Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . ast, towards evening, the manstopped and looked about him, and saw that he wasin a lone forest, and before him stood a hut. Hewent up to this hut, and saw an old man and an oldwoman sitting in front of it, and said to them : Would you let me rest a little while with you, goodpeople?—By all means! said they.—There isone thing, however, good people! said he, dontlet the Iron Wolf catch me while I am resting withyou.— Have no fear of that! replied the oldcouple. We have a dog called Chutkol who can heara wolf coming a mile off, and hell be sure to let usknow.
Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . ast, towards evening, the manstopped and looked about him, and saw that he wasin a lone forest, and before him stood a hut. Hewent up to this hut, and saw an old man and an oldwoman sitting in front of it, and said to them : Would you let me rest a little while with you, goodpeople?—By all means! said they.—There isone thing, however, good people! said he, dontlet the Iron Wolf catch me while I am resting withyou.— Have no fear of that! replied the oldcouple. We have a dog called Chutkol who can heara wolf coming a mile off, and hell be sure to let usknow. So he laid him down to sleep, and was justdropping off when Chutko began to bark. Then theold people awoke him, and said: Be off! be off!for the Iron Wolf is coming. And they gave him1 Hearkener. 158 COSSACK FAIRY TALES. the dog, and a wheaten hearth-cake as provision bythe way. So he went on and on, and the dog followed afterhim till it began to grow dark, and then he perceivedanother hut in another forest. He went up to that. hut, and in front of it were sitting an old man andan old woman. He asked them for a nights , said he, take care that the Iron Wolfdoesnt catch me! — Have no fear of that, saidthey. We have a dog here called Vazhko,1 who can1 Heavysides. THE IRON WOLF. 159 hear a wolf nine miles off. So he laid him downand slept. Just before dawn Vazhko began to they awoke him. Kun ! cried they, the Iron Wolf is coming! And they gave himthe dog, and a barley hearth-cake as provision by theway. So he took the hearth-cake, sat him on hishorse, and off he went, and his two dogs followedafter him. He went on and on. On and on he went tillevening, when again he stopped and looked abouthim, and he saw that he was in another forest, andanother little hut stood before him. He went intothe hut, and there were sitting an old man and anold woman. Will you let me pass the night here,good people ? said he; only take care that theIron Wolf does not
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