In one chicken coop there lived a rooster. The rooster walks around the yard, walks, looks around in all directions, keeps order and puts on airs. The rooster jumped up on the fence and shouted:
- Ku-ka-re-ku! Ku-ka-re-ku! I am the Shah-Rooster, the Padishah-Rooster and the Khan-Rooster, and the Sultan-Rooster! My hens are cute, black, white, colorful, golden, who is the most beautiful in the world? Who is the bravest person in the world?
All the chickens came running - black, pied, gray, white, golden - surrounded their shah, the great padishah, their bright khan, the mighty sultan and sang:
“Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, bright Khan, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wondrous Sultan, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, the bright Shah, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, the most illustrious padishah, someone can equal you!” There is no one in the world braver than you, there is no one in the world smarter than you, there is no one in the world more beautiful than you.
- Ku-ka-re-ku! Ku-ka-re-ku! - the rooster crowed even louder. - Who in the world has a louder voice than a lion? Who has powerful legs, who has a colorful dress?
“You, our Shah, have a colorful dress; You, padishah, have strong legs; “You, Sultan, have a voice louder than a lion,” the chickens sang.
The rooster puffed up with importance, raised his high crest and sang with all his might:
- Ku-ka-re-ku! Ku-ka-re-ku? Come closer to me and tell me louder: who has the highest crown on his head?
The hens approached the very fence, bowing low to the important rooster, and sang:
“The crown on your head shines like heat.” You are our only Shah, you are our only Padishah!
And the fat cook crept up to the rooster and grabbed it.
- Ku-ka-re-ku! Oh, woe! Ay, trouble!
- Whoa, whoa! Where, where, where? - the chickens screamed. The cook caught the mighty padishah by the right leg, the cook stabbed the great shah with a sharp knife, the cook plucked the colorful dress from the bright khan, the cook cooked a delicious soup from the invincible sultan.
And people eat and praise:
- Oh yes, a delicious rooster! Oh yes fat rooster!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru