No one knew what Onlychon’s real name was. The fact is that when he was born, his mother began to come up with a name for him. And someone told her that people with long names live long. So she began to come up with a long, long name. I came up with a name twice as long as my father’s - no, not enough. I came up with seven times longer - also not enough. “Let me come up with more!” She thought day and night, and another day and night, and another day and night, and was so tired of thinking that she was completely exhausted. Finally she came up with such a long name, which had never happened in the world. Then she was very happy and told her family: “Let the boy’s name be Chon...” But as soon as she said “Chon,” she weakened and died. So no one knew what long name she came up with for her son.
“Well,” the family says, “she only managed to say “Chon,” even though the boy’s name is Only Chon.”
Soon Onlychon's father married for the second time, and his second wife also had a son. Onlychon's stepmother was a strong and healthy woman. Although she also thought for three days to come up with a more authentic name for her son, she did not get tired of it at all and on the fourth day she pronounced the whole name out to the end. And even after that she did not die, but remained alive.
And the name was indeed very, very long. Here it is: ONYUDO KONYUDO MAPPIRANONYUDO HIRANYUDO SEITAKANONYUDO HARIMANOBETTO HAITOKO HAITOKO HEIHANOKO HAMETAKAMETA... ICHOOGIRIKA CHOCHORAGIRIKA CHOONI CHONI CHOBIKUNI CHOTAROBITSUNI NAGANOBITSUNI ANOYAMA KONOYAMA AMOOSU KOMOOSU MOOSU, MOOSU MOOSIGO YASHIKIANDONI TENMOKU TENMOKU MOKUNO, MOKUNO MOKUZOBO CHAWANCHOOSUNO HIHIZO-EISKE
What a long name it was! Both boys grew up together and often quarreled with each other. The younger brother continually offended and teased the elder:
- Oh, you, OnlyChon! Chong-chon! Only just! Just-cheon! Only Chon got angry and also started teasing his brother:
- Oh, ONYUDO KONYUDO MAPPIRANONYUDO HIRANYUDO SEITAKANONYUDO HARIMANOBETTO...
But here his tongue got stuck. And when he started over, the younger brother was already far away.
The long name actually brought happiness to the younger one. To call him, you had to have a lot of free time. Therefore, when it was necessary to send someone somewhere for something, they always called Tolkhon:
- Just come, bring some water quickly! Tolchon, run for coal! And Tolchon brought water, ran for coal and did everything that he was ordered. And the younger brother did only what he wanted.
Even when the younger one was guilty of something, the father always called the older one: “Just a boy, come here!” I’ll ask you now! And the younger brother got away with everything. And his mother thought: “It’s so good that I gave my son such a long name!” One day the older brother was playing with his friends in the yard and fell into a well. The comrades shouted:
- He just fell into the well! OnlyChon fell into the well! Immediately the adults came running, lowered the rope and pulled OnlyChon out of the well.
The stepmother thought: “Apparently, it’s true what they say that children with a short name are unlucky. Just Chon fell into the well!”
And two days later the children were again playing in the yard near the well. The younger brother jumped onto the frame of the well and shouted:
- The boy just fell into the well because he has an unlucky short name. And I have a happy long name. So, I won't fall into the well.
Then he slipped and fell into the well. His comrades rushed to his parents’ house and began shouting:
- Hurry up! Quicker! Your ONYUDO KONYUDO MAPPIRANONYUDO HIRANYUDO SEITAKANONYUDO HARIMANOBENKEI (NO, NOT BENKEI!) HARIMANOBETTO HAITOKO HAITOKO HAIHANOKO KOKETAOTITA... HONETATOKETA...
Here they got lost and started over: “Hurry up!” Quicker! Your ONYUDO KONYUDO MAPPIRANONYUDO HIRANYUDO SEITAKANONYUDO HARIMANOBETTO HAITOKO HAITOKO HEIHANOKO HAMETAKAMETA…
Here they got confused again and started over again: “Hurry up!” Quicker! Your ONYUDO KONYUDO MAPPIRANONYUDO HIRANYUDO SEITAKANONYUDO HARIMANOBETTO HEITOKO HEITOKO HEIHANOKO HAMETAKAMETA... ANOYAMA KONOYAMA AMOOSU KOMOOSU MOOSU, MOOSU...
But then one boy shouted: “Wrong, wrong, we missed the whole middle!” And they started again from the beginning:
- Hurry up! Quicker! Your ONYUDO KONYUDO MAPPIRANONYUDO HIRANYUDO SEITAKANONYUDO HARIMANOBETTO HAITOKO HAITOKO HEIHANOKO HAMETAKAMETA…
Here they fell silent, rested a little and spoke again: ICHOOGIRIKA CHOCHORAGIRIKA CHOONI CHONI CHOBIKUNI CHOTAROBITSUNI NAGANOBITSUNI ANOYAMA KONOYAMA AMOOSU KOMOOSU MOOSU, MOOSU MOOSHIGO YASHIKANDONI TENMOKU TENMOKU MOKUNO, MOKUNO MOKUZOBO CHAWANCHOOSUNO HIHIZO-EISKE
fell into the well! The parents heard this, grabbed a rope and ran to the well. But it was too late: the boy with a long name drowned.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru