Three snake leaves
In some kingdom of veins yes there was such poor man who had nothing to support even the unique son.
Then the son has told to it: "the Lovely father, so badly is to you - I see, that I to you in burden; better you release me, and I will go, I will try to earn itself to myself on bread". Then the father has blest him and with великою grief has said goodbye to it.
And just about this time one powerful king waged war with the next state; the young man has arrived to it on service and has gone on war.
And when armies have converged and there was a battle, it was exposed to the big danger: around it and strewed the lead peas, many of its companions were lost.
And when also the main military leader has been killed, all already were going to leave; but the young man has acted forward, has encouraged them своею speech and has exclaimed: "we will not allow to our fatherland to be lost!"
Then others have followed it and all, it has moved forward and has beaten the enemy.
The king, having learnt, that it to it is obliged победою, has ennobled it over everything, has awarded with the big riches, and there was it in kingdom the first dignitary.
The king had a daughter, very beautiful, but also причудница big. It has given a vow that will choose to itself in spouses and masters only the one who promises to it together with it live to lay down in a tomb if she dies before the husband. "If it me precisely loves, - she spoke, - so on what to it and to live after my death?"
But and it expressed readiness to arrive in the same way in case of death of the husband and said, that it together with it will descend in a tomb.
This strange vow frightened off from the princess of all its grooms; but the young man was so is keen on its beauty, that he on what has not looked and began to marry off at the king his daughter. Whether "yes you know, - the king has asked, - you should give what vow?" - "I should lay down together with it in a tomb, - the young man has told, - if I it go through; but my love to it so is great, that I neglect this danger".
Then the king has given the consent, and wedding has been played with the big splendour.
The young man with женою has lived some time in love and the consent, and then happens so, that the young princess was ill with any very heavy illness, and no doctor could cure it.
When she has died, the young man has recollected the promise, and to it it became terrible at thought, that here it is necessary live to lay down with the wife in a tomb; but it was inevitable: the king has put the guard at all gate, and it should obey the destiny.
When day of funeral and a body of the princess has come has been lowered in a royal crypt, her spouse have reduced there and an input in a crypt have pushed and have locked.
Near to a coffin have put a table, on it four candles, four loaves of bread and four bottles of wine. When this stock will be exhausted, the young man should say goodbye to a life.
Here it also sat there, mournful and sad, ate every day only on a bread slice, drank only on a wine draught and still saw, how death, that day, to it came nearer and came nearer.
And here, being in a captivity of these mournful reflexions about a fate coming it, the young man has suddenly seen a snake who has crept out of a corner of a crypt and has come nearer to the dead woman. The young man has thought, that the snake has come crawling to gnaw a corpse of his wife that is why has snatched out the sword and, having told: "While I am live, you will not touch it!" - has split a snake into three pieces.
A little also other snake later has crept out of a vault corner; but having seen, that the first snake lays chopped up on pieces, has immediately crept away in the hole and has returned, holding in a mouth three green leaves. Then it has made three pieces of a snake as to them followed to be, and on everyone разруб has put on a leaflet. And immediately split parts have grown together, the snake has begun to move and has revived, and both have hasty crept away in the hole.
Leaflets remained on a floor, and the unfortunate young man whom all it saw, has come to mind, that, maybe, the miracle force of the leaves which have recovered a snake, can influence in the same way and the person.
Here it also has lifted leaves, and one of them has put to lips of the dead woman, and others two to its eyes. And as soon as has put, blood began to address again in its veins and the flush has played again on the turned pale cheeks.
She has sighed deeply, has opened eyes and has told: "Ah, My God! Where it I?" - "you at me in embraces, the lovely wife!" - the young man answered it and has told to it as all has occurred and as it has again cleared it by a life.
Then it has given it a few wines and bread and when she again felt окрепшею has risen from a coffin, and they together have gone to a door of a crypt and began to knock and shout so loudly, that the guards have heard above and have reported on the king.
The king himself has gone down in a vault and has opened its door, and, увидав the daughter and the son-in-law live and healthy, with all the heart was glad to that they have got rid of great disaster.
And the young man has grasped with itself from a crypt three snake leaves, has given to their to the servant and has told: "Hide them more carefully and at any time carry at itself: who knows, maybe, they to us also another time will be useful".
And it is necessary to tell, that in the princess whom the young spouse has cleared again by a life, there was a sharp change: it seemed, that in its heart any love to the husband has run low at once.
When he has conceived to visit after a while the old man-father and together with женою has embarked to go for the sea, the princess, having forgotten all its love and fidelity and that it has rescued it from death, began to show obvious propensity to корабельщику.
And here once, when its young spouse has fallen asleep, she of it корабельщика has called, and two of them, having seized the sleeping young man for a head and for feet, have thrown out for a ship board in the sea. When this villainy was made, she has told корабельщику: "we Will return back and we will tell to the father, that the husband in road has died. And I so before the father will paint you and выхвалю, that he will marry me to you and to you will transfer in due course the royal wreath".
However true the servant which all saw, imperceptibly has had time to unhook a small boat from the ship, has gone down in it, has floated after the mister and has allowed to traitors to leave. It has pulled out the mister from water already dead, but by means of three snake leaflets which it always carried at itself(himself), has safely recovered it.
Both of them began to row very much, rowing day and night, and them лодочка rushed so quickly on the sea, that they before the big ship of profit to the old king.
That has been very surprised, what they come back one, and has asked, what with them happens in a way? When he has heard about evil deed of the daughter has told: "I do not dare to trust that it could so badly to arrive; and however, the truth itself will be found out".
Also has ordered to the son-in-law and its servant to leave in a secret room and in it to take cover for a while from all.
Soon after that there has arrived also the big ship, and дочьзлодейка was to the father with the grieved person. He has asked it: "Why you come back one? Where your husband?" - "ah, the father, - she answered, - I come back home in great grief: my husband during a swimming suddenly was ill and has died, and if kind корабельщик has not rendered me any help, also me too, possibly, несдобровать; it was present at death of my husband and can tell all to you in a detail".
Then the king has told: "I will revive late your husband", - both have suddenly unlocked a secret room and have caused therefrom the son-in-law and its true the servant.
Having seen the husband, the princess as a thunder amazed, has fallen on knees and asked about mercy. But the king has told: "There is no to you a mercy! He was ready to die together with you and you has cleared by a life, and you have destroyed it during a dream and consequently should incur the deserved penalty!"
And here it together with the helper has been planted in the ship full of holes and taken out to the high sea where soon waves have absorbed accomplices. |
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