. Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales. Selected . of thou shalt burst. And ifany of these thy huntsmen hear this thing, 54 COSSACK FAIRY TALES. and tell thee of it, that man shall become stoneto the knee! All this that huntsman heard, and he thought,* Woe is me! And about the second cockcrow somethingelse came to the window, and said: Oh, thou son of a dog! Thou didst say:* If we had but a warm hut, and a white bed,and soft bread and sour kvas, we should havenought to complain of, but would tell tales andfeign fables till dawn; but now thou hast for-gotten thy fine promises! Wherefore this shal
. Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales. Selected . of thou shalt burst. And ifany of these thy huntsmen hear this thing, 54 COSSACK FAIRY TALES. and tell thee of it, that man shall become stoneto the knee! All this that huntsman heard, and he thought,* Woe is me! And about the second cockcrow somethingelse came to the window, and said: Oh, thou son of a dog! Thou didst say:* If we had but a warm hut, and a white bed,and soft bread and sour kvas, we should havenought to complain of, but would tell tales andfeign fables till dawn; but now thou hast for-gotten thy fine promises! Wherefore this shallbefall thee on thy way home. Thou shalt comeupon a spring by the roadside, a spring of purewater, and thou shalt desire to drink of it, andwhen thou hast drunk thereof thou shalt if any of these thy huntsmen hear and tellthee of this thing, he shall become stone to thegirdle. All this that huntsman heard, and he thoughtto himself, Woe is me! Again, toward the third cockcrow, he heardsomething else coming to the window, and itsaid: (.. .%% A> liuv; The huntsman rushed up and cut down the apple-tree,—Page 55. COSSACK FAIRY TALES. 56 Oh, thou son of a dog! Thou didst say:* If only we had a warm hut, and a white bed,and soft bread, and sour kvas, we should havenought to complain of, but would tell tales andfeign fables till dawn; but now thou hast for-gotten all thy fine promises! Wherefore thisshall befall thee on thy way home: Thou shaltcome upon a feather bed in the highway; alonging for rest shall come over thee, and thouwilt lie down on it, and the moment thou liestdown thereon thou shalt burst. But if any ofthy huntsmen hear this thing, and tell it thee,he shall become stone up to the neck! Allthis thathuntsman heard, and then he awoke hiscomrades and said: It is time to depart! Let us go, then, said the nobleman. So on they went, and they had not gone veryfar when they saw an apple tree growing bythe wayside, and on it were apples so
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