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Wonderful shirt (fairy tale version 1)

A brave soldier served in the regiment and received one hundred rubles from home. The sergeant major found out about it and borrowed money from him; and when the time came to pay, instead of any payment, he gave him a hundred sticks in the back: “I haven’t seen your money, but you riveted me with a trick!” The soldier became angry and fled into the dark forest; I lay down to rest under a tree, and lo and behold, a six-headed snake was flying. He flew in, asked the soldier about his life and life and said: “Why do you need to wander around the forest, hire me for three years.” - “If you please!” - the soldier answers. “Well, sit on me.” The soldier began to load all his belongings onto the snake. “Eh, soldier, why are you taking this rubbish with you?” - “What are you, snake! A soldier is beaten painfully even for a button, so how can he leave his belongings?”

The serpent brought the soldier to his chambers and imposed on him the following service: “Sit by the cauldron for three years, light a fire and cook porridge!” And he himself flew off to travel around the world for all this time. The work is not difficult: the soldier puts firewood under the boiler and sits there - drinking vodka and eating snacks, and the snake's vodka is not like ours - from under the boat 2, but much more expensive! Three years later the snake arrived. “What, servant, is the porridge ready?” - “She must be ready!” My fire never went out during all three years.” The snake ate the entire pot in one go, praised the soldier for his good service and hired him for another three years.

This time has passed too; the snake ate the porridge and left the soldier for another three years. The soldier cooked porridge for two years, and at the end of the third he thought: “Why, I’ve been living with the serpent for the ninth summer, I keep cooking porridge for him, but I haven’t even tried what it’s like. Let me taste it!” He lifted the lid, and the sergeant-major was sitting in the cauldron. “Well,” he thinks, “I’ll amuse you, my friend; I’ll help you with your sticks!” And well, carry firewood and put as much as possible under the boiler; He lit such a fire that not only the meat, but all the bones were boiled! The snake flew in, ate the porridge and praised the soldier: “Well, soldier! The porridge was good before, but now it’s cooked even better! Choose what you love as a reward.” The soldier looked back and forth and chose a heroic horse and a shirt made of thick canvas. The shirt was not simple, but magical; Just put it on and you will be a hero.

The soldier goes to one king, helps him in a difficult war and marries his beautiful daughter. Only the princess did not like the fact that she was married to a simple soldier; She played tricks with the neighboring prince and, in order to find out what the soldier’s heroic strength was, she began to flatter him; she found out, seized the moment, took off the shirt from her sleepy husband and gave it to the prince. He put on a magic shirt, grabbed a sword, chopped the soldier into small pieces, put them in a bag and ordered the grooms: “Take this bag, attach it to some nag and drive it into an open field!” The grooms went to carry out the order, and the soldier’s heroic horse turned into a nag and came into their sight. They took it, attached a bag to it and drove the horse into an open field. The heroic horse took off faster than a bird, ran to the snake, stopped at his palace and neighed tirelessly for three days and three nights.

At that time, the snake was sleeping soundly, forcibly woke up from the horse's neighing and stomping, came out of the chambers, looked into the bag and gasped! He took the chopped pieces, put them together, washed them with dead water - the soldier’s body grew together; sprinkled with living water - and the soldier came to life. “Ugh,” he says, “I slept for so long!” - “You would have slept for a long time if it weren’t for your good horse!” - the snake answered and taught the soldier the cunning science of taking on different forms. The soldier turned into a dove, flew to the prince, with whom his unfaithful wife began to live together, and sat down on the kitchen window. The young cook saw him. “Oh,” he says, “what a pretty little dove!” She opened the window and let him into the kitchen. The dove hit the floor and became a good fellow: “Serve me, red maiden! I will marry you." - “What can I do for you?” - “Get a shirt from the king’s thick canvas.” - “But he never takes it off! Does it really take off when he swims in the sea?

The soldier asked what time the prince bathed, went out onto the road and became a flower. Here the king's son and queen are going to the sea, and behind them is a cookware with clean linen. The king’s son saw the flower and admired it, but the princess now realized: “Oh, it’s the damned soldier who has crossed over!” I picked a flower and let’s crush it and tear off the leaves; the flower turned into a small fly and hid unnoticed in the bosom of the cook. As soon as the prince undressed and climbed into the water, the fly flew out and turned into a clear falcon, the falcon picked up and carried away the shirt, and, having become a good fellow, put it on himself. Then the soldier took up his sword, put to death both his cheating wife and her lover, and he himself married a red maiden - a young cook.

1 In vain, in vain ( Red.).

2 That is, water.

Wonderful shirt (fairy tale version 2)

In a certain kingdom there lived a rich merchant; The merchant died and left three sons aged. The eldest two went hunting every day. At one time, they asked their mother and younger brother, Ivan, to go hunting, took him into a dense forest and left there - so that all their father’s estate could be divided into two parts, and he would be deprived of his inheritance. Ivan the merchant's son wandered through the forest for a long time, eating berries and roots; Finally he got out onto a beautiful plain and on that plain he saw a house. He entered the rooms, walked and walked - there was no one, everything was empty; Only in one room the table is set with three cutlery, three breads are on the plates, and a bottle of wine is placed in front of each cutlery. Ivan the merchant's son took a small bite from each bread, ate it, and then drank a little from all three bottles and hid behind the door.

Suddenly an eagle flies, hits the ground and becomes a young man; A falcon flies after him, a sparrow follows the falcon - they hit the ground and also turned into good fellows. We sat down at the table to eat. “But our bread and wine have begun!” - says the eagle. “And that’s true,” the falcon replies, “apparently someone has come to visit us.” They began to look for the guest and call him. The eagle says: “Show yourself to us!” If you are an old man, you will be our dear father, if you are a good fellow, you will be our dear brother, if you are an old lady, you will be our dear mother, and if you are a beautiful maiden, we will call you our dear sister.” Ivan the merchant's son came out from behind the door; they received him kindly and called him their brother.

The next day, the eagle began to ask Ivan the merchant’s son: “Do us a service - stay here and exactly a year later on this very day, collect for the table.” “Okay,” the merchant’s son answers, “it will be done.” The eagle gave him the keys, allowed him to go everywhere, look at everything, but he didn’t order him to take the one key that was hanging on the wall. After that, the good fellows turned into birds - an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow - and flew away.

Ivan the merchant's son was walking around the yard one day and saw a door in the ground behind a strong lock; I wanted to look there, I tried the keys - there were none; he ran into the rooms, took the forbidden key from the wall, unlocked the lock and opened the door. In the dungeon, a heroic horse stands - in all its trimmings, on both sides of the saddle two bags are hung: in one - gold, in the other - semi-precious stones. He began to stroke the horse; the heroic horse hit him in the chest with its hoof and knocked him out of the dungeon a whole fathom. From this, Ivan the merchant's son slept soundly until the very day on which his sworn brothers were to arrive. As soon as he woke up, he locked the door, hung the key in its old place and set the table for three places.

An eagle, a falcon and a sparrow flew in, hit the ground and became good fellows, greeted each other and sat down to dinner. The next day the falcon began to ask Ivan the merchant's son: serve one more year! Ivan the merchant's son agreed. The brothers flew away, and he again walked around the yard, saw another door in the ground, and unlocked it with the same key. In the dungeon, a heroic horse stands - in all its trimmings, bags are attached to both sides of the saddle: in one there is gold, in the other - semi-precious stones. He began to stroke the horse; the heroic horse hit him in the chest with its hoof and knocked him out of the dungeon a whole fathom. That's why Ivan the merchant's son slept soundly for the same amount of time as before; I woke up on the very day the brothers were supposed to arrive, locked the door, hung the key on the wall and prepared the table.

An eagle, a falcon and a sparrow arrive; They hit the ground, said hello and sat down to dinner. The next day, in the morning, the sparrow began to ask Ivan the merchant's son: serve one more year! He agreed. The brothers turned into birds and flew away. Ivan the merchant's son lived alone for a whole year, and when the appointed day arrived, he set the table and waited for his brothers. The brothers flew in, hit the ground and became good fellows; They came in, said hello and had lunch. After dinner, the elder brother, the eagle, says: “Thank you, merchant’s son, for your service; Here is a heroic horse - I give you with all the harness, and with gold, and with semi-precious stones.” The middle brother, the falcon, gave him another heroic horse, and the younger brother, the sparrow, gave him a shirt. “Take it,” he says, “a bullet won’t take this shirt; If you put it on, no one will overpower you!”

Ivan the merchant's son put on that shirt, mounted a heroic horse and went to woo Elena the Beautiful for himself; and it was announced all over the world: whoever defeats the Serpent Gorynych, she should marry him. Ivan the merchant’s son attacked Zmey Gorynych, defeated him and was about to pin his head on an oak stump, but Zmey Gorynych began to tearfully plead and beg: “Don’t beat me to death, take me into your service; I will be your faithful servant!” Ivan the merchant's son took pity on him, took him with him, brought him to Elena the Beautiful and a little later married her, and made Zmey Gorynych a cook.

Once the merchant's son went hunting, and the Serpent Gorynych seduced Elena the Beautiful and ordered her to find out why Ivan the merchant's son is so wise and strong? The serpent Gorynych brewed a strong potion, and Elena the Beautiful gave her husband that potion to drink and began to ask: “Tell me, Ivan the merchant’s son, where is your wisdom?” - “In the kitchen, in a broom.” Elena the Beautiful took this broom, decorated it with different colors and put it in a prominent place. Ivan the merchant's son, returning from hunting, saw a broom and asked: “Why did you decorate this broom?” “And then,” says Elena the Beautiful, “that your wisdom and strength are hidden in it.” - “Oh, how stupid you are! How can my strength and wisdom be in a broom?”

Elena the Beautiful again gave him a strong potion to drink and asked: “Tell me, dear, where is your wisdom?” - “The bull has horns.” She ordered the bull's horns to be gilded. The next day, Ivan the merchant's son, returning from hunting, saw a bull and asked: “What does this mean? Why are the horns gilded? “And then,” answers Elena the Beautiful, “that your strength and wisdom are hidden here.” - “Oh, how stupid you are! How can my strength and wisdom be in the horns? Elena the Beautiful gave her husband a strong potion to drink and began asking him relentlessly: “Tell me, dear, where is your wisdom, where is your strength?” Ivan the merchant's son told her a secret: “My strength and wisdom are in this shirt.” After that he got drunk and fell asleep; Elena the Beautiful took off his shirt, chopped him into small pieces and ordered him to be thrown into an open field, and she herself began to live with the Serpent Gorynych.

For three days the body of Ivan the merchant's son lay scattered across an open field; the crows had already flown in to peck him. At that time, an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow flew past, saw their dead brother and decided to help him. The falcon immediately rushed down, killed the little crow on the fly and said to the old raven: “Bring dead and living water quickly!” The raven flew and brought dead and living water. An eagle, a falcon and a sparrow laid down the body of Ivan the merchant's son, sprinkled it first with dead water, and then with living water. Ivan the merchant's son stood up and thanked them; they gave him a gold ring. As soon as Ivan the merchant's son put the ring on his hand, he immediately turned around as a horse and ran to the courtyard of Helen the Beautiful. The serpent Gorynych recognized him, ordered to catch this horse, put it in a stable and the next morning cut off his head.

There was a maid with Helen the Beautiful; She felt sorry for such a glorious horse, went to the stable, she cried bitterly and said: “Oh, poor horse, they will execute you tomorrow.” The horse spoke to her in a human voice: “Come tomorrow, red maiden, to the place of execution, and when my blood splashes on the ground, step over it with your foot; then collect this blood along with the earth and scatter it around the palace.” In the morning they took the horse to execute; they cut off his head, the blood splashed out - the red maiden stepped on it with her foot, and then collected it along with the earth and scattered it around the palace; On the same day, glorious garden trees grew around the palace. Serpent Gorynych gave the order to cut down these trees and burn every single one. The maid began to cry and went into the garden for the last time to take a walk and admire it. One tree spoke to her in a human voice: “Listen, red maiden! When they start cutting down the garden, take one sliver of wood and throw it into the lake.” She did just that, threw a sliver of wood into the lake - the sliver turned into a golden drake and floated across the water.

The Serpent Gorynych came to that lake, decided to hunt, and saw a golden drake. “Give me,” he thinks, “I’ll catch you alive!” He took off the wonderful shirt that the sparrow gave to Ivan the merchant’s son, and threw himself into the lake. And the drake went further and further, led the Serpent Gorynych deeper into the depths, fluttered up - and onto the shore, turned into a good fellow, put on a shirt and killed the snake. After that, Ivan the merchant's son came to the palace, shot Elena the Beautiful, and married her maid and began to live with her and make good money.

In a certain kingdom there lived a rich merchant. The merchant died and left three sons at an age. The two eldest went hunting every day.

At the same time, they took their younger brother, Ivan, with them on a hunt, took him into a dense forest and left him there - so that they could divide all their father’s estate among themselves, and deprive him of his inheritance.

Ivan, the merchant's son, wandered through the forest for a long time, ate berries and roots, and finally got out onto the plain and on that plain he saw a house.

I entered the rooms, walked, walked - there was no one, everything was empty; Only in one room the table is set with three cutlery, three breads are on the plates, and a bottle of wine is placed in front of each cutlery. Ivan the merchant's son took a small bite from each bread, ate it, and then drank a little from all three bottles and hid behind the door.

But our bread and wine have begun! - says the eagle.

And it’s true,” the falcon answers, “apparently someone has come to visit us.” They began to look for the guest and call him. Eagle says:

Show yourself to us! If you are an old man, you will be our dear father, if you are a good fellow, you will be our dear brother, if you are an old lady, you will be our dear mother, and if you are a beautiful maiden, we will call you our dear sister.

Ivan the merchant's son came out from behind the door, they affectionately received him and called him their brother.

The next day the eagle began to ask Ivan, the merchant’s son:

Do us a service - stay here and in exactly a year on this very day you will put it on the table.

“Okay,” the merchant’s son answers, “it will be done.”

The eagle gave him the keys, allowed him to go everywhere, look at everything, but he didn’t order him to take the one key that was hanging on the wall.

After that, the good fellows turned into birds - an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow - and flew away.

In the dungeon, a heroic horse stands - in all its trimmings, on both sides of the saddle two bags are hung: in one - gold, in the other - semi-precious stones.

He began to stroke the horse: the heroic horse hit him in the chest with its hoof and knocked him out of the dungeon a whole fathom. Because of this, Ivan the merchant’s son slept soundly until the very day on which his sworn brothers were to arrive.

As soon as he woke up, he locked the door, hung the key in its old place and set the table for three places.

An eagle, a falcon and a sparrow flew in, hit the ground and became good fellows, greeted each other and sat down to dinner.

The next day, the falcon began to ask Ivan, the merchant’s son, to serve for another year! Ivan the merchant's son agreed.

The brothers flew away, and he again walked around the yard, saw another door in the ground, and unlocked it with the same key.

In the dungeon, a heroic horse stands - in all its trimmings, bags are attached to both sides of the saddle: in one there is gold, in the other - semi-precious stones.

He began to stroke the horse: the heroic horse hit him in the chest with its hoof and knocked him out of the dungeon a whole fathom. That's why Ivan the merchant's son slept soundly for the same amount of time as before.

I woke up on the very day when the brothers were supposed to arrive, locked the door, hung the key on the wall and prepared the table.

An eagle, a falcon and a sparrow arrive: they hit the ground, said hello and sat down to dinner.

The next day, in the morning, the sparrow began to ask Ivan, the merchant’s son: serve one more year. He agreed.

The brothers turned into birds and flew away. Ivan the merchant's son lived alone for a whole year and, when the appointed day arrived, he set the table and waited for his brothers.

The brothers arrived, hit the ground and became good fellows: they came in, said hello and had lunch.

After dinner, the elder brother, the eagle, says:

Thank you, merchant's son, for your service; Here is a heroic horse - I give you with all the harness, and with gold, and with semi-precious stones.

The middle brother, the falcon, gave him another heroic horse, and the younger brother, the sparrow, gave him a shirt.

Take it,” he says, “a bullet won’t take this shirt; If you put it on, no one will overpower you!

Ivan the merchant's son attacked Zmey Gorynych, defeated him and was about to pin his head on an oak stump, but Zmey Gorynych began to tearfully beg and beg:

Don’t beat me to death, take me into your service: I will be your faithful servant!

Ivan the merchant's son took pity on him, took him with him, brought him to Elena the Beautiful and a little later married her, and made Zmey Gorynych a cook.

Once the merchant's son went hunting, and the Serpent Gorynych seduced Elena the Beautiful and ordered her to find out why Ivan, the merchant's son, is so wise and strong?

The serpent Gorynych brewed a strong potion, and Elena the Beautiful gave her husband that potion to drink and began to ask:

Tell me, Ivan the merchant's son, where is your wisdom?

In the kitchen, in a broom.

Elena the Beautiful took this broom, decorated it with different colors and put it in a prominent place. Ivan the merchant's son returned from hunting, saw a broom and asked:

Why did you decorate this broom?

And then, says Elena the Beautiful, that your wisdom and strength are hidden in it.

Oh, how stupid you are! Can my strength and wisdom be in a broom?

Elena the Beautiful again gave him a strong potion and asked:

Tell me, darling, where is your wisdom?

The bull has horns.

She ordered the bull's horns to be gilded. The next day, Ivan the merchant's son returned from hunting, saw the bull and asked:

What does it mean? Why are the horns gilded?

And then,” answers Elena the Beautiful, “that your strength and wisdom are hidden here.”

Oh, how stupid you are! How can my strength and wisdom be in the horns?

Elena the Beautiful gave her husband a strong potion to drink and began asking him again:

Tell me, darling, where is your wisdom, where is your strength? Ivan is a merchant’s son and told her a secret:

My strength and wisdom are in this shirt. After that I fell asleep.

Elena the Beautiful took off his shirt, chopped him into small pieces and ordered him to throw him out in an open field, and she herself began to live with the Serpent Gorynych.

For three days the body of Ivan lay scattered across the field, the crows had already flown to peck him.

At that time, an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow flew past and saw their dead brother.

The falcon rushed down, killed the little crow on the fly and said to the old raven:

Bring dead and living water quickly!

The raven flew and brought dead and living water.

An eagle, a falcon and a sparrow laid down the body of Ivan, the merchant’s son, and sprinkled it first with dead water, and then with living water.

Ivan the merchant's son stood up and thanked them: they gave him a gold ring.

As soon as Ivan, the merchant’s son, put the ring on his hand, he immediately turned into a horse and ran to the courtyard of Helen the Beautiful.

The serpent Gorynych recognized him, ordered to catch this horse, put it in a stable and the next morning cut off his head.

There was a maid with Helen the Beautiful; She felt sorry for such a nice horse, went to the stable, she cried bitterly and said:

Oh, poor horse, you will be executed tomorrow! The horse spoke to her in a human voice:

Come tomorrow, red maiden, to the place of execution, and when my blood splashes on the ground, cover it with your foot, then collect this blood along with the earth and scatter it around the palace.

In the morning they took the horse to execute, cut off his head, blood sprayed out - the red maiden stepped in with her foot, and then collected it along with the earth and scattered it around the palace: on the same day, glorious garden trees grew around the palace.

Zmey Gorynych gave the order to cut down these trees and burn every single one.

The maid began to cry and went into the garden for the last time to take a walk and admire it. One tree spoke to her in a human voice:

Listen, red maiden! When they start cutting down the garden, take one sliver of wood and throw it into the lake.

She did just that, threw a sliver of wood into the lake - the sliver turned into a golden drake and floated across the water.

The Serpent Gorynych came to that lake, decided to hunt, and saw a golden drake. “Give me,” he thinks, “I’ll catch you alive!”

He took off the wonderful shirt that the sparrow had given to Ivan, the merchant’s son, and threw himself into the lake. And the drake went further and further, led the Serpent Gorynych deeper into the depths, fluttered up - and onto the shore, turned into a good fellow, put on a shirt and killed the snake.

After that, Ivan, the merchant’s son, came to the palace. He drove away Elena the Beautiful, and married her maid and began to live and live with her, making good money.

In a certain kingdom there lived a rich merchant. The merchant died and left three sons at an age. The two eldest went hunting every day.

At one time, they took their younger brother, Ivan, with them on a hunt, took him into a dense forest and left him there - so that they could divide all their father’s estate among themselves and deprive him of his inheritance.

Ivan the merchant's son wandered through the forest for a long time, eating berries and roots; Finally he got out onto the plain and on that plain he saw a house.

I entered the rooms, walked, walked - there was no one, everything was empty; Only in one room the table is set with three cutlery, and there are three breads on the plates. Ivan the merchant's son took a small bite from each bread and hid behind the door.

Suddenly an eagle flew in, hit the ground and became a young man; A falcon flew after him, a sparrow followed the falcon - they hit the ground and also turned into good fellows. We sat down at the table to eat.

But we have begun to eat bread! - says the eagle.

And it’s true,” the falcon answers, “apparently someone has come to visit us.”

They began to look for the guest and call him. Eagle says:

Ivan the merchant's son came out from behind the door, they affectionately received him and called him their brother. The next day the eagle began to ask Ivan, the merchant’s son:

Do us a service - stay here and in exactly a year on this very day you will put it on the table.

“Okay,” the merchant’s son answers, “it will be done.”

The eagle gave him the keys, allowed him to go everywhere, look at everything, but he didn’t order him to take the one key that was hanging on the wall.

After that, the good fellows turned into birds - an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow - and flew away.

In the dungeon, a heroic horse stands - in all its trimmings, on both sides of the saddle two bags are hung: in one - gold, in the other - semi-precious stones.

He began to stroke the horse: the heroic horse hit him in the chest with its hoof and knocked him out of the dungeon a whole fathom. That is why Ivan, the merchant’s son, slept soundly until the very day on which his sworn brothers were to arrive.

As soon as he woke up, he locked the door, hung the key in its old place and set the table for three places. An eagle, a falcon and a sparrow flew in, hit the ground and became good fellows, greeted each other and sat down to dinner.

The next day, the falcon began to ask Ivan, the merchant’s son, to serve for another year! Ivan the merchant's son agreed.

The brothers flew away, and he again walked around the yard, saw another door in the ground, and unlocked it with the same key. In the dungeon, a heroic horse stands - in all its trimmings, bags are attached to both sides of the saddle: in one there is gold, in the other - semi-precious stones. He began to stroke the horse; the heroic horse hit him in the chest with its hoof and knocked him out of the dungeon a whole fathom. That is why Ivan, the merchant’s son, slept soundly for the same amount of time as before.

I woke up on the very day when the brothers were supposed to arrive, locked the door, hung the key on the wall and prepared the table.

An eagle, a falcon and a sparrow arrive; They hit the ground, said hello and sat down to dinner.

The next day, in the morning, the sparrow began to ask Ivan, the merchant’s son: serve one more year! He agreed.

The brothers turned into birds and flew away. Ivan the merchant's son lived alone for a whole year and, when the appointed day arrived, he set the table and waited for his brothers.

The brothers flew in, hit the ground and became good fellows; went out, said hello and had lunch.

After dinner, the elder brother, the eagle, says:

Thank you, merchant's son, for your service; Here is a heroic horse - I give you with all the harness, and with gold, and with semi-precious stones.

The middle brother, the falcon, gave him another heroic horse, and the younger brother, the sparrow, gave him a shirt.

Take it,” he says, “a bullet won’t take this shirt; If you put it on, no one will overpower you!

Don’t beat me to death, take me into your service; I will be your faithful servant!

Ivan the merchant's son took pity on him, took him with him, brought him to Elena the Beautiful and a little later married her, and made Zmey Gorynych a cook. Once the merchant's son went hunting, and the Serpent Gorynych seduced Elena the Beautiful and ordered her to find out why Ivan, the merchant's son, is so wise and strong. The serpent Gorynych brewed a strong potion, and Elena the Beautiful gave her husband that potion to drink and began to ask:

Tell me, Ivan the merchant's son, where is your wisdom?

In the kitchen, in a broom. Elena the Beautiful took that broom, decorated it with different flowers and put it in a prominent place. Ivan the merchant's son returned from hunting, saw a broom and asked:

Why did you decorate this broom?

And then, says Elena the Beautiful, that your wisdom and strength are hidden in it.

Oh, how stupid you are! Can my strength and wisdom be in a broom?

Elena the Beautiful again gave him a strong potion and asked:

Tell me, darling, where is your wisdom?

On the bull's horns. She ordered the bull's horns to be gilded.

The next day, Ivan the merchant's son returned from hunting, saw the bull and asked:

What does it mean? Why are the horns gilded?

And then,” answers Elena the Beautiful, “that your strength and wisdom are hidden here.”

Oh, how stupid you are! How can my strength and wisdom be in the horns?

Elena the Beautiful gave her husband a strong potion to drink and began asking him again:

Tell me, darling, where is your wisdom, where is your strength?

Ivan is a merchant’s son and told her a secret:

My strength and wisdom are in this shirt. After that I fell asleep.

Elena the Beautiful took off his shirt, chopped him into small pieces and ordered him to be thrown into an open field, and she herself began to live with the Serpent Gorynych. For three days the body of Ivan, the merchant’s son, lay scattered across an open field; the crows had already flown in to peck him. At that time, an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow flew past and saw their dead brother.

The falcon rushed down, caught the little raven and said to the old raven:

Bring quickly dead and living water. An eagle, a falcon and a sparrow laid down the body of Ivan, the merchant’s son, and sprinkled it first with dead water, and then with living water. Ivan the merchant's son stood up, thanked them, they gave him a gold ring. As soon as Ivan, the merchant’s son, put the ring on his hand, he immediately turned into a horse and ran to the courtyard of Helen the Beautiful.

The serpent Gorynych recognized him, ordered to catch this horse, put it in a stable and the next morning cut off his head.

There was a maid with Helen the Beautiful; She felt sorry for such a nice horse, went to the stable, she cried bitterly and said:

Oh, poor horse, you will be executed tomorrow. The horse spoke to her in a human voice:

Come tomorrow, red maiden, to the place of execution, and when my blood splashes on the ground, cover it with your foot; then collect this blood along with the earth and scatter it around the palace.

In the morning they took the horse to execute; they cut off his head, the blood splashed out, the red maiden stepped on it with her foot, and then collected it with the earth and scattered it around the palace; On the same day, glorious garden trees grew around the palace.

Serpent Gorynych gave the order to cut down these trees and burn every single one.

The maid began to cry and went into the garden for the last time to take a walk and admire it. One tree spoke to her in a human voice:

Listen, red maiden! When they start cutting down the garden, take one sliver of wood and throw it into the lake. She did so, threw a sliver of wood into the lake - the sliver turned into a golden drake and floated across the water.

The Serpent Gorynych came to that lake, decided to hunt, and saw a golden drake. “Give me,” he thinks, “I’ll catch you alive!”

In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived an old man and an old woman. The old man hunted, the old woman managed the house.

The Wonderful Shirt is an instructive Russian folk tale, with an interesting plot and fairy-tale characters. Teaches goodness and justice and is useful for reading to children of any age. You can read the fairy tale The Wonderful Shirt online or download the text in DOC and PDF format. Here you will find the full text, summary and thematic proverbs for the fairy tale.
Brief summary of the tale begins with how a rich merchant leaves this world, leaving his business to his three sons. The older brothers turned out to be greedy and did not want to share the inheritance with their younger brother, lured him into the forest and left him to die. Ivan, the merchant's son, wandered through the forest for a long time until he came across a house. It turned out that in this house live three good fellows who turned into birds: an eagle, a falcon, and a sparrow. Ivan lived and served with his brothers for a year, for which they thanked him with valuable gifts: the eldest gave a heroic horse with a harness with gold and semi-precious stones, the middle one another heroic horse, the youngest a wonderful shirt that no force can take. Ivan mounted his horse, put on his shirt, and rode off to woo Elena the Beautiful. Elena the Beautiful turned out to be an unfaithful wife, she was seduced by the persuasion of the Serpent Gorynych, and began to find out where her husband had a secret, thanks to which he possesses unimaginable power. Ivan, in his spiritual prostate, told her everything, for which he paid with his life. His friends, an eagle, a falcon and a sparrow, came to his aid. With the help of living and dead water, they revived Ivan and gave him a magical gold ring. Ivan dealt with the Serpent Gorynych, regained his wonderful shirt, and drove Elena the Beautiful away for her betrayal.
The main meaning and moral of the fairy tale The Wonderful Shirt is that good will always defeat such human vices as anger, envy, greed, betrayal. The hero of the fairy tale, Ivan, was betrayed twice, first by his brothers, and then by his wife, but justice triumphed, the offenders were punished, and Ivan was rewarded.
The fairy tale The Wonderful Shirt teaches that you shouldn’t do dirty tricks to people, because sooner or later everything will come back like a boomerang. You also need to believe that the world is not without good people, a good person will always find true friends who will help and help out in difficult times.
The fairy tale is a clear example of many Russian folk proverbs: For bad deeds, the head will fly off, As is the sin, such is the punishment, For good - thank you, but for sin - pay, Cow's tears will be shed for the bear, He who is a cheat, for him the whip is made, For sin, even an unloaded gun will shoot, You will not find happiness through betrayal , Those who make mistakes are corrected, traitors are destroyed, A traitor is the worst enemy, A traitor and a coward of the same berry field, A snake changes its skin once a year, and a traitor every day.