Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . against I come back from church. Andif thou hast not all these things done, thou shalt saygood-bye to dear life. So the old woman and her daughter went to church,and the smart little step-daughter made the fire burnup, and got the dinner ready, and then went to thewillow-tree and said : Willow-tree, willow-tree, comeout of thy bark ! Lady Anna, come when I callthee ! Then the willow-tree did its duty, and shookall its leaves, and a noble lady came forth from it. Dear little lady, sweet little lady, what are thycommands ? said she.— Give me, said she, agrand
Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . against I come back from church. Andif thou hast not all these things done, thou shalt saygood-bye to dear life. So the old woman and her daughter went to church,and the smart little step-daughter made the fire burnup, and got the dinner ready, and then went to thewillow-tree and said : Willow-tree, willow-tree, comeout of thy bark ! Lady Anna, come when I callthee ! Then the willow-tree did its duty, and shookall its leaves, and a noble lady came forth from it. Dear little lady, sweet little lady, what are thycommands ? said she.— Give me, said she, agrand dress and let me have a carriage and horses,for I would go to Gods House I —And immediatelyshe was dressed in silk and satin, with golden slippers THE GOLDEN SLIPPER. 147 on her feet, and the carriage came up and she went tochurch. When she entered the church there was a great to-do, and every one said : Oh ! oh ! oh ! Who is it ?Is it perchance some princess or some queen ? for thelike of it we have never seen before. Now the. young Tsarevich chanced to be in church at thattime. When he saw her, his heart began to stood there, and could not take his eyes off all the great captains and courtiers marvelledat and fell in love with her straightway. But whoshe was, they knew not. When service was over, she 148 COSSACK FAIRY TALES. got up and drove away. When she got home, shetook off all her fine things, and put on all her ragsagain, and sat in the window-corner and watched thefolks coming from church. Then her step-mother came back too. Is thedinner ready ? said she.— Yes, it is ready.— Hast thou sewn the shirts ? — Yes, the shirts aresewn too.—Then they sat down to meat, and beganto tell how they had seen such a beautiful young ladyat church.— The Tsarevich, said the old woman, instead of saying his prayers, was looking at herall the while, so goodly was she. Then she said tothe old mans daughter: As for thee, thou slut!though thou hast sewn the shi
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