There was one man, himself as big as a fist, a beard as big as a fist, and his wife as big as a fist. The wife said: “Go and bring me a pound of wool.” A man with a fist and a beard went out, bought a pound of wool, and brought it to his wife.
My wife took it, fluffed it, combed it, twisted it, wound it and knitted a pair of woolen shoes with leggings. I gave it to my husband and sent it to the city to sell it, and for her to put it on for a dress with a breast panel. A man walked with a fist, a beard with a fist. Meets a friend on the way.
- Great, a man with a fist! - Great! - Where are you going, a man with a fist? - I bought my wife a pound of wool, she fluffed it, combed it, twisted it, wound it, knitted a pair of shoes with leggings and sent me to the city to sell them, and for her to put them on a dress with a breastband. Here I go and am happy. - Would you exchange your shoes with leggings for a chicken? - Why not exchange them, I’ll exchange them.
I swapped my shoes with leggings for a chicken. A man walks with a fist, a beard with a fist, and carries a chicken. Meets a comrade on the way. - Great, man with a fist! - Great! - Where are you going, man with a fist, where are you taking the chicken? - I bought my wife a pound of wool, she fluffed it, combed it, twisted it, wound it, knitted a pair of shoes with leggings and sent me to the city to sell them, and for her to put them on a dress with a breast panel.
I exchanged my shoes with leggings for a chicken, and I go and rejoice. - Would you exchange the chicken for a goose? - Why not exchange it, I’ll exchange it.
The man exchanged his fist for a chicken for a goose, and he walks and carries the goose. He meets another person. - Great, a man with a fist! - Hello, friend! - Where are you going, man with a fist, where are you taking the goose? - I bought a pound of wool for my wife, she fluffed it, combed it, twisted it, wound it, knitted a pair of shoes with leggings and sent me to the city to sell them, and for her to put them on a dress with a breast panel.
I exchanged my shoes with leggings for a chicken, and the chicken for a goose, and I go and rejoice. “Would you like to exchange the goose for a lamb?” “Why not exchange it, I’ll exchange it.”
The man exchanged the fist of the goose for the lamb and moved on. He meets another man. - Hello, a man with a fist! - Hello, a friend! - Where are you going, a man with a fist, where are you taking the lamb? - I bought my wife a pound of wool, she fluffed it, combed it, twisted it, wound it, knitted a pair of shoes with leggings and sent me to the city to sell them, and for her to put them on a dress with a breast panel.
I exchanged shoes with leggings for a chicken, a chicken for a goose, a goose for a lamb, and now I’m walking and rejoicing. - Would you exchange the lamb for a calf? - Why not exchange it, I’ll exchange it.
The man exchanged the lamb for the calf and moved on. He walks and meets a merchant. The merchant says: “Great, man with a fist, where are you going, where are you taking the calf?” I bought a pound of wool for my wife, she fluffed it, combed it, twisted it, wound it, knitted a pair of shoes with leggings and sent me to the city to sell them, and for her to put them on a dress with a breast panel.
I exchanged my shoes with leggings for a chicken, and the chicken for a goose, the goose for a lamb, the lamb for a calf, and here I go, enjoying myself. “Would you like to exchange the calf for the Tsar’s awl?” - says the merchant. A man the size of a fist got angry, waved his beard the size of a fist, and shouted: “How is this?” Am I crazy - to exchange a calf for an awl, even if it’s a princess’s, but not to buy my wife a dress with a breastplate! And I drove the merchant away.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru