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Beyond distant lands, in a distant state, there lived a king with a queen; they had no children. The king went to foreign lands, to distant sides, for a long time never been home; at that time the queen bore him a son, Ivan Tsarevich, but the king does not know about it.

He began to keep his way to his state, began to drive up to his land, and the day was hot, hot, the sun was so hot! And a great thirst fell upon him; whatever to give, just to drink water! He looked around and saw a large lake not far off; rode up to the lake, dismounted from the horse, lay down on the ground and let's swallow the icy water. Drinks and does not smell trouble; and the king of the sea seized him by the beard.

Let it go! - asks the king.

I won't let you in, don't you dare drink without my knowledge!

Whatever you want, take a ransom - just let go!

Let's do something you don't know at home.

The king thought and thought ... What does he not know at home? It seems that he knows everything, he knows everything, - and he agreed. I tried - no one keeps a beard; got up from the ground, got on his horse and rode home.

Here he comes home, the queen meets him with the prince, so joyful; and as soon as he learned about his dear offspring, he burst into bitter tears. He told the princess how and what had happened to him, we cried together, but there’s nothing to do, you can’t fix things with tears.

They began to live in the old way; and the prince grows for himself and grows like dough on a dough - not by the day, but by the hour - and he has grown big.

“No matter how much you keep with you,” the tsar thinks, but you need to give it away: it’s inevitable!” He took Ivan Tsarevich by the hand and led him straight to the lake.

Look here, - he says, - my ring; I accidentally dropped it yesterday.

He left one prince, and he turned home.

The prince began to look for a ring, he was walking along the shore, and an old woman came across to meet him.

Where are you going, Ivan Tsarevich?

Get off, don't bother, you old witch! And it's boring without you.

Well, stay with God!

And the old woman went to the side.

And Ivan Tsarevich thought about it: “Why did I scold the old woman?” Let me turn her back; old people are cunning and quick-witted! Perhaps he will say something good.” And he began to turn the old woman:

Come back, grandmother, forgive my stupid word! After all, I said out of annoyance: my father made me look for a ring, I go and look, but there is no ring!

You are not here for a ring: your father gave you to the sea king; the sea king will come out and take you with him to the underwater kingdom.

The prince wept bitterly.

Do not grieve, Ivan Tsarevich! There will be a holiday on your street; just listen to me, old woman. Hide behind that currant bush and hide quietly. Twelve doves will fly here - all red maidens, and after them the thirteenth; will bathe in the lake; meanwhile, take away the shirt from the last one and still don’t give it back until she gives you her little ring. If you fail to do this, you are lost forever; near the sea king, all around the palace, there is a high palisade, for as much as ten versts, and on each spoke a head is stuck; only one empty, do not please get on it!

Ivan Tsarevich thanked the old woman, hid behind a currant bush and waited for the time.

Suddenly twelve pigeons fly in; hit the damp earth and turned into red maidens, all to a single beauty indescribable: neither think, nor guess, nor write with a pen! They threw off their dresses and set off into the lake: they play, splash, laugh, sing songs.

They were followed by the thirteenth dove; hit the damp ground, turned into a beautiful girl, threw off her white shirt and went to bathe; and she was prettier than all, prettier than all!

For a long time Ivan Tsarevich could not take his eyes away, he looked at her for a long time and remembered what the old woman had told him, crept quietly and took away the shirt.

A red-haired girl came out of the water, missed - no shirt, someone took it away; Everyone rushed to look: they searched, searched - not to be seen anywhere.

Look no further, dear sisters! Fly home; I myself am to blame - I overlooked it, I myself will answer.

Sisters - red maidens hit the damp ground, became doves, flapped their wings and flew away. Only one girl remained, looked around and said:

Whoever it is who has my shirt, come out here; if an old man- you will be my dear father, if you are middle-aged - you will be my beloved brother, if you are equal to me - you will be a dear friend!

Just said the last word Ivan Tsarevich appeared. She gave him a golden ring and said:

Ah, Ivan Tsarevich! Why haven't you come for a long time? The sea king is angry with you. Here is the road that leads to the underwater kingdom; step on it boldly! You will find me there too; because I am the daughter of the sea king, Vasilisa the Wise.

Vasilisa the Wise turned into a dove and flew away from the prince.

And Ivan Tsarevich went to the underwater kingdom; sees - and there the light is the same as ours; and there are fields, and meadows, and green groves, and the sun is warm.

He comes to the sea king. The sea king shouted at him:

Why haven't you been there for so long? For your guilt, here is your service: I have a wasteland thirty miles long and across - only ditches, gullies and a sharp stone! So that by tomorrow it would be smooth as a palm there, and the rye would be sown, and by early morning it would grow so high that a jackdaw could be buried in it. If you don't, your head is off your shoulders!

Ivan Tsarevich comes from the sea king, he is shedding tears. Vasilisa the Wise saw him through the window from her towering tower and asked:

Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! Why are you shedding tears?

How can I not cry? - answers the prince. - The king of the sea made me level ditches, gullies and sharp stones in one night and sow rye, so that by the morning of sleep it would grow and a jackdaw could hide in it.

It's not a problem, there will be trouble ahead. Go to sleep with God; the morning is wiser than the evening, everything will be ready!

Ivan Tsarevich went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:

Gay you, my faithful servants! Level deep ditches, demolish sharp stones, sow spiked rye, so that it will ripen by morning.

Ivan Tsarevich woke up at dawn, looked - everything is ready: there are no ditches, no gullies, there is a field as smooth as a palm, and rye flaunts on it - so high that a jackdaw will be buried.

I went to the sea king with a report.

Thank you, - says the sea king, - that you managed to serve. Here's another job for you: I have three hundred stacks, in each stack there are three hundred kopecks - all white wheat; thresh for me by tomorrow all the wheat, clean and clean, to a single grain, but do not break the stacks and do not break the sheaves. If you don't, your head is off your shoulders!

Listen, Your Majesty! - said Ivan Tsarevich; again he walks around the yard and sheds tears.

What are you crying about? Vasilisa the Wise asks him.

How can I not cry? The king of the sea ordered me to thresh all the stacks in one night, not to drop the grain, but not to break the stacks and not to break the sheaves.

It's not a problem, trouble is ahead! Go to bed with God; The morning is wiser than the evening.

The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:

Hey you creepy ants! No matter how many of you there are in this world - all crawl here and pick the grain from the father's stacks clean and clean.

In the morning, the sea king calls Ivan Tsarevich:

Did he serve?

Served, Your Majesty!

Let's go see.

They came to the threshing floor - all the stacks are untouched, they came to the granary - all the bins are full of grain.

Thank you brother! - said the sea king. - Make me another church of pure wax, so that by dawn it will be ready: this will be your last service.

Again Tsarevich Ivan walks through the yard and washes himself with tears.

What are you crying about? - asks him from high tower Vasilisa the Wise.

How can I not cry, good fellow? The sea king ordered to make a church out of pure wax in one night.

Well, it's not a problem yet, the trouble is ahead. Go to sleep; The morning is wiser than the evening.

The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:

Gay you hard-working bees! No matter how many of you there are in the world, all fly here and mold the church of God from pure wax, so that by morning it will be ready.

In the morning, Ivan Tsarevich got up, looked - there was a church made of pure wax, and went to the sea king with a chill.

Thank you, Ivan Tsarevich! What servants I did not have, no one managed to please like you. Be then my heir, the guardian of the whole kingdom; choose any of my thirteen daughters for your wife.

Ivan Tsarevich chose Vasilisa the Wise; they were immediately married and feasted with joy for three whole days.

Neither more nor less time passed, Ivan Tsarevich yearned for his parents, he wanted to go to Holy Rus'.

What is so sad, Ivan Tsarevich?

Ah, Vasilisa the Wise, I felt sad for my father, for my mother, I wanted to go to Holy Rus'.

Here comes the trouble! If we leave, there will be a great chase after us; the sea king will be angry and put us to death. Gotta be smart!

Vasilisa the Wise spat in three corners, locked the doors in her chamber and ran with Ivan Tsarevich to Holy Rus'.

The next day, sent from the sea king come early - to raise the young, to call the king to the palace. Knocking on the door:

Wake up, wake up! Father is calling you.

It's still early, we didn't get enough sleep: come after! - answers one saliva.

So the messengers left, waited an hour or two, and knocked again:

It's not time to sleep, it's time to wake up!

Wait a bit: get up, get dressed! - answers another saliva.

The third time the messengers come:

The Tsar-de-Marine is angry, why do they cool off for so long.

Now we will! - answers the third saliva.

The messengers waited and waited, and let's knock again: no response, no response! They broke down the door, but the tower is empty.

They reported to the king that the young had run away; he became angry and sent a great chase after them.

And Vasilisa the Wise and Ivan Tsarevich are already far, far away! They ride greyhound horses without stopping, without rest.

Come on, Ivan Tsarevich, crouch down on the damp earth and listen, is there a chase from the sea king?

Ivan Tsarevich jumped off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:

I hear people's talk and horse top!

They are after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise, and immediately turned the horses into a green meadow, Ivan Tsarevich - an old shepherd, and she herself became a meek sheep.

The chase is on:

Hey old man! Didn't you see - didn't a good fellow ride here with a red maiden?

No, good people, I haven’t seen it, - Ivan Tsarevich answers, - for forty years I’ve been grazing in this place, - not a single bird has flown past, not a single beast has roamed past!

The chase is back:

Your royal majesty! They didn’t run into anyone on the way, they only saw: the shepherd is grazing a sheep.

What was missing? After all, they were! - shouted the sea king and sent a new pursuit.

And Ivan Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise have been riding greyhound horses for a long time.

Well, Ivan Tsarevich, crouch down on the damp earth and listen, is there a chase from the sea king?

Ivan Tsarevich got off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:

I hear people's talk and a horse top.

They are after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise; she herself became a church, turned Ivan Tsarevich into an old priest, and horses into trees.

The chase is on:

Hey dad! Did you not see if a shepherd with a sheep passed by here?

No, good people, I haven't seen it; I have been working in this church for forty years - not a single bird has flown by, not a single beast has roamed past.

Turned the chase back:

Your royal majesty! Nowhere did they find a shepherd with a sheep; only on the way and saw that the church and the priest-old man.

Why didn’t you break the church, didn’t capture the priest? After all, they were the ones! - shouted the sea king and he himself galloped in pursuit of Ivan Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise.

And they have gone far.

Vasilisa the Wise again says:

Ivan Tsarevich! Lie down on the damp earth - do not hear the chase!

Ivan Tsarevich got down from his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:

I hear people's talk and horse top more than ever.

This is the king himself riding.

Vasilisa the Wise turned the horses into a lake, Ivan Tsarevich into a drake, and she herself became a duck.

The king of the sea galloped to the lake, immediately guessed who the duck and drake were; hit the ground and turned into an eagle. The eagle wants to kill them to death, but it didn’t happen: what doesn’t fly from above ... the drake is about to hit, and the drake dives into the water; the duck is about to hit, and the duck will dive into the water! He fought and fought and couldn't do anything. The king of the sea galloped into his underwater kingdom, and Vasilisa the Wise and Ivan Tsarevich waited good time and went to holy Rus'.

How long, how short, they arrived in the thirtieth kingdom.

Wait for me in this forest, - says Ivan Tsarevich to Vasilisa the Wise, - I will go and report in advance to my father, mother.

You will forget me, Ivan Tsarevich!

No, I won't forget.

No, Ivan Tsarevich, don't say, you'll forget! Remember me even when two doves start beating at the windows!

Ivan Tsarevich came to the palace; his parents saw him, threw themselves on his neck and began to kiss and pardon him; in joy, Ivan Tsarevich forgot about Vasilisa the Wise.

He lives a day and another with his father, with his mother, and on the third he decided to marry some princess.

Vasilisa the Wise went to the city and hired herself as a worker for a prosvirna. They began to cook prosvira; she took two pieces of dough, molded a pair of doves and put them in the oven.

Guess, mistress, what will become of these doves?

And what will happen? Let's eat them - that's all!

No, I didn't guess!

Vasilisa the Wise opened the stove, opened the window - and at that very moment the doves started up, flew straight into the palace and began to beat at the windows; no matter how hard the royal servants tried, they could not drive them away.

It was only then that Ivan Tsarevich remembered Vasilisa the Wise, sent messengers in all directions to question and search for her, and found her at the mallow; took the white hands, kissed the sugar lips, brought him to his father, to his mother, and they all began to live together and live and make good.

The Sea Tsar and Vasilisa the Wise - a magical Russian folk tale with an interesting storyline filled with magic and charms. The Tale of the Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise can be read in full online or downloaded in PDF and DOC formats.
Summary of the tale The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise can begin with how far away, in a faraway state, there lived a king with a queen. The king went to distant countries for a long time, and in the meantime his wife gave birth to a son, whom he did not know about. A great unexpected joy awaited the king at home, but trouble happened. Approaching his native lands, he became thirsty, saw a lake, and without hesitation for a second, began to swallow water. At the same moment, the sea king grabbed the king by the beard, and promised to let him go if the king would give him something that he did not know at home. Having made a promise to the Sea King that he would fulfill the agreement, he went home. Only at home did the tsar find out that what he did not know at home was his born son, Ivan Tsarevich. They wept with the queen, grieved, but there was nothing to be done, they sent their son to the lake. There, Ivan Tsarevich meets an old woman who tells the whole truth about the fact that his father promised his son to the Sea King. Leaving the old woman gave valuable advice, to get a golden ring as a gift from Vasilisa the Beautiful - the daughter of the Sea King. Ivan did everything, and ended up in the underwater kingdom, the Sea King did not kill him, but made plans that were impossible for common man tasks. Vasilisa the Wise helped Ivan Tsarevich to fulfill everything and became his wife. Everything was fine with the young, but Ivan yearned for Rus', and for his parents. Knowing that the Sea King would not let them go voluntarily, they had to flee. They met many obstacles on the way, but with the help of the magic of Vasilisa the Wise, they reached Rus' and parental home. Here the spouses were waiting for another test. Ivan Tsarevich, with the joy of meeting his parents and his native land, forgot about his wife, fortunately the wise Vasilisa came up with a way that helped Ivan remember her. Everything ended well, they began to live, live, live good.
The characters of the heroes of the fairy tale The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise are very different, perhaps this is one of the fairy tales where it is difficult to single out positive and villain. It would seem that everything is clear, the negative character is the Sea King, but if you analyze his actions, you can see everything from a completely different perspective. For example, he did not just punish the Tsar, who, without asking, invaded his possessions and began to drink from the lake. When Ivan came to him, he did not immediately kill him, but gave him the opportunity to escape punishment. The code he arranged for the pursuit of Ivan Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Beautiful, was unambiguously guided by his father's feelings. What is it like when own daughter betrays you and secretly escapes to a foreign land.
The king of the thirtieth state provoked a conflict with sea ​​king by invading another's property. According to ancient folk tradition, before stopping in an unfamiliar place, you need to ask permission from the spirits, present to the owners, something as a gift. Such behavior of the king indicates that he has such vices as: Tactlessness, lack of culture, negligence, neglect, haste, gluttony. And the fact that he did not know about the birth of his son speaks of his irresponsibility and forgetfulness. The king was also a little cowardly, because for the sake of his salvation he was ready to give anything, even what he did not know.
Ivan Tsarevich is not to blame for anything in this tale, he simply paid for the debts and mistakes of his father, but goodie it's hard to name it. His character is revealed when he meets an old woman. Unable to control his temper, he is rude and calls her names. This speaks of such vices as: lack of respect for elders, rudeness, impudence, hostility, neglect, arrogance, foul language, cruelty. In a situation when Ivan Tsarevich returns home and forgets about Vasilisa the Wise, such character traits as ingratitude, forgetfulness, indifference, gambling, infidelity appear. A lot of negative traits can be added to this character, because he forgets his wife, who saved him from death, helped him return to native land, went for him against his own father.
Read a fairy tale The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise will be interesting for children of all ages. In addition to magic and adventure, it has a deep meaning and morality that are relevant in our real life. For example fairytale heroes, children will see what actions should not be done, as they can lead to serious consequences. The fairy tale reveals the values ​​of the family, loyalty, honesty, unity. Love for the motherland, respect for parents, respect for elders. Such fairy tales do not pass without a trace, they are stored in memory for a long time, and have a positive effect on the formation of the psyche and personality.
Tale of the Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise good example many folk proverbs : Do not drink on the greedy, the devil will push with a spatula, Bitter truth is better than a sweet lie, Truth endures from the bottom of the sea, Forewarned - it means armed, Without knowing the ford, do not climb into the water, Devils live in a still pool, Do not take someone else's, so you will not give it back and his own, the Beard did not bring reason, Do not let the lice get stronger, but hold on to the lice! , persuasion more expensive than money It's easy to promise, but think about how to fulfill, What you have no power to give, then it's dishonorable to promise.

There lived a king and a queen. He loved to hunt and shoot game. Once the king went hunting and saw: a young eagle was sitting on an oak tree; just wanted to shoot him, the eagle asks: “Do not shoot me, tsar-sovereign! Take it better to yourself, at some time I will come in handy for you. The king thought and thought and said: “Why do I need you!” - and wants to shoot again. The eagle told him another time: “Do not shoot me, tsar-sovereign! Take it better to yourself, at some time I will come in handy for you. The king thought and thought, and again he did not think of what the eagle would be useful to him for, and he wants to completely shoot him. The eagle proclaimed for the third time: “Do not shoot me, tsar-sovereign! Take better to yourself and feed for three years; Someday I'll be useful to you!"

The king had mercy, took the eagle to himself and fed him for a year and two: the eagle ate so much that he ate all the cattle; the king had neither a sheep nor a cow. The eagle says to him: “Let me go free!” The king set him free; the eagle tried its wings - no, it can't fly yet! - and asks: “Well, the king-sovereign, you fed me for two years; as you wish, but feed for another year; at least borrow, but feed: you won’t be in the loser! The king did just that: he occupied cattle everywhere and whole year fed the eagle, and then released it into the wild. The eagle rose high, high, flew, flew, descended to the ground and said: “Well, tsar-sovereign, now sit down on me; Let's fly together." The king sat on a bird.

So they flew; neither more nor less time passed, flew to the edge of the blue sea. Then the eagle threw off the king, and he fell into the sea - he got wet up to his knees; only the eagle did not let him drown, caught him on the wing and asked: “What, the tsar-sovereign, was probably frightened?” - “I was frightened,” says the king, “I thought that I would drown completely!” Again they flew, flew, flew to another sea. The eagle threw off the king just in the middle of the sea - even the king was wet to the waist. The eagle caught him on the wing and asked: “What, the tsar-sovereign, was probably frightened?” “I was frightened,” he says, “yes, I kept thinking: maybe, God willing, you will pull me out.” Again, they flew and flew and flew to the third sea. The eagle threw the king into the great depths - he got wet up to the very neck. And for the third time, the eagle caught him on the wing and asked: “What, the tsar-sovereign, was probably frightened?” “I was frightened,” says the king, “yes, everything was thought: maybe you will pull me out.” - “Well, tsar-sovereign, now you have known what mortal fear is! This is for you for the old, for the past: do you remember how I was sitting on an oak tree, and you wanted to shoot me; three times I started to shoot, but I kept asking you and kept on thinking: maybe you won’t ruin it, maybe you’ll have mercy - you’ll take it with you!

After they flew to distant lands; flew for a long time. The eagle says: “Look, tsar-sovereign, what is above us and what is below us?” The king looked. “Above us,” he says, “is the sky, below us is the earth.” - "Look, what's on the right side and what's on the left?" - "On the right side the field is clean, on the left there is a house." “Let’s fly there,” said the eagle, “my younger sister lives there.” They descended directly into the yard; the sister came out to meet her, accepts her brother, puts him at the oak table, but doesn’t even want to look at the king; left him in the yard, unleashed the greyhounds and let's poison. The eagle got angry, jumped out from behind the table, grabbed the king and flew on with him.

Here they flew, flew; the eagle says to the king: "Look what is behind us?" The king turned around, looked: "Behind us is a red house." And the eagle to him: “Then the house of my younger sister is on fire - why didn’t you take it and poison you with greyhounds.” They flew and flew, the eagle again asks: “Look, tsar-sovereign, what is above us and what is below us?” “Above us is the sky, below us is the earth.” - "Look, what will be on the right side and what will be on the left?" - "On the right side the field is clean, on the left there is a house." “My middle sister lives there; Let's go visit her." They descended into the wide yard; the middle sister takes her brother in, puts him at the oak table, and the king remains in the courtyard; she released the greyhounds and tame him. The eagle got angry, jumped out from behind the table, grabbed the king and flew away with him even further.

They flew, they flew; says the eagle: “Tsar-sovereign! See what's behind us? The king turned around: "There is a red house behind." - “The house of my middle sister is on fire! - said the eagle. “Now let’s fly to where my mother and older sister live.” Here they flew there; mother and elder sister were overjoyed at them and received the king with honor, with kindness. “Well, tsar-sovereign,” said the eagle, “rest with us, and after that I will give you a ship, I will pay you for everything that I ate with you, and go home with God.” He gave the king a ship and two chests: one is red, the other is green, and he says: “Look, do not open the chests until you arrive home; open the red chest in the back yard, and the green chest in the front yard.

The king took the chest, said goodbye to the eagle and rode across the blue sea; reached some island, where his ship stopped. He went ashore, remembered the chests, began to invent what would be in them and why the eagle did not order them to be opened; thought and thought, could not stand it - he wanted to find out painfully: he took a red chest, put it on the ground and opened it, and so many different cattle came out of there that you couldn’t take in the eye - they barely fit on the island.

When the king saw this, he became inflamed, began to cry and say: “What should I do now? How can I collect the whole herd again in such a small chest? And he sees - a man came out of the water, approaches him and asks: “Why are you, tsar-sovereign, crying so bitterly?” “How can I not cry! - answers the king. “How can I collect all this great herd in such a small chest?” - “Perhaps I will help your grief, I will gather the whole herd for you, only with the agreement: give it to me - what you don’t know at home.” The king thought: “What would I not know at home? Say I know everything." I thought and agreed. "Collect, - he says, - I'll give it to you - I don't know what at home." That man gathered all the cattle in a chest for him; The king boarded the ship and sailed away.

When he arrived home, he only learned that his son, the prince, was born to him; he began to kiss him, pardon him, and he himself bursts into tears like that. “Tsar-sovereign,” the queen asks, “tell me, why do you shed bitter tears?” - “With joy,” he says; I was afraid to tell her the truth, that the prince should be given away. He then went out into the backyard, opened a red chest - and bulls and cows, sheep and rams climbed out of there, many, many all kinds of cattle were collected, all the sheds and breweries became full. He went out into the front yard, opened a green chest - and a large and glorious garden appeared in front of him: there were no trees here! The king was so delighted that he forgot to give his son away.

Many years later. Once the king somehow wanted to take a walk, he went up to the river; at that time, the former man appeared from the water and said: “Soon, you, tsar-sovereign, became forgetful! Remember, you owe me!" The king returned home with anguish and sorrow and told the queen and prince the whole truth. They mourned, wept all together and decided that there was nothing to do, it was necessary to give the prince away; they took him to the seaside and left him alone.

The prince looked around, saw the path and went along it: maybe where God will lead. Walked and walked and found himself in dense forest; there is a hut in the forest, a baba yaga lives in the hut. “Let me come in,” thought the prince, and entered the hut. “Hello, prince! - said Baba Yaga. - Are you trying to do business or are you crying out of business? - “Oh, grandmother! Drink, eat, and then ask questions. She gave him food and drink, and the prince told him about everything without concealment, where and why he was going. Baba Yaga tells him: “Go, child, to the sea; twelve spoonbills will fly there, turn into red maidens and begin to bathe; you sneak up on the sly and grab the shirt from the older girl. As soon as you get along with her, go to the sea king, and they will meet you to meet Eaten and Opivalo, Frost-Cracker will also come across - take everyone with you; they will do you good.” The prince said goodbye to the Yagoa, went to the said place on the sea and hid behind the bushes. Then twelve spoonbills flew in, hit the damp earth, turned into red maidens and began to bathe. The prince stole a shirt from the eldest, sits behind a bush - he will not stir. The girls bathed and went ashore, eleven picked up their shirts, turned into birds and flew home; there was only one eldest, Vasilisa the Wise. I began to pray, I began to ask for the good fellow. “Give me back,” he says, “my shirt; you come to the father, the water king, - at that time I myself will come in handy for you. The prince gave her the shirt, she now turned into a spoonbill and flew away after her friends. The prince set off further; he met three heroes on the way: Eaten, Opivalo and Frost-Cracker; took them with him and went to the water king.

The water king saw him and said: “Great, my friend! Why haven't you visited me for so long? I'm tired waiting for you. Get to work now; Here is your first task: build a large crystal bridge in one night, so that it will be ready by morning! If you don’t build it, head off!” The prince comes from the merman, he bursts into tears himself. Vasilisa the Wise opened a window in her chamber and asked: “What, prince, are you shedding tears about?” - “Ah, Vasilisa the Wise! How can I not cry? Your father ordered to build a crystal bridge in a single night, but I don’t know how to take an ax in my hands. - "Nothing! Go to sleep; The morning is wiser than the evening".

She put him to bed, and she herself went out onto the porch, barked and whistled with a valiant whistle; carpenters-workers came running from all sides: someone was leveling the place, someone was carrying bricks; soon they put up a crystal bridge, drew cunning patterns on it and went home. Early in the morning, Vasilisa the Wise Tsarevich wakes up: “Get up, Tsarevich! The bridge is ready, now the priest will come to look. The prince got up, took a broom; stands on the bridge - where he sweeps, where he cleans. The water king praised him. “Thank you,” he says, “you served me one service, serve another; Here is your task: plant a green garden by tomorrow - large and branchy, singing birds would sing in the garden, flowers would bloom on the trees, ripe pears and apples would hang. The prince comes from the merman, he bursts into tears himself. Vasilisa the Wise opened the window and asked: “What are you crying about, prince?” “How can I not cry? Your father ordered to plant a garden in one night. - "Nothing! Get some sleep; The morning is wiser than the evening".

She put him to bed, and she herself went out onto the porch, barked and whistled with a valiant whistle; gardeners came running from all sides and planted a green garden, songbirds sing in the garden, flowers bloom on the trees, ripe pears and apples hang. Early in the morning, Vasilisa the Wise Tsarevich wakes up: “Get up, Tsarevich! The garden is ready, the father is going to look. The prince is now at the broom and into the garden: where he will sweep the path, where he will straighten the twig. The water king praised him: “Thank you, prince! You served me with faith-truth; choose for yourself a bride from among my twelve daughters. They are all face to face, hair to hair, dress to dress; guess up to three times the same one - she will be your wife, if you don’t guess - I will order you to be executed. Vasilisa the Wise found out about this, seized the time and said to the prince: “For the first time I will wave a handkerchief, in another dress I will straighten it, the third time a fly will fly over my head.” So the prince guessed Vasilisa the Wise up to three times. They married them and began to feast.

The water king prepared a lot of all sorts of food - a hundred people cannot eat! And he orders his son-in-law to eat everything; if that remains - it will be bad. - “Father! - asks the prince. “We have an old man, let him have a bite to eat with us.” - "Let him come!" Now appeared Eating; everything came - it was still not enough. The water king set forty barrels of every kind of drink and orders his son-in-law to drink it clean. “Father! - asks the prince again. “We have another old man, let him drink about your health.” - "Let him come!" Opivalo appeared, emptied all forty barrels at once - he still asks for a hangover.

The water king sees that he takes nothing, ordered to heat a hot-hot cast-iron bath for the young; they heated a cast-iron bathhouse, burned twenty sazhens of firewood, red-hot the stove and heated the walls - it was impossible to approach for five miles. “Father,” says the prince, “let our old man take a steam bath in advance, try out the bathhouse.” - "Let him take a steam bath!" Frost-Cracker came to the bathhouse: he blew into one corner, blew into the other - icicles are already hanging. After him, the young people also went to the bathhouse, washed, steamed up and returned home. “Let’s leave the father of the water king,” Vasilisa the Wise says to the prince, “he is painfully angry with you, he would not cause any harm!” “Let’s go,” says the prince. Now they saddled the horses and galloped into the open field.

We drove, we drove; much time has passed. “Get off, prince, from the horse and fall with your ear to the damp earth,” said Vasilisa the Wise, “can you hear the chase after us?” The prince leaned his ear to the damp earth: nothing was heard! Vasilisa the Wise herself got off the good horse, lay down on the damp earth and said: “Ah, prince! I hear a strong chase after us." She turned the horses into a well, herself into a ladle, and the prince into an old old man. The chase came: “Hey, old man! Have you seen the good fellow with the red maiden? - “I saw it, dear ones! Only a long time ago: they traveled back in those days, when I was young. The chase returned to the water king. “No,” he says, “no traces, no news, they only saw that the old man was near the well, the ladle was floating on the water.” - "Why didn't you take them?" - shouted the water king and immediately betrayed the messengers to a fierce death, and sent another shift for the prince and Vasilisa the Wise. In the meantime, they have traveled far, far away.

Vasilisa the Wise heard a new pursuit; she turned the prince into an old priest, and she herself became a dilapidated church: the walls barely hold, all around were overgrown with moss. The chase came: “Hey, old man! Have you seen the good fellow with the red maiden? - “I saw, dear ones! Only a long time ago; they had passed at that time, when I was young, I was building this church.” And the second chase returned to the water king: “No, your royal majesty, no traces, no news; they only saw that the old priest and the dilapidated church. - "Why didn't you take them?" - the water king shouted more than ever; he delivered the messengers to a cruel death, and after the prince and Vasilisa the Wise he himself galloped. This time, Vasilisa the Wise turned the horses into a river of honey, jelly banks, the prince into a drake, herself into a gray duck. The water king rushed to jelly and satiety, ate, ate, drank, drank - until he burst! Here he gave up his spirit.

The prince with Vasilisa the Wise rode on; they began to drive home, to the father, to the mother of the prince. Vasilisa the Wise and says: “Go ahead, prince, report to your father and mother, and I will wait for you here on the road; just remember my word: kiss everyone, don't kiss your sisters; you won't forget me." The prince came home, began to greet everyone, kissed his sister too, and only kissed - as at that very moment he forgot about his wife, as if she had not been in her thoughts.

Vasilisa the Wise waited for him for three days; on the fourth day she dressed up as a beggar woman, went to the capital city and stuck with an old woman. And the prince was about to marry a rich princess, and it was ordered to call a call throughout the kingdom, so that no matter how many Orthodox people there are, everyone would go to congratulate the groom on the bride and carry a wheat pie as a gift. So the old woman, at whom Vasilisa the Wise stuck, began to sow flour and cook a cake. “For whom, grandmother, are you preparing a pie?” Vasilisa the Wise asks her. “How for whom? Don't you know: our king marries his son to a rich princess; you need to go to the palace, serve young people on the table. - “Let me bake and take it to the palace; maybe the tsar will favor me.” - "Peck with God!" Vasilisa the Wise took the flour, kneaded the dough, put the cottage cheese and the dove with the dove and made a pie.

Just before dinner, the old woman went with Vasilisa the Wise to the palace; and there the feast goes on all over the world. They served Vasilisa the Wise's pie on the table, and as soon as they cut it in half, a dove and a dove flew out of there. The dove grabbed a piece of cottage cheese, and the dove says: “Dove, give me the cottage cheese too!” - “I won’t give it,” the dove answers, “otherwise you will forget me, just as the prince forgot his Vasilisa the Wise.” Then the prince remembered his wife, jumped out from behind the table, took her by the white hands and sat next to him. Since then, they began to live together in every good and happiness.

THE SEA KING AND VASILISSA THE WISE

Beyond distant lands, in a distant state, there lived a king with a queen; they had no children. The king went to foreign lands, to distant sides; have not been home for a long time; at that time the queen bore him a son, Ivan Tsarevich, but the king does not know about it.

He began to keep his way to his state, began to drive up to his land, and the day was hot, hot, the sun was so hot! And a great thirst fell upon him; whatever to give, just to drink water! He looked around and saw a large lake not far off; rode up to the lake, got off the horse, lay down on his belly and let's swallow the icy water. Drinks and does not smell trouble; and the king of the sea seized him by the beard.

Let it go! - asks the king.

I won't let you in, don't you dare drink without my knowledge!

Whatever you want, take a ransom - just let go!

Let's do something you don't know at home.

The king thought and thought - what does he not know at home? It seems that he knows everything, he knows everything, - and he agreed. I tried - no one keeps a beard; got up from the ground, got on his horse and rode home.

Here he comes home, the queen meets him with the prince, so joyful; and as soon as he learned about his dear offspring, he burst into bitter tears. He told the queen how and what had happened to him, they cried together, but there was nothing to do, tears couldn’t improve things.

They began to live in the old way; and the prince grows for himself and grows like dough on dough - not by the day, but by the hour, and he has grown big.

“No matter how much you keep with you,” the tsar thinks, “but you have to give it back: it’s inevitable!” He took Ivan Tsarevich by the hand and led him straight to the lake.

Look here, - he says, - my ring; I accidentally dropped it yesterday.

He left one prince, and he turned home. The prince began to look for a ring, he was walking along the shore, and an old woman came across to meet him.

Where are you going, Ivan Tsarevich?

Get off, don't bother, you old witch! And it's boring without you.

Well, stay with God!

And the old woman went to the side.

And Ivan Tsarevich thought about it: “Why did I scold the old woman? Let me turn her back; old people are cunning and quick-witted! Perhaps he will say something good. ” And he began to turn the old woman:

Come back, grandmother, forgive my stupid word! After all, I said out of annoyance: my father made me look for a ring, I go and look, but there is no ring!

You are not here for the ring; your father gave you to the sea king: the sea king will come out and take you with him to the underwater kingdom.

The prince wept bitterly.

Do not grieve, Ivan Tsarevich! There will be a holiday on your street; just listen to me, old woman. Hide behind that currant bush and hide quietly. Twelve doves will fly here - all red maidens, and after them the thirteenth; will bathe in the lake; meanwhile, take away the shirt from the last one and don’t give it back until she gives you her little ring. If you fail to do this, you are lost forever; near the sea king, all around the palace, there is a high palisade, for as much as ten versts, and on each spoke a head is stuck; only one empty, do not please get on it!

Ivan Tsarevich thanked the old woman, hid behind a currant bush and waited for the time.

Suddenly twelve pigeons fly in; hit the damp earth and turned into red maidens, all to a single beauty indescribable: neither think, nor guess, nor write with a pen! They threw off their dresses and set off into the lake: they play, splash, laugh, sing songs.

They were followed by the thirteenth dove; hit the ground on the cheese, turned into a red maiden, threw off her shirt from her white body and went to bathe; and she was prettier than all, prettier than all!

For a long time Ivan Tsarevich could not take his eyes away, looked at her for a long time and remembered what the old woman had told him, crept up and took away the shirt.

A red-haired girl came out of the water, missed - no shirt, someone took it away; Everyone rushed to look, searched, searched - not to be seen anywhere.

Look no further, dear sisters! Fly home; I myself am to blame - I overlooked it, I myself will answer.

Sisters - red maidens hit the damp ground, became doves, flapped their wings and flew away. Only one girl remained, looked around and said:

Whoever it is who has my shirt, come out here; if you are an old man, you will be my dear father, if you are middle-aged, you will be my beloved brother, if you are equal to me, you will be a dear friend!

As soon as she said the last word, Ivan Tsarevich appeared. She gave him a golden ring and said:

Ah, Ivan Tsarevich! Why haven't you come for a long time? The sea king is angry with you. Here is the road that leads to the underwater kingdom; step on it boldly! You will find me there too; because I am the daughter of the sea king, Vasilisa the Wise.

Vasilisa the Wise turned into a dove and flew away from the prince.

And Ivan Tsarevich went to the underwater kingdom; he sees - and there the light is the same as ours, and there are fields, and meadows, and green groves, and the sun warms.

He comes to the sea king. The sea king shouted at him:

Why haven't you been there for so long? For your guilt, here is your service: I have a wasteland thirty miles long and across - only ditches, gullies and a sharp stone! So that by tomorrow it would be smooth as a palm there, and the rye would be sown, and by early morning it would grow so high that a jackdaw could be buried in it. If you don't, your head is off your shoulders!

Ivan Tsarevich comes from the sea king, he is shedding tears. Vasilisa the Wise saw him through the window from her towering tower and asked:

Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! Why are you shedding tears?

How can I not cry? - answers the prince. - The king of the sea made me level ditches, gullies and sharp stones in one night and sow rye, so that by morning it would grow and a jackdaw could hide in it.

It's not a problem, there will be trouble ahead. Go to sleep with God; the morning is wiser than the evening, everything will be ready!

Ivan Tsarevich went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:

Gay you, my faithful servants! Level deep ditches, demolish sharp stones, sow spiked rye, so that it will ripen by morning.

Ivan Tsarevich woke up at dawn, looked - everything was ready: there were no ditches, no gully, there was a field as smooth as a palm, and rye flaunted on it - so high that a jackdaw would be buried.

I went to the sea king with a report.

Thank you, - says the sea king, - that you managed to serve. Here's another job for you: I have three hundred stacks, in each stack there are three hundred kopecks - all white wheat; thresh for me by tomorrow all the wheat, clean and clean, to a single grain, but do not break the stacks and do not break the sheaves. If you don't, your head is off your shoulders!

Listen, Your Majesty! - said Ivan Tsarevich; again he walks around the yard and sheds tears.

What are you crying about? Vasilisa the Wise asks him.

How can I not cry? The king of the sea ordered me to thresh all the stacks in one night, not to drop the grain, but not to break the stacks and not to break the sheaves.

It's not a problem, trouble is ahead! Go to bed with God, the morning is wiser than the evening.

The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:

Hey you creepy ants! No matter how many of you there are in this world - all crawl here and pick the grain from the father's stacks clean and clean.

In the morning, the sea king calls Ivan Tsarevich:

Did he serve?

Served, Your Majesty!

Let's go see.

They came to the threshing floor - all the stacks are untouched, they came to the granaries - all the bins are full of grain.

Thank you brother! - said the king of the sea. - Make me another church of pure wax, so that by dawn it will be ready: this will be your last service.

Again Tsarevich Ivan walks through the yard, washing himself with tears.

What are you crying about? - Vasilisa the Wise asks him from the high tower:

How can I not cry, good fellow? The sea king ordered to make a church out of pure wax in one night.

Well, it's not a problem yet, the trouble is ahead. Go to bed, the morning is wiser than the evening.

The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:

Gay you hard-working bees! No matter how many of you there are in the world - all fly here and mold the church of God from pure wax, so that by morning it will be ready!

In the morning, Ivan Tsarevich got up, looked - there was a church made of pure wax, and went to the sea king with a report.

Thank you, Ivan Tsarevich! Whatever servants I have had, no one has been able to please like you. Be then my heir, saver of the whole kingdom; choose any of my thirteen daughters for your wife.

Ivan Tsarevich chose Vasilisa the Wise; they were immediately married and feasted with joy for three whole days.

Neither more nor less time passed, Ivan Tsarevich yearned for his parents, he wanted to go to Holy Rus'.

What is so sad, Ivan Tsarevich?

Ah, Vasilisa the Wise, I felt sad for my father, for my mother, I wanted to go to Holy Rus'.

Here comes the trouble! If we leave, there will be a great chase after us; The king of the sea will be angry and put us to death. Gotta be smart!

Vasilisa the Wise spat in three corners, locked the doors in her chamber and ran with Ivan Tsarevich to Holy Rus'.

The next day, messengers from the sea king come early - to raise the young, to call the king to the palace. Knocking on the door:

Wake up, wake up! Father is calling you.

It's still early, we haven't had enough sleep, come back later! - answers one saliva.

So the messengers left, waited an hour or two, and knocked again:

It's not time to sleep, it's time to wake up!

Wait a bit: get up, get dressed! - answers the second saliva.

For the third time, messengers come: the king of the sea is angry, why they are cooling off for so long.

Now we will! - answers the third saliva.

The messengers waited and waited, and let's knock again: no response, no response! They broke down the doors, but the tower is empty.

They reported to the king that the young had run away; he became angry and sent a great chase after them.

And Vasilisa the Wise and Ivan Tsarevich are already far, far away! They ride greyhound horses without stopping, without rest.

Come on, Ivan Tsarevich, crouch down on the damp earth and listen, is there a chase from the sea king?

Ivan Tsarevich jumped off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:

I hear people's talk and horse top!

They are after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise, and immediately turned the horses into a green meadow, Ivan Tsarevich - an old shepherd, and she herself became a meek sheep.

The chase is on:

Hey old man! Didn't you see - didn't a good fellow ride here with a red maiden?

No, good people, I haven’t seen it,” Ivan Tsarevich answers.

The chase is back:

Your royal majesty! They didn’t run into anyone on the way, they only saw: the shepherd is grazing a sheep.

What was missing? After all, they were! - shouted the sea king and sent a new pursuit.

And Ivan Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise have been riding greyhound horses for a long time.

Well, Ivan Tsarevich, crouch down on the damp earth and listen, is there a chase from the sea king?

Ivan Tsarevich got off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:

I hear people's talk and a horse top.

They are after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise; she herself became a church, turned Ivan Tsarevich into an old priest, and horses into trees.

The chase is on:

Hey dad! Did you not see if a shepherd with a sheep passed by here?

No, good people, I haven't seen it. I have been working in this church for forty years - not a single bird has flown by, not a single animal has roamed past!

Turned the chase back:

Your royal majesty! Nowhere did they find a shepherd with a sheep; only on the way and saw that the church and the priest-old man.

Why didn’t you break the church, didn’t capture the priest? After all, they were the ones! - shouted the sea king and he himself galloped in pursuit of Ivan Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise.

And they have gone far.

Vasilisa the Wise again says:

Ivan Tsarevich! Lie down on the damp earth - do not hear the chase?

Ivan Tsarevich got down from his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:

I hear people's talk and horse top more than ever.

This is the king himself riding.

Vasilisa the Wise turned the horses into a lake, Ivan Tsarevich into a drake, and she herself became a duck.

The king of the sea galloped to the lake, immediately guessed who the duck and drake were, hit the damp ground and turned into an eagle. The eagle wants to kill them to death, but it wasn’t there: whatever flies from above ... the drake is about to hit, and the drake dives into the water; the duck is about to hit, and the duck will dive into the water! He fought and fought and couldn't do anything. The king of the sea galloped to his underwater kingdom, and Vasilisa the Wise and Ivan Tsarevich waited a good time and went to holy Rus'.

How long, how short, they arrived in the thirtieth kingdom.

Wait for me in this forest, - says Ivan Tsarevich to Vasilisa the Wise, - I will go and report in advance to my father, mother.

You will forget me, Ivan Tsarevich!

No, I won't forget.

No, Ivan Tsarevich, don't say, you'll forget! Remember me even when two doves start beating at the windows!

Ivan Tsarevich came to the palace; his parents saw him, threw themselves on his neck and began to kiss and pardon him. To celebrate, Ivan Tsarevich forgot about Vasilisa the Wise.

He lives a day and another with his father, with his mother, and on the third he decided to marry some princess.

Vasilisa the Wise went to the city and hired herself as a worker for a prosvirna. They began to cook prosvirs, she took two pieces of dough, molded a couple of doves and put them in the oven.

Guess, mistress, what will become of these doves!

And what will happen? Let's eat them - that's all!

No, I didn't guess!

Vasilisa the Wise opened the stove, opened the window - and at that very moment the doves started up, flew straight into the palace and began to beat at the windows; no matter how hard the royal servants tried, they could not drive them away.

It was only then that Ivan Tsarevich remembered Vasilisa the Wise, sent messengers in all directions to question and search for her, and found her at the mallow; took the white hands, kissed the sugar lips, brought him to his father, to his mother, and they all began to live together and live and make good.

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Tale of the Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise

Russian folktale

The tale "The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise" summary:

The tale "The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise" is about how the Tsar married the queen and went on a campaign. While the Tsar travels to foreign lands, his son Ivan Tsarevich is born at home. Returning, the king wanted to drink from the lake, but the Sea King grabbed him by the beard and threatened to kill him if the king did not give him what he did not know about in his house. The king agrees. Only upon arrival home does he realize his mistake.
Ivan Tsarevich quickly grew up, and the king sends him to the shore of the lake to look for a ring, but in fact the king of the sea.
Ivan Tsarevich is looking for a ring and meets an old woman, whom he first scolded, but then confessed, and she taught him what to do.

12 doves flew to the lake, turned into girls and began to swim. Then the thirteenth flew in and became the most beautiful girl of all. Then they fly away, only the youngest remains, from whom the prince steals the shirt. This is Vasilisa the Wise. She gives the prince a ring and shows the way to the sea kingdom, and she flies away.
Ivan came to the Sea Tsar, and he, as a punishment for a long absence, ordered him to do three jobs - to level the field, to sow rye and so that the rye would ripen by morning, sort out the stacks of wheat, thresh the wheat and not destroy the stacks, and build a church of pure wax.

Ivan sobbed every time, not knowing how to complete the task, but Vasilisa did everything herself.
Ivan Tsarevich marries Vasilisa the Wise. After some time, he confesses to his wife that he wants to go to Holy Rus'. Vasilisa spits in three corners, locks up her tower and runs away with her husband to Rus'.
For some time, saliva was responsible for Vasilisa and the servants did not know about the escape, but, in the end, the messengers break the door, and the tower is empty. And the Sea King sent his servants in pursuit. Twice Vasilisa deceived the servants, first turning into a sheep and a shepherd, then into a church and a priest. Finally, the Sea King himself rushed in pursuit.

Vasilisa turns horses into a lake, her husband into a drake, and she herself turns into a duck. The sea king recognizes them, becomes an eagle, but it is not possible to kill a drake and a duck, because they dived, and that was how they escaped.
The Sea King returned to himself with nothing.
Ivan came home. Vasilisa warns that the prince will forget her. But she punished him that as soon as he saw two doves, he would remember her.
And sure enough, Ivan Tsarevich forgot Vasilisa, and even took it into his head to marry another.
Vasilisa baked two doves here, waved her hand, and they flew out the window, and let's knock on the royal tower. The prince, seeing them, remembers Vasilisa, finds her, brings her to her father-mother, and everyone lives together.

This fairy tale teaches courage, honesty, kindness, develops a sense of beauty.

Tale of the Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise read:

Beyond distant lands, in a distant state, there lived a king with a queen; they had no children. The king went to foreign lands, to distant lands, he did not go home for a long time; at that time the queen bore him a son, Ivan Tsarevich, but the king does not know about it.

He began to keep his way to his state, began to drive up to his land, and the day was hot, hot, the sun was so hot! And a great thirst fell upon him; whatever to give, just to drink water! He looked around and saw a large lake not far off; rode up to the lake, dismounted from the horse, lay down on the ground and let's swallow the icy water. Drinks and does not smell trouble; and the king of the sea seized him by the beard.

— Let go! the king asks.

“I won’t let you in, don’t you dare drink without my knowledge!”

- Whatever you want, take a ransom - just let it go!

- Let's do something you don't know at home.

The king thought and thought ... What does he not know at home? It seems that he knows everything, everything is known to him, - and he agreed. I tried - no one keeps a beard; got up from the ground, got on his horse and rode home.

Here he comes home, the queen meets him with the prince, so joyful; and as soon as he learned about his dear offspring, he burst into bitter tears. He told the princess how and what had happened to him, we cried together, but there’s nothing to do, you can’t fix things with tears.

They began to live in the old way; and the prince grows for himself and grows like dough on dough - not by the day, but by the hour - and he has grown big.

“No matter how much you keep with you,” the tsar thinks, but you have to give it back: it’s inevitable!” He took Ivan Tsarevich by the hand and led him straight to the lake.

“Look here,” he says, “my ring; I accidentally dropped it yesterday.

He left one prince, and he turned home.

The prince began to look for a ring, he was walking along the shore, and an old woman came across to meet him.

Where are you going, Ivan Tsarevich?

“Get off, don’t bother, old witch!” And it's boring without you.

- Well, stay with God!

And the old woman went to the side.

And Ivan Tsarevich thought about it: “Why did I scold the old woman?” Let me turn her back; old people are cunning and quick-witted! Perhaps he will say something good.” And he began to turn the old woman:

- Come back, grandmother, forgive my stupid word! After all, I said out of annoyance: my father made me look for a ring, I go and look, but there is no ring!

- You are not here for a ring: your father gave you to the sea king; the sea king will come out and take you with him to the underwater kingdom.

The prince wept bitterly.

- Do not grieve, Ivan Tsarevich! There will be a holiday on your street; just listen to me, old woman. Hide behind that currant bush and hide quietly. Twelve doves will fly here - all red maidens, and after them the thirteenth; will bathe in the lake; meanwhile, take away the shirt from the last one and still don’t give it back until she gives you her little ring. If you fail to do this, you are lost forever; near the sea king, all around the palace, there is a high palisade, for as much as ten versts, and on each spoke a head is stuck; only one empty, do not please get on it!

Ivan Tsarevich thanked the old woman, hid behind a currant bush and waited for the time.

Suddenly twelve pigeons fly in; hit the damp earth and turned into red maidens, all to a single beauty indescribable: neither think, nor guess, nor write with a pen! They threw off their dresses and set off into the lake: they play, splash, laugh, sing songs.

They were followed by the thirteenth dove; hit the damp ground, turned into a beautiful girl, threw off her white shirt and went to bathe; and she was prettier than all, prettier than all!

For a long time Ivan Tsarevich could not take his eyes away, he looked at her for a long time and remembered what the old woman had told him, crept quietly and took away the shirt.

A red-haired girl came out of the water, missed her - there was no shirt, someone took it away; Everyone rushed to look: they searched, searched - not to be seen anywhere.

- Do not look, dear sisters! Fly home; I myself am to blame - I overlooked it, I myself will answer.

Sisters - red maidens hit the damp ground, became doves, flapped their wings and flew away. Only one girl remained, looked around and said:

“Whoever it is, who has my shirt, come out here; if you are an old man, you will be my dear father, if you are middle-aged, you will be my beloved brother, if you are equal to me, you will be a dear friend!

As soon as she said the last word, Ivan Tsarevich appeared. She gave him a golden ring and said:

“Ah, Ivan Tsarevich! Why haven't you come for a long time? The sea king is angry with you. Here is the road that leads to the underwater kingdom; step on it boldly! You will find me there too; because I am the daughter of the sea king, Vasilisa the Wise.

Vasilisa the Wise turned into a dove and flew away from the prince.

And Ivan Tsarevich went to the underwater kingdom; sees - and there the light is the same as ours; and there are fields, and meadows, and green groves, and the sun is warm.

He comes to the sea king. The sea king shouted at him:

- Why haven't you been here for so long? For your guilt, here is your service: I have a wasteland thirty miles long and across - only ditches, gullies and sharp stones! So that by tomorrow it would be smooth as a palm there, and the rye would be sown, and by early morning it would grow so high that a jackdaw could be buried in it. If you don't, your head is off your shoulders!

Ivan Tsarevich comes from the sea king, he is shedding tears. Vasilisa the Wise saw him through the window from her towering tower and asked:

- Hello, Ivan Tsarevich! Why are you shedding tears?

How can I not cry? the prince answers. - The king of the sea made me level ditches, gullies and sharp stones in one night and sow rye, so that by the morning of sleep it would grow and a jackdaw could hide in it.

- It's not a problem, the trouble is ahead. Go to sleep with God; the morning is wiser than the evening, everything will be ready!

Ivan Tsarevich went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:

- Hey you, my faithful servants! Level deep ditches, demolish sharp stones, sow spiked rye, so that it will ripen by morning.

Ivan Tsarevich woke up at dawn, looked - everything is ready: there are no ditches, no gullies, there is a field as smooth as a palm, and rye flaunts on it - so high that a jackdaw will be buried.

I went to the sea king with a report.

“Thank you,” says the sea king, “that you managed to serve. Here's another job for you: I have three hundred stacks, in each stack there are three hundred kopecks - all white wheat; thresh for me by tomorrow all the wheat, clean and clean, to a single grain, but do not break the stacks and do not break the sheaves. If you don't, your head is off your shoulders!

“Listen, Your Majesty! - said Ivan Tsarevich; again he walks around the yard and sheds tears.

- What are you crying about? Vasilisa the Wise asks him.

How can I not cry? The king of the sea ordered me to thresh all the stacks in one night, not to drop the grain, but not to break the stacks and not to break the sheaves.

- It's not a problem, the trouble is ahead! Go to bed with God; The morning is wiser than the evening.

The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:

- Hey you, creeping ants! No matter how many of you there are in the whole wide world - all crawl here and pick the grain from the father's stacks clean and clean.

In the morning, the sea king calls Ivan Tsarevich:

Did he serve?

“Served, your majesty!”

- Let's go see.

They came to the threshing floor - all the stacks are untouched, they came to the granary - all the bins are full of grain.

- Thank you, brother! the sea king said. “Make me another church of pure wax, ready by dawn; that will be your last service.”

Again Tsarevich Ivan walks through the yard and washes himself with tears.

- What are you crying about? Vasilisa the Wise asks him from the high tower.

- How can I not cry, good fellow? The sea king ordered to make a church out of pure wax in one night.

- Well, it's not a problem yet, the trouble is ahead. Go to sleep; The morning is wiser than the evening.

The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:

- Hey you, hard-working bees! No matter how many of you there are in the world, all fly here and mold the church of God from pure wax, so that by morning it will be ready.

In the morning, Ivan Tsarevich got up, looked - there was a church made of pure wax, and went to the sea king with a chill.

Thank you, Ivan Tsarevich! What servants I did not have, no one managed to please like you. Be then my heir, the guardian of the whole kingdom; choose any of my thirteen daughters for your wife.

Ivan Tsarevich chose Vasilisa the Wise; they were immediately married and feasted with joy for three whole days.

Neither more nor less time passed, Ivan Tsarevich yearned for his parents, he wanted to go to Holy Rus'.

“Why are you so sad, Ivan Tsarevich?

- Ah, Vasilisa the Wise, I felt sad for my father, for my mother, I wanted to go to Holy Rus'.

- Here comes the trouble! If we leave, there will be a great chase after us; the sea king will be angry and put us to death. Gotta be smart!

Vasilisa the Wise spat in three corners, locked the doors in her chamber and ran with Ivan Tsarevich to Holy Rus'.

On the next day, early sent from the sea king come - to raise the young, to call to the palace to the king. Knocking on the door:

- Wake up, wake up! Father is calling you.

“It’s still early, we didn’t get enough sleep: come after!” one saliva answers.

So the messengers left, waited an hour or two, and knocked again:

"It's not time to sleep, it's time to get up!"

"Wait a little, let's get up and get dressed!" replies another saliva.

The third time the messengers come:

“The Tsar-de-Marine is angry why they are taking so long to cool off.

- Let's go now! - answers the third saliva.

The messengers waited and waited, and let's knock again: no response, no response! They broke down the door, but the tower is empty.

They reported to the king that the young had run away; he became angry and sent a great chase after them.

And Vasilisa the Wise and Ivan Tsarevich are already far, far away! They ride greyhound horses without stopping, without rest.

- Well, Ivan Tsarevich, lie down on the damp earth and listen, is there a chase from the sea king?

Ivan Tsarevich jumped off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:

- I hear people's talk and a horse top!

- They're after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise, and immediately turned the horses into a green meadow, Ivan Tsarevich into an old shepherd, and she herself became a meek sheep.

The chase is on:

- Hey, old man! Didn't you see - didn't a good fellow ride here with a red maiden?

“No, good people, I haven’t seen it,” Ivan Tsarevich answers, “I’ve been grazing in this place for forty years, not a single bird has flown by, not a single beast has roamed past!

The chase is back:

"Your Royal Majesty!" They didn’t run into anyone on the way, they only saw: the shepherd is grazing a sheep.

- What did you miss? After all, they were! - shouted the sea king and sent a new pursuit.

And Ivan Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise have been riding greyhound horses for a long time.

- Well, Ivan Tsarevich, lie down on the damp earth and listen, is there a chase from the sea king?

Ivan Tsarevich got off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:

- I hear people's talk and a horse top.

- They're after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise; she herself became a church, she turned Ivan Tsarevich into an old priest, and the horses into trees.

The chase is on:

— Hey, father! Did you not see if a shepherd with a sheep passed by here?

- No, good people, I haven’t seen it; I have been working in this church for forty years - not a single bird has flown by, not a single animal has roamed past.

Turned the chase back:

"Your Royal Majesty!" Nowhere did they find a shepherd with a sheep; only on the way and saw that the church and the priest-old man.

- Why didn't you break the church, didn't capture the priest? After all, they were the ones! - shouted the sea king and he himself galloped in pursuit of Ivan Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise.

And they have gone far.

Vasilisa the Wise again says:

- Ivan Tsarevich! Lie down on the damp earth - do not hear the chase!

Ivan Tsarevich got down from his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:

- I hear people's talk and a horse top more than ever.

- It's the king himself riding.

Vasilisa the Wise turned the horses into a lake, Ivan Tsarevich into a drake, and she herself became a duck.

The king of the sea galloped to the lake, immediately guessed who the duck and drake were; hit the ground and turned into an eagle. The eagle wants to kill them to death, but it wasn’t there: what doesn’t fly from above ... the drake is about to hit, and the drake dives into the water; the duck is about to hit, and the duck will dive into the water! He fought and fought and couldn't do anything. The king of the sea galloped to his underwater kingdom, and Vasilisa the Wise and Ivan Tsarevich waited a good time and went to holy Rus'.

How long, how short, they arrived in the thirtieth kingdom.

“Wait for me in this forest,” Ivan Tsarevich says to Vasilisa the Wise, “I will go and report to my father and mother in advance.

- You will forget me, Ivan Tsarevich!

- No, I won't forget.

- No, Ivan Tsarevich, don't say, you'll forget! Remember me even when two doves start beating at the windows!

Ivan Tsarevich came to the palace; his parents saw him, threw themselves on his neck and began to kiss and pardon him; in joy, Ivan Tsarevich forgot about Vasilisa the Wise.

He lives a day and another with his father, with his mother, and on the third he decided to marry some princess.

Vasilisa the Wise went to the city and hired herself as a worker for a prosvirna. They began to cook prosvira; she took two pieces of dough, molded a pair of doves and put them in the oven.

“Guess, mistress, what will become of these doves?”

— And what will happen? Let's eat them - that's all!

— No, I didn't guess!

Vasilisa the Wise opened the stove, opened the window - and at that very moment the doves started up, flew straight into the palace and began to beat at the windows; no matter how hard the royal servants tried, they could not drive them away.

It was only then that Ivan Tsarevich remembered Vasilisa the Wise, sent messengers in all directions to question and search for her, and found her at the mallow; took the white hands, kissed the sugar lips, brought him to his father, to his mother, and they all began to live together and live and make good.