Once upon a time there lived a grandfather and a woman, and they had a chicken and a cockerel. Grandfather and grandmother died, and the cockerel and chicken ate everything without them - beans and everything else. They sat on the perch. Cockerel: “Crow!” — he grabbed a pebble and choked. So the chicken cried and cried, then ran to the sea to ask for water:
- Sea, sea, give me water! - Why water? - Water for the cockerel:
The cockerel is lying on the mountain and not breathing, only wagging its tail. And the sea says:
- Go to the ox, let him give you the horn! She went and asked: - Ox, ox, give me the horn! - Why the horn? - To the sea, the horn: the sea will give water. - Why water? - Water for the cockerel:
The cockerel lies on the mountain and does not breathe, only wiggles his tail. And the ox says:
- So go to the boar: let him give you a tusk!
The rooster lies on the mountain and does not breathe, only wags his tail.
- So go to the oak tree: let it give you an acorn! So the hen went: - Oak, oak, give me an acorn! - Why an acorn? - An acorn for a boar: a boar will give a tusk. - Why a tusk? - An ox will give a horn. - Why a horn? - A sea of water will give. - Why water? - Water for a cockerel:
The rooster lies on the mountain and does not breathe, only wags his tail.
- So go to the girl: let her give you some thread! So the hen came and said: “Girl, girl, give me a thread!” “Why threads?” “For an oak tree: an oak tree will give an acorn.” “Why an acorn?” “A boar will give an acorn: a boar will give a tusk.” “Why a tusk?” “A ox will give a tusk: an ox will give a horn.” “Why a horn?” “A sea will give a horn: a sea will give water.” “Why water?” “Water for a cockerel:
The rooster lies on the mountain and does not breathe, only wags his tail.
- So go to the woman and let her give you some oil! - Baba! Baba, give me butter!—Why butter?—For a girl, butter: a girl will give threads!—Why threads?—For an oak tree, threads: an oak tree will give an acorn.—Why an acorn?—A boar will give an acorn: a boar will give a tusk.—Why a tusk?—An ox will give a tusk: an ox will give a horn.—Why a horn?—To the sea a horn: will give a sea of water.—And why water?—Water for a cockerel:
The rooster lies on the mountain and does not breathe, only wags his tail.
- So go to the linden tree: let it give you linden blossoms!
She went.
- Linden! Linden tree, give the flower!—Why do you need color?—For a woman, color: a woman will give butter.—Why oil?—To a girl, butter: a girl will give threads.—Why threads?—To an oak tree, threads: an oak tree will give an acorn.—Why an acorn?—To a boar, an acorn: a boar will give a tusk.—Why a tusk?—An ox will give a horn.—Why a horn?—To the sea, a horn: will give a sea of water.—Why water?—For a cockerel, water:
The rooster lies on the mountain and does not breathe, only wiggles his tail.
The linden tree gave her a linden blossom, the woman gave her oil for the linden blossom, the girl gave her thread, the oak tree gave her an acorn for thread, the boar gave her a tusk for an acorn, the ox a horn for a tusk, and the sea gave her water for a horn.
So the hen gave the cockerel water, and they live for themselves, chew bread and carry goods for food.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru