Wonderful Shirt

In a certain kingdom there lived a rich merchant. Pomer merchant and left three sons to age. Two senior each day went on the hunt.

At one time they took with them, and younger brother, Ivan, hunting brought it into the dense forest and left there - so that all his father's estate be divided among themselves, and disinherit him.

Ivan - the merchant's son for a long time wandering in the woods, eating roots, berries but finally got the plain and on the plain caught sight of the house.

He went into the room, walked, walked - no one anywhere is empty; Only in one room a table laid for three instruments, cymbals are three loaves of bread, in front of each device on a bottle of wine delivered. Ivan - the merchant's son took a bite of bread for each of the small pieces and then eaten from all three bottles sipped little by little and hid behind the door.

Suddenly an eagle flies, hit the ground and became good fellows; behind him flies a falcon, sparrow hawk for - I hit the ground and turned too good fellows. They sat down at the table to eat.

- But the bread and wine have an opened! - Says Eagle.

- And it's true - is responsible falcon - seen anyone to visit us complain. They began to look for a guest-calling. Eagle says:

- Show me us! If you are old old man - we'll own father, if my good fellow - will own brother, if you're old - will be our mother, and if red girl - let's call your own sister.

Ivan - the merchant's son came out from behind the door, they took him affectionately and called her brother.

The next day was an eagle ask Ivan - the merchant's son:

- Served us service - stay here and exactly one year later on that same day gather at the table.

- Well, - answers the merchant's son, - will be fulfilled.

Give him the keys eagle allowed to go everywhere, look at everything, only one key, which hung on the wall, take not ordered.

When asked good fellows birds - the eagle, falcons and sparrow - and flew away.

Ivan - the merchant's son went once around the yard and saw the door in the ground for a strong castle; I wanted to look, was the key to try - no it is not necessary; I ran into the room, took down the forbidden key, unlocked the lock and opened the door.

The giant cave is a horse - in all the decoration on both sides of the saddle bags priveshen two: one - the gold in the other - semi-precious stones.
He began to stroke the horse: heroic horse's hoof struck him in the chest and knocked out of the dungeon for the whole seven feet. From that Ivan - the merchant's son slept soundly until the day, which should arrive in his sworn brothers.

As soon as the woke up, he locked the door, the key to the old place, and set the table hung on the three instruments.

Here came the eagle, a falcon and a sparrow, hit the ground and do a good young man, shook hands and sat down to dinner.

The next day began to ask Ivan - the merchant's son Falcon: concelebrated de service for another year! Ivan - the merchant's son agreed.

Brothers flew, and he again went to the yard, he saw in the land of another door, unlocked it with a key.

The giant cave is a horse - in all the decoration on both sides of the saddle bag hooked: one - the gold in the other - semi-precious stones.

He began to stroke the horse: heroic horse's hoof struck him in the chest and knocked out of the dungeon for the whole seven feet. From that Ivan - the merchant's son slept soundly as much time as before.

I woke up on the day when the brothers should arrive, locked the door, switch on the wall hung and prepared the table.

Fly the eagle, falcon and the sparrow: hit the ground, we shook hands and sat down to dinner.

The next day, the morning began to ask Ivan sparrow - merchant's son: Single-Serve service for another year. He agreed.

The brothers appealed birds and flew away. Ivan - the merchant's son lived a whole year all alone and when the appointed day arrived, set the table and wait for the brothers.

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

After lunch, says the elder brother, the eagle:

- Thank you, the merchant's son, for your service; here's a heroic knight - I give with all the trappings, and with gold, semi-precious stones and.

Seredny brother, Falcon, gave him another heroic horse, and younger brother, sparrow - shirt.

- Take it, - he says - this shirt does not take a bullet; if you will put on her, no one will be mastered!

Ivan - the merchant's son wearing that shirt, sat down on the athletic horse and rode spoken for themselves Elena the Fair; and on it was announced all over the world: who will win the Serpent Dragon, for her marriage to go.

Ivan - the merchant's son attacked Snake Dragon, defeated him, and so was going to pinch his head off in the oak stump, yes Dragon began to pray tearfully, asking:

- Do not beat me to death, take into his service: you will be a faithful servant!

Ivan - the merchant's son had compassion, took it with him, brought to Elena the Fair, and a little later he married her, and Snake Gorynycha did cook.

Every merchant's son went hunting, and Dragon seduced Helen Beautiful and ordered her to scout out why Ivan - the merchant's son so wise and strong?

Dragon potions brewed strong and Elena Wonderful drunk the potion of her husband and began to inquire:

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

- In the kitchen, in the broom.

Elena the Fair took the broom izukrasila different colors and put it in a prominent place. Ivan - the merchant's son returned from hunting, he saw a broom and asked:
- What is the broom izukrasila?

- And then, - says Elena Wonderful - that it is your wisdom and power are hidden.

- Oh, how foolish you are! Can my strength and wisdom to be a broom?

Elena the Fair again gave him drink a potion strong and asks:

- Tell me, darling, where is your wisdom?

- In the horns of a bull.

She ordered gilded bull horn. The next day, Ivan - the merchant's son returned from hunting, he saw the bull and asks:

- What does it mean? Why gilded horns?

- And then - meets Elena Wonderful - what's your strength and wisdom hidden.

- Oh, how foolish you are! Can my strength and wisdom to be in the horns?

Elena Lovely strong potion drunk husband, and it was again inquire:

- Tell me, darling, where is thy wisdom, where is your power? Ivan - the merchant's son and gave her a secret:

- My power and wisdom here in this shirt. After he fell asleep.

Elena the Fair took off his shirt, and chop into very small pieces and ordered to throw in the open field, and she went to live with the Serpent Gorynych.

Three days was the body of Ivan - the son of a merchant in the field scattered, so the crows flew to peck at it.

At that time flew past the eagle and the sparrow hawk, saw the dead brother.

Rushed falcon down, killed a fly and crow old crow said:

- Bring more dead and the living water!

Raven flew and brought the dead and living water.

The eagle, the sparrow hawk and laid the body of Ivan - the merchant's son, first dead, sprinkled with water, and then a living.

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

Only Ivan - the merchant's son put a ring on his hand as he turned his horse and immediately ran into the yard of Helen.

Dragon recognize him, he ordered to catch this horse put into the stables and the next morning to cut off his head.

When Elena the Fair was the maid; sorry it was such a nice horse, went to the stables, she was crying bitterly and says:

- Oh, poor horse, you will be executed tomorrow! Proveschal her horse with a human voice:

- Come back tomorrow, fair maiden, the place of execution, and how my blood falls upon the ground, who took it to his legs after collect the blood, together with the land and scattered all around the palace.

In the morning led the horse to execute, cut off his head, blood spattered - red girl intercede her with his legs, and then brought together with the land and scattered all around the palace: on the same day rose circle glorious palace garden trees.

Dragon put, the order to cut down the trees and burn every one.

The maid began to cry and went to the garden for the last time to take a walk, enjoy. Proveschal her one tree in a human voice:

- Listen, fair maiden! How will the garden to cut, you take a splinter, and cast it into the lake.

She did so, splinter thrown into the lake - splinter Turnover golden drake and floated on the water.

I came to the lake Dragon - even think to hunt - saw a golden duck. "Give - thinking - alive catch!"

He took off his wonderful shirt that Ivan - merchant son Sparrow presented, and threw himself into the lake. A drake farther, farther, Snake started Gorynycha inside, fluttered - and on the shore, he turned good fellow, put on a shirt and killed the snake.

After Ivan came - the merchant's son to the palace. Elena the Fair banished, and her maid married and became her live happily, ever after kind.