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Once upon a time there were three brothers. The older brothers were smart, and the younger one was a fool.
Their father grew old and died. The clever brothers divided the inheritance among themselves, but the youngest was not given anything and was driven out of the house.
“You have to be smart to own wealth,” they said.
“So I’ll find a mind for myself,” the younger brother decided and hit the road. How long he walked, or short, finally came to some village.
He knocked on the first house he came across and asked to be hired as a worker.

cartoon How a fool the mind was looking for

A fool worked for a whole year, and when the time came to pay off, the owner asks:
- What do you need more - intelligence or wealth?
“I don’t need wealth, give me some mind,” the fool answers.
“Well, here’s your reward for your work: now you will begin to understand the language of various objects,” said the owner and dismissed the worker.
A fool walks and sees a tall pillar without a single knot.
- I wonder what kind of wood this beautiful pillar is made of? - said the fool.
“I was a tall, slender pine,” replied the post.
The fool understood that the owner had not deceived him, was delighted and went on.
The fool began to understand the language of various objects.
How long he walked, or how short, no one knows - and now he reached an unknown country.
And the old king in that country lost his beloved pipe. To the one who finds her, the king promised to give his beautiful daughter to wife. Many tried to find a pipe, but it was all in vain. A fool came to the king and said:
- I'll find your pipe.
He went out into the yard and shouted loudly:
- Tube, where are you, answer me!
“I’m lying under a large rock in the valley.
- How did you get there?
- The king dropped me.
The younger brother brought the phone. The old tsar rejoiced, gave him a beautiful daughter as his wife, and in addition - a horse with a golden harness and rich clothes.
If you don’t believe it, ask your older brother’s wife. True, I don't know where she lives, but it's not difficult to find out - any of her neighbors will tell you.

Tatar folk tale

Tatar Tales How the Fool Sought the Reason

In ancient times, there was one padishah. He had three daughters - one more beautiful than the other. Once the daughters of the padishah went for a walk in the field. They walked, walked, and suddenly a strong wind rose, picked them up and carried them away somewhere.

The padishah was sunbathing. He sent people to different ends, ordered to find his daughters at all costs. They looked for the day, looked for the night, searched all the forests in the possession of this padishah, climbed all the rivers and lakes, did not leave a single place, and the padishah's daughters were never found.

On the outskirts of the same city, a husband and wife lived in a small house - poor, very poor people. They had three sons. The eldest was called Kich-batyr - the evening-hero, the middle - Tyon-batyr - the night-hero, and the youngest - the dawn-hero. And they were called that because the eldest was born in the evening, the middle one - at night, and the youngest - in the morning, at dawn.

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The sons grew up in a day for a month, in a month for a year and very soon became real horsemen.

When they went out into the street to play, among the horsemen-peers there was no equal to them in strength. Whoever is pushed falls off his feet; whoever is seized, he squeaks; start to fight - they will certainly defeat the enemy.

One old man saw that the brothers did not know where to apply their strength, and said to them:

Rather than wandering around idle and unnecessarily pushing and grabbing people, it would be better to go in search of the padishah's daughters. Then we would know what kind of batyrs you are!

Three brothers ran home and began to ask their parents:

Let us go looking for the daughters of the padishah!

The parents did not want to let them go. They said:

Oh sonny, how can we live without you! If you leave, who will look after us, who will feed us?

The sons replied:

Father and mother! We are going on the affairs of the padishah, he will feed you and help you.

The parents burst into tears and said:

No, sons, from the padishah we cannot expect any help or gratitude!

The three batyrs begged their parents for a long time, they begged them for a long time and finally received consent. Then they went to the padishah and said:

Here we go to look for your daughters. But we have nothing for the road: our parents live very poorly and cannot give us anything.

The Padishah ordered to equip them and give them food for the journey.

Three horsemen said goodbye to their father and mother and hit the road.

They walk for a week, they walk for a month, and at last they found themselves in a dense forest. The further they went through the forest, the narrower the road became, until, finally, it turned into a narrow path.

Batyrs walk along this path, walk for a long time and suddenly come out onto the shore of a large, beautiful lake.

By that time, they had run out of supplies and had nothing to eat.

Tan-batyr had a needle. Before setting off, his mother gave him this needle and said: "It will come in handy on the road." Tan-batyr lit a fire, heated a needle, bent and made a hook out of it. Then he went down to the water and began to fish.

By evening he caught a lot of fish, boiled it and fed his brothers to their fill. When everyone was full, Tan-batyr said to his older brothers:

A very long time has passed since we hit the road, and we do not even know where we are walking, and have not seen anything yet.

The brothers did not answer him. Then Tan-batyr climbed a tall, tall tree and began to look around. Suddenly a violent wind rose. The trees rustled, swayed, and the wind tore up many thick trees by their roots.

"Maybe this is the very wind that carried away the daughters of the padishah?" - thought Tan-batyr.

And the wind soon turned into a terrible whirlwind, began to spin, turn, stopped on a high mountain and took the form of an ugly, terrible diva. This div went down to the crevice of the mountain and hid in a huge cave.

Tan-batyr quickly climbed down from the tree and found a cave where the div had disappeared. Here he found a large, heavy stone, rolled it up to the cave and blocked the entrance. Then he ran to the brothers. His brothers were sleeping peacefully at that time. Tan-batyr pushed them aside and began to call. And the older brothers did not even think to rush: they stretched, yawned awake, got up and began to cook again the fish that Tan-batyr had caught. They cooked, ate their fill, and only after that did they go to the cave in which the divine hid.

Tan-batyr says:

Div disappeared into this cave. To get into it, you need to move the stone that blocked the entrance.

Kich-batyr tried to move the stone - he didn't even move it. Tyon-batyr grabbed the stone - he could not do anything either.

Then Tan-batyr grabbed a stone, raised it over his head and threw it. The stone flew downhill with a crash.

After that, Tan-batyr says to the brothers:

Some of us need to go down to this cave and find the diva - maybe he was the one who stole the padishah's daughters.

So we can't go down into this cave, - the brothers answer. - After all, this is a deep abyss! We must twist the rope.

They went into the forest and began to tear up the bast. They kicked a lot. They brought it to the cave and began to twist a rope out of bast.

They drove for three days and three nights and twisted a long, long rope. One end of this rope was tied to the belt of Kich-batyr and lowered into the cave. They let him down until the evening, and only late in the evening Kich-batyr began to pull the rope: lift me up!

They lifted him up. He says:

I could not go down to the bottom - the rope was very short.

The brothers sat down again and began to twist the rope. All day and all night long.

Now they tied a rope to the belt of Tyon-batyr and lowered him into the cave. They wait, wait, but there is no news from below and there is no news. And only when the day and another night had passed, Tyon-batyr began to pull the rope: lift it up!

The brothers pulled it out. Tyon-batyr and says to them:

This cave is very deep! So I did not reach the bottom - our rope turned out to be short.

The brothers kicked the bast again, much more than yesterday, sat down, began to twist the rope. They wind two days and two nights. After that, the end of the rope is tied to the Tan-batyr's belt.

Before going down to the cave, Tan-batyr says to his brothers:

If there is no news from me, do not leave the cave, wait for me exactly one year. If I don't come back in a year, don't wait any longer, go away.

Tan-batyr said this, said goodbye to the brothers and went down into the cave.

Let's leave our older brothers upstairs and together with Tan-batyr we will go down into the cave.

Tan-batyr descended for a long time. The sunlight has dimmed, a thick darkness has come, but it still descends, everything cannot reach the bottom: again the rope turned out to be short. What to do? Tan-batyr does not want to go upstairs. He took out his sword, cut the rope and flew down.

Tan-batyr flew for a long time until he fell to the bottom of the cave. He lies, unable to move his hand or foot, not utter a word. For three days and three nights Tan-batyr could not recover. Finally he woke up, slowly got up and walked.

He walked, walked, and suddenly he saw a mouse. The mouse looked at him, shook itself and turned into a man.

I went down here to find the terrible diva, but I just don't know where to go now.

Mouse - man says:

It will be difficult for you to find this diva! When your older brother was descending into this cave, the div found out about this and lowered its bottom.

Now you are at such a depth that you will not get out of here without my help.

What should I do now? - asks Tan-batyr.

Mouse-man says:

I'll give you four regiments of my mouse soldiers. They will undermine the earth around the walls of the cave, it will crumble, and you will trample this earth and rise. So you will climb to one side cave. You will walk through this cave in complete darkness and you will walk for seven days and seven nights. Go and don't be afraid! You will come to the seven cast-iron gates that close this cave. If you can break this gate, you will come out into the white light. If you can't break it, it will be very bad for you. When you go out into the white light, you will see the path and follow it. You will walk again for seven days and seven nights and you will see the palace. And then you yourself will understand what to do.

The mouse said these words - the man shook himself, turned again into a gray mouse and disappeared.

And at the same moment four regiments of mouse soldiers came running to Tan-batyr and began to dig the earth around the walls of the cave. Mice dig, and Tan-batyr tramples and rises and rises little by little.

Mice dug for a long time, Tan-batyr trampled down the ground for a long time; at last he reached a side cave, about which the mouse - a man, spoke to him, and walked along it. For seven days and seven nights Tan-batyr walked in complete darkness and finally reached the cast-iron gate.

Tan-batyr came out into the white light and saw a narrow path. He went along this path. The further you go, the brighter it gets.

After seven days and seven nights, Tan-batyr saw something red and shiny. He came up and saw: the copper palace was shining, and near the palace a warrior was riding on a copper horse and wearing copper armor. This warrior saw Tan-batyr and said to him:

O man, get out of here quickly! You must have come here by mistake. The padishah - diva will return and eat you!

Tan-batyr says:

It is still unknown who will defeat whom: whether he is me, whether I am him. And now I really want to eat. Bring me something!

The warrior says:

I have nothing to feed you. For the diva, a brisket of a bull is prepared for his return, and one oven of breads, and one barrel of hoppy honey, and there is nothing else. - Well, - says Tan-batyr, - for now this is enough for me.

And your master, the diva, will never have to eat again.

Then the warrior got off the horse, took off his copper clothes, and Tan-batyr saw that it was a beautiful girl.

Who are you? - Tan-batyr asks her.

I am the eldest daughter of the padishah, - said the girl. - For a long time I and my sisters were carried away by this terrible diva. Since then we have been living in his underground property. When the div leaves, he orders me to guard his palace. Tan-batyr said:

And I and my two brothers went to look for you - that's why I came here!

With joy, the daughter of the padishah became not herself. She brought food for Tan-batyr; he ate everything without a trace and began to go to bed. Before going to bed, he asked the girl:

When will the divas return?

He'll come back tomorrow morning and ride over this copper bridge, ”the girl said.

Tan-batyr handed her an awl and said:

Here's an awl for you. When you see that the div is back, prick me so that I wake up.

He said these words and immediately fell fast asleep.

In the morning the girl began to wake the batyr. Tan-batyr sleeps, does not wake up. The girl pushes him away - she just can't push him. And he does not dare to prick him with an awl - he does not want to hurt him. For a long time she woke him up. Finally Tan-batyr woke up and said:

I ordered you to stab me with an awl! From pain, I would have awakened sooner, and in battle with the divine, I would have been angrier!

After that, Tan-batyr hid under a copper bridge, along which the div was supposed to ride.

Suddenly the wind rose, a storm roared: the divas were approaching the copper bridge. His dog runs up to the bridge first. She reached the bridge and stopped: she was afraid to step on the bridge. The dog whined and ran back to the diva.

The div swung with a whip, whipped the dog and rode up on a horse to the bridge. But his horse stopped too - he didn’t want to step on the bridge, and in a rage he began to beat the horse with a whip on the sides. Beats and shouts:

Hey, you! Why are you scared? Or do you think - Tan-batyr came here? Yes, he was not born yet, probably!

Before the divas had time to utter these words, Tan-batyr ran out from under the copper bridge and shouted:

Tan-batyr was born and has already come to you!

He looked at his diva, grinned and said:

And you, it turns out, are not such a giant as I thought! Have a snack in half, swallow at once - and you will not be!

Tan-batyr says:

Look, as if I didn't end up with thorns and get stuck in your throat!

Div says:

Enough talking, wasting words! Say: will you fight or will you surrender ?,

Let your brother surrender, - says Tan-batyr, - and I will fight!

And they began to fight. They fought for a long time, but they could not overcome each other in any way. They dug all the ground around with their boots - deep holes appeared all around, and neither one nor the other surrendered.

Finally, the strength began to leave the diva. He stopped attacking Tan-batyr, only dodging blows and retreating. Then Tan-batyr jumped up to him, lifted him into the air and threw him on the ground with full swing. Then he drew his sword, chopped the diva into small pieces and put them in a heap. After that he got on the diva's horse and rode to his palace.

A girl ran out to meet him and said:

Tan-batyr says:

I can’t take you with me! According to the padishah's promise, you must become the wife of my older brother. Wait for me in this copper palace. As I free your sisters on the way back, I will return here, then I will take you with me.

Tan-batyr rested for three days and three nights. And then he got ready to go and asked the daughter of the padishah:

Where are your sisters, how can I find them?

The girl said:

Div did not let me out of here anywhere, and I do not know where they are. I only know that they live somewhere far away and it is necessary to go to them at least seven days and seven nights.

Tan-batyr wished the girl health and well-being and hit the road.

He walked for a long time - both through rocky mountains and through stormy rivers - and at the end of the seventh day he reached the silver palace. This palace is standing on the mountain, everything sparkles and shines. A warrior on a silver horse in silver armor rode out to meet Tan-batyr and said:

Oh man, you must have come here by mistake! As long as you are alive and well, get out of here! If my lord diva comes, he will eat you.

Tan-batyr says:

Your master would rather come! It remains to be seen who will defeat whom: will he eat me or I will finish him off! You better feed me first - I haven't eaten anything for seven days.

I have nothing to feed you, says the warrior in silver armor. - Two briskets of bulls, two ovens of bread and two barrels of hop honey have been prepared for my master diva. I have nothing else.

Okay, - says Tan-batyr, - for now this is enough!

What will I say to my lord if you eat everything? the warrior asks.

Do not be afraid, - says Tan-batyr, - your master will no longer want to eat!

Then the warrior in silver armor began to feed Tan-batyr. He ate, drank Tan-batyr and asked:

Is your master coming soon?

He should be back tomorrow.

What road will he take to return?

The warrior says:

A river flows behind this silver palace, and a silver bridge is thrown across the river. Div always returns across this bridge.

Tan-batyr took an awl out of his pocket and said:

I'm going to sleep now. When the divas are approaching the palace, you wake me up. If I don't wake up, prick me in the temple with this awl.

With these words he lay down and immediately fell fast asleep.

The whole night and the whole day Tan-batyr slept without waking up. The time had already come when the div was supposed to arrive. The warrior began to wake up Tan-batyr. But Tan-batyr is asleep, he does not feel anything. The warrior began to cry. Then Tan-batyr woke up.

Get up quickly! - the warrior in silver armor says to him. - Div is about to come - then he will destroy both of us.

Tan-batyr quickly jumped up, took his sword, went to the silver bridge and hid under it. And at the same moment a strong storm arose - the diva was returning home.

His dog ran up to the bridge first, but did not dare to step on the bridge: it whined, tucked its tail and ran back to the owner. Div became very angry with her, struck with a whip and rode on a horse to the bridge.

The horse galloped to the middle of the bridge and. stopped rooted to the spot. Div, let's beat him with a whip. And the horse does not go forward, moves backward.

The divas began to scold the horse.

Maybe, - he says, - you think that Tan-batyr came here? So know: Tan-batyr has not yet been born!

Before the divas had time to utter these words, Tan-batyr jumped out from under the silver bridge and shouted:

Tan-batyr not only managed to be born, but managed, as you yourself see, to come here!

It's very good that you came, - says the div. - I'll bite you in half and swallow you at once!

You can't swallow - my bones are hard! - Tan-batyr answers. Will you fight me or will you give up right away? - asks the div.

Let your brother give up, and I will fight! - says Tan-batyr.

They grabbed and began to fight. They fought for a long time. Tan-batyr is strong, and divas are not weak. Only the diva's strength began to weaken - he could not defeat Tan-batyr. And Tan-batyr contrived, grabbed the diva, lifted him high above his head and threw him on the ground with a swing. All the bones of the diva crumbled. Then Tan-batyr put his bones in a heap, mounted on his horse and returned to the silver palace.

A beautiful girl ran out to meet him and said:

Well, - says Tan-batyr, - you won't be left here alone. You will be the wife of my middle brother. And he told her that he had gone with his brothers to look for her and her sisters. Now, - he says, - it remains to find and help out your little sister. Wait for me in this silver palace. As I free her, I will come for you. Now tell me: where does your little sister live? Is it far from here?

If you ride directly on this silver horse, then in seven days and seven nights you will reach it, - says the girl.

Tan-batyr sat astride a silver horse and set off.

On the seventh day he rode to the golden palace. Tan-batyr sees: this golden palace is surrounded by a high, thick wall. A very young warrior is sitting in front of the gate on a golden horse, in golden armor.

As soon as Tan-batyr drove up to the gate, this warrior said:

O man, why did you come here? Div, the owner of this golden palace, will eat you.

It is still unknown, - replies Tan-batyr, - who will defeat whom: will he eat me; whether I will finish him off. And now I am very hungry. Feed me!

The Warrior in Golden Armor says:

Food was prepared only for my lord: three briskets of bulls, three ovens of bread and three barrels of hoppy honey. I have nothing else.

That's enough for me, - says the horseman.

If so, says the warrior, open this gate, enter, and then I will feed you.

With one blow, Tan-batyr knocked down a thick, strong gate and entered the golden palace.

The warrior was surprised at his unusual strength, brought food and began to treat.

When Tan-batyr was satisfied, he began to ask the warrior:

Where has your Vladyka gone and when will he return?

Where he went, I do not know, but tomorrow he will return from the direction of that dense forest. A deep river flows there, and a golden bridge is thrown across it. On this bridge, the divas will ride on their golden horse.

Good, - says the horseman. - I'll go to rest now. When the time comes, you wake me up. If I don't wake up, prick me with this awl.

And gave the young warrior an awl.

As soon as Tan-batyr lay down, he immediately fell asleep soundly. All day and all night he slept without awakening. As the time came for the diva to return, the warrior began to wake him up. And the horseman sleeps, does not wake up, does not even move. Then the warrior took the awl and, with all his strength, stabbed him in the thigh.

Thank you for waking me up in time!

The warrior brought a full bucket of water, handed it to the batyr and said:

Drink this water - it gives strength!

The batyr took a ladle and drained it in one gulp. Then the warrior says to him:

Follow me!

He brought Tan-batyr into the room where there were two large barrels, and said:

Do you see these barrels? In one of them there is water that takes away strength, in the other there is water that gives strength. Rearrange these barrels so that the divas do not know which one has which water.

Tan-batyr rearranged the barrels and went to the golden bridge. He hid under the bridge and waited for the diva.

Suddenly there was a thundering, thundering all around: the div was riding on his golden horse, a big dog was running in front of him.

The dog ran to the bridge, but he is afraid to step on the bridge. Tail between his legs, whined and ran back to the owner. Div became angry with the dog and hit him with a whip from full swing. Divas drove onto the bridge, drove to the middle. Then his horse stood rooted to the spot. Div and urged the horse on, and scolded him, and whipped him with a whip - the horse does not go further, rests, does not want to take a step. The div was furious, shouted at the horse:

What are you afraid of? Or do you think that Tan-batyr came here? So this Tan-batyr was not born yet! Before he could utter these words, Tan-batyr jumped out from under the bridge and shouted:

Tan-batyr managed to be born, and he has already come here! He looked at his diva, grinned and said:

I thought that you were tall, healthy and strong, but you, it turns out, are so small! I just have to eat you in half and swallow at once, and there's nothing else to do with you!

Do not rush to swallow - you will choke! - says Tan-batyr.

Well, - asks the diva, - speak quickly: will you fight or will you immediately surrender?

Let your father surrender, - Tan-batyr answers, - and you will have to fight with me. I am already both of your brothers; killed.

And so they began to fight. They fight, they fight - they just can't fight one another. Their forces turned out to be equal. After a long battle, the diva's strength diminished.

Sees the divas can not defeat his opponent. Then he launched into a trick and said to Tan-batyr:

Let's go to my palace, eat, refresh ourselves and then we will fight again!

Okay, - Tan-batyr answers, - let's go.

They came to the palace, began to drink and eat. Div says:

Let's drink another bucket of water!

He scooped up a ladle of power-consuming water and drank it himself; scooped up a ladle of water giving strength, and handed Tan-batyr. He did not know that Tan-batyr had rearranged the barrels.

After that, they left the palace and went to the clearing, to the golden bridge. Div asks:

Will you fight or will you give up right away? I will fight if you still have the courage, - replies Tan-batyr.

They cast lots to whom to hit first. The lot fell out for the diva. The divas were delighted, swung, hit Tan-batyr, hammered him to the ankles into the ground.

Now it's my turn, says Tan-batyr. He swung, hit the diva and hammered him into the ground up to his knees. The diva got out of the earth, hit Tan-batyr - drove him knee-deep into the ground. Hit Tan-batyr drove the diva to the waist into the ground. Barely barely got out of the earth div.

Well, - shouts, - now I will beat!

And he hit Tan-batyr so hard that he went into the ground up to his waist. He began to get out of the ground, and the divas stood, taunting him:

Get out, get out, flea! Why are you sitting in the ground for so long?

The flea will come out! - says Tan-batyr. - Let's see how you can get out!

Tan-batyr collected all his strength, made a effort and jumped out of the ground.

Well, he says, now beware!

He stood in front of the divine and hit him from full swing so that he drove into the ground on the thickest neck and said to him:

How long will you stay in the ground? Come on out, the battle is not over!

No matter how hard I tried, I could not get out of the earth. He pulled the Tan-batyr diva out of the ground, chopped off his head, and chopped his body into small pieces and put it in a heap.

After that he returned to the golden palace. And there he was met by a girl, so beautiful that a second one like this is nowhere to be found.

Tan-batyr says:

I know that. My brothers and I went looking for you. I have already freed your two sisters, and they agreed to marry my older brothers. If you agree, you will be my wife.

The girl agreed with great joy.

They lived for several days in a golden palace. Tan-batyr rested and began to prepare for the return journey. When they were about to leave, Tan-batyr said:

They mounted their horses and rode off. When we drove a little away from the palace, the girl turned to face him, took out a handkerchief and waved. And at the same moment the golden palace turned into a golden egg, otherwise the egg rolled right into the girl's hands. She tied an egg in a handkerchief, gave Tan-batyr and said:

On, horseman, take care of this egg!

They rode for seven days and seven nights and reached the silver palace. The sisters met after a long separation and were so delighted that it is impossible to tell.

For three days and three nights they stayed in the silver palace, and then they packed up and set off again.

When we drove away from the palace, the youngest daughter of the padishah turned to face the silver palace and waved her handkerchief. And now the palace turned into a silver egg, and the egg rolled right into her hands.

The girl tied an egg in a scarf and handed it to Tan-batyr:

On, horseman, and this egg, keep it!

They rode, rode, and on the seventh day they reached the copper palace. The elder daughter of the padishah saw the sisters and was so delighted that it is impossible to convey. She began to treat them and ask them about everything.

They stayed in the copper palace for three days and three nights, gathered and set off on their way.

When we drove away from the palace, the elder sister turned to face the copper palace and waved her handkerchief. The copper palace turned into an egg, and the egg rolled right into the girl's hands.

The girl tied an egg in a scarf and served :

And you keep this egg!

Then they went on. We drove for a long time and finally reached the bottom of the cave into which we descended. Then Tan-batyr saw that the bottom of the cave had risen and the rope on which he was descending was visible. He pulled at the end of the rope - he gave the brothers a sign to pull him out. Previously, they tied their older sister to a rope. She was pulled out. As soon as she appeared on earth, the Tan-batyr brothers seemed to go mad. One shouts: "Mine!" Another shouts: "No, mine!" And from screaming they went into a fight and began to inflict blows on one another.

Then the elder daughter of the padishah said to them:

You fight in vain, batyrs! I am the eldest of three sisters. And I will marry the eldest of you. My middle sister will be secondary. You just need to raise her here from the dungeon.

The brothers lowered the rope into the cave and raised the middle sister. And again, a fight and a fight began between the brothers: it seemed to everyone that the middle sister was more beautiful than the older one. Then the sisters said to them:

Now is not the time to fight. Your brother Tan-batyr, who saved us from the divas, and our younger sister are in the dungeon. We must lift them to the ground.

The brothers stopped fighting, lowered the rope into the cave. As soon as the end of the rope reached the bottom of the dungeon, the younger sister said to Tan-batyr:

Listen, horseman, what am I going to tell you: let your brothers pull you out first. It will be better this way!

Look, horseman, it will be bad for both of us! If the brothers get you out, you will help me get out too. And if they pull you out before me, they can leave you in this cave.

Tan-batyr did not obey her.

No, - he says, - I can not leave you alone underground, better and do not ask! First, you will rise - only then will you be able to think about me.

I tied the Tan-batyr end of the rope with a loop, put the youngest girl in this loop and pulled on the rope: you can lift it! The brothers dragged out the younger daughter of the padishah, saw how beautiful she was, and began to fight again. The girl said:

You fight in vain. I still won't be yours. I promised Tan-batyr that I would be his wife, and I would never break this promise!

The girls began to ask the brothers to lower the rope into the dungeon and pull out Tan-batyr. The brothers whispered and say:

Okay, we'll do as you ask.

They lowered the rope into the cave, waited for the symbolic sign from Tan-batyr and began to lift him up. And when he was at the very exit, the brothers cut the rope, and Tan-batyr flew headlong to the bottom of the abyss.

The girls wept bitterly, but the brothers threatened them with swords, ordered them to shut up and get ready for the journey.

Let's leave the brothers and return to Tan-batyr.

He fell to the bottom of the abyss and lost his memory. For a long time he lay motionless, and only after three days and three nights he barely got to his feet and wandered off without knowing where. He wandered for a long time and again met the gray mouse. A gray mouse shook itself, turned into a human and said:

Tan-batyr says:

Aleikum Selam, Human Mouse! Such a thing happened, and I don’t even want to talk about it ... I am now looking for an exit to the surface of the earth, but I just can’t find it.

It’s not easy to get out of here, ”says the mouse. - Try to find the place where you fought with the last diva. From there you will walk along the golden bridge and see a high mountain. There are two goats grazing on that mountain: one is white, the other is black. These goats run very fast. Catch a white goat and ride it. If you succeed, the white goat will carry you to the ground. If you sit astride a black goat, it will be bad for you: he will either kill you, or take you even deeper underground. Remember this!

Tan-batyr thanked the gray mouse and set off along the familiar road. He walked for a long time and finally reached a high mountain. Batyr looks: two goats graze on the mountain - a white and a black one.

He began to catch a white goat. I chased after him, wanted to grab him, but the black goat gets in the way, he climbs into his hands. Tan-batyr will drive him away and again runs after the white goat. And the black one is right there again - it just gets into your hands.

For a long time Tan-batyr ran after the white goat, for a long time drove the black goat away, finally he managed to grab the white goat by the horns and jump on his back. Then the goat asked Tan-batyr:

Well, batyr, you managed to catch me - your happiness! Now tell me what you want.

I want, - says Tan-batyr, - that you carry me to the ground. I don't need anything else from you.

The white goat says:

I will not be able to carry you to the ground, but I will carry you to such a place from where you yourself will go out into the world.

How long will we have to travel? - asks Tan-batyr.

For a long time, - the white goat answers. “Hold on tightly to my horns, close your eyes and don't open them until I tell you.

How much, how little time has passed - it is not known what happened - it is not known, only the goat suddenly said:

Open your eyes, batyr!

Tan-batyr opened his eyes and saw: it was light around. Tan-batyr was delighted, and the goat says to him:

Do you see that mountain over there? There is a road near that mountain. Follow this road - you will come out into the white light!

The goat said these words and disappeared.

Tan-batyr went along this road.

He walks, walks and approaches an extinct fire. He tore open the ashes, found a large cake under the ashes. And on the cake it is written: "Tan-batyr".

"Aha, thinks Tan-batyr, it means that I am following my brothers, walking towards the house!"

He ate this bread, lay down, rested and went on.

How much he walked, you never know, only after a while he again approached the extinct fire. I dug up the ash and here I found a cake, and on the cake I saw the inscription: "Tan-batyr". “This flatbread was hot and not yet baked. Tan-batyr ate this flatbread and did not even stay for rest - he set off on his way.

He walks, walks and approaches the place where people have recently stopped, lit a fire and cooked food.

Tan-batyr tore open hot ash, and in the ashes lies a flat cake, still completely raw, you can't even call it a flat cake - dough.

"Aha, thinks Tan-batyr, apparently, I am catching up with my brothers!"

He goes forward with a brisk step and does not even feel tired.

A little time passed, he reached a clearing near a dense forest. Then he saw his brothers and three daughters of the padishah. They had just stopped to rest, and the brothers were building a hut out of branches.

The brothers saw Tan-batyr - they were frightened, they were numb from fear, they do not know what to say. And the girls cried with joy, began to treat him, take care of him.

When night fell, everyone went to sleep in the huts. Tan-batyr both lay down and fell asleep. And the brothers began to conspire secretly from the girls.

The older brother says:

We did a lot of harm to Tan-batyr, he will not forgive this - he will take revenge on us!

Middle brother says:

Don't expect anything good from him now. We need to get rid of him somehow.

They talked, talked and decided:

We will tie a sword to the entrance to the hut where Tan-batyr sleeps. They said and did. At midnight, the brothers cried out in wild voices:

Save yourself, save yourself, the robbers attacked!

Tan-batyr jumped up and wanted to run out of the hut, but bumped into a sword. And with a sharp sword she cut off both knee-deep legs.

Tan-batyr fell to the ground, he could not even move from pain.

And the older brothers quickly got together, took their things, grabbed the girls and went as if nothing had happened. Tan-batyr's bride asked them, begged them to leave her here, but they did not listen to her, dragged her along. Okay, let them go their own way, and we will stay with Tan-batyr.

Tan-batyr woke up, crawled to the fire, which was spread by the brothers. The fire will fade away - it will crawl to the side, pick up branches and throw it into the fire: the fire will go out, then it will be really bad - predatory animals will come and tear it apart.

In the morning Tan-batyr saw a man not far from his hut. This man runs after wild goats. He runs after them, catches up with them, but cannot catch them in any way. And heavy millstones are tied to the feet of this man.

Tan-batyr called the person to him and asked:

Why did you, horseman, tie the millstones to your feet?

If I had not tied them, I could not have stayed in place: I run so fast.

Tan-batyr met the runner, made friends and decided to live together.

Three days later a third person appeared at the hut. He was a young, strong horseman, only he was armless.

Where did you lose your hands? - Tan-batyr asked him.

And the horseman told him:

I was the most powerful person, no one could compare with me in strength. My older brothers envied me and when I was sound asleep they cut off both my hands.

And the three of them began to live in great friendship. The blind and the armless get food, and Tan-batyr prepares it.

Once they talked among themselves and decided: - We need to find a real cook, but Tan-batyr will find another matter.

They set off on their way. Tan-batyr sat on the shoulders of an armless horseman, and he carried him, and the blind man followed them. When the armless one got tired, the blind man took Tan-batyr on his shoulders, and the armless one walked alongside and showed the way. So they walked for a very long time, passed many forests, mountains, fields and ravines, and finally came to one city.

All residents of the city came to look at them. Everyone is amazed, showing them to one another: such good, beautiful horsemen and such unfortunate ones! The daughter of the local padishah also appeared among the inhabitants. She liked our horsemen, and they decided to take her away. They grabbed it and ran. The blind man carries the girl, the armless man carries the Tan-batyr. The inhabitants of the city were chasing after them, but wherever there - soon everyone fell behind and lost their trace.

And the horsemen came to the place where their huts stood, and they say to the girl:

Do not be afraid of us, we will not do anything bad to you. You will be our sister, you will cook our food and watch the fire so that it doesn’t go out.

The girl consoled herself, began to live with the horsemen, began to cook food for them, take care of them.

And the horsemen went hunting in three. They will leave, and the girl will cook food, mend their clothes, clean up the hut and wait for them. Once she prepared everything, sat down to wait for three horsemen and dozed off. And the fire went out.

The girl woke up, saw that the fire had gone out, and was very frightened.

"So what's now? - thinks. The brothers will come, what shall I tell them? "

She climbed a tall tree and began to look around. And she saw: a light with a mouse's eye glistens far, far away.

The girl went to this fire. She came and saw: there was a small hut. She opened the door and entered. An old woman is sitting in a hut.

And it was a witch - Ubyrly Karchyk. The girl bowed to her and said:

Oh grandma, my fire is out! So I went out to look for the fire and came to you.

Well, my daughter, - says Ubyrly Karchyk, - I will give you fire.

The old woman asked the girl about everything, gave her fire and said:

I live completely alone in this hut, I have no one, I have no one to say a word to. Tomorrow I will come to visit you, I will sit with you, I will talk to you.

Okay, grandma, says the girl. - But how will you find us?

But I'll give you a bucket of ash. You go and a little rash after you ash. On this trail I will find your home! The girl did just that. She brought fire, made a fire, cooked food. And then the horsemen returned from the hunt. They ate, drank, slept through the night, and early in the morning they went hunting again.

As soon as they left, Ubyrly Karchyk appeared. She sat, talked to the girl, then began to ask:

Come on, daughter, comb my hair, it's hard for me to do it myself!

She put her head on the girl's lap. The girl began to comb her hair. And Ubyrly Karchyk began to suck her blood.

The girl did not even notice it. The old woman is full and says:

Well, my daughter, it's time for me to go home! - and left. After that, Ubyrly Karchyk every day, as soon as the horsemen left for the forest, came to the girl and sucked her blood. Sucks, and she scares the girl:

If you tell the horsemen, I will completely ruin you!

The girl began to lose weight day by day, dry, she only had bones and skin.

The horsemen were alarmed and asked her:

What's the matter with you, sister? Why are you losing weight so much? Maybe you miss home or are seriously ill, but you don’t want to tell us?

And I don’t miss, and I don’t get sick, ”the girl answers them,“ I’m just losing weight, but why, I don’t know myself.

She hid the truth from her brothers, because she was very afraid of the old woman.

Soon the girl became so weak that she could no longer walk. Only then did she reveal the whole truth to the brothers.

When, - he says, - my fire went out, I went for the fire to the hut of some old woman. This old woman began to visit me every day when you are not. He will come, drink my blood and leave.

We must catch and kill this old woman! the horsemen say.

The next day, two went hunting, and left the blind man at home to watch the girl.

Soon the old woman came, saw the blind horseman, laughed and said:

A-ah-ah! Apparently, this blind man stayed to lie in wait for me!

She tore the hair out of her head and tied it tightly to the arms and legs of the blind horseman. He lies, unable to move his leg or arm. And the old woman drank the girl's blood and left. The next day the armless horseman stayed beside the girl.

The witch came, tied him with her hair, drank the girl's blood and left.

On the third day, Tan-batyr himself remained near the girl. He hid under the bunks on which the girl was lying and said:

If the old woman comes and asks who stayed at home today, say: "There is no one, they were afraid of you." And when the old woman begins to drink your blood, you imperceptibly lower a strand of her hair under the bunk.

Who stayed at home today?

There is no one, - the girl answers. - They got scared of you and left.

The old woman put her head on the girl's lap and began to suck her blood. And the girl carefully lowered a strand of her hair into the crack under the bunk. He grabbed the Tan-batyr of the old woman's hair, pulled it on, tied it tightly to the transverse board and got out from under the bunk. The old woman wanted to run, but it wasn’t there! Tan-batyr began to beat Ubyrly Karchyk. She screams, struggles, but she can’t do anything. And then two more horsemen returned. They also began to beat the old woman. Until then, they beat until she asked for mercy. She began to cry, beg the horsemen:

Do not kill me! Let go! I will make the blind see, the armless will again have hands! The legless will have legs again! I will make the girl healthy and strong! Don't kill me!

Swear you will do as you promised! brothers say.

The old woman swore and says:

Which one of you to heal first?

Heal the girl!

The old woman opened her mouth and swallowed the girl. The horsemen were alarmed, and the old woman again opened her mouth, and the girl came out of it; and she became so beautiful and ruddy, which she had never been before.

After that she swallowed Ubyrly Karchyk of the blind. The blind man came out of her mouth to see. The old woman swallowed the armless one. He came out of her mouth with both hands.

The turn of the Tan-batyr has come. He says:

Look, brothers, be ready! Swallow something she will swallow me, and back, perhaps, and will not let me out. Until I appear alive, healthy, do not let her go!

Swallowed Ubyrly Karchyk Tan-batyr.

Will it be out soon? - ask the horsemen.

Will never come out! - the old woman answers.

The horsemen began to beat the old woman. No matter how much they beat, she did not release Tan-batyr. Then they took their swords and hacked the witch to pieces. But Tan-batyr was never found. And suddenly they noticed that the witch was missing a thumb on her hand. They began to look for this finger.

They see a witch's finger running to her hut. They caught him, cut him open, and Tan-batyr came out, healthy, handsome, even better than he was before.

The horsemen were delighted, made a feast for the joy, and then decided to go to their homes, each to his own country. Tan-batyr says:

Let's take the girl home first. She did a lot of good for us.

They collected various gifts for the girl, put them on the shoulders of the swift-footed one. He instantly brought her home to her parents and came back.

After that, the horsemen said goodbye, agreed to never forget each other, and each went to his own country.

Tan-batyr passed many countries, many rivers and finally reached his native country. He approached the city, but did not appear either to his parents or to the padishah. He found a poor house on the outskirts of the city, where an old man and an old woman lived, and asked to give him shelter. This old man was a shoemaker. Tan-batyr began to question the old man:

Have the batyrs who went to look for the daughters of the padishah returned?

The old man says:

The batyrs returned and the daughters of the padishah were brought, only one of them died, did not return.

Did the batyrs celebrate the wedding? - asks Tan-batyr.

No, we haven't finished it yet, - the old man answers. - Yes, now it is not long to wait: they say the wedding will be in a day.

Then Tan-batyr wrote on the gate: "I can sew soft boots for the padishah's daughters - chitek" for the wedding.

Why did you do that? the old man asks.

Soon you will find out yourself, - says Tan-batyr.

People read this inscription, told the daughters of the padishah.

The eldest and middle daughters came and ordered them to sew them three pairs of readings tomorrow morning.

Two, - they say, - for us, and the third for our younger sister.

The old man has nothing to do, he agreed. And he himself began to reproach Tan-batyr:

Look, there will be trouble! Will I have time to sew three pairs of readings by morning?

The old man sat down to work, and he himself grumbled and scolded Tan-batyr.

Tan-batyr says to him:

Do not be afraid, babay, everything will be fine! You go to bed and sleep well, I'll read it myself!

The old man went to bed with the old woman.

When midnight came, Tan-batyr left the house, took out three eggs from his pocket, rolled them on the ground and said:

Let there be three pairs of cheats!

And immediately three pairs of readings appeared - some gold, others silver, and the third copper. Tan-batyr took them, brought them to the hut and put them on the table.

In the morning, when the old man got up, Tan-batyr says to him:

Here, babay, I sewed three pairs of cheats, I did not deceive you! When the daughters of the padishah come, give it to them, but don't tell who sewed it. And if they ask, say: "I sewed it myself." And not a word about me!

Soon the padishah's daughters came to the shoemaker's house, summoned him to the porch and asked:

Did you sew, babay, for us readings?

Sewed it, - says the shoemaker.

He took out all three pairs and handed them to them.

Here, look - do you like it?

They took the daughters of the padishah chitek, began to examine them.

Who sewed them? ask.

Like who? - says the old man. - I myself.

The daughters of the padishah paid the shoemaker, gave him a lot of money and again asked:

Tell the truth, babay: who sewed the cheats?

And the old man stands his ground:

I sewed it myself, and that's it! The daughters of the padishah did not believe him:

You are a skillful master, babay! We are very pleased with your work. Let's go now to our father, ask him to postpone the wedding for one day, and you will sew us three dresses without seams that day. See that they are ready on time!

The old man has nothing to do, he agreed.

Okay, - he says, - I'll sew.

And he himself returned to the hut, began to reprimand Tan-batyr:

You brought me to trouble! Will I be able to sew three dresses for the padishah's daughters?

And Tan-batyr consoles him:

Don't grieve, babay, lie down and sleep well: you will have three dresses in due time!

When midnight came, Tan-batyr went to the outskirts of the city, rolled three eggs on the ground and said:

May there be three seamless dresses for the daughters of the padishah!

And at the same moment three dresses appeared without seams - one gold, another silver, the third copper.

He brought these dresses to the hut, hung them on a hook. In the morning the daughters of the padishah came, called the old man:

Are you ready, babay, dresses?

The old man took out their dresses and handed them over. The girls were petrified with surprise:

Who made these dresses?

Like who? I sewed it myself!

The daughters of the padishah paid generously with the old man and say:

Since you are such a skillful master, obey one more of our orders! The old man has nothing to do - like it or not, you have to agree.

Okay, - he says, - order.

The elder daughter of the padishah said:

By tomorrow morning, build me a copper palace on the outskirts of the city!

The middle one said:

By tomorrow morning, build me a silver palace on the outskirts of the city!

And the youngest ordered:

And build a golden palace for me tomorrow!

The old man was frightened, he wanted to refuse, but he hoped for a horseman, who sewed both readings and dresses without seams.

Okay, - he says, - I'll try!

As soon as the daughters of the padishah left, the old man began to reproach Tan-batyr:

You brought me to death! Now I have disappeared ... Where has it been seen that one person build three palaces in one night!

And he himself is shaking, crying. And the old woman cries:

We are lost! Our end has come!

Tan-batyr began to console them:

Do not be afraid, babay, lie down and sleep well, and somehow I will build palaces alone!

At midnight he went out to the outskirts of the city, rolled three eggs in three directions and said:

Appear three palaces: copper, silver and gold!

And as soon as he said it, three palaces of unprecedented beauty appeared.

In the morning Tan-batyr woke up the old man:

Go, babay, to the outskirts of the city, see if I have built good palaces!

The old man left and looked. I ran home joyful, cheerful.

Well, - he says, - now they don't execute us!

A little later, the daughters of the padishah arrived. The old man led them to the palaces. They looked at the palaces and said among themselves:

Apparently, Tan-batyr returned. Apart from him, no one could have built these palaces! They called the old man and asked:

At least this time tell the truth, babay: who built these palaces?

The old man remembers Tan-batyr's order not to tell anyone about him and repeats his own words:

I built it myself! Who else?

The daughters of the padishah laughed, and began to tug at the old man's beard: maybe this beard is fake? Maybe it was Tan-batyr who put on a beard? No, not a fake beard, and the old man is real.

Then the girls began to beg the old man:

Fulfill, babay, our last request: show us the horseman who built these palaces!

Whether you want it or not, you have to show it. The old man brought the padishah's daughters to his hut, called the horseman:

Come out here!

And Tan-batyr himself came out of the hut. The girls saw him, rushed to him, cried with joy, began to ask him where he was, how he became healthy again.

They ran to the padishah and said:

Father, the batyr who saved us from the divas has returned!

And his brothers are despicable deceivers and villains: they wanted to destroy their brother, but they threatened to kill us if we tell the truth!

The padishah got angry at the deceivers and said to Tan-batyr:

Whatever you want to do with these insidious villains, do it!

Tan-batyr ordered to bring the brothers and told them:

You have done a lot of evil, and for this it would be necessary to execute you. But I don't want to execute you. Get out of this city and never show yourself to me again!

The deceivers lowered their heads and left.

And Tan-batyr ordered to find his friends, with whom he lived in the forest, and to bring them to him.

Now, he says, you can celebrate weddings too!

Tan-batyr married the youngest daughter of the padishah, the quick-footed one - the middle one, and the strongman - the older one. They had a rich feast and feasted for forty days and forty nights. After that, he took his parents to him, and they began to live together.

They live very well. Today I went to them, yesterday I came back. I drank tea with them!

Tatar folk tale Tan batyr

In the old days, in a distant city, there lived a poor woman. And she had an only son who from a young age learned to shoot straight from a bow. At the age of fifteen he began to walk into the woods and the meadows: he would shoot the game and bring it home. So they interrupted.

listen online Sylu-krasa - silver braid

They lived, like all the poor, on the very outskirts of the city. And in the center of the city, next to the padishah's palace, there was, they say, a rather large lake. And one day the son of this woman decided to go hunting to the very lake that splashes near the palace. I won't be hanged for this, he thought. "And even if they are hanged, there is nothing to lose." The road was not short. By the time he reached the lake, the sun had already passed the zenith. The horseman sat in the reeds, adjusted the arrow, pulled the bowstring, and began to wait. Suddenly the duck fluttered out of the tall reeds and flew right over the hunter's head. Yes, not a simple duck, but a duck - pearl feathers. The horseman was not taken aback, lowered the bowstring, and a duck fell - pearl feathers at his feet. The horseman thought, thought it over and decided to take this duck to the padishah. As I decided, I did so. Padishah heard what gift they were bringing to him, ordered to let the horseman to see him. And when he saw a duck - pearl feathers, he was so happy that he ordered to give the hunter a bag of money.

The padishah called the tailors, and they sewed for him from pearl down and pearl feathers such a hat that none of the padishahs dared to dream of.

And the envious viziers, although they were rich, felt sorry that they did not get the bag of money. And they harbored a grudge against the horseman, they decided to destroy him.

About padishas, - they said to their master, - a pearl cap is good, but what does a pearl cap mean if there is no pearl fur coat?

I bought the best horse djigit, strapped provisions to the saddle, took my bow and arrows, set off on the road.

He drove for a long time, lost count of the days. And the road led him into a dark forest to a small hut. He knocked on the door, entered, and there was an old woman - gray-haired, hunchbacked, and with kind eyes. The horseman greeted the hostess, told about his misfortune. The old woman says to him:

You, son, rest with me, spend the night, and although I myself cannot help you with anything, I will show the way to my sister. She will help you.

The horseman spent the night with a kind old woman, thanked her, jumped on his horse and drove on.

He drives along the specified path during the day, drives the night, and finally galloped to a black dusty field. There is a dilapidated hut in the middle of the field, and a path leads to it.

The horseman knocked on the door, entered, and there was an old woman - so old, so gray, all bent over, and her eyes were kind. The horseman greeted her, asked about life, and she answered him:

It can be seen for a reason, son, you came so far. It’s true, you’ve got a difficult job. Painfully, rarely does anyone come here. Don't hide. If I can, I will help you.

The horseman sighed and said:

Yes, grandmother, a difficult matter has fallen on my poor head. Far from here is the city where I was born, where my mother is now. My father died when I was not even a year old, and my mother raised me alone: she cooked food, washed their clothes, tidied up their houses. And I grew up a little and became a hunter. I once shot a duck - pearl feathers, gave it to the padishah. And now he needed a lamb - a pearl fur. "And this is, he says, my speech - you will either bring the head off your shoulders." So I'm looking for this lamb - pearl fur. I cannot live without him.

Uh, son, do not be sad, - says the old woman, - in the morning we will think of something. Take a rest, spend the night. You get up early, the more fun you look, what you go for, then you will find.

So the horseman did it. I ate, drank, spent the night, got up early, became more cheerful. He got ready for the trip, thanked the old woman. And the old woman says goodbye to him:

Go, son, on that path over there. My sister lives there. Her fields are endless, forests are boundless, herds are countless. There will be lambs in those flocks - pearl fur, there will certainly be.

The horseman bowed to the good old woman, got on his horse and rode off. Day travels, night travels ... Suddenly he sees - on a green meadow, a countless herd. The horseman got up on the stirrups, spotted a lamb - pearl fur, grabbed it, loaded it onto a horse and galloped in the opposite direction. He drove for a long time, lost count of the days and finally got to his hometown, went straight to the padishah's palace.

As the padishah saw a lamb - a pearl fur, so with joy he generously rewarded the horseman.

The dzhigit returned home, his mother happily greeted him, and they healed happily.

And for the padishah, the tailors sewed a wonderful fur coat from the skin of a lamb - a pearl fur, and he became even more proud of his wealth and wanted to show off to other padishahs. He invited the padishahs of the whole region to him. The padishahs were speechless when they saw not only a duck hat - pearl feathers, but also a lamb skin fur coat - pearl fur. The son of a once poor woman glorified his padishah so much that he could not help but invite the horseman to his feast.

And the greedy viziers understood that if they did not harass the dzhigit, the padishah could bring him closer to him, and he would forget about them. Send the viziers to the padishah and say:

Oh, great of the great, glorious of the glorious, and wise of the wise! The padishahs of the entire region respect you, they are afraid of you. However, it would be possible to increase your glory.

What should I do for this? - the padishah was surprised.

Of course, - said the viziers, - and you have a hat made of duck - pearl feathers, and a lamb fur coat: - pearl fur, but you lack the Most Important Pearl. If you had it, then you would be ten times more famous, or even a hundred times.

And what kind of pearl is this? And where can I get it? - the padishah got angry.

Oh, padishah, - the viziers were delighted, - no one knows what kind of pearl it is. But they say there is one. You can only learn about it when you get it. May the one who brought you a pearl cap and a pearl fur coat obtain the Most Important Pearl.

He summoned the padishah dzhigit and says:

Listen to my will: you brought me a duck - pearl feathers, you got a lamb - pearl fur, so get the Most Important Pearl. I won’t regret the money, but if you don’t get it in time, don’t blow your head off!

The horseman went home saddened. Yes, there is nothing to do. The horseman said goodbye to his old mother and set off on the road, looking for the Most Important Pearl.

How long or short he rode on a horse, until the road led him back into a dark forest to a small hut, to a hunchbacked old woman. She met him as an old acquaintance.

The horseman told her about his misfortune. The old woman reassured him:

Do not grieve, son, go along the familiar road to my sister, she will help you.

The horseman spent the night with a kind old woman, bowed low and drove on.

Do not grieve, son, - said the old woman, - I will help you. Where you found a lamb - a pearl fur, there you will find the Most Important Pearl. This is the girl Sylu-beauty, a silver braid, pearl teeth. She lives with our oldest sister, the richest sister. Our sister keeps her behind seven fences, seven locks, seven walls, seven doors, seven roofs, seven ceilings, seven windows. A girl lives there, not seeing either the light of the sun or the moonbeam. So this is what you do: give the guards clothes, give the bone that lies in front of the bull to the dog, and give the hay that lies in front of the dog to the bull. As soon as you do all this, all the locks will fall off, the gates and doors will open, and you will go to the dungeon, there you will see the maiden, the beauty of the silver, the silver braid, pearl teeth, take her by the hands, bring her into the light, put her on a horse and drive him that is urine. Now go, son, on that path over there.

The horseman bowed to the good old woman and galloped off. And the day rode, and the night rode. He rode up to the high fence, met by his guards - all in rags, the dog barks at the hay, and the bull butts the bone. The jigit gave the guards clothes, laid a bone for the dog, hay for the bull, and all the gates and doors opened before him. The horseman ran into the dungeon, took the girl by the hands, and when he looked at her, he almost lost his mind - she was such a beauty. But then he came to his senses, took the beauty in his arms, jumped out of the gate, jumped on a horse and rode away with the girl.

Let the horseman and Sylu-krasa, the silver braid, ride while, and we will look at the old woman.

The next morning the old woman woke up and saw: the girl was gone. She rushed to the guards, and they flaunt in new clothes. She scolds them, and they answer:

We served you faithfully, worn out all your clothes, and you forgot about us. So we opened the gates to the one who dressed us like human beings.

She rushed to the dog, began to scold her, and the dog suddenly replies in a human voice:

You put hay in front of me and you want me to watch over you. And a good man gave me a bone, but will I bark at him?

The hostess was attacked by the bull, but he knows himself chewing hay, pays no attention to anything.

Then the old woman ran to her sister, ran into her with reproaches:

Who, so and so, did you give out the secret about Sylu-beauty - a silver braid, pearl teeth? After all, no one but you knew about her!

Don't be angry, don't be angry, - the old woman answers her, - you didn't give me a match from your wealth, but the kind horseman said a kind word and left gifts. Not in a dungeon to sit in such a pearl as Sylu, but with a brave horseman to go to his homeland.

And the evil greedy old woman left with nothing.

And the horseman rode with the beauty to his city and everyone parted, giving him a way. As the padishah saw Sylu-beauty, he almost lost his mind, I realized that she really was the Most Important Pearl. He summoned his viziers here and announced to them his decision to marry her.

When the father died, the eldest son took an ax and went to arrange his life, he decided to test whether he could help and feed himself with his craft and people. So he walked and came to an unfamiliar village, one bai lived there, he built a new house for himself, but there were no windows in it, dark inside. He says in this village there was not a single ax in any of the courtyards, so Bai forced two of his workers to carry the sunlight into the house with a sieve. They are wearing them, everyone is sweating, but they can’t bring the sunlight into the house. The eldest son was surprised by all this, went up to the bai and asked:

If I let sunshine into your house, how much money will you give me?

listen online to a Tatar fairy tale Inheritance of a poor man

If you can make it so that the sunlight enters my house at dawn, stands in it all day and leaves at sunset, I will give you a whole thousand rubles - answered the buy.

The eldest son took his father's ax and cut two windows from three sides of the Bai house, and even glazed them. The house turned out to be bright, bright, in the first two windows the sun went down at dawn, in the second it was shining in the afternoon and in the last it looked at sunset. Our craftsman finished his work, thanked him and gave him a thousand rubles. So they say the eldest son returned home rich.

The middle son, seeing how rich and happy his older brother returned, thought: "Wait a minute, and my father probably didn't just leave the shovel for me." He took a shovel and also hit the road. The middle son walked for so long that winter came. I reached a village, saw on the bank of the river near the very bank there was a large heap of threshed grain, and all the inhabitants gathered around it.

In those days, before putting the grain in the barn, people blew it, dried it by throwing it into the air until it dries up, but here's the problem, they say in this village there was not a single shovel in any yard and the inhabitants were blowing grain with their bare hands. And the day was cold and windy, their hands were freezing, and they said to each other: "It's good if we wind this grain in two weeks." The middle son heard these words and asks these people:

If I wind your grain in two days, what will you give me? There was plenty of grain and the villagers promised to give him half. Our craftsman took a shovel and finished it in a day and a half. The people were very happy, thanked him and gave half of it. So they say, and the middle son returned home rich.

The youngest son, seeing how happy and rich both his brothers returned, also took the skein bequeathed to him by his father, and without a word he set off on his way up the river. He walked and stopped next to a large lake, the locals were even afraid to approach this lake, they said that unclean water spirits, cunning peri, lived there. The youngest son sat down on the shore, let go of his washcloth and began to weave a rope out of it. He weaves, and then the youngest peri emerged from the lake and asks:

Why are you weaving this agai rope?

The younger son answers him calmly:

I want to hang this lake from the sky.

The younger Peri got worried, dived into the lake and went straight to his grandfather. "Babay we are lost, there is one man at the top, weaving a rope, he says that our lake wants to hang up to heaven."

Peri's grandfather reassured him, says "Don't be afraid, you fool, go see if his rope is long, if it's long then run with him, you will overtake the man and he will have to give up this venture."

While the younger peri ran to his grandfather at the bottom of the lake, the younger son was also busy with business. He braided both ends of his long rope so that you cannot understand where it begins and where it ends. Then he turned around and noticed how two hares jumped one after another and hid in one hole. Then he took off his shirt, tied two sleeves and covered the hole outside, and then shouted loudly "Tui". Both hares jumped out in fright and hit right into his shirt. He tied the hem of his shirt tightly so that the hares could not jump out, and put on the catmen.

At this time, the junior peri arrived in time: "Let me see the agai, is your rope length?" The youngest son gave him the rope, and the peri began to look for its end, his hands slide along the rope, but it never ends. Then the younger Peri says:

Let's run a race with you, whoever comes running first will decide what to do with the lake.

Okay, the younger brother answered, but instead of me my two-month-old son will run - and he released one hare from his shirt.

The hare's paws touched the ground and the hare came running with all its might. The younger peri could not catch up with him, but while he was running, the younger son got out of the shirt of the second hare. Peri returns and sees the younger brother of the hare sitting there stroking and saying: "Tired, dear, rest my flower."

Peri was amazed and quickly dived into the lake to see his grandfather. He told his grandfather about his misfortune and told his grandfather to go to fight. He went up to the shore again and said:

Let's fight with you

Go ka you peri over there to that fallen tree, throw a stone there and shout "Let's fight." There my old grandfather rips off a linden, first fight him.

The younger Peri threw a stone and shouted. A stone hit the head of a huge bear, the clubfoot got angry, got up from under the tree and rushed to growl at the offender. The younger peri barely escaped from him and rather again to his grandfather.

Babay, this man has an old toothless grandfather, we began to fight with him, even he overcame me. Grandfather gave him his forty-pound iron staff and says:

Let each of you throw this staff, whoever throws the higher one and will decide what to do with our lake.

The competition began, the junior Peri was the first to throw the staff. Threw it so high that it disappeared from sight, and after a while fell back. And the youngest son does not even budge, he stands as he stood.

What are you waiting for? - Peri asks him - Isn't it our victory?

Tatar folk tale Poor Man's Legacy

There was once a man named Safa. So he decided to wander around the world and says to his wife:

I'll go see how people live. How many, you never know, he walked, only came to the edge of the forest and saw: an evil old woman ubr attacked the swan, wants to destroy her. The swan screams, torns, fights back, but cannot escape ... Udr overcomes her.

Safa took pity on the white swan and rushed to her aid. The evil ujr got scared and ran away.

The swan thanked Safu for her help and said:

My three sisters live behind this forest, on the lake.

In ancient times, there lived a young shepherd named Alpamsha. He had neither relatives nor friends, he grazed other people's livestock and spent days and nights with the herd in the wide steppe. Once, in early spring, Alpamsha found a sick gosling on the shore of the lake and was very happy about his find. He went out to goose, fed him, and by the end of summer the little goose turned into a big goose. He grew up completely tame and did not leave Alpamsha even a step. But then autumn has come. Flocks of goose stretched to the south. Once a shepherd's goose stuck to one flock and flew away to unknown lands. And Alpamsha was left alone again. "I left him, I fed him, and he left me without pity!" the shepherd thought sadly. Then an old man came up to him and said:

Hey, Alpamsha! Go to the battle of batyrs, which is arranged by the padishah. Remember: whoever wins, that will be the daughter of the padishah - Sandugach and half of the kingdom.

How can I compete with batyrs! Such a struggle is not within my power, - answered Alpamsha.

And the old man stood his ground:

Once upon a time there lived an old man, and he had a son. They lived poorly, in a small old house. Now it's time for the old man to die. He called his son and said to him:

I have nothing to leave you as an inheritance, son, except for my shoes. Wherever you go, always take them with you, they will be useful to you.

The father died, and the horseman was left alone. He was fifteen or sixteen years old.

He decided to go to the white world to seek happiness. Before leaving home, he remembered his father's words and put his shoes in his bag, while he went barefoot.

Once upon a time, one poor man had to go on a long journey together with two greedy beys. They rode, rode and reached the inn. We stopped at an inn, cooked porridge for dinner. When the porridge was ripe, they sat down to supper. They put the porridge on a dish, pushed a hole in the middle, poured oil into the hole.

Whoever wants to be just must follow the straight path. Like this! - said the first buy and ran a spoon over the porridge from top to bottom; oil flowed from the hole towards him.

But in my opinion, life is changing every day, and the time is near when everything will mix up like this!

So the bays did not manage to deceive the poor man.

By the evening of the next day, they again stopped at the inn. And they had one roast goose in stock for three. Before going to bed, they agreed that in the morning the goose would get the one who saw the best dream at night.

They woke up in the morning, and each began to tell his dream.

The tailor was walking along the road. A hungry wolf is walking towards him. The wolf came up to the tailor and snapped his teeth. The tailor says to him:

Oh wolf! I see you want to eat me. Well, I dare not resist your desire. Just let me first measure you both in length and in width to find out if I fit in your stomach.

The wolf agreed, although he was impatient: he wanted to eat the tailor as soon as possible.

In ancient times, they say, a man and his wife lived in the same village. They lived very poorly. So poor that their house, smeared with clay, only stood on forty props, otherwise it would have fallen. And yet, they say, they had a son. For people, sons are like sons, but for these, the son does not get off the stove, everything plays with the cat. Teaches a cat to speak human language and walk on its hind legs.

Time goes by, mother and father are getting old. Day is like, two lie down. They became quite ailing, and soon they died. They were buried by their neighbors ...

The son lies on the stove, crying bitterly, asks the cat for his advice, because now, except for the cat, he has no one left in the whole wide world.

In one ancient aul lived three brothers - deaf, blind and legless. They lived poorly, and then one day they decided to go hunting in the forest. They did not gather for long: there was nothing in their sakla. The blind man put the legless man on his shoulders, the deaf man took the blind man by the arm and they set off into the forest. The brothers built a hut, made a bow out of dogwood, arrows out of reeds, and began to hunt.

Once, in the dark damp thicket, the brothers came across a small saklya, knocked on the door, and a girl came out to knock. The brothers told her about themselves and suggested:

Be our sister. We will go hunting, and you will look after us.

A poor man lived in ancient times in one village. His name was Gulnazek.

Once, when there was not a crumb of bread left in the house and there was nothing to feed his wife and children, Gulnazek decided to try his luck on the hunt.

He cut a willow rod and made a bow out of it. Then he chipped a torch, cut out the arrows and set off into the forest.

For a long time Gulnazek wandered through the forest. But he did not meet a beast or a bird in the forest, but ran into a giant divine. Gulnazek got scared. He does not know how to be, does not know how to save him from the diva. And the div went up to him and asked menacingly:

Who are you? Why did you come here?

In ancient times, an old uyr woman, a witch, lived in a dark forest. She was angry, disheartened, and all her life she had incited people to do bad things. And the old woman had a son. Once he went to the village and saw there a beautiful girl named Gulchechek. He liked her. At night, he dragged Gulchechek from his home and brought him to a dense forest. The three of them began to live. Once the son got ready to go on a long journey.

Gulchechek remained in the forest with an angry old woman. She was yearning and began to ask:

Let me visit my family! I miss you here ...

She did not let her go.

Nowhere, - he says, - I won't let you go, live here!

In a deep, deep forest there lived one shaitan. He was small in stature, even very small and very hairy. But his hands were long, his fingers were long and the nails on them were long. And he also had a special nose - also long as a chisel, and strong as iron. That was what they called him - Chisel. Whoever came to him in the urman (deep forest) alone, Chisel-Nose killed in a dream with his long nose.

Once a hunter came to urman. When evening came, he made a fire. Sees, Chisel-Nose is going to him.

- What do you want here? The hunter asks.

- Get warm, - the shaitan answers.