One day Mynkusyn went to the tundra to hunt. Came. Hid in the moss.
Soon a wild Deer approached. Mynkusyn immediately took out his knife and stabbed the wild deer with the knife. He killed him and put him on his shoulders. I went home. Came. Mother asked:
-Who gave this to you? - I killed myself.
Mynkusyn went to the tundra again. Climbed a big tree. Suddenly I saw a bear approaching the mountainside. The bear came up.
- Great, Myikus! - Eh! - What are you doing, Mynkus?
- I chop trees.
– What are trees for?
- At least for what?
- You probably picked some cedar cones too?
- Certainly! He filled two huts with cedar cones. - What if I live with you?
- I don’t know. Perhaps my mother will not want you to live with us.
“If you don’t accept me, I’ll eat you.”
- Well, fine, as you wish. Then the bear came to them.
- Hello, bear! “Here, I’ve come,” the bear responded. He immediately drank two pots of tea and ate two bundles of yukola. Said:
- How much stock do you have left? It turns out there is very little left. As soon as I eat half of the food stored in the hut, I will have to eat you and your mother.
Mynkusyn went to the tundra. He came and started crying. Kuikynnyaku heard and caught up with him.
- Great, Mynkus! What's wrong with you?
- Oh, that’s bad! When the bear finishes our supplies, he will eat me and my mother.
- It’s okay, Mynkus, don’t cry! Tomorrow I will come with a spear. I’ll also sharpen it well.
The next day Kuikynnyaku came. The bear, having eaten, slept.
Mynkusyn met Kuikynnyaku:
– Hello, Kuikynnyaku! You have come.
- Eh! I'm here! – Kuikynnyaku looked around. - Why is that kukhlyanka moving there in the canopy? As if someone was breathing underneath her.
Mynkusyn said:
- The bear skins there are covered with kukhlyanka. A little later Mynkusyn said:
- Well, I'll go outside. His mother also said:
- Well, I'll go out.
As soon as they came out, Kuikynnyaku thrust a spear into the bear and immediately killed him.
- Oh, we haven’t eaten bear meat for a long time! Mynkusyn and his mother immediately entered.
“Now I have provided you with a supply of food.”
- Fine! Take some bear meat for yourself too. Kuikynnyaku put the bear's leg on his shoulders. I went home. Arrived:
- Take, Mitya, the bear’s leg.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru