RIABA, THE HEN
КУРОЧКА РЯБА
Once upon a time there lived an old man and an old woman. And they had a hen, Riaba by name.
One day the hen laid an egg. The old man beat the egg, but he couldn't do it. The old woman beat the egg, but she didn't manage to do it, either.
A little grey mouse ran along. She swished her tail. The egg rolled and broke to pieces.
The old man was crying. The old woman was weeping. But the hen was clucking, "Don't cry, Granddad. Don't weep, Granny. I'll lay your another i'gg. And it won't be simple, it will be golden!"
A MITTEN
РУКАВИЧКА
Once upon a time there lived an old man. One day he lost his mitten.
A mouse ran along. She entered the mitten and sat there. A frog jumped by and asked, "Who is there in the mitten?" "I'm a Scratching Mouse. And who are you?" "I'm a Croaking Frog. Let me in". "Come in",
A hare ran along. "Who is there in the mitten?" he asked. "I'm a Scratching Mouse, I'm a Croaking Frog. And who are you?" "I'm a Long-Eared Hare. Let me in". "Come in".
A fox ran past. "Who is there in the mitten?" she asked. "I'm a Scratching Mouse, I'm a Croaking Frog, Fm a Long-Eared Hare. And who are you?" "I'm a Sister Fox. Let me in". "Come in". And they were seated there.
A wolf ran by and asked, "Who is there in the mitten?" "I'm a Scratching Mouse, I'm a Croaking Frog, Fm a Long-Eared Hare, I'm a Sister Fox. And who are you?" "I'm a Brother Wolf. Let me in". "Come in".
A bear went past, hummed and asked, "Who is there in the mitten?" "I'm a Scratching Mouse, I'm a Croaking Frog, I'm a Long-Eared Hare, I'm a Sister Fox, I'm a Brother Wolf. And who are you?" I'm a Roaming Bear. Let me enter your mitten". "Come in". And he entered the mitten.
A wild boar ran by. "Grunt! Grunt! Grunt!" he said. "Who is there in the mitten?" "I'm a Scratching Mouse, I'm a Croaking Frog, I'm a Long-Eared Hare, I'm a Sister Fox, I'm a Brother Wolf, I'm a Roaming Bear. And who are you?" "I'm a Fanged Boar. Let me come into your mitten". "Come in". And he entered the mitten. They were all seated there.
A marksman went past. He saw, that the mitten was moving. The marksman shot at once. And there were a lot of skins there!
A FOX AS A JUDGE
ЛИСИЧКА В СУДДЯХ
Two young cats gained a bit of cheese. They took It with them and began to think, how to divide it in equal shares, without any offence to either cat.
The first cat said, "Let's divide the cheese across". The other cat replied, "No, we'd better divide it lengthwise". The cats started quarrelling.
A fox was running by. She saw the cats and their cheese, stopped and asked, "What's up? Why are you Upset?" "You see", said the cats, "we don't know, how to divide a bit of cheese better". "Oh", said the fox, "it can be done very well. Let me divide your cheese".
The cats gave her their cheese to divide. The fox divided it in two, then she said, "No, this piece is bigger. I must make the pieces equal". And she ate a hit out of the first piece. "And now", she said, "that one is bigger. It should be trimmed. Neither of you must be hurt". And the fox ate a bit again.
She was making the cheese equal, biting either piece from time to time, until there were two very little slices. "Well", said the fox, "now you have quite equal pieces; you may even weigh them!" "All right", said the cats, "but you have eaten a lot of our cheese! What have you taken so much property of ours for?" "What for?" the fox was surprised. "I have shared the cheese you between you for that!"
A CAT AND A COCK
Котик та Півник
Once upon a time there lived a cat and a cock. They were great friends. The Cat used to play the violin, and the Cock would sing. The Cat would go to gain their food, and the Cock used to stay at home and guard the house.
Going away, the Cat used to order, "Keep anyone out and don't leave the house, though anybody calls you". "All right", said the Cock. He would bolt the door and sit in the house, until the Cat came back.
One day a fox visited the Cock and decided to lure him. She used to come under the window and say, "Come up to me, dear Cock. I've got some golden grains and honey water". But the Cock would reply, "Someone's about. The Cat didn't let me go out".
The Fox saw, that she failed. She came to the house one night and strewed a lot of golden grains under the window. The Fox hid in a bush.
The next morning the Cock looked out of the-window and saw, that nobody was in the yard, only the grains were strewn under the window. He was tempted. "I'll go and peck some grains", decided the Cock, "there is nobody there, and nobody will see me and tell the Cat".
As soon as he crossed the threshold, the Fox seized him and dashed off to her house. The Cock was crying out, "My dear Cat! The Fox is carrying me with her across the bridge. Save me, please!"
The Cat was very far at that time. So, he couldn't hear the Cock at once. He was late to catch up with the Fox. He returned home and wept. Then the Cat used his brains. He took a violin, a painted knapsack mid went to the Fox's house. The Fox had four daughters and a son.
That very moment the Fox was not at home. She was hunting. She had told her children to watch the Cock and boil the water. The Fox was going to draw and cook him. as soon as she came back. She had ordered her kids not to let anyone enter the house.
The Cat came up to the window, played the violin and sang,
Our Fox has a new yard
And four pretty daughters,
The fifth child is Pylypko,
Her only son, son!
Come here, young Fox, to see,
Whether I play well.
The eldest daughter was tempered very much. "Stay here for a while", she said to her younger sisters and brother, "I'll go out and see, who is playing so well there".The moment she went out, the Cat hit her on the forehead and put her into the painted knapsack. And he went on playing.
The second daughter was tempted, too. She also left the house. The Cat hit her on the forehead and put her into the painted knapsack as well. In this way he lured all the four Fox's daughters out.
The son, Pylypko, was waiting for his sisters. But they did not come back. "I'll go", he said to himself, and drive them into the house. When Mother comes, she'11 punish them". And he left the house.
The Cat hit the Fox's son on the forehead and put him into the painted knapsack, too. Then he hung the knapsack on a dry willow, entered the house and found the Cock.
They both ate all the Fox's meals, broke all the dishes and ran home. And the Cock then obeyed the Cat to the very end.
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