Listen: there was an old man, he had a cat and a rooster. The old man went into the forest to work, the cat brought him food, and left the rooster to guard the house. At that time the fox came:
- Crow, cockerel, Golden comb, Look out the window, I’ll give you a pea,
This is how the fox sang, sitting under the window. The rooster opened the window, stuck his head out and looked: who is singing here? And the fox grabbed him in her claws and carried him to his hut. The rooster cried:
“The fox carried me, the rooster carried me through the dark forests, through the dense forests, along steep banks, over high mountains. Cat Kotofeevich, get rid of me!
The cat heard the cry and gave chase, overtook the fox, fought off the rooster and brought him home.
“Look, Petya,” the cat tells him, “don’t look out the window, don’t trust the fox: she will eat you and won’t leave any bones.”
The old man went into the forest again to work, and the cat brought him food. When the old man left, he ordered the rooster to take care of the house and not look out the window. But the fox really wanted to eat the cockerel. She came to the hut and sang:
- Crow, cockerel, Golden comb, Look out the window, I’ll give you peas, I’ll give you some grains.
The rooster walks around the hut, is silent, does not respond. The fox sang the song again and threw peas out the window. The rooster ate the peas and said:
- No, fox, you can’t deceive me! You want to eat me... and you won't leave any bones.
- That's enough, Petya! Will I eat you? I wanted you to stay with me, to look at my life, to look at my goods!
And she sang in a sweet voice:
- Crow, cockerel, Golden comb, Butter head, Look out the window, I gave you peas, I'll give you some grains.
The rooster looked out the window, and the fox caught his claws. The rooster crowed with good obscenities:
“The fox carried me, the rooster carried me through the dark forests, through the dense forests, along steep banks, over high mountains. Cat Kotofeevich, help me out!
The cat heard the cry, set off in pursuit, caught up with the fox and fought off the rooster.
“Didn’t I tell you, Petya, don’t look out the window - the fox will eat you and won’t leave any bones!” Look, listen to me! We'll go far tomorrow.
So again the old man went to work, and the cat brought him bread. The fox crept under the window and immediately began to sing a song. She crowed three times, but the rooster is still silent.
“What is this,” says the fox, “now Petya is completely numb!”
- No, fox, you won’t deceive me! I won't look out the window.
The fox threw peas and wheat out the window and sang again:
- Crow, cockerel, Golden comb, Butter head, Look out the window, I have a mansion, A big mansion, In every corner There is a piece of wheat in the measure: Eat, you’re full, I don’t want it!
Then she added:
- Yes, you should look, Petya, how many wonders I have! That's it, don't trust the cat! If I wanted to eat you, I would have done it a long time ago. And then you see - I love you, I want to show you to people and teach you how to live in the world. Show yourself, Petya! Now I'm going around the corner!
And hid behind the wall...
The rooster jumped onto the bench, stuck his head out the window, and the fox grabbed his claws - and there he was! The rooster crowed at the top of his lungs, but the old man and the cat were far away and did not hear his cry.
How long or short does it take the cat to return home and see: the cockerel is gone, he needs to help him out of trouble. The cat immediately dressed up as a guslar, grabbed a club in his paws and went to the fox’s hut. He came and started playing the harp:
- Strain-string, goseltsy, golden strings! Is Lisafya at home, or at home with the children, one daughter is Chuchelka, the other is Podchuchelka, the third is Give-a-shuttle, the fourth is Sweep-six, the fifth is Pipe-Close, the sixth is Fire-Blow, and the seventh is Bake-Pies!
Lisa says:
- Come, Chuchelka, look who sings such a good song?
The scarecrow went out of the gate, and the guslar hit her on the pubis and in the box and sang the same song again. The fox sends another daughter, after another - a third, after a third - a fourth, and so on. Whichever one comes out of the gate, the guslar will do his job: a knock on the pubis - yes, in the box! Killed all the Fox children one by one.
The fox is waiting for them and can't wait. “Let me,” he thinks, “I’ll see for myself!”
She went out of the gate, and the cat swung his baton, and as soon as it hit her on the head, she was out of her mind! The cockerel was delighted, flew out the window and thanks the cat for his salvation. They returned to the old man and began to live and live and make good things for themselves.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru