The fox was sitting under the tree. A leaf from a tree fell onto the fox's back. The fox jumped up and ran, and a wolf came towards him: “Fox, what happened?” “What happened?” The earth is collapsing, the sky is falling! - Who told you? - I saw it with my own eyes, I heard it with my own ears! - and ran. - And I’m with you! - says the wolf. - Let's run!
They ran and ran and a bear came towards them. “Wolf, where are you running, what happened?” “What happened?” The earth is collapsing, the sky is falling! - Who told you? - Fox. - Fox, who told you? - I saw it with my own eyes, I heard it with my own ears. - And I’m with you! - Let’s run!
They ran and ran - towards the goat. - Bear, what happened, where are you running? - The earth is collapsing, the sky is falling! - Who said? - Wolf. - Wolf, who told you? - Fox. - Fox, who told you? - I saw it with my own eyes, I heard it with my own ears! - And I’m with you! - Let’s run!
They ran and ran, and met another ram and a rooster, and they were told the same thing, and they ran. The fox, the wolf, the bear, the goat, the ram and the rooster got together and went together.
In the evening we arrived at the mill and decided to spend the night there. They entered and sat down: in first place was a fox, then a wolf, a bear, a goat, a ram, and in last place a rooster.
The fox stood up and said: “I am the eldest, the wolf is the eldest, the bear is the eldest, the goat is the eldest, the ram is the eldest, the rooster is the youngest here.”
They all pounced on the rooster and tore it into pieces. When they finished, the fox stood up again: “I am the eldest, the wolf is the eldest, the bear is the eldest, the goat is the eldest, the ram is the youngest here.”
They attacked the ram and tore it into pieces. They ate the meat and hid the lard in a pot. They finished, the fox stood up and began: “I am the eldest, the wolf is the eldest, the bear is the eldest, the goat is the youngest here.” They grabbed the goat, tore it apart, ate the meat, and put the lard in a pot. The fox stood up again: “I am the eldest, the wolf is the eldest, the bear is the youngest here.”
A wolf and a fox attacked the bear. The struggle has begun, they fight, roll on the ground, pull each other, the wolf and the fox cannot defeat the bear!
They fought and fought, but the bear became weak. A wolf and a fox killed him, tore off his skin, boiled the meat, and put the lard in a pot. Filled the pot to the top.
There was enough bear meat for the fox and wolf for a week. When all the meat has been eaten, the wolf wants to start eating the fat, and the fox gets angry: “You wolves are greedy in everything!” Be patient, you know, the longer the lard sits, the tastier it is; Let's wait another week, and then we'll eat.
The wolf agreed. Every night the fox sneaks to the pot, carries lard, eats its fill, and the wolf dies of hunger. A week has passed, the fox has eaten all the lard. “We’ll open the pot today,” says the wolf. “Okay,” says the fox, “but the wolf’s hand is happier, you open it.”
She climbed onto the window herself and let the wolf near the pot. The wolf opened the pot - but it was empty. The wolf became furious, rushed at the fox, and she jumped out of the window! - and ran away. The wolf chased the fox.
The fox runs, the wolf catches up with it, they reach the forest. A fox ran into the forest, jumped between two trees, a wolf rushed after her and got stuck between those trees - there was no way forward or back. The fox turned around, looked at the wolf, and ran on. The wolf suffered for a long time, dragged on for a long time, but finally crawled out of these trees.
One day a wolf was chopping wood in the forest, he saw a fox running, the wolf swung his hand, threw an ax at the fox and cut off its tail. The wolf rejoices: “Now I’ll find you, you can’t hide!” A tailless fox is running, meeting with her friends. “It’s good for you, fox, you’ve gotten so fat!” “Tear off your tails, and you, like me, will get fat.” “How can we tear off our tails?” Otherwise I would be happy to! “Come on, I’ll teach you.”
The fox led her friends to the river; They dipped all the foxes' tails into the water and kept them there all the cold winter night. By morning, all the fox tails froze and remained in the river. The wolf found out about this and was upset: “How will I recognize my deceiver now?”
The wolf thought and thought and came up with an idea; He stretched a rope bridge across the river and thought: “Foxes will cross the bridge, it will hold them all, but it won’t stand my deceiver and will break through: she is the fattest.” And so it happened. All the foxes walked across that bridge, only that one fox stood on the bridge, broke through it and fell into the water. The wolf ran up and grabbed the fox.
He dragged her home, put a knife to her throat, and is about to stab her, and the fox screams: “Pestrun-perestrun, motley-perestrun!” - Why are you shouting, fox? - asks the wolf. - Nothing. Oh, you dirty little thing, stop it, cut it quickly! - No, tell me what you said! - And I said that I can decorate you so that no one in the world will be more beautiful than you. - How can you decorate me? - Let me go, I’ll say so.
The wolf released the fox. The fox ordered the wolf to bring an ax and heat it red-hot on the fire. The wolf did everything. The fox took the ax and said: “Now you lie down, I will move the ax along your neck, and you say: “Pest-run-perestrun, pestrun-perestrun.”
The wolf lay down. The fox took an ax, drove it, moved it along the wolf’s neck, and cut off the wolf’s head. The fox got all the wolf’s goods. If all this is not true, then let nothing hurt us.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru