There lived one person. His name was Buchugdy. He fished in the summer and stored seal oil. I installed the hinges in the fall. He had neither deer nor dogs. There was only one chum.
In the fall, when the snow came, he went up his river. I put yukola and seal fat on the sled. Buchugdy walked and walked and saw a fox on the road.
He asks the fox:
- Why are you lying on the road? Lisa tells him:
- Brother, I broke my leg. Put me in the sleigh, I will carry firewood for you and guard the house.
Buchugdy tells her:
- Well, sit on my sled. Pulling the sledge. Tired.
- Well, let's make a hut. You bring in some firewood and branches, and I,” says Buchugdy, “will go set a snare.”
Buchugdy arrives, but he has nothing on his sled. The fox ate everything.
Only he found a fox tooth.
He was catching up and catching up with the fox. It took me three days to catch up. Along the way he puts frogs and lizards under his armpit.
So he walked and walked. One enters the house. There are a lot of hares there. They are shamans.
“Well, a guest, a shaman,” they say.
Let's jump. And lizards and frogs jumped out of his armpit. The hares laughed. He hears Buchugdy and the fox's laughter. He approached her.
“Why,” he says, “did I eat my fat?”
- Don't hit me. I'll find you a wife. The fox is crying. He released the fox with the words:
- Look, find me a wife.
A fox walks and sees an old man catching fish.
“Give me your daughter, otherwise the fish won’t be caught.”
The old man got scared and gave his daughter to the fox. This is how the fox got Buchugda’s wife.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru