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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, son!
Ivan Tsarevich set off on an alien side; rode, rode and came to the blue sea, stopped at the shore and thought: “Where is the way to keep now?” Suddenly thirty-three spoonbills flew into the sea, hit the ground and became red girls - 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.

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.

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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. Ran out of the silver kingdom princess.
“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 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. 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, 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 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. A golden kingdom stood 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.

V in a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there was a king. And 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 flew in, picked up the queen and carried her away to no one knows where. The tsar was grieved, he became twisted, he does not know what to do, what to do.

Time passed, the princes grew up, he says to them:

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

The two eldest sons got together and went to look for their mother.

A year has passed - they are not there, another year has passed - they are not, now the third year has already begun ... Then the youngest son Ivan Tsarevich began to ask the priest:

Let me go, father, look for my mother, find out about my older brothers.

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

And Ivan Tsarevich says to him:

All the same, if you let me go, you won't let me go.

What was there to do?

The king let his youngest son Ivan Tsarevich.

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.

Ivan Tsarevich reached the glass mountain. There is a high mountain, its top rested against the sky. There are two tents under the mountain: Peter Tsarevich and Vasily Tsarevich.

Hello Ivanushka! Where are you going?

Look for our mother, catch up with you.

Eh, Ivan Tsarevich, we found Mother's footprint long ago, but we don't stand on that footprint. 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 to climb this mountain.

Ivan Tsarevich climbed up the glass mountain. He crawls up a step, ten - flies head over heels. And one day he climbs, and another climbs. Ivan Tsarevich cut all his hands, and blemished all his legs. On the third day I climbed to the top.

He began to shout to the brothers from above:

I'll go look for my mother, but you stay here, wait for me for three years and three months. And if I’m not on time, 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 - there is a copper palace.

At the gates of the palace, terrible snakes are chained on copper chains, they breathe fire. And there is a well near the gate. At the well, a copper ladle hangs on a copper chain. These snakes are torn to the water, but the chain does not start up, it is short.

Ivan Tsarevich took a ladle, scooped cold water into it, gave it to the snakes to drink. The snakes calmed down here, lay down. Ivan Tsarevich went to the copper palace.

The princess of the copper kingdom came out to meet him:

Who are you, good fellow?

I am Ivan Tsarevich.

Tell me, Ivan Tsarevich, did you come here by hunt or not?

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

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

And gives him a copper ball.

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

Good, - Ivan Tsarevich answers her.

Ivan Tsarevich rolled the copper ball. The ball rolled, and he followed after him.

Came after the ball to the silver kingdom. At the gates of the palace, terrible snakes are chained on silver chains.

Nearby there is a well with a silver ladle. Ivan Tsarevich scooped up a ladle of water and gave it to the snakes to drink. They calmed down, lay down and let him into the palace. The princess of the silver kingdom ran out to meet him.

Soon it will be three years, - says the princess, - how the mighty Whirlwind keeps me here. I didn’t hear the Russian spirit, I didn’t see it, 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: whether by your hunt or not.

By my hunt - I am looking for my own mother. She went for a walk into the green garden, then a mighty Whirlwind flew in, darted her away to no one knows where. Do you know where I can find her?

No I dont know. And here, not far from the golden kingdom, my elder sister, Elena the Beautiful, lives. Maybe she can tell you something. Here's a silver ball. Roll it in front of you and follow it. Look, when you kill Whirlwind, about me, poor, do not forget.

Ivan Tsarevich rolled the silver ball and followed him himself.

How long, how short he walked. He sees that there is a golden palace, the heat itself is burning.

At the gate there are terrible snakes, chained with golden chains. They are bursting with fire. There is a well near the gate. At the well there is a golden ladle chained with gold chains.

Ivan Tsarevich scooped up a ladle of water, gave to drink to the serpent. They calmed down, lay down. Ivan Tsarevich entered the palace. Helena the Beautiful meets him there - a 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 I can find her?

How can I not know? She lives not far from here. Here's a golden ball. Roll it along the road - it will bring you where you need it. Look, Ivan Tsarevich, when you defeat the Whirlwind, do not forget about me, poor, take with you to the free light.

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

Ivan Tsarevich rolled the ball and followed it. He walked, walked and came to such a palace that he could neither say in a fairy tale nor describe with a pen - and it burns with pitched pearls and precious stones.

Six-headed snakes hiss at the gates, breathe heat, scorch fire.

The prince gave them water to drink. They calmed down the snakes, let Tsarevich Ivan into the palace. The prince walked through the large chambers. In the most distant rest I found my mother. She sits on a high throne. In the royal dress decorated, crowned with a precious crown. She looked at the guest and cried out:

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

I have come for you, my mother.

Well, sonny, it's hard for you. Great power possesses the Whirlwind. Well, don't be sad, I will help you, I will add strength to you.

Then she lifted the floorboard and led him into the cellar. There were two tubs of water, one on the right and one on the left.

Nastasya the queen says:

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

Ivan Tsarevich drank.

Well? Have you got more strength?

We've gotten more, mother. Now I would turn the whole palace with one hand.

Come on, drink some more!

The prince drank some more.

How much strength do you have now, son?

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

Now, sonny, that's enough. Well, move these tubs from place to place. Take the one on the right to the left side, and take the one on the left to the right.

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

Queen Nastasya says to him:

There is strong water in one tub, and powerless in the other. A whirlwind in battle drinks strong water, that's why there is no way to cope with it.

They returned to the palace.

Soon the Whirlwind will arrive, - Queen Nastasya tells him. - You grab him by the club. Look, don't let go, hold tight. A whirlwind will rise into the sky - and you are with it: it will carry you over the seas, over deep abysses, over high mountains, but you hold on tightly, do not unclench your hands. Whirlwind cleans up, wants to drink strong water, rushes to the tub that is placed on the right hand, and you drink from the tub that is on the left hand ...

As soon as she had time to say this, all of a sudden it darkened in the yard, everything around began to shake. Whirlwind flew into the room. Ivan Tsarevich rushed to him, grabbed the club.

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

Well, this grandmother said in two more! Either you eat it or you don't.

Whirlwind rushed through the window - yes in the skies. Already he wore Ivan Tsarevich, wore ... And over the seas, and over the mountains, and over deep abysses he wore.

Ivan Tsarevich does not let go of his club. The whirlwind flew around the whole light. I was worn out, exhausted. He went down - and straight into the cellar. I ran to the tub that stood on my right hand, and let's drink water from it.

And Ivan Tsarevich rushed to the left, 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 pulled out a sharp sword and cut off the head of the Whirlwind at once.

Cut it some more! Cut it some more! And it will come to life!

No, - says Ivan Tsarevich, - the hero's hand does not hit twice, it ends everything from one time.

Ivan Tsarevich ran up to Nastasya the Tsarina:

Let's go home, mother. It's time. Under the mountain, the brothers are waiting for you and me. Yes three princesses must be taken along the road.

So they set off on the road. We went for Elena the Beautiful. She rolled a golden egg, hid the entire golden kingdom in this egg.

Thank you, - he says, - Ivan Tsarevich, you saved me from the evil Whirlwind. Here is a golden testicle for you as a gift, 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 the woven canvases and came to the place where it was necessary to descend from the mountain. Ivan Tsarevich lowered Nastasya the Tsarina on the canvas, then Elena the Beautiful and her two sisters.

The brothers are standing downstairs, 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 still 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, - Peter Tsarevich answers, - you are talking about the matter. I will take Elena the Beautiful for myself, you will take the princess of the silver kingdom, and we will give the princess of the copper kingdom for the general.

Just then Ivan Tsarevich himself was going to descend from the mountain. Only he began to tie the canvas to the stump, and the older brothers below took hold of the canvas, pulled it out of his hands and pulled it out. How can Ivan Tsarevich go downstairs now?

Ivan Tsarevich was left alone on the mountain. He cried and went back. Walked, walked, nowhere is a living soul to be seen. Mortal boredom! Ivan Tsarevich began to play with grief and melancholy with the Whirlwind Mace.

He had just thrown the club from hand to hand, when suddenly, out of nowhere, Crooked and Lame jumped out.

What do you want, Ivan Tsarevich! If you order three times, we will fulfill your three orders.

Ivan Tsarevich says:

I want to eat, Crooked and Lame!

Out of nowhere, a set table appeared. The best dishes are on the table.

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

I want to rest, - he says!

Before he could pronounce, there was an oak bed with a silk blanket and a feather bed on it. Ivan Tsarevich had a good sleep - for the third time he threw his club. Curve and Lame jumped out.

What, Ivan Tsarevich, do you want?

I want to be in my kingdom-state.

Only had time to say - at the same moment Ivan Tsarevich found himself in his kingdom-state. Stands right in the middle of the bazaar. Stands, looks around. He sees: a shoemaker is walking towards him through the bazaar. He walks, sings songs, stomps his feet in tune - such a merry fellow!

The prince and asks him:

Where are you going, little man?

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

Take me as your apprentice.

Do you know how to sew shoes?

Yes, I can do anything. Not just shoes, but a dress, if necessary, I will sew.

They came to the shoemaker's home, the shoemaker and said to Ivan Tsarevich:

Here's the most best product... Sew shoes out of it, I'll see what you get.

What kind of product is this ?! Rubbish, not a product!

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

In the morning the owner saw the shoes and gasped:

Such shoes should only be worn in the palace!

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

The shoemaker brought his shoes to the palace. As Elena the Beautiful shoes saw, she immediately understood everything:

"You know, my betrothed, Ivan Tsarevich, is alive and well, walks around the kingdom."

Then Elena the Beautiful says to the Tsar:

Let this shoemaker make me to tomorrow wedding dress without measurement. Yes, so that it was embroidered with gold, decorated with semi-precious stones, and studded with pearls. Otherwise I will not marry Peter Tsarevich.

The king called the shoemaker to him.

So and so, - he says, - so that the golden dress will be delivered to Princess Elena the Beautiful by tomorrow, otherwise you will go to the gallows!

The shoemaker is going home, not happy, hanging his gray head.

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

At night, Ivan Tsarevich from the golden kingdom took out a wedding dress and put it on the table with the shoemaker.

In the morning the shoemaker woke up with a dress on the table. As the heat burns, the whole room lights up.

The shoemaker grabbed him, ran with him to the palace as soon as possible, gave it to Elena the Beautiful.

Elena the Beautiful rewarded him and orders again:

See that by tomorrow's dawn, at the seventh verst, there will be a golden kingdom on the sea with a golden palace. So that wonderful trees grow there and songbirds would sing me in different voices. And if you do not do this, I will order you to execute 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, - Ivan Tsarevich tells him, - do not grieve, go to sleep peacefully! The morning is wiser than the evening.

When everyone fell asleep, Ivan Tsarevich went to the seventh verst, to the seashore. Roll the golden egg. A golden kingdom stood before him, a golden palace in the middle. And the 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 this palace, ran to the king:

Look, king, what is going on with us!

The king looked and gasped.

And Elena the Beautiful says to him:

Tell me, father, to harness the gilded carriage, I will go to the golden palace to marry Tsarevich Peter.

They got together and drove across the golden bridge.

On the bridge, the posts 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, my dear, - Ivan Tsarevich saved me.

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!

Elena the Beautiful took Ivan Tsarevich by the hand, set him next to her, and took him to the golden palace. There they played a wedding. They returned to the king, and the whole truth was told to him.

The tsar wanted to execute the eldest sons, but Ivan Tsarevich begged them to forgive them for joy.

They gave the princess of the silver kingdom to Peter Tsarevich, and the princess of the copper kingdom to Vasily Tsarevich.

And there was a feast for the whole world!

This is the end of the fairy tale. And who was listening well.

- THE END -

V. Vasnetsov. Three princesses of the underworld

In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there was a king Bel Belianin; he had a wife, Nastasya, a golden braid and three sons: Peter the Tsarevich, Vasily Tsarevich and Ivan Tsarevich. The queen went for a walk in the garden with her mothers and nannies. Suddenly a strong whirlwind rose - as my God! grabbed the queen and carried her away to no one knows where. The tsar was grieved, twisted and did not know what to do. The princes grew up and he says to them: “My dear children! Which of you will go and find his mother? "

The two eldest sons got together and drove off; and after them the younger one began to ask his father. “No,” says the king, “you, son, do not go! Don't leave me alone, old man. " - “Allow me, father! Fear how you want to wander around the world and find mother. " The tsar dissuaded, dissuaded, could not dissuade: “Well, there is nothing to do, go; God is with you!"

Ivan Tsarevich saddled his good horse and set off on the road. Rode-rode, whether long or short; soon the fairy tale tells itself, but the work is not done soon; comes to the forest. The richest palace stands in that forest. Ivan Tsarevich drove into the wide courtyard, saw the old man and said: "Hello for many years, old man!" - "Welcome! Who is this, good fellow? " - "I am Ivan Tsarevich, the son of Tsar Bel Belianin and Tsarina Nastasya of the golden braid." - “Oh, my dear nephew! Where is God taking you? " “Yes and no,” he says, “I'm going to look for my mother. Can't you tell me, uncle, where to find her? " “No, nephew, I don’t know. What I can, so I will serve you; here's a ball, throw it in front of you; it will roll and lead you to the steep, high mountains... There is a cave in those mountains, enter it, take iron claws, put it on your hands and feet and climb the mountains; maybe there you will find your mother Nastasya a golden braid. "

That's good. Ivan Tsarevich said goodbye to his uncle and let a ball in front of him; the ball rolls, rolls, and he goes after it. Whether for a long time or a short time - he sees: his brothers Peter Tsarevich and Vasily Tsarevich are camped in an open field and many troops are with them. The brothers interrupted him: “Bah! Where are you, Ivan Tsarevich? " “Why,” he says, “I missed home and decided to go to look for my mother. Let the army go home and let us go together. " They did so; released the army and went three of us for the ball. From a distance we still saw the mountains - so steep, high, as my God! the tops rested against the sky. The ball rolled straight to the cave; Ivan Tsarevich dismounted from his horse and said to his brothers: “Here, brothers, my good horse; I'll go to the mountains to look for my mother, and you stay here; wait for me exactly three months, but I will not be in three months - and there is nothing to wait! " The brothers think: "How to climb these mountains, but then break your head!" “Well,” they say, “go with God, and we'll wait here.”

Ivan Tsarevich approached the cave, saw - an iron door, pushed with all his might - the door opened; entered there - iron claws on his hands and feet put on his own. He began to climb the mountains, climbed, climbed, worked for a whole month, climbed by force. "Well," he says, "thank God!" I rested a little and went up the mountains; walked, walked, walked, looked - a copper palace stood, at the gate terrible snakes on copper chains were chained, and swarmed! And beside the well, by the well a copper base hangs on a copper chain. Ivan Tsarevich took some water and gave the snakes to drink; they calmed down, lay down, and he went into the palace.

The queen jumps out to him of the copper kingdom: "Who is this, good fellow?" - "I am Ivan Tsarevich." - “What,” he asks, “came here, Ivan Tsarevich, either willingly or not?” - “By your hunt; looking for my mother Nastasya a golden braid. Some whirlwind kidnapped her from the garden. Do you know where she is? " - "No, I do not know; but not far from here lives my middle sister, the queen of the silver kingdom; maybe she will tell you. " She gave him a copper ball and a copper ring. “The ball,” he says, “will bring you to the middle sister, and in this ringlet the whole copper kingdom consists. When you defeat the Whirlwind, which also keeps me here and flies to me every three months, then do not forget me poor - free me from here and take with you to the free light. " - “Good,” Ivan Tsarevich answered, took and threw a copper ball - the ball rolled, and the Tsarevich followed him.

He comes to the silver kingdom and sees the palace better than before - all silver; at the gate, terrible serpents on silver chains are chained, and next to it is a well with a silver casing. Ivan Tsarevich drew water, gave to drink to the snakes - they lay down and let him into the palace. The queen of the silver kingdom comes out: “Soon it will be three years,” he says, “as the mighty Whirlwind keeps me here; I have never heard of the Russian spirit, I have not seen it by sight, but now the Russian spirit is being accomplished with my own eyes. Who is this, good fellow? " - "I am Ivan Tsarevich." - "How did you get here - by your desire, or involuntarily?" - “By my own desire, I am looking for my mother; She went for a walk in the green garden, when the Whirlwind rose and dashed her away to no one knows where. Do you know where to find her? " - "No, I do not know; and not far away lives here my elder sister, the queen of the golden kingdom, Elena the Beautiful; maybe she will tell you. Here is a silver ball for you, roll it in front of you and follow him; he will lead you to the golden kingdom. Look how you kill the Whirlwind - do not forget me poor; Summon from here and take with you to the free light; Whirlwind keeps me imprisoned and flies to me every two months. " Then she gave him a silver ring: "This ring contains the entire silver kingdom!" Ivan Tsarevich rolled the ball: where the ball rolled, he went there too.

Whether for a long time, or for a short time, I saw - the golden palace stood, like the heat burns; terrible snakes swarm at the gates - they are chained on golden chains, and near the well, at the well there is a golden base hanging on a golden chain. Ivan Tsarevich drew water with a crust and gave to drink to the snakes; they lay down, calmed down. The prince enters the palace; Elena the Beautiful meets him: "Who is this, good fellow?" - "I am Ivan Tsarevich." - "How did you come here - whether by your own desire or involuntarily?" - “I went in hunting; looking for my mother Nastasya a golden braid. Do you know where to find her? " - “How not to know! She lives not far from here, and Whirlwind flies to her once a week, and to me once a month. Here is a golden ball for you, roll it in front of you and follow it - it will lead you where you need it; but take a golden ring - in this ring the whole golden kingdom consists! Look, tsarevich: how will you defeat the Whirlwind, do not forget me poor, take me with you to the free light. " - "Okay," he says, "I'll take it!"

Ivan Tsarevich rolled the ball and went after him: he walked, walked, and comes to such a palace as my God! - and burns in diamonds and semi-precious stones. Six-headed serpents hiss at the gate; Ivan Tsarevich gave them drink, the snakes calmed down and let him into the palace. The prince passes by in large chambers and in the farthest one finds his mother: she sits on a high throne, dressed in royal outfits, crowned with a precious crown. She looked at the guest and cried out: “Oh, my God! Are you my beloved son? How did you get here? " - "So and so," he says, "I came for you." - “Well, son, it will be difficult for you! After all, here on the mountains an evil, mighty Whirlwind reigns, and all spirits obey him; he carried me away too. You have to fight him! Let's go to the cellar as soon as possible.

They went down to the cellar. There are two kadis with water: one on the right hand, the other on the left. Queen Nastasya the golden braid says: "Drink some water that is on the right." Ivan Tsarevich drank. "Well, how much power do you have?" - "Yes, so strong that I will turn the whole palace with one hand." - "Come on, drink some more." The prince drank still. "How much strength do you have now?" - "Now I want to - I will turn the whole world." - “Oh, this is a lot! Move these kadis from place to place: take the one on the right to left hand, and the one on the left, take it to your right hand. " Ivan Tsarevich took the cadi and moved it from place to place. “You see, my dear son: in one kadi there is strong water, in the other it is powerless; whoever gets drunk first will be a powerful bogatyr, and whoever drinks second will completely weaken. The whirlwind always drinks strong water and places it on the right side; so you have to deceive him, otherwise you will not be able to cope with him! "

We returned to the palace. “Soon the Whirlwind will arrive,” the queen says to Ivan Tsarevich. - Sit down with me under purple so that he doesn't see you. And when the Whirlwind flies in and rushes to hug and kiss me, you and grab him by the club. He will rise high, high, and will carry you over the seas and over the abysses, you see, do not let go of the club. The whirlwind will die out, want to drink strong water, go down to the cellar and rush to the cadi on the right hand, and you drink from the cadi on the left hand. Then he will be completely exhausted, you grab the sword from him and cut off his head with one blow. As soon as you cut off his head, they will immediately shout from behind you: "Cut it again, cut it again!" And you, son, do not chop, but in response say: "The hero's hand does not hit twice, but all at once!"

Only Ivan Tsarevich had time to hide under the purple, when suddenly it darkened in the courtyard, everything around began to shake; Whirlwind flew in, hit the ground, became a good fellow and enters the palace; in his hands is a battle mace. "Fu Fu Fu! What does your Russian spirit smell like? Who was visiting? " The queen answers: "I do not know why you are so surrendered." The whirlwind rushed to embrace and kiss her, and Ivan Tsarevich immediately behind the club. "I will eat you!" Whirlwind shouted at him. "Well, the grandmother said in two: either eat it or not!" The whirlwind rushed - through the window and into the skies; he wore, wore Ivan Tsarevich - and over the mountains: "Hey," he says, "I'll hurt you?" and over the seas: "I want, - threatens, - will I drown?" Only no, the prince does not let go of the club.

All the light the Whirlwind flew out, got worn out and began to descend; I went down straight into the cellar, ran up to the cadi that stood on my right hand, and let's drink powerless water, and Ivan Tsarevich rushed to the left, drank strong water and became the first mighty hero in the whole world. He sees that the Whirlwind is completely weakened, grabbed his sharp sword and at once and cut off his head. They shouted behind the voice: "Cut it again, cut it again, otherwise it will come to life." “No,” the prince answers, “the hero's hand doesn’t hit twice, but it ends all at once!” Now he has spread the fire, burned both the body and the head and scattered the ashes in the wind. Ivan Tsarevich's mother is so happy! “Well,” he says, “my beloved son, let’s have fun, we’ll have some food, and how could we get home as soon as possible; but it’s boring here, there’s none of the people there. ” - "But who is serving here?" - "But you will see." They just thought of eating, now the table is being laid on its own, various dishes and wines are on the table themselves; The tsarina and the tsarevich are having dinner, and invisible music plays wonderful songs for them. They ate and drank, they rested; Ivan Tsarevich says: “Come, mother, it's time! After all, the brothers are waiting for us under the mountains. Yes, on the way it is necessary to save the three queens, that they lived here near the Whirlwind. "

They took everything that was needed and set off on the road; first they went for the queen of the golden kingdom, then for the queen of silver, and then for the queen of the brazen kingdom; they took them with them, took canvases and all sorts of things, and soon came to the place where it was necessary to descend from the mountains. Ivan Tsarevich put down on the canvas first his mother, then Elena the Beautiful and her two sisters. The brothers are standing below - they are waiting, but they themselves think: "We will leave Ivan Tsarevich upstairs, and we will take the mother and the queens to their father and say that we have found them." - “I will take Helen the Beautiful for myself,” says Peter Tsarevich, “you will take the Queen of the Silver Kingdom, Vasily Tsarevich; and we will give up the queen of the copper state at least for a general. "

This is how Ivan Tsarevich had to descend from the mountains, the older brothers took up the canvases, jerked and completely tore them off. Ivan Tsarevich remained on the mountains. What to do? He wept bitterly and went back; I walked, walked in the brazen kingdom, and in silver, and in gold - there is not a soul. Comes to the diamond kingdom - there is also no one. Well, what's one? Mortal boredom! Lo and behold - there is a pipe on the window. He took her in his hands. "Give," he says, "I'll play out of boredom." He just whistled and jumped out lame and crooked; "Anything, Ivan Tsarevich?" - "I am hungry". Out of nowhere - the table is set, on the table and the wines and dishes are the very first. Ivan Tsarevich has eaten and thinks: "Now it would not be bad to rest." He whistled through a pipe, appeared lame and crooked: "Anything, Ivan Tsarevich?" - "Yes, so that the bed is ready." I didn’t have time to pronounce it, and the bed was made - which is the best.

So he lay down, slept well, and again whistled through his pipe. "Anything?" - ask him lame and crooked. "So, everything is okay?" - asks the prince. “Everything is possible, Ivan Tsarevich! Whoever whistles this whistle, we will do everything for that. As they used to serve Whirlwind, now they are glad to serve you; you just need to have this pipe always with you. " “It’s good,” says Ivan Tsarevich, “so that I now become in my state!” He just said, and at that very moment he found himself in his state in the middle of the bazaar. Here he walks through the bazaar; the shoemaker is coming towards - such a merry fellow! The prince asks: "Where, little man, are you going?" - “Yes, I’m carrying the cribs2 to sell; I am a shoemaker. " - "Take me to your apprentice." - "Do you know how to sew shavers?" - “Yes, I can do whatever you want; if not the shanks, and I will sew a dress. " - "Well, let's go!"

They came home; the shoemaker says: “Well, make it! Here is the very first product for you; I'll see how you can. " Ivan Tsarevich went to his room, took out a pipe, whistled - a lame and crooked appeared: "Anything, Ivan Tsarevich?" - "So that the shoes are ready by tomorrow." - "Oh, this is a service, not a service!" - "Here is the product!" - “What is this product? Trash - and nothing more! We must throw it out the window. " The next day, the prince wakes up, on the table there are beautiful shoes, the very first ones. The owner also got up: "Well done, did you sew your shoes?" - "Ready". - "Well, show me!" He looked at the shoes and gasped: “This is how I got the master for myself! Not a master, but a miracle! " He took these shoes and carried them to the market to sell.

At this very time, three weddings were being prepared for the tsar: Peter the Tsarevich was going to marry Elena the Beautiful, Vasily Tsarevich - the Queen of the Silver Kingdom, and the Queen of the Copper Kingdom was given for a general. They began to buy outfits for those weddings; for Elena the Beautiful they needed the skullcaps. Our shoemaker had the best slippers; brought him to the palace. Elena the Beautiful as she glanced: “What is this? - is talking. "Only on the mountains can they make such shoes." She paid the shoemaker dearly and ordered: “Make me another pair of shanks without measurement, so that they are wonderfully sewn, trimmed with precious stones, set with diamonds. Yes, so they can be in time by tomorrow, or else - to the gallows! "

The shoemaker took money and precious stones; going home - so cloudy. “Trouble! - is talking. - What will we do? Where to sew such shoes for tomorrow, and even without measurements? Apparently, they will hang me tomorrow! Let me at least take a walk with my friends in grief. " I went into a tavern; He had a lot of friends, so they ask: "Why are you, brother, gloomy?" - "Oh, dear friends, because tomorrow they will hang me!" - "Why so?" The shoemaker told his grief: “Where can you think about work? We'd better take a walk at last. " They drank and drank, walked and walked, the shoemaker was already swinging. “Well,” he says, “I'll take a barrel of wine home and go to bed. And tomorrow, as soon as they come to hang for me, now I will blow out half a bucket; let them hang me without memory. " Comes home. "Well, cursed one," he says to Ivan Tsarevich, "this is what your skullcaps have done ... so and so ... in the morning, when they come for me, now wake me up."

At night, Ivan Tsarevich took out his pipe, whistled - they appeared lame and crooked: "Anything, Ivan Tsarevich?" - "So that such and such shoes were ready." - "Listen!" Ivan Tsarevich went to bed; in the morning he wakes up - the shoes are on the table, like the heat burns. He goes to wake the owner: “Master! It's time to get up. " - “What, did they come for me? Hurry up a barrel of wine, here's a mug - pour it; let the drunk be hanged. " - "Yes, the shoes are ready." - “How are you ready? Where are they? - The owner ran, looked: - Oh, when did we do this with you? - "Yes at night, really, master, do not you remember how we cut and sewn?" - “I fell asleep completely, brother; I remember a little! "

He took his shoes, wrapped it, and runs to the palace. Elena the Beautiful saw the shoes and guessed: "It is true, this is what Ivan Tsarevich does with spirits." - "How did you do it?" - she asks the shoemaker "Yes, I," she says, "I can do everything!" - "If so, make me a wedding dress, so that it is embroidered with gold, diamonds, yes precious stones dotted with. Yes, so that in the morning it was ready, or else - off with your head! " The shoemaker walks again, gloomy, and his friends have been waiting for him for a long time: "Well?" - “But what,” he says, “one curse! Here the translator appeared to the Christian family, ordered to sew a dress with gold, with stones by tomorrow. What a tailor I am! They'll surely take my head off tomorrow. " - "Eh, brother, the morning is wiser than the evening: let's go for a walk."

Let's go to the tavern, drink and walk. The shoemaker got drunk again, brought home a whole barrel of wine and said to Ivan Tsarevich: “Well, boy, tomorrow, as soon as you wake up, I'll blow out a whole bucket; let the drunk chop off the head! And I can't even make such a dress in my life. " The owner went to bed, snored, and Ivan Tsarevich whistled through his pipe - they appeared lame and crooked: "Anything, Tsarevich?" - "Yes, so that by tomorrow the dress was ready - exactly the same as Elena the Beautiful wore at Whirlwind." - “Let's listen! Will be ready". How the light woke up Ivan Tsarevich, and the dress lay on the table, how the heat burns - this is how the whole room lit up. Here he wakes up the owner, he ripped open his eyes: “What, they came for me - to chop off my head? Hurry up the wine! " - "Why, the dress is ready ..." - "Oh, is it! When did we have time to sew? " “Yes, at night, don’t you remember? You cut it yourself. " - “Ah, brother, I remember a little; as in a dream I see. " The shoemaker took the dress and ran to the palace.

Here Elena the Beautiful gave him a lot of money and ordered: “Look that tomorrow at dawn, at the seventh verst on the sea, there is a golden kingdom and that a golden bridge is made from there to our palace, that bridge is covered with expensive velvet, and there would be wonderful trees and songbirds sang in different voices. If you don’t do it by tomorrow, I will order you to be quadrupled! ” The shoemaker went from Elena the Beautiful and hung his head. His friends meet him: "What, brother?" - “Yes, what! I am lost, tomorrow I will be quadrupled. She has asked such a service that she will not do the devil. " - “Eh, that's enough! The morning is wiser than the evening; let's go to the tavern. " - “And then let's go! Finally, you should at least have some fun. "

Here they drank and drank; the shoemaker got drunk until evening that they brought him home under the arms. "Goodbye, little one!" - he says to Ivan Tsarevich. "They'll execute me tomorrow." - "Ali new service asked? " - "Yes, just like that!" I lay down and snored; and Ivan Tsarevich immediately went to his room, whistled a pipe - they appeared lame and crooked: "Anything, Ivan Tsarevich?" - “Can you do me this kind of service ...” - “Yes, Ivan Tsarevich, this is a service! Well, there’s nothing to do — everything will be ready by morning ”. The next day it was getting a little light, Ivan Tsarevich woke up, looking out the window - Father's lights! Everything is done as it is: the golden palace burns like heat. He wakes up the owner; he jumped up: “What? Al came for me? Give me the wine soon! Let the drunk be executed. " - "Why, the palace is ready." - "What you!" The shoemaker looked out the window and gasped in surprise: "How did this happen?" - "Don't you remember how we made things?" - “Oh, apparently I fell asleep; I remember a little! "

They ran to the golden palace - there is a wealth of unprecedented and unheard-of. Ivan Tsarevich says: “Here's a wing for you, master; go, sweep the railings on the bridge, and if they come and ask: who is this living in the palace? "Don't say anything, just give this note." That's good, the shoemaker went and began to sweep the railings on the bridge. In the morning Elena the Beautiful woke up, saw the golden palace and now ran to the king: “Look, your majesty, what is happening here; a golden palace has been built on the sea, a bridge stretches seven miles from that palace, and around the bridge wonderful trees grow, and songbirds sing in different voices. "

The Tsar is now sending to ask: “What would that mean? Is it not a bogatyr who approached his state? " The sent ones came to the shoemaker, they began to question him; he says: "I do not know, but I have a note to your king." In this note, Ivan Tsarevich told his father everything as it was: how he freed his mother, Helen the Beautiful, and how his older brothers deceived. Together with the note, Ivan Tsarevich sends golden carriages and asks the Tsar and Tsarina, Elena the Beautiful with her sisters, to come to him; and let the brothers be brought back in simple logs.

All immediately gathered and drove off; Ivan Tsarevich greeted them with joy. The tsar wanted to tell the eldest sons for their lies, but Ivan Tsarevich begged his father, and forgiveness came to them. Then the feast began in the mountains; Ivan Tsarevich married Elena the Beautiful, for Peter Tsarevich he gave the Queen of the Silver State, for Vasily Tsarevich he gave the Queen of the Copper State, and made a shoemaker a general. I was at that feast too, drinking honey and wine, flowing down my mustache, not getting into my mouth.

Three kingdoms - copper, silver and gold (version of tale 1)

It used to be yes, there was an old man and an old woman; they had three sons: the first was Yegorushko Zalet, the second was Misha Kosolapy, and the third was Ivashko Zapechnik. Here the father and mother decided to marry them; They sent a big son to look after the bride, and he walked and walked - for a long time; wherever he looks at the girls, he cannot clean up his bride, everyone does not look 1. Then he met a serpent with three heads on the road and was frightened, and the serpent said to him: “Where, kind person, headed? " Yegorushko says: "I went to marry, but I cannot find a bride." The serpent says: “Come with me; I will lead you, can you get a bride? "

So they walked and walked, they reached a large stone. The serpent says: “Turn the stone back; there you will get what you want ”. Yegorushko tried to turn it away, but he could not do anything. The serpent told him: "Duck you don't have a bride!" And Yegorushko returned home, told his father and mother about everything. Father and mother again thought, thought about how to live and be, they sent their middle son, Misha Kosolapy. The same thing happened to that one. Here the old man and the old woman thought, thought, did not know what to do: if you send Ivashka Zapechny, he will not do anything!

And Ivashko Zaphechny began to ask himself to see the snake; father and mother at first did not let him in, but then they let him in. And Ivashko also walked and walked, and met a snake with three heads. The serpent asked him: "Where did you go, good man?" He said: “The brothers wanted to get married, but they could not get a bride; and now it's my turn. " - “Perhaps, let's go, I'll show you; can you get the bride? "

So the serpent with Ivashka went, they reached the same stone, and the serpent ordered the stone to be turned away from its place. Ivashko grabbed him, and the stone as if it had not been - flew off from its place; there was a hole in the ground, and belts were fixed near it. Here is the serpent and says: “Ivashko Sit on the belts; I will let you down, and you will go there and reach the three kingdoms, and in each kingdom you will see a girl. "

Ivashko went down and went; walked and walked, and reached the bronze kingdom; then he came in and saw a girl beautiful from herself. The girl says: “Welcome, an unprecedented guest! Come and sit down where the place is just 2 you see; tell me, where are you going from and where? " - “Oh, the girl is red! - said Ivashko. - I did not feed, did not drink, but began to ask for news. Here the girl gathered all food and drinks on the table; Ivashko drank and ate and began to tell me that I was going to look for a bride for myself: "if your mercy is, please marry me." “No, good man,” said the maiden, “go ahead, you will reach the silver kingdom: there is a maiden even more beautiful than me!” - and gave him a silver ring.

Here the good fellow thanked the girl for the bread and the salt, took his leave and went; walked and walked, and reached the silver kingdom; came in here and saw: a girl is sitting more beautiful than the first. He prayed to God and beat with his forehead: "Hello, red maiden!" She replied: “Welcome, fellow passer-by! Sit down and brag: whose, yes otkul, and what business did you come here? " - “Ah, beautiful girl! - said Ivashko. - I did not drink, did not feed, but began to ask for news. Here the maiden gathered the table, brought all kinds of food and drinks; then Ivashko drank, ate as much as he wanted, and began to tell that he went to look for a bride, and asked her to marry himself. She said to him: "Go ahead, there is still a golden kingdom, and in that kingdom there is an even more beautiful girl than I," and gave him a golden ring.

Ivashko said goodbye and went ahead, walked and walked, and reached the golden kingdom, went in and saw the maiden most beautiful of all. So he prayed to God and, as it should, greeted the girl. The girl began to ask him: where and where is he going from? “Ah, red maiden! - he said. - I did not drink, did not feed, but began to ask for news. So she gathered on the table all kinds of food and drinks, which cannot be better demanded. Ivashko Zapechnik treated everyone well and began to tell: “I am going, looking for a bride for myself; if you want to marry me, then come with me. " The girl agreed and presented him with a golden ball, and they went together.

They walked and walked, and came to the silver kingdom - then they took the maiden with them; Again they walked and walked, and reached the bronze kingdom - and then they took the girl, and everyone went to the hole, from which they had to crawl out, and the belts were hanging here; and the older brothers are already standing by the hole, wanting to climb there to look for Ivashka.

Here Ivashko put the girl from the bronze kingdom on the belts and shook her by the belt; the brothers dragged and pulled out the girl, and the belts again lowered. Ivashko put the girl from the silver kingdom, and she was pulled out, and the straps were lowered again; then he seated the girl from the golden kingdom, and she was pulled out, and the belts were lowered. Then Ivashko himself sat down: the brothers dragged him, dragged, dragged, but when they saw that it was Ivashko, they thought: "Perhaps we will pull him out, and he will not give a single girl!" - and cut the belts; Ivashko fell down. Here, there is nothing to do, he wept, wept and went forward; He walked and walked, and saw: an old man was sitting on a stump - about a quarter himself, and a beard about an elbow - and told him everything how and what had happened to him. The old man taught him to go further: "You will reach the hut, and in the hut lies a long man from corner to corner, and you ask him how to get out to Russia."

So Ivashko walked and walked, and came to the hut, went there and said: “Strong Idolische! Don't ruin me: tell me how to get to Russia? " - "Fu-fu! - said Idolische. - Nobody called the Russian kosku 3, she came herself. Well, go over thirty lakes; there is a hut on a chicken leg, and a baba yaga lives in the hut; she has a bird-eagle, and she will carry you. " Here is a good fellow walked and walked, and reached the hut; went into the hut, the yaga-baba shouted: “Fu, fu, fu! Russian koska, why did you come here? " Then Ivashko said: "But, grandmother, I came by the order of the strong Idol to ask you for the mighty bird of the eagle, so that she pulled me to Russia." “Go,” said the Baba Yaga, “into the cage; there is a guard at the door, and you take the keys from him and go through the seven doors; how will you open the last doors - then the eagle will flutter its wings, and if you are not afraid of it, then sit on it and fly; just take the beef with you, and when he looks around, you give him a piece of meat each.

Ivashko did everything according to the order of the yagy-babka, sat on the eagle and flew; flew and flew, the eagle looked back - Ivashko gave him a piece of meat; He flew and flew and often gave meat to the eagle, he fed everything, and still not close to fly. The eagle looked around, but there was no meat; here the eagle snatched a piece of meat from Ivashka's withers, ate it and pulled it into the same hole in Russia. When Ivashko got off the eagle, the eagle coughed up a piece of meat and ordered it to be applied to the withers. Ivashko put it on, and the withers were overgrown. Ivashko came home, took a girl from the golden kingdom from the brothers, and they began to live and be, and now they live. I was there, drinking beer; the beer was trickling down the whiskers, but it didn't get into my mouth.

1 That is, they do not like it.

2 Empty, unoccupied.

3 bone, bone.

Three kingdoms - copper, silver and gold (fairy tale version 2)

Ivan Tsarevich saddled his good horse and set off on the road. Rode-rode, whether long or short; soon the fairy tale tells itself, but the work is not done soon; comes to the forest. The richest palace stands in that forest. Ivan Tsarevich drove into the wide courtyard, saw the old man and said: "Hello for many years, old man!" - "Welcome! Who is this, good fellow? " - "I am Ivan Tsarevich, the son of Tsar Bel Belianin and Tsarina Nastasya of the golden braid." - “Oh, my dear nephew! Where is God taking you? " “Yes and no,” he says, “I'm going to look for my mother. Can't you tell me, uncle, where to find her? " “No, nephew, I don’t know. What I can, so I will serve you; here's a ball, throw it in front of you; it will roll and lead you to steep, high mountains. There is a cave in those mountains, enter it, take iron claws, put it on your hands and feet and climb the mountains; maybe there you will find your mother Nastasya a golden braid. "

They went down to the cellar. There are two kadis with water: one on the right hand, the other on the left. Queen Nastasya the golden braid says: "Drink some water that is on the right." Ivan Tsarevich drank. "Well, how much power do you have?" - "Yes, so strong that I will turn the whole palace with one hand." - "Come on, drink some more." The prince drank still. "How much strength do you have now?" - "Now I want to - I will turn the whole world." - “Oh, this is hefty 1 a lot! Move these kadis from place to place: the one that is on the right, take it to your left hand, and the one to the left, take it to your right hand. " Ivan Tsarevich took the cadi and moved it from place to place. “You see, my dear son: in one kadi there is strong water, in the other it is powerless; whoever gets drunk first will be a powerful bogatyr, and whoever drinks second will completely weaken. The whirlwind always drinks strong water and places it on the right side; so you have to deceive him, otherwise you will not be able to cope with him! "

So he lay down, slept well, and again whistled through his pipe. "Anything?" - ask him lame and crooked. "So, everything is okay?" - asks the prince. “Everything is possible, Ivan Tsarevich! Whoever whistles this whistle, we will do everything for that. As they used to serve Whirlwind, now they are glad to serve you; you just need to have this pipe always with you. " “It’s good,” says Ivan Tsarevich, “so that I now become in my state!” He just said, and at that very moment he found himself in his state in the middle of the bazaar. Here he walks through the bazaar; the shoemaker is coming towards - such a merry fellow! The prince asks: "Where, little man, are you going?" - “Yes, I’m bringing the cords 2 to sell; I am a shoemaker. " - "Take me to your apprentice." - "Do you know how to sew shavers?" - “Yes, I can do whatever you want; if not the shanks, and I will sew a dress. " - "Well, let's go!"

The shoemaker took money and precious stones; going home - so cloudy. “Trouble! - is talking. - What will we do? Where to sew such shoes for tomorrow, and even without measurements? Apparently, they will hang me tomorrow! Let me at least take a walk with my friends in grief. " I went into a tavern; He had a lot of friends, so they ask: "Why are you, brother, gloomy?" - "Oh, dear friends, because tomorrow they will hang me!" - "Why so?" The shoemaker told his grief: “Where can you think about work? We'd better take a walk at last. " They drank and drank, walked and walked, the shoemaker was already swinging. “Well,” he says, “I'll take a barrel of wine home and go to bed. And tomorrow, as soon as they come to hang for me, now I will blow out half a bucket; let them hang me without memory. " Comes home. “Well, cursed one,” he says to Ivan Tsarevich, “this is what your skullcaps have done ... so and so ... in the morning, when they come for me, now wake me up.”

He took his shoes, wrapped it, and runs to the palace. Elena the Beautiful saw the shoes and guessed: "It is true, this is what Ivan Tsarevich does with spirits." - "How did you do it?" - she asks the shoemaker "Yes, I," she says, "I can do everything!" “If so, make me a wedding dress so that it is embroidered with gold, studded with diamonds and precious stones. Yes, so that in the morning it was ready, or else - off with your head! " The shoemaker walks again, gloomy, and his friends have been waiting for him for a long time: "Well?" - “But what,” he says, “one curse! Here the translator appeared to the Christian family, ordered to sew a dress with gold, with stones by tomorrow. What a tailor I am! They'll surely take my head off tomorrow. " - "Eh, brother, the morning is wiser than the evening: let's go for a walk."

Here they drank and drank; the shoemaker got drunk until evening that they brought him home under the arms. "Goodbye, little one!" - he says to Ivan Tsarevich. "They'll execute me tomorrow." - "Ali has a new service set?" - "Yes, just like that!" I lay down and snored; and Ivan Tsarevich immediately went to his room, whistled a pipe - they appeared lame and crooked: "Anything, Ivan Tsarevich?" - "Can you do me this kind of service ..." - "Yes, Ivan Tsarevich, this is a service! Well, there’s nothing to do — everything will be ready by morning ”. The next day it was getting a little light, Ivan Tsarevich woke up, looking out the window - Father's lights! Everything is done as it is: the golden palace burns like heat. He wakes up the owner; he jumped up: “What? Al came for me? Give me the wine soon! Let the drunk be executed. " - "Why, the palace is ready." - "What you!" The shoemaker looked out the window and gasped in surprise: "How did this happen?" - "Don't you remember how we made things?" - “Oh, apparently I fell asleep; I remember a little! "

2 Shoes.

Three kingdoms - copper, silver and gold (version of tale 3)

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. The big son says to the tsar: "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; Perhaps I will find my brothers and mother. " - "Go, son!" Ivan Tsarevich set off on an alien side; I drove and drove and came to the blue sea, stopped at the shore and thought: "Where should I keep my way now?" Suddenly, thirty-three spoonbills flew into the sea, 1 hit the ground and became red girls - 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. "Oh, 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 with a golden crest: wherever it flies, there you go. " 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 religious 2, 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 when you go back, don't forget me. " Ivan Tsarevich rolled the ball and followed him.

Comes to the silver kingdom; there are thirty-three spoonbills sitting there. Says the princess of the silver kingdom: “It was not a sight to see the Russian spirit beforehand, not to hear it by ear, but now the Russian spirit manifests itself in person! What, Ivan Tsarevich? - "Ah, red maiden, I'm going to look for mother." - “Your mother is with my father, with Voron Voronovich; and he was 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 was cunning, and wise, he flew over the mountains, over the valleys, over nativity scenes, and ran 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.

Shel-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, give 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 flies in: he was 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 it along the valleys, and over the mountains, and over nativity scenes and clouds, and began to ask: “What do you need, Ivan Tsarevich? Do you want - I will give 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 little quill-feather!" 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 don’t want to! 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 unconscious for six months: when he woke up, he looked around, remembered everything that had become with him, took a little 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 go for you when you sew me shoes without measure." The tsar ordered to call the cry, to ask each and every one: will anyone sew the princess's shoes without a measure?

At that time, Ivan Tsarevich came to his state, hired an old man as a worker and sent him to the Tsar: “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 goods for a pair of shoes and asks: "Will you please, old man?" - "Do not be afraid, sir, I have a son Chebotar 3". Returning home, the old man gave the goods to Ivan Tsarevich; he cut the goods into pieces, threw them out of the window, then dissolved the golden kingdom and took out the finished shoes: "Here, grandfather, take them, take them to the king." The tsar was delighted, he pesters the bride: "Is it soon to go to the crown?" She replies: "Then I will follow 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: "Grandfather, go to the Tsar, take the fabric, I'll sew you a dress, just don't tell me about it." The old man splashed into 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 will marry you, when you take the old man's son and order him to boil it in milk." The king did not hesitate, gave the 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 should 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.

1 White stork (Ed.).

2 Pillars with a crossbar, swing, railings ( Ed.).

3 Shoemaker.

Three kingdoms - copper, silver and gold // Folk Russian fairy tales by A.N. Afanasyev: In 3 volumes - Moscow: Nauka, 1984-1985. - (Lit. monuments). T. 1. - 1984 .-- S. 180-199.

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