Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . gon has tongues, him will Iorder to be tied to four wild horses, and they shalltear him to pieces on the open steppe ! The Prin-cess, however, recognized the Kings son, but she heldher peace. Then the Kings son took out his hand- THE TWO PRINCES. 211 kerchief, unrolled it, showed them the six tongues, andput each one into one of the six mouths of theDragons six heads, and each of the tongues began tospeak and bid the Princess say how the matter the Princess told how she had knelt down andprayed out of the prayer-book while the Kings sonslew the Dr
Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . gon has tongues, him will Iorder to be tied to four wild horses, and they shalltear him to pieces on the open steppe ! The Prin-cess, however, recognized the Kings son, but she heldher peace. Then the Kings son took out his hand- THE TWO PRINCES. 211 kerchief, unrolled it, showed them the six tongues, andput each one into one of the six mouths of theDragons six heads, and each of the tongues began tospeak and bid the Princess say how the matter the Princess told how she had knelt down andprayed out of the prayer-book while the Kings sonslew the Drag-on, and how the wicked coachman hadmade her swear twelve times to that which was the Tsar heard this, he immediately gave thePrincess his daughter to the Kings son, and theyasked him what death the wicked coachman shoulddie. And he answered : Let him be tied to thetails of four wild horses, and drive them into theendless steppes that they may tear him to piecesthere, and the ravens and crows may come and pickhis THE UNGRATEFUL CHILDREN AND THE OLDFATHER WHO WENT TO SCHOOL AGAIN. NCE upon a time there was an oldman. He lived to a great age,and God gave him children whomhe brought up to mans estate,and he divided all his goodsamongst them. I will pass myremaining days among my children, thought he. So the old man went to live with his eldest son,and at first the eldest son treated him properly, anddid reverence to his old father. Tis but meet andright that we should give our father to eat and drink,and see that he has wherewithal to clothe him, andtake care to patch up his things from time to time,and let him have clean new shirts on festivals,said the eldest son. So they did so, and at fes-tivals also the old father had his own glass besidehim. Thus the eldest son was a good son to his old THE UNGRATEFUL CHILDREN. 213 father. But when the eldest son had been keepinghis father for some time he began to regret his hos-pitality, and was rough to his father, an
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