A mouse, an ant and a flea agreed to cook porridge for themselves. They had nothing, and, having started searching, they got hold of one and a half grains of corn. They threw them into the cauldron and began to cook porridge for themselves.
While the porridge was cooking, they agreed as follows:
“Let this pot of porridge go to the one of us who jumps to the other side of that river.”
The flea jumped and ended up on the other side of the river. The ant tried to jump, but fell into the water, and the water began to carry it away. The flea and the mouse ran after him and began to shout:
- Our comrade is being carried away by the water! They reached the tree and said to him:
- Give us a branch, we will throw it to the ant and save our comrade!
The tree answers them:
- And you forbid the raven to shit on me! They began to ask the raven:
“Raven, stop shitting on the tree so that it will give us a branch, and we will save our comrade.”
- And you ask the hen for chicken for me! - the raven answers them.
They turned to the chicken:
- Chicken, give the raven a chicken, the raven will stop shitting on the tree, and the tree will give a branch, and we will save our comrade.
The chicken answers them:
- And you ask the kurta for grain for me! They turned to Kurt:
- Give me some grain! The chicken will eat the grain, the chicken will give us a chicken, the raven will eat the chicken, the raven will no longer shit on the tree, and the tree will give us a branch, and we will save our comrade.
Kurtu answers them:
- And you will stop the mouse from making holes in me! They turned to the mouse.
- Stop making holes in the kurta: the kurtu will give grain, the chicken will eat the grain, the chicken will give a chicken, the raven will eat the chicken, the raven will no longer shit on the tree, the tree will give a branch, and we will save our comrade.
The mouse tells them this:
- And you forbid the cat to catch me! They ask the cat:
- Cat, don’t catch the mouse anymore! The mouse will not make holes in the kurta, the kurta will give grains, the chicken will eat the grain, the chicken will give a chicken, the raven will eat the chicken, the raven will stop shitting on the tree, the tree will give a branch, and we will save our comrade.
The cat answers them:
- And you ask the cow for milk for me! They went to the cow:
- Cow, give me milk for the cat! The cat will stop catching the mouse, the mouse will not make holes in the kurta, the kurta will give grain, the chicken will eat the grain, the chicken will give a chicken, the raven will eat the chicken, the raven will stop shitting on the tree, the tree will give us a branch, and we will save our comrade.
The cow tells them:
- And you ask the mower for hay for me! They turned to the mower:
- Give the cow some hay! The cow will give milk, the cat will lap up the milk, the cat will stop catching the mouse, the mouse will no longer make holes in the kurta, the kurta will give grain, the chicken will eat the grain, the chicken will give a chicken, the raven will eat the chicken, the raven will no longer shit on the tree, the tree will give us a branch, and we will save our comrade.
Kosar answers:
- And you ask the hostess for kvass for me! They say to the housewife who was preparing the kvass:
- Kvass cooker! Give the mower some kvass!
The kvass cooker produced kvass for the mower. The mower gave hay for the cow. The cow gave milk for the cat. The cat stopped catching mice. The mouse stopped making holes in the kurta. He gave Kurt grains for chicken. The hen gave chicken for the raven. The raven stopped shitting on the tree. The tree gave them a branch. A mouse and a flea threw a branch to the ant, their friend, and saved him from death.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru