Three goats went to the fair. They had fun and jumped, laughed and sang all the way. Noticing them from afar, the old wolf hid on their way behind a large bush.
- Stop! - he shouted.
- What do you want, old wolf?
- Chernushka, I will eat you!
- No, don’t eat me, eat Belyanka!
- Belyanka, I will eat you!
- No, don’t eat me, eat Little Red!
- Little Red, I will eat you!
- No, no, don’t eat us: we’re going to a fair, they sell sweet gingerbread cookies there, we’ll buy more and give you the most delicious ones!
- So be it! So be it! Just hurry up, because I'm very hungry. But if you forget about me, I will swallow all three of you—Chernushka, Belyanka, and Rednushka.
- Yes, yes, yes! Goodbye, old wolf!
- Goodbye!
The goats went further and came to the city. They immediately ran to the fair, bought sweets and gingerbread there, and left only when there was not a single sou left in their wallet.
Unfortunately, they gnawed sweets and gingerbread all the way so diligently that when the old wolf demanded his share, the poor goats had nothing left.
- Well, where are my gingerbread cookies? - asked the wolf
“Don’t remember this, we left you your share, but we lost it along the way.”
- Chernushka, I will eat you!
- No, Belyanka!
- Belyanka, I will eat you!
- No, Little Red!
- Little Red, I will eat you!
- Before you eat us, go pick us some nuts in the forest!
- I'm running now. And when I return, I will swallow you all.
Here Belyanka, Chernushka and Rednushka hastily built a house and surrounded it with armfuls of thorns. Then they lit a fire in the hearth and began to wait.
Knock-knock! - the wolf knocked
- Get into the pipe, we lost the key!
The old wolf climbed onto the roof, climbed into the chimney and burned there.
You can imagine how happy the three little goats were when they returned home to their parents!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru