There lived a grandfather and a woman. They were so poor, so poor that they had nothing to eat or cook.
So the woman says to the grandfather:
“Grandfather, take an axe, go to the forest, cut down an oak tree, take it to the market, sell it and buy a measure of flour.” Let's bake some bread.
The grandfather got ready, went to the forest, and began to cut down an oak tree. A cat jumped from the oak tree - golden forehead, golden ear, silver ear, golden hair, silver hair, golden paw, silver paw.
- Grandfather, grandfather, what do you want?
“Well, my little cat, my little dove, the old woman sent me to cut down an oak tree, take it to the market, sell it and buy a measure of flour for bread.”
- Go home, grandfather: you will have flour! Grandfather arrived home, and lo and behold, his bin was full of flour!
The woman baked bread, ate it herself, fed her grandfather and said to him:
“It wouldn’t hurt to cook the grout now.” But here's the problem: there is no salt. Grandfather, take an axe, go to the forest, knock on the oak tree, maybe a cat will jump out - a golden forehead: ask him for salt.
Grandfather took an ax, went into the woods, knocked on the oak... A cat jumped out - golden forehead, golden ear, silver ear, golden hair, silver hair, golden paw, silver paw.
- Grandfather, grandfather, what do you want?
- Yes, my little cat, my little dove: there is bread, but no salt!
- Go home, grandfather: you will have salt too! Grandfather arrived home, and lo and behold, he had a whole tub of salt!
The woman made the grout, ate it herself, fed the grandfather and said to him:
“It wouldn’t hurt to try some cabbage now.” Grind, grandfather, hatchet, go to the forest, knock on the oak tree, maybe a cat will jump out - a golden forehead: ask him for cabbage.
Grandfather sharpened his ax, went to the woods, knocked on the oak... A cat jumped out - golden forehead, golden ear, silver ear, golden hair, silver hair, golden paw, silver paw.
- Grandfather, grandfather, what do you want?
- Yes, my little cat, my little dove: there is bread, there is salt, there is no cabbage!
-Go home, grandfather: there will be cabbage for you! I came home and he had a barrel of cabbage. Baba says:
- Oh, how good! Now if only we had some more salsa... You and I would cook cabbage soup and season it with salsa. Don’t be lazy, grandpa, take an axe, go to the woods, knock on the oak tree, maybe a cat with a golden forehead will jump out: ask him for some salsa.
Grandfather took an ax, went into the woods, knocked on the oak... A cat jumped out - golden forehead, golden ear, silver ear, golden hair, silver hair, golden paw, silver paw.
- Grandfather, grandfather, what do you want?
- Yes, my little cat, my little darling: the woman is asking for more salt for the cabbage.
- Okay, grandfather, go home: there will be lard!
Grandfather comes home, and he has a whole cube of lard!
Happy grandfather, happy woman. They began to live without bothering, telling fairy tales to children.
And now they live, chew bread, slurp cabbage soup. Here's a fairy tale for you, and for me a bunch of bagels.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru