On one land there was a city. There lived a king in that city. One day the king walks around the prison and talks with his entourage, offering to find his lost magic jar. A man in prison heard the king’s words and said:
— I know where the jar is. The king ordered the man to be released. They let that man out and fed him. And he went. So he walked and walked and saw a house ahead. I approached this house and examined it from the outside. And everything around the house is trampled. This man looked and decided to enter the house. Entered the house. He sees two beds. Between those beds there is a table, and on that table there is a jar. As soon as I saw the jar, I heard people talking on the street. The man hid under the bed. People entered the house, and one of them, the owner, said:
- Jar, does something in our house smell like human spirit?
Then the jar answers:
- There was no person. Maybe it is you who smell of the human spirit.
Then the owner says:
- Jar, let's eat!
As soon as he said this, a variety of food appeared on the table.
They began to eat. When they are full, the owner says:
“Now let’s go to the other side of the river to hunt.” Gone.
Hearing that they had left, the man stood up. Says to the jar:
- A jar, as you want to eat! Give me something to eat! And as soon as he said this, a variety of food appeared on the table. The man began to eat. Having eaten, he says:
- Jar, but I came for you, the king sent me. Then the jar says:
- How can I leave? My owners will be looking for me! The man says:
“Even though they search, they won’t find it!” The jar agreed:
- Okay, let's go! And they left. As they walked, they heard a chase behind them. The man says:
- Now they will overtake us! Then the jar said:
- Let's hide under the waistcoat!
The man tore out the commonweed bush by the roots, hid in a hole from the rhizome and covered himself with the bush. He hears people walking and saying:
- From this point on, we lost track of them. It's dark now. Tomorrow, when it becomes light, we will look!
The chase is back. The man got up and ran. And again he hears pursuit behind him. Then he hid under a steep river bank. Again you can hear those people searching and saying:
“We probably won’t find anything to look for here, let’s go back!”
Then the man stood up. Jar says:
- Now we won't rush. They won't chase us!
Then let's go. As they walked, they saw a man in front of them. We approached him, our man asked:
- What are you doing? He answers:
- I measure the earth, how many fathoms there are in it! Then our man went to the forest. Entering the forest, I saw a cow shoulder lying there. He did some mischief on that shoulder blade and came back. That man says to ours:
- Why did you ruin my food?! Our man pulled out a jar and said:
- And we’ll eat this! That man says:
- What will we eat? What's in this jar? Here our man said:
- Jar, give us something to eat!
As soon as he said this, different foods appeared. When they had eaten, the man began to ask him for a jar:
“Give me the jar, and I’ll give you the ax.” If you throw this ax, it will cut down the trees itself.
Then the man threw the ax to the other side of the river. His ax cut down all the trees. Then our man says:
- Okay, I'll give it to you! With these words, he gave the jar to that man, took the ax and left. And so, as I walked, I thought: “Why did I give away the jar?”
Then he threw back his axe. And his ax cut off that man’s head with a backhand. Our man took the jar and the ax and moved on. He walked and walked, saw a man and asked:
- What are you doing? That man said:
— I measure the depth of the earth.
Our man took out a jar and said.
- Give us something to eat!
Suddenly different food appeared. They began to eat. That man began to ask for a jar, saying:
- I'll give you a whip. With this whip you can revive a person.
Our man agreed, took the whip and left. And so, as I walked, I thought: “Why did I give away the jar?”
He threw the ax back. And his ax cut off that man’s head with a backhand. He took the jar and went. And so he walked and walked and again saw the man. That man lay and looked at the sky. Our man asks:
- What are you doing? That person answers:
- I count the stars.
Our man took out a jar and said:
- Give us something to eat!
Suddenly different food appeared. They began to eat. That man began to ask our man for a jar:
- You give me a jar, and I’ll give you a drill. Once you drill into the ground, a city will appear.
Then our man agreed and gave the jar. I took the drill and went. And again I thought: “Why did I give away the jar?”
With these thoughts he threw his ax back. And his ax cut off that man’s head with a backhand. Our man took the jar and went. I crossed the river and chose a clearing.
I drilled it there with a drill. And as soon as he put the drill into action, a city appeared. And in the middle of that city a beautiful house appeared, all made of gold.
Our man entered that house. He put the jar on the table and looked at himself in the mirror. It turned out that he became a very handsome young man. And a girl, as beautiful as a jar, sits near the table.
The king, who lived in the city, got up in the morning and saw a new city across the river. He was surprised who built the city without his knowledge. Then he ordered his entourage to go across the river to see who built this city.
Our young man sees people coming from the other side of the river. He threw his ax. And the ax cut off everyone’s heads. The king, when his people were killed, himself went to the other side of the river. He came across the river and entered the young man’s house. Interviews:
- Child, why did you build a city without asking? And the young man says:
“I found a jar, here’s a jar,” and pointed to the girl.
The king was very happy and said:
- What a good thing you did, because the jar is my daughter! And you become my son, take the jar as your wife!
Then the young man threw his whip to the other side of the river. And let the whip whip everyone, and all the people whom the ax had chopped came to life. And the king went back home across the river. And the young man married a jar-like girl and began to live in this city.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru