Three spinners
There lived-existed the maiden-lenivitsa and to spin not the hunter, and as though its mother to that forced, and to force could not spin.
At last, and before business has reached, that mother has not born once, has become angry and has beaten a daughter, and that began a voice to cry.
Just by the queen and when has heard crying at this time went, has ordered to stop horses, has entered into the house and has asked mother, for what it so beats the daughter, that its shouts are audible even in the street.
It was ashamed for mother to find out laziness of the daughter and consequently she has told: "Yes here in any way it from a yarn not to beat off - all wishes to spin yes to spin, and I am poor and I can not constantly have for it flax on call".
Then the queen answered: "I more all like to spin and more all happens is happy, when around I rustle wheels of self-distaffs: release your daughter with me in my lock - there at me I cling enough, can spin to myself, how many it is necessary for soul".
Mother was радешенька, and the queen has taken away her daughter with itself. After arrival to the lock the queen has led the girl upwards and has shown it three rooms, from top to bottom полнешеньких чудеснейшего flax. "Here relocks to me all this flax, - the queen has told, - and when перепрядешь, I will give you in marriage to my elder son; I will not look and that you are poor - your tireless diligence will replace to you a dowry".
The poor girl has got a fright: she could not and think перепрясть such force of flax, at least she over it and has stayed three hundred years, and would work since morning and till the evening not покладая hands.
Remained one, she began to cry and so three days has stayed, a finger not having stirred.
For the third day the queen has come and very much was surprised, having seen, that else nothing напрядено; but the maiden apologised that it all very much missed on the house of mother and consequently has not started to work still. The queen has listened to her, but leaving from it, has told: "Since tomorrow you should start to work".
When the maiden again remained one resolutely did not know, that to it to do, and in a grief has approached to a window.
Suddenly sees, three women enter into a court yard: at one foot wide-preshirokaja and flat, at another the lower lip such big, that on a chin has drooped, and at the third big finger on a hand the huge!
They have stopped before a window, have looked upwards and have asked the girl for what she will grieve? She began to complain it of the trouble and then those have offered it the help and have told: "If you to yourself on wedding invite us, of us will not feel ashamed and will name the aunts yes for a table with visitors will plant, we to you your flax напрядем and besides during the shortest time". - "With all the heart to you I will be glad, - the maiden answered, - enter more soon and now be accepted to work".
Then it has let in these three strange women to herself and in the first room with flax has arranged with it dredging in which they have taken seat and have begun to spin. One pulled a thread from a tow and a spit a wheel, another moistened a thread, the third braided a thread and tapped with a finger about a table and as will knock, and the known quantity of a yarn, and besides the most thin falls down to the ground.
It covered the three spinners and when that came from the queen, specified to it only in a yarn heap so that did not know, as well as to praise it. When the first room has become empty, were accepted to the second, and there and behind third - and that скорехонько have emptied.
Then three women-spinners have said goodbye to the maiden and have told to it: "do not forget only promised to us - in that your happiness".
When the maiden has shown to the queen empty rooms and an enormous heap of a yarn, that began to prepare wedding, and the groom rejoiced in advance, that the wife at it will be such skilful and diligent, and be extolled by it could not. "I have three aunts, - the maiden to the queen has told, - and I from them a lot of good saw, so I and cannot forget about them in happiness; that is why allow to invite them to wedding and to plant with us for one table". The queen and the groom have told: "Why to us it not to permit?"
When the celebration has begun, three aunts have entered into the hall, very strange dressed, and the bride, addressing to them, has told: "Welcome, lovely aunts!" - "ah, - the groom has told, - as it you can be on friendly terms with such ugly creatures?"
Then it has approached to one of three spinners, with a wide foot, and has asked: "why it at you a foot such wide?" - "from pressing, - she answered, from pressing".
Then the groom has approached to other spinner and has asked: "why at you a lip such loose-hanging?" - "from wetting, - she has told, - from wetting".
Here he has addressed to the third: "why at you such enormous finger?" "From thread twisting, - she has told, - from thread twisting".
The king's son was frightened and has told to itself: "Well, my beauty-wife also will not touch a self-distaff wheel".
And it has got rid of necessity to spin this intolerable linen yarn! |
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