The Little Humpbacked Horse. Russian fairy tale in three parts (1834)

A peasant lives in a village. He has three sons: the eldest - Danilo - smart, the middle one - Gavrilo - "this way and that", the youngest - Ivan - a fool. The brothers make a living by growing wheat, transporting it to the capital and selling it there. Suddenly, trouble happens: someone starts trampling the crops at night. The brothers decide to take turns on duty in the field in order to find out who it is. The older and middle brothers, frightened by the cold and bad weather, leave their duty without finding out anything. When the turn of the younger brother comes, he goes into the field and sees how at midnight a white mare with a long golden mane appears. Ivan manages to jump on the mare's back, and she starts galloping. Finally, tired, the mare asks Ivan to let her go, promising to give birth to him three horses: two - handsome, which Ivan, if he wants, can sell, and the third - a horse "only three inches tall, on his back with two humps and with arshin ears" - Ivan should not be given to anyone for any treasures, because he will be Ivan's best friend, helper and protector. Ivan agrees and takes the mare to the shepherd's booth, where three days later the mare gives birth to the three promised horses.

After some time, Danilo, accidentally entering the booth, sees two beautiful golden-maned horses there. Together with Gavrila, they decide to secretly take them to the capital from Ivan and sell them there. In the evening of the same day, Ivan, having come, as usual, to the booth, discovers the loss. The Little Humpbacked Horse explains to Ivan what happened and offers to catch up with the brothers. Ivan mounts the Humpbacked Horse, and they instantly overtake them. The brothers, justifying themselves, explain their deed by poverty; Ivan agrees to sell the horses, and together they go to the capital.

Having stopped in a field for the night, the brothers suddenly notice a light in the distance. Danilo sends Ivan to bring a spark, "to spread the smoke." Ivan sits on the Little Humpbacked Horse, drives up to the fire and sees something strange: "a wonderful light streams around, but does not warm, does not smoke." The Little Humpbacked Horse explains to him that this is the feather of the Firebird, and does not advise Ivan to pick it up, as it will bring him a lot of trouble. Ivan does not listen to advice, picks up a pen, puts it in his hat and, returning to his brothers, is silent about the change.

Arriving in the capital in the morning, the brothers put the horses up for sale in the horse row. The mayor sees the horses and immediately goes with a report to the king. The mayor praises the wonderful horses so much that the king immediately goes to the market and buys them from his brothers. The royal grooms lead the horses away, but the expensive horses knock them down and return to Ivan. Seeing this, the tsar offers Ivan a service in the palace - he appoints him head of the royal stables; Ivan agrees and goes to the palace. The brothers, having received the money and divided it equally, go home, both get married and live in peace, remembering Ivan.

And Ivan serves in the royal stable. However, after some time, the royal sleeping bag - the boyar, who was the head of the stables before Ivan and now decided to drive him out of the palace at all costs - notices that Ivan does not clean and groom the horses, but nevertheless they are always fed, watered and cleaned up. Deciding to find out what's the matter, the sleeping bag sneaks into the stable at night and hides in the stall. At midnight, Ivan enters the stable, takes out of his hat a feather of the Firebird wrapped in a rag, and by its light begins to clean and wash the horses. Having finished work, having fed them and watered them, Ivan is right there in the stable and falls asleep. The sleeping bag goes to the tsar and reports to him that Ivan not only hides the precious feather of the Firebird from him, but also allegedly boasts that he can get the Firebird itself. The tsar immediately sends for Ivan and demands that he get him the Firebird. Ivan claims that he did not say anything of the kind, however, seeing the anger of the king, he goes to the Little Humpbacked Horse and tells him about his grief. Konyok volunteers to help Ivan.

The next day, on the advice of the humpbacked man, having received from the tsar "two troughs of Beloyar's millet and overseas wine," Ivan sits on a horseback and sets off for the Firebird. They drive for a whole week and finally arrive in a dense forest. In the middle of the forest is a clearing, and in the clearing is a mountain of pure silver. The horse explains to Ivan that the Firebirds fly here at night to the stream, and tells him to pour millet into one trough and pour wine over it, and to climb under another trough himself, and when the birds arrive and begin to peck at the grain with wine, grab one of them . Ivan obediently does everything, and he manages to catch the Firebird. He brings it to the tsar, who, in joy, rewards him with a new position: now Ivan is the royal stirrup.

However, the sleeping bag does not leave the thought of Ivan's lime. After a while, one of the servants tells the others a tale about the beautiful Tsar Maiden, who lives on the ocean, rides in a golden boat, sings songs and plays the harp, and besides, she is the daughter of the Moon and the sister of the Sun. The sleeping bag immediately goes to the tsar and reports to him that he allegedly heard Ivan boasting that he could get the Tsar Maiden. The Tsar sends Ivan to bring him the Tsar Maiden. Ivan goes to the skate, and he again volunteers to help him. To do this, you need to ask the king for two towels, a tent embroidered with gold, a dining set and various sweets. The next morning, having received everything necessary, Ivan sits on the Little Humpbacked Horse and sets off for the Tsar Maiden.

They travel for a whole week and finally come to the ocean. The horse tells Ivan to spread the tent, place the dining set on a towel, lay out sweets, and hide behind the tent himself and, waiting for the princess to enter the tent, eat, drink and start playing the harp, run into the tent and grab her. Ivan successfully fulfills everything that the horse told him. When they all return to the capital, the king, seeing the Tsar Maiden, invites her to get married tomorrow. However, the princess demands that her ring be taken from the bottom of the ocean. The Tsar immediately sends for Ivan and sends him to the ocean for a ring, and the Tsar Maiden asks him to stop by to bow to her mother, the Moon, and her brother, the Sun, on the way. And the next day, Ivan with the Little Humpbacked Horse set off again.

Approaching the ocean, they see that a huge whale lies across it, in which "a village stands on its back, fuss rustles on its tail." Having learned that the travelers are heading towards the Sun in the palace, the whale asks them to find out for what sins he suffers so much. Ivan promises him this, and the travelers go on. Soon they drive up to the tower of the Tsar Maiden, in which the Sun sleeps at night, and during the day the Moon rests. Ivan enters the palace and conveys greetings to the Moon from the Tsar Maiden. The month is very happy to receive news of the missing daughter, but when he learns that the tsar is going to marry her, he gets angry and asks Ivan to convey his words to her: not an old man, but a handsome young man will become her husband. To Ivan's question about the fate of the whale, Month replies that ten years ago this whale swallowed three dozen ships, and if he releases them, he will be forgiven and released into the sea.

Ivan and the Hunchback ride back, drive up to the whale and give him the words of the Month. Residents hurriedly leave the village, and the whale releases the ships. Here he is finally free and asks Ivan how he can serve him. Ivan asks him to get the Tsar Maiden's ring from the bottom of the ocean. Kit sends sturgeons to search all the seas and find the ring. Finally, after a long search, the chest with the ring is found, and Ivan delivers it to the capital.

The Tsar brings the Tsar Maiden a ring, but she again refuses to marry him, saying that he is too old for her, and offers him a means by which he will be able to rejuvenate: you need to put three large boilers: one with cold water, the other - with hot, and the third - with boiling milk - and take a dip in turn in all three boilers. The tsar again calls Ivan and demands that he be the first to do all this. The Humpbacked Horse even here promises Ivan his help: he will wag his tail, dip his muzzle into the cauldrons, he will jump twice at Ivan, whistle loudly - and after that Ivan can even jump into boiling water. Ivan does just that - and becomes a written handsome man. Seeing this, the king also jumps into boiling milk, but with a different result: "thump into the cauldron - and boiled there." The people immediately recognize the Tsar Maiden as their queen, and she takes the transformed Ivan by the hand and leads him down the aisle. The people greet the king and queen, and a wedding feast thunders in the palace.

Author of the retelling: N. V. Soboleva

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