Copper, Silver and Gold Kingdoms: A Tale. Copper, silver and gold kingdoms (1)

01.04.2019

Making simple and quick homemade cookies

Chinese Seafood Noodles Japanese Seafood Noodle Recipe

Korean Zucchini - The Most Delicious Cooking Recipes

At that ancient time, when the world of God was filled with goblin, witches and mermaids, when rivers were flowing milk, the banks were jelly, and fried partridges flew across the fields, at that time there was a king named Peas with Queen Anastasia the Beautiful; they had three prince sons.

A great misfortune shook - an unclean spirit dragged the queen away. Speaks to the king big son:

Father, bless me, I will go to find mother.

He went and disappeared, for three years there was no news or rumor about him.

The second son began to ask:

Father, bless me on the road, maybe I'll be lucky enough to find both my brother and mother.

The king blessed; he went and also disappeared - as if he had sunk into the water.

The youngest son Ivan Tsarevich comes to the tsar:

My dear father, bless me on the road; maybe I'll find my brothers and mother.

Go sonny!

Ivan Tsarevich set off on an alien side; rode, rode and came to the blue sea, stopped on the shore and thought: "Where should I keep my way now?"

Suddenly thirty-three spoonbills flew into the sea, hit the ground and red maidens became - all are good, and one is better than all; undressed and threw themselves into the water.

How many or how many they swam - Ivan Tsarevich crept up, took from the girl who was the most beautiful of all, a sash and hid it in his bosom.

The girls bathed, went ashore, began to dress - one sash is missing.

Ah, Ivan Tsarevich, - says the beauty, - give me my sack.

Tell me first, where is my mother?

Your mother lives with my father - with Voron Voronovich. Go up the sea, you will come across a silver bird, a golden crest: wherever it flies, there you go too.

Ivan Tsarevich gave her the couch and went up the sea; then he met his brothers, greeted them and took them with him.

They walked along the shore, saw a silver bird, a golden crest, and ran after it. The bird flew, flew and threw itself under the iron plate, into the underground pit.

Well, brothers, says Ivan Tsarevich, bless me instead of my father, instead of my mother; I will descend into this pit and find out what a non-faith land is like, if our mother is not there.

The brothers blessed him, he sat down on a religion, climbed into that deep hole and descended neither more nor less - exactly three years; went down and went the way-the way.

Walked, walked, walked, saw the copper kingdom; in the palace thirty-three maidens are sitting, embroidering towels with cunning patterns - small towns with suburbs.

Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! - says the princess of the copper kingdom. - Where are you going, where are you going?

I'm going to look for my mother.

Your mother is with my father, with Voron Voronovich; he is cunning and wise, he flew over the mountains, over the valleys, over nativity scenes, over the clouds! He will kill you, a good fellow! Here's a ball for you, go to my middle sister - what will she tell you. And you will go back, do not forget me. Ivan Tsarevich rolled the ball and followed him. Comes to the silver kingdom; there are thirty-three spoonbills sitting there. The princess speaks of the silver kingdom:

It was impossible to see the Russian spirit beforehand, not to hear it by ear, but now the Russian spirit manifests itself in person! What, Ivan Tsarevich, are you torturing the department, or are you torturing things?

Ah, red maiden, I'm going to look for my mother.

Your mother is with my father, with Voron Voronovich; and he is cunning, and wise, he flew over the mountains, over the valleys, over nativity scenes, over the clouds rushed! Eh, prince, he will kill you! Here's a ball for you, go to my little sister - what will she tell you: whether to go forward, or return?

Ivan Tsarevich comes to the golden kingdom; there are thirty-three spoonbills sitting there, embroidering towels. The princess of the golden kingdom is better than all the above, all the better - such a beauty that you can neither say in a fairy tale, nor write with a pen. She says:

Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! Where are you going, where are you going?

I'm going to look for my mother.

Your mother is with my father, with Voron Voronovich; and he is cunning, and wise, he flew over the mountains, over the valleys, over nativity scenes, and rushed through the clouds. Eh, prince, he will kill you! You have a ball on, go to the pearl kingdom: your mother lives there. Seeing you, she will rejoice and immediately order: nurses, mothers, give my son green wine. Don't take it; ask me to give you the three-year-old wine in the cupboard and a burnt crust for a snack. Do not forget also: my father has two vats of water in the yard - one is strong and the other is weak; move them from place to place and drink strong water.

For a long time the prince and the princess talked and fell in love with each other so that they did not want to part; but there was nothing to do - Ivan Tsarevich said goodbye and set off on a journey.

Walked, walked comes to the pearl kingdom. His mother saw him, was delighted and shouted:

Nurses! Serve my son green wine.

I don't drink plain wine, serve me a three-year-old, but a burnt crust for a snack.

He drank three-year-old wine, took a bite of the burning crust, went out into the wide courtyard, rearranged the vats from place to place and began to drink strong water.

Suddenly Voron Voronovich arrives; he was as bright as a clear day, but he saw Ivan Tsarevich and became gloomier dark night; went down to the vat and began to draw powerless water.

Meanwhile, Ivan Tsarevich fell on his wings; Voron Voronovich soared high, high, carried him along the valleys, and over the mountains, and over nativity scenes, and clouds and began to ask:

What do you want, Ivan Tsarevich? Do you want to give it to the treasury?

I don’t need anything, just give me a little feather.

No, Ivan Tsarevich! It hurts to sit in a wide sleigh. And again the Raven carried him over the mountains and over the valleys, over nativity scenes and clouds. Ivan Tsarevich holds on tight; put on with all his weight and almost broke his wings. Then Voron Voronovich cried out:

Do not break my wings, take a feather-road!

I gave the tsarevich a piece of a feather; he himself became a common raven and flew to the steep mountains.

And Ivan Tsarevich came to the kingdom of pearls, took his mother and went on the way back; looks - the pearl kingdom curled up into a ball and rolled after it.

He came to the golden kingdom, then to the silver one, and then to the copper one, took three beautiful princesses, and those kingdoms curled up into balls and rolled after them. He goes to the rails and blows a golden trumpet.

Dear brothers! If you are alive, do not betray me.

The brothers heard the trumpet, grabbed hold of the religion and pulled out into the white light the soul of the red maiden, the princess of the copper kingdom; saw her and began to quarrel among themselves: one does not want to give her up to another.

What are you fighting, good fellows! There is a red maiden even better than me.

The princes lowered the religion and pulled out the princess of the silver kingdom. Again they began to argue and fight; he says:

Let me get it! And the other:

I do not want! Let mine be!

Do not quarrel, good fellows, there is a girl more beautiful than me.

The princes stopped fighting, lowered the religion and pulled out the princess of the golden kingdom. They began to quarrel again, but the beauty princess immediately stopped them:

Your mother is waiting there!

They pulled out their mother and lowered the religion after Ivan Tsarevich;

lifted him to half and cut the ropes. Ivan Tsarevich flew into the abyss, was badly hurt and lay without memory for six months; When he woke up, he looked around, remembered everything that had become with him, took out a little quill-feather from his pocket and hit it on the ground. At that very minute twelve fellows appeared.

What, Ivan Tsarevich, will you order?

Take me out into the open.

The fellows grabbed him by the arms and carried him out into the open. Ivan Tsarevich began to scout about his brothers and found out that they had been married long ago: the princess from the Copper Kingdom married her middle brother, the princess from the Silver Kingdom married her older brother, and his betrothed bride did not go for anyone. And the old father himself decided to marry her; gathered a thought, accused his wife of consulting with evil spirits and ordered to cut off her head; after the execution, he asks the princess from the golden kingdom:

Are you going to marry me?

Then I will follow you when you sew my shoes without measure. The king ordered to click the cry, to ask everyone and everyone: he will not sew

Who is the princess of shoes without measure?

At that time, Ivan Tsarevich came to his state, was hired

one old man as a worker and sends him to the king:

Go, grandfather, take on this business. I'll sew your shoes on, but don't tell me about it. The old man went to the king:

I'm ready to take on this job.

The king gave him a commodity for a pair of shoes and asks:

Will you please, old man?

Fear not, sir, my son is a chebotar.

Returning home, the old man gave the goods to Ivan Tsarevich; he cut the goods into pieces, threw them out the window, then dissolved the golden kingdom and took out the finished shoes:

Here, grandfather, take it, take it to the king. The king was overjoyed, sticks to the bride:

Is it soon to go to the crown? She answers:

Then I'll go after you when you sew me a dress without measurements. The tsar is busy again, gathers all the artisans to him, gives them a lot of money, only to sew a dress without measurements. Ivan Tsarevich says to the old man:

Grandpa, go to the king, take the fabric, I'll sew you a dress, just don't tell me about it.

The old man trudged off to the palace, took the atlases and velvets, returned home and gave them to the prince. Ivan Tsarevich immediately cut all the satins and velvets into shreds with scissors and threw them out the window; dissolved the golden kingdom, took from there whatever the best dress was and gave it to the old man:

Bring it to the palace! Tsar Radekhonek:

Well, my beloved bride, isn't it time for us to go to the crown? The princess answers:

Then I'll marry you when you take the old man's son and order him to boil it in milk.

The king did not hesitate, gave an order - and on the same day they collected a bucket of milk from every courtyard, poured a large vat and boiled it over high heat.

Ivan Tsarevich was brought in; he began to say goodbye to everyone, to bow down to the ground; They threw him into a vat: he dived once, dived another, jumped out - and became such a handsome man that he could neither say in a fairy tale, nor write with a pen. The princess says:

Look, king! Whom shall I marry: for you, the old one, or for him, the good fellow?

The king thought: "If I bathe in milk, I will become just as handsome!"

He threw himself into a vat and boiled in milk.

And Ivan Tsarevich went with the princess from the golden kingdom to get married; got married and began to live and live, to make good.

A young lover of literature, we are firmly convinced that you will be pleased to read the tale "Copper, Silver and golden kingdom"and you will be able to learn from it a lesson and benefit. The works often use diminutive-affectionate descriptions of nature, making the picture that appears even more saturated. Folk legend cannot lose its relevance, due to the inviolability of such concepts as: friendship, compassion, courage, courage, love and sacrifice. The plot is simple and old as the world, but each new generation finds in it something relevant and useful for itself. A person's worldview is formed gradually, and such works are extremely important and edifying for our young readers... Inspiration of household items and nature, creates colorful and mesmerizing pictures about the world around them, making them mysterious and mysterious. Faced with such strong, strong-willed and kind qualities of the hero, you involuntarily feel the desire to transform yourself into better side... The fairy tale "Copper, Silver and Golden Kingdoms" will be fun to read online for free for both kids and their parents, kids will be happy with a good ending, and moms and dads will be happy for the kids!

In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a king. He had a wife Nastasya the golden braid and three sons: Peter the Tsarevich, Vasily Tsarevich and Ivan Tsarevich.
Once the queen with her mothers and nannies went for a walk in the garden. Suddenly a Whirlwind swooped in, picked up the queen and carried her away to no one knows where. The tsar was grieved, twisted, but does not know what to do.
Here the princes have grown up, he says to them:
- My dear children, which of you will go to look for your mother?
The two eldest sons got together and drove off. And they are not there, and they are not another, so the third year begins ... Ivan Tsarevich began to ask the priest:
- Let my mother look for me, find out about the older brothers.
- No, - says the king, - you are the only one left with me, do not leave me, old man.
And Ivan Tsarevich replies:
- All the same, if you let me go, I’ll not let me go.
What to do here? The king dismissed him.
Ivan Tsarevich saddled his good horse and set off. I drove and drove ... Soon the tale is telling, but not soon the matter is done.
I reached the glass mountain. There is a high mountain, its top rested against the sky. Under the mountain - two tents are spread out: Peter Tsarevich and Vasily Tsarevich.
- Hello, Ivanushka! Where are you going?
- Look for Mother, catch up with you.
- Eh, Ivan Tsarevich, we found mother's trace a long time ago, but we don't stand on that trail. Go try to climb this mountain, but we already have no urine. We have been standing below for three years, we cannot go upstairs.
- Well, brothers, I'll try.
Ivan Tsarevich climbed up the glass mountain. A crawling step up, ten - head over heels down. He climbs a day, and another climbs. I cut all my hands, my legs were contorted. On the third day I climbed to the top.
He began to shout to the brothers from above:
“I’ll go to look for my mother, but you stay here, wait for me for three years and three months, and I’ll not be on time, and there’s nothing to wait.” And the raven will not bring my bones!
Ivan Tsarevich rested a little and walked up the mountain. Walked, walked, walked. He sees - the copper palace is standing. At the gate, terrible snakes on copper chains are chained, they breathe fire. And near the well, near the well, a copper ladle hangs on a copper chain. Snakes are torn to the water, but the chain is short.
Ivan Tsarevich took a ladle, scooped up cold water, gave the serpent a drink. The snakes calmed down, lay down. He went to the copper palace. The princess came out to him of the copper kingdom:
- I am Ivan Tsarevich.
- What, Ivan Tsarevich, has come here, hunting or unwillingly?
- I am looking for my mother - Nastasya the queen. The whirlwind dragged her here. Do you know where she is?
“I don’t know. But my middle sister lives not far from here, maybe she will tell you.
And she gave him a copper ball.
- Roll the ball, - he says, - he will show you the way to the middle sister. And how you defeat the Whirlwind, don't forget me, poor one.
“Good,” says Ivan Tsarevich. He threw a copper ball. The ball rolled, and the prince went after him.
Came to the silver kingdom. At the gate, terrible serpents on silver chains are chained. There is a well with a silver ladle. Ivan Tsarevich scooped up water, watered the snakes. They lay down and let him in. The princess ran out of the silver kingdom.
“Soon it’s three years,” the princess says, “as the mighty Whirlwind keeps me here. I didn’t hear the Russian spirit, I didn’t see it by sight, but now the Russian spirit has come to me on its own. Who are you, good fellow?
- I am Ivan Tsarevich.
- How did you get here: by your hunt or not.
- With my hunt - I'm looking for my own mother. She went for a walk into the green garden, a mighty Whirlwind flew in, swept her away from somewhere unknown. Do you know where to find her?
- No, I do not know. And she lives here not far, in the golden kingdom, my elder sister - Elena the Beautiful. Maybe she will tell you. Here's a silver ball. Roll him in front of you and follow him. Look how you kill Whirlwind, do not forget me, poor one. Ivan Tsarevich rolled the silver ball and went after him.
Whether for a long time or a short time - he sees: the golden palace stands, how the heat burns. Terrible snakes swarm at the gates, chained on golden chains. They are bursting with fire. Near the well, near the well, a golden ladle is chained on gold chains.
Ivan Tsarevich scooped up water, watered the snakes. They settled down, calmed down. Ivan Tsarevich entered the palace; Elena the Beautiful meets him - the princess of indescribable beauty:
- Who are you, good fellow?
- I am Ivan Tsarevich. I am looking for my mother - Nastasya the queen. Do you know where to find her?
- How not to know? She lives not far from here. Here's a golden ball. Roll it along the road - it will take you where you need it. Look, tsarevich, how you conquer the Whirlwind, do not forget me, poor, take with you to the free light.
- Well, - he says, - beloved beauty, I will not forget.
Ivan Tsarevich rolled the ball and followed him. He walked, walked and came to such a palace that he could neither say in a fairy tale nor describe with a pen - so it burns with pitched pearls and precious stones. Six-headed snakes hiss at the gates, they scorch with fire, breathe heat.
The prince gave them drink. They calmed down the snakes, let him into the palace. The prince passed in large chambers. At the farthest I found my mother. She sits on a high throne, in a royal dress adorned with a precious crown. She glanced at the guest and cried out:
- Ivanushka, my son! How did you get here?!
“I've come for you, my mother.
- Well, son, it will be difficult for you. Great strength at the Whirlwind. Well, yes, I will help you, I will add strength to you. Then she lifted the floorboard and led him into the cellar. There are two tubs of water - one for right hand, the other on the left.
Nastasya the queen says:
- Drink, Ivanushka, the water that is on the right hand.
Ivan Tsarevich drank.
- Well? Have you gained more strength?
- More, mother. I would now turn the whole palace over with one hand.
- Well, drink some more!
The prince drank still.
- How much, son, now you have strength? - Now I want to - I’ll turn the whole world.
- Here, son, and that's enough. Come on, move these tubs from place to place. The one on the right, take it to the left side, and the one on the right, take it to the right side.
Ivan Tsarevich took the tubs, rearranged them from place to place.
Queen Nastasya says to him:
- In one tub there is strong water, in the other it is powerless. A whirlwind in battle drinks strong water, that's why you can't get along with it.
They returned to the palace.
- Soon the Whirlwind will arrive, - says Queen Nastasya. - You grab him by the club. Don't let it out. A whirlwind will soar into the sky - and you are with him: he will stand you over the seas, over high mountains, over deep abysses, and you hold on tightly, do not unclench your hands. Whirlwind will wash, want to drink strong water, rush to the tub that is placed on the right hand, and you drink from the tub that is on the left hand ... I just managed to say it, suddenly it went dark in the yard, everything around began to shake. Whirlwind flew into the room. Ivantsarevich rushed to him, grabbed his club.
- Who are you? Where did it come from? - shouted Whirlwind. - I'll eat you!
- Well, grandma said in two! Either you eat it or you don't. Whirlwind rushed through the window - yes in the skies. Already he wore, wore Ivan Tsarevich ... And over the mountains, and over the seas, and over deep abysses. The prince does not let go of the hands of the club. The whirlwind flew around the whole light. I was worn out, exhausted. I went down - and straight into the cellar I ran to the tub that stood on my right hand and let's drink water.
And Ivan Tsarevich rushed to the left, he also fell to the tub. Whirlwind drinks - loses strength with every sip. Ivan Tsarevich drinks - with every drop a silushka arrives in him. Made mighty hero... He drew his sharp sword and cut off Whirlwind's head at once.
They shouted behind the voice:
- Cut it again! Rub some more! And it will come to life!
- No, - the prince answers, - the hero's hand does not hit twice, it ends everything from one time. Ivan Tsarevich ran to Nastasya-Tsarina:
- Come on, mother. It's time. The brothers are waiting for us under the mountain. Yes, we must take three princesses along the way. So they set off on a journey. We went for Elena the Beautiful.
She rolled a golden egg, hid the entire golden kingdom in an egg.
- Thank you, - he says, - Ivan Tsarevich, you saved me from the evil Whirlwind. Here's a testicle for you, but if you want - be my betrothed.
Ivan Tsarevich took the golden egg, and kissed the princess on the scarlet lips. Then they went for the princess of the silver kingdom, and then for the princess of the copper one. We took with us woven canvases and came to the place where we had to descend from the mountain. Ivan Tsarevich lowered Nastasya the Tsarina on the canvas, then Helen the Beautiful and her two sisters.
The brothers are standing below, waiting. When they saw their mother, they were delighted. They saw Elena the Beautiful - they froze. We saw two sisters - envied.
- Well, - says Vasily the Tsarevich, - our Ivanushka is young and green ahead of his older brothers. We will take the mother and the princesses, we will take them to the priest, say: they have been obtained by our heroic hands. And let Ivanushka walk alone on the mountain.
“Well,” replies Tsarevich Peter, “you’re talking about it. I will take Helen the Beautiful for myself, you will take the princess of the silver kingdom, and we will surrender the princess of the copper for the general.
Just then Ivan Tsarevich was about to descend from the mountain himself; only began to tie the canvas to the stump, and the older brothers from below took up the canvas, tore from his hands and pulled it out. How will Ivan Tsarevich go down now?
Ivan Tsarevich was left alone on the mountain. He burst into tears and went back. Walked, walked, nowhere is there a soul. Mortal boredom! Ivan Tsarevich began to play with anguish and grief as a Vortex club.
He just threw the club from hand to hand - suddenly, out of nowhere, Lame and Crooked jumped out.
- What is needed, Ivan Tsarevich! If you order three times, we will fulfill your three orders.
Ivan Tsarevich says:
- I want to eat, Lame and Crooked!
Out of nowhere - the table is set, the best dishes are on the table.
Ivan Tsarevich ate, and again threw the club from hand to hand.
- To rest, - he says, - I want!
I did not have time to pronounce - there is an oak bed, on it a feather bed, a silk blanket. Ivan Tsarevich got enough sleep - for the third time he threw the club. Popped out Lame and Crooked:
- What, Ivan Tsarevich, do you want?
- I want to be in my kingdom-state. He just said - at that very moment Ivan Tsarevich found himself in his state. He became right in the middle of the bazaar. Stands, looks around. He sees: a shoemaker is walking towards him in the bazaar, walking, singing songs, stamping his feet in harmony - such a merry fellow!
The prince and asks:
- Where, little man, are you going?
- Yes, I'm bringing my shoes to sell. I'm a shoemaker.
“Take me as your apprentice.
- Do you know how to sew shoes?
- Yes, I can do anything. Not like shoes, and I'll sew a dress.
They came home, the shoemaker, and said:
- Here's the best product for you. Sew your shoes, I'll see how you can.
- Well, what kind of product is this ?! Rubbish, and nothing more!
At night, when everyone fell asleep, Ivan Tsarevich took the golden egg and rolled it along the road. A golden Palace stood in front of him. Ivan Tsarevich entered the upper room, took out his shoes, embroidered in gold, from the chest, rolled an egg along the road, hid the golden palace in the egg, put the shoes on the table, went to bed.
In the morning the owner saw the shoes, gasped:
- Such shoes only in the palace to wear!
And at this time in the palace three weddings were being prepared: Peter the Tsarevich took Helen the Beautiful for himself, Vasily Tsarevich took the princess of the silver kingdom, and the princess was given the copper kingdom for the general.
The shoemaker brought his shoes to the palace. As Elena the Beautiful saw the shoes, she immediately understood everything: "You know, Ivan Tsarevich, my betrothed, walks through the kingdom alive and well."
Elena the Beautiful says to the Tsar:
- Let this shoemaker make me a wedding dress without measure by tomorrow morning, so that it is embroidered with gold, embellished with semi-precious stones, studded with pearls. Otherwise I will not marry Peter Tsarevich. The king called the shoemaker.
“So and so,” he says, “so that tomorrow, Princess Elena the Beautiful, the golden dress will be delivered, or else to the gallows!
The shoemaker walks home unhappy, hanging his gray head.
- Here, - he says to Ivan Tsarevich, - what have you done to me!
- Nothing, - says Ivan Tsarevich, - go to bed! The morning is wiser than the evening.
At night, Ivan Tsarevich took out from the golden kingdom wedding dress, put it on the table to the shoemaker. In the morning the shoemaker woke up - the dress was on the table, the heat was burning, the whole room was illuminated. The shoemaker grabbed him, ran to the palace, gave it to Elena the Beautiful.
Elena the Beautiful rewarded him and orders:
- See that tomorrow by dawn, at the seventh verst, on the sea there would be a kingdom with a golden palace, so that wonderful trees would grow there and singing birds would sing me in different voices. If you don’t do it, I will order you to be executed with a cruel death.
The shoemaker went home barely alive.
- Here, - he says to Ivan Tsarevich, - what your shoes have done! I will not be alive now.
- Nothing, - says Ivan Tsarevich, - go to bed. The morning is wiser than the evening.
As everyone fell asleep, Ivan Tsarevich went the seventh verst, to the seashore. Rolled a golden testicle. There was a golden kingdom in front of him, in the middle of a golden palace, a bridge stretches seven miles from the golden palace, wonderful trees grow around, songbirds sing in different voices.
Ivan Tsarevich stood on the bridge, hammering carnations into the rail.
Elena the Beautiful saw the palace, ran to the king:
- Look, tsar, what is going on with us!
The king looked and gasped.
And Elena the Beautiful says:
- Tell me, father, to harness the gilded carriage, I will go to the golden palace with Tsarevich Peter to get married. So they drove across the golden bridge. On the bridge, the columns are chiseled, the rings are gilded, And on each column, a dove and a dove are sitting, bowing to each other and saying:
- Do you remember, my dear, who saved you?
- I remember, dove, - Ivan Tsarevich saved.
And Ivan Tsarevich stands near the railing, nailing gold carnations.
Elena the Beautiful shouted in a loud voice:
- Kind people! Hurry up the fast horses. It was not the one who was sitting next to me who saved me, but the one who saved me, who was standing at the railings!
She took Ivan Tsarevich by the hand, put him next to her, took him to the golden palace, and then they played a wedding.
They returned to the king, told him the whole truth. The tsar wanted to execute the eldest sons, but Ivan Tsarevich, in joy, begged them to forgive. They gave the princess of the silver kingdom to Peter Tsarevich, and the copper one to Vasily Tsarevich. There was a feast for the whole world! That's the end of the fairy tale.

A great misfortune shook - an unclean spirit dragged the queen away. The big son says to the king:

- Father, bless me, I will go to find mother.

He went and disappeared, for three years there was no news or rumor about him.

The second son began to ask:

- Father, bless me on the road, maybe I'll be lucky enough to find both my brother and mother.

The king blessed; he went and also disappeared - as if he had sunk into the water.

The youngest son Ivan Tsarevich comes to the tsar:

- My dear father, bless me on the road; maybe I'll find my brothers and mother.

- Go, son!

Ivan Tsarevich set off on an alien side; rode, rode and came to the blue sea, stopped on the shore and thought: "Where should I keep my way now?"

Suddenly thirty-three spoonbills flew into the sea, hit the ground and red maidens became - all are good, and one is better than all; undressed and threw themselves into the water.

How many or how many they swam - Ivan Tsarevich crept up, took from the girl who was the most beautiful of all, a sash and hid it in his bosom.

The girls bathed, went ashore, began to dress - one sash is missing.

- Ah, Ivan Tsarevich, - says the beauty, - give me my sack.

- Tell me first, where is my mother?

- Your mother lives with my father - with Voron Voronovich. Go up the sea, you will come across a silver bird, a golden crest: wherever it flies, there you go too.

Ivan Tsarevich gave her the couch and went up the sea; then he met his brothers, greeted them and took them with him.

They walked along the shore, saw a silver bird, a golden crest, and ran after it. The bird flew, flew and threw itself under the iron plate, into the underground pit.

“Well, brothers,” says Ivan Tsarevich, bless me instead of my father, instead of my mother; I will descend into this pit and find out what a non-faith land is like, if our mother is not there.

The brothers blessed him, he sat down on a religion, climbed into that deep hole and descended neither more nor less - exactly three years; went down and went the way-the way.

Walked, walked, walked, saw the copper kingdom; in the palace thirty-three maidens are sitting, embroidering towels with cunning patterns - small towns with suburbs.

- Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! - says the princess of the copper kingdom. - Where are you going, where are you going?

- I'm going to look for my mother.

- Your mother is with my father, Voron Voronovich; he is cunning and wise, he flew over the mountains, over the valleys, over nativity scenes, over the clouds! He will kill you, a good fellow! Here's a ball for you, go to my middle sister - what will she tell you. And you will go back, do not forget me. Ivan Tsarevich rolled the ball and followed him. Comes to the silver kingdom; there are thirty-three spoonbills sitting there. The princess of the silver kingdom says:

- It was impossible to see the preselevo Russian spirit, not to hear it, but now the Russian spirit manifests itself! What, Ivan Tsarevich, are you torturing the department, or are you torturing things?

- Oh, red maiden, I'm going to look for my mother.

- Your mother is with my father, Voron Voronovich; and he is cunning, and wise, he flew over the mountains, over the valleys, over nativity scenes, over the clouds rushed! Eh, prince, he will kill you! Here's a ball for you, go to my little sister - what will she tell you: whether to go forward, or return?

- Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! Where are you going, where are you going?

- I'm going to look for my mother.

- Your mother is with my father, Voron Voronovich; and he is cunning, and wise, he flew over the mountains, over the valleys, over nativity scenes, and rushed through the clouds. Eh, prince, he will kill you! You have a ball on, go to the pearl kingdom: your mother lives there. Seeing you, she will rejoice and immediately order: nurses, mothers, give my son green wine. Don't take it; ask me to give you the three-year-old wine in the cupboard and a burnt crust for a snack. Do not forget also: my father has two vats of water in the yard - one is strong and the other is weak; move them from place to place and drink strong water.

Walked, walked comes to the pearl kingdom. His mother saw him, was delighted and shouted:

- Nurses! Serve my son green wine.

“I don’t drink plain wine, serve me a three-year-old, but a burnt crust for a snack.”

He drank three-year-old wine, took a bite of the burning crust, went out into the wide courtyard, rearranged the vats from place to place and began to drink strong water.

Suddenly Voron Voronovich arrives; he was as bright as a clear day, but he saw Ivan Tsarevich and became darker than the dark night; went down to the vat and began to draw powerless water.

Meanwhile, Ivan Tsarevich fell on his wings; Voron Voronovich soared high, high, carried him along the valleys, and over the mountains, and over nativity scenes, and clouds and began to ask:

- What do you want, Ivan Tsarevich? Do you want to give it to the treasury?

“I don’t need anything, just give me a little feather.”

- No, Ivan Tsarevich! It hurts to sit in a wide sleigh. And again the Raven carried him over the mountains and over the valleys, over nativity scenes and clouds. Ivan Tsarevich holds on tight; put on with all his weight and almost broke his wings. Then Voron Voronovich cried out:

- Do not break my wings, take a feather-road!

I gave the tsarevich a piece of a feather; he himself became a common raven and flew to the steep mountains.

And Ivan Tsarevich came to the kingdom of pearls, took his mother and went on the way back; looks - the pearl kingdom curled up into a ball and rolled after it.

He came to the golden kingdom, then to the silver, and then to the copper one, took with him three beautiful princesses, and those kingdoms curled up into balls and rolled after them. He goes to the rails and blows a golden trumpet.

- Dear brothers! If you are alive, do not betray me.

- What are you fighting, good fellows! There is a red maiden even better than me.

The princes lowered the religion and pulled out the princess of the silver kingdom. Again they began to argue and fight; he says:

- Let me get it! And the other:

- I do not want! Let mine be!

- Do not quarrel, good fellows, there is a girl more beautiful than me.

The princes stopped fighting, lowered the religion and pulled out the princess of the golden kingdom. They began to quarrel again, but the beauty princess immediately stopped them:

- Your mother is waiting there!

They pulled out their mother and lowered the religion after Ivan Tsarevich;

- What, Ivan Tsarevich, do you want?

- Take me out into the open.

The fellows grabbed him by the arms and carried him out into the open. Ivan Tsarevich began to scout about his brothers and found out that they had been married long ago: the princess from the Copper Kingdom married her middle brother, the princess from the Silver Kingdom married her older brother, and his betrothed bride did not go for anyone. And the old father himself decided to marry her; gathered a thought, accused his wife of consulting with evil spirits and ordered her to be cut off; after the execution, he asks the princess from the golden kingdom:

- Are you going to marry me?

“Then I’ll go after you when you sew me shoes without measure.” The king ordered to click the cry, to ask everyone and everyone: he will not sew

Who is the princess of shoes without measure?

At that time, Ivan Tsarevich came to his state, was hired

one old man as a worker and sends him to the king:

- Go, grandfather, take on this business. I'll sew your shoes on, but don't tell me about it. The old man went to the king:

- I'm ready to take on this work.

The king gave him a commodity for a pair of shoes and asks:

- Yes, will you please, old man?

- Do not be afraid, sir, I have a son, a chebotar.

Returning home, the old man gave the goods to Ivan Tsarevich; he cut the goods into pieces, threw them out the window, then dissolved the golden kingdom and took out the finished shoes:

- Here, grandfather, take it, take it to the king. The king was overjoyed, sticks to the bride:

- Is it soon to go to the crown? She answers:

- Then I'll go after you when you sew me a dress without measurements. The tsar is busy again, gathers all the artisans to him, gives them a lot of money, only to sew a dress without measurements. Ivan Tsarevich says to the old man:

- Grandpa, go to the king, take the fabric, I'll sew you a dress, just don't tell me about it.

- Bring it to the palace! Tsar Radekhonek:

- What, my beloved bride, isn't it time for us to go to the crown? The princess answers:

“Then I’ll marry you when you take the old man’s son and tell him to boil it in milk.”

The king did not hesitate, gave an order - and on the same day they collected a bucket of milk from every courtyard, poured a large vat and boiled it over high heat.

Ivan Tsarevich was brought in; he began to say goodbye to everyone, to bow down to the ground; They threw him into the vat: he dived once, dived another, jumped out - and became such a handsome man that he could neither say in a fairy tale, nor write with a pen. The princess says:

- Look, king! Whom shall I marry: for you, the old one, or for him, the good fellow?

The king thought: "If I bathe in milk, I will become just as handsome!"

He threw himself into a vat and boiled in milk.

And Ivan Tsarevich went with the princess from the golden kingdom to get married; got married and began to live and live, to make good.

COPPER, SILVER AND GOLDEN KINGDOMS

In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a king. He had a wife Nastasya - a golden braid and three sons: Peter Tsarevich, Vasily Tsarevich and Ivan Tsarevich.

Once the queen with her mothers and nannies went for a walk in the garden. Suddenly a Whirlwind swooped in, picked up the queen and carried her away to no one knows where. The tsar was grieved, twisted, but does not know what to do.

Here the princes have grown up, he says to them:

- My dear children, which of you will go to look for your mother?

The two eldest sons got together and drove off. And they are not there, and they are not another, so the third year begins ... Ivan Tsarevich began to ask the priest:

- Let my mother look for me, find out about the older brothers.

- No, - says the king, - you are the only one left with me, do not leave me, old man.

And Ivan Tsarevich replies:

- All the same, if you let me go, I’ll not let me go.

What to do here? The king dismissed him.

Ivan Tsarevich saddled his good horse and set off. I drove and drove ... Soon the tale is telling, but not soon the matter is done.

I reached the glass mountain. There is a high mountain, its top rested against the sky. Under the mountain - two tents are spread out: Peter Tsarevich and Vasily Tsarevich.

- Hello, Ivanushka! Where are you going?

- Look for Mother, catch up with you.

- Eh, Ivan Tsarevich, we found mother's trace a long time ago, but we don't stand on that trail. Go try to climb this mountain, but we already have no urine. We have been standing below for three years, we cannot go upstairs.

- Well, brothers, I'll try.

Ivan Tsarevich climbed up the glass mountain. A crawling step up, ten head over heels down. He climbs a day, and another climbs. I cut all my hands, my legs were contorted. On the third day I climbed to the top.

He began to shout to the brothers from above:

“I’ll go to look for my mother, but you stay here, wait for me for three years and three months, and I will not be on time, and there’s nothing to wait.” And the raven will not bring my bones!

Ivan Tsarevich rested a little and walked up the mountain. Walked, walked, walked. He sees - the copper palace is standing. At the gate, terrible snakes on copper chains are chained, they breathe fire. And near the well, near the well, a copper ladle hangs on a copper chain. Snakes are torn to the water, but the chain is short.

Ivan Tsarevich took a ladle, scooped up cold water, gave the serpent a drink. The snakes calmed down, lay down. He went to the copper palace. The princess came out to him of the copper kingdom:

- I am Ivan Tsarevich.

- What, Ivan Tsarevich, has come here, hunting or unwillingly?

- I am looking for my mother - Nastasya the queen. The whirlwind dragged her here. Do you know where she is?

“I don’t know. But my middle sister lives not far from here, maybe she will tell you.

And she gave him a copper ball.

- Roll the ball, - he says, - he will show you the way to the middle sister. And how you defeat the Whirlwind, don't forget me, poor one.

“Good,” says Ivan Tsarevich. He threw a copper ball. The ball rolled, and the prince went after him.

Came to the silver kingdom. At the gate, terrible serpents on silver chains are chained. There is a well with a silver ladle. Ivan Tsarevich scooped up water, watered the snakes. They lay down and let him in. The princess ran out of the silver kingdom.

“Soon it’s three years,” the princess says, “as the mighty Whirlwind keeps me here. I didn’t hear the Russian spirit, I didn’t see it by sight, but now the Russian spirit has come to me on its own. Who are you, good fellow?

- I am Ivan Tsarevich.

- How did you get here: by your hunt or not.

- With my hunt - I'm looking for my own mother. She went for a walk into the green garden, a mighty Whirlwind flew in, swept her away from somewhere unknown. Do you know where to find her?

- No, I do not know. And she lives here not far, in the golden kingdom, my elder sister - Elena the Beautiful. Maybe she will tell you. Here's a silver ball. Roll him in front of you and follow him. Look how you kill Whirlwind, do not forget me, poor one. Ivan Tsarevich rolled the silver ball and went after him.

Whether for a long time or a short time - he sees: the golden palace stands, how the heat burns. Terrible snakes swarm at the gates, chained on golden chains. They are bursting with fire. Near the well, near the well, a golden ladle is chained on gold chains.

Ivan Tsarevich scooped up water, watered the snakes. They settled down, calmed down. Ivan Tsarevich entered the palace; Elena the Beautiful meets him - the princess of indescribable beauty:

- Who are you, good fellow?

- I am Ivan Tsarevich. I am looking for my mother - Nastasya the queen. Do you know where to find her?

- How not to know? She lives not far from here. Here's a golden ball. Roll it along the road - it will take you where you need it. Look, tsarevich, how you conquer the Whirlwind, do not forget me, poor, take with you to the free light.

- Well, - he says, - beloved beauty, I will not forget.

Ivan Tsarevich rolled the ball and followed him. He walked, walked and came to such a palace that he could neither say in a fairy tale nor describe with a pen - so it burns with pitched pearls and precious stones. Six-headed snakes hiss at the gates, they scorch with fire, breathe heat.

The prince gave them drink. They calmed down the snakes, let him into the palace. The prince passed in large chambers. At the farthest I found my mother. She sits on a high throne, in a royal dress adorned with a precious crown. She glanced at the guest and cried out:

- Ivanushka, my son! How did you get here?!

“I've come for you, my mother.

- Well, son, it will be difficult for you. The Vortex has great power. Well, yes, I will help you, I will add strength to you. Then she lifted the floorboard and led him into the cellar. There are two tubs of water - one on the right hand, the other on the left.

Nastasya the queen says:

- Drink, Ivanushka, the water that is on the right hand.

Ivan Tsarevich drank.

- Well? Have you gained more strength?

- More, mother. I would now turn the whole palace over with one hand.

- Well, drink some more!

The prince drank still.

- How much, son, now you have strength?

- Now I want to - I’ll turn the whole world.

- Here, son, and that's enough. Come on, move these tubs from place to place. The one on the right, take it to the left side, and the one on the right, take it to the right side.

Ivan Tsarevich took the tubs, rearranged them from place to place.

Queen Nastasya says to him:

- In one tub there is strong water, in the other it is powerless. A whirlwind in battle drinks strong water, that's why you can't get along with it.

They returned to the palace.

- Soon the Whirlwind will arrive, - says Queen Nastasya. - You grab him by the club. Don't let it out. A whirlwind will rise into the sky - and you are with it: it will stand you over the seas, over high mountains, over deep abysses, and you hold on tightly, do not unclench your hands. Whirlwind will wash, want to drink strong water, rush to the tub that is placed on the right hand, and you drink from the tub that is on the left hand ... I just managed to say it, suddenly it went dark in the yard, everything around began to shake. Whirlwind flew into the room. Ivantsarevich rushed to him, grabbed his club.

- Who are you? Where did it come from? - shouted Whirlwind. - I'll eat you!

- Well, grandma said in two! Either you eat it or you don't. Whirlwind rushed through the window - yes in the skies. Already he wore, wore Ivan Tsarevich ... And over the mountains, and over the seas, and over deep abysses. The prince does not let go of the hands of the club. The whirlwind flew around the whole light. I was worn out, exhausted. I went down - and straight into the cellar I ran to the tub that stood on my right hand and let's drink water.

And Ivan Tsarevich rushed to the left, he also fell to the tub. Whirlwind drinks - loses strength with every sip. Ivan Tsarevich drinks - with every drop a silushka arrives in him. He became a mighty hero. He drew his sharp sword and cut off Whirlwind's head at once.

- Cut it again! Rub some more! And it will come to life!

- No, - the prince answers, - the hero's hand does not hit twice, it ends everything from one time. Ivan Tsarevich ran to Nastasya-Tsarina:

- Come on, mother. It's time. The brothers are waiting for us under the mountain. Yes, we must take three princesses along the way. So they set off on a journey. We went for Elena the Beautiful.

She rolled a golden egg, hid the entire golden kingdom in an egg.

- Thank you, - he says, - Ivan Tsarevich, you saved me from the evil Whirlwind. Here's a testicle for you, but if you want - be my betrothed.

Ivan Tsarevich took the golden egg, and kissed the princess on the scarlet lips.

Then they went for the princess of the silver kingdom, and then for the princess of the copper one. We took with us woven canvases and came to the place where we had to descend from the mountain. Ivan Tsarevich lowered Nastasya the Tsarina on the canvas, then Helen the Beautiful and her two sisters.

The brothers are standing below, waiting. When they saw their mother, they were delighted. They saw Elena the Beautiful - they froze. We saw two sisters - envied.

- Well, - says Vasily the Tsarevich, - our Ivanushka is young and green ahead of his older brothers. We will take the mother and the princesses, we will take them to the priest, say: they have been obtained by our heroic hands. And let Ivanushka walk alone on the mountain.

“Well,” replies Tsarevich Peter, “you’re talking about it. I will take Helen the Beautiful for myself, you will take the princess of the silver kingdom, and we will surrender the princess of the copper for the general.

Just then Ivan Tsarevich was about to descend from the mountain himself; only began to tie the canvas to the stump, and the older brothers from below took up the canvas, tore from his hands and pulled it out. How will Ivan Tsarevich go down now?

Ivan Tsarevich was left alone on the mountain. He burst into tears and went back. Walked, walked, nowhere is there a soul. Mortal boredom! Ivan Tsarevich began to play with anguish and grief as a Vortex club.

He just threw the club from hand to hand - suddenly, out of nowhere, Lame and Crooked jumped out.

- What is needed, Ivan Tsarevich! If you order three times, we will fulfill your three orders.

Ivan Tsarevich says:

- I want to eat, Lame and Crooked!

Out of nowhere - the table is set, the best dishes are on the table.

Ivan Tsarevich ate, and again threw the club from hand to hand.

- To rest, - he says, - I want!

I did not have time to pronounce - there is an oak bed, on it a feather bed, a silk blanket. Ivan Tsarevich got enough sleep - for the third time he threw the club. Popped out Lame and Crooked:

- What, Ivan Tsarevich, do you want?

- I want to be in my kingdom-state. He just said - at that very moment Ivan Tsarevich found himself in his state. He became right in the middle of the bazaar. Stands, looks around. He sees: a shoemaker is walking towards him in the bazaar, walking, singing songs, stamping his feet in harmony - such a merry fellow!

The prince and asks:

- Where, little man, are you going?

- Yes, I'm bringing my shoes to sell. I'm a shoemaker.

“Take me as your apprentice.

- Do you know how to sew shoes?

- Yes, I can do anything. Not like shoes, and I'll sew a dress.

They came home, the shoemaker, and said:

- Here's the best product for you. Sew your shoes, I'll see how you can.

- Well, what kind of product is this ?! Rubbish, and nothing more!

At night, when everyone fell asleep, Ivan Tsarevich took the golden egg and rolled it along the road. A golden Palace stood in front of him. Ivan Tsarevich entered the upper room, took out his shoes, embroidered in gold, from the chest, rolled an egg along the road, hid the golden palace in the egg, put the shoes on the table, went to bed.

In the morning the owner saw the shoes, gasped:

- Such shoes only in the palace to wear!

And at this time in the palace three weddings were being prepared: Peter the Tsarevich took Helen the Beautiful for himself, Vasily Tsarevich took the princess of the silver kingdom, and the princess was given the copper kingdom for the general.

The shoemaker brought his shoes to the palace. As Elena the Beautiful saw the shoes, she immediately understood everything: "You know, Ivan Tsarevich, my betrothed, walks through the kingdom alive and well."

Elena the Beautiful says to the Tsar:

- Let this shoemaker make me a wedding dress without measure by tomorrow, so that it was embroidered with gold, embellished with semi-precious stones, studded with pearls. Otherwise I will not marry Peter Tsarevich. The king called the shoemaker.

“So and so,” he says, “so that tomorrow, Princess Elena the Beautiful, the golden dress will be delivered, or else to the gallows!

The shoemaker walks home unhappy, hanging his gray head.

- Here, - he says to Ivan Tsarevich, - what have you done to me!

- Nothing, - says Ivan Tsarevich, - go to bed! The morning is wiser than the evening.

At night, Ivan Tsarevich took out a wedding dress from the golden kingdom and put it on the table with the shoemaker. In the morning the shoemaker woke up - the dress was on the table, the heat was burning, the whole room was illuminated. The shoemaker grabbed him, ran to the palace, gave it to Elena the Beautiful.

Elena the Beautiful rewarded him and orders:

- See that tomorrow by dawn, at the seventh verst, on the sea there would be a kingdom with a golden palace, so that wonderful trees would grow there and singing birds would sing me in different voices. If you don’t do it, I will order you to be executed with a cruel death.

The shoemaker went home barely alive.

- Here, - he says to Ivan Tsarevich, - what your shoes have done! I will not be alive now.

- Nothing, - says Ivan Tsarevich, - go to bed. The morning is wiser than the evening.

As everyone fell asleep, Ivan Tsarevich went the seventh verst, to the seashore. Rolled a golden testicle. There was a golden kingdom in front of him, in the middle of a golden palace, a bridge stretches seven miles from the golden palace, wonderful trees grow around, songbirds sing in different voices.

Ivan Tsarevich stood on the bridge, hammering carnations into the rail.

Elena the Beautiful saw the palace, ran to the king:

- Look, tsar, what is going on with us!

The king looked and gasped.

And Elena the Beautiful says:

- Tell me, father, to harness the gilded carriage, I will go to the golden palace with Tsarevich Peter to get married. So they drove across the golden bridge. On the bridge, the columns are chiseled, the rings are gilded, And on each column, a dove and a dove are sitting, bowing to each other and saying:

- Do you remember, my dear, who saved you?

- I remember, dove, - Ivan Tsarevich saved.

And Ivan Tsarevich stands near the railing, nailing gold carnations.

- Kind people! Hurry up the fast horses. It was not the one who was sitting next to me who saved me, but the one who saved me, who was standing at the railings!

She took Ivan Tsarevich by the hand, put him next to her, took him to the golden palace, and then they played a wedding.

They returned to the king, told him the whole truth. The tsar wanted to execute the eldest sons, but Ivan Tsarevich, in joy, begged them to forgive. They gave the princess of the silver kingdom to Peter the Tsarevich, to Vasily the Copper Tsarevich. There was a feast for the whole world! That's the end of the fairy tale.

Tale Three Kingdoms - copper, silver and gold read:

A great misfortune shook - an unclean spirit dragged the queen away. The big son says to the king:

Father, bless me, I will go to find mother.

He went and disappeared, for three years there was no news or rumor about him.

The second son began to ask:

Father, bless me on the road, maybe I'll be lucky enough to find both my brother and mother.

The king blessed; he went and also disappeared - as if he had sunk into the water.

The youngest son Ivan Tsarevich comes to the tsar:

My dear father, bless me on the road; maybe I'll find my brothers and mother.

Go sonny!

Ivan Tsarevich set off on an alien side; rode, rode and came to the blue sea, stopped on the shore and thought: "Where should I keep my way now?"

Suddenly thirty-three spoonbills flew into the sea, hit the ground and red maidens became - all are good, and one is better than all; undressed and threw themselves into the water.

How many or how many they swam - Ivan Tsarevich crept up, took from the girl who was the most beautiful of all, a sash and hid it in his bosom.

The girls bathed, went ashore, began to dress - one sash is missing.

Ah, Ivan Tsarevich, - says the beauty, - give me my sack.

Tell me first, where is my mother?

Your mother lives with my father - with Voron Voronovich. Go up the sea, you will come across a silver bird, a golden crest: wherever it flies, there you go too.

Ivan Tsarevich gave her the couch and went up the sea; then he met his brothers, greeted them and took them with him.

They walked along the shore, saw a silver bird, a golden crest, and ran after it. The bird flew, flew and threw itself under the iron plate, into the underground pit.

Well, brothers, says Ivan Tsarevich, bless me instead of my father, instead of my mother; I will descend into this pit and find out what a non-faith land is like, if our mother is not there.

The brothers blessed him, he sat down on a religion, climbed into that deep hole and descended neither more nor less - exactly three years; went down and went the way-the way.

Walked, walked, walked, saw the copper kingdom; in the palace thirty-three maidens are sitting, embroidering towels with cunning patterns - small towns with suburbs.

Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! - says the princess of the copper kingdom. - Where are you going, where are you going?

I'm going to look for my mother.

Ah, red maiden, I'm going to look for my mother.

Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! Where are you going, where are you going?

I'm going to look for my mother.

Walked, walked comes to the pearl kingdom. His mother saw him, was delighted and shouted:

Nurses! Serve my son green wine.

I don't drink plain wine, serve me a three-year-old, but a burnt crust for a snack.

He drank three-year-old wine, took a bite of the burning crust, went out into the wide courtyard, rearranged the vats from place to place and began to drink strong water.

Suddenly Voron Voronovich arrives; he was as bright as a clear day, but he saw Ivan Tsarevich and became darker than the dark night; went down to the vat and began to draw powerless water.

Meanwhile, Ivan Tsarevich fell on his wings; Voron Voronovich soared high, high, carried him along the valleys, and over the mountains, and over nativity scenes, and clouds and began to ask:

What do you want, Ivan Tsarevich? Do you want to give it to the treasury?

I don’t need anything, just give me a little feather.

Do not break my wings, take a feather-road!

I gave the tsarevich a piece of a feather; he himself became a common raven and flew to the steep mountains.

And Ivan Tsarevich came to the kingdom of pearls, took his mother and went on the way back; looks - the pearl kingdom curled up into a ball and rolled after it.

Dear brothers! If you are alive, do not betray me.

What are you fighting, good fellows! There is a red maiden even better than me.

The princes lowered the religion and pulled out the princess of the silver kingdom. Again they began to argue and fight; he says:

Let me get it! And the other:

I do not want! Let mine be!

Do not quarrel, good fellows, there is a girl more beautiful than me.

The princes stopped fighting, lowered the religion and pulled out the princess of the golden kingdom. They began to quarrel again, but the beauty princess immediately stopped them:

Your mother is waiting there!

They pulled out their mother and lowered the religion after Ivan Tsarevich;

What, Ivan Tsarevich, will you order?

Take me out into the open.

The fellows grabbed him by the arms and carried him out into the open. Ivan Tsarevich began to scout about his brothers and found out that they had been married long ago: the princess from the Copper Kingdom married her middle brother, the princess from the Silver Kingdom married her older brother, and his betrothed bride did not go for anyone. And the old father himself decided to marry her; gathered a thought, accused his wife of consulting with evil spirits and ordered her to be cut off; after the execution, he asks the princess from the golden kingdom:

Are you going to marry me?

Then I will follow you when you sew my shoes without measure. The king ordered to click the cry, to ask everyone and everyone: he will not sew

Who is the princess of shoes without measure?

At that time, Ivan Tsarevich came to his state, was hired

one old man as a worker and sends him to the king:

Go, grandfather, take on this business. I'll sew your shoes on, but don't tell me about it. The old man went to the king:

I'm ready to take on this job.

The king gave him a commodity for a pair of shoes and asks:

Will you please, old man?

Fear not, sir, my son is a chebotar.

Returning home, the old man gave the goods to Ivan Tsarevich; he cut the goods into pieces, threw them out the window, then dissolved the golden kingdom and took out the finished shoes:

Here, grandfather, take it, take it to the king. The king was overjoyed, sticks to the bride:

Is it soon to go to the crown? She answers:

Grandpa, go to the king, take the fabric, I'll sew you a dress, just don't tell me about it.

Bring it to the palace! Tsar Radekhonek:

Well, my beloved bride, isn't it time for us to go to the crown? The princess answers:

Then I'll marry you when you take the old man's son and order him to boil it in milk.

The king did not hesitate, gave an order - and on the same day they collected a bucket of milk from every courtyard, poured a large vat and boiled it over high heat.

Look, king! Whom shall I marry: for you, the old one, or for him, the good fellow?

The king thought: "If I bathe in milk, I will become just as handsome!"

He threw himself into a vat and boiled in milk.

And Ivan Tsarevich went with the princess from the golden kingdom to get married; got married and began to live and live, to make good.

Copper, Silver and Gold Kingdoms: A Tale. Copper, silver and gold kingdoms (1)

Read also