There lived an orphan girl. the evil stepmother scolded her every now and then and did not give her rest. All the orphan heard was:
- Go there! Do it!
This continued from early morning until late evening.
One day, the stepmother sent a poor orphan to the river to fetch water.
The girl came to the river, scooped up full buckets and went back. But she has no strength - she will take a step, throw heavy buckets on the ground and stand. She walked for a long time.
And the stepmother is running around the yurt, angry:
-Where did she go? Why doesn't it take so long to come back?..
Finally she ran out of the yurt, saw an orphan in the distance and began screaming and swearing:
- Let the Sun and the Moon take you away!
And as soon as she said this, the Sun and the Moon descended from the sky. The girl saw them, got scared and grabbed the willow bush with her hand.
Here the Sun and the Moon descended near her.
The Sun wanted to take the girl to him, but the Moon told him:
- You walk during the day, and I walk at night - I’m sad and bored alone. Give the girl to me!
The sun said:
- You're telling the truth! I can't argue with you, take the girl!
The Month was delighted, picked up the orphan girl along with the rocker, buckets and a bush of willow grass and rose high, high.
If you look at the Moon, you will see a girl with buckets and a rocker on it. She stands and holds on to the willow bush with her hand.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru