The fox came to the old man and said to him:
- Grandfather, let me graze your reindeer. You are old, grandfather, you freeze in the cold, and I am young. The old fox asks:
- Do you, fox, know what kind of moss deer need?
“I know, grandfather,” the fox answers, “I know very well.” The old man went, released the deer and said:
- Look, fox, better herd the deer so that they become fat.
The fox took away the old man's reindeer, killed them all and ate them all. Then she returned to the old man and said:
- Grandfather, I herded the reindeer very well, the moss was very good.
She stayed overnight in the old man’s tent and said again:
“Grandfather, I herded the reindeer very well, they’ve probably eaten enough, they’re probably fat now.” Give me a good blanket and a hat for this. Go yourself early tomorrow to get the deer. There is a tree there, your deer graze around the tree.
The old man got up early in the morning and said to his wife:
- Bring the winter boots, I’ll go after the deer, they’ve become very fat. I'll be back early, and you get ready, we'll move away.
Then the fox asks:
- Lisa, where are you going?
Lisa answers:
“I’ll be here, I’ll wait for you.” I won't go anywhere until you return. The old man walks back and shouts:
- Old woman, hold the fox, she ate all the deer. The old woman could not hold the fox; the fox was already running through the taiga.
So the fox deceived the old man.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru