Once upon a time there lived an old man and an old woman and their daughter. So my daughter went to graze the goats. She grazed through the mountains, through the valleys, through green meadows, and in the evening she brought them home.
The old man went out onto the porch and asked: “You goats, you mothers, are you full, are you drunk?”
The goats answer him: “We are full, we are drunk, we walked through the hills, we nibbled grass, we ate aspen trees, we lay under a birch tree!”
And one answers: -? I’m not full, I’m not drunk, I didn’t walk through the hills, I didn’t pluck grass, I didn’t gnaw on aspen trees, I didn’t lie under a birch tree, but as I ran across the bridge, I grabbed a maple leaf. And as I ran across the comb, I grabbed a drop of water.
The old man got angry with his daughter and drove her out of sight. The next day he sent the old woman to shepherd. The old woman herded goats through the mountains, through the valleys, through green meadows. Late in the evening I drove them home.
The old man came out onto the porch: “You goats, you mothers, are you full, are you drunk?”
The goats answer him: “We are full, we are drunk, we walked through the hills, we nibbled grass, we ate aspen trees, we lay under a birch tree!”
And one goat is all hers:—? I’m not full, I’m not drunk, I didn’t walk through the hills, I didn’t nibble grass, I didn’t gnaw on aspen trees, I didn’t lie under a birch tree, but as I ran across the bridge, I grabbed a maple leaf. And as I ran across the comb, I grabbed a drop of water.
The old man became even more angry than before and drove the old woman out of sight. On the third day he went to graze the goats himself. Grassed over the mountains, through the valleys, through green meadows. I drove them home in the evening, ran ahead and asked:
-?You goats, you mothers, are you full, are you drunk?
The goats answer him: “We are full, we are drunk, we walked through the hills, we nibbled grass, we ate aspen trees, we lay under a birch tree!”
And one goat is all hers:—? I’m not full, I’m not drunk, I didn’t walk through the hills, I didn’t nibble grass, I didn’t gnaw on aspen trees, I didn’t lie under a birch tree, but as I ran across the bridge, I grabbed a maple leaf. And as I ran across the comb, I grabbed a drop of water.
The old man caught this goat, tied it up and started beating it. He beat and beat, tore off half of his side and went to sharpen the knife. The goat saw that things were bad, broke away and ran away. She ran and ran, came running into the hare's hut, fell onto the stove and lay there.
A bunny comes:—?Who, who got into my hut?
And the goat answers him: -? I, the dereza goat, was bought for three pennies, half of my side was peeled, I stomp, stomp with my feet, I will stab you with my horns, I will trample you with my legs, I will sweep you with my tail!
The bunny got scared and ran away. She goes and cries bitterly. He comes across a rooster in red boots, gold earrings, and carries a braid on his shoulder: -? Hello, little bunny. Why are you crying?—?How can I not cry? A goat climbed into my hut and kicked me out. “Come on, I’ll help your grief.”
They approached the hut, the rooster knocked: -? Knock-knock, who's in the hut? And the goat came to him from the stove: -? I, the goat, was bought for three pennies, Half the side was peeled, Stomp, stomp with my feet, I'll kill you with my horns, I'll trample you with my legs, I'll sweep you with my tail!
And the rooster will jump on the threshold and crow:
-? I’m walking in boots, wearing gold earrings, carrying a scythe, I’ll blow your head off to the very shoulders, get out of the oven!
The goat got scared and fell out of fear from the stove and killed itself... And the bunny and the cockerel began to live in the hut and catch fish.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru