Gray wolf (Sary bure)

One of the players is chosen as a gray wolf. Squatting down, the gray wolf hides behind the line at one end of the site (in the bushes or in thick grass). The rest of the players are on the opposite side. The distance between the drawn lines is 20-30 m. On a signal, everyone goes to the forest to pick mushrooms and berries. The host comes out to meet them and asks (the children answer in chorus):

Where are you going, my friends?

Into the dense forest we go

What do you want to do there

We'll pick raspberries there

Why do you need raspberries, children?

We will make jam

If a wolf meets you in the forest?

The gray wolf will not overtake us!

After this roll call, everyone goes to the place where the gray wolf is hiding, and in unison they say:

I'll pick berries and make jam

My sweet grandmother will have a treat

There are a lot of raspberries here, you can’t collect all of them,

And wolves, bears are not to be seen at all!

After the words, the gray wolf gets up, and the children quickly run over the line. The wolf is chasing them and trying to tarnish someone. He takes the captives to the lair - to where he hid himself.

Rules of the game. The one representing the gray wolf must not jump out, and all players must run away before the words are spoken not to be seen. You can catch the fleeing only up to the line of the house.

We sell pots (Chulmak ueny)

The players are divided into two groups. Potty children, kneeling or sitting on the grass, form a circle. Behind each pot is a player - the owner of the pot, hands behind his back. The driver is behind the circle. The driver approaches one of the owners of the pot and starts a conversation:

Hey buddy sell the pot!

buy

How many rubles to give you?

Three give back

The driver three times (or as much as the owner agreed to sell the pot for, but not more than three rubles) touches the owner of the pot with the hand, and they start running in a circle towards each other (they run around the circle three times). Whoever runs faster to a free place in the circle takes this place, and the one behind becomes the driver.

Rules of the game. It is allowed to run only in a circle, not crossing it. Runners are not allowed to hit other players. The driver starts running in any direction. If he started running to the left, the stained must run to the right.

Skok-jump (Kuchtem-kuch)

A large circle with a diameter of 15-25 m is drawn on the ground, inside it are small circles with a diameter of 30-35 cm for each participant in the game. The driver stands in the center of a large circle.

The driver says: "Jump!" After this word, the players quickly change places (circles), jumping on one leg. The driver tries to take the place of one of the players, also jumping on one leg. The one who is left without a place becomes the leader.

Rules of the game. You can't push each other out of circles. Two players cannot be in the same circle. When changing places, the circle is considered to be the one who joined it earlier.

Flappers (Abakle)

On opposite sides of the room or platform, two cities are marked with two parallel lines. The distance between them is 20-30 m. All the children line up near one of the cities in one line: the left hand is on the belt, the right hand is extended forward with the palm up.

The leader is chosen. He approaches those standing near the city and pronounces the words:

Clap yes clap - such a signal

I run and you follow me!

With these words, the driver lightly slaps someone on the palm. Driving and spotted run to the opposite city. Whoever runs faster will stay in the new city, and the one who lags behind becomes the driver.

Rules of the game. Until the driver has touched someone's palm, you cannot run. While running, players must not touch each other.

Take a seat (Bush ursh)

One of the participants in the game is chosen as the leader, and the rest of the players, forming a circle, walk holding hands. The driver goes around the circle in the opposite direction and says:

Like a magpie arecochu

I won't let anyone into the house.

I cackle like a goose

I'll pat you on the shoulder

Run!

Having said run, the driver lightly hits one of the players on the back, the circle stops, and the one who was hit rushes from his place in a circle towards the driver. The one who runs around the circle takes an empty seat earlier, and the one who lags behind becomes the leader.

Rules of the game. The circle should immediately stop at the word run. It is allowed to run only in a circle, without crossing it. While running, you can not touch those standing in a circle.

Traps (Totysh ueny)

At the signal, all players scatter around the court. The driver tries to tarnish any of the players. Everyone he catches becomes his helper. Holding hands, two, then three, four, etc., they catch those running around until they catch everyone.

Rules of the game. The one who is touched by the driver is considered to be caught. Those caught catch everyone else only by holding hands.

Zhmurki (Kuzbailau ueny)

They draw a large circle, inside it at the same distance from each other they make holes-minks according to the number of participants in the game. The driver is identified, blindfolded and placed in the center of the circle. The rest take places in the mink holes. The driver approaches the player to catch him. He, without leaving his mink, tries to dodge him, then bending down, then crouching. The driver must not only catch, but also call the player by name. If he correctly names the name, the participants in the game say: “Open your eyes!” - and the one who is caught becomes the driver. If the name is called incorrectly, the players, without saying a word, make a few claps, thus making it clear that the driver made a mistake, and the game continues on. Players change minks, jumping on one leg.

Rules of the game. The driver has no right to peep. During the game, no one can go outside the circle. Exchange of minks is allowed only when the driver is on the opposite side of the circle.

Interceptors (Kuyshu ueny)

At opposite ends of the site, two houses are marked with lines. The players are located in one of them in a line. In the middle, facing the children, is the driver. Children in chorus pronounce the words: We have to run fast,

We love to jump and jump

One two three four five

No way to catch her!

After the end of these words, everyone runs in all directions across the platform to another house. The driver tries to tarnish the defectors. One of the stained becomes the driver, and the game continues. At the end of the game, the best guys who have never been caught are marked.

Rules of the game. The driver catches the players by touching their shoulder with his hand. The stained depart to the appointed place.

Timerbay

The players, holding hands, make a circle. They choose the driver - Timerbay. He becomes the center of the circle. Driver says:

Five children at Timerbay,

Friendly, fun play.

We swam in the fast river,

They lashed out, splashed,

Well washed

And dressed up nicely.

And neither eat nor drink,

They ran into the forest in the evening,

looked at each other,

They did it like this!

With the last words, this is how the driver makes some kind of movement. Everyone must repeat it. Then the driver chooses someone instead of himself.

Rules of the game. Movements that have already been shown cannot be repeated. The indicated movements must be performed accurately. You can use various items in the game (balls, pigtails, ribbons, etc.).

Chanterelles and chickens (Telki ham tavyklar)

At one end of the site are chickens and roosters in a chicken coop. On the opposite side is a fox.

Chickens and roosters (from three to five players) walk around the site, pretending to peck various insects, grains, etc. When a fox sneaks up on them, the roosters shout: “Ku-ka-re-ku!” At this signal, everyone runs into the chicken coop, followed by a fox that tries to stain any of the players.

Rules of the game. If the driver fails to stain any of the players, then he leads again.

The players line up in two lines on both sides of the court. In the center of the site there is a flag at a distance of at least 8-10 m from each team. On a signal, the players of the first rank throw the bags into the distance, trying to reach the flag, the players of the second rank do the same. From each line, the best thrower is revealed, as well as the winning line, in whose team the greater number of participants will throw the bags to the flag.

Rules of the game. Everyone should drop on a signal. Leading teams keep score.

Ball in a circle (Teenchek ueny)

The players, forming a circle, sit down. The driver stands behind a circle with a ball, the diameter of which is 15-25 cm. On a signal, the driver throws the ball to one of the players sitting in the circle, and he leaves. At this time, the ball begins to be thrown in a circle from one player to another. The driver runs after the ball and tries to catch it on the fly. The driver becomes the player from whom the ball was caught.

Rules of the game. The ball is passed by throwing with a twist. The catcher must be ready to receive the ball. When the game is repeated, the ball is passed to the one who remained out of the game.

Entangled horses (Tyshauly atlar)

The players are divided into three or four teams and line up behind the line. Opposite the line put flags, racks. On a signal, the first players of the teams start jumping, run around the flags and come back running. Then the second ones run, etc. The team that finishes the relay first wins.

Rules of the game. The distance from the line to the flags, racks should be no more than 20 m. You should jump correctly, pushing off with both legs at the same time, helping with your hands. You need to run in the indicated direction (right or left).

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Tatar folk tales

magic ring

In ancient times, they say, a man lived in the same village with his wife. 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. People have sons like sons, but these sons don’t get off the stove, they all play with the cat. Teaches a cat to speak human language and walk on its hind legs.

Time passes, mother and father grow old. A day is like, two will lie down. They became quite ill, and soon died. Buried by their neighbors.

The son is lying on the stove, crying bitterly, asking the cat for his advice, because now, apart from the cat, he has no one left in the whole wide world.

What we shall do? he says to the cat. Let's go where our eyes look.

And so, when it was getting dark, the horseman left with his cat from his native village. And from the house he took only his father's old knife - he had nothing more to take.

They walked for a long time. A cat even catches mice, but a dzhigit's stomach is cramping from hunger.

Here we reached one forest, settled down to rest. The horseman tried to fall asleep, but sleep does not go on an empty stomach. Rolls from side to side.

Why are not you sleeping? - asks the cat. What a dream, when you want to eat. And so the night passed. Early in the morning they heard someone weeping plaintively in the forest. - Do you hear? - Withasked a horseman. - It seems that someone is crying in the forest?

Let's go there, - the cat answers.

And they went.

We walked a short distance and came to a forest clearing. And in the clearing a tall pine grows. And at the very top of the pine a large nest can be seen. It is from this nest that crying is heard, as if a child is groaning.

I'll climb a pine tree, - says the horseman. - Come what may.

And climbed into a pine tree. He looks, and in the nest, two cubs of the Semrug bird (a mythical magical bird of enormous size) are crying. They saw a horseman, spoke in human voices:

Why did you come here? After all, every day a snake flies to us. He has already eaten two of our brothers. Today is our turn. And he will see you - and he will eat you.

He'll eat it if he doesn't choke, - the horseman answers. - I'll help you out. Where is your mom?

Our mother is the queen of birds. She flew over the Kafsky (according to legend, mountains located at the end of the world, earth) mountains, to a meeting of birds and should return soon. With her, the snake would not dare to touch us.

Suddenly a whirlwind rose, the forest rustled. The chicks hugged each other.

There our enemy flies.

Indeed, along with the whirlwind, a monster flew in and entangled the pine tree. When the snake raised its head to get the chicks out of the nest, the horseman plunged his father's knife into the monster. The snake immediately fell to the ground.

The chicks rejoiced.

Don't leave us, horseman, they say. We will give you drink and feed you to your heart's content.

They all ate together, drank and talked about business.

Well, horseman, - the chicks began, - now listen to what we tell you. Our mother will fly in and ask who you are, why you came here. Don't say anything, we ourselves will tell you that you saved us from a fierce death. She will give you silver and gold, you do not take anything, say that you have enough of all good and your own. Ask her for a magic ring. Now hide under the wing, no matter how bad it turns out.

As they said, so it happened.

Semrug flew in and asked:

What is it that smells like human spirit? Is there someone else? The chicks answer:

There are no strangers, and our two brothers are not.

Where are they?

The snake ate them.

The bird Semrug became sad.

And how did you stay alive? - asks his cubs.

One brave horseman saved us. Look at the ground. Do you see the dead serpent? It was he who killed him.

Looks Semrug - and indeed, the snake lies dead.

Where is that brave dzhigit? she asks.

Yes, it's under the roof.

Well, come out, zhigit, - says Semrug, - come out, don't be afraid. What can I give you for saving my children?

I don't need anything, - the guy answers, - except for a magic ring.

And the baby birds also ask:

Give, mother, the ring to the horseman. There is nothing to do, the queen of birds agreed and gave the ring.

If you manage to save the ring, you will be the master of all peers and genies! One has only to put on a ring on the thumb, as they all fly to you and ask: “Our padishah, whatever?” And order whatever you want. All will be fulfilled. Just do not lose the ring - it will be bad.

Semrug put the ring on the toe of her foot - immediately a lot of pari and genies flew in. Semrug told them:

Now he will become your master, and serve him. - And handing the ring to the horseman, she said: - If you want, don't go anywhere, live with us.

The dzhigit thanked him, but refused.

I'll go my own way, - he said and went down to the ground.

Here they are walking with a cat through the forest, talking among themselves. When we were tired, we sat down to rest.

Well, what do we do with this ring? - the horseman asks the cat and puts the ring on his thumb. As soon as I put it on, peers and genies from all over the world flew in: “Padishah is our sultan, whatever?”

And the horseman hasn't figured out what to ask yet.

Is there, he asks, a place on earth where no human foot has set foot?

Yes, they answer. There is one island in the Mohit Sea. It’s already beautiful, and there are countless berries and fruits there, and a human foot has never set foot there.

Take me and my cat there. He just said he was already sitting on that island with his cat. And it is so beautiful here: unusual flowers, outlandish fruits grow, and sea water, like an emerald, shimmers. The horseman marveled and decided he and the cat would stay here to live.

Here the palace would still be built, - he said, putting the ring on his thumb.

Jinn and Peri appeared.

Build me a two-story palace of pearls and yacht.

I did not have time to finish, as the palace already rose on the shore. On the second floor of the palace there is a wonderful garden, between the trees in that garden there are all sorts of dishes, up to peas. And you don't have to go up to the second floor. He sat down on the bed with a red satin blanket, the bed raises itself.

A horseman walked around the palace with a cat, it's good here. Just boring.

We have everything with you, - he says to the cat, - what should we do now?

Now you need to get married, - the cat answers.

He summoned the dzhigit genies and pari and ordered them to bring him portraits of the most beautiful girls from all over the world.

I will choose one of them to be my wife, - said the horseman.

Genies and paris scattered to look for beautiful girls. They searched for a long time, but none of the girls liked them. Finally arrived in the flower state. The king of flowers has a daughter of unprecedented beauty. The genies showed the portrait of the daughter of the padishah to our jigit. And as he looked at the portrait, he said:

Here, bring it to me.

But it was night on earth. As soon as the horseman said his words, he looked - she was already right there, as if she had fallen asleep in the room. After all, the genies brought her right here while she was sleeping.

Early in the morning, the beauty wakes up and does not believe her eyes: she went to bed in her palace, and woke up in someone else's.

She jumped out of bed, ran to the window, and there the sea and the sky were azure.

Oh, I'm lost! she says, sitting on the bed with the satin blanket. And how the bed will rise! And there was a beauty on the second floor.

She walked there among the flowers, outlandish plants, marveled at the abundance of different foods. Even with my father, the padishah of the flower state, I have never seen anything like it!

“It seems that I ended up in a completely different world, about which I not only knew nothing, but also never heard of it,” the girl thinks. She sat down on the bed, went downstairs and only then saw a sleeping dzhigit.

Get up, dzhigit, how did you get here? - asks him.

And the dzhigit answers her:

It was I who ordered you to be brought here. You will live here now. Let's go, I'll show you the island ... - And they, holding hands, went to see the island.

Now let's look at the girl's father. Wakes up in the morning padishah of the country of flowers, but there is no daughter. He loved his daughter so much that, having learned about it, he fell unconscious. In those days - no phone for you, no telegraph for you. They sent out mounted Cossacks. They won't find it anywhere.

Then the padishah called to himself all the healers, wizards. He promises half of his fortune to the one who finds it. Everyone began to think, wonder where his daughter could have gone. No one has solved the mystery.

We can't, they said. “There, there, there lives a sorceress. If only she could help.

The padishah ordered to bring her. She began to conjure.

Oh, my lord, she said, your daughter lives. Lives with one horseman on a sea island. And although it is difficult, but I can deliver your daughter to you.

The padishah agreed.

The sorceress turned into a tarred barrel, rolled towards the sea, hit a wave and swam to the island. And on the island, the barrel turned into an old woman. Dzhigit was not at home at that time. The old woman found out about this and went straight to the palace. The girl saw her, was delighted with the new person on the island and asked:

Oh, grandma, how did you get here? How did you get here?

The old lady replied:

This island, my daughter, stands in the middle of the sea. The genies carried you to the island by the will of the horseman. The girl heard those words and wept bitterly.

And don't cry, - the old woman tells her. - Your father ordered me to return you back to the flower state. But I don't know the secret of magic.

How can you bring me back?

But listen to me and do everything as I say. A horseman will come home, and you smile, greet him affectionately. He will be surprised by this, and you should be even more affectionate. Hug him, kiss him, and then say: “For four years now, tell me, you keep me here through magic. What if something happens to you, what should I do then? Reveal to me the secret of magic, so that I know ... "

Then the girl saw through the window that the horseman and the cat were returning.

Hide, grandmother, hurry, the husband is coming.

The old woman turned into a gray mouse and ran away under the sekyo.

And the girl smiles, as if she really was very happy with her husband, meets him affectionately.

Why are you being so sweet today? - the horseman is surprised.

Oh, she caresses her husband even more, she does everything as the old woman taught. She hugs him, kisses him, and then in a low voice says:

For four years now you have kept me here through magic. What if something happens to you, what should I do then? Reveal to me the secret of magic, so that I know ...

And I have a magic ring that fulfills all my desires, you just have to put it on your thumb.

Show me, - asks the wife. Gigit gives her a magic ring.

Do you want me to hide it in a safe place? the wife asks.

Just please don't lose it or it will be bad.

As soon as the horseman fell asleep at night, the daughter of the padishah got up, woke up the old woman, and put the ring on her thumb. Jinn and Peri flocked, they ask:

Padishah is our sultan, whatever?

Throw this dzhigit together with the cat into the nettles, and take me and my grandmother in this palace to my father.

She just said everything was done at the same moment. The sorceress immediately ran to the padishah.

She returned, - she says, - to you, about padishas, ​​your daughter, as promised, and in addition a palace of precious stones ...

The padishah looked, and next to his palace stands another palace, so rich that he even forgot about his grief.

The daughter woke up, ran out to him, cried for a long time with joy.

And the father cannot take his eyes off the palace.

Do not cry, - he says, - this palace alone is dearer to my entire state. Looks like your husband was not an empty man ...

The padishah of the flower country ordered to give the sorceress a bag of potatoes as a reward. It was a hungry year, the old woman, for joy, did not know where to put herself.

Let them be so happy, and let's take a look at what is happening with our horseman.

The jigit woke up. He looks - he lies with his cat in nettles. There is no palace, no wife, no magic ring.

Oh, we are dead! - the horseman says to the cat. - What should we do now?

The cat was silent, thought and began to teach:

Let's build a raft. Will the wave take us where we need to go? We need to find your wife by all means.

So they did. They built a raft and sailed on the waves. They swam and swam and swam to some shore. Steppe all around: no village, no housing - nothing. Dzhigit eats grass stalks, he is hungry. For many days they walked and finally see the city in front of them.

Dzhigit says to his cat:

In whatever city we come with you, let's agree - not to leave each other.

I would rather die than leave you, the cat replies.

They came to the city. We went to the end house. There is an old woman in that house.

Let us go, grandma. We'll just rest a little and drink some tea, - says the horseman.

Come in, son.

The cat immediately began to catch mice, and the old woman began to treat the horseman with tea, asking about life and being:

Where did you come from, son, did you lose anything or are you looking for?

I, a grandmother, want to be hired as a worker. And what is this city where I came?

This is a flower state, son, - says the old woman.

So the case led the horseman and his faithful cat to the right place.

And what do you hear, grandmother, in the city?

Oh son, we have a great joy in the city. The padishah's daughter disappeared for four years. But now the sorceress alone found her and returned her father. They say that on the island of the sea, a horseman alone kept her through magic. Now the daughter is here, and even the palace in which she lived on the island is also here. Our padishah is so joyful, so kind now: if you have bread - eat to your health, and your legs are walking - go to your health. Here.

I’ll go, grandmother, I’ll take a look at the palace, and let my cat stay with you. He himself whispers to the cat:

I look like at the palace, if anything, so you will find me.

A horseman walks past the palace, all in rags. At this time, the padishah and his wife were on the balcony. Seeing him, the padishah's wife says:

Look, what a dzhigit is coming handsome. Our assistant cook has died, won't this one work? They brought the jigit to the padishah:

Where, dzhigit, are you going, where are you going?

I want to be hired as a worker, I'm looking for a master.

We left the cook without an assistant. Come to us.

The jigit agreed. He washed himself in the bathhouse, dressed up in a white shirt and became so handsome that the Padishah vizier Khaibulla admired him. Painfully, the horseman reminded the vizier of his son, who died early. Caressed Haybulla Dzhigit. And that and cook things went well. His potatoes are whole, they never boil.

Where did you learn this? they ask him. They eat and praise. And the dzhigit cooks for himself, but he himself looks and listens - they won’t say anything.

One day the padishah decided to convene guests and renovate the overseas palace. Padishahs and rich nobles from other countries came in large numbers. The feast has begun. And the witch was invited. And she, as she saw the horseman, so realized everything, she turned black with anger.

What's happened? - they ask her. And she answered:

My head hurt a little.

They put her down. The feast went on without her. When the guests parted, the sovereign of the flower country again began to inquire:

What's happened?

Your cook is that horseman. He will destroy us all.

The padishah became angry, ordered to seize the horseman, put him in the basement, and kill him with a cruel death.

The vizier Khaibulla heard about this, ran to the horseman, and told him everything.

The horseman started spinning, and Khaibulla said:

Don't be afraid, I will rescue you.

And he ran to the padishah, because the padishah called all the viziers for advice. Some say:

Cut off his head. Other:

Drown in the sea.

Khaibulla offers:

Let's throw him into a bottomless well. And if it be your mercy, I myself will leave him.

And the padishah trusted Khaibulla very much.

Kill them as you wish, but don't leave them alive.

Khaibulla took a dozen soldiers, so that the padish would not think of anything, he brought out a horseman at midnight and led him into the forest. In the forest, he says to the soldiers:

I will pay you dearly. But let's lower the horseman into the well on the lasso. And let no one know about it.

So they did. They tied a horseman, gave him food, poured water into a jug. The vizier hugged him:

You do not twist, do not grieve. I will come to you.

And then, on the lasso, the horseman was lowered into the well. And the padishah was told that the horseman was thrown into a bottomless well, now he will never come out of there.

Several days have passed. The cat was waiting, waiting for its owner, got worried. She tried to get out - the old woman does not let her out. Then the cat broke the window and still ran away. She walked around the palace, where the horseman lived for several days, worked as a cook, and then she attacked the trail and ran to the well. She went down to him, looks: the owner is alive, only mice torment him. The cat dealt with them quickly. Many mice died here.

The vizier of the mouse padishah came running, saw all this, and reported to his sovereign:

A certain horseman showed up in our state and destroyed many of our soldiers.

Go and find out from him decently what he wants. Then we will do everything, - said the mouse padishah.

The vizier came to the horseman and asked:

Why did they complain, why did they kill our troops? Maybe you need what you need, I will do everything, just don’t ruin my people.

Well, - says the horseman, - we will not touch your soldiers if you manage to take away the magic ring from the daughter of the padishah of the flower state.

The mouse padishah called his subjects from all over the world, gave the order:

Find the magic ring, even if you have to gnaw through all the walls of the palace for this.

Indeed, the mice gnawed through the walls, and chests, and cabinets in the palace. How many expensive fabrics they gnawed in search of a magic ring! Finally, one little mouse climbed into the head of the padishah's daughter and noticed that the magic ring was tied in a knot to her hair. Mice gnawed her hair, dragged the ring and delivered it.

The jigit put the magic ring on his thumb. Jeans and Peri are right there:

Padishah is our sultan, whatever? The jigit first ordered himself to be pulled out of the well, then he said:

Take me, my cat and my wife, along with the palace, back to the island.

He just said, and he was already in the palace, as if he had never left it.

The daughter of the padishah wakes up, looks: she is again on the sea island. He doesn't know what to do, he wakes up his husband. And he tells her:

What is your punishment? And he began to beat her three times every day. What a life this is!

Let them live like this, we will return to the padishah.

The flower state is in turmoil again. The daughter of the padishah disappeared along with a rich palace. The padishah convenes the viziers, says:

That dzhigit turned out to be alive!

I killed him,” replies Khaibulla. They called the witch.

She knew how to find my daughter for the first time, manage now. If you don't find it, I'll order you to be executed.

What is left for her to do? She returned to the island. Went up to the palace. The jigit was not at home at that time. The daughter of the padishah says:

Oh, grandma, go away. Lost the first time...

No, my daughter, I came to rescue you.

No, grandma, you can't fool him now. He wears the ring with him all the time, and puts it in his mouth at night.

That's good, - the old woman was delighted. - Listen to me and do as I say. Here's some snuff for you. The husband falls asleep, you pinch and let him smell it. He sneezes, the ring pops out, you grab it quickly.

The padishah's daughter hid the old woman, and then the horseman returned.

Well, they went to bed. Dzhigit took the ring in his mouth and fell asleep soundly. His wife held a pinch of snuff to his nose and he sneezed. The ring popped out. The old woman rather put a ring on her finger and ordered the genies and Peri to transfer the palace to the flower state, and leave the horseman with his cat on the island.

In a minute, the old woman's order was executed. The padishah of the flower state was very happy.

Let's leave them, let's go back to the horseman.

The jigit woke up. No palace, no wife. What to do? The jigit was on fire. And then the cat got sick from grief.

Looks like my death is near, - she says to the horseman. - You should bury me on our island.

She said so and died. The jigit was completely homesick. He was left alone in the whole wide world. Buried my cat, said goodbye to her. He built a raft and again, as for the first time, he sailed on the waves. Wherever the wind blows, the raft floats there. Finally, the raft washed ashore. The dzhigit went ashore. There is a forest all around. Some strange berries grow in the forest. And they are so beautiful, so ripe. Dzhigit took them and ate. And immediately the horns on his head climbed, he was covered with thick hair.

“No, I can’t see happiness,” the horseman thought sadly. “And why did I just eat these berries? If the hunters see me, they will kill me.”

And the horseman ran more often. Ran out into the field. And there are other berries growing. Not quite ripe, pale.

“It probably won’t be worse than it is,” thought the horseman and ate these berries. And immediately the horns disappeared, the wool was gone, he again became a handsome horseman. “What a miracle? he wonders. “Wait a minute, will they be useful to me?” And he scored a horseman of those and other berries, then he went on.

How long, how short he walked, but he came to the flower state. He knocked on the door of the same old woman whom he had called that time. The old lady asks:

Where, son, did you walk for so long?

Went, grandmother, served the rich. My cat has died. I grieved and again moved to your lands. What is heard in your city?

And with us the daughter of the padishah disappeared again, they searched for her for a long time and found her again.

How, grandmother, do you know everything?

A poor girl lives next door, so she works as a servant for the daughter of the padishah. That's what she told me.

Does she live in the palace or does she come home?

It's coming, son, it's coming.

Can't I see her?

Why not? Can. Here a girl comes home in the evening, and the old woman calls her to her, as if on business. A poor girl enters, sees: a horseman is sitting, good-looking, handsome in face. She fell in love right away. “Help me,” the horseman tells her.

I will help you with everything I can, - the girl answers.

Just watch, don't tell anyone.

Okay, tell me.

I will give you three red berries. Feed them to your mistress sometime. And what will happen then, you will see for yourself.

So the girl did. In the morning I brought those berries to the bedroom of the king's daughter and put them on the table. She woke up - there are berries on the table. Beautiful, ripe. She had never seen such berries before. Jumped out of bed - hop! - and ate berries. She just ate it, and horns crawled out of her head, a tail appeared, and she herself was covered with thick hair.

The courtiers saw - they fled from the palace. The padishah was reported that they had lived to such a misfortune: they said, you had a daughter, and now a shaitan with horns, she even forgot how to speak.

The padishah got scared. He called all the viziers, ordered to unravel the mystery of magic.

What kind of doctors they didn’t bring in and different professors! Others tried to cut those horns, but as soon as they cut them down - the horns grow again. Whispers, sorcerers and doctors were gathered from all over the world. But none of them can help. Even that sorceress was powerless. The padishah ordered her head to be cut off.

At the bazaar, the old woman heard about everything, where the dzhigit stopped, told him:

Oh-oh-oh, what a grief, son. They say that the daughter of our padishah grew horns and she herself seemed to be covered with wool. What a pure beast...

Go, grandmother, tell the padishah: they say, the doctor came to me alone, he, they say, knows the cure for all diseases. I will treat her myself.

No sooner said than done.

The old woman came to the padishah. So and so, they say, the doctor came, he knows the remedy for all diseases.

Padishah quickly went to the doctor.

Can you heal my daughter? - asks.

Only I need to look at it, - the horseman answers.

Padishah brings the doctor to the palace. The doctor says:

There must be no one left in the palace. Everyone left the palace, only the daughter of the padishah in animal form and the doctor remained. Here the horseman began to beat his wife, the traitor, with a stick.

And then he gave one berry, the one that is not quite ripe, her horns disappeared.

She fell on her knees and began to plead:

Give me more berries please...

Give me back my magic ring, then you'll get more berries.

There is a box in the chest. There is a ring in that box. Take it.

The dzhigit takes the ring, hands the berries to his wife. She ate and returned to her original form.

Oh, you scoundrel, - he says to her, - how much grief you have brought me.

And then the padishah with his confidants appeared. Looks, his daughter has become a beauty again.

Whatever you want, ask, - the padishah offers, - I will give everything.

No, my padishah, I don’t need anything, - said the horseman and, refusing the award, left the palace. Leaving, he managed to whisper to Khaibulla-vizier: - You also leave, now this palace will not be.

Khaibulla the vizier did just that: he left with his family.

And the horseman put the ring on his thumb and ordered the genies and peri to carry the padishah's palace and throw it into the sea. They did so.

The people rejoiced that the evil padishah was no more. People began to ask the jigit to be their ruler. He refused. A smart and kind man from the poor began to rule the country. And the dzhigit took as his wife the girl who helped him.

There is now a feast by the mountain. All tables are filled with food. The wine flows like water. I couldn't get to the wedding, I was late.

Zilyan

They say that in ancient times there lived one poor, very poor man. He had three sons and one daughter.

It was hard for him to raise and feed the children, but he raised them all, fed them, and taught them. All of them became skillful, skillful and dexterous. The eldest son could recognize any object by smell at the farthest distance. The middle son was so accurate with his bow that he could hit any target, no matter how far away, without missing. The youngest son was such a strong man that he could easily lift any weight. And the beautiful daughter was an extraordinary needlewoman.

The father raised his children, rejoiced at them for a short time and died.

The children began to live with their mother.

A diva, a terrible giant, followed the girl. He somehow saw her and decided to steal. The brothers found out about this and did not let their sister go anywhere alone.

One day, three horsemen gathered to hunt, and the mother went to the forest for berries. Only one girl remained at home.

Before leaving, they said to the girl:

Wait for us, we'll be back soon. And so that the diva does not kidnap you, we will lock the house.

They locked the house and left. Div found out that there was no one at home except the girl, he came, broke down the door and stole the girl.

The brothers returned from the hunt, the mother returned from the forest, they approached their house and saw: the door was broken down. They rushed into the house, but the house was empty: the girl had disappeared.

The brothers guessed that the diva had taken her away, began to ask their mother:

Let us go look for our sister! -

Go, sons, - says the mother.

Three horsemen went together. We walked for a long time, we passed many high mountains. The older brother goes and sniffs everything. Finally, he smelled his sister's scent and attacked the diva's trail.

Here, - he says, - where the div passed!

They followed this trail and came to a dense forest. They found the house of the diva, looked into it and see: their sister is sitting in that house, and next to her lies the diva and sleeps soundly.

The brothers crept cautiously into the house and carried away their sister, and they did everything so deftly that the diva did not wake up.

They set off on the return journey. They walked day, walked night and came to the lake. The brothers and sister got tired during the long journey and decided to spend the night on the shore of this lake. They went to bed and immediately fell asleep.

And the diva at that time woke up, missed - there is no girl. He ran out of the house, found the trail of the fugitives and set off in pursuit of them.

Divas flew to the lake, he sees the brothers are fast asleep. He grabbed the girl and took off with her under the clouds.

The middle brother heard a noise, woke up and began to wake up the brothers.

Wake up soon, trouble happened!

And he grabbed his bow, took aim and shot an arrow at the diva. An arrow shot up and tore off the diva's right arm. The horseman fired the second arrow. The arrow pierced through the diva. He released the girl. She falls on the stones - death to her. Yes, the younger brother did not let her fall: he jumped deftly and took his sister in his arms. They went on joyfully.

And by the time they arrived, the mother sewed a beautiful zilyan, an elegant dressing gown, and thought: “I will give zilyan to one of my sons who will save his sister.”

Brothers and sisters come home. The mother began to ask them how they found their sister and took her away from the diva.

Elder brother says:

Without me, there would be no way to know where our sister is. After all, I managed to find her!

middle brother says:

If it were not for me, the divas would not have taken my sister away at all. Good thing I shot him!

younger brother says:

And if I had not picked up my sister in time, she would have broken on the stones.

The mother listened to their stories and does not know which of the three brothers to give Zilyan.

So I want to ask you: which of the brothers would you give Zilyan as a gift?

Deaf, blind and legless

Three brothers lived in one ancient village - deaf, blind and legless. They lived in poverty, and 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 went into the forest. The brothers built a hut, made a bow out of dogwood, arrows out of reeds, and began to hunt.

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

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

The girl agreed, and they began to live together.

Once the brothers went hunting, and their sister stayed in the sakla to cook dinner. On that day, the brothers forgot to leave a fire at home, and the girl had nothing to kindle

hearth. Then she climbed up a tall oak tree and began to see if a fire was burning somewhere nearby. Soon she noticed a puff of smoke in the distance, climbed down from the tree and hurried to the place. For a long time she made her way through the dense thicket of the forest and finally came to a lonely dilapidated sakla. The girl knocked, the door of the sakli was opened by the old, old Aeneas. Her eyes burned like those of a wolf that has seen prey, her hair was gray and disheveled, two fangs protruded from her mouth, and her fingernails resembled the claws of a leopard. They shortened, then lengthened.

Why did you come? - Aeneas asked in a bass voice. - How did you find your way here?

I came to ask for fire, - the girl answered and told about herself.

So we are neighbors, well, come in, be a guest, - said Aeneas and grinned. She led the girl into the hut, removed the sieve from the nail, poured ashes into it and raked it from the hearth of burning coals.

The girl took a sieve with coals, thanked the old woman and left. Returning home, she began to kindle the fire, but at that time there was a knock on the door. The girl opened the door and sees: Aeneas is standing on the threshold.

I was bored alone, that's why I came to visit, - the old woman said right from the threshold.

Well then, come into the house.

Aeneas went into the hut, sat down on the carpet spread on the floor, and said:

Neighbor, do you want me to look in your head?

The girl agreed, sat down next to the guest and laid her head on her knees. The old woman searched and searched in her head and put the girl to sleep. When she fell asleep, Aeneas pierced her head with a needle and began to suck out the brain. Then the old woman blew into the girl's nose, and she woke up. Aeneas thanked for the hospitality and left. And the girl felt that she did not even have the strength to get up, and remained lying.

In the evening the brothers returned with rich booty. They entered the saklya and saw: their sister was lying on the floor. The alarmed brothers began to question their sister, and she told them everything. The brothers guessed that this was the work of Aeneas.

Now she will get into the habit of going here,” said the legless man. As soon as you put me on the lintel, I'll stay sitting there. When Aeneas crosses the threshold, I will jump on her and strangle her.

And the next day, as soon as Aeneas crossed the threshold, the legless jumped on her and began to choke her. But the old woman calmly spread the hands of the legless man, knocked him down, pierced his head and began to suck out his brain. The legless man weakened and remained lying on the floor, while Aeneas left.

When the brothers returned from hunting, the legless man and the girl told them what had happened.

Tomorrow I will stay at home, - said the blind man, - and you go hunting. Just put me on the ledge.

Aeneas also came the next day. As soon as she crossed the threshold, the blind man jumped on her from the lintel. They fought for a long time, but Aeneas overcame him, threw him to the floor and began to suck out his brain. Having drunk enough, the old woman left.

The brothers returned from hunting, and the sister told them what had happened.

Tomorrow it's my turn to stay at home, - said the deaf man.

The next day, as soon as Aeneas entered the hut, the deaf man jumped on her and began to choke her. The old woman pleaded:

Do you hear, deaf man, spare me, I will do whatever you order!

All right, - the deaf man answered, and he began to tie her up. They came from the hunt blind and legless and see: lies

Aeneas tied on the floor.

Ask me what you want, only have mercy, - says Aeneas.

All right, - says the deaf man. - Make my legless brother walk.

Aeneas swallowed the legless one, and when she spat him out, he had legs.

Now make my blind brother see! - ordered the deaf man.

The old woman swallowed the blind man, and spat it out to the sighted.

Now heal the deaf! the healed brothers said to the old woman.

Aeneas swallowed the deaf and does not spit it out.

Where is he? her brothers ask, but the old woman is silent. Meanwhile, her left little finger began to grow. Aeneas bit it off and threw it out the window.

Where is our brother? - again ask those two. And the snake laughs and says:

Now you don't have a brother!

But then the sister looked out the window and saw a flock of sparrows fly into the bushes.

There is something in the bushes! she says.

One of the brothers ran out into the yard and saw: a huge, enormous finger of an old woman was lying around. He grabbed a dagger and cut his finger, and a brother came out, who was no longer deaf.

Three brothers and a sister consulted and decided to kill and bury the evil old woman in the ground. So they did and got rid of the harmful and cruel Aeneas.

And after a few years, they say, the brothers got rich, built good houses for themselves, got married, and married their sister. And they all began to live and live to the joy of each other.

Knowledge is more valuable

Once upon a time there lived an old man, and he had a son, a boy of fifteen years old. Tired of the young horseman sitting at home doing nothing, and he began to ask his father:

Father, you have three hundred tangas. Give me a hundred of them, and I will go to foreign lands, see how people live there.

Father and mother said:

We save this money for you. If you need them in order to start trading, take it and go.

The jigit took one hundred tangas and went to the neighboring town. He began to walk along the city streets and went into some kind of garden. He sees a tall house in the garden.

He looked out the window and sees: young people are sitting at the tables in this house and doing something.

The jigit became interested. He stopped a passerby and asked:

What is this house and what are they doing here? Passerby says:

This is a school, and they teach writing. Our dzhigit also wanted to learn how to write.

He entered the house and looked for the head teacher.

What do you want? - the head teacher asked him.

I want to learn to write, - the jigit answered. The teacher said:

This is a laudable wish, and we will gladly teach you how to write. But we don't teach for free. Do you have a hundred tangas?

The jigit immediately gave away his hundred tangas and began to learn how to write.

A year later, he mastered the letter so well that he could write quickly and beautifully - better than all the students.

Now you have nothing more to do with us, - said the teacher. - Go back home.

The dzhigit returned to his city. Father and mother ask him:

Well, son, tell me, how much good have you gained this year?

Father, - says the horseman, - a hundred tangas did not disappear in vain, for them I learned to read and write. You know, it is impossible to trade without a diploma.

Father shook his head.

Well, son, it seems that you don’t have a lot of mind in your head! You learned how to read and write, but what's the point? Do you think you will be appointed a big boss for this? I can tell you one thing: you are absolutely stupid!

Father, - the horseman answers, - it's not like that! My diploma will be useful. Give me another hundred tangas. I will go to another city, I will start trading. In this case, the letter will be very useful to me.

His father listened and gave him another hundred tangas.

This time the horseman went to another city. He walks around the city, inspects everything. He also enters the garden. He sees: there is a large, tall house in the garden, and music is heard from the house.

He asks a passer-by:

What are they doing in this house? The passer-by replies:

Here they learn to play the violin.

A horseman went and found the senior teacher. He asks him:

What do you need? Why did you come?

I came to learn to play the violin, - the horseman answers.

We don't teach for nothing. If you can pay one hundred tangas a year, you will study, says the teacher.

Dzhigit, without hesitation, gives him his hundred tangas and begins to study. In a year, he learned to play the violin so well that no one could compare with him. There is nothing more for him to do here, he must return home.

He arrived - his father and mother ask him:

Where is the money you made from trading?

And this time I did not make money, - the son answers, - but I learned to play the violin.

The father got angry.

Well thought out! Do you want to squander everything that I have accumulated in my entire life in three years?

No, father, - says the horseman, - I didn’t squander your money in vain. In life, music is needed. Give me another hundred tangas. This time I'll do you a lot of good!

Father says:

I have the last hundred tangas left. If you want, take it, if you want, don't take it! I have nothing more for you!

The son took the money and went to the third city - to make good.

He arrived in the city and decided to explore it. He walks everywhere, looks into every street. He also entered the large garden. There is a high house in the garden, and some people are sitting at the table in this house. All of them are well dressed, and they all do something incomprehensible.

The horseman called a passer-by and asked:

What are the people doing in this house?

They are learning to play chess, the passer-by replies.

Our rider also wanted to learn this game. He entered the house, sought out the chief. He asks:

Why did you come? What do you need?

I want to learn how to play this game, - the horseman answers.

Well, - says the chief, - study. Only we do not teach for free, you have to pay the teacher a hundred tangas. If you have money, you will study.

He gave a horseman a hundred tangas and began to learn how to play chess. Within a year he had become such a skilled player that no man could beat him.

The horseman said goodbye to his teacher and thinks:

“What am I to do now? You can’t return to your parents - with what will I come to them?

He began to look for some business for himself. And he learned that some trade caravan was leaving this city for distant foreign countries. A young horseman came to the owner of this caravan - the caravan-bashi - and asked:

Do you need a caravan worker? caravan bashi says:

We really need a worker. We will take you, we will feed and clothe you.

They agreed, and the young horseman became a worker.

The next morning the caravan left the city and set off on a long journey.

They walked for a long time, passed many places and ended up in desert regions. Here their horses were tired, people were starving, everyone was thirsty, but there was no water. Finally they find one old, abandoned well. We looked into it - the water is seen deep deep, gleams like a small star. The caravaners tie a bucket to a long rope and lower it into the well. Pulled out the bucket - empty. Lowered again - no water is drawn. They suffered so much for a long time, and then the rope broke completely, and the bucket remained in the well.

Then the caravan-bashi says to the young horseman:

You are younger than all of us. We will tie you up and let you down on a rope into the well - you will get a bucket and find out why this water is not being collected.

They tie a rope to the horseman's belt and lower it into the well. Down to the very bottom. The horseman looks: there is no water at all in the well, and what glittered turned out to be gold.

The jigit loaded a bucket of gold and pulled the rope: pull it out! The caravaners pulled out a bucket of gold - they were overjoyed: they did not think that they would find such wealth! Again they lowered the bucket, the horseman again filled it to the brim with gold. Fifteen times they lowered and raised the bucket. Finally, the bottom of the well darkened - not even a grain of gold remained there. Now the dzhigit himself sat in the bucket and made a sign to be raised. The caravaners began to lift it. And the caravan-bashi thinks:

“Is it worth raising this horseman? He will say: "I found this gold, it belongs to me." And he will not give it to us, he will take it for himself. It's better that he's not here!"

He cut the rope, and the young horseman fell to the bottom of the well...

When the horseman came to his senses, he began to look around and saw an iron bracket in the wall of the well. Pulled on the bracket - the door opened. He entered through the door and found himself in a small room. In the middle of this room, on a bed, lay a thin, bearded old man, dying. And near the old man was a violin. The dzhigit took the violin and decided to check if it was in good order. The violin was correct. He thinks:

“I don’t care to die at the bottom of this well - let me at least play for the last time!”

He tuned the violin and began to play.

And as soon as the horseman began to play, the bearded old man quietly got up, sat down and said:

O my son, where did you come from, for my happiness? If not for the sound of the violin, I would already be dead at this moment. You gave me back my life and strength. I am the lord of this dungeon and will do whatever you want!

Jigit says:

O father, I do not need gold, silver, any riches! I ask you only one thing: help me get up from this well and catch up with the caravan!

And as soon as he made this request, the old man picked him up, carried him out of the well and carried him in the direction where the caravan had gone. When the caravan was already in sight, the old man said goodbye to the horseman and thanked him for bringing him back to life. And the dzhigit warmly thanked the old man for his help.

Soon the horseman caught up with the caravan and, as if nothing had happened, went along with the caravaners. The caravan-bashi became very scared and thought that the horseman would scold him and reproach him for his deceit, but the horseman did not say a single angry word, as if nothing had happened. Goes with a caravan, works like everyone else; just as welcoming as ever.

However, the caravan-bashi cannot calm down, and evil thoughts do not leave him. He thinks:

“This dzhigit, apparently, is very cunning! Now he does not say anything, but when we come to the city, he will certainly demand his gold from me.

And so, when there were two days left to the city, the caravan-bashi gave the horseman a letter, ordered to sit on horseback and go faster forward.

Take this letter to my wife - you will receive a rich gift from her! - he said, and he smiled somehow badly.

The dzhigit immediately set off on his journey.

He drove up to the city itself and thought:

“This caravan-bashi has neither shame nor conscience: he left me in a well for certain death, appropriated all the gold that I got. No matter how he failed me now!

And the horseman decided to read the letter of the caravan-bashi. In his letter, the caravan-bashi sent greetings to his wife and daughter and said that this time he was returning with great wealth. “But in order for this wealth to remain in our hands,” the caravan-bashi wrote, “you must, with the help of some trick, destroy the horseman who will deliver this letter of mine to you.”

The horseman read the caravan-bashi's letter and decided to give him a good lesson for his deceit and shamelessness. He erased the last lines of the letter and wrote the following words in the handwriting of the caravan-bashi: “Thanks to this horseman, I am returning to you with great wealth. Invite all your relatives and neighbors and immediately marry our daughter to a jigit who will deliver this letter. So that everything will be done by my arrival, as I order!”

The horseman handed this letter to the wife of the caravan-bashi. She made the horseman sit down, began to treat him, and she herself opened her husband's letter and reads it.

She read the letter, went to the room of her beautiful daughter and said to her:

Here, daughter, my father writes that I should marry you to this horseman. Do you agree?

And the girl liked the horseman at first sight and fell in love with him. She says:

The word of the father for me is the law, I agree!

Now they began to prepare all sorts of dishes and drinks, called all the relatives and neighbors - and married the girl to a horseman. And the girl is glad, and ji-

git is happy, and everyone is happy and cheerful: it was such a good wedding!

Two days later, the caravan-bashi returns home. Workers unload bales of goods, put them in the yard. The caravan-bashi gives orders and enters the house. His wife puts all sorts of treats in front of him, fussing. Caravan-bashi asks:

Where is our daughter? Why doesn't she meet me? It looks like she went somewhere to visit?

Where should she go! - the wife answers. - At your command, I married her to a horseman who brought us your letter. Now she sits with her young husband.

What are you talking about, stupid! - shouted the caravan-bashi. - I ordered you to get rid of this horseman by some trick.

Wife says:

You're scolding me for nothing. Here is your letter. Read it for yourself if you don't believe me! - and submits a letter.

The caravan-bashi grabbed the letter, looks at it - its handwriting, its seal.

He began to gnaw his fist in annoyance:

I wanted to destroy it, get rid of it, but everything turned out wrong, not in my opinion!

Well, once it's done, you can't redo it. The caravan-bashi pretended to be kind and affectionate. He comes with his wife to the horseman and says:

My dear son-in-law, I am guilty before you! Don't be angry, forgive me!

Jigit responds:

You were a slave to your greed. You threw me into a deep well, and it was only thanks to a kind old man that I didn't die there. Whatever you plan, whatever you invent, you cannot destroy me! Better not even try!

The next day the dzhigit pawned a troika and went for a ride with his young wife. They drive along a wide beautiful street and drive up to a beautiful palace. Multi-colored lights are burning in the palace, people are standing in front of the palace, everyone is talking about something, looking at the palace. Jigit asks:

What is this palace and why are so many people gathered here?

The wife tells him:

This is the palace of our padishah. The padishah announced that he would marry his daughter to the one who beat him in chess. The loser is decapitated. Many young horsemen have already died here because of the daughter of the padishah! And no one can beat him, there is no other such skillful player in the world!

I will also go to the padishah, I will play chess with him, - says the horseman.

The young wife began to cry, began to beg him:

Do not go. If you come in, you will definitely lose your head!

The horseman reassured her.

Do not be afraid, - he says, - my head will remain intact.

He entered the palace. And there the viziers are sitting, the padishah is sitting at the table, in front of him is a chessboard.

I saw the padishah of the horseman and asked:

Why did you come? Jigit says:

I came to play chess with you.

I will still beat you, - says the padishah, - and then I will cut off your head!

If you cut it off, you’ll cut it off, - the horseman says, - and now let’s play.

Padishah says:

As you wish! And here is my condition: if I win three games, I will cut off your head; If you win three games against me, I will give you my daughter.

They give each other a hand in the presence of all the viziers and begin to play.

The padishah won the first game. And the second was won by the padishah. He rejoices, says to the horseman:

I warned you that you would be lost! It remains to lose one more time, and they will blow your head off!

It will be visible there, - the horseman answers. - Let's play further.

The third game was won by a horseman. The padishah grimaced and said:

Let's play again!

Well, - the horseman answers, - we will play if you want.

And again the horseman won. Padishah says:

Let's play again!

We played again, and again the horseman won. Padishah says:

Well, if you want, take my daughter. And if you win another game, I'll give you half my kingdom.

They began to play. Again the game was won by a horseman. The padishah dispersed and says;

Let's play another game! If you win, I'll give you the whole kingdom.

The viziers persuade him, but he does not listen.

Again the dzhigit won.

He did not take the daughter of the padishah, but took his entire kingdom. He called a dzhigit to his parents, and they all began to live together.

I was with them - today I went, yesterday I returned. They played, danced, ate and drank, wet their mustaches, but nothing got into their mouths.

Stepdaughter

Man lived in ancient times. He had a daughter, a son and a stepdaughter. The stepdaughter was not loved in the house, offended and forced to work hard, and then they decided to take her to the forest and throw her to be eaten by wolves. So the brother says to his stepdaughter:

Come with me to the forest. You will pick berries, and I will chop wood.

The stepdaughter took a bucket, put a ball of thread in the bucket and went with her named brother to the forest.

They arrived in the forest, stopped in a clearing. Brother said:

Go pick berries and don't come back until I've finished chopping wood. Return to the clearing only when the sound of the ax stops.

The girl took a bucket and went to pick berries. As soon as she was out of sight, the named brother tied a large mallet to a tree and left.

The girl walks through the forest, picks berries, sometimes stops, listens to how her named brother knocks with an ax in the distance, and goes on. She does not even realize that it is not her brother who knocks with an ax, but the mallet sways from the wind and hits the tree: knock-knock! Knock Knock!

“My brother is still chopping wood,” the girl thinks and calmly picks berries.

She took a full bucket. Already the evening had come, and the mallet stopped pounding.

The girl listened - quietly around.

“It looks like my brother has finished his work. It’s time for me to return, too, ”the girl thought and returned to the clearing.

She looks: there is no one in the clearing, only fresh chips are turning white.

The girl began to cry and went along the forest path, wherever her eyes looked.

She walked, she walked. And so the forest ends. The girl went out into the field. Suddenly, the ball she was holding in her hands fell out and rolled rapidly. The girl went to look for the ball. Goes and says:

My ball rolled away, did anyone see it?

So the girl came to a shepherd who was tending a herd of horses.

My ball rolled away, didn't you see it? the girl asked the shepherd.

I saw, - the shepherd answered, - Work with me for one day: I will give you a horse, on it you will go to look for your ball. The girl agreed. All day long she looked after the herd, and in the evening the shepherd gave her a horse and showed her the way.

The girl went on a horse through the forests, through the mountains and saw a shepherd who was tending a herd of cows. The girl worked for him all day, got a cow for work and went on. Then she met a flock of sheep, helped the shepherds, for which she received a sheep. After that, she came across a herd of goats on the way. The girl helped the shepherd and received a goat from him.

The girl drives the cattle, and the day is already leaning toward evening. The girl was scared. Where to hide for the night? Fortunately, she saw a light nearby and was delighted: “Finally, I got to housing!”

The girl drove the horse and soon reached a small hut. And in this hut lived an ubyr witch. The girl entered the hut and sees: an old woman is sitting there. She greeted her and asked:

My ball rolled away, did you see it?

You, girl, came from afar. First, rest and help me, and then ask about the ball, - said the ubyr.

The girl remained with the old ubyr woman. In the morning she heated the bath, called the old woman:

Grandma, the bath is ready, go wash yourself.

Thanks, daughter! Only I won't get to the bathhouse without your help. You take my hand, push me from behind with your knee, then I will budge, - the ubyr tells her.

No, grandma, you can't. You are already old, how can you push? I'd rather carry you in my arms, - said the girl. She lifted the old ubyr woman in her arms and brought her to the bathhouse.

Daughter, - says the old woman, - take me by the hair, throw it on the shelf.

No, grandmother, you can’t do that, ”the girl answered, she picked up the old woman and sat her on a shelf.

And the old ubyr woman says to her:

Daughter, hit my back, but stronger, not with a steamed broom, but with its handle.

No, grandmother, it will hurt you, - the girl answered.

She steamed the old ubyr woman with a soft broom, and then carried it home in her arms and laid it on a downy feather bed.

My head is itching, baby. Comb my hair,” said the old ubyr woman.

The girl began to comb her hair with a small comb, and she gasped - the old woman's hair is full of pearls and gems, gold and silver! The girl did not say anything to the old woman, but combed her hair and braided it into braids.

And now, daughter? amuse me, the old one, dance in front of me, - said the old Ubyr woman.

The girl did not refuse - she began to dance before the ubyr.

As soon as she finished dancing, the old woman had a new order ready:

Go, daughter, to the kitchen - see if the dough in the kneader has come up.

The girl went to the kitchen, looked into the pot, and the pot was full to the brim with pearls and gems, gold and silver.

Well, daughter, how did the dough come up? - Asked the ubyr as soon as the girl returned from the kitchen.

Approached, grandmother, - the girl answered.

That's good! And now fulfill my last request: dance one more time, - says the ubyr.

The girl did not say a word to the old woman, she danced in front of her again, as best she could.

The girl liked the old woman-ubyr.

Now, daughter, you can go home, - she says.

I would be glad, grandmother, but I don’t know the way, - the girl answered.

Well, it's easy to help such a grief, I'll show you the way. When you get out of my hut, go straight ahead, do not turn anywhere. Take this green box with you. Just don't open it until you get home.

The girl took a chest, mounted a horse, and drove a goat, a cow and a sheep in front of her. At parting, she thanked the old woman and set off.

The girl rides during the day, rides at night, she began to drive up to her native village at dawn.

And when she drove up to the house itself, the dogs barked in the yard:

It looks like our dogs are freaking out! - exclaimed the brother, ran out into the yard, began to disperse the dogs with a stick.

The dogs ran in different directions, but they do not stop yapping:

They wanted to destroy the girl, but she will live richly! Bow-wow!

And they see the brother and sister - the stepdaughter drove up to the gate. She got off her horse, entered the house, opened the chest, and everyone saw that it was full of gold, silver, pearls and all kinds of precious stones.

The brother and sister became envious. And they decided to get rich too. They asked the stepdaughter about everything.

So my sister took a ball and went with her brother to the forest. In the forest, the brother began to chop wood, and the girl began to pick berries. As soon as the girl was out of sight, the brother tied a mallet to a tree and left. The girl returned to the clearing, but her brother was gone. The girl went through the forest. Soon she came to a shepherd who was tending a herd of horses.

My ball rolled away, didn't you see it? the girl asked the shepherd.

I saw it, the shepherd replied. - Work for me for a day, I will give you a horse, and you will go to look for your ball on it.

I don’t need your horse, - the girl answered and went on.

She reached a herd of cows, then a flock of sheep, a herd of goats, and did not want to work anywhere. And after a while she reached the hut of the old Ubyr woman. She entered the hut and said:

My ball rolled away, didn't you see it?

I saw it, - the old woman answers, - just go and heat a bath for me first.

The girl heated the bath, returned to the old woman, and she said:

Let's go, daughter, to the bath. You lead me by the hand, push me from behind with your knee.

Fine.

The girl took the old woman by the hands and let's push her knee from behind. So I took her to the bath.

In the bath, the old woman asks the girl:

Float my back, daughter, but not with a soft broom, but with his handle.

The girl began to beat the old woman's back with the handle of a broom.

They returned home, the old woman said:

Now comb my hair.

The girl began to comb the hair of the old woman and saw that her head was strewn with gold, silver and precious stones. The girl's eyes flared up, and she hastily began to fill her pockets with jewelry, even hiding something in her bosom.

And now, daughter, dance, - the old woman asks.

The girl began to dance, and gold and precious stones fell from her pockets. The old ubyr woman saw it, didn’t say a word, only sent her to the kitchen to see if the dough in the kneader had risen.

A girl came to the kitchen, looked into the pot, and the pot was full of gold, silver, and gems to the very brim. The girl could not stand it, she again stuffed her pockets with gold and silver, and at the same time she thought: “Now I know how rich my sister is!”

When she returned, the old ubyr woman again made her dance, and again gold and silver fell from the girl's pockets.

After that, the old Ubyr woman said:

Now, daughter, go home and take this black chest with you. When you get home, open it.

The girl was delighted, picked up the chest, in a hurry did not even thank the old woman and ran home. Hurry, never stop.

On the third day, the native village appeared. When she began to approach the house, the dogs in the yard barked:

My brother heard, ran out into the yard, began chasing the dogs, and the dogs kept yapping:

The girl wanted to be rich, but she didn’t have long to live! Bow-wow!

The girl ran home, did not greet anyone, rushed to open the chest. As soon as she threw back the lid, snakes crawled out of the chest and began to sting her.

Once upon a time in one village there lived a lumberjack. One day he came to the forest. Chopping wood, singing songs. Suddenly, from a dark thicket, a shurale (goblin) came out to meet him. It is all covered with black hair, a long tail wriggles, long fingers move, long shaggy ears move too. I saw a lumberjack shurale and laughed:

That's who I'll play with now, that's who I'll laugh with now! What's your name, man?

The woodcutter realized that things were bad. Need to come up with something. And says:

My name is Last Year.

Come on, Last Year, let's play with you, tickle, - says the shurale, - who will tickle whom.

And all shurale oh masters of tickling! How to get away from this?

I have no time to play, I have a lot of work, - says the woodcutter.

Ah well! - Shurale gets angry. - Do you want to play with me? Well, then I'll spin you around in the forest so that you'll never get out of it!

Okay, - says the woodcutter, - I will play, only you first help me to split this deck. - He swung and drove the ax into the deck. She cracked. “Now help me,” the woodcutter shouts, “put your fingers into the crack so that it doesn’t close, and I’ll hit it again!”

The stupid shurale stuck his fingers into the crack, and the woodcutter quickly pulled the axe. Here the goblin's fingers were pinched tightly. He twitched, but it wasn't there. And the woodcutter grabbed an ax and was like that.

Shurale shouted to the whole forest. Other shurales ran to his voice.

What's wrong with you, why are you screaming?

Fingers pinched last year!

When did you pinch? - ask shurale.

Now pinched, last year pinched!

You will not understand, - says one shurale. - Immediately you have now and last year.

Yes Yes! Shurale shouts, and he twitches his fingers. - Last Year, Last Year! Get him! Punish him!

How can you catch up with last year? - says another shurale. How can he be punished?

Last year he pinched, and now he suddenly screamed. What was silent last year? - the third shurale asks him.

Can you now find the one who pinched you? It was so long ago! - says the fourth shurale.

The stupid shurale could not explain anything to them, and all the shurales fled into the thicket. And he put the deck on his back and still walks through the forest and shouts:

Fingers pinched last year! Fingers pinched last year!

Shah Rooster

There was a rooster in a chicken coop. A rooster walks around the yard, walks, looks around in all directions, looks after order and puts on airs. The rooster jumped on the fence and cries:

Ku-ka-re-ku! Ku-ka-re-ku! I am a rooster shah, a padishah rooster and a rooster khan, and a rooster sultan! My little, black, white, motley, golden chickens, who is the most beautiful in the world? Who is the bravest in the world?

All the chickens came running - blacks, pieds, gray, white, golden - surrounded their shah, the great padishah, their bright khan, the mighty sultan and sang:

Ku-da, ku-da, ku-da, clear khan, ku-da, ku-da, ku-da, marvelous sultan, ku-da, ku-da, ku-da, bright check, ku-da, ku -yes, ku-yes, bright padishah, to equal someone with you! There is no one in the world braver than you, there is no one in the world smarter than you, there is no one in the world more beautiful than you.

Ku-ka-re-ku! Ku-ka-re-ku! the rooster crowed even louder. - Who in the world has a voice louder than a lion's? Who has mighty legs, who has a colorful dress?

You, our shah, have a colorful dress; you, padishah, have strong legs; you, Sultan, have a voice louder than a lion's, - the chickens sang.

The rooster pouted with importance, raised his high comb and sang with all his might:

Ku-ka-re-ku! Ku-ka-re-ku? Come closer to me and tell me louder: who has the highest crown on his head?

The hens came up to the very fence, bowing low to the important rooster, and sang:

You have a crown on your head that shines like heat. You are our only shah, you are our only padishah!

And the fat cook crept up to the rooster and grabbed him.

Ku-ka-re-ku! Ay, woe! Ay, trouble!

Ku-ku-yes! Where where? the chickens screamed. The cook caught the mighty padishah by the right leg, the cook stabbed the great shah with a sharp knife, the cook from the bright khan plucked the colorful dress, the cook cooked delicious soup from the invincible sultan.

And people eat and praise:

Oh yes, delicious rooster! Oh, fat rooster!

Three tips from a father

There lived an old man with two sons in the same village. It's time for the old man to die. He called his sons and said:

My dear children, I leave you an inheritance. But you will not be rich in inheritance. More expensive than money, more than good three pieces of advice. If you remember them, you will live in prosperity all your life. Here are my tips, remember. Don't bow to anyone first - let others bow to you. Eat all food with honey. Always sleep in down jackets.

The old man is dead.

The sons forgot about his advice and let's live for our own pleasure - drink and walk, eat a lot and sleep long. In the first year, all the father's money lived, the next year - all the cattle. In the third year, they sold everything that was in the house. There was nothing to eat. Big brother says:

But my father, in addition to the inheritance, left us three pieces of advice. He said that with them we will live in prosperity all our lives.

The younger brother laughs.

I remember these tips - but what are they worth? The father said: "Do not bow to anyone first - let others bow to you." To do this, you have to be rich, and now you will not find anyone poorer than us in the whole district. He said, "Eat every meal with honey." Hear, with honey! Yes, we don’t have stale cakes, not like honey! He said: "Always sleep in down jackets." It would be nice on down jackets. And our house is empty, there is no old felt mat (felt bedding) left.

The older brother thought for a long time, and then said:

You're laughing in vain, brother. We did not understand then the instructions of the father. And his words are wisdom. He wanted us to be the first, at dawn, to come to work in the field, and then everyone who passes by would be the first to greet us. When you work well all day and return home tired and hungry, even a stale cake will seem sweeter than honey to you. Then any bed will seem desirable and pleasant to you, you will sleep sweetly, like on a down jacket.

The next day, at dawn, the brothers went into the field. They arrived before everyone else. People go to work - they are the first to greet them, wish them a good day, good work. The whole day the brothers did not unbend their backs, and in the evening the cake with tea seemed to them sweeter than honey. Then they fell asleep on the floor and slept like on down jackets.

So they worked every day, and in the autumn they gathered a good harvest and again lived in abundance, the respect of their neighbors returned to them.

They often remembered the wise advice of their father.

Tailor, Bear and Imp

In ancient times, a tailor lived in a town. The customer will come to him, bring two arshins of cloth and say:

Hey tailor! Sew me a good beshmet.

The tailor will look: there is not enough cloth for the beshmet. And yet he will not refuse, he will begin to think: and so he will estimate and that way - and sew. And the customer will not only not thank him, but will say:

Look, you probably hid the remains of my cloth for yourself?

It's a shame it became a tailor. He was tired of vain reproaches and conversations. He got up and left the city.

“Let them,” he thinks, “look for another such tailor! ..”

He is walking along the road, and a skinny little imp hobbles towards him.

Hello, venerable tailor! - says the imp. - Where are you going?

Yes, I go where my eyes look. I'm tired of living in the city: I sew well, honestly, but everyone scolds and reproaches me!

Besenok says:

Oh, tailor, and my life is the same! .. Look how skinny and weak I am, and where everything happens, everything is blamed on me, everything is blamed on me. I can't live like this! Take me with you, the two of us will have more fun.

Well, - the tailor answers, - let's go!

They went together. A bear comes across them.

Where are you, he asks, are you going?

The tailor and the imp told the bear that they were getting away from their offenders. The bear listened and said:

That's how it is with me. In a neighboring village, a wolf will kill a cow or a sheep, and the blame will be placed on me, on the bear. I don’t want to be guilty without guilt, I’ll leave here! Take me with you too!

Well, - says the tailor, - let's go together!

They walked and walked and came to the edge of the forest. The tailor looked around and said:

Let's build a hut!

Everyone set to work and soon built a hut.

Once the tailor and the imp went far away for firewood, and the bear was left at home. How much, how little time has passed - wandered to the hut of divas (evil monster) and asks the bear:

What are you doing here?

Bear says:

I guard our economy!

He pushed the divas of the bear away from the door, climbed into the hut, ate and drank everything, scattered everything, broke everything, twisted it. The bear wanted to chase him, but he could not cope with him: the diva beat him half to death and left.

The bear lay down on the floor, lies, groans.

The tailor returned with the imp. The tailor saw that everything was scattered, broken, and asked the bear:

Did something happen without us?

And the bear is ashamed to say how his diva beat and beat, and he answers:

Nothing happened without you...

The tailor didn't ask any more questions.

The next day he took a bear with him and went with him for firewood, and the imp was left to guard the hut.

The imp is sitting on the porch, guarding the hut.

Suddenly there was a rustling, crackling in the forest, a storm came out - yes, straight to the hut. I saw a demon and asks:

Why are you sitting here?

I guard our hut!

He didn’t ask the divas more - he grabbed the imp by the tail, swung it and threw it aside. He himself climbed into the hut, ate everything, drank, scattered, almost broke the hut and left.

The imp crawled into the hut on all fours, lay down in a corner, squeaks.

The tailor and the bear returned in the evening. The tailor looks - the imp is all crouched, barely alive, all around a mess. And he asks:

Did something happen here without us?

No, - the imp squeaks, - nothing happened ...

The tailor sees - something is wrong. I decided to check what is going on here without him. On the third day he said to the devil and the bear:

Go and get firewood today, and I myself will guard our hut!

The bear and the imp are gone. And the tailor made himself a pipe out of linden bark, sits on the porch, plays songs.

He left the forest divas, went to the hut and asked the tailor:

What are you doing here?

I'm playing songs, - the tailor answers, and he himself thinks: "So that's who visits our hut!"

Div says:

I want to play too! Make me the same flute!

I would make you a pipe, but I don’t have lime bark.

And where can I get it?

Follow me!

He took a tailor's ax and led the diva into the forest. He chose a linden, which is thicker, chopped it along and said to the diva:

Hold tight!

As soon as he put his paws into the gap, the tailor pulled out his ax - paws and pinched tightly.

Well, - says the tailor, - answer: didn't you come to our hut, ate and drank everything, broke and spoiled everything, and even beat my bear and imp?

Div says:

No, not me!

Oh, and you're still lying!

Here the tailor began to beat the diva with a rod. The diva began to beg him:

Don't hit me, tailor! Let loose!

A bear and an imp came running to the cry. They saw that the tailor diva beats, and they themselves did the same. The diva shouted here in a voice that was not his own:

Have mercy, let me go! Never again will I come close to your hut!

Then the tailor drove a wedge into the linden - divas and pulled his paws out of the crack, and ran into the forest, only they saw him!

The bear, the imp and the tailor returned to the hut.

Here, the imp and the bear, let's show off in front of the tailor:

This diva scared us! He ran away from us into the forest! You can't handle it alone!

The tailor did not argue with them. He waited a while, looked out the window and said:

Wow! He goes to our hut of divas, but not one goes - he leads a hundred more divas with him!

The imp and the bear were so frightened that they immediately jumped out of the hut and ran away to no one knows where.

The tailor was left alone in the hut.

They learned in the neighboring villages that a good tailor had settled in these parts, they began to go to him with orders. The tailor does not refuse anyone: he sews for everyone - both old and small. Never sits idle.

Three sisters

There lived a woman. She worked day and night to feed and clothe her three daughters. And three daughters grew up, swift as swallows, with faces like the bright moon. One by one they got married and left.

Several years have passed. The old mother fell seriously ill, and she sends a red squirrel to her daughters.

Tell them, my friend, to hurry to me.

Oh, - the eldest sighed, having heard the sad news from the squirrel. - Oh! I would be glad to go, but I have to clean these two basins.

Clean two basins? - the squirrel got angry. - So be with them forever inseparable!

And the basins suddenly jumped up from the table and grabbed the eldest daughter from above and below. She fell to the floor and crawled out of the house like a big turtle.

The squirrel knocked on the door of the second daughter.

Oh, she replied. - I would now run to my mother, but I am very busy: I need to weave canvas for the fair.

Well, weave now all my life, never stopping! - said the squirrel. And the second daughter turned into a spider.

And the younger one was kneading the dough when the squirrel knocked on her. The daughter did not say a word, did not even wipe her hands, ran to her mother.

Bring joy always to people, my dear child, - the squirrel told her, - and people will take care and love you, and your children, and grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Indeed, the third daughter lived for many years, and everyone loved her. And when the time came for her to die, she turned into a golden bee.

All summer long, day by day, the bee collects honey for people ... And in winter, when everything around is dying from the cold, the bee sleeps in a warm hive, and wakes up - it eats only honey and sugar.

Tatar fairy tales

Tatar fairy tales are works of folklore of the Republic of Tatarstan. They are incredibly rich in content and extremely diverse in their expression. Tatar folk tales reflect the glorious past of the nation of Tatarstan, its struggle against enemies, moral views. Tatar folk tales have conveyed ancient national customs to this day. In them you can see pictures of the nature of this beautiful land, its water meadows, beautiful hills, seething streams, beautiful gardens, and everything else.

There was once a man named Safa. So he decided to wander around the world and said to his wife: - I'll go and see how people live. How much, how little, he walked, only came to the edge of the forest and sees: the evil old woman attacked the swan, she wants to destroy her. The swan screams, rushes, fights back, but cannot escape... The ubyr overcomes it. Feel sorry for Safa white ...

In ancient times, there lived a young shepherd named Alpamsha. He had neither relatives nor friends, he grazed other people's cattle 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 with his find. He went out a gosling, fed him, and by the end of the summer the little gosling ...

Long ago 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 a legacy, son, except for my shoes. Wherever you go, always take them with you, they will come in handy. The father died, and the horseman was left alone ...

Once upon a time, one poor man had to go on a long journey along with two greedy bais. They drove and drove and reached the inn. We stopped at the inn, cooked porridge for dinner. When the porridge was ripe, they sat down to supper. They put the porridge on a dish, squeezed a hole in the middle, poured oil into the hole. Who wants to be...

The tailor was walking along the road. A hungry wolf comes towards him. The wolf approached the tailor, clanging his teeth. The tailor says to him: - O 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 width, to find out if I will fit in your stomach. The wolf agreed...

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Three brothers lived in one ancient village - deaf, blind and legless. They lived in poverty, and 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 went into the forest. The brothers built a hut, made a bow from dogwood, arrows from reeds and ...

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In a deep, deep forest there lived a shaitan. He was small in stature, even quite small and quite hairy. But his arms were long, his fingers were long, and his nails were long. And he also had a special nose - also long, like a chisel, and strong, like iron. That's what they called him - Dolotonos. Whoever came to him in Urman (deep forest) alone, that ...

They say that in ancient times there lived one poor, very poor man. He had three sons and one daughter. It was hard for him to raise and feed the children, but he raised them all, and fed them, and taught them various crafts. All of them became skillful, skillful and dexterous. The eldest son could recognize any object by smell at the farthest distance. The middle son shot...

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In ancient times, two brothers lived in a certain city. One brother was rich, the other was poor. The rich brother was a jeweler and traded in gold and silver items, while the poor brother was engaged in the most difficult, menial work. The poor brother had two sons; they worked for their rich uncle, and for this he fed them. One day a poor man went into the woods for...

There once lived a poor man in the world. He had a wife and a son named Timur. The man's wife fell ill and died. Little Timur remained an orphan. His father grieved and married another. The stepmother disliked Timur and offended him in every possible way. And when her son was born, who was named Tuktar, the poor orphan was completely gone ...

Once upon a time there lived a girl named Zuhra. She was pretty, smart, and was known as a great craftswoman. Everyone around admired her skill, quickness and respect. Zuhra was also loved for the fact that she was not proud of her beauty and diligence. Zuhra lived with her father and stepmother, who envied her stepdaughter, scolded her for any trifle...

A long time ago, a poor man lived in a village. Except for one goose, he had neither cattle nor poultry. He worked for people - that's what he fed. Once he ran out of flour, there was nothing to bake bread from, so he decided to go to a rich bai and ask for some flour. And so that the bai would not drive him away, he slaughtered his only goose, roasted it and carried the bai to ...

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There were three brothers. The older brothers were smart, and the younger one was a fool.
Their father grew old and died. Clever brothers divided the inheritance among themselves, but the younger one was given nothing and was driven out of the house.
- In order to own wealth, one must be smart, - they said.
"So, I will find a mind for myself," the younger brother decided and set off. How long did it go, how short, finally came to some village.
He knocked at the first house he came across and asked to be hired.

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The fool worked for a whole year, and when it was time to pay, the owner asked:
- What do you need more - intelligence or wealth?
“I don’t need wealth, give me intelligence,” the fool replies.
“Well, here is your reward for your work: now you will begin to understand the language of various objects,” the owner said and dismissed the worker.
A fool walks by and sees a tall pole 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,” answered the post.
The fool understood that the owner did not deceive him, was delighted and went on.
The fool began to understand the language of various subjects.
How long he walked, how short, no one knows - and now he reached an unknown country.
And the old king in that country lost his favorite pipe. To the one who finds her, the king promised to give his beautiful daughter as his wife. Many tried to find a tube, but 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:
- Pipe, where are you, respond!
- I'm lying under a big rock in the valley.
- How did you get there?
- The king dropped me.
The younger brother brought the pipe. The old king was delighted, 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 me, 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 a fool searched for reason

In ancient times, there lived 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 and walked, and suddenly a strong wind rose, picked them up and carried them away somewhere.

The padishah burned. He sent people to different ends, ordered at all costs to find his daughters. They searched for the day, searched for the night, searched all the forests in the possessions of this padishah, climbed all the rivers and lakes, did not leave a single place, and the daughters of the padishah 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 one was Tyon-batyr - the night-hero, and the youngest was 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 a day for a month, a month for a year, and very soon became real horsemen.

When they went out into the street to play, among the horsemen of the same age there were no equals to them in strength. Whoever is pushed, he falls off his feet; whoever is seized, he squeaks; start to fight - they will certainly overcome the enemy.

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

Rather than wander around idle and without the need to push and grab people, it would be better to go in search of the daughters of the padishah. That's when 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 didn't want to let them go. They said:

Oh sons, how can we live without you! If you leave, who will take care of us, who will feed us?

The sons replied:

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

The parents cried and said:

No, sons, we can’t wait for any help or gratitude from the padishah!

Three batyrs begged their parents for a long time, 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 set off.

They go for a week, go for a month, and finally find themselves in a dense forest. The farther 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 on the shore of a large, beautiful lake.

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

Tan-batyr had a needle. This needle was given to him by his mother before leaving for the journey and said: “It will come in handy on the road.” The tan-batyr kindled a fire, heated a needle, bent it 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, cooked it and fed his brothers to the full. When everyone was satisfied, Tan-batyr said to his older brothers:

A lot of time has passed since we started on our journey, and we don't even know where we are going, and we haven't 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 picked up. The trees rustled, staggered, many thick trees were uprooted by the wind.

“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, spin, stopped on a high mountain and took the form of an ugly, terrible diva. This diva went down to the crevice of the mountain and hid in a huge cave.

The tan-batyr quickly got down from the tree and found the cave where the diva had hidden. Here he found a large, heavy stone, rolled it up to the cave and blocked the entrance. Then he ran to his brothers. His brothers were sleeping peacefully at that time. Tan-batyr pushed them aside and began to call. And the older brothers do not even think of hurrying: they stretched themselves, yawned half-awake, got up and began to boil the fish that Tan-batyr had caught again. We cooked, ate our fill, and only after that we went to the cave in which the diva hid.

Tan Batyr says:

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

Kich-batyr tried to move the stone away - he didn't even move it. Ten-batyr took hold of the stone - he also could not do anything.

Then Tan-batyr grabbed a stone, lifted it over his head and threw it. A stone flew downhill with a roar.

After that, Tan-batyr says to the brothers:

One of us should go down into this cave and look for a diva - maybe it was he who dragged the daughters of the padishah.

So we can’t go down into this cave, - the brothers answer. - It's a deep abyss! You have to twist the rope.

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

They wailed 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 lowered it until the very 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. The whole day and the whole night we veered.

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

His brothers pulled him 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 again kicked the bark, much more than yesterday, sat down, began to twist the rope. Vyut two days and two nights. After that, the end of the rope is tied to the belt of Tan-batyr.

Before descending into the cave, Tan-batyr says to his brothers:

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

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

Let's leave the elder brothers upstairs for now and together with Tan-batyr we will go down to the cave.

Tan-batyr descended for a long time. The sunlight has faded, a thick darkness has set in, and he keeps descending, still 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 to utter a word. For three days and three nights Tan-batyr could not come to his senses. Finally he woke up, slowly got up and walked.

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

I went down here to look for a terrible diva, but I just don’t know where to go now.

Mouse - man says:

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

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

What am I to do now? - asks Tan-batyr.

Mouse Man says:

I will 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 down this earth and rise. So you will rise 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 iron gates that close this cave. If you can break this gate, you will go out into the world. If you can't break it, it will be very bad for you. When you go out into the world, you will see a path and follow it. You will go 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 - a man, shook himself, turned again into a gray mouse and disappeared.

And at the same moment four regiments of mouse soldiers ran up to Tan-batyr and began to dig the earth around the walls of the cave. The mice dig, and Tan-batyr tramples down and gradually rises and rises.

Mice dug for a long time, Tan-batyr trampled the ground for a long time; Finally, he reached the side cave, about which the mouse-man had told him, and went through it. For seven days and seven nights, Tan-batyr walked in complete darkness and finally reached the iron gates.

Tan-batyr came out into the world and saw a narrow path. He followed this path. The further it goes, the brighter it becomes.

After seven days and seven nights, Tan-batyr saw something red and shiny. He approached and saw: a copper palace glitters, and near the palace a warrior rides on a copper horse and in copper armor. This warrior saw Tan-Batyr and said to him:

Oh man, get out of here! You must have come here by mistake. The padishah will return - divas 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!

Warrior says:

I have nothing to feed you. Here, for the diva, an ox's brisket is prepared for his return, and one oven of bread, and one barrel of intoxicated honey, but nothing else. - Well, - Tan-batyr says, - this is enough for me for now.

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

Then the warrior got off his 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, this terrible diva carried me and my sisters away. Since then we have been living in his underground domain. When the div leaves, he orders me to guard his palace. Tan Batyr said:

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

From 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 is the diva coming back?

He will return tomorrow morning and will go over this copper bridge, - said the girl.

Tan-batyr gave her an awl and said:

Here's an awl for you. When you see the diva coming back, prick me to wake me up.

He said these words and immediately fell sound asleep.

In the morning the girl began to wake up the batyr. Tan-batyr sleeps, does not wake up. The girl pushes him - she can’t push him in any way. And he does not dare to prick him with an awl - he does not want to hurt him. She woke him up for a long time. 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 a battle with a diva I would have been angrier!

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

Suddenly the wind rose, the storm roared: the divas are approaching the copper bridge. The first to run up to the bridge is his dog. She reached the bridge and stopped: she was afraid to step onto the bridge. The dog whined and ran back to the diva.

He swung his whip, whipped the dog, and rode up on his horse to the bridge. But his horse also stopped - he did not want to step on the bridge. He began to beat the horse in a rage with a whip on the sides. Hitting and screaming:

Hey, you! What were you afraid of? Or do you think - Tan-batyr came here? He hasn't even been born yet!

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 he has already managed to come to you!

He looked at his divas, grinned and said:

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

Tan Batyr says:

Look, no matter how I end up with spikes and get stuck in your throat!

Div says:

Enough talk, waste words! Say: will you fight or will you give up?,

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

And they began to fight. They fought for a long time, but they can’t overcome one another in any way. They dug up the whole earth around with their boots - deep holes appeared all around, but neither one nor the other gives up.

Finally, strength began to leave the diva. He stopped attacking Tan-Batyr, he only dodges blows and retreats. Then Tan-batyr jumped up to him, lifted him into the air and threw him to the ground with all his might. Then he drew his sword, cut the diva into small pieces and put them in a pile. After that, he mounted 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 promise of the padishah, you should become the wife of my elder brother. Wait for me in this copper palace. As soon 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 to find them?

The girl said:

Div never let me out of here, and I don't know where they are. I only know that they live somewhere far away and it takes at least seven days and seven nights to reach them.

Tan-batyr wished the girl health and well-being and set off.

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 stands on a mountain, all sparkles and glows. A warrior rode out to meet Tan-batyr on a silver horse, in silver armor and said:

Oh man, you must have come here by mistake! As long as you're 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 is still unknown who will defeat whom: will he eat me or I will kill him! And 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. - For my diva host, two briskets of bulls, two ovens of bread, and two barrels of intoxicated honey are prepared. I don't have anything else.

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

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

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. Tan-batyr ate, got drunk and asked:

Will your master come soon?

He should be back tomorrow.

What route will he take to return?

Warrior says:

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

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

Now I'm going to sleep. When the diva approaches the palace, wake me up. If I don't wake up, poke me in the temple with this awl.

With these words, he lay down and immediately fell sound asleep.

The whole night and the whole day Tan-batyr slept without waking up. Now the time has come when the diva was supposed to come. The warrior began to wake up Tan-batyr. And Tan-batyr is sleeping, he doesn’t feel anything. The warrior began to cry. Then Tan-batyr woke up.

Get up soon! - the warrior in silver armor tells him. - Div is about to arrive - then he will destroy us both.

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

The horse galloped to the middle of the bridge and. stopped dead in his tracks. Div let's beat him with a whip. But the horse does not go forward, backwards backwards.

The diva began to scold the horse.

Maybe, - he says, - do 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, as you can see for yourself, managed to come here!

It is very good that he came, - says the diva. - I'll bite you in half and swallow it all at once!

Do not swallow - my bones are hard! - answers Tan-batyr. Will you fight me or will you give up? - asks the diva.

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

They grabbed and began to fight. For a long time they fought. The tan-batyr is strong, and the div is not weak. Only the diva's strength began to weaken - he could not defeat Tan-batyr. But Tan-batyr contrived, grabbed the diva, raised him high above his head and threw him on the ground with a swing. All the bones of the diva crumbled. Then Tan-batyr piled up his bones, mounted his horse and returned to the silver palace.

A beautiful girl ran out to meet him and said:

Well, - says Tan-batyr, - you will not stay here alone. You will be the wife of my middle brother. And he told her that he went 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. When I free her, I'll come for you. Now tell me: where does your little sister live? Is it far from here?

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

Tan-batyr sat on 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. In front of the gate, a very young warrior sits on a golden horse, in golden armor.

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

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

It is still unknown, - answers Tan-batyr, - who will overcome whom: will he eat me; Will I finish him off? And now I really want to eat. Feed me!

Warrior in golden armor says:

Food is prepared only for my lord: three breasts of bulls, three ovens of bread, and three barrels of intoxicated honey. I don't have anything else.

This is 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 did your master go and when will he return?

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

Okay, says the guy. - I'm going 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. He slept all day and all night without waking up. As the time came to return the diva, the warrior began to wake him up. And the horseman sleeps, does not wake up, does not even move. Then the warrior took an awl and, with all his might, stabbed him in the thigh.

Thank you for waking me up!

The warrior brought a full ladle of water, gave 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 to the room where there were two large barrels, and said:

Do you see these barrels? In one of them is water that takes away strength, in the other - water that gives strength. Rearrange these barrels so that the diva doesn't know which one contains which water.

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

Suddenly it thundered, rumbled all around: a diva rides on his golden horse, a big dog runs ahead of him.

The dog ran to the bridge, but is afraid to step on the bridge. He tucked his tail, whined and ran back to the owner. Div got angry at the dog and hit him with a whip with all his might. Divas drove onto the bridge, drove to the middle. Here his horse became rooted to the spot. Div and urged the horse, and scolded him, and whipped him with a whip - the horse does not go further, rests, does not want to take a step. The diva became furious and shouted at the horse:

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

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

I thought that you were big, healthy and strong, but it turns out that you are so small! I can only bite you in half and swallow at once, but there’s nothing else to do with you!

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

Well, - the diva asks, - speak quickly: will you fight or will you give up right away?

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

And so they began to fight. Fighting, fighting - they can not overcome each other. Their powers were equal. After a long battle, the diva's strength diminished.

He sees divas not to defeat his opponent. Then he embarked on a trick and said to Tan-batyr:

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

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

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

Let's drink another ladle of water!

He scooped up a ladle of water that takes away strength, and drank it himself; scooped up a ladle of water, giving strength, and gave it to 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? I will fight if you have the courage left, - Tan-batyr answers.

They cast lots on who to strike first. The lot fell diva. The diva rejoiced, swung, hit Tan-batyr, knocked him into the ground to the ankles.

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

Well, - shouts, - now I will beat!

And he hit Tan-batyr so hard that he went down to the very waist into the ground. He began to get out of the ground, and the diva stands, mocking him:

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

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

Tan-batyr gathered all his strength, strained and jumped out of the ground.

Well, he says, now watch out!

He stood in front of the diva and with all his might hit him so hard that he drove him into the ground up to the thickest neck and said to him:

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

No matter how divas tried, he could not get out of the ground. Tan-batyr pulled the diva out of the ground, cut off his head, and cut his body into small pieces and put it in a pile.

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

Tan Batyr says:

This I know. Me and my brothers went looking for you. I have already released two of your sisters, and they have agreed to marry my older brothers. If you agree, you will be my wife.

The girl happily agreed.

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

They mounted their horses and rode off. When they drove a little 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, and that egg rolled right into the hands of the girl. She tied the egg in a handkerchief, handed it to Tan-batyr and said:

Come on, horseman, take care of this egg!

They traveled 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 gathered and set off again.

When we drove away from the palace, the youngest daughter of the padishah turned her face to 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 the egg in a scarf and gave it to Tan-batyr:

Come on, horseman, and this egg, keep it!

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

They stayed in the copper palace for three days and three nights, packed up and set off on their journey.

When they drove away from the palace, the older sister turned her face to the copper palace and waved her handkerchief. The copper palace turned into an egg, and the egg rolled right into the hands of the girl.

The girl tied the egg in a scarf and served :

And you keep this egg!

They went on after that. They drove for a long time and finally reached the bottom of the cave into which they 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 the end of the rope - he gave the brothers a sign to pull him out. The older sister was tied to a rope first. She was pulled out. As soon as she appeared on earth, the brothers of Tan-batyr seemed to go crazy. One shouts: "Mine!" Another shouts: "No, mine!" And they went from screaming to a fight and began to strike one another with blows.

Then the eldest daughter of the padishah said to them:

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

The brothers lowered the rope into the cave and raised the middle sister. And again, scolding and fighting 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. In the dungeon is your brother Tan-batyr, who saved us from the divas, and our younger sister. We need to bring 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, zhigit, what I'll tell you: let your brothers get you out first. So it will be better!

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

Tan-batyr did not listen to her.

No, - he says, - I can’t leave you alone underground, it’s better not to ask! First you will rise - only then it will be possible to think about me.

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

You are right to fight. I still won't be yours. I promised Tan-batyr that I would be his wife, and I will 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 said:

Okay, let's do as you ask.

They lowered the rope into the cave, waited for a signal 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 to go.

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 with a gray mouse. The gray mouse shook itself, turned into a man and said:

Tan Batyr says:

Aleykum salam, mouse-man! Such a thing happened that I don’t even want to talk about it ... Now I’m looking for an exit to the surface of the earth, but I can’t find it in any way.

You can't get out of here so easily, - says the mouse. - Try to find the place where you fought with the last diva. From there you will cross the golden bridge and see a high mountain. Two goats are 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 it!

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. The batyr looks: two goats are grazing on the mountain - white and black.

He began to catch a white goat. I chased him, wanted to grab him, but the black goat interfered, he climbed into his hands. Tan-batyr will drive him away and again run after the white goat. And the black one is right there again - and climbs into the hands.

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

Well, batyr, you managed to catch me - your happiness! Now say what you need.

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

White goat says:

I won’t be able to take you to the ground, but I will carry you to 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 tight to my horns, close your eyes and do not open them until I say.

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, hero!

Tan-Batyr opened his eyes and sees: light and light around. Tan-batyr was delighted, and the goat said to him:

Do you see that mountain over there? There is a road running over that mountain. Follow this road - you will go out into the world!

The goat said these words and disappeared.

Tan-batyr went along this road.

He goes, goes and approaches the extinct fire. He dug up the ashes and found a large cake under the ashes. And on the cake it is written: "Tan-batyr."

“Aha, thinks Tan-batyr, so I’m following my brothers, I’m 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. He dug up the ashes and found a cake here, and on the cake he saw the inscription: "Tan-batyru." “This cake was hot and not yet baked. Tan-batyr ate this cake and didn’t even stop to rest - he went on his way.

He walks, walks and comes to a place where people stopped recently, lit a fire and cooked food.

Tan-batyr dug up hot ashes, and in the ashes lies a cake, still quite raw, you can’t even call it a cake - dough.

“Aha, thinks Tan-batyr, it’s clear that I’m catching up with my brothers!”

He walks forward with a quick 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 the three daughters of the padishah. They had just stopped to rest, and the brothers were building a hut out of branches.

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

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

Big 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:

Now don't expect anything good from him. We need to get rid of it somehow.

They talked and 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!

The tan-batyr jumped up and wanted to run out of the hut, but he stumbled upon a sword. And with a sharp sword she cut off both his legs to the knee.

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

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

Tan-batyr woke up, crawled to the fire, which the brothers had laid out. When the fire starts to die out, it will crawl away, pick up branches and throw it into the fire: the fire will go out, then it will be very bad - predatory animals will come and tear it to pieces.

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 he can’t catch them in any way. And heavy millstones are tied to the feet of this man.

Tan-batyr called the man to him and asked:

And why are you, zhigit, tied millstones to your feet?

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

Tan-batyr met a runner, became friends and decided to live together.

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

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

And the dzhigit told him:

I was the strongest man, no one could compare with me in strength. My elder brothers were jealous of me and when I was fast asleep they cut off both my hands.

And they began to live together in great friendship. The blind man and the armless man get food, and Tan-batyr prepares it.

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

They set off. Tan-batyr sat on the shoulders of a handless dzhigit, and he carried him, and the blind man followed them. When the armless man got tired, the blind man took Tan-Batyr on his shoulders, and the armless man walked beside him 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 the inhabitants of the city ran to look at them. Everyone is amazed, pointing at them one to another: such good, beautiful horsemen and such unfortunate ones! Was among the inhabitants and the daughter of the local padishah. She liked our horsemen, and they decided to take her away. They grabbed and ran. The blind man is carrying a girl, the armless one is Tan-batyr. The inhabitants of the city were chasing after them, but where is there - soon everyone fell behind and lost track of them.

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

Don't be afraid of us, we won't hurt you. You will be our sister, you will cook food for us and watch the fire so that it does not go out.

The girl consoled herself, began to live with horsemen, began to cook food for them, to look after them.

And the horsemen went hunting together. They will leave, and the girl will cook food, mend their clothes, clean up the hut and wait for them. One day 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 will I tell them?

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

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

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

Oh grandmother, my fire is out! So I went out to look for 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 all alone in this hut, I don’t have anyone, I don’t have anyone to say a word to. Tomorrow I will come to visit you, I will sit with you, I will talk with you.

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

And here I will give you a bucket of ash. You go and little by little scatter the ashes behind you. On this trail, I will find your home! The girl did just that. She brought fire, lit a fire, cooked food. And then the jigits returned from hunting. 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 laid her head on the girl's lap. The girl began to comb her hair. And Ubyrly Karchyk began to suck her blood.

The girl didn't even notice. The old woman was satisfied and said:

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

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

The girl every day began to lose weight, dry, she was left with only bones and skin.

Dzhigits were alarmed and asked her:

What's wrong with you, sister? Why are you so thin? Maybe you are homesick or seriously ill, but don't want to tell us?

And I don’t get bored, and I don’t get sick, - the girl answers them, - I’m just losing weight, and 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 her brothers.

When, - he says, - my fire went out, I followed the fire to the hut of some old woman. This old woman began to visit me every day when you are away. He will come, drink my blood and leave.

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

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

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

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

She tore her hair out of her head and tied the arms and legs of the blind horseman tightly with it. He lies down, unable to move his leg or arm. And the old woman drank the girl's blood and left. The next day, an armless dzhigit remained near 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 bunk 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 lock 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 laid her head on the girl's knees and began to suck her blood. And the girl carefully lowered a strand of her hair into the gap under the bunk. Tan-batyr grabbed 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 away, but it was not there! Tan-batyr began to beat Ubyrly Karchyk. She screams, breaks out, but nothing can be done. And then two more horsemen returned. They began to beat the old woman. Until she was beaten until she asked for mercy. She began to cry, begging the horsemen:

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

Swear you'll do as you promised! brothers say.

The old woman swore and said:

Which one of you should be healed first?

Heal the girl!

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

After that, she swallowed Ubyrly Karchyk the blind. The blind man came out of her mouth sighted. Swallowed by an armless old woman. He came out of her mouth with both hands.

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

Look brothers, be ready! If she swallows me, she will swallow me, but maybe she won't let me go back. Until I appear alive, healthy, do not let her go!

She swallowed Ubyrly Karchyk Tan-batyr.

Will he be out soon? - the horsemen ask.

Will never come out! - answers the old woman.

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

They see a witch's finger running towards her hut. They caught him, cut him up, and Tan-batyr came out of there, healthy, handsome, even better than before.

The jigits rejoiced, arranged a feast to celebrate, 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 fleet-footed one. He instantly delivered her home to her parents and returned back.

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

Tan-batyr passed through many countries, many rivers, and finally reached his native country. He approached the city, but did not show up to his parents or 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 be sheltered. This old man was a shoemaker. Tan-batyr began to question the old man:

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

The old man says:

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

And did the batyrs celebrate the wedding? - asks Tan-batyr.

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

Then Tan-batyr wrote on the gate: “I can sew for the wedding for the daughters of the padishah soft boots - chitek”.

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 have three pairs of chitek sewn by tomorrow morning.

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

Nothing to do with the old man - he agreed. And he himself began to reproach Tan-batyr:

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

The old man sat down to work, but he himself grumbles, scolds Tan-batyr.

Tan-batyr tells him:

Don't be afraid, baby, everything will be fine! You lie down and sleep peacefully, I'll sew a chitek myself!

The old man and the old woman lay down to sleep.

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

Let three pairs of cheats appear!

And immediately three pairs of chitkas appeared - one golden, the other silver, 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 said to him:

Here, babai, I sewed three pairs of chitek, I did not deceive you! When the daughters of the padishah come, give it to them, but do not say who sewed it. And if they ask, say: "I sewed it myself." And about me - not a word!

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

Did the bugger sew for us?

I sewed it, says the shoemaker.

He took out all three pairs, gave them.

Here, take a look - do you like it?

The daughters of the padishah took the chitek and began to examine them.

Who sewed them? ask.

Like who? says the old man. - I'm on my own.

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

Tell the truth, babay: who sewed the cheat?

And the old man stands on his own:

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

You are a skilled craftsman, babay! We are very pleased with your work. Let's go to my father now, ask him to postpone the wedding for one day, and you will sew three seamless dresses for us this day. Make sure you are ready on time!

Nothing to do with the old man - he agreed.

Okay, he says, I'll sew.

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

You got me into trouble! Will I be able to sew three dresses for the daughters of the padishah?

And Tan-batyr consoles him:

Do not grieve, babay, lie down and sleep peacefully: you will have three dresses at the right time!

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

Let there be three dresses without seams for the daughters of the padishah!

And at the same moment three dresses without seams appeared - one gold, the other 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 and called the old man:

Are you ready, baby, dresses?

The old man brought them dresses, gave them. The girls were literally petrified with surprise:

Who made these dresses?

Like who? I sewed it myself!

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

Since you are such a skilled craftsman, fulfill 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 eldest daughter of the padishah said:

Tomorrow morning build me a copper palace on the outskirts of the city!

Middle said:

Tomorrow morning build me a silver palace on the outskirts of the city!

And the youngest said:

And for me, build a golden palace tomorrow!

The old man was frightened, he wanted to refuse, but he relied on a horseman who sewed both chitek and dresses without seams.

Okay, he says, I'll try!

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

You brought me to my death! Now I am lost... Where has it been seen that one man built three palaces in a night!

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

We died! Our end has come!

Tan-batyr began to console them:

Do not be afraid, babai, lie down and sleep peacefully, 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:

Three palaces will appear: copper, silver and gold!

And as soon as he spoke, 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 built good palaces!

The old man went and looked. He ran home happy and cheerful.

Well, - he says, - now they won'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:

It can be seen that Tan-batyr has returned. Besides 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:

I built it myself! And then who else?

The daughters of the padishah laughed, began to pull the old man by the 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, Babai, our last request: show us the horseman who built these palaces!

Whether you like it or not, you have to show it. The old man brought the daughters of the padishah 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, wept for joy, began to ask him where he had been, how he had become healthy again.

They ran to the padishah and said:

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

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

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

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

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

You have done a lot of evil, and for this you should have been executed. But I don't want to kill you. Get out of this town and never see 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 bring them to him.

Now, he says, you can also celebrate weddings!

The tan-batyr married the youngest daughter of the padishah, the swift-footed one married the middle one, and the strong man married the eldest. They arranged 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. They drank tea with honey!

Tatar folk tale Tan batyr

Once upon a time, in a distant city, there lived a poor woman. And she had the only son who from a young age learned to shoot accurately from a bow. At the age of fifteen, he began to go into the forests and into the meadows: he would shoot game and bring it home. And so they got along.

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They lived, like all the poor, on the very outskirts of the city. And in the center of the city, next to the palace of the padishah, 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 hang, there is nothing to lose.” The road was not close. By the time he got to the lake, the sun was already past the zenith. The horseman in the reeds sat down, adjusted the arrow, pulled the string, and began to wait. Suddenly, a duck fluttered out of the high reeds and flew right over the hunter's head. Yes, not a simple duck, but a duck - pearl feathers. The horseman was not at a loss, lowered the bowstring, and a duck fell - pearl feathers at his feet. The horseman thought, thought, and decided to take this duck to the padishah. As I decided, so I did. The padishah heard what kind of gift they were bringing him, ordered to let the horseman through to him. And when he saw a duck - pearl feathers, he was so delighted that he ordered to give the hunter a bag of money.

The padishah called the tailors, and they sewed for him a cap of pearl fluff and pearl feathers that none of the padishahs even dared to dream of.

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

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

He bought a horse rider of the best horse, strapped provisions to the saddle, took his bow and arrows, and set off on his journey.

He rode for a long time, he lost count of the days. And the road led him into a dark forest to a small hut. He knocked on the door, went in, and there was an old woman - gray-haired, humpbacked, and kind eyes. The horseman greeted the hostess and 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, I will show you the way to my sister. She will help you.

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

He rides along the indicated path during the day, rides at night, 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, went in, and there was an old woman - so old, so gray-haired, all bent over, and her eyes were kind. The horseman greeted her, asked her about her life, and she answered him:

It can be seen, for a reason, son, you came to such a distance. It's true, it's hard for you. It's too rare for anyone to come here. You don't hide. If I can, I will help you.

The dzhigit sighed and said:

Yes, grandmother, a difficult task 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 for the bays, washed their clothes, cleaned their houses. And I, a little grown up, became a hunter. Once I shot a duck - pearl feathers, gave it to the padishah. And now he needed a lamb - pearl wool. “And this, he says, is my speech - you bring it or your head from your shoulders.” So I'm looking for this lamb - pearl wool. I can't live without him.

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

So the jigit did. Ate, drank, spent the night, got up early, became more cheerful. He got ready for the road, thanked the old woman. And the old woman says goodbye to him:

Ride, son, down that path. My sister lives there. Her fields are boundless, boundless forests, countless herds. There will be a lamb in those herds - pearl wool, there will certainly be.

The horseman bowed to the good old woman, mounted his horse and rode off. Day rides, night rides ... Suddenly he sees - on a green meadow a herd is countless. The dzhigit got up on the stirrups, spotted a lamb - a pearl coat, grabbed it, put it on a horse and galloped in the opposite direction. He traveled for a long time, lost count of the days and finally got to his native city, went straight to the padishah's palace.

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

The horseman returned home, his mother joyfully met him, and they began to live in clover.

And the tailors sewed a wonderful fur coat from the skin of a lamb - pearl wool, and he became even more proud of his wealth and wanted to brag to other padishahs. He invited the padishahs of the whole region to his place. The padishahs were speechless when they saw not only a hat made of duck - pearl feathers, but also a fur coat made of lamb skin - pearl wool. 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 realized that if they did not bring the horseman out, the padishah could bring him closer to himself, and he would forget about them. The viziers went to the padishah and said:

O great of the great, glorious of the glorious, and wise of the wise! Padishahs of the whole region treat you with respect and fear you. However, it would be possible to increase your glory.

So 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 fur coat of lamb - pearl wool, but you lack the Most Important Pearl. If you had it, then you would have become ten times more famous, or even a hundred times.

And what is this gem? And where can you get it? - the padishah got angry.

Oh, padishah, - the viziers rejoiced, - no one knows what kind of pearl this is. But they say there is. You can find out about it only when you get it. Let the one who brought you a pearl hat and a pearl fur coat get the Most Important Pearl.

He called the padishah of the horseman to him and said:

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

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

How long, how short, did he ride his horse, until the road led him back into the dark forest to a small hut, to a hunchbacked old woman. She met him as an old friend.

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 worry, son, - said the old woman, - I will help you. Where you found a lamb - pearl wool, there you will find the Most Important Pearl. This is the girl Sylu-beauty, silver braid, pearl teeth. She lives with our oldest sister, the richest sister. Our sister keeps it behind seven fences, behind seven locks, behind seven walls, behind seven doors, under seven roofs, under seven ceilings, behind seven windows. A girl lives there, seeing neither the light of the sun nor the moonbeam. So here's 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 down, the gates and doors will open, and you will fall into a dungeon, there you will see a girl, Syl-beauty, a silver scythe, pearl teeth, take her by the hands, lead her into the light, put her on a horse and drive him that is urine. Now go, son, down that path.

The horseman bowed to the good old woman and galloped off. And the day galloped, and the night galloped. He rode up to a high fence, the guards met him - all in rags, the dog barks at the hay, and the bull butts the bone. The jigit gave clothes to the guards, put a bone to the dog, hay to the bull, and all the gates and doors opened before him. A 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 his horse and galloped away with the girl.

Let the horseman and Sylu-beauty - the silver scythe - go for now, and we will look at the old woman.

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

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

She rushed to the dog, began to scold it, and the dog suddenly answered in a human voice:

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

The hostess attacked the bull, but he knows he chews hay, pays no attention to anything.

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

To whom did you, such and such, give out a secret about Syl-beauty - a silver scythe, pearl teeth? After all, no one but you knew about it!

Do not be angry, do not be angry, - the old woman answers her, - you didn’t give me a match because of your wealth, but the good horseman said an affectionate word, and left gifts. Not to sit in a dungeon for 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 galloped with the beauty to his city and everyone parted, giving him the way. As the padishah saw Sylu-beauty, he almost lost his mind, he realized that she really was the Most Important Pearl. He called his viziers here and announced to them his decision to marry her.

When his father died, the eldest son took an ax and set off to arrange his life, he decided to test whether he could help feed himself with his craft and people. So he walked, walked and reached an unfamiliar village, there lived one bai, he built himself a new house, and there were no windows in it, dark dark inside. He says that in this village there was not a single ax in any yard, then Bai forced two of his workers to carry sunlight with a sieve into the house. They wear them, they all sweat, 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 sunlight into your house, how much money will you give me?

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

The eldest son took his father's ax and cut through two windows on three sides of the Bai house, and even glazed them. The house turned out to be bright, bright, the sun set at dawn in the first two windows, in the second it shone during the day, and looked at the last 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 satisfied his older brother returned, thought: "Wait a minute, and my father must have left a shovel for a reason." He took a shovel and also set off. The middle son walked so long that winter came. He reached one village, he sees on the bank of the river near the bank there is a large pile of ground grain and all the inhabitants gathered around it.

In those days, before putting grain in a barn, people winnowed it, tossed it into the air until it dried out, but the trouble is, they say in this village there was not a single shovel in any yard and the inhabitants winnowed the 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 asked these people:

If I check 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 managed in a day and a half. People were very happy, thanked him and gave half. So they say the middle son returned home rich.

The younger son, seeing how satisfied and rich both his brothers returned, also took the skein of bast bequeathed to him by his father and, without a word, also set off on his way up the river. He walked and 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, live there. The youngest son sat down on the shore, unraveled his bast and began to weave a rope out of it. He weaves weaves and then the youngest peri emerged from the lake and asked:

Why are you weaving this rope agai?

The youngest son answers him calmly:

I want to hang this lake to heaven.

The younger peri got excited, dived into the lake and went straight to his grandfather. "Babai, we are gone, there is one man upstairs, weaving a rope, saying that our lake wants to hang up to heaven."

His grandfather reassured him, saying, "Don't be afraid, fool, go see if his rope is long, if it's long then run a race with him, you will overtake a man and he will have to give up this idea."

While the younger peri was running to his grandfather at the bottom of the lake, the younger son was also busy with work. He wove both ends of his long rope so that you would not 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 up two sleeves and covered the hole from the outside, and then shouted loudly "Tui". Both hares jumped out of fright and hit him right in his shirt. He tied the hem of his shirt tightly so that the hares could not jump out, and put on a ketmen.

At this time, the younger peri arrived in time: "Let me see agai, is your rope long?" The youngest son gave him a rope, and the peri began to look for its end, his hands slide along the rope, but it does not end in any way. Then the younger peri says:

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

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

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

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

Let's go fight you

Go to that fallen tree over there, throw a stone there and shout "Let's fight." There my old grandfather peels off the linden, first fight with him.

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

Babai, 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 said:

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

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

What are you waiting for? - asks his peri - Isn't it our victory?

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In ancient times, they say, a man lived in the same village with his wife. 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. People have sons like sons, but these sons don’t get off the stove, they all play with the cat. Teaches a cat to speak human language and walk on its hind legs.

Time passes, mother and father grow old. A day is like, two will lie down. They became quite ill, and soon died. Buried by their neighbors.

The son is lying on the stove, crying bitterly, asking the cat for his advice, because now, apart from the cat, he has no one left in the whole wide world.

What we shall do? he says to the cat. - It's not alms for us to live with you. Let's go where our eyes look.

And so, when it was getting dark, the horseman left with his cat from his native village. And from the house he took only his father's old knife - he had nothing more to take.

They walked for a long time. A cat even catches mice, but a dzhigit's stomach is cramping from hunger.

Here we reached one forest, settled down to rest. The horseman tried to fall asleep, but sleep does not go on an empty stomach. Rolls from side to side.

Why are not you sleeping? - asks the cat. What a dream, when you want to eat. And so the night passed. Early in the morning they heard someone weeping plaintively in the forest. - Do you hear? - asked the horseman. - Like someone is crying in the forest?

Let's go there, - the cat answers.

And they went.

We walked a short distance and came to a forest clearing. And in the clearing a tall pine grows. And at the very top of the pine a large nest can be seen. It is from this nest that crying is heard, as if a child is groaning.

I'll climb a pine tree, - says the horseman. - Come what may.

And climbed into a pine tree. He looks, and in the nest, two cubs of the Semrug bird (a mythical magical bird of enormous size) are crying. They saw a horseman, spoke in human voices:

Why did you come here? After all, every day a snake flies to us. He has already eaten two of our brothers. Today is our turn. And he will see you - and he will eat you.

He'll eat it if he doesn't choke, - the dzhigit replies. - I'll help you out. Where is your mom?

Our mother is the queen of birds. She flew over the Kafsky (according to legend, mountains located at the end of the world, earth) mountains, to a meeting of birds and should return soon. With her, the snake would not dare to touch us.

Suddenly a whirlwind rose, the forest rustled. The chicks hugged each other.

There our enemy flies.

Indeed, along with the whirlwind, a monster flew in and entangled the pine tree. When the snake raised its head to get the chicks out of the nest, the horseman plunged his father's knife into the monster. The snake immediately fell to the ground.

The chicks rejoiced.

Don't leave us, horseman, they say. We will give you drink and feed you to your heart's content.

They all ate together, drank and talked about business.

Well, horseman, - the chicks began, - now listen to what we tell you. Our mother will fly in and ask who you are, why you came here. Don't say anything, we ourselves will tell you that you saved us from a fierce death. She will give you silver and gold, you do not take anything, say that you have enough of all good and your own. Ask her for a magic ring. Now hide under the wing, no matter how bad it turns out.

As they said, so it happened.

Semrug flew in and asked:

What is it that smells like human spirit? Is there someone else? The chicks answer:

There are no strangers, and our two brothers are not.

Where are they?

The snake ate them.

The bird Semrug became sad.

And how did you stay alive? - asks his cubs.

One brave horseman saved us. Look at the ground. Do you see the dead serpent? It was he who killed him.

Looks Semrug - and indeed, the snake lies dead.

Where is that brave dzhigit? she asks.

Yes, it's under the roof.

Well, come out, zhigit, - says Semrug, - come out, don't be afraid. What can I give you for saving my children?

I don't need anything, - the guy answers, - except for a magic ring.

And the baby birds also ask:

Give, mother, the ring to the horseman. There is nothing to do, the queen of birds agreed and gave the ring.

If you manage to save the ring, you will be the master of all peers and genies! One has only to put on a ring on the thumb, as they all fly to you and ask: “Our padishah, whatever?” And order whatever you want. All will be fulfilled. Just do not lose the ring - it will be bad.

Semrug put the ring on the toe of her foot - immediately a lot of pari and genies flew in. Semrug told them:

Now he will become your master, and serve him. - And handing the ring to the horseman, she said: - If you want, don't go anywhere, live with us.

The dzhigit thanked him, but refused.

I'll go my own way, - he said and went down to the ground.

Here they are walking with a cat through the forest, talking among themselves. When we were tired, we sat down to rest.

Well, what do we do with this ring? - the horseman asks the cat and puts the ring on his thumb. As soon as I put it on, peers and genies from all over the world flew in: “Padishah is our sultan, whatever?”

And the horseman hasn't figured out what to ask yet.

Is there, he asks, a place on earth where no human foot has set foot?

Yes, they answer. - There is one island in the Mohit Sea. It’s already beautiful, and there are countless berries and fruits there, and a human foot has never set foot there.

Take me and my cat there. He just said he was already sitting on that island with his cat. And it is so beautiful here: unusual flowers, outlandish fruits grow, and sea water, like an emerald, shimmers. The horseman marveled and decided he and the cat would stay here to live.

Here the palace would still be built, - he said, putting the ring on his thumb.

Jinn and Peri appeared.

Build me a two-story palace of pearls and yacht.

I did not have time to finish, as the palace already rose on the shore. On the second floor of the palace there is a wonderful garden, between the trees in that garden there are all sorts of dishes, up to peas. And you don't have to go up to the second floor. He sat down on the bed with a red satin blanket, the bed raises itself.

A horseman walked around the palace with a cat, it's good here. Just boring.

We have everything with you, - he says to the cat, - what should we do now?

Now you need to get married, - the cat answers.

He summoned the dzhigit genies and pari and ordered them to bring him portraits of the most beautiful girls from all over the world.

I will choose one of them to be my wife, - said the horseman.

Genies and paris scattered to look for beautiful girls. They searched for a long time, but none of the girls liked them. Finally arrived in the flower state. The king of flowers has a daughter of unprecedented beauty. The genies showed the portrait of the daughter of the padishah to our jigit. And as he looked at the portrait, he said:

Here, bring it to me.

But it was night on earth. As soon as the horseman said his words, he looks, she is already right there, as if she fell asleep in the room. After all, the genies brought her right here while she was sleeping.

Early in the morning, the beauty wakes up and does not believe her eyes: she went to bed in her palace, and woke up in someone else's.

She jumped out of bed, ran to the window, and there the sea and the sky were azure.