Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . aithful steed plunged into the sea, andTremsin sat down on the shore and watched. Thehorse swam to a bosquet that rose out of the sea, andthere the herd of sea-horses was grazing. When thestrong charger of Nastasia saw him and the hides hecarried on his back, it set off after him at full tilt, andthe whole herd followed the strong charger of drove the horse with the hides into the sea, andpursued him. Then the strong charger of Nastasiacaught up the steed of Tremsin and tore off one of hishides, and began to worry it with his teeth and tear it
Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . aithful steed plunged into the sea, andTremsin sat down on the shore and watched. Thehorse swam to a bosquet that rose out of the sea, andthere the herd of sea-horses was grazing. When thestrong charger of Nastasia saw him and the hides hecarried on his back, it set off after him at full tilt, andthe whole herd followed the strong charger of drove the horse with the hides into the sea, andpursued him. Then the strong charger of Nastasiacaught up the steed of Tremsin and tore off one of hishides, and began to worry it with his teeth and tear itto fragments as he ran. Then he caught him up asecond time, and tore off another hide, and began to 100 COSSACK FAIRY TALES. worry that in like manner till he had torn it alsoto shreds; and thus he ran after Tremsins steed forseventy miles, till he had torn oft all the hides, andworried them to bits. But Tremsin sat upon the sea-shore till he saw the large white billow bounding in,and behind the billow came his own horse, and behind. his own horse came the thrice-terrible charger of thethrice-lovely Nastasia, with the whole herd at hisheels. Tremsin struck him full on the forehead withthe twenty poods of hair, and immediately he stoodstock still. Then Tremsin threw a halter over him,mounted, and drove the whole herd to the thrice-lovely Nastasia. Nastasia praised Tremsin for his THE STORY OF TREMSIN. 101 prowess, and said to him : Well, thou hast got thefeather of the Bird Zhar, thou hast got the Bird Zliaritself, thou hast got me my coral and my herd ofhorses, now milk my mare and put the milk intothree vats, so that there may be milk hot as boilingwater in the first vat, lukewarm milk in the secondvat, and icy cold milk in the third vat. ThenTremsin went to his faithful steed and wept bitterly,and the horse said to him : Wherefore dost thouweep ?— Why should I not weep ? cried he ; thethrice-lovely Nastasia has given me a task to do thatcannot be done. I am to fill three va
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