In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a merchant, and he had three daughters. He built himself a new house and sent his eldest daughter to spend the night at the housewarming party, so that later she could tell him what and how she saw in her dreams.
And she dreamed that she would marry a merchant’s son. The next night the merchant sends his middle daughter to a housewarming party: what will she dream of? And she dreamed that she would marry a nobleman. On the third night it was the turn of the youngest daughter, and he sent her too; and she dreamed, poor thing, that she would marry a goat.
The father got scared and did not order his beloved daughter to even go out onto the porch. So no, I didn’t listen, I left! And at that time the goat picked her up on his high horns and carried her over the steep banks. He brought her to his place and put her to sleep on the floor. In the morning our beauty woke up, and lo and behold, the yard was fenced with a picket fence, and on each stamen there was a girl’s head, only one simple stamen stood.
The poor thing was glad that she had escaped death. And the servants had been waking her up for a long time: “It’s not time, madam, to sleep, it’s time to get up, in the chambers of vengeance, to take the rubbish out into the street!”
She goes out onto the porch; geese are flying.—?Oh, you, my gray geese! Are you bringing me news from your native father?
And the geese answered her: “We’re from your side, we brought you news: there’s a conspiracy at home, your elder sister is being married off to a merchant’s son.”
The goat from the shed hears everything and says to the servants: “Hey you, my faithful servants!” Bring semi-precious dresses, lay black horses so that they can gallop three times and be in place.
The poor thing dressed up and went; the horses instantly brought her to her father. Guests are greeted on the porch, there is a feast in the house!
And at that time the goat turned into a good fellow and walked around the yard with a harp. Well, how can you not invite a guslar to a feast? He came to the mansion and began to win: -? Kozlov’s wife! Kozlov's wife!
And the poor thing had a clap on one cheek, a clap on the other, and she herself mounted the horses - and that was it! I arrived home, and the goat was already lying on the bed. In the morning her servants wake her up: “It’s not time, madam, to sleep, it’s time to get up, take revenge in the chambers, take your dirty laundry into the street!”
She got up, tidied up everything in the rooms and went out onto the porch; geese are flying.—?Oh, you, my gray geese! Are you bringing me news from your native father?
And the geese answered: “We’re from your side, we brought you news: there’s a conspiracy in your house, your middle sister is being married off to a rich nobleman.”
Again the poor thing went to her father: guests were greeted on the porch, there was a feast in the house! And the goat turned into a good fellow and walked around the yard with a harp; They invited him, and he began to win: “Kozlov’s wife!” Kozlov’s wife! The poor thing got a slap on one cheek, a slap on the other, and she got on her horses - and that was it!
I returned home, and the goat was lying on the bed. Another night passed; In the morning the poor thing got up, went out onto the porch - the geese were flying again. -? Oh, my gray geese! Are you bringing me news from your native father?
And the geese answered: -? From your side, we brought you news: your father has a big table. She went to her father: they greet guests on the porch, there is a feast in the house! In the yard the guslier walks around and wins on the gusli. They called him into the mansion; guslar again in the old way: -? Kozlov’s wife! Kozlov's wife!
The poor thing slaps him on one cheek, slaps him on the other, and immediately goes home. He looks at the floor, and there is one goat skin lying there: the guslar has not yet had time to turn into a goat.
The skin flew into the oven, the smaller merchant's daughter found herself married not to a goat, but to a good fellow, and they began to live and live and make good things for themselves.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru