Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . to teach thee that a Tsar must haveregard to the complaints of his people. So thou wastmade poor and a vagabond on the face of the earththat thou mightest pick up wisdom, if but a now, that thou doest good to thy people, andjudgest righteous judgment, as from henceforth thoushalt be Tsar again, but I must fly back to God inheaven.—And when he had said this he bade themwash and shave him (for his beard had grown rightdown to his girdle), and put upon him the raiment ofa Tsar. And the angel said further : Go now intothe inner apartments. There the
Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . to teach thee that a Tsar must haveregard to the complaints of his people. So thou wastmade poor and a vagabond on the face of the earththat thou mightest pick up wisdom, if but a now, that thou doest good to thy people, andjudgest righteous judgment, as from henceforth thoushalt be Tsar again, but I must fly back to God inheaven.—And when he had said this he bade themwash and shave him (for his beard had grown rightdown to his girdle), and put upon him the raiment ofa Tsar. And the angel said further : Go now intothe inner apartments. There the courtiers of theTsar are sitting and making merry, and none willrecognize in thee the vagabond old man. May God THE TSAR AND THE ANGEL. 177 help thee always to do good I And when the angelhad said this he was no more to be seen, and only hisclothes remained on the floor. Then the Tsar prayed gratefully to God, and wentto the merry-making of his courtiers, and fromhenceforth he ruled his people justly, as the angelhad bidden THE STORY OF IVAN AND THE DAUGHTEROF THE SUN. HERE were once upon a time fourbrethren, and three of themremained at home, while the fourthwent out to seek for work. Thisyoungest brother came to astrange land, and hired himselfout to a husbandman for three gold pieces a year. Forthree years he served his master faithfully, so, at theend of his time, he departed with nine gold pieces inhis pocket. The first thing he now did was to go to aspring, and into this spring he threw three of his goldpieces. Let us see now, said he, if I have beenhonest, they will come swimming back to me. Thenhe lay down by the side of the spring and went fastasleep. How long he slept there, who can tell ? but atany rate he woke up at last and went to the spring,but there was no sign of his money to be seen. IVAN AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN. 179 Then he threw three more of the gold pieces into thespring, and again he lay down by the side of it andslept. Then he got up and wen
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