The iron furnace
Very long time ago, when still sorcery was possible, one king's son has been bewitched ведьмою and set by it among wood in the big iron furnace. Many years were in succession spent by it there, and nobody could relieve it.
Once the princess has come into wood: it has lost the way in wood and could not leave on road in any way which conducted in kingdom of her father...
Nine days she wandered on wood and, at last, has fallen before an iron oven. Then the voice from an oven was distributed: "Whence you have come and where go?" - "I have lost road to kingdom of my father and I can not get home".
Then the voice from an oven was again distributed: "I will help your grief immediately if you give me the receipt, that will grant my desire. I the king's son, am more senior you, princesses, and I wish to marry you".
The princess was frightened and has thought: "My God you mine, yes that I with an iron oven to do to a camp?" However as it very much would like to return to the father, she has signed, that will grant its desire. And he has told to it: "You should return, bring with yourself a knife and проскоблить a hole in gland".
Then it has given it the guide who went with it nearby and spoke nothing, however at two o'clock has got it home.
All in the lock were delighted to its returning, and the old king has thrown the arms round to the daughter a neck and has kissed it. But she has been very grieved and has told: "the Lovely father! Кабы you knew, that with me happen! Not to happen to me the house, not to leave to me dense wood, кабы I have not come in wood to the iron furnace; I also should give out that the receipt that I will return to it, it of something I will relieve and for it in marriage I will leave".
Here the old king so has got a fright, what hardly in a faint has not fallen: the daughter at it was unique!
Here also have agreed the father to the daughter, that instead of the princess it is necessary to go мельниковой to a daughter, the beauty; have deduced it in wood, have yielded to it a knife and ordered to scrape the iron furnace.
Here it also scraped twenty four hours on end and anything проскоблить could not. When began to dawn, from an oven the voice was distributed: "To me surrenders, that on a court yard dawns". And the beauty answered: "And me too it seems, that I hear, how the mill" works батюшкина. - "And! So you Мельникова the daughter? Go now back and order, that the princess here has come".
The beauty to the king has gone and has told, that the one who in an oven sits, does not want, that it scraped an oven, and demands to itself the princess. The king has again got a fright, and its daughter began to cry.
There was at them on a sign a daughter of the swineherd, it is even more beautiful мельниковой than a daughter; they of that have promised money if only it has gone to an iron oven instead of the princess.
It has gone there and still there twenty four hours the furnace scraped; however anything could not do.
As began to dawn, from an oven it was again distributed: "To me surrenders, that on a court yard dawns". The beauty answered: "And me too it seems, because to me was heard, as the father plays a small horn". - "So means, you Пастухова a daughter? Be now cleaned and order here to come to the princess, and tell to it, that I will execute обещанье and if it does not come, all in its kingdom will break up and will collapse, and the stone on a stone in it does not remain".
Having heard it, the princess began to cry, sees, that it is necessary it to constrain the promise. She has said goodbye to the father, has grasped with itself a knife and left in wood to an iron oven.
Having come there, it has started to scrape iron, both iron gave in. And two hours has not passed, as already it was possible to the princess проскоблить a small hole. She has looked through it in the furnace and has seen there a handsome man-young man who shone with gold and jewels and which has liked it extremely.
And here it continued to scrape iron and has scraped out at last such aperture of which it could get out. Then he has told: "You washing, and I yours; you my bride and the deliverer".
He thus wished it to take immediately with itself(himself) in the kingdom, but it was elicited at it with the father to see, and the king's son it has allowed it - so that she with the father has told no more than three words, and then again would return.
It has gone home, but has told more than three words, and the iron furnace has suddenly disappeared and was carried away far-far - for glass mountains, for sharp swords; however the king's son was free and has not been already concluded inside it.
Then the princess has said goodbye to the father, took from it money for road, but a little, has again gone to the big wood and began to search for the iron furnace, but find it could not. She searched for its nine days in succession and so, at last, has got hungry, that did not know, that to it to do, because at it anything with itself was not.
When завечерело, she has climbed up a small tree and thought there to spend night, to take cover from wild animals.
When there has come midnight, she has seen in the distance a small spark and has thought: "Ah, there I could spend night easy", - and слезла from a tree, and have gone on a spark, on a way creating a pray.
And here it has approached to a small old small house about which grew a lot of grass, and before a small house the small small group of fire wood laid. The princess also has thought: "Where it I have come?" She has glanced in a window and nothing увидала in a small house, except the big and small toads, together with a table perfectly covered; both wines, and roast on a table stood, both plates, and glasses all were silver.
The princess with spirit has gathered and was knocked. Immediately the big toad has sent small to unlock a door to the princess:
The babe-lame woman,
Green leg,
Bone foot the doggie,
Have a look more soon,
Who is knocked at doors.
When it has entered, all toads have greeted it and have set. Have asked, whence it and where goes. Then she has told all it, that with it happens and as that it has broken an interdiction and has told more than three words, the oven has disappeared from it together with the king's son, and here now she has dared to search for it and to wander on mountains and dales, yet will not find.
Then the old thick toad has ordered to a small toad that that has brought to it a casket:
The babe-lame woman,
Green leg,
Bone foot the doggie,
Jump живей,
Bring ларец more soon.
Then they have fed the princess and have given to drink, and have led it perfectly постланной lay, and it in that bed has laid down and has fallen asleep good luck.
With a dawn it was roused, and the big toad has given it three needles from the big casket. "Needles will be useful to you, - the old toad has told, - to you it is necessary to get over through the big glass mountain, yes through three sharp throwing to be thrown, yes through the big water to float: as through all it you will pass, so the darling again you will find".
It still for emergency has given it three things: the big three needles, a wheel from a plough and three nuts.
Here the princess has left and when has come running to a glass mountain has climbed up it by means of three needles; and having got over, has stuck these needles in a secluded place which has tried to remember properly. Has then come to three sharp swords, villages on the wheel and at once and it was rolled through them.
At last, having forwarded through the big lake, the princess has come to the big fine lock and began to be employed in the servant, perfectly knowing, that in this lock there lives its king's son whom she has released from the iron furnace in the big wood. It also has been accepted for the small salary to the place of the dishwasher.
And the king's son had already other bride whom he was going to marry, assuming, that its deliverer has already died for a long time.
In the evening, when the princess all ware has washed up also all business has altered, it has groped at herself in a pocket three nuts given to it by an old toad. Разгрызла she one nut also was going to eat a kernel, and suddenly sees there in a shell a wonderful royal dress.
The bride has heard about it, has come to it and began to trade at it that dress, yes thus and has told: "Not to the servant that dress to carry!"
But the princess answered, that does not wish to sell a dress, and will give to it for nothing, if it will permit to it one night to spend in a bedchamber of its groom. The bride has permitted it to it, because at it on an eye dress have run up, at it any such dress was not.
When there has come evening, she has told to the groom: "This silly maid wants today in your bedchamber night to spend". - "If you against it you have nothing, and I too!" - he has told.
However it has brought to it a glass of wine with a sleepy potion, and he has fallen asleep so strong, that the princess could not wake him. It has cried all night long and all sentenced: "I in dense wood from the iron furnace have released you, all over the world for you searched, through glass mountain got over, through three sharp throwing was rolled, through water was forwarded, before you have found out, and you and to listen to me do not want".
The servants sitting at doors of a bedchamber, heard, how she all night long cried and lamented, and next morning have told about it to the mister.
For other day, having cleaned ware, the princess разгрызла the second nut, and there - the dress is better than the first; as its bride so has wanted to buy it also has seen. But money the princess for this dress did not take, and has elicited to itself позволенье one more night to spend in a bedchamber of the groom.
The bride, however, has again given to the groom of sleepy drink, and that again so strong slept, that it добудиться it was impossible. In vain princess all night long cried and lamented - he heard nothing; heard only servants who to it for other morning and have told about that.
When it for the third day разгрызла the third nut has found in it a dress, is even finer than two first, it and burnt gold. And this dress the bride has wished, and the princess has conceded it to it for the permission to spend also the third night in a bedchamber of the groom.
But this time the king's son остерегся from sleepy drink also has spilt it by a mouth. And as soon as it has started to cry and lament: "My dear treasure! Whether I have relieved you in dense wood yes from the iron furnace?" - the king's son has jumped from bed and has told: "You my present bride! You washing, and I yours!"
Then it has left with the princess in the carriage at night and at the false bride have taken away all dresses so it and from bed could not rise.
Having arrived to the big lake, they through it were forwarded, and through three sharp throwing on a wheel were rolled, and through glass mountain on иголочках have got.
So they have reached, at last, a small old small house and as into it have entered, he has addressed in the big lock; all toads too have been relieved in the meantime of charms and have appeared the bewitched princesses and king's sons.
Here and wedding have played, here and to live remained, because this lock was more than that at the father of the princess.
But as its old man-father complained of the loneliness they and it to themselves have transported, and began to live at two kingdoms yes at the matrimonial kind consent.
The mouse has by run,
Fairy tale to terminate has ordered. |
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