Grandmother and grandson live. The grandmother sits at home, spins threads, the grandson runs outside and plays. Whether they lived like this for a long time or for a short time, the grandson grew up and began to go hunting and fishing.
This is how they lived. One day the grandson says to his grandmother:
- Grandma, I’ll go to Washing Urth to woo his youngest daughter.
Grandmother answers:
“Don’t go, grandson, your arms are not yet strong, your legs are not strong enough.”
- No, I’ll go anyway.
I persuaded my grandmother. Got ready. He went out into the street, threw down his skis, and where they pointed to, he went there.
Whether it was long or short, he found the trail of an ermine and followed it. He walked a little and saw that an ermine had climbed a tree. Imi-Hita killed the ermine, took off its skin along with its claws and teeth and moved on.
He walked and walked and found a squirrel trail. I followed the squirrel's trail. He walked a little and saw that a squirrel had climbed a tree. He killed her, removed her skin, claws and teeth, and moved on.
Whether it was long or short, he came to a huge city.
I looked around the city. A rich house always stands out. Imi-Hits entered this noticeable house. He sees Washing Urth sitting. He came in and said hello:
– Hello, grandfather Washing Urt!
- Hello, hello, grandson! What destinies brought you here, what destinies brought you here?
- Ah, I, unfortunate one, wander around like this. A feast was arranged to celebrate the arrival of the guest. Whether they feasted for a long time or for a short time, Imi-Hits says to Washing Urt:
- I came to you to bargain and dress up. I came to woo your youngest daughter, whom you keep in a richly decorated upper room. Maybe you'll consider marrying her to me?
Washing Urth lowered his head and... I kept it like this for exactly as long as the cauldron was boiling. Then he raised his head and said:
– What’s wrong with giving your daughter away in marriage? I'll give it back. But do me one thing. On the edge of our city, the flying giant Tungh and his wife have taken root. They have been kidnapping people from my city every day for seven years and feeding their children. So they will kidnap people until their children fly. Now, if you can lead the Tungkhs away, then I will give my daughter for you.
Imi-Hity agreed to drive away the flying giant Tungha.
I went there. Looks right, there is a very tall tree, completely without branches. At the very top is the nest of the flying Tungha.
Imi-Hita took an ermine skin from his pocket and climbed in. into it, turned into an ermine and began to climb the tree. The ermine's claws climbed and climbed and got tired. He took off the skin of the ermine. and dressed himself in squirrel skin. He turned into a squirrel and began to climb up again.
He didn’t get to the nest for a long time, when suddenly a large nasty toad jumped out of the nest towards him. Imi-Hits pulled out an ax and cut the toad in half.
Imi-Hits climbed into the nest, and two cubs were sitting alone in the nest. Imi-Hity speaks to the flying Tungha's cubs:
- Why don’t you fly away from here? Cubs say:
– We are growing wings. As soon as they begin to grow, someone comes and gnaws them off from us. That's why we don't fly away.
Imi-Hits says:
“I know who bit off your wings.” It was a big toad. I killed her, now there is no one to bite off your wings, now they will grow back.
He took a golden bottle of water from his pocket and anointed the ends of the wings of the flying Tungha's babies. He anointed and ordered:
-Flap your wings!
The Tungha cubs began to flap their wings. They feel so good. A little later he anointed him again. They began to flap their wings again: it became even better. He anointed me a third time and ordered me to fly. Tungha's cubs flew away. They flew around the whole wide world and returned to the nest again. Imi-Hits asks:
- Well, can you fly away now? Cubs say:
- We can. Soon our father and our mother will arrive. They might eat you. We'll hide you.
The cubs of Imi-Hita hid at the bottom of the nest. A little later, the flying Tungh arrives and brings a handsome young man.
The mother flies in and brings a beautiful girl.
Children say:
– We have already recovered, now we can fly.
-Who healed you?
“We are hiding the one who healed us here.” Father and mother say:
- Show it to us.
- Aren’t you going to eat it?
- Why are we going to eat it? We will thank him. The giant's children took the Imi-Hits out of the nest.
- That's who healed us. If it weren't for him, we would never have started flying.
Flying Tungh and his wife say:
– Hello, Imi-Hits! How did you get here?
“I, unfortunate one, am just wandering around,” and he told me why I came here.
– Thank you for healing our Children. Flying Tungh says to his wife:
- Now fly away with the children; Where you find a good place, make your nest there. I'll stay here and help Imi-Hits. And you, Imi-Hits, now sit on my back, and I will carry you where you need to go.
The giants sent the young man and girl home. Imi-Hits sat on the back of the flying Tungha, and they flew to the city of Washing Urth.
“Now go to Washing Urth,” says Tungh, “ask, he’ll probably give you another task.” Ask and come to me. Imi-Hits went to Washing Urt, says:
“I carried out your orders: I drove away the flying Tungha and his wife.
Washing Urth says:
“You drove them away, but now you need a good meal for the feast.” Where will you find it? There's nothing suitable nearby here. You need to look for good food and good drink. In the old days I heard that beyond unknown lands, beyond unknown seas there are thirty-voiced birds. If you bring these birds, I will give my daughter for you. Imi-Hity went to the flying Tunghu and said:
– Washing Urth says that beyond unknown lands, beyond unknown seas there is a sea. On the shore of this sea there are thirty-voiced birds. If I bring these birds, then, he says, he will give away his daughter. ‘Flying Tungh says:
- Go to the city blacksmiths, have them make an iron weight.
Imi-Khity went to the blacksmiths. He ordered to make a trap (iron advantage). We gained an advantage. He brought it to the flying Tunghu. Flying Tungh says:
“Put your weight on my back and sit down yourself.” Imi-Hits put the advantage, sat down himself, and the flying Tungh flew away. They flew and flew and finally landed. Flying Tungh says:
- Imi-Hits, go cut poles for advantage. Imi-Hits went down, cut poles and loaded them onto the back of the flying Tungha and flew on. Whether it was a long or short flight, they reached the watershed of the two seas. They arrived and sat down.
Flying Tungh says:
“Put up the advantage poles and stretch the advantage, and I’ll go chase the thirty-voiced birds.”
The flying Tungh flew away.
A little time later, Imi-Hity sees: Tungkh is chasing thirty-voiced birds. Birds up - and the flying Tungh rushes up. So he drives them to an advantage. When they approached the advantage, the birds wanted to fly up, but the flying Tungh blocked their path, and all the birds fell into the advantage. Imi-Khnty quickly lost the advantage. The birds were all caught.
Flying Tungh says:
“Now put them on my back, and we’ll fly back.” Imi-Hity loaded the birds onto Tungha and sat down himself. The flying Tungh began to take off. He flapped and flapped his wings, but could not take off. I strained myself again; waved and waved his wings, barely took off. They flew for a long time or a short time, finally they reached the city of Washing Urta and landed. Flying Tungh says:
“Now, Imi-Hits, go to Washing Urth and ask him for thirty horses.”
Imi-Hity went, asked for thirty horses, loaded his game on them and took them to the barns of Washing Urth. I filled all the barns. Imi-Hits went to Washing Urth and said:
- I carried out your orders.
Washing Urth sat silently for a long time, then said:
“I brought meat, but no fish; we need fish at the feast.” If you don't know where to look for good fish, I'll tell you. In an unknown direction, in an unknown direction, there is a sea. There are goldenfin perch in this sea. If you catch this perch, then I’ll give you my daughter and have a big feast.
Imi-Hity went to the flying Tunghu and said:
– Washing Urth says this: In an unknown side, in an unknown direction, there is a sea. There are goldenfin perch in this sea. If I catch this perch, then, he says, he will give me his daughter.
“Well, grandson,” says Tungh, “sit on my back.”
Imi-Hits sat on his back and they flew off.
Whether it was a long or short flight, we landed. Flying Tungh says:
- Go, grandson, cut thirty thick stakes for constipation.
Imi-Hity chopped stakes and loaded them onto the back of the flying Tungha. Loaded it up and flew on. How long or how short did they fly, they flew to the watershed of two seas, and landed on the ground.
Flying Tungh says:
- Now, grandson, make a lock, put the stakes against the current. Make a large hole in the middle of the lock.
Imi-Hity made a lock, hollowed out a large hole, and he stepped aside and sat down nearby. A little later, two guys jumped out of the hole onto the ice. Chebaki say:
- Imi-Hits, do a good deed and let us go into the water.
Imi-Hity tells them:
“I’ll let you go if you bring me a golden-finned perch into the constipation.”
– We are afraid of golden-finned perches; they will eat us.
- Well, if you don’t want to, die here, I don’t mind.
Pisces says:
- Have mercy, Imi-Hits, let us go, we are completely freezing.
– Go, bring the golden-fin perch, then I’ll release it.
– We are very afraid of golden-finned perch, we won’t go there.
- If you're afraid, freeze, I don't care.
- Please gather all your kindness and let us go. So be it, let's go and bring some golden-fin perch here. Imi-Hity took them and released them into the water. A little time passed, the water under the ice began to move and began to become agitated. He sees his fish swimming, and a huge perch is chasing them. The fish jumped onto the ice, and the perch jumped out after them. Imi-Hity began to chop the perch with his axe. Chebakov released him into the water again, and he himself cut the perch into thirty pieces and loaded it onto the back of the flying Tungha.
Tungkh began to take off: he waved and waved his wings, but did not take off. The second time I gathered my strength, waved and waved my wings, and took off with great force. And they flew. We arrived in the city of Washing U Mouth.
Flying Tungh says:
- Go quickly, ask for thirty horses harnessed to a sleigh.
Imi-Hits went, asked for horses, loaded the fish, and took them to the barn of Washing Urth.
Imi-Hits went to Washing Urth and said:
- I did what was ordered.
“Now we can have a real feast,” says Washing Urth.
A feast was organized for the whole city, for all the yurts. They feasted for a month, they feasted for a week. The holiday is over, now they live happily.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru