Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . h and the otherpoor. One day the poor brothercame to the rich brothers houseand sat down at his table; butthe rich brother drove him away How durst thou sit at my table 1 Beoff! Thy proper place is in the fields to scareaway the crows! So the poor brother went intothe fields to scare away the crows. The crows allflew away when they saw him, but amongst themwas a raven that flew back again and said to him : 0 man ! in this village thou wilt never be able tolive, for here there is neither luck nor happiness forthee, but go into another village and thou shalt
Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . h and the otherpoor. One day the poor brothercame to the rich brothers houseand sat down at his table; butthe rich brother drove him away How durst thou sit at my table 1 Beoff! Thy proper place is in the fields to scareaway the crows! So the poor brother went intothe fields to scare away the crows. The crows allflew away when they saw him, but amongst themwas a raven that flew back again and said to him : 0 man ! in this village thou wilt never be able tolive, for here there is neither luck nor happiness forthee, but go into another village and thou shalt dowell! Then the man went home, called togetherhis wife and children, put up the few old clothes that 258 COSSACK FAIRY TALES. still remained in his wardrobe, and went on to the nextvillage, carrying his water-skin on his shoulders. Onand on they tramped along the road, but the UnluckyDays clung on to the man behind, and said : Whydost thou not take us with thee ? we will never leavethee, for thou art ours 1 So they went on with him. till they came to a river, and the man, who was thirsty,went down to the waters edge for a drink. He un-did his water-skin, persuaded the Unlucky Days toget into it, tied it fast again and buried it on thebank close by the river. Then he and his familywent on further. They went on and on till theycame to another village, and at the very end of it
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