."*
**Ah!" he exclaimed. **Good! Four paras to-day,
four to-morrow, that makes eight, and four the day after
to-morrow, that makes twelve, and so on. If I had
understood this handicraft, I should not be tending
cattle this day."
Then he told them who and what he was, and how he
hal come there. They were all delighted when they
learnt that they had been wooing the daughter of a
king and not of a cattle-herd ; and the marriage of the
youth and the maiden took place amid the greatest
rejoicings. Then they gave to the father of the bride
a ship and a guard of warriors, and he went over the
sea and reached his own kingdom.
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IVAN ^KUCHINA.
(from the RUSSIAN.)
Kruchina was a wealthy merchant, and had a son who
was called Ivanushka.* The mother of Ivanushka died,
and the merchant Kruchina married a second wife.
Ivanushka was sent to a day-school ; he used to remain
there all day, and return home in the evening. During
holidays the boy stayed at home and amused himself as
he best could.
Business compelled the merchant to travel into
foreign countries. The second wife was young, the
merchant old and grey-haired. As soon as the mer-
chant had left home visitors began to arrive, who sat
down at table, ate, drank, and enjoyed themselves.
** Mother, who are these people ? " asked Ivanushka..
** They are all my relations,'* answered the step-
mother.
* Little John — Johnny.
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** Very good/' whispered Ivanushka softly to himself.
** As soon as father comes home I will tell him all about
this."
The merchant's wife had a favourite housekeeper, who
knew how to get £^t other people's secrets. Having
overheard what Ivanushka had said, she told her mis-
tress of it.
In the merchant's stable was a stray foal, and
Ivaniishka attended to it : he used to feed it, lead it to
water, and- clean it. The foal grew up, and became
in time a fine, strong horse ; he could neigh in various
voices, speak like a man, and understood what was said
to him. One day, Ivanushka, returning home from
school, and passing by the stable, observed that the
horse, fuU of trouble, stood with his head hanging
down and his ears drooping.
" Why are you so sad ? " asked Ivanushka. " Is there
mischief brewing for you or for me ? "
" I am sorry on your account — not my own," answered
the horse. "Tour stepmother means to poison you
with some wine. Take care you don't drink it, but pour
it away."
Ivanushka went in. His stepmoiher asked him to
take a glass of wine, but he declined ; she then began
to press him so strongly that he could not possibly
refuse her. He took up the glass, approached a win-
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dow, and pretending to drink the wine, emptied the
glass unobserved outside. There was grass growing un-
der the window, and the poison burnt it to the very root.
The stepmother was amazed that nothing happened to
Ivanushka.
Next day, on his way home, Ivanushka again passed
by the stable door. He went in to caress the horse, and
observed that, like the day before, the horse was sad,
and stood with his head hangmg down. He asked the
reason, and the horse said, —
"They have baked a poisoned cake for you; take
care not to eat it, but throw it away."
It happened exactly as the horse had foretold.
Ivanushka threw the cake out of the window, and a
dog ate it. In an instant he began to run round and
round, and to run his head aganist the walls ; at last
he threw himself upon the ground, barked, howled, and
died. Ivanushka, as well as ever, went next morning
to school.
When the housekeeper found out that it was the
horse who had warned Ivanushka, she determined with
the consent of the merchant's wife to destroy him ; and
accordingly she put some poison into a pail of water.
If the horse would but drink it, thirty-three carrion
crows would come and with their iron beaks tear him
into pieces.
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The servants led the horse to water. Suddenly he
broke loose, and rushed to the gate; but it was shut.
The servants ran after him, put a bit into his mouth,
fastened a rope round his neck and ears, and then be-
gan dragging him. The merchant's wife looked out of the
window and screamed, " Hold him ! Drag him along ! "
The horse, however, kicked so violently that they
were obliged to let him go.
At that moment Ivanushka came home from school.
He could not bear to see the horse so cruelly treated,
and said to the servants, —
'* Why do you.torment the poor beast ? "
** We are taking him to water," they answered.
" I will water him myself," said Ivanushka. He then
went to the well, drew out some fresh water and gave it
to the horse.
The merchant's wife, seeing that she could neither
destroy Ivanushka nor the horse, became very angry
and pretended to be ill.
When the merchant returned home he found 4iis wife
groaning in bed.
** I fear you are ill, my love," said the merchant.
''Very ill."
'* Has the doctor been ? "
*' Yes; he says it will be necessary to kill the horse,
take out its gall, and use it for my medicine."
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** Certainly," said the merchant ; '* we will do so. We
can easily buy another." And he ordered the horse
to be killed.
The servants began to sharpen their knives. ' When
Ivanushka came from school, and heard that they were^
going to kill the horse, he went at once to his father,
and said, —
"Father, permit me for the last time to feed the
horse, and to lead him about the yard."
The merchant gave his permission. Ivanushka fed
the horse with barlfey ; then he took him by the bridle,
and led him into the yard. Ivanushka looked at the
horse and shed bitter tears.
All of a sudden the horse kicked Ivanushka ; the boy
fell down, but quickly sprang up again.
'* Has your strength iacreased ? " asked the horse.
'* Yes, it has."
The horse again kicked him, and asked, "Has it
still increased?"
"I feet very strong indeed," answered Ivan. "I
should like very much to try my strength on somebody."
" Ask your father to let you ride me on the road for
the last time, and to enjoy yourself."
Ivan went to his father.
" Father," he said, " allow me to ride on the horse for
the last time, and to enjoy myself."
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The merchant gave his consent. Ivan saddled the
horse, mounted him, rode outside the gates, and began
io gallop up and down. The merchant stood at the
gate looking on.
All at once Ivan whistled, stopped the horse, and
said, —
''Farewell, my dear father; I cannot stop with you
any longer; stepmother tried to poison me and the
horse." Having said this he galloped away.
Outside the town Ivan met an old, withered, bony
woman driving a cart full of hay on the road. Pre-
sently the cart turned over. Ivan laughed, and cried, —
" I say, grandmother, I could lift up your cart with
one hand."
He dismounted, and began to lift up the cart.
"Have you left your home with a blessing?" asked
the old woman, and taking a scythe from under the
hay, she mowed him down.
"A-ha! though you have been bragging of your
strength, I have got you now."
The old woman was Death.
The poor youth fell down dead ; the horse, frightened,
galloped away. A falcon flew by carrying two phials in
its claws, — one of the water of life, the other of the water ^^
of death. He had observed carrion birds in the middle ^H
of the field feeding on white flesh; they were rapidly
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devouring poor Ivan. The falcon was moved with
compassion. Descending to the ground, he poured a few
drops of the water of death into Ivan's mouth, and the
flesh became whole again ; then he sprinkled him with
the water of life, and Ivan got up, thinking he was
awakened from a long sleep.
" Without my assistance,*' said the falcon, ** you would
have slept long enough."
At first Ivan would not believe this. The falcon
seized a sparrow, struck it with his wing and threw it
on the ground. Then he sprinkled it with the water
of life, and the sparrow flew away.
"It is as you say. I thank you, bright falcon, for
your kind help. But where is my horse ? "
* * Your horse is in a certain kingdom far away. He lives
in a town surrounded by marble walls with crystal gates."
" Oh, falcon, falcon ! show me the way to my horse."
" Go in the direction in which you wiU see me fly."
A story is soon told; but it was a long time before
Ivan arrived at the city with marble walls and crystal
gates. The walls were high and the guards would not
let Ivan pass through the gates. As soon as his horse
scented him he began to neigh and to tear himself from
his keepers. He kicked the wall, and knocked such an
enormous stone out of it that the inhabitants could not
possibly replace it. He was, however, seized, shut up
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in a cellar built of white stones, and fastened with iron
hoops. Ivan passed through the broken wall into the
city. The people looked at him, and said, —
" He is a stranger from some foreign country."
They took him before their czar.
V Who are you ? " asked the czar.
*a don't know."
** Where do you come from ? "
'' I don't know."
Ivan gave the same answer to all the questions they
put to him : '* I don't know."
The czar was angry at first, but after a little thought
he arrived at the conclusion that Ivan only feigned to be
a simpleton, and might be made useful. "Eemain then
unknown," said the czar to Ivan, and retained him in
his service. Ivan served him faithfully ; the czar gave
him the keys of his treasury, with permission to enter
six rooms but not a seventh.
Ivan was often in the treasury. One day, full of
thought, he approached the seventh room. Suddenly
he heard the neighing of a horse. He could not restrain
himself; he opened the door locked with seven locks, and
there at once perceived his own long lost horse. The
horse was bound with twelve iron hoops and fastened to
a pUlar with chains; on the pillar were hanging the
keys of the chains.
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" I did not expect to see you again,*' said the horse.
" I have helped you before ; help me now. Let me out
that I may stretch my legs."
Ivan took down the keys, unlocked the chains, and
freed the horse.
" I would not allow any one here to mount me," said
the horse. " Now make haste, put on saddle and bridle,
and get on my back. Take one of the gloves and the
brush from the wall. They will be useful to you."
Ivan took the glove and the brush from the hook,
mounted the horse, shook the silken reins, and the horse
rushed out like an arrow, the sparks flying from beneath
his hoofs. He cleared the crystal gates at a bound.
After a little while the horse said to Ivan, **Get
down on the ground and hearken if they are pursuing us.
The czar has a wind-horse, as swift as lightning ; he is
sure to overtake us."
Ivan put his ear to the ground and listened.
** They are pursuing us ! " he cried.
'* Throw the glove down behind you."
Ivan threw down the glove, and there arose from the
ground a dense, dark forest, which stopped the way.
Ivan rode on.
Meanwhile the people cut down the forest and began
again to pursue Ivan.
** Throw the brush down behind you."
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Ivan threw it down, aaid there arose behind them
Bteep rocky mountains, which sheltered Ivan as with
a wall.
After some time Ivan reached another kingdom.
Having entered a beautiful field, he let the horse loose
to graze, and said, —
*'My faithful friend and companion, come to me
again at the sound of my whistle."
He then went into a garden which was not far off.
In that garden, behind silver bars, stood an apple tree
full of beautiful fruit. Ivan was tempted, and plucked
one of the finest of them. But to that •apple tree were
fastened. golden wires, and as soon as Ivan had plucked
the apple, bejls began to ring. The servants rushed
into the garden, seized Ivan, and took him to their czar.
The czar asked Ivan for his name aad country, And
whether he left it of his own free will. He was pleased
with Ivan's simplicity, took him into his own service,
and ordered him to look after the garden. He nick-
named him Ivan the Unknown.
The czar had three daughters, two of whom were
already married. One day the maiden princess, who was
exceedingly beautiful, came into the garden, and seeing a
young handsome gardener there, she said to him, —
'*How is it, gardener, that you have not brought me'
any flowers yet ? "
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Ivan began immediately to pluck some of the finest
flowers. While doing so, a thorn pricked his hand, and
the wound bled. At the sight of the blood the princess
was moved with pity. She took her own silk handker-
chief, and bound the gardener's hand with it.
Now about this time news came that a neighbouring
infidel king had declared war against the czar, and had
advanced towards the capital with a powerful army.
A great battle began.
Ivan cut down a lime tree, made a stout beam of it,
went into the fields, and' whistled and called loudly for
his horse. In an instant his beautiful horse appeared.
The earth shook as he galloped. Ivan mounted him
and rushed against the enemy. He seized from one a
sword, from another a golden helmet, put the helmet
on ^his head and drew down the visor. He then fought
at^ defeated the whole army.
The czar was amazed, and wondered who the knight
cpuld be, aiM whence he came. He did not suppose,
even for a moment, that the knight was his own
gardener. The people thought he was perhaps St.
George himself on his white horse. The enemy was
dispersed, and had left their baggage behind them. The
strange knight galloped away, and was seen no more.
(The czar returned home, and praising the unknown
knight's bravery, said to his daughter, —
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" Whoever he may be, I wbuld willingly give ypu to
him for a wife as a reward of such valour."
The gardener stood beneath the window and heard it.
Not long afterwards anotjaer hostile army advanced
against the capital, and again a frightful battle began.
Ivan went into the fields and whistled; the horse
galloped to him, and the dust from beneath his feet
arose like smoke in the air. The horse was full of life
and vigour.
" What is it you want ? " asked the horse.
"Help me once more,'* said Ivan; **take me to the
battle-field.'*
The horse flew with the swiftness of the wind, and
the young knight, like an eagle, attacked the forces of
the enemy, and routed them. The people again thought
it was St. George. Ivan brandished his lance, and killed
numbers of the enemy; he delivered the czar from
death, and the people from slavery. The foe fled and
never returned.
The czar ordered the unknown knight to be invited to
his castle. The stranger appeared. The czar begged
him to lift up his visor. When the princess saw her own
handkerchief on the knight's arm, she blushed, but said
not a word.
** Whoever you may be," said the czar, "I will kee^
my czar's word with you : if you are unmarried, I will
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give you my daughter for a wife ; if married, you shall
have half of my kingdom."
Ivan drew up the visor of his golden helmet and
bowed himibly to the czar. The surprised czar recog-
nised in the knight his own gardener. Soon afterwards
Ivan married the princess.
And now we have told you, in the old fashion, the
story of Ivan, the son of the merchant Kruchina.
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EIGHT AND WKONG.
(from TBE SERVIAN.)
A CERTAIN king had two sons : the one cunning and un-
just, the other just and good. After the death of their
father, the unjust brother said to the just one, —
" Get you away from me ; we cannot live together any
longer. Here you have three hundred gold pieces and a
horse; this is your share of our father's inheritance.
There is nothing more for you.'*
The just brother took the three hundred gold pieces
and the horse, and departed, saying as he went, —
' " Heaven be praised ! although I have received only
this much from the whole kingdom.**
After some time the two brothers met on the high road,
each mounted on his horse. The just brother called to
the unjust one, — ^^
" God help you, my brother ! '* «%
And the other answered, — ^ ^^
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" God give you nothing but evil ! Why do you always
bring in the name of God? Wrong is better than
Eight/'
Then the good brother answered, —
"Come, I will lay you a wager that Wrong is not
better than Eight."
And they made a bet together fpr one hundred gold
pieces, and agreed, that the first man they met should
decide the wager. Going farther on they met the demon
on horseback, who had changed himself into a monk.
They asked him to tell them which was better — Eight or
Wrong. The demon answered, " Wrong ! *' and so the
good brother lost his one hundred gold pieces. Then
they bet again for the second and third hundred pieces,
and according to the decision of the demon, who assumed
different shapes each time he appeared to them, the
just brother lost all the three hundred gold pieces, and
his horse as well. Then said he, —
" Heaven be praised ! I have not a single gold piece
left ; but I have my eyes stiU, and will wager with you
for them, once more."
And he wagered his eyes that Eight was better than
Wrong.
Then his brother, without seeking further for a judge,
drew forth his knife, and cut the other's eyes out, and
cried, —
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** Now you are without eyes, let Eight help you ! '*
But the other, pitiable as was his plight, still praised
God, and said, —
" I have lost my eyes for the Eight of Heaven ; now I
pray you, oh my brother ! to give me some water in a
vessel, that I may moisten my mouth and wash my
wounds, and to lead me forth and leave me under the
fir-tree by the spring.'*
The brother listened to this entreaty ; gave him some
Water in a vessel, led him out, and left him under the fir-
tree by the spring. And as the miserable man stood
there, he heard at a certain hour in the night, the Vilas*
come to the spring, and as they bathed in it they said to
each other :
" Do you know, sisters, that the king's daughter is ill
of leprosy? The king has called all the physicians
together, but not one of them can heal her. K any one
only knew it, and would take some of this water, im-
mediately after we have left it, and would tell the king's
* The Vilas are beings peculiar to Servia. They are female genii sup-
posed to inhabit the highest hills and rocks in the neighbourhood of
water, and retain perpetual youth. They are represented as beautifal
in countenance, with long hair waving over breast and shoulders, and
clad in light gauze-like drapery. In a Servian popular song the Vila
thus sings: "The mountains gave me birth and folded me in green ^.
leaves ; the dew of the morning that suckled me, and the breezes of the \ /
woods that rocked me to sleep, were my nurses."
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daughter to bathe in it, in a day and a night she would
be well, as would all, whether lame, deaf, or blind,
become healed who bathe in this water.'*
At this moment the cock crowed, and the Vilas disap-
peared. On hearing this, the unhappy man, crawling
on all fours, dragged himself from under the fir-tree down
to the water, washed his eyes in it, and immediately
received his sight. Then he filled his vessel with the
water, went quickly to the king, whose daughter was ill
of leprosy, and said to him, " I am come to heal your
daughter ; if she will admit me into her presence, she
will be made weU in a day and a night."
When the king heard this he at once admitted him to
the maiden's chamber, and the man gave orders that the
princess should be bathed in the water he had brought.
And when a day and a night had passed the maiden was
well and clean from leprosy. The king was overjoyed :
he gave the just brother half his kingdom, and his
daughter for a wife ; and thus the man became the king's
son-in-law and the first man in the land after the king.
This news soon spread over the whole kingdom, and
came to the ears of him who always had said that Wrong
was better than Eight. He thought to himself :
**My brother found his fortune under the fir-tree,"
and away he went to seek' for it there himself. First he
took some water in a vessel, then went under the fir-tree
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and cut out his eyes with a knife. At a certain hour in
the night the Vilas came there to bathe, and they began
to talk among themselves how the king's daughter had
been healed. " Some one must have overheard us," they
said, *' when we were talking of how she could be healed
with the water we had bathed in. Perhaps even now some
one is listening to us. Come and let us see."
And when, as they looked about them, they came under
the fir-tree, and discovered the man who had come there
to seek his fortune, and who had always said that Wrong
was better than Eight, they seized him, and tore him into
four pieces. And this is how Wrong came to the help of
the unjust.
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(from the polish.)
On a beautiful hill near the river Vistula, a company of
young countrymen and countrywomen came together to
celebrate the harvest-home with music and dancing.
There was plenty to eat and drink, and they helped them-
selves freely. In the midst of the merriment a terrible
cry was heard which drowned the music and jovial
songs.
The young people left oflf dancing, ran to the spot
whence the cry came, and found with horror that an
enormous wolf had seized one of the handsomest girls
of the village in his mouth, and was dragging her away.
The most courageous among the youths followed and
soon overtook the wolf; but the furious monster, his
mouth foaming with rage, having dropped his prey on
the ground, stood over it ready to fight.
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The men, unarmed and terrified, knew not what to do.
Some of them ran home to fetch fire-arms ; the rest,
quite unnerved, stood aloof, and awaited their return.
The wolf, seeing the fear of those who remained, again
seized the poor girl, and disappeared with her into the
adjoining forest.
Fifty years had passed away since the occurrence of
this terrible scene. Another feast was being held on the
same hill, and an old, grey-headed man approached the
merry-makers. The people invited him to join in their
revels, but he, gloomy and reserved, sat down to drink
the proffered glass of brandy in silence.
A peasant, of nearly the same age as the gtiest, ap-
proached, saluted him, and tried to engage him in
conversation. The stranger, after looking at him for
some time, demanded with emotion : '* Is it you, indeed,
John?"
The countryman then recognised in the stranger his
elder brother, who had been lost fifty years before. The
wondering peasants soon surrounded the old visitor, who
told them how, having been changed into a wolf by a
witch, he had carried his betrothed awayN from that same
hill during a harvest-home festival ; how he had lived
with her in the forest for a year, when she had died.
**From that moment," he continued, "savage and
furious, I attacked every one, and destroyed everything
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I fell in with. The blood I then shed I cannot even now
wipe away."
Here he showed them his hands covered with blood-
stains.
" It is now four years since, again changed to human
shape, I have wandered from place to place. I wished
to see you all once more — ^to see the hut and village where
I was born, and grew up to be a man. After that
Ah, woe is me ! Fly ! Fly from me ! I shall become a
wolf again ! "
As soon as he had uttered these words, he was changed
into a wolf. He howled piteously, rushed past the
astonished peasants, and disappeared in the neighbour-
ing forest for ever.
n.
A witch, having fallen in love with a young peasant,
tried all her magic arts in vain to make him return her
affection. At last, offended at his indifference, the furious
woman resolved to take a terrible revenge.
Meeting him once, she said, " When you next go to
the forest for wood, at the first stroke of your axe you
shall be changed into a wolf."
The peasant sKghting her threats, put his oxen to the
wagon and drove to the forest. But no sooner had he
struck a tree than the axe fell to the ground. Surprised
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and terrified he looked at his hands — they were changed
into wolfs paws ! Almost maddened with fear and dis-
tress, he ran about the forest. He looked into a pool of
water, and saw that he was changed into a wolf; only
here and there some portion of his clothes remained, the
transformation not being yet quite complete. He hastened
to his oxen, but they, frightened at the sight of him, turned
and ran. He tried to stop them by the sound of his once
familiar voice, but instead of speaking he could only howl.
Then, alas ! with pain and terror he fully understood that
the threats of the despised witch were carried into effect.
Unable, in spite of the change, to depart from his native
place, he wandered about in the neighbourhood. In vain
he tried to accustom himself to raw meat ; he could not
eat it ; he had an especial horror of human flesh. In
order to obtain food, he used to frighten away the shep-
herds and harvestmen, and eat their bread, milk, and
other provisions.
Having spent some years in this manner, he one day
felt an unusual desire to sleep, and accordingly laid down
in the grass. But what was his surprise, when, on
awakening, he perc'eived that he was again changed into
a man. Delighted beyond measure, and forgetting that
after breaking the spell, and changing from the state of
a wolf to that of a man, people are lefk without clothes,
the happy peasant ran swiftly home.
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Happiness, they say, does not last long. The truth of
this saying the peasant experienced only too soon. On
arriving home he found his parents were dead; Kate,
the girl whom he had loved before all others, was
married, and had four children ; most of his friends
were either dead or had removed to distant parts.
The unfortunate peasant bore his misfortunes bravely.
He tried to forget his troubles by the tillage, in the sweat
of his brow, of a small piece of land. Sometimes, especi-
ally on holidays, he would go to the village public-house,
and there, surrounded by his neighbours, would tell the
story of his adventures, and the trials he had suffered
through the cruel vengeance of the despised witch.
m.
A peasant, having been a wolf for seven years, was per-
mitted by the witch who had transformed him to resume
his natural shape. Although hungry and without clothes,
he walked the whole day to reach his home where he had^
left his wife and children. He arrived late at night be-
fore his hut, and knocked at the door.
" Who is there ? ** demanded a voice from within ; and
the peasant at once recognised it as that of his wife.
" It is I — your husband ; open the door, quick ! *' ,
" Heaven help us ! " cried the terrified woman. " Here,
husband, get up ! **
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The wondering peasant soon saw before him his former
servant, who, having married his wife, had come into all
his property. The new husband rushed out of the hut
armed with a pitchfork, determined to drive away its
rightful owner. The unhappy man-wolf, exasperated at
his wife's inconstancy, cried out in his anguish, —
" Oh, that I were again a wolf, that I might punish
my faithless wife, and never feel my misery ! "
His wish was gratified on the instant : he was changed
again into a wolf. Maddened with rage, he attacked his
wife, who stood by holding a child of the second marriage
in her arms. He pulled her down to the ground, devoured
the child, and revenged himself upon its mother by
mangling her body in a fearful manner.
At the cries of the wounded woman the neighbours ran
to her assistance and set upon the furious animal. The
wolf did not Igng defend himself; he soon fell beneath the
repeated blows of his assailants. When the peasants,
shouting with joy at their victory, began to examine the
creature by the Hght of the burning pine splinters, they
found to 'their surprise and horror, that instead of a woK,
they had killed their countryman who was lost seven years
before, and was supposed to have been changed into a wolf.
They tried to restore him. but it was too late. Whilst
they were lamenting his unhappy end, the faithless
woman, his wife, died of the wounds she had received.
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YANECHEK AND THE WATEE DEMON.
(from the BOHEMIAN.)
A SHEPHERDESS in Borohradj had an only son whose
name was Yanechek,* but that one son was more trouble
to her than ten daughters would have been to any other
mother. Yanechek was in truth a very mischievous
boy. There was not one of his playmates, girl or boy,
upon whom he had not practised some trick ; and not
a woman in Borohrady who had not complained of his
pranks to his mother, the widow Dorothy. ^
'* Gossip Dorothy," cried Mistress Betusche, "your
Yanechek fastened my door on the outside last night,
and I had to call to my neighboufs for half a day before
I could get out.**
** Shepherdess Dorothy," said the magistrate one day
in the village market-place, "if I catch Yanechek in
my pigeon-house again I will send him to prison."
* Johnny.
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"My dear Dorothy," complained Mistress Anichka,
''last night, at twelve o'clock, Yanechek frightened us
dreadfully."
And thus it was day after day: "Gossip Dorothy,
Shepherdess Dorothy, My dear Dorothy," and day after
day Dorothy shed tears over her troubles.
"Why don't you correct the boy?" suggested the
shepherdess's brother.
But Dorothy was afraid to whip her mischievous son,
because that would make him cry; and the boy, knowing
his mother's weakness, did as he pleased without fear.
In his mischief he did not consider his mother's feelings
in the least. He would chase the goats up the steepest
rocks, while his mother, Dorothy, standing at the bottom,
would scream, " Come down, Yanechek ! " at the top of
her voice, her heart ready to break with fear. But
Yanechek would climb to the very top, then seize the
thin branches of a bush with his right hand and bend
his whole body forward, so that it appeared as if he
were suspended in the air, or upon the point of falling
down to cut himself to pieces on the sharp rocks
beneath.^ At this sight his poor mother Dorothy would
be seized with a fainting fit, and crying, " Heaven help
me ! " would fall senseless to the ground. ^ Then, as the
poor shepherdess began to recover from her swoon, the
wicked Yanechek would hold her in his arms, crying, —
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" Open your eyes, mother ! open your eyes ! "
And as soon as his mother opened her eyes, Yanechek
would jump up, turn round on his heel, and clapping his
hands together wpuld cry joyfully, —
** Mother is alive again ! Mother is alive again ! "
And the shepherdess, instead of taking a cane to chas-
tise her mischievous son, would simply say, —
" How you frightened me, you naughty boy ! "
And this reproof seemed to her a sufficient punish-
ment for her dear son.
But the wicked boy caused the greatest anxiety to
his mother Dorothy when he went to bathe in the large
pool. There was no part of that pool, deep as it was,
where Yanechek did not dive to the bottom. On warm
days he would splash about in the smooth water, turn
somersaults, and leap and gambol like a playful carp. Or
he would climb up the willow trees growing on the bank
of the pool, and from the highest and thinnest branches
he would spring headlong into the cool, deep water.
** Yanechek! Yanechek!*' his mother often cried, '
*' don't bathe in the pool. You will fall into the Water
Demon's net some day."
"I don't care for the Water Demon," the 'boy would
answer laughing. Then he would run into the forest
and gather a cap full of strawberries or a basket of
mushrooms for his mother. For Dorothy was very fond
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of strawberries with milk, and of stewed mushrooms,
and so long as she had these dainties on her table she
never punished Yanechek, and he might run and bathe
in the pool as often as he liked.
. One day, when the dainty shepherdess had some
mushrooms for dinner, Yanechek went to the pool, ran
up the steep bank and plunged into the calm water.
He began to gambol about, dive, and then rising
again stuck his legs up in the air. All at once he
raised up his head, stretched out his arms and screamed
for help as if in the agonies of death.! The labourers in
the field, hearing his cries ran to his assistance. They
seized him by the hair of the head and drew him to
land. There the wretched boy lay lifeless; he neither
moved nor breathed. The peasants laid him on his
stomach, so that the water might run from him more
freely, and not knowing what next to do, some ran for
the shepherdess and some for the doctor.
Shepherdess Dorothy had just begun to eat her stewed
mushrooms .when the country people brought her the
sad news that her son was drowned. Horror-stricken,
she dropped the wooden spoon, and pale and with her
hair hanging loose, rushed towards the pool to her poor
boy Yanechek. But the miserable boy was nowhere
to be found : in vain they sought for his body among
the bushes, in the fields, and in the water.f When the
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evening came, Dorothy, her eyes red with crying and her
dress in disorder, returned to her hut with the neighbours
who came to comfort her. Although the mischievous
conduct of Yanechek had dug a deep gulf between her
and the people about her, yet the grief of the mother
built a bridge over it, and they came to comfort the
bereaved widow. No sooner had they entered the hut
than they were seized with terror, and rushed out of the
door again, screaming, ** A ghost ! a ghost ! "
Yanechek sat at the table at which a lamp was
burning, and where a dish full of stewed red mushrooms
was steaming. He was eating and evidently enjoying the
savoury dish.
" You wicked boy ! " exclaimed Dorothy, both sur-
prised at the sight of her unexpected visitor and vexed
at the rapid disappearance of her favourite delicacy ;
" is it right to treat your mother in this way ? "
"Are you vexed, mother,'* cried Yanechek laughing
at her, ** that I have been eating mushrooms ? "
Then he jumped upon the t,able, lay down, and putting
his hands under his chin, made faces at her.
" The Water Demon take you ! " cried the shepherdess,
her cheeks turning red, really angry for the first time in
her life with Yanechek. But the next instant her face
grew deadly pale again, for through the window came
the words, —
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" It shaU be so ! It shaU be so ! ''
The widow Dorothy, horrified at the sound, turned to-
wards the window and saw a white face outside looking at
her with a fiendish smile on its lips.'*^ Yaneehek jumped
down from the table, seized his mother's stick, and ran
with it out of the hut. In the darkness of the evening
he could just make out some person fleeting away. He
raised the stick and threw it after the figure ; but the
stick fell to the ground only a little way before him, and
from a distance came a burst of malicious laughter
mingled with which came the words distinctly uttered, —
'' It shall be so ! It shaU be so ! '*
It was a summer day. The sun shone warmly on
fields * and gardens, on rivulets and lakes. On the
bank of the still pool, Yaneehek, the mischievous son of
Dorothy the shepherdess, danced about joyfuUy. He
whistled aloud and undressed himself that he might
make a plunge into the cool water. On the surface of
the water there floated a bunch of most beautiful flowers,
so beautiful that it was difficult to tell whether they
were really flowers or a cluster of precious stones. The
flowers seemed to smile upon Yaneehek, and to say to
him, "Come and take us, we will gladden your heart
until your life's end." Thus the flowers enticed him to
take them.'^ But the boy was as cunning as a fox, and
cried out, —
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"You must get yourseK another bait, Mr. Water
Demon. You have prepared your nosegay in vain this
time, you stupid Water Demon. I will stick the flowers
in my hat without wetting my foot-soles."
Thus said Yaneehek, and having broken off a long
branch from the nearest willow tree, he bent over the
water as he tried to draw the flowers to the bank. But
as he bent forward with the long rod the beautiful
flowers floated a little farther from the bank, and
Yaneehek, growing angry and impatient to reach them,
went step by step slowly into the cool water as he
followed the flowers. They tempted him so much that
he did not notice that he had already reached the middle
of the pool. Now, however, he could reach the flowers
with the long rod, and he drew them towards him that
he might seize them with his hand. As he grasped
them he entangled his hand in a fine net which the
Water Demon had spread round the flowers ; and the
more he tried to draw the prize towards him, the more
the net pulled him towards the bottom of the pool. At
last Yaneehek let go the flowers, but he could not
disentangle himself from the net, for what the Water
Demon has once seized he does not easily let go.' Then
Yaneehek began to scream with all his might for help, —
**Help, good people, help! The Water Demon is
drowning me ! "
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But the people working in the fields, although they
heard his cries, turned a deaf ear to his entreaties. They
said angrily, —
" And let him drown you, you wicked boy ! *'
The miserable, struggling Yanechek was dragged deeper
and deeper. At last he was overwhelmed by the water,
and on the top of it there appeared a little man in a
green dress, who called out to the people in the fields,
whilst a diabolical smile played upon his face, —
" It shall be sq ! It shall be so ! "
Shepherdess Dorothy waited for her son Yanechek
that whole day and night in vain. Early next morning,
as she ran round the bank of the pool in search of her
mischievous but much-loved son, she saw his hat,
waistcoat, and shirt lying on the ground, and thus learnt
with intense grief how it was she had waited in vain so
long.' ^ She would have thrown herseK into the cold, still
water after him in her despair, if her neighbours had
not prevented her. Weeping bitterly the poor widow
collected the remains of the dress of her unhappy boy,
and by degrees the love of the mother's heart gave her
courage instead of despair, and desire of revenge instead
of vain lamentation. For nine days she plaited a rope
out of nine pieces of bast, and with this strongly- woven
cord she hid herseK among some bushes near the pool
to wait for the Water Demon.
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" K I stay here three times seven days my body will
become as thin as a shadow, and the wicked Water
Demon will not see his enemy."
Speaking thus to herself, Dorothy took courage and
waited three times seven days, and her body dried up
and became as thin as a shadow; her mother's love
alone kept her alive, for that love was her only food
and her only comfort.
Nine times in a year the Water Demon leaves his
palace built under the water, to walk upon the warm
earth and see whom he may entice to his cold bed.
Then he listens to the curses of the wicked and the
profane words of the ungodly. Only once each time
can he make his choice of an innocent man sacrificed
to him by the immutable decrees of Fatef The Water
Demon walks on the earth in a green dress-coat, and
every time the eye of a human being glances at him the
water drops from his lefk coat-tail. IP This time also, as
Dorothy still watched among the bushes on the bank of
the pool — and she waited there more than three times
seven days — ^the Water Demon came out of the water
in a green dress-coat. The heart of the shepherdess
began to beat more quickly and her hands to shake as
the Water Demon ma,de the first step on the dry land,
where his power ceases. She came out softly from
among the bushes, and like a mere shadow walked in
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the footsteps of the evil Water Demon. As she followed
in his track she made a running knot in the rope of nine
times plaited. bast, and cast it round the leg of the Water
Demon just as he was about to leap over a field ditch.
Having fastened the rope round his leg she tore off his
left coat-tail, and the Water Demon, deprived of his
power, struggled like an obstinate ram, and neighed
Uke a wild horse. ^ ^l)orothy dragged the Water Demon
by the rope to her hut, carefully avoiding the least
puddles, lest he should touch even the smallest drop of
water. Arrived at her hut, Dorothy fastened the wicked
spirit near the oven by a strong knot, then put in some
dry faggots, lit them, and the oven soon became as hot
as the , summer sun at mid-day. Then the Water
Demon began to wail piteously, and Dorothy approach-
ing him set on to sing, —
"Oh, Water Demon! Water Demon! Give me back
my son, give me back my Yanechek ! "
But the Water Demon paid no attention to her words,
but ground his teeth at her with rage. When, however,
the woman kept on adding fuel to the fire and still con-
tinued her song, the Evil Spirit, dried up by the heat,
lost his strength and youthful appearance, and became
like a withered old man. With this change into a man
a hundred years old, came also upon him the pains and
infirmities of age, and sighing for his liberty he at last
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told Dorothy how she could again see her son Yanechek,
and could release him from the water palace. Upon
this she promised to let the Water Demon free, and
full of hope, started on h^er way.
Searching for her son the mother came to the bank of
the pool, and there, carrying out the instructions of the
Water Demon, she repeated the following words, —
"Mother WeU! Mother WeU! Listen to what the
master says : open thy waters to .the bottom ! "
As soon as she had uttered these words the waters
opened, and there appeared before her stairs leading
down into the depths of the pool. These stairs Dorothy
courageously descended, while the crystal waters grew
up higher and higher as she went down. Gradually the
stairs and the passage became narrower, so that the
withered form of the widow could only pass through
with difficulty. . At last her farther progress was stopped
by a large, green frog. Then Dorothy, remembering
the instructions of the Water Demon, said these
words, —
" Oh, Frog ! Frog ! Hear what the master says, open
a passage for me ! "
As soon as she had said this the mouth of the frog
opened like a large gate, its body changed into pillars
like bright emeralds, and above them shone the eyes of
the frog like two suns. Through this gate the widow
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entered a large and lofty hall ; larger and loftier than
any church she had ever seen. The walls were spread
all over with sparkling glass, and all around were bright
shining places, as if of pure silver, where there was an
incredible number of holes filled with little silver jars ;
so many were there that the simple- shepherdess could
never have counted them. ^ The hall was beautiful
indeed, but it was cold and full of terrors. Suppressed
cries of pain and agonising sighs came from the little
jars under which the Water Demon kept the lost souls
of the drowned imprisoned. A frightful prison for the
imhappy spirits: they moaned and sobbed in despair,
as if laden with heavy and grievous sins. Full of both
fear and hope, Dorothy began to knock at the Httle jars
with her bent finger.
" Are you here, my son Yanechek ? " she asked in a
trembling voice.
" I am Veit, condemned to everlasting torments here
for having sought relief from a bad wife by death in the
water. Another woman won my love."
" Are you here, my son Yanechek ? "
" I am called Voyteh. I cheated the orphan children
committed to my charge : I could not longer endure the
reproaches of my conscience, and drowned myself from
despair."
" Are you here, my son Yanechek?" asked the widow
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as she went on. She would receive answers to her
questions, and then would follow sighs and groans
terrible to hear. The poor woman's heart grew more
and more anxious and sad.
Thus poor Dorothy the shepherdess continued to,
knock at the silver jars, one after the other, for nine
times nine days, because the wicked Water Demon had
not clearly explained to her where to seek for Yanechek.
K At last, almost worn out with fatigue, she cast a timid
glance at the last two jars. "Are you here, my son
Yanechek ? " she asked, her voice sinking to a whisper ;
and she touched the shelf with her finger, fully expecting
to receive an evil answer. No sooner had she done so
than there came a sound from one of the little jars as
when an empty vessel is struck. It broke loudly and
harshly on the ears of the shepherdess, for the sound
was like a human voice, and it seemed to say, "Yane-
chek is not here ; but here is a place prepared for a
mother who rears a wicked son."^^ As the sound seemed
to form itself into these words a dreadful fear seized the
soul of the shepherdess, and her senses began to fail her.
Low, s^uppressed cries of pain moaned in her ears,
mingled with fiendish laughter ; innumerable silver jars
whirled round and, round before her eyes, and the sighs
and the laughter seemed to come from the silver jars,
and to say to her, —
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" Yanechek is not here ; but here is a place prepared
for you ! "
Then the great hall itself began to turn round and
round about Dorothy, and she felt as if she should faint
away. In the midst of her distress and sense of sick-
ness she fancied she could hear sighs of pain from the
last little jar. They seemed like the cries of her lost
Yanechek when at home feigning illness. '* Oh, help,
mother, help ! " These words came indeed from the last
little jar, and the sound of them revived the poor mother
again. She recognised her son with h^er soul; she
quickly lifted up the jar, and Yanechek sprang out of
his narrow prison.
" May you stick fast in a swamp, you slow mother ! "
cried the liberated son.
But the mother, doting on her wicked boy, did not
hear the cruel words. She looked with intense com-
miseration on his thin face, his sunken eyes, his pale
lips and bony hands, and covered his emaciated body
with kisses.
" What did you eat here, my poor boy ? "
" Despair was my food."
" What did you drink here, my poor boy ? "
*' Despair was my drink."
To every question Dorothy put to him, his answer was
" Despair." And the mother's heart was again troubled.
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and a new fear seized her lest despair should come over
her son again. Then she took her boy in her arms and
carried him out of the Water Demon's hall. She passed
through the frog's gate, up the narrow stairs between
the crystal walls, to the top of the l^ke, and never
stopped till she reached the green bank. On the green
bank she laid her dear burden — laid her Yanechek — on
the soft grass, sat down by the dear boy, stroked his face
and said sweet words to him. But the wicked Yanechek
lay there with a gloomy scowling face, never answering
his mother, and turning his eyes constantly on the
ground. But when Dorothy began to tell him how she
had plaited a nine-fold rope of bast for the Water
Demon, how she had watched for him, how she had
caught and fastened him near the oven, the face of
Yanechek gained more colour than through the fr^sh
air, and his eyes sparkled more brightly than from the
soft, sweet kisses of his mother.
"And is the Water Demon still fastened to the
oven ? " demanded Yanechek, springing to his feet.
" Yes," answered his mother. " The Water Demon
cannot break the nine-fold bast rope, nor can he untie
the knot."
"Have you the sharp axe still at home ? " again asked
Yanechek.
" Yes ; but what do you want with it ? "
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" I don't want it ; but the Water Demon must have a
cut with it behind his ear."
"Heaven preserve you from such a deed! I have
promised the Water Demon his freedom."
" You have promised him that ! " cried Yanechek.
** You silly mother ! you have promised him his freedom
that he may catch me again, and you too, perhaps. No !
no ! this fiend shall never go back to his cold hall ; you
may carry him there without his head."
Having thus spoken, Yanechek ran along the bank of
the pool towards his mother's hut. The shepherdess
could with difficulty keep up with him. She followed
him, panting for breath, and unable as she felt herself
to be to prevent her son from carrying out his purpose,
fresh anxiety filled her heart for his own safety.
Yanechek was still her dearest' treasure, for him she
would have done anything. As soon as they reached
the hut, Yanechek seized the sharp^edged axe, too sharp
and too heavy for his wasted body, and ran with it into
the room where the Water Demon was still fastened to
the oven.
" Now, you evil thing," cried Yanechek, as thirsting
for revenge he raised the axe in the air ; " have you got
some flowers for me that I may make you a funeral
garland ? "
** Bow ! bow ! " barked the Water Demon, changing
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immediately into a black shaggy dog, and showing his
te^th.
The wicked boy grew furious with rage, the widow was
terrified for her son and screamed, " Strike the monster
dead ! " Yanechek took aim and threw the axe at the
dog. But the Water Demon had sharp eyes, and sprang
aside, and the axe fell on the nine-fold bast rope and
cut it in two. The dog, freed from his strong fetters,
flew past Yanechek on to the oaken table where stood
the shepherdess's water-jug. The water in this jug,
during all the time of Dorothy's absence, as she sat
watching among the bushes, and when she was tapping
at the silver jars, had not quite dried up. There was
still one drop of water at the bottom. On this drop the
dog set his paw, and in an instant his former young and
vigorous form returned. Then he overturned the jug, a,nd
that single drop of water became a strong flood, like a
summer torrent among the mountains, and quickly filled
the room with its fast flowing waters. In those waters
the wicked Yanechek and his weak-minded, indulgent
mother were drowned. Full of terror and despair, both
mother and son called loudly for help as the water rose
and bubbled up to their very throats. The Water
Demon, a fiendish smile upon his lips, walked on the
top of the rolling waves and stretched out his icy-cold
hands to Dorothy and Yanechek. As soon as he had
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caught hold of them he dived with them into the deep,
took them to hi^ cold hall, and there imprisoned the two
unhappy souls each under a narrow jar.
For many years afterwards a dark, deep pool was to
be seen on the spot where the shepherdess Dorothy's
hut once stood, and the people living near would tell
travellers the story of the unhappy mother and of her
son Yanechek.
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SPIEIT TEEASUEES.
(fBOM the RUSSIAN.)
A CERTAIN farmer had two houses, — one in which he lived
with his family in summer time, the other a winter house,
provided with an oven, and called istopka. The farmer
took a fancy one day to sleep in the istopka alone. He
went there and lay down — it was a bright moonlight
night — but, being unable to sleep, he lay with his eyes
open staring at the walls. Suddenly the figure of a man
rose up from beneath the floor, walked heavily across it,
and as it moved made a noise Uke a purse full of money.
It walked straight towards the farmer. The farmer
crossed himself, said a prayer, and began to whisper,
" Chur ! Chur ! " * It was fortunate that he thus pro*
tected himself. The spectre passed the farmer by, and
went into the yard ; there it stayed some time, when it
returned to the room. Again the farmer crossed himself,
* A word need to exorcise spirits.
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and whispered, "Chur, Chur!" Just at this moment
the cock crowed, and the spectre instantly disappeared
somewhere beneath the floor.
The farmer went home and related all that he had
seen. He and his family considered the matter of the
apparition over, and came to the conclusion to consult
some "wise-man" about it. The next day they found a
wise-man, and told him all the story.
*'Ah!" said the wise-man, **you have lost a famous
chance, countryman."
" What chance ? "
"Why, it was a treasure."
" Is it possible ! "
"Yes."
" Could we not get it somehow ? "
"You can."
"How, then?"
"Listen, and I wiQ tell you. When the spectre again
rises from beneath the floor, and approaches you, permit
it to do so. When it is within two steps of you, seize it
three times by the head, repeating each time, * Amen !
Amen ! crumble thou into pieces.' " ,
The farmer did as he was told. The spectre crumbled
inta old copper money of five-copeck pieces.* The
* Abont twopence.
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money altogether was worth more than two hundred
and fifty roubles.*
II.
A moujik used once to sleep in a deserted room.
Sometimes, just as he was about to fall asleep, a eat of
a reddish colour would jump up from he knew not where,
and run about the room. The cat shone like gold, and
when its tail came into contact with anything hard it
made a ringing noise Hke that of small money. The
moujik took council with the wise-men about this
apparition. Their answer was, —
" Catch the cat by the tail, and before it can escape
from your hands, call out three times, *' Amen ! Amen !
crumble thou into pieces ! "
The moujik followed the advice. At the third repeti-
tion of the words the cat crumbled into gold pieces of five
roubles each.
III.
In a certain village the moujiks had noticed that, for
several years past, and as they had heard, for at least
a century before, in the spring, when the rain came on or
the snow melted, a hole that was in the back grounds
becoming fuU of water there would appear a diick
♦ About £32.
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swimming about on it, whence no one knew. If driven
away, it would return in a short time, and begin again
to swim in the pond. Many people had tried to kill it,
but somehow it always escaped death. On St. John's
Day, if the weather were dry, a Httle candle would be
seen to bum in the hole ; if it were wet, the same duck
would be seen swimming about on the water.
The moujiks took council together, and agreed that
there must be a hidden treasure in that hole, and began
to dig for it. They dug and dug, and at last found a
cauldron, but with nothing in it. They then consulted
some wise-men, who thus advised them, —
"Dig in the hole on the night of St. John; dig, and
say * Chur ! ' Dig, and say * Chur ! ' When the spade of
any one of you strikes against a cauldron, cry out
immediately, * Amen ! Amen ! Amen ! ' Then dig again
and you will dig the money out."
The moujiks followed these directions to the letter,
and dug out an enormous cauldron full of ancient gold
coins. They divided the money amongst them, and
each of them received so much that they all became
merchants of the highest guild, and made their village
into a city.
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JUST EAENINGS AEE NEVEE LOST.
(from the SERVIAN.)
There was once a poor man who had hired himself to a
certain rich one without an agreement as to the wages he
was to receive. He served his master for a year and a
day, and when the term was ended, he went to him, and
asked that he might be paid what his master thought he
had earned. The master took out a penny, and said to
him, —
" There you have your wages."
The servant took the penny, thanked the master, and
then went to a rivulet which had a very rapid flow. When
he reached the bank, he said to himself :
" Good heavens ! how does it come to pass that in a
whole year I have only earned one penny ? God knows
whether I have earned no more than that. Therefore I
will convince myself, and will throw this little coin into
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the water ; if it should swin^, then have I earned it ;
but if it sink, then have I not earned it."
Thereupon he crossed himself and said, —
** Merciful heaven ! if I have earned this penny, let it
float on the top of the water ; but if not, then let it sink
to the bottom."
So saying, he threw the penny-piece into th^ stream ;
and lo ! it sank to the bottom at once.
Then he stooped, took the penny out of the water, and
brought it back to his master.
" Master," he said, " I bring you your money again, as
I have not earned it ; and I will serve you for another
year."
And he began to serve as before ; and when the year
and a day were completed, he came again to his master,
and asked him to pay him what he thought he had
earned. The master again took out a penny and said
to him, —
" There you have your wages."
The- hind took the money, thanked his master, and
went straight to the same rivulet, crossed himself, and
threw the penny into the water, saying, —
" Merciful heaven ! if I have rightly earned it, let this
money float on the top of the stream ; if not, then let it
sink to the bottom."
But when he ^threw the coin into the stream, it saj;ik
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to the bottom at once. Then he bent down, drew it out,
and taking it to his master said, as he gave it to him, —
" Master, here you have your penny again ; I have not
earned it yet, and I will therefore serve you for another
year."
So he began his service over again, and when the third
year came to a close, he went once more to his master,
and asked him to give him as much as he thought he
had earned. This time, also, the master gave him only
a penny ; and he took it, thanked him, and went for the
third time to the rivulet to see whether he had rightly
earned the money or not. When he got there, he crossed
himself, and threw the penny into the water with the
words :
" Merciful heaven ! if I have rightly earned this money,
let it swim upon the top ; if not, let it sink down to the
ground."
This time, however, as the penny fell into the water,
lo ! it swam upon the surface. Full of joy he drew it out
of the stream, and thrust it into his pocket : then he went
deep into the wood, built himself a little hut, and lived
happily therein.
After some time, hearing that his old master was about
to sail in a ship across the sea to another country, he
went to him with his penny, and begged of him to buy
something with the money in the foreign land. The
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master promised to do so^ took the pemiy, and set out
on his journey. And while on his travels he came once
upon some children on the sea-shore^ who carried a cat
with them which they were about to kill, and then throw
into the water. When the master saw this, he hastened
down to them and demanded, —
" What are you doing, children ? "
And they answered him, —
" This cat does nothing but harm, and we are going to
kill it."
Then he drew out the penny of his old selrvant, and
offered it to the children for the cat. The children were
glad of the offer, took the penny, and gave the cat to the
merchant. He, however, took the cat on board his ship
and set sail.
As he pursued his voyage, there arose one day a violent
storm, which carried the vessel heaven knows where, so
that for a whole three months he could not find his
right way. When the storm abated, the master of the
ship, not knowing where he was, sailed on a little far-
ther, and at last landed before a fortress.
As soon as it was known in the fortress that m ship
from a foreign land had come to shore, a great many
people streamed down to see it, and one of them, a man
of importance and very rich, invited the master of the
ship home to supper. When he came to the house,
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there was a sight to see ! Eats and mice ran about in
all directions, and the servants stood armed with sticks
to prevent their jumping on to the table. Then said
the merchant to the master of the house, —
" For heaven's sake, brother, what does this mean ? "
. And the other answered him, —
"It is always this way with us, brother; we can
neither eat our meals, at mid-day nor in the evening, for
these creatures ; even when we go to sleep each of us has
a box that he shuts himself up in, lest the mice should
nibble his ears off."
The master of the ship then remembered the cat he
had bought for a penny, and said to his host, —
" I have an animal on board my ship which, in the
course of two or three days, would settle all these
creatures."
"Brother," replied the master of the house, "if you
really have such an animal, give it to me; I will fill
your ship with gold and silver if what you tell me is
true."
After supper the merchant went on board his ship,
brought the cat, and said to his host that they might
now all go to sleep without getting into their boxes.
But the people would not trust themselves to do this,
and he alone slept without a box. Then he let the cat
loose, and as she saw the rats and mice she began to
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catch them and kill them, and to throw them all together
in a heap. The rats and mice, however, as soon as
they saw what she was, fled for shelter wherever they
could. When the day broke, and the people of the
house got up, there was a great heap of dead rats
and mice to be seen in the middle of the room ; and only
now and then would there run one or the other of them
across the room ; but they peeped timidly out of their
holes. And after three days there was not one to be
seen. Then the master of the house filled our traveller's
ship with gold and silver in return for the cat, and the
merchant set sail in his ship for home.
When at last he reached his own house, his old
servant came to him to ask what he had brought him
for his penny. The master drew out a piece of marble,
which was beautifully cut square, and answered, " See,
this is what I have bought with your penny."
The servant, rejoiced at the sight, took the stone,
carried it into his hut, and made a table of it. The next
day he went out to fetch wood, and when he came back,
lo ! the stone was changed into gold, and shone Uke the
sun. The whole hut was filled with its light. The
honest servant was frightened at this, he ran to the
master, and cried, —
" Master, what is this you have given me ? it cannot
be mine ; come and look at it.''
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The master went to the hut, and when he saw what a
miracle heaven had worked, he exclaimed, —
" My son, I see now that it must be so ! Him whom
God helps do all the saints help also. Come with me
and take your own."
And herewith he gave him all that he had brought
home with him in his ship, and his own daughter for a
wife as well.
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STOKT OF LITTLE SIMPLETON.
(feom the bussian.)
Once there lived a peasant and his wife who had three
daughters. The two elder girls were cunning and selfish ;
the youngest was simple and open-hearted, and on that
account came to be called, first by her sisters and after-
wards by her father and mother, '* Little Simpleton."
Liiiole Simpleton was pushed about, had to fetch every-
thing that was wanted, and was always kept at wort ;
but she was ever ready to do what she was told, and
never uttered a word of complaint. She would water the
garden, prepare pine splinters, milk the cows, and feed
the ducks ; she had to wait upon everybody, — in a word,
she was the drudge of the family.
One day, as the peasant was going with the hay to
market, h© asked his daughters what they would like him
to buy for them.
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"Buy me some kmnach* for a sarafan,t father,"
answered the eldest daughter.
"And me some nankeen," said the second. The
youngest daughter alone did not ask for a present. The
peasant was moved with compassion for the girl;
although a simpleton she was still his daughter. Turn-
ing to her he asked, — "Well, Little Simpleton, what
shall I buy for you ? "
Little Simpleton smiled and replied, —
"Buy me, dear^t father, a little silver plate and a
little apple."
" What do you want them for ? " asked her sisters.
" I will make the Httle apple roll round the plate, and
will say some words to it which an old woman taught
me because I gave her a cake."
The peasant promised to buy his daughters what they
asked of him, and then started for market. He sold his
hay, and bought the presents : some nankeen for one of
his daughters, for another some kumach, and for Little
Simpleton a little silver plate and a little apple. Then
he returned home and gave these things to his daughters.
The girls were delighted ; the two elder ones made
themselves sarafans, and laughed at Little Simpleton,
Bed wool stuff from Bnokareet.
t A long dress worn by the Bnssian pea.sant women.
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wondering what she would do with the silver plate and
the apple.
Little Simpleton did not eat the apple, but sat down in
a corner and cried, —
" EoU, roll, little apple on the silver plate, and show
me towns and fields, forests and seas, lofty mountains,
and beautiful skies."
And the apple began to roll on the plate, and there
appeared on it town after town; ships sailing on the
seas, and people in the fields ; mountains and beautiful
skies ; suns and stars. AU these things looked so beauti-
ful, and were so wonderful, that it would be impossible to
tell of them in a story, or describe them with the pen.
At first the elder sisters looked at the Httle plate with
deUght; soon, however, their hearts were filled with
envy, and they began to try to get it from their younger
sister. But the girl would not part with it on any
account. Then the wicked girls said, —
" Dearest sister, let us go into the forest to gather
blackberries.''
Little Simpleton got up, gave the plate and apple to
her father, and went with them into the forest. They
walked about and gathered blackberries. AU at once
they saw a spade lying upon the ground. The wicked
sisters killed Little Simpleton with it, and buried her
under a birch-tree.
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They returned home late, and told their father, — " The
Simpleton is lost ; she ran away from us in the forest ;
we searched, but could not find her anywhere. The
wolves must have eaten her."
The peasant regretted the loss of his daughter bitterly •
for although so simple she was still his child. The
wicked sisters also shed tears. Her father put the
little silver plate and the little apple into a box, and
locked them up.
Next morning a shepherd was tending his sheep near
the place, playing on his pipe, and searching in the
forest for one of his flock that was missing. He observed
the Uttle grave under the birch-tree ; it was covered by
the most lovely flowers, and out of the middle of the
grave there grew a reed. The shepherd cut off the reed,
and made a pipe of it. As soon as the pipe was pre-
pared, oh, wonderful ! it began to play of itself, and
say,—
" Play, oh pipe, play ! and comfort my poor parents
and sisters. I was killed for the sake of my little silver
plate and my little apple.*'
When the people heard of this they ran out of their
huts, and all came round the shepherd and began to ask
him who was killed.
" Good people," answered the shepherd, " I don't know
who it is. While searching for one of my sheep in the
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forest, I came upon a grave covered with flowers. Above
them all stood a reed. I cut off the reed and made this
pipe of it. It plays of itself, and you have heard what it
says."
The father of Little Simpleton happened to be present.
He took the pipe into his own hand, and it began to
play:—
"Play, oh pipe, play! Comfort my poor father and
mother. I was killed for the sake of my little silver
plate and my Httle apple." The peasant asked the
shepherd to take him to the place where he had cut the
reed. They aU went into the forest, saw the grave, and
were astonished at the sight of the lovely flowers which
grew there. They opened the grave, and there dis-
covered the body of a girl, which the poor man recog-,
nised as that of his youngest daughter. There she lay,
murdered — ^but by whom no one could tell. The people
asked one another who it was that had kiUed the poor
girl. Suddenly the pipe began to play, —
" Oh, my dearest father ! my sisters brought me to
this forest, and here killed me for the sake of my little
plate and my little apple. You will not bring me to life
until you fetch some of the water from the czar's
weU."
Then the wicked sisters confessed it aU. They were
seized and cast into a dark prison, to await the pleasure
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*
of the czar.^ The peasant set out for the capital. As
soon as he arrived at the city, he went to the palace, saw
the czar, told his story, and begged permission to take
some water from the well. The Czar 'said, " You may
take some water of life from my well, and as soon as you
have restored your daughter to life, bring her here with
her little plate, and the little apple ; bring your other
two daughters also.*'
The peasant bowed to the ground, and returned home
with a bottle full of the water of life. He hastened to
the grave in the forest, lifted up the body of his daughter,
and as soon as he had sprinkled it with the water the
girl came to life again, and threw herself into his arms.
All who were present were moved to tears.
Then the peasant started again for the capital, and
arriving there went at once to the czar's palace. The
czar came out, and saw the peasant with his three
daughters, two of them with their arms bound, the third,
as beautiful as the spring flowers, stood near, the tears
like diamonds falling down her cheeks. The czar was
very angry with the two wicked sisters ; then he asked
the youngest for her little plate and apple. The girl
took the box from her father's hands, and said, —
" Sire, what would you like to see ? Your towns or
your armies ; the ships at sea, or the beautiful stars in
the sky?"
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Then she made the little apple roll round the plate,
and there appeared on it many towns, one after the
other, with bodies of soldiers near th^m, with their
standards and artillery. Then the soldiers made ready
for the fight, and the officers stood in their places. The
firing commenced, the smoke arose, and hid it all from
view. The little apple began again to roll on the plate,
and there appeared the sea covered with ships, their
flags streaming in the wind. The gmis began to fire,
the smoke arose, and again all disappeared from their
sight. The apple again began to roll on the plate, and
there appeared on it the beautiful sky with suns and
stars.
The czar was astonished. The girl feU down on her
knees before him, and cried, —
" Oh, Sire, take my little plate and my little apple, and
forgive my sisters ! "
The czar was moved by her tears and entreaties, and
forgave the wicked sisters ; the dehghted girl sprang up
and began to embrace and kiss them. The czar smiled,
took her by the hand and said, " I honour the goodness
of your heart, and admire your beauty. Would you like*
to become my wife ? *'
" Sire," answered the^beautiful girl, " I obey your royal
command; but allow me first to ask my parents'
permission."
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The delighted peasant at once gave his consent ; they
sent for the mother, and she, too, gladly bestowed her
blessing.
" One favour more," said the beautiful girl to the
czar. " Permit my parents and sisters to remain with
me.''
On hearing this the sisters fell down on their knees
before her, and cried, —
" We are not worthy of so much favour ! "
"Dearest sisters," said the beautiful girl, "all is for-
gotten and forgiven. They who remember the past with
malice deserve to lose their sight."
She then tried to lift them up from the ground, but
they, shedding bitter tears, would not rise. Then the
czar, looking at them with a frown, bade them get up ;
he allowed them, however, to stay in the palace.
A magnificent entertainment then began : the palace
was splendidly lighted up, and looked like the sun among
the clouds. The czar and czarina rode out in an open
chariot and showed themselves to the people, who cried
joyfully,—
" Long live czar and czarina ! May they shine upon
us like the glorious sun for years and years to come ! "
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JONEK.
(fbom the polish.)
"If you would possess a pipe, at the sound of which
even unwilling legs will dance, and which will make
the dead rise and appear as they lived, seek for it in
the forest.
"In the deep, black forest, look for a green willow,
which has never heard the rush of water, nor the crowing
of a cock; for at the sound of the cock's crow spirits
disappear, and a willow which has heard the rush of
water will never make anybody dance.
" If you wish a girl to love you, catch a bat, put it into
an earthen pot, and at midnight take the pot to an ant-
hill and bury it there. On the following night, also at
twelve o'clock, go again and fetch the pot away. You
will find in it a pitchfork and a rake. If you draw the
rake from the direction of the girl towards yourself, she
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will love you : if from that of a favourite companion, he
will be your friend. If a woman love you, for whom you
do not care, push towards her with the pitchfork, and
she will hate you : if a man, for whom you do not* care,
offers you his friendship, or who is unworthy of yours, do
the same towards him, and he will trouble you no more.
" Thus, by means of the pipe you will be made merry,
and be able to see the dead as they lived ; by the aid of
the rake you will gain love and friendship.
" But should you desire to know the dark, 'unseen
future, or to possess unbounded riches, listen to this last
instruction : —
" On the eve of St. John's Day, exactly at midnight,
the fern blooms ; but it is not easy to obtain its flower.
Terror will stop your breath, and turn your blood cold ;
your heart will almost cefi,se to beat. Thunder-storms
without number will rage around you, and shake the very
ground. The hair on your head will stand erect like
poplars, and not even the wind will be able to bend it
down. If you can bear all this, the fern-flower, obtained
with so much courage, will show you the future, and give
you countless gold. By its means you will become rich,
and be able to look into the future as in a mirror.''
A young peasant heard these words in the gloom of a
forest, and at once left his oxen and waggon Jaden with
chopped wood. Filled with joy and hope, he went deeper
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into the wood in search of a willow, from the bark of a
bough of which he might make the wonderful pipe. He
wandered about for a long time looking for the green
willow. At last he found one in the middle of a dry
meadow in the depth of the forest. He cut a straight
bough, twisted off the bark, and the pipe was soon made.
He played on it, and joy filled his heart. He was
alone in the solitude of the dense wood, and he himself
was filled with gladness at the sound of the pipe, and
danced and hopped about on the green meadow, until,
tired with the exertion, he fell on the grass to rest.
Having now himself experienced the power of the pipe,
the peasant trembled with fear as he remembered that
its voice could call up the dead. At the very thought of
this, cold perspiration came on his forehead. His
curiosity, however, overcame his fear, and he felt an
irresistible wish to go to the cemetery at once. He. hid
the pipe under his coat, and began to trace his way out
of the forest by a narrow and difficult pass.
The young peasant soon came to an open place, and ^
ran up a little hill ; it was surrounded by old and new
graves. Here two roads met, and a new cross stood
over a fresh grave.* ** Well,'* said the peasant to him-
* It is not tmcommoii among the Slavonic peoples to bury the dead by
the road-side.
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self, " let us try the pipe here ; it is a long way to the
cemetery. 1*11. see whether even one dead man will rise
up at the sound of it.'*
He took out the pipe and played. As soon as its
voice was heard, the cross fell to the ground, the grave
opened, and an old beggar appeared, who had been killed
on the cross-road thirty years before.
The young man turned his head away with horror at
the sight of the old and withered face of the miserable
beggar, made more hideous .by the wounds he had re-
ceived. In his fright he kept on playing, and now saw
that the remaining graves also suddenly opened; then
he heard the clatter of arms and the trampling of horses'
hoofs. There appeared to him a number of tall knights
in armour, the greater part of them on horseback.
If the peasant was greatly terrified at the sight of the
old beggar, he was struck almost dead with feat as
the stalwart knights rose before him. Although he
was the tallest man of the village to which he belonged,
his head would scarcely reach to the knees of these
giants. Frightened more than ever, he opened his
mouth and rubbed his eyes. As soon as he ceased to
blow in the pipe, the spirits returned to their graves,
and the earth covered them up, at the same time a cold
damp wind blew which shook the grass and flowers. "
Although almost worn out with fatigue and excite-
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ment, the peasant next procured the rake and the
pitchfork, so anxious was he to gain love and friend-
ship.
Sophy, a young, black-eyed girl, who lived in a
neighbouring hut, had moved his heart for a long time
past. The girl, however, did not care for young Jonek,
as the peasant was commonly called. In vain he sang
to her, —
" Sophy's eyes are as beautiful as blackberries,
Her mouth is as sweet as honey ! "
Sophy laughed at Jonek and his song.
One day she was weeding flax in the garden ; Jonek,
hidden from her view, drew the magic rake along the
ground from her towards himself. From that moment
Sophy received his attentions more graciously, and the
delighted Jonek kissed the rake in his joy and gratitude.
He was sure she loved him, and to make his happiness
complete he now only wanted a friend.
He chose a young companion whose name was Linnet.
A warm friendship soon sprang up between the two.
Young Linnet was well-known to black-eyed Sophy;
when the two young men came to see her she always
received them with a smile. Jonek began already to
think of his marriage with Sophy ; and one day, full of
thought on the subject, sat down behind a rick of hay.
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All at once he heard some conversation behind the
next rick. Curious to know what it was about, he
approached the hay-rick unperceived, and overheard his
Mend Linnet talking with Sophy about their own
wedding-day. Full of rage, Jonek broke the rake and
the pitchfork, and renounced both friendship and love.
"What's the use of the willow pipe, the bat's rake
and pitchfork to me?" cried Jonek with tears in his
eyes. " The first tired me out, making me dance against
my will, besides frightening me out of my senses with
the sight of the ghosts. It was all in vain that I drew
Sophy towards me with the bat's rake. All is now lost !
I had better try and get some money, and see what will
happen to me next." _
The next day was St. John's Eve. Jonek did not
sleep in his hut that night; his poor mother awaited
him in vain. At night a terrible storm broke down
many of the trees in the neighbouring forest; houses
and bams, struck by lightning, were burnt to the
ground. About mid-day Jonek returned to his hut,
pale and trembling. His eyes glared like the eyes of a
madman. In vain his poor old mother put a dish of
boiled pudding with bacon before him — he could not
touch a morsel. His mother prayed; Jonek sighed
heavily; at times, however, he would smile joyfully to
himself, as he shook the gold in his pookets.
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n.
Jonek was the chief groomsman at the wedding of
Sophy with Linnet. He was dressed in richer clothes
than any one else present, and he gave plenty of money
to the musicians. From that day he took the lead in
the public-houses ; often treated the whole village, and
every holiday time paid the musicians like a gentleman.
Sometimes he would "play on the willow pipe, and all
who heard it would dance joyfully the whole night
through.
But Jonek was not satisfied with being rich. He
wished to know what would happen to him in the
future. He took the fern-flower from his pocket, and
said to it, —
'' Tell me, show me, oh flower !
What will become of thy Jonek ? "
And he heard a voice from underground, saying in
reply,—
'' Thou wilt be hanged :
Thy legs, cold and stifle, will shake in the wind.*'
** Confound it ! " cried Jonek angrily, ** I shall not be
hanged, for I have done nothing to deserve it." And
he laughed at the idea ; but at night, though half tipsy,
he could not sleep for fear.
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Jonek enjoyed himself, however, for a long time before
he began to think seriously of the future. His pockets
were now empty : the attempt to obtain the fern-flower
a second time by the same person was impossible ; and
he had no more money. This troubled him very much.
The Easter holidays were approaching, and all the
young men in the village asked Jonek to engage the
musicians early ; while Jonek had not even a penny left
to pay them with. Unable to sleep, he pondered on his
troubles, and he then recollected that with the help of
the fern-flower he could discover hidden treasures, as he
had done before when he had found gold under the ruins
of an old castle. He therefore rubbed the fern-flower
again, and in a vision saw a gentleman in his garden,
and in that garden he also saw a brass box full of
treasure, buried six feet under an apple tree. Jonek got
up, ran quickly to the garden, and began to dig. He
had already dug out the heavy box, and was about to
push it over the wall, when the owner awoke, and
hearing the thief, rushed out of the house and stopped
him. But Jonek, greedy of gold, and fearing discovery,
struck him with the spade on the head, and killed him
on the spot. *
At the cries of their dying master, the servants came
running out of the house, seized the murderer, and
delivered him up to justice.
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• Six months afterwards Jonek was hanged in the
market-place of a neighbouring town. Such was the
reward for his greed of gold, and his desire to know the
future.
The wind blew hard, tjie voice of the enchanted pipe
was no longer heard, yet the stiff, cold legs of Jonek
swung and shook in the wind as if he were about to
dance.
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THE MAIDEN WHO WAS SWIFTEK
THAN THE HOKSE.
(from the SERVIAN.)
There was once a maiden who had neither father nor
mother, for the Vilas had formed her out of snow,
brought at midsummer, on St. Elias's day, from a
bottomless cleft in the rock. The wind had fanned
her into life, the dew had nourished her, the forest
had clothed her with its leaves, and the meadows
adorned her with their flowers. She was whiter than
the snow, rosier than the rose, brighter than the sun,
and more beautiful than any maiden who had ever been
upon the earth, or ever will be again.
This virgin let it be known throughout the wide
world that on a certain day, in a certain place, a race
would be run; and that whatever youth, riding on
horseback, should overtake her, would win her. This
news spread in a few days throughout the whole world,
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and thousands of suitors came together, all mounted on
such splendid steeds that you would not know how to
^ say which one was handsomer or better than the other.
Even the son of the czar came to the race. The suitors
drew themselves up in a line, all on horseback, side by
side, but the virgin took her place on foot in the middle
of them. Then she spoke, —
" There, at the winning-post, I have set up a golden
apple. If any one among you can reach it before me
and take it, I will be his ; but should I be first at the
goal and take the apple, know ye that all who run
against me will sink dead on the earth. Think well,
therefore, what ye do."
But the riders were as if enchanted ; each one hoped
to win the maiden, and they said one to the other, —
" It is clear at the outset that this maiden, on foot,
will never be able to outrun any of us, but that that
one among us whom God and good fortune shall bless,
wiU bear her home."
Then, as the maiden clapped her hands together, they
all sprang forward on the course. By the time they had
run half the distance the maiden had already out-
stripped them by a long way, for she had unfolded small
wings from below her shoulders. Then the riders
shouted to each other, and spurred and whipped their
horses until they overtook her.
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When the maiden saw this she plucked a hair out of
her head and threw it from her. In an instant a dense
wood arose, in which the riders lost themselves for a
time, not knowing which way to turn. At last they
came again upon her track and rushed after her at full
speed. Meanwhile the maiden had greatly gained upon
them ; but they whipped and spurred their horses, and
overtook her once more. And when the maiden saw
that she was so closely pressed, a tear fell from her eye
which soon became a rapid stream, in which the riders
were nearly drowned. Of them all the son of the czar
alone, by swimming his horse across the flood, was able
to follow her footsteps.
As he saw that the maiden was far on before him, he
invoked her three times, in the name of God, to stop,
and she stood still on the place where she was. Then
he seized her, and drew her on to the saddle behind,
and swimming back on dry land, turned his horse
through the mountain-pass towards home. ' But when
he reached the highest point, and turned round to look
at her, lo ! the maiden had vanished !
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THE BOOK OF MAGIC.
(from the RUSSIAN.)
A SOLDIER was quartered in a certain town. He had
taken to study the Black Art, and had got possession
of books which dealt therewith. One day, during his
absence fr6m his quarters, one of his comrades came to
see him. Not finding him at home, the visitor took up
One of the soldier's books, and for want of other occupa-
tion began to read it. It was in the evening, and he
read by the light of a lamp. The book was full of
names and nothing else. He had read about half of the
names when he raised his head, and looking * around
him, saw that the room was full of diabolical looking
beings. The soldier was struck with terror, and not
knowing what to do, began again to read the book.
After reading for some little time, he again looked round
him; the number of spirts had increased. Again he
read, and having finished the book, looked again around
him. By this time the number of demons had so much
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increased that there was barely space for them in the
room. They sat upon each other's shoulders, and
pressed continually forward round the reader. The
soldier saw that the situation was serious ; he shut the
book, closed his eyes, and anxiously awaited his com-
rade. The spirits pressed closer and closer upon him,
crying,—
** Give us work to do — quick ! '*
The soldier reflected awhile, and then said, —
"Fill up the cisterns of all the baths 'in the town with
water brought thither in a sieve."
The demons flew away. In two minutes they returned
and said, —
** It is done ! Give us some more work to do — quick! '*
"Pull the Voivode's* house down, brick by brick — ^but
take care you do not touch or disturb the inmates ; then
build it up again as it was before."
The goblins disappeared, but in two minutes returned.
" It is done ! " they cried. ** Give us more work —
quick!"
" Go," said the soldier, " and count the grains of sand
that lie at the bottom of the Volga, the number of drops
of water that are in the river, and of the fish that
swim in it, from its source to its mouth."
* Gk)vemor.
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The spirits flew away; but in another minute they
returned, having executed their task. Thus, before the
soldier could think of some new labour to be done, the
old one was completed, and the demons were again at his
side demanding more work. When he began to think
what he should give them, they pressed round him, and
threatened him with instant death if he did not give them
something to do. The soldier was becoming exhausted,
and there was yet no sign of his comrade's return.
What course should he take ? How deliver himself from
the evil spirits ? The soldier thought to himself, —
** While I was reading the book, not one of the demons
came near me. Let me try to read it again ; perhaps
that will keep them off."
Again he began to read the book of magic, but he soon
observed that as he read the number of phantoms in-
creased, so that soon such a host of the spirit-world sur-
rounded him that the very lamp was scarcely visible.
When the soldier hesitated at a word, or paused to rest
himself, the goblins became more restless and violent,
demanding, —
** Give us work to do ! Give us work ! "
The soldier was almost worn out, and unhappily knew
not how to help himself. Suddenly a thought occurred
to him, —
" The spirits appeared when I read the book from the
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beginning; let me now read it from the end, perhaps
this well send them way."
He turned the book round and began to read it from the
end. After reading for some time he observed that the
number of spirits decreased ; the lamp began again to
bum brightly, and there was an empty space around him.
The soldier was delighted, and continued his reading.
He read and read until he had read them all away.
And thus he saved himself from the demons.' His com-
rade came in soon afterwards. The soldier told him
what had happened.
** It is fortunate for you," said his comrade,/* that you
began to read the book backwards in time. Had you
not thus read them away by midnight they would have
devoured you."
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THE WISE JUDGMENT.
(fbom thi: bohehuln.)
King Hradibor was a wise and a clever man. He was
wise because he would travel about the country, ^ that he
might see everything for himself ; he was clever because
he did so under an assumed name, in order that people
might not prepare themselves for his visits. In this
way he saw many remarkable things — ^things of which he
had not the remotest idea before ; and no wonder, for he
would not only go into open towns and villages, but even
into the poorest hut if it came in his way. In a miser-
able hovel he onc§ saw what he had never seen before —
a poor woman with twelve daughters.
"Are all these your daughters ? " asked the king of the
old woman, who was greatly surprised that a gentleman
should deign to enter her poor hut.
"They are all mine," answered the old woman,
sighing ; *' and I don't know what to do with them."
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** As you are so poor," said the king, ** I will take one
of your daughters with me on my return."
Then the king gave the- old woman a piece of gold
money, and, wishing her heaven's blessing, departed.
The woman became a little easier in her mind on the
receipt of this present ; but not so her daughters. They
were all well-conducted and obedient children ; but when
a fine gentleman comes and asks to take one of them
away — for his wife, of course ! — it is no trifling matter.
They began to discuss the question together, and each
claimed the strange gentleman for herself. At length,
as after a long dispute they could not agree who was
the most eligible, the eldest sister said, —
** I am the eldest, and according to custom I ought
to be married first."
** That's of no consequence," cried the second sister ;
**the gentleman may pay little respect for custom, and
choose any one of us he likes best." -
** Certainly," concurred the third sister, "such gentle-
men don't care much for custom. What do you say,
sisters?"
** No, no ; of course not ! " they all cried, with the'
exception of the eldest — and the youngest, who was but
five years old, and the most beautiful of them all.
Then the mother came among her daughters, and sent
them to their work. The girls set to work, but some-
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how the work did not go on so well this time as usual ;
they were all deeply buried in thought ; they would stop
to arrange their dresses and smooth their hair, and
they looked at each other with suspicion. Had not the
king soon returned they would all have worried them-
selves to death, although he had promised to take only
one of them. Fortunately the king soon made his
appearance, and not wishing to keep the girls in sus-
pense any longer, he took the youngest of them, called
Libena, by the hand, saying to the old woman, —
** I will take this 6ne away with me."
** Why, what will you do with her ? " cried the mother
and sisters with one voice.
*' What shall I do with her? I will adopt her as my
own daughter, since I have none at home. Do you not
agree to that ? "
**With pleasure," answered the mother; the daugh-
ters were dumb with surprise. Then the king stepped
into his carriage, placed Libena by his side, and having
given the mother a purse full of gold pieces, drove
away. The daughters surrounded the mother, and
when she had shown them the money they recovered,
somewhat from their astonishment and were satisfied.
Meanwhile the king drove to his palace, where he had
three sons, the youngest of whom was only ten years
old.
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** I have brought you a sister," said the king to his
sons, .when he reached home The princes came running
round their new sister and smothered her with kisses.
From that moment Libena was regarded by every one
in the palace as a princess. It was only the servant
who had travelled with the king about the country who
knew it was not so.
Libena grew more beautiful every day, and the princes
came to love her more and more ; even the queen her-
self loved her as much as if she had been her own
daughter. Among the servants, however, Libena came
in the course of time to be looked upon with contempt,
because the first one who knew of her place of birth told
it to his friend, he to another, and so on, until the whole
story was well known to every servant in the palace.
The princes alone knew nothing of Libena's origin,
although they had grown up to be young men. They,
indeed, had no thought on the matter. They were
greatly attached to their supposed sister, were always in
her company, did whatever she asked of them, and would
willingly have died for her sake. One day the youngest
prince ordered the coachman to get the carriage ready,
as the princess wished to take a short drive. The ser-
vant turned towards the stable to do what he was told,
and thinking the prince was already out of hearing,
grumbled to himself, —
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** What a fuss they do make with that bought girl ! —
just as if she were a printess ! "
"What did you say?*' cried the prince, seizing the
coachman by the arm. ** Is Libena not our sister ? "
The coachman was frightened ; after a moment's
hesitation he mumbled that he did not say anything.
*' You did," said the prince. **If you do not tell me
what it was, I will complain to my father."
**I only said," apologised the coachman, "what the
other servants have told me — that his majesty bought
the Princess Libena at some village."
Upon hearing this the prince went immediately to
seek his brothers. »
"Brothers!" he exclaimed with great joy, "I have
just heard that Libena is not our sister."
" Then I shall take her for my wife," cried the eldest
brother.
" No ! I shall take her. I shall take her ! " cried the
other brothers.
" I am the eldest, and have the greatest right to her,"
continued the eldest prince. " I will go at oncfe and ask
father to give her to me for my wife."
He then went to the king, and his brothers followed
him. The king and the queen were much surprised
when their sons told them, with great delight, how they
had heard that Libena waB not their sister.
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'* Do you dislike her, then ? " asked the king.
" Not in the least," answered the youngest prince.
**My brothers want her for a wife."
"And you, too, I suppose," said the king smiling.
"I shall die if she does not become mine," answered
the prince.
** Then you all three want her for a wife ? "
** Yes, yes ! " cried the princes together.
The king reflected for a moment, then he said, —
"Hear me, my sons, you cannot all three marry
Libena. Go, therefore, all of you, into the world, and
he among you who brings home the most wonderful
thing, shall become the husband of Libena. Does that
please you ? "
" Yes, yes ! " answered the princes.
They soon set out together on their travels. They
journeyed for three days, but they could find nothing
remarkable.
"This will not do," said the eldest brother, at the
inn where they stopped for the night. " We must part ;
then perhaps we shall meet with better fortune."
The two younger brothers agreed to this suggestion,
and soon afterwards they started, each on a different
route, after promising to come again, and to wait for
each other, at the same inn, before returning home.
The eldest prince pursued the road leading to the
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right. One day he came to a town, and from a. distance
saw a great crowd of people. He came nearer, pressed
into the middle of the crowd, and there saw a very old
man with a little carriage.
**What is this?" asked the prince of one of the
bystanders.
"Why, this old man wants to sell his little carriage,"
answered the man; '*but he asks such an enormous
sum for it — a thousand gold pieces."
'* And some of you would perhaps buy it ! " said the
prince aloud. *' Oh, foolish people ! Would you give a
thousand gold pieces for this miserable carriage ? Axe
you not afraid that the whole world would laugh at
you? You are as ridiculous as this old man."
When the prince said this, those who were present
grew ashamed of themselves, and one by one went away.
At last the prince remained alone with the old man.
*' I pray you," said the prince to the old man in a
whisper, **tell me, what is there remarkable in this
little carriage ? "
"Indeed, sir, it is a very wonderful carriage,"
answered the old man mysteriously. "Whoever sits
in it will find himself immediately carried into that
place to which he way wish to go."
"A miraculous carriage!" exclaimed the prince.
" Here are your thousand gold pieces for it."
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He sat down in the little vehicle, and wished himself
in the inn, where he had parted from his brothers. In
an instant he was there. Delighted at having obtained
so wonderful a prize, he sat down thinking of Libena
mor^ deeply than ever.
The second prince went away to the left. He
travelled several days and met with nothing out of the
ordinary course of things; but at last fortune smiled
•also upon him. On the public road, just at the
entrance to a town, he saw a little old man showing
a handsome looking-glass he had for sale.
People passing by would stop and look at it, and ask
the price, but when they heard it they would only shake
their heads, and continue their journey. ^ The prince
also looked at the glass, but could see nothing re-
markable in it.
**Buy it, sir," cried the old man to the young prince.
** It is not dear ; I will sell it to you for two thousand
gold pieces."
** You foolish old man ! Who would give you so large
a sum for a common looking-glass ? "
**But stay, sir; whoever looks into this glass will see
whatever he desires."
**Here are the two thousand gold pieces," cried the
prince, and he handed his well-fiUed purse to the old
man. The latter took the money and gave him the
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looking-glass. The prince looked into the glass, and
silently wished to see the inn where he was to meet his
brothers. At once he saw his elder brother sitting in
the inn, and, judging from his countenance, in a happy
mood. The prince concluded from this that his brother
had gained possession of some extraordinary thing, and
mounting a fast horse he galloped quickly back to the
place of meeting.
Meanwhile, the youngest prince, who had chosen the
road leading straight on before him, wandered on like
a man bewildered; the one clear thought which fOled
both heart and mind was the thought of Libena.
One day, as he walked into the market-place of a
town, he came upon a crowd of people who had col-
lected round an old woman.
** Whoever heard of such a thing?" **To ask ten
gold pieces for an apple ! " ** This is a foolish woman ! "
** She is mad ! "
These were the exclamations which the prince heard,
uttered in laughter or in indignation, from the crowd
round the old woman.
"Buy, gentlemen, buy!" cried she continually. "I
have only three apples for sale, and each of them costs
ten gold pieces."
The prince at once concluded that these apples must
be something extraordinary, and without further con-
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sideration he gave the old woman the thirty gold pieces.
As she gave him the apples, she whispered in his ear, —
"You have bought a prize, my son. If one is about
to die, and will eat but one of these apples, he wijl live
and be well again."
The prince was delighted. He put the apples in his
pouch, and returned joyfully to the inn where his two
brothers impatiently awaited his arrival.
"Where have you been so long?" asked the eldest
brother.
"I have wandered about the world seeking wonderful
things."
"And what have you brought?*' asked the second
brother.
" Three apples."
"There is nothing wonderful in three apples," said
the eldest brother again. "We have something better.
I have a little carriage by which one may travel as fast
as the wind; and our brother has a looking-glass in
which you can see all that you desire."
" Then let us look into it at once, and see what they
are doing at home," cried the youngest prince.
The brothers agreed. They took up the looking-glass,
and wished to see their palace at home. They were
terror-stricken by what they saw; the windows of the
apartments where their parents and Libena lived were
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closed, and the blinds drawn darkly down. The servants
ran about the courtyard as if distracted, throwing up
their arms in despair.
'*What does this mean?" exclaimed the eldest prince.
'* Some one is dangerously ill — ^perhaps dead ! "
** We shall soon see,'* said the second prince; and he
desired to behold his parents and Libena. They looked
in the glass ; they saw the king, the queen, and their
beloved one — alas! they were all upon the point of
death !
** Let us fly to them ! '* exclaimed the youngest brother.
The princes sprang into the wonderful carriage, and in
an insttot they found themselves before the palace. The
youngest of them immediately ran to his father, his
mother, and to Libena ; gave to each of them an apple,
and begged them to eat it. They did as he desired, and,
oh, wonder of wonders! before you could count one
hundred they were so far recovered as to be able to rise.
Every one praised the youngest prince to the utmost ;
more especially the doctors, who had used all their skill
in vain, and were driven to despair. The king embraced
his youngest son, and cried, with tears of joy in his
eyes,—
'' Now is Libena yours ! Without your help, we should
all have died."
** Not so, father," said the second prince. "Had it not
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been for my looking-glass we should not have known of
your illness. Libena therefore belongs to me."
**No!" cried the eldest prince. **She is mine!
Without my carriage you would have died before we
could have reached home."
Upon this a violent dispute arose as to which of the
princes had won Libena. The king and his courtiers
could not but acknowledge the evenly-balanced right of
each of the princes to the prize ; but that did not help
the case, as only one of them could marry Libena. As
they could not agree, the king called all the learned
men of the kingdom together in his palace, that they
might settle the question.
The learned men were soon assembled. They sat
whole days together, and carried on the dispute even at
meal times, but all to no purpose ; they could not agree,
and consequently arrived at no satisfactory conclusion.
At last the king grew wearied of the delay, and thinking
to hasten the settlement, announced his intention of
being present at their next debate. The learned men
prepared themselves for the occasion ; and they came to
dispute so vigorously in the king's presence, that at last
he clapped his hands to his ears and ran out of the room.
And no wonder ; for an ordinary man of common sense,
had he stayed to hear them but a single day, must
certainly have become crazed by their interminable talk.
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**Your Majesty," said the Lord Chamberlain, **we
shall never come, to an end with these gentlemen.
They are so comfortable here, that they will stay and
dispute to the day of their death."
" You are right," answered the king, ** we shall never
finish with such fellows. This is what you shall do :
issue a proclamation to the effect that any of my
subjects is at liberty to come forward and decide the
question."
Two days afterwards the hall where the learned men
disputed was thrown open to everybody. The king, the
queen, and Libena sat on the throne. Near it were the
princes ; the eldest with his little carriage, the second
with the looking-glass, the youngest empty-handed.
Around the hall sat the men of learning who disputed
with, if possible, even more violence than usual; not
even the presence of the king restrained them. At in-
tervals there appeared several people — some rich, in fine
clothes, some poor, in humble apparel — and expressed
their opinions of the case; but they had much better
have stopped at home.
At last the king grew angry, and was about to leave
the hall, when there appeared a little old man, with hair
as white as milk, who, having bowed to the king,
addressed the princes, —
**How vain is this long dispute! -You all three are
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equally deserving; but how does the matter stand? —
One of you has a miraculous little carriage ; another a
wonderful looking-glass ; but the third has nothing,
because his magic apples are eaten. Therefore it is
only just that he, who has nothing else, should receive
Libena."
The king, full of joy, sprang to his feet. He embraced
the old man, exclaiming, —
** You have made a wise decision; and it shall be as
you say."
The learned gentlemen were ready to faint with sur-
prise and vexation ; they never expected so much sense
under so common-place a dress. They sat as dumb and
still as wood until the king told them that the marriage
would be celebrated on the following day, and that they
were invited to the ceremony. This seemed to bring
them to their senses. They began then to praise, and
to express their wonder at the little old man.
The two elder princes were fain to be satisfied with
the decision, and Libena was happy with t^ youngest
prince for her husband.
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T WAED WSKI.
(from the polish.)
TwARDowsKi was by birth a nobleman. He desired to
be wiser than other, honest folks, and to discover
an eUxir against death ; for of all things he feared to
die. He had learnt in an old book the art of calling
demons into his presence. He left Cracow, in which
city he was a doctor of medicine, secretly at mid-
night, and came to Podgorze, where he began his
magical arts to summon the demon from the deep. The
evil spirit soon appeared. As was customary in those
days, the two entered into a covenant. The demon knelt
on the ground and wrote out a bond, which Twardowski
signed with his own blood, squeezed out of the third
finger of his left hand. The chief condition of the
covenant was this : the demon should have no power over
the body or soul of Twardowski unless he could catch
him in Eome.
By virtue of the bond executed between them,
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Twardowski commanded the services of the demon, and
he ordered him to collect all the silver in Poland, to bury
it at Olkusz and to cover it well over with sand. The
obedient servant did as he was bid. Hence the cele-
brated silver mines of Olkusz. Then Twardowski or-
dered the evil spirit to bring a great rock to Piaskowa
Skala, to set it on its sharpest point in the earth, and
there to leave it for ever. The obedient servant at once
obeyed the command. The rock still stands as it was
first set up, and is called the Hawk's Eock.
In a word, whatever Twardowski desired he could at
once obtain. He could ride on a painted horse, and fly
in the air without wings. When he travelled he would
seat himself on a cock, and gallop on his way faster
than on horseback. He would proceed in a boat on the
river Vistula, his sweetheart by his side, against the
tide, without oar or sail. He could take a piece of glass
in his hand, and with it burn up whole villages, although
a hundred miles distant.
Twardowski fell in love with a young lady, and sought
her in marriage. But she had a curious whim of keep-
ing an insect confined in a bottle, and said that the man
who could guess what creature it was should be her
husband. Twardowski disguised himself as a beggar,
and presented himself before the young lady. She held
up the bottle at a distance, and asked him :
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" What kind of creature is this — worm or snake ? "
"It is a bee, miss," answered Twadrowski.
He was right ; and he married the young lady. But
they made a strange couple. Madame Twardowski sold
all kinds of earthern ware in a mud hut on the market-
place at Cracow. Her husband would sometimes pass
that way attired like a wealthy nobleman, and he would
then order his numerous servants to break his wife's
wares into pieces. When the woman, in her fury,
cursed him, his servants, and all about her, Twardowski,
seated in his fine carriage, enjoyed his frohc the more,
and would burst into loud laughter.
After some time, when Twardowski was sated with
pleasure, he went one day into the depths of a forest
without his instruments of magic. As he there sat,
buried in thought, the demon suddenly appeared to him,
and demanded that he should at once set out for Eome.
The magician, enraged at the demand, drove the evil
spirit from before him by a single word of a powerful
incantation. But the fiend, gnashing his teeth with
fury, pulled a large pine-tree up by the roots and struck
Twardowski with such violence on the legs that he broke
one of them. Twardowski was lamed for life ; and from
that hour was nicknamed, and commonly known as,
'\ Gameleg.''
At last the demon grew tired of waiting for the soul of
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Twardowski. He devised a strategem to entrap him.
He assumed the shape of a gentleman's footman, went
to Twardowski, who was then greatly renowned as a
physician, and begged him to come to his master, who
stood in great need of his help. Twardowski proceeded in
all speed with the messenger to a neighbouring village,
not knowing that in this village was a tavern called
Bome. No sooner had he entered this tavern than a
large flock of crows and owls sat down on the roof, and
filled the air with dreadful croaks and screams. Twar-
dowski saw at once how the matter stood. Trembling
with fear he seized a newly baptised infant in his arms
from the cradle in which it lay, and began to' nurse it.
The demon soon made his appearance. Although finely
attired — ^he wore a three-cornered cocked hat, a dress
coat, long waistcoat, tight breeches, and shoes with
buckles — he was recognised at once, for his horns were
visible above his hat, and his cloven feet stuck out of
his shoes. The demon was about to seize Twardowski,
when he perceived a difficulty — ^the magician held in his
arms a sinless infant, over which the demon had no
possible claim. But the fiend did not lose his wits. He
approached Twardowski with the utmost composui'e,
and said to him, —
** You are at least a gentleman ; remember, ** Verbum
nohile debet esse stdbile.*'
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Twardowski saw that he could not escape ; so he laid
the infant in the cradle, and disappeared with his ter-
rible companion up the chimney. The flock of crows
and owls screamed with joy. But Twardowski, although
carried with great rapidity into the air, did not lose his
consciousness or presence of mind. He was borne up
so high that villages appeared no bigger than gnats,
towns looked of the size of flies, and Cracow itself like
two spiders. He looked down upon the earth, and sorrow
filled his heart. There he had left all that was dear to
him. When he had arrived at a height which neither
the hawk nor the Carpathian eagle ever attained, he
made a tremendous effort, and in a weak voice began to
sing a hymn. It was a hymn to the Virgin Mary which
he had composed when he was young and innocent. He
knew nothing then of the Black Art, and used to sing
the hymn daily. Although he sang with all the strength
he possessed, his voice seemed lost in the air. But
some shepherds ^ho were tending their flocks on the
mountain side, just beneath him, heard the hymn, and
looked up, wondering, into the sky to learn whence came
those sacred words; for his voice, instead of ascend-
ing and being lost in the air, descended to the earth,
that human souls might hear it. Twardowski sang the
hymn to the end, and found to his astonishment that
his upward flight was arrested, and that he remained
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suspended in the air in the same spot. His companion
had disappeared. Then he heard a voice from a dark
cloud which said, —
** Thus you will remain suspended in the air until the
day of judgment.'*
Where his upward course was arrested there he still
remains. But his voice is no longer heard. Not many
years ago, old people who remembered his story, would
point out on bright nights a dark spot in the sky as the
body of Twardowski, awaiting the day of judgment.
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THE MAIDEN WHO WAS WISER THAN
THE KING.
(from the SERVIAN.)
There once lived a poor man in a miserable hovel,, who
had no one with him save an only daughter. But she
was very wise, and went about everywhere seeking alms,
and taught her father also to speak in a becoming man-
ner when he begged. It happened once that the poor
man came to the king and asked for a gift. The king
demanded whence he came, and who had taught him to
speak so well. The man said whence he came, and that
it was his daughter who had taught him.
** And who taught your daughter ? " asked the king.
The poor man answered: ** God, and our great
poverty.**
Then the king gave him thirty eggs, saying, —
" Take these eggs to your daughter, and tell her to
hatch chickens out of them, and I will reward her hand-
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somely ; biit if she cannot hatch them, it will go ill with
you/'
The poor man went crying back, to his hovel, and re-
lated what had passed to his daughter. The maiden
saw at once that the eggs had been boiled, but she told
her father to go to rest, and assured him that she would
see that all went well. The father followed her advice,
and went to sleep ; the maiden took a pot, filled it with
water and beans, and set it on the fire. On the follow-
ing morning, the beans being quite boiled, she told her
father to take a plough and oxen, and to plough along
the road where the king would pass.
*' And,'' she added, ** when you see the king, take the
beans, sow them, and cry, * Hi ! go on, oxen mine !
Heaven be with me, and make my boiled beans take
root and grow ! ' And when the king asks you how it
is possible for boiled beans to grow, answer him, that
it is quite as possible as for boiled eggs to yield
chickens."
The poor man hearkened to his daughter, went away,
and began to plough. When he saw the king coming
he began to cry, —
** Hi ! go on, oxen mine ! God help me, and make my
boiled beans take root and grow ! "
The king, hearing these words, stopped on the road,
and said to the poor man, —
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** Here, fellow ! how is it possible for boiled beans to
grow?''
And the poor man answered him, —
*' Heaven prosper you, king ! just as possible as for
boiled eggs to yield chickens.'*
The king guessed at once that it was the poor man's
daughter who had taught him this answer. He ordered
his servants to seize him and bring him into his presence.
Then he gave him a bundle of flax, and said to him, —
** Take this flax and make out of it ropes and sails
and all that is wanted on shipboard ; if you do not, you
shall loose your head."
The poor man took the bundle in great fear, and went
crying home to his daughter, to whom he related all that
had passed. But the maiden sent him again to rest
with the promise that all should go well. On the
following day she took a small piece of wood, awoke her
father, and said to him, —
" Take this wood, and carry it to the king ; let him cut
a spinning-wheel, a spindle, and a loom out of it, and I
will do all that he demands of me."
The poor man again followed the directions of his
daughter ; he went to the king and delivered the maiden's
message. The king was astonished at hearing this, and
began to think what he should do next. At last he took
up a small cup, and said as he gave it to the father, —
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** Take this cup to your daughter, and let her empty
the sea with it, so that it shall become Uke a dry field.'*
The poor man obeyed with tears in his eyes, and took
the cup to his daughter with the king's message. But
the maiden told him he need only leave the matter till
the morning, when she would see to it.
In the morning she called her father, and gave him a
pound of tow to take to the king, and bade him say : —
"Let the king stop up all the springs and river-
mouths of the earth with this tow, and then will I dry
up the sea for him.''
And the poor man went and told this to the king.
Now the king saw that this maiden was wiser than
he was himself, and he ordered her to be brought
before him. And when the father and daughter stood
in his presence and bowed before him, he said to the
daughter, —
" Tell me, girl, what is it that man hears the
farthest ? "
And the maiden answered,—
" Great king ! that which man hears the farthest is
the thunder, and a lie."
Upon this the king took hold of his beard, and turn- •
ing to his councillors, demanded of them :
" Tell me what my beard is worth ? "
And when one valued it at so much, and another at so
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much more, the maiden told them outright that they
' could not guess it. " The king's beard," she said, " is
of as much worth as three rainy days in summer-time."
The king was astonished, and exclaimed, " The
maiden has made the best answer ! ''
Then he asked her if she would be his wife, nor would
he desist from pressing his suit, until she agreed to it.
The maiden bent before him and said, —
" Glorious king ! let it be as you will ; but I beg of
you to write on a piece of paper with your own hand,
that, should you ever be angry with me, and should
drive me forth from your palace, I shall be at liberty to
take whatever I love dearest away with me."
And the king agreed and wrote out the paper.
After some time had passed away, it came, in fact, to
pass, that the king 'became one day so angry with his
wife, that he said to her, —
** I will have you no longer for my wife ; leave my
palace, and go where you will."
** Illustrious king ! " answered the queen, '* I will obey
you. Permit me, however, to stay here over the night,
then in the morning I will go forth."
The king granted her prp.yer ; and the queen before
supper mixed some brandy and some sweet herbs in the
king's wine, and pressed him to partake of it, saying, —
'' Drink, oh king, and be merry. To-morrow we part ;
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and believe me, I shall then be happier than when I
married you."
. The king drank too much, and when he was fast
asleep, the queen had him laid in a wagon ready pre-
pared, and drove with him into a rocky cavern. And
when the king awoke in the caverD, and saw where he
was, he cried out, —
'* Who has brought me here ? *'
** I have brought you here," answered the queen.
The king demanded^ of her :
** Why have you done this ? Have I not told you that
you are no longer my wife ? "
Then said she, as she drew forth a sheet of paper, —
** It is true what you say ; but see what you yourself
have laid down on this sheet : that when I should leave
you, I might take with me, from your palace, that which
I loved best."
When the king heard this, he kissed her, and went
back with her to the palace.
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MADEY.
(fbom the polish.)
A MEBCHANT was oncG travelling through a dark, dense
forest. At night he lost his way ; he wandered about
for a long time, and at last, unable to see in the dark-
ness above and around, he fell into a bog and there
helplessly remained. He began already to despair of
his life, when suddenly an evil spirit,- in human shape,
appeared to him.
" Fear not,** said the evil spirit to the merchant, '* I
will help you out of this bog and show you the right
way, on condition that you give me something that is
in your home which you know not and which you have
not seen.*'
The merchant reflected a little ; at last he accepted
the proposal, not knowing that during his absence a
beautiful boy had been bom to him in his house. The
evil spirit took the merchant out of the bog and showed
him the way home. He made him sign a bond oi^the
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gift, once more reminded him of the agreement, and
disappeared.
The merchant, on his return home, joyftiUy greeted
his wife, from whom he had been separated so long;
but the sight of his lovely boy, whom he had already
promised to the evil spirit, made his heart bleed within
him. The unhappy merchant often wept in secret,
hiding his bitter tears even from his wife.
Meanwhile the child grew up. He was quiet, obedient,
and willing to learn ; when five years old he could read
and write. His poor father was almost broken-hearted
at the thought of parting with such a son, whom he,
alas ! had unknowingly given over to destruction.
When the boy was seven years old he observed that
his father, whenever he looked upon his rosy face, would
sigh and shed tears. The little boy begged his father so
often to tell him the^ reason of this emotion, that at last
the merchant related all the story of the bond.
" Fear not, dear father,'' said the Kttle boy. " Heaven
will help us. I will go to the evil spirit and bring back
the bond."
His father and mother wept bitterly at parting.
They prayed for and blessed their httle son, who,
although so young and tender, was starting on such a
long and dangerous journey. The boy, having made
all necessary preparations, set out from home.
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He walked long and far ; at last he came to a thick,
gloomy forest. In a secret cave in this forest lived a
robber whose name was Madey. He had murdered his
own father, and had spared the life of his mother only
that she might prepare his food. He had no pity for
the life of man ; those he could capture he would
murder without mercy. His mother, an old woman,
would often hide strayed travellers in the cave, but
Madey's nose was so keen that he would scent strangers
at once.
Seeking shelter from a storm, our Httle traveller acci-
dentally entered the cave. The old woman, having
compassion on his tender years, hid him in a narrow
recess; but Madey, as soon as he came in, scented the
little boy. The poor child was about to perish beneath
the cruel blows of a club, when the robber, hearing
where the boy was going, granted him his life on
condition that he should see in the abode of the evil
spirits the kind of punishment prepared for him, Madey,
after death.
The boy left the cave early the following morning, and
soon arrived at the gates of the evil spirit's abode. He
opened them easily by means of the holy water and holy
images which he affixed upon th6 gate posts. The
prince of the demons, alarmed at this intrusion, asked
him at once what he wanted.
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" The bond given for my soul by my father."
The prince, wishing to get rid of him as soon as
possible, ordered the bond to be given up. It was in the
possession of a lame spirit called Twardowski. Although
the royal command was pressing, and Twardowski was
urged to make haste by being sprinkled with holy water,
which burnt him like fire, he was obstinate, and would
not give up the bond.
At last the prince, tired of waiting, called out angrily, —
" Seize him and lay him on Madey*s bed.*'
Twardowski, terrified even at the thought of such
fearful torments, gave up the bond at once.
The boy went to see^ that dreadful bed. It was made
of iron bars strewn over with sharp knives, large needles,
and razors. Under it a fierce fire burned continually,
while showers of burning brimstone dropped upon it
from above.
The boy left the dreadful place and began his journey
home. He walked one day, and he walked another, at
last, on the third day, he arrived at the cave where
Madey, gloomy and anxious, awaited his return. The
boy told him all he had heard and seen. The robber
was almost paralyzed with fear at the recital. Hoping
to escape such a terrible punishment, he began seriously
to repent of his many crimes.
They left the cave together. Madey stuck his mur-
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derous club in the ground, knelt down near it, and
knowing that the boy was destined to become a priest,
vowed that he would wait for him on that same spot
until he should return a bishop. ~^ -
Many years passed away before the once little boy
came to be raised to the dignity of a bishop.
One day the bishop, passing through a dense, gloomy
forest, smelt a sweet odour of apples. He asked some
of his servants to find the tree, and to bring him some of
the fruit. The servants soon returned from their search
and informed the bishop that they had discovered the
tree, which was full of apples, bat that they could not .get
any of them, and that an old man was kneeling beside
it.
The bishop went ^o the spot, and what was his sur-
prise, when, in the old, grey-haired man, with' a beard
reaching to the ground, he recognised the desperate
robber Madey !
The robber, full of repentance and sorrow for the past,
entreated the bishop to hear his confession and grant
him absolution. His request was readily granted. The
bishop's attendants saw with surprise that during the
confession the apples on the tree, one after another,
changed into snow-white doves, flew up, and disappeared
in the skies. Soon there was only one apple left; it
was the soul of Madey* s father whom he had murdered ;
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that terrible sin he could only bring himself to acknow-
ledge at the last. As soon, however, as he had confessed
it, the remaining apple also changed into a beautiful
white dove and flew away to heaven.
The bishop prayed long and earnestly over the re-
pentant sinner. When he had pronounced his absolu-
tion the body of Madey crumbled into dust.
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THE LONG-DESIEED CHILD.
(from the BOHEMIAN.)
In a hut at the farther end of a village, close to the
forest, there once lived a man with his wife. Although
they were very poor — ^the man was a daily labourer and
the woman spun for sale — ^yet they were continually
wishing for children, and saying, *' Would we had a
chad."
"Be thankful that heaven has not granted you one,"
said the neighbours: "you yourselves have not enough
to eat."
But the man and the woman said, —
"When we eat and are satisfied there would be
always something left for our child. Would we had
one."
One morning, as the man was digging out stumps of
trees in the forest, he came actoss a small root which
looked exactly like a little child — it had a head, body,
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arms, and legs, — he had only to smooth its forehead a
little with his axe to make it round, and to cut oflf the
roots from its little arms and legs to give them shape,
and then the child was perfect, and wanted only voice
to scream. The man took this root home, and said to
his wife, —
"Here you have what you wished for — an Otesanek.*
If you like,' you can bring him up."
The woman put the child into swaddling clothes, then
took it up, nursed it in her arms and sang to it :
**Bye, bye, my little Otesanek! When you awake,
my little boy, I will boil you some food. Bye, bye ! **
Suddenly the child began to kick about, raised up its
head and cried, —
*' Mother, I want something to eat ! '*
The woman was overjoyed. She put the child quickly
in bed and hastened to prepare its food. When the food
was ready Otesanek ate it all up, and then screamed
again, —
"Mother, I want something^to eat."
"Wait a moment, my dear child, wait a moment,"
said the woman, " and I will bring you something to eat."
She then ran to a neighbour's and brought in a basin
of milk. Otesanek drank the milk, and then screamed
* A hewn-ont child.
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again that he wanted something more to eat. The
woman was greatly surprised at this, and said, —
" What, my child, have you not yet had enough ?"
She then went out and borrowed in the village a loaf
of bread, put it on the table, and again left the room
to boil some water and make soup. As soon as she
was gone, Otesanek, seeing the bread on the table,
scrambled out of the swaddling clothes, jumped upon a
bench> and in an instant swallowed up the bread, and
then screamed again, —
*' Mother, I want something to eat ! "
The woman came in to cut the bread for the soup, —
she looked about for it everywhere, but it was gone ! In
a corner stood Otesanek looking like a small barrel and
staring at her.
"Heaven have mercy upon us!" cried the woman;
"Otesanek, surely you have not eaten the loaf of
bread?"
" Yes, mother," answered Otesanek ; "I have eaten it,
and now will eat you too."
He opened his mouth, and before the woman could
recover from her astonishment, swallowed her up.
In a short time the man returned home. As soon as
he* had entered in, Otesanek screamed, —
"Father, I want something to eat!"
The man was greatly alarmed at the sight of a child
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with open mouth and rolling eyes, and looking as big
as an oven. Having, however, recognised Otesanek,
he said, —
** 0-ho ! is it you ? Where is your mother ? "
** I have eaten her,*' answered Otesanek; " and now it
is your turn.'*
He opened his mouth and in an idstant swallowed up
the man. But the more Otesanek ate the more he
wanted. There being nothing now in the hut that he
could swallow up, he went into the village to look about
him. He met a girl wheeling from the field a wheel-
barrow full of clover.
''What have you eaten," cried the girl full of wonder,
** that you look so big ? "
Otesanek answered: '*I am an eater, and have eaten
some grits from a saucepan, a basinful of milk, a loaf of
bread, my mother and father, and now will eat you too."
He rushed up to her, and the girl with the wheel-
barrow disappeared. Afterwards Otesanek met a pea-
sant who was driving a cart loaded with hay from the
meadow. He advanced into the middle of the road and
the horses stopped.
''Can't you get out of the way, you monster? I shall
drive over you," cried the peasant angrily, and began
to urge the horses forward. Otesanek, however, did not
pay the least attention to him, but began to say , —
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"I am an eater, and have eaten some grits from a
saucepan, a basinful of milk, a loaf of bread, my
mother and father, a girl with the wheelbarrow, and
now will eat you too/'
Before the peasant recovered from his surprise he
himself, with the horses and cart, was swallowed up by
Otesanek. Then Otesanek went farther on. In the
field there was a man watching pigs. Otesanek took a
fancy to them and swallowed them all up, together with
the man — ^there was not a sign left of them. After-
wards he perceived on a hill not far off a sheplierd with
a flock of sheep.
*' Having already eaten so much," said Otesanek to
himself, ** I will eat these too."
He came nearer and swallowed them all uj) — the
sheep, the shepherd, and hite dog Vorish. Then he
staggered forward and at last came to a field where an
old woman was attending to cabbages. Otesanek did
not reflect long, he went into the field, began to break
off cabbages from the stumps and eat them up.
**Why are you destroying my property, Otesanek?"
cried the old woman. '* Surely you have eaten e^ough to
be satisfied."
Otesanek looked at her with a grin and said : "I am
an eater, and have eaten some grits from a saucepan, a
basinful of milk, a loaf of bread, my father and mother,
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a girl with a wheelbarrow, a peasant and a cart loaded
with hay, a swineherd and pigs, a shepherd and his
sheep, and now will eat you too.'' And he wanted to
swallow her up. But the old woman was too sharp for
Otesanek, — she struck him with her mattock and cut
him in half. Otesanek fell down dead. Then there
was a sight to see ! First jumped out of the body the
dog Vorish, after him came out the shepherd, and after
the shepherd jumped out the sheep. Vorish collected the
sheep together, the shepherd whistled and drove them
home. Afterwards the herd of pigs rushed out, after
them jumped out the swineherd, who cracked his whip
and drove them after the shepherd. Then came out the
horses drawing the cart loaded with hay; the peasant
shook the reins angrily, and drove after the swineherd
also to the viQage. After the cart came out the girl
with the wheelbarrow, and after the girl jumped out the
man and his wife, and carried home, alternately, under
their arms the borrowed loaf of bread. From that
moment neither of them ever said, "Would we had a
child."
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THE WICKED WOOD-FAYS.
(from the BOHEMIAN.)
There was once a poor orphan boy who had neither
father nor mother, and as he had nothing whatever to -
live upon, he was obliged to go out in search of service.
He wandered about for a long time, but could not find a
place anywhere; one day he came to a solitary hut
standing close to a forest. Before the door sat an old
man, who, instead of eyes, had dark holes in 'his head ;
his goats were bleating in the stable, and the old man
said, —
" I should be very glad to take you into the meadow,
my poor goats, only I cannot, as I am blind, and I have
no one here whom I could send with you.**
"Master, send me!" cried the boy. '*I should be
very glad to feed your goats and wait upon you too."
" Who are you, and what is your name ? " asked the
old man.
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The boy told him his history, and added that his name
was Yanechek.
"Very good, Yanechek,** said the old man, **I will
take you into my service, and first of all drive the goats
into the meadow to graze; but do not drive them to
yonder hill in the forest, as there the jezinky* would
come to you, make you sleep, and then tear out your eyes
as they have done mine.''
**Do not be afraid of it at all, master," answered
Yanechek; ** jezinky shall not tear out my eyes."
Then he let the goats out of the stable and drove
them into the meadow. The first and second day he
watched them near the forest ; but on the third day he
said to himself, "Why should I be afraid of the
jezinky ? I shall drive the goats there where the grass
is better.'* Then he cut off three green pieces of brier,
put them inside his hat, and drove the goats directly
to the top of the hill in the forest. There the goats
Scattered about and began to graze, and Yanechek sat
down in the shade on a stone. He had not sat there
long, when suddenly, he could not tell whence, there
appeared before him a beautiful girl, dressed all in
white, with hair as black as a raven, nicely combed and
falling down her shoulders, and black eyes.
* Wicked wood-fays.
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''Hail, young shepherd!" she said. '*See what
beautiful apples grow in our garden; here is one for
you, so that you may know how nicely they taste."
And she handed him a beautiful red apple. But
Yanechek knew that if he were to take that apple and
eat it, he would fall asleep, and then the girl would tear
out his eyes; he therefore said, —
" Thank you, beautiful maiden ; my master has in his
garden an apple tree which bears much finer apples.
I have eaten enough of them."
**Well, if you do not like it, I shall not press you,"
answered the girl, and then went away.
In a short time there came another girl, ^handsomer
than the first ; she held in her hand a beautiful red rose
and said, —
" Hail, young shepherd ! See what a beautiful rose
I have plucked from yonder ridge between those fields ;
it smells deliciously, — smell it"
"Thank you, beautiful maiden," answered Yanechek.
"My master has in his garden much finer roses; I
have smelt them enough."
"Very well," answered the girl angrily; "if you do
not want to smell it, you need not do it."
She then turned round and went away. After a
little while there came a third girl, the youngest and
handsomest of them all.
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*' Hail, young shepherd ! " she said.
" Thank you, pretty maiden," answered Yanechek.
'* You are a fine looking lad," continued the girl ; *' but
you would look handsomer if you had your hair nicely
combed; come, I will comb it for you."
Yanechek did not answer her a word ; but when the
girl had approached him in order to comb his hair, he
took off his hat, pulled out of it one of the briers, and
with it struck the girl on the hand. The girl screamed, —
'* Oh, help ! help ! " and then burst out crying as she
could not move away from the spot where she was
standing. Yanechek did not pay any attention to her
cries, but tied up her arms with the piece of brier. Then
the two other jezinky appeared, and seeing their sister
thus caught, they begged Yanechek that he would untie
her arms and let her go.
**Do it yourselves," answered Yanechek.
*'We cannot," said the girls; **we have delicate
hands and we should prick ourselves."
When, however, they saw that Yanechek would not
do it, they approached their sister in .order to untie the
brier. Suddenly Yanechek rushed upon the girls and
struck each of them with the brier, and then tied up
their arms.
" See, I have caught you now, you wicked jezinky,"
cried Yanechek, — '*you that have torn out my master's
eyes.**
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Then he rushed home to his master and said, —
*'Come, master, I have fomid somebody that will
return you your eyes/'
When Yaneehek and his old master had come to the
hill, Yaneehek said to the eldest girl, —
" Now, tell me, where are my master's eyes ? If you
will not, I shall throw you into the water."
The girl protested that she did not know where the
eyes were, and Yaneehek was about to throw her into
the rivulet that was flowing near tJie hill.
"Do not drown me, Yaneehek; do not drown me,"
cried the girl, " and I will give you your master's eyes."
Then she led him to a cave where there was a large
heap of eyes, great and small, black, red, blue, and
green, and selected two out of that heap. But when
Yaneehek had put them into his master's head, the poor
old man began to .complain bitterly: **0h, woe, woe is
me! These are not my eyes; I can only see owls."
Yaneehek became very angry, and having caught hold of
the girl he threw her into the water. Then he said to
the second girl, —
" Will you tell me where my master's eyes are ? "
The girl excused herself, saying that she did not know
anything about them, but when Yaneehek had threat-
ened that he would also throw her into the water, the
girl led him to the same cave and selected two other
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eyes. The old man, however, again complained : '* Oh,
woe is me! These are not my eyes; I can only see
wolves." The same thing was done to the second
jezinky as to the first ; the water only bubbled over her.
*'Will you tell me where my master's eyes are?'*
asked Yanechek of the third and youngest of the
jezinky.
This one also led him to the cave, and selected two
eyes out of the heap. But when they were put into the
old man's head he again complained that they were not
his eyes, saying, '* I can only see pikes."
Yanechek seeing that the girl had cheated him, wanted
to drown her also, but the jezinky burst out crying, and
said, —
**Do not drown me, Yanechek; do not drown me,
and I will give you your master's real ey^s." And she
selected them from the very bottom of the heap of eyes.
When Yanechek had put them into his master's head,
the old man tried joyfully, —
" These are my eyes ! Thank heaven ! now I can see
weU."
Henceforth Yanechek and his old master lived together
happily. Yanechek attended to the goats, and the old
man made cheese from their milk, of which they both
partook. From that day the youngest jezinky has never
shown herself on the hill.
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THE WONDEEFUL BIED.
(from the SERVIAN.)
There once Kved a poor man. One morning he left his
home in search of bread for his children and wife. As
he was walking along the road he saw a beautiful little
bird clapping its wings and looking at him ; he caught
it and returned home with it. He put the little bird
under a sieve, so that it might not escape, and then
went out again in search of bread, but not being able
to get any anywhere, he returned home dispirited and
sorrowful.
As soon as the man had come in, his hungry children
rushed up to him and told him that the bird had laid
two little eggs ; one of them asked him to take the eggs
to market, sell them and buy some bread with the
produce. The man smiled at this proposal, and said,
sighmg,—
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**My poor child, what shall I get for two such little
eggs?"
But the child was sure that he would get a very great
deal for the eggs. So the man went with the two little
eggs to market. Before the gates of the city he met a
stranger, who, as soon as he had seen the eggs, eagerly
asked him how much he wanted for them. The man
answered, —
"Give me what you like, so that I may buy some
bread for myself and my family."
The stranger gave him a gold sequin, and said, —
"Here is one sequin for the eggs, and here is another
for yourself if you will tell me where you got them
from."
The man told him all ; and when the stranger asked
him whether he would sell the bird also, he answered
that he would for a good price; then they returned
together to the poor man's home. When they had
arrived, and the stranger had seen the little bird, he
said, —
"Here is one hundred gold sequins for the bird."
The man sold it to him for that sum. The stranger
then and there killed the bird, pulled oflf its head,
took out the heart, and said, —
"Eoast this /head and heart for me; I want, to eat
them."
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The man put the head and heart on a spit and gave
them to one of his children to roast before the fire.
Whilst the stranger was engaged in conversation with
the man and his wife, the rest of the children assembled
round the fire to see how the roasting was getting on,
and being very himgry, one of them ate the head and
the other the heart, and then ran away. Soon after-
wards the stranger approached the fire to see whether
the head and heart were sufficiently roasted to be eaten,
and when he saw what had happened, he smote his
forehead and began loudly to complain, not so much on
accoimt of the hundred sequins which he had paid for
the bird, but that he had been cheated and had lost his
luck in this as weU as in the next world; and thus
lamenting he went away.
On the. following morning, when the two boys awoke,
there lay under the head of him who had eaten the
heart of the little bird one hundred sequins, and the boy
who had eaten the head told his father and mother what
was taking place aU over the world, and even what the
kings were thinking about. Thus it happened every
morning : the first found always a hundred sequins under
his head, and the second knew what was thought and
done in the whole world. By this naeans the brothers
became very rich, and at last they bribed the people to
elect one of them for their king : the people's choice fell
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upon him who had eaten the heart of the little bird.
Then the brother who had eaten the head began, from
envy, as well as because he was the wisest man in the
world, to hate his brother the king, and to think how he
could get rid of him. At last he determined to kill him,
so that he might reign in his steady One evening, when
the king was asleep, he killed him, opened the body and
found in it the bird's heart ; having eaten it he sewed up
the body. On the following day the news spread among
the people : ** The king is dead ! Whom shall we elect
for his successor?" They set about to elect their king
in this place and in that ; among high and low ; some
proposed one, and some another; at last they came to
the late king's brother and made him their king.
Having become king — every morning he found under his
head one himdred sequins as his brother had done — he
sent to a neighbouring king asking his daughter in
marriage; the king gave him his daughter, and they
were married according to custom. When, on the first
and second morning after the wedding, the young queen
discovered that there were a hundred sequins lying
under her husband's head, she was greatly surprised,
and on the third morning she removed fifty and left the
other half in the same place. But when the king awoke
and did not find the whole hundred sequins, he caught
hold of his wife as if he were going to kill her ; the
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queen, terrified, threw away the sequins, and at the
same instant the king fell down senseless, began to
cough violently, and at last brought up the heart of the
little bird. In a moment a hand appeared, whiter than
thi snow on the mountains, and seized the heart ; and
a voice was heard, saying, — "It was mine; but this
shaU be forgiven imto you ! " This was the voice of the
soul of the king's brother, and the hand was his shadow.
Soon afterwards the king recovered from the swoon.
When he heard what had happened, he repented of his
sins until his life's end, and gave alms to the poor.-
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WISDOM AND FOETUNE.
(from the BOHEMIAN.)
Once Fortune met Wisdom in a certain place.
** Get out of my way ! " cried Fortune.
At that time Wisdom was inexperienced and did not
know which was to make room for the other ; she there-
fore said, —
** Why should I get out of your way ? Are you better
than I am ? ''
** He is better/' answered Fortime, " who can do most.
Do you see that peasant boy ploughing the field ? Get
inside him, and if you succeed better than I, I shall
always, and justly, make room for you whenever we
meet."
Wisdom agreed to this proposal and entered at once
into the ploughboy's head. As soon as the boy felt that
he had wisdom in his head, he began to reason within
himself, —
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** Why should I walk until my life's end behind the
plough ? Surely, I can somewhere else and more easily
make my fortune."
He left off working, shut up the plough, and drove
home.
** Father," he said, " I don't like the peasant's work.
I would rather learn to be a gardener."
The father said, — ** What's the matter with you,
Vanek?* Have you lost your senses?" But after a
moment's thought he added, ** Well, if you like to be a
gardener, then learn it by all means ; your brother shall
inherit the hut after me."
Vanek lost the hut, but he did not care about that ;
he went to the king's gardener to be taught the art of
gardening. The gardener did not teach him much, and
yet Vanek learnt the business very quickly. In a short
time he ceased to ask the gardener for instruction, but
did everything according to his own idea. At first the
gardener was angry, but when he saw that everything
went better than before, he was satisfied. " I see," he
said, **you are wiser than I am." He then allowed
Vanek to garden just as he liked.
In a short time Vanek improved the garden so much
that the king was greatly pleased with it, and often
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walked in the garden with his wife and their only
daughter. That daughter was a very beautiful girl, but
from her twelfth year she ceased to speak, no one heard
a word from her. The king was greatly grieved on that
account, and announced that whoever would make the
princess speak again might take her for his wife. Many
yoimg princes, dukes, and other great men applied, one
after another, but as they came, so they went away, not
one of them succeeded in making the princess speak.
** And why should not I try my luck," thought Vanek ;
"who knows, perhaps I shall succeed in making her
answer me when I question her."
He presented himself at once before the king, and the
king with aU his coimcillors took him to the apartments
where his daughter lived. That daughter had a very
beautiful little dog, of which she was very fond, because
it was very clever; it understood everything that she
wanted. When Vanek with the king and the council-
lors came into the princess's room, he pretended not to
see the girl at all, but turning to the little dog he said, —
" I have heard, my little dog, that thou art very clever ;
I have, therefore, come to thee for advice. There .were
three of us companions — a sculptor, a tailor, and myself.
Once, as we were walking through a forest, we were
obliged to stop in it for the night. In order to be^ secure
from the wolves we lit a fire, and agreed among ourselves
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to watch one after another. The sculptor watched first,
and in order to beguile the time he took a log of wood,
and cut out of it a beautiful girl. When it was ready
the sculptor awoke the taUor and asked him to watch.
The tailor seeing the wooden girl asked what it was.
'Just what you see,' answered the sculptor: *the time
lay heavily on my hands, and I have cut this girl
out of a log of wood ; if you find the time tedious, you
may dress her.' The tailor took out at once the
scissors, needles, and thread, cut the dress and began to
sew it up; when the dress was ready he dressed the
girl in it. Afterwards he awoke me, and asked me to
watch. I said, *What have you got there?* *Just
what you see,' he answered ; * the time lay heavily on
the sculptor's hands, so he cut this girl out of a log
of wood, and I, for the same reason, have dressed her.
Should you. find the time tedious, you may teach her to
speak." I set to work and succeeded in teaching her to
speak. But in the morning, when my companions
awoke> each of them wanted to take the girl away. The
sculptor said, *I have made her.' The tailor said, *I
have dressed her.' I also defended my right. Tell me
now, my little dog, to which of us does the girl belong ? "
The little dog remained silent, but instead of it the
king's daughter said, —
**To whom should she belong but to you? What is
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the use of the sculptor's girl without life, or of the
tailor's dress without speech ? You have conferred upon
her the greatest gifts — ^life and speech, — consequently she
belongs to you by right.'*
" You have decided about yourself," said Vanek. '* I
have given to you speech and new life, consequently you
belong to me by right."
Then o?ie of the king's councillors said, —
" His majesty the king will give you a rich reward,
because you have succeeded in unloosing his daughter's
tongue ; but you cannot take her for your wife, because
you are of mean birth. ^'
And the king added, —
** Because you are of mean birth I will give you,
instead of my daughter, a rich reward."
But Vanek would not even so much as hear of any
other reward, and answered, —
** The king promised, without exception, that whoever
would mal^e his daughter speak might take her for his
wife. The king's word is law : if the king wish that the
people should keep the law, he must keep it first himself.
Consequently the king must give me his daughter for a
wife."
** Guards, seize him ! " cried the same councillor.
" Whoever dares to say what the king should do, offends
the royal majesty, and is guilty of death. May your
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majesty be pleased to order this criminal to be beheaded
with the sword." *
The king said, "Let him.be beheaded with the
sword/'
Immediately the guards bound Vanek and led him to
death. When they tad arrived at the place of execu-
tion, Fortune was already waiting for them there, and
whispered to Wisdom, —
'* See how this man, for following you, is now about
to lose his head. Get out of him, and let me enter in
your place."
When gracious Fortune had entered into Vanek, the
executioner's sword broke off at the handle, just as if
somebody had cut it in half, and before another sword
could be procured a messenger arrived on horseback
from town, blowing a trumpet and waving a white flag ;
he was followed by a royal carriage for Vanek. It
happened thus. The king's daughter had been telling
her father at home that Vanek alone had spoken the
truth, and that the king's word could not be broken;
and although Vanek was of mean birth, yet the king
could easily make him a duke.
The king said, '* You are right; let him be made a
duke."
Then a royal carriage was immediately sent for Vanek,
and in his stead was executed that councillor who had
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provoked the king against Vanek. When afterwards
Vanek and the king's daughter rode together from the
wedding, Wisdom stood . somewhere on the road, and
seeing that she must needs meet with Fortune, she bent
down her head and ran away aside, as if sprinkled with
water. From that moment Wisdom, whenever about
to meet with Fortune, passes her at a distance.
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THE THKEE BEOTHEES.
(fEOM the SERVIAN.)
He who asks little shall obtain much.
There lived once three brothers whose only property
in this bright world consisted of a pear-tree which they
watched one after another ; whilst one of them was left
watching it the two others would go to their daily labour.
One day an angel from heaven was commanded to go
and see how the brothers were living, and to provide
them with better means of subsistence if they needed it."
As soon as the angel had descended to the earth he
assumed the shape of a beggar, and having come to the
brother who was watching the tree, he begged him for a
pear. The man plucked one of the pears which belonged
to him, gave it to the angel and said, —
" Here you have one of my own pears ; of those which
belong to my brothers I cannot give you any."
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The angel thanked him and went away. On the
following day the second brother stopped at home to
watch the tree ; the angel came also to him and asked
for a pear. The second brother likewise plucked one of
the pears which belonged to him, and gave it to the
angel, and said, — v
** Here you have one of my own pears ; of those which
belong to my brothers I cannot give you any."
The angel thanked him and went away. When the
turn came for the third brothef to watch the tree, the
angel came to him also and asked for a pear. The
youngest brother, in like manner, plucked one of those
which belonged to him, gave it to the angel, and
said, —
"Here you have one of my own pears ; of those which
belong to my brothers I cannot give you any."
On the fourth day the angel took the form ot a monk,,
and having come early in the morning he foimd the
brothers still at home, to whom he said, —
** Come with me, and I will give you something better
to do."
The brothers followed the angel without any hesita-
tion. When they had come to a broad, rapid stream,
they all rested there, and the angel said to the eldest
brother, —
** What would you like to have ? "
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And he answered, " I should Uke this water to be
turned into wine and belong to me.''
The angel made the sign of the cross with his staflf,
and lo! — instead of water, there flowed wiue in the
stream. Casks were being made, wine was being'
poured into them ; people were seen working, and a
village arose. The angel left the eldest brother there
and said, **Now you have what you wished for, stop
and live here."
Then the angel took the two younger brothers, and
went with them farther on. They soon came to a field
in which an enormous number of pigeons were feeding.
There the angel asked the second brother, —
** What would you Uke to have ? "
And he answered, " I should Uke aU these pigeons to
be changed into sheep and belong to me."
The angel made the sign of the cross with his staff over
the field, and in an instant aU the pigeons became sheep.
A dairy appeared in which some women were milking the
ewes, others were measuring the milk, coUecting cream,
making cheeses, and melting fat; there was also a
slaughter-house in which meat was dressed, weighed, and
money received; people were busy everywhere, and a
viUage sprang up on the spot. Hereupon the angel said
to the second brother, ** Here you have what you wished
for."
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Then the angel went away with the youngest brother,
and whilst walking through a field he asked him, —
** And what would you Uke to have ? "
So the youngest brother answered, **May Heaven
grant me a truly pious wife ; I do not ask for anything
else."
"Ah," said the angel, **it is very difl&cult to find a
truly pious woman. In the whole world there are only
three such, two of them are already married, but the
third is still a maiden ; there are, however, already two
suitors for her."
Then they started agaiQ, and having walked for a long
time they reached a town where a king lived who had a
truly pious daughter. Having entered into the town,
they went immediately to the king to ask for his daughter.
There they found that two kings had arrived before
them, had asked for the princess, and had already put
their apples on the table. Hereupon they also put their
apples on the table by the side of the other apples.
When the king saw them he said to those who stooJ
around, —
" What shall we do ? The first two suitors are kings,
and these men are mere beggars in comparison with them."
Then the angel said, *' I will tell you what to do.
Let the princess take three branches of vine, plant them
in the garden, and name each one after her lovers;
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in the morning on whose branch grapes will be found,
him she must take for her husband."
They all agreed to this proposition. The princess
planted three branches of vine in the garden, and named
each one after a suitor. In the morning there were
grapes on the vine of the poor man. The king not
knowing how to get out of this difl&culty, was obliged to
give his daughter to the youngest brother for wife ; he
took them at once to church and married them. After
the ceremony, the angel took the newly-married couple
to a forest and left them there, and they lived in that
forest one year.
When the year was up, the angel was again com-
manded to go and see how the brothers were living, and
to assist them if they needed it. Having descended to
the earth the angel again assumed the shape of a beggar,
went to the eldest brother where the wine was flowing in
the stream, and begged him for a glass of wine ; but the
man drove him away, saying, —
" If I were to give a glass of wine to everybody that
asks for it, there would be nothing left for me."
When the angel heard this he made the sign of the
cross with his staff, and the water flowed again in the
stream as before ; then he said to the eldest brother, —
" Kiches were not good for you ; go home and attend
to your pear-tree again."
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Then the angel went to the second brother whose sheep
covered the field, and begged him for a piece of cheese ;
he also drove the angel away, saying, —
*' If I were to give a piece of cheese to everybody that
asks for it, there would be nothing left for me."
When the angel heard this he made the sign of the
cross with his staff, and the sheep changed into pigeons
again ; then the angel said to him, —
" Eiches were not good for you ; go home and attend
to your pear-tree again."
At last the angel went to the youngest brother in order
to see how he was getting on, and he foimd him living
with his wife in a poor hut in the forest. The angel
asked him for a night's lodging, and they received him
with all their hearts, and begged him to excuse them
that they could not entertain him as they wished, ** for"
they added, "we are very poor." And the angel
answered them, " Never mind ; I shall be satisfied with
whatever it is."
What were they to do ? They had no com to make
bread with, but they used to pound the bark of trees and
make bread of it. Such bread the woman prepared also
for the visitor, and put it under an earthen cover to bake.
Whilst the bread was baking they entertained the
visitor with conversation. When, some time afterwards,
they looked to see whether the bread was baked yet, they
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found under the cover fine bread nicely baked — one could
not wish for better, and it had even risen up under the
cover ; when the man and his wife saw it they lifted up
their hands to heaven, and said, —
*' Lord, receive our thanks ! Now we can entertain
our visitor.'*
Then they put the bread before the angel and a gourd-
bottle with water ; but as soon as they began to drink
out of it, the water was changed into wine. Hereupon
the angel made the sign of the cross with his staff over
the hut, and in its place there arose a princely palace
with plenty of all good things in it. Then the angel
blessed the man and his wife, and departed from them,
and they lived happily until their lives' end.
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THE BEOWNIE, OE HOUSE-SPIEIT.
(from the BOHEMIAN.)
At Behary lived a peasant whose name was Palichka.
One- day as he was walking to market at Kopidlno, he
found in the field under a pear-tree a black hen, wet,
trembling with cold, and crying. PaHchka took the hen
under his cloak, and having brought her home, put her
behind the oven, so that she might dry herself, and then
let her go into the yard among his other fowls.
At night, when everybody was asleep, the peasant
heard a strange noise in his storeroom, and now and
then a piercing voice, half human and half like that of
a fowl, crying, ''Master, I have brought you some
potatoes ! '* Palichka jumped out of bed, rushed into the
storeroom, and there saw a flaming hen and three heaps
of potatoes; the hen was flying from heap to heap.
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** Fie, you unclean thing," cried the terrified peasant,
and having violently shut the door he went to bed
again ; but he could not sleep from fear at the thought
of what a terrible creature he had brought home. In
the morning he removed all these potatoes to a dung-
hill.
On the following night Palichka again heard the same
voice, crying, "Master, I have brought you some
wheat, rye, and barley ! " Palichka did not go to see
what it was, but trembling with fear like a leaf, he
prayed continually: "Deliver us from evil." In the
morning he took up a spade and a besom, and having
carefully swept the room, he removed aU this com
away, so that not even a grain was left behind.
This event gave him a great deal of anxiety ; he did
not know what to do, and was greatly alarmed lest any
of his neighbours should hear about it. But his neigh-
bours soon knew all about the matter ; they saw at night
soniething flying to Palichka's house, looking like a
burning wisp of straw, and yet it did not set the house
on fire ; in the day-time they observed a black hen in
the yard among the other fowls. Soon a report was
spread in the village that gossip Palichka had sold him-
seK to the demon. Some of the more sober of his
neighbours shook their heads doubtfully, as from his
youth they knew Palichka to be both pious and honest,
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and they agreed among themselves to go and speak to
him about the rumour. Accordingly they called upon
Palichka, and he told them candidly everything that
had happened, and asked them to advise him what
to do.
"My advice is to kill this monster," cried a young
peasant, and having caught hold of a piece of wood he
threw it at the black hen. But in the same moment
the hen flew up on to his shoulders and began to beat
him as if with a cane, and at every blow she cried, " I
am Earash ! Earash! Earash ! *' *
Afterwards some of the neighbours advised Palichka
to «ell all he had and remove from thence, as Earash
would, doubtless, remain in the house. The peasant
readily seized this idea, and searched for a buyer ; but no
one would buy a house with a Earash in it. • Palichka,
however, was determined to get rid of Earash at any
price. Accordingly he sold all his corn, cattle, and all
that he did not absolutely want, bought a new hut in a
neighbouring village, and removed there. Having ar-
rived for the last time with a cart and loaded it with
sheep troughs, household utensils, harrows, and other
implements, he set his straw-covered hut on fire ; it
stood alone and could not hurt any other building.
* The brownie, or house-spirit.
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260 Slavonic Fairy Tales.
Then he cracked his whip and was about to drive
away ; before doing so, however, he looked once more at
his hut as it was burning, and said, —
" May you bum there, you unclean thing ! I am sure
to get something for the land at least.**
"Ha! ha! ha!'* laughed somebody behind him on
the cart. Palichka looked round, and on the handle of
a scythe the black hen was sitting ; she flapped with her
wings and began to sing, —
^- We shall remove from here, we shall not stop here ;
We shall not stop here, we shall go away from here ;
We shall not stop here, we shall remove from here ;
We shall remove from here, somewhere else we shall steal.*'
Gossip Palichka felt like one thunderstruck. He
really did not know what to do next. Then a thought
occurred to him whether Earash would not be persuaded
to g6 away of his own accord if he would feed him well.
Accordingly he asked his wife to give Earash daily a
dishful of fresh milk and three small loaves of wheaten
bread. Earash enjoyed this food immensely, and it did
not seem at all likely that he would go away. One
evening, as Palichka* s servant boy returned home from
the field, he saw on the steps of the hut the three small
loaves which the wife had put there for Earash. Being
hungry the boy took up one of the loaves and ate it.
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The Brownie, or House-Spirit. 261
"It is better that I should eat this bread than that
goblin," he said to himself.
At that very moment Earash jumped upon his back
and screamed, " First loaf, second loaf ! Vashek ate the
third loaf! " " And after every exclamation pecked him so
dreadfully on the back that for a long time afterwards
the boy had black and blue marks on his body. In the
morning when Palichka got up and went to wake the
boy he found him so dreadfully beaten that he could
scarcely move. Having heard what had happened,
Palichka went at once to Earash and begged him* to go
away, as otherwise no man would be willing to serve in
his house.
"Ha! ha! ha !** laughed Earash, and said, "Take
me there, where you brought me from, and I shall not
trouble you any longer.*'
The peasant at once put on his cloak and carried the
hen back to the same pear-tree where he had found her.
From that moment Earash never troubled him any
more.
II.
In a sheepfold at Libenice there was another Earash,
but there he was called Shetek. He looked like a little
boy, only instead of nails he had claws on his fingers
and toes. The farm labourers told many merry stories
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262 Slavonic Fairy Tales.
about him. Shetek was very fond of teasing dogs, eats,
and turkeys ; he also did a great deal of mischief to the
farm servants, and whenever they did anything which
they did not like their master to know, he was sure to
expose them afterwards. On that account, especially,
the farm servants hated him very much ; they were, how-
ever, afraid to do anything to him, because he would be
sure to revenge himself ; moreover, the master would not
allow him to be hurt, as during the whole of the time
that Shetek stopped in the sheepfold^ not one of the
sheep sickened.
In winter Shetek loved to sit on the top of the oven
and warm himself, and when the young women brought
into the room husks in pails in order to pour hot water
over them, he used to jump down from the oven into the
pail screaming, " Now for the husks ! '* But one day he
burned himself dreadfully. One of the young women
had filled her pail with boiling hot water, sprinkled
some husks on the top of it, and then came into the
room as usual. "Now for the husks ! " cried Shetek,
and jumped into the pail ; but in a moment he was out
again, screaming and writhing with pain. The servants
laughed so loudly that the windows shook in their
frames. Shetek never forgave the girl. One day, as she
was walking over a ladder lying on the ground, he en-
tangled her dress so much in it that the other servants
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The Brownie^ or House- Spirit, 263
were obliged to come to the girFs assistance, and it was
a long time before they could disengage her from the
ladder.
In summer-time the farm servants used to sleep in
the open air. One night Shetek came to them, and
having half climbed up a ladder that was standing near,
he began to tease the dogs that were sleeping in the
yard. He lifted up now one of his legs, now another,
and continually called out to them, —
** One leg, — two legs ! which of them would you like
to bite?*'
The dogs barked at him and almost got mad with
fury. The men, too, became very angry with him for
disturbing them in their sleep ; so one of them got up,
took up a bundle of straw, threw it at Shetek and
knocked him down with it from the ladder. The dogs
received Shetek rather warmly, and it was with the
greatest difficulty that he escaped from them. The
man knew that Shetek was sure to revenge himself; he
therefore was on his guard and tried to avoid him. All
this precaution, however, did not help him in the least.
One day, as he was watching a flock of sheep in the
meadow, he sat down on the grass behind a heap of
hay. Suddenly he heard a rustling noise near, and be-
fore he had time to see what it was, the whole heap of
hay was thrown over him and entangled in his hair.
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264 Slavonic Fairy Tales.
The man screamed for help, and the mowers ran to his
assistance ; but do what they would they could not dis-
entangle the hay from among the hair, they were so
closely interwoven one with the other. The man was
obliged to have his head shaVed. When some time after-
wards he drove the sheep into the meadow and came to a
wild pear-tree, Shetek, who was sitting on the top of it,
mocked him and laughed, " Ha ! ha ! ha ! "
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ALL ABOUT TWOPENCE.
(from the SERVIAN.)
There lived once a poor man who endeavoured to get
his living by various means. One day he filled up a
bag with moss, put a little wool on the top of it, and
then started to market to try to sell it all as wool. On
the road he met another man who was also going to
market and carrying a bag full of acorns, which he
wished to sell as nuts, and the top of which he had,
indeed, carefully covered with nuts. Upon mutual in-
quiry as to what each had in his bag, the first man said
that he was carrying wool, and the second that he was
carrying nuts to market for sale ; hereupon they agreed
to exchange their goods on the spot. The owner of the
moss, however, demanded some money into the bargain,
maintaining that wool was more valuable than nuts ; but
when he perceived that the owner of the acorns would
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266 Slavonic Fairy Tales,
\
not give anything extra, but only wanted to. exchange
one thing for the other, he thought that, after all, nuts
were better than mosp. After bargaining for a long time,
the man who had the acorns agreed to give the other an
extra twopence ; but as he had no money with him, he
agreed to owe him that sum, and as a pledge that he
would pay the debt faithfully, they entered into a bond
of friendship. Having exchanged the bags, the men
parted, each thinking that he had cheated the other, but
when they had come home and removed the goods out
of the bags, then they saw that, in reality, neither of
them was cheated.
Some time afterwards the vendor of the moss went out
in search of his confederate in order to get the twopence
out of him, and having found him in the employment
of a certain village parson, he addressed him thus :
*' Brother, you have cheated me.'* And the other an-
swered: "And you, brother, have also cheated me."
Then the first man demanded the twopence, saying,
that it was only just to pay that which had been agreed
upon, and strengthened by a bond of friendship. The
other acknowledged the debt, but excused himsejf, say-
ing, that he had no money wherewith to pay it ; " how-
ever," he added, " behind my master's house there is a
deep hole in the ground, down which he often goes, and
in which, doubtless, he has hidden either some money
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All About Twopence: 267
or some other valuable property. We will go there after
dark, and you shall let me down into the hole ; after I
have ransacked it we will share the plunder, and then I
will pay you your twopence. This proposition was ac-
cepted. In the evening the parson's servant took up a
sack and a rope, and having come with his confederate
to the hole, he got into the sack, and the confederate
fastened the rope round his waist and let him down into
the hole. When the man reached the bottom he came
out of the sack. Having examined the hole and not
finding anything but com, he said to himself, " If I tell
my brother that there is nothing in the hole, he is likely
to go away and leave me here ; what would my master
say to-morrow if he were to find me in this hole ? '* He
quickly got into the sack again, fastened the rope to it*,
and then called out to his confederate, " Brother, pull
up the sack, it is full of various things.''
As the man was puUing up the sack, he said to him-
self, "Why should I divide these things with my con-
federate ? I had better take it myself, and he may come
out of the hole as well as he can." Having lifted up the
sack, with the confederate in it, he put it on his shoulders
and hastened through the village ; he was followed by
a large number of dogs barking furiously. As he grew
tired he allowed the sack to slip close to the ground,
upon which the confederate in the sack called out, —
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268 Slavonic Fairy Tales.
'^Brother, pull up the sack, the dogs are biting me.'*
When the man who carried the sack heard this, he
threw it down on the ground. Then he in the sack said, —
**Thus, brother, you wanted to cheat me.'* And the
other answered, — " By heaven, you have again cheated
me." After a long dispute the man who owed the two-
pence promised to pay them faithfully to the other when-
ever he would come again, and then they parted.
Some time afterwards the man who was in the service
of the clergyman made himself a home and got married.
One day as he was sitting with his wife before the hut,
he observed his confederate walking directly towards
it ; then he said to his wife, —
" Wife^ here comes my confederate ; I owe Ijini two-
pence. Now, I do not know what to do, for I promised
to pay them to him as soon as ever he found me out. I
will go in, lie down on my back, and you must cover me
up ; then you must begin to cry and to lament, and tell
him that I am dead ; then, surely, he will go away."
Having said this he went into the hut, lay on his back,
and crossed his arms ; his wife covered him*up, and then
began to lament. Meanwhile the confederate approached
the hut, and wishing to the woman heaven's blessing,
asked her whether this was the house of So-and-so ;
the woman, writhing in agony on the ground, answered:
him, —
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''this is his house, and here he lies dead in it."
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All About Twopence. 269
'* Yes, woe is me ! This is his house, and here, he lies
dead in it.''
Then the confederate said, " Heaven have, mercy upon
Jais soul ! He was my confederate. We have worked
and transacted business together, and since I have found
him in such a state, it is only right that I should stop
and accompany him to his grave, and throw a handful
of earth over his coffin.''
The woman told him that he would have to wait a long
time for the funeral, and that he had better go away.
But he answered, —
'* Heaven forbid ! How could I leave my former con-
federate like this ? I will wait, be it even three days,
until he is buried."
When the woman whispered this to her husband in \
the hut, he told her to go to the clergyman, tell him that
he was dead, and have him removed to the church in the
cemetery ; then, perhaps, his confederate would go away.
The woman went to the clergyman and told him of her
husband's death. The clergyman came up with some of
his men, who put the pretended dead on a bier, carried
him off and left him in the middle of the church, so that
he might spend the night there according to custom, and
then on the following day receive the benediction and be
buried. When the clergyman with the other people were
about to leave the church, the confederate said that he
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270 Slavonic Fairy Tales.
could not leave his brother unguarded, with whom he
had transacted business, and had eaten bread and salt,
but that he would watch over him the whole night. Thus
he remained in the church.
Now it happened that night that some robbers were
passing near who had plundered a castle not far off, and
had carried away a large sum of money, with quantities
of clothes and arms. When the robbers approached the
church and saw that there was a light in it, theTy said
among themselves, —
" Let us go into this church and there divide our booty.'*
The confederate, when he perceived that armed men
had entered into the church, hid himself in a comer.
The robbers sat down on the ground, divided the money
with a helmet and the clothes and arms, as well as they
could. They were perfectly satisfied with the division of
aU their plunder, with the exception of one sword, which
all of them believed to be of a very great value. One of
the robbers took it in his hand, rose up and said, —
** Wait a moment ; I will try the sword on this dead
person, whether it is really so good as you suppose. If I
can cut off his head at one blow, then it is really good."
Having said this, the robber approached the bier, but
in the same moment the pretended dead jumped up and
cried with a terrible voice, —
" Dead, where are you ? "
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All About Twopence. 271
And his confederate in the corner answered, —
" Here we are ; all ready to fight/'
At the sound of these words, the robber who held the
sword threw it down and fled ; his companions left all
their booty, which they had collected in heaps on the
ground, jumped up and also fled away without daring to
look behind. Having run away a long way off, the
robbers stopped, and their captain cried out, — . zu^^c^
" Stop ! comrades, stop ! We have walked over moun-
tains and valleys, by day and by night ; we have fought
with men and attacked castles and .palaces, and we have
never been afraid so much of anybody as we have been
this night of the dead. Is there not a brave man among
us who would go and see what is going on in that
church ? "
Then one of the robbers said, " I won't do it."
Another said, "I do not dare to do it." **And I," said
a third, "would rather fight with ten living than one
dead man." ,
At last there was found one robber who said that he-
would go back. Having returned, he approached care-
fully to a window in the church in order to see what was
taking place inside it. In the church, meantime, the
confederates divided aU the robbers' money, clothes, and
arms among themselves, but, in the end, could ijiot agree
about the twopence, and almost came to blows. All that
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272 Slavonic Fairy Tales.
the robber could hear behind the window was, —
" Where is my twopence ? Give me my twopence."
Suddenly the man who owed the twopence observed
the robber standing close by ; in an instant he stretched
out his arm through the window, pulled off the robber's
cap, and, giving it to his confederate, said, —
" Confound your twopence ! Take this instead of
your twopence ! "
The robber, terrified, fled away without daring to look
behind, and, having reached his companions, he cried
out half dead with fear, — '
" Oh, comrades ! Thank heaven that we have escaped
alive from that dreadful place. We have divided the
money among ourselves with the helmet, but there is
risen such an enormous number of dead people that,
when they had divided the money among themselves,
there was scarcely left twopence for each of them. In
fact, that was even wanting for one of them, so they
pulled off my cap and gave it to him instead of the two-
pence ! "
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