There lived an old man and an old woman. The old man took a bowler hat and an ax, and went into the taiga. He walked and walked and saw the tracks of a fox and hares. Then the old man lay down at the root of one tree, as if sleeping. Lying down.
The fox comes and says: “Oh, oh, why did the old man die?” He has an axe, a cauldron, and a flint. Freeze, obviously.
Then the fox began to call all her friends:
- Inhabitants of the meadows, go, go, go, inhabitants of the forests, go, go, go, the old man is dead, save the poor old man!
Many foxes and hares came. They grabbed the old man by the head, arms, and legs, let’s take him down from the forest to the shore.
We came to the house. One fox followed the old woman.
The old woman says:
“Bring it to the old man’s house.”
The foxes and hares carried the old man into the house and laid him on the floor. The old woman closed the door, windows, and stove tightly. Then he says:
- Get up, old man!
The old man quickly stood up. I grabbed a stick and let’s beat foxes and hares with a stick. He interrupted everyone. That's how he and the old woman got rich.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru