Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . e backagain ? He had scarcely uttered the words whenthe Iron Wolf came running up, and said to him : Ill collect and drive back all these cattle into theegg again, and Ill patch the egg up so that it willbecome quite whole. But in return for that, con-tinued the Iron Wolf, whenever thou dost sit downon the bridal bench,1 Ill come and eat thee.— Well,thought the servant to himself, a lot of things may-happen before I sit down on the bridal bench and hecomes to eat me, and in the meantime I shall get allthese cattle. Agreed, then, said he. So the IronWolf imm
Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . e backagain ? He had scarcely uttered the words whenthe Iron Wolf came running up, and said to him : Ill collect and drive back all these cattle into theegg again, and Ill patch the egg up so that it willbecome quite whole. But in return for that, con-tinued the Iron Wolf, whenever thou dost sit downon the bridal bench,1 Ill come and eat thee.— Well,thought the servant to himself, a lot of things may-happen before I sit down on the bridal bench and hecomes to eat me, and in the meantime I shall get allthese cattle. Agreed, then, said he. So the IronWolf immediately collected all the cattle, and drovethem back into the egg, and patched up the eggand made it whole just as it was before. The servant went home to the village where helived, made him a cattle-pen stronger than strong,went inside it and broke the egg, and immediatelythat cattle-pen was as full of cattle as it could hold. 1 Posad, or posag, a bench covered with white cloth on whichthe bride and bridegroom sat down 156 COSSACK FAIRY TALES. Then lie took to farming and cattle-breeding, and hebecame so rich that in the whole wide world therewas none richer than he. He kept to himself, andhis goods increased and multiplied exceedingly ; theonly thing wanting to his happiness was a wife, buta wife he was afraid to take. Now near to where helived was a General who had a lovely daughter, andthis daughter fell in love with the rich man. So theGeneral went and said to him: Come, why dontyou marry % Ill give you my daughter and lots ofmoney with her.—How is it possible for me tomarry ? replied the man ; as soon as ever I sitdown on the bridal bench, the Iron Wolf will comeand eat me up. And he told the General all thathad happened.— Oh, nonsense ! said the General, dont be afraid. I have a mighty host, and whenthe time comes for you to sit down on the bridalbench, well surround your house with three strongrows of soldiers, and they wont let the Iron Wolf getat you
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