In a rickety hut there lived a grandfather and grandmother. At night, the grandfather asked the grandmother:
- Grandma, who are you afraid of?
- There is no one worse than a wolf!
“I know something worse than a beast.” That is Drip-Drip, which allows rain to drip through the roof. The wolf is far from him!
Kumanyok Volchok heard his grandfather’s speech in the yard at that time and thought, frightened: “If only I didn’t happen to meet the terrible Kap-Kap!”
At the same moment, in the darkness, a horse thief crept into the yard. He mistook the Wolf for a horse. Bukh on horseback shouts:
“Horse! Take me to the forest immediately!”
- 0-ho-ho! - here the Wolf groaned. - Still, I got caught by Kap-Kap! What will he do to me?
And he ran as fast as he could. While he was rushing through the forest, dawn began to dawn a little. The Horse Thief then saw that it was not the Horse under him - the Wolf. He got scared, jumped from the Wolf, but fell into a hole. Well, the Wolf rushed on. Lo and behold - Kuma Fox? towards.
- Where to, Kum? What are you talking about?
- The scary Kap-Kap jumped into the hole. And he rode me for a long time. Get off your feet, Foxy! And I wouldn’t saddle you! Kuma followed suit. White Bunny meets them.
- Stop! Where are you going, friends?
- Stop jokes, White Bunny! The scary Kap-Kap jumped into the hole. And he rode me for a long time. Take off your feet too, brother! How could I not saddle you!
- I have the soul of a hero! - White Bunny answered them. - Take me, I’ll see what this scary Kap-Kap is!
That’s when Kumanyok Volchok and Fox became ashamed. We turned with the White Hare.
“You hold my legs,” says the Hare, “and you, Kum, hold Lisana!” Lower me into the hole - I’ll look at Cap-Cap!
They lowered the Bunny down. The horse thief noticed him and grabbed him by the ears. The Hare shuddered. Lisana pulled him. Kumanek pulled the Fox. The horse thief grabbed tightly. The hare is being pulled by the ears. Then he released the Bunny.
Kumanyok Volchok and Fox quickly pulled out the Bunny.
- Bunny, what’s under the roots?
- Your Kap-Kap remained in the hole. His hands are weak. He grabbed me by the ears. I thought I’d pull it out so you could see it too. But I couldn’t stand it and quit.
- Your ears are stretched! — Kumanyok Volchok noticed.
- Yes, brother, something long! - Kuma Fox? supported.
The Hare said, laughing:
- And such ears will suit my heroic soul! Since then, the Hare with long ears remained.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru