Once upon a time there lived a cockerel and a hen. Here comes the hail. The hen got scared and screamed: “Cockerel, cockerel!” Trouble! The boyars came, they fired, they shot, they killed us! Let's run away from here!
And they ran. They ran and ran. A hare meets them: -?Where, cockerel, are you running?
And the three of them ran. A fox meets them:—?Where, little bunny, are you running?—?Don’t ask me, ask the cockerel!—?Where, little cockerel, are you running?—?Oh, don’t ask me, ask the hen!—?Where, little hen, are you running?—?The boyars came, they’re firing, they’re shooting, they’re killing us!—?Take me!
And the four of us ran. A wolf meets them: -?Where, fox, are you running? they came, they fired, they shot, they killed us!—?Take me!
And the five of us ran. A bear meets them: -?Where, wolf, are you running? ask me, ask the chicken!—?Where, chicken, are you running?—?The boyars came, they’re firing, they’re shooting, they’re killing us!—?Take me!
And the six of us ran. They ran and ran into a deep hole and fell. They sat in the hole for a long time, they wanted to eat, but they couldn’t get out. So the fox said: “Let’s ask for names!” Whose name is worse, we will eat him. And the fox sang: -? Bear-bear - a good name. Fox-olisava - a good name. Wolf-wolf - a good name. Hare-hare - a good name. Rooster-cock - a good name. Kura-okurawa - a bad name! Here is a chicken and ate.
A little time has passed and I’m hungry again. The fox sang: -? Bear-bear - a good name. Fox-olisava - a good name. Wolf-wolf - a good name. Hare-hare - a good name. Rooster-cock - a bad name! And they ate the cockerel.
We sat and wanted to eat again. The fox sang: -? Bear-bear is a good name. Fox-olisava is a good name. Wolf-wolf is a good name. Hare-hare is a bad name!
They also ate a hare. Whether for a long time or a short time, they wanted to eat again. The fox sang: -? Bear-bear is a good name. Fox-olisava is a good name. Wolf-wolf is a bad name!
The bear tore the wolf apart. They started eating with the fox. The fox ate part of it and hid the other. We sat and sat and got hungry again. The fox slowly began to eat what was hidden, and the bear asked: -? What are you enjoying, fox? -? I take out my intestines and eat them. -? How do you get them?
The fox was left alone in the hole. A little time passed, a tit bird flies past. The fox shouts to her: -? Titbird, help me out of trouble!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru