A long time ago, Munahar and Manahar lived in the world.
Much water has flown under the bridge since that time. And if it is said that they lived a long time ago, it means that now they are no longer in this world.
Munahar and Manahar always went together to pick raspberries. But no matter how much Munahar gained, Manahar ate it all. And Munahar finally said that he would go cut a twig to teach the worthless “cattle” a lesson: he was talking about Manahar, who ate all his raspberries, every single berry. So Munahar came to the twig.
- May God help you! - said the twig.
– May God and the Virgin Mary help you!
-Where are you going?
“I’m going to cut a twig, a twig, to teach Manahar’s cattle a lesson, who ate all my raspberries, every single one.”
“You won’t see a twig,” says the twig, “until you get a knife to cut me off.”
Munahar approached the knife.
- May God help you! - said the knife.
– May God and the Virgin Mary help you!
-Where are you going?
“I’m going to get a knife, a knife, to cut off a twig, a twig, to teach Manahar’s cattle a lesson, who ate all my raspberries, every single one.”
“You won’t see a knife,” says the knife, “until you get a sharpener to sharpen me.”
Munahar went to the winepress.
- May God help you! - said the sharpener.
– May God and the Virgin Mary help you!
-Where are you going?
“I’m going to get a sharpener, a sharpener, to sharpen a knife, a knife, to cut a twig, a twig, to teach Manahar’s cattle a lesson, who ate all my raspberries, every single one.”
“You won’t see the sharpener,” says the sharpener, “until you get some water to wet me.”
Munahar went to the water.
- May God help you! - said the water.
– May God and the Virgin Mary help you!
-Where are you going?
“I’m going here to get some water, some water, to moisten the sharpener, sharpener, to sharpen the knife, knife, to cut a twig, a twig, to teach Manahar’s cattle a lesson, who ate all my raspberries, every single one.”
“You won’t see any water,” says the water, “until you get a deer to swim across me.”
Munahar went to the deer.
- May God help you! - said the deer.
– May God and the Virgin Mary help you!
-Where are you going?
“I’m going after a deer, a deer, to swim across the water, water, to wet the sharpener, sharpener, to sharpen the knife, knife, to cut a twig, a twig, to teach Manahar’s cattle a lesson, who ate all my raspberries, every single one.”
“You won’t see the deer,” says the deer, “until you get a dog to catch me.”
Munahar went to the dog.
- May God help you! - said the dog.
– May God and the Virgin Mary help you!
-Where are you going?
“I’m following a dog, a dog, to catch a deer, a deer, to swim across the water, water, to moisten the sharpener, sharpener, to sharpen the knife, knife, to cut the twig, twig, to teach the beast Manahar, who ate all my raspberries, every single one, a lesson.”
“You won’t see the dog,” says the dog, “until you get some butter to butter me.”
- Munahar went to the butter.
- May God help you! - said the oil.
– May God and the Virgin Mary help you!
-Where are you going?
“I’m going to get butter, butter, to oil the dog, dog, to catch a deer, deer, to swim across the water, water, to moisten the winepress, sharpener, to sharpen the knife, knife, to cut a twig, a twig, to teach Manahar’s cattle a lesson, who ate all my raspberries, every single one.
“You won’t see any butter,” says the butter, “until you get a cat to scratch me.”
Munahar went to the cat.
- May God help you! - said the cat.
– May God and the Virgin Mary help you!
-Where are you going?
- I’m going for a cat, a cat, to scrape some butter, butter, to butter a dog, a dog, to catch a deer, a deer, to swim across the water, water, to moisten the sharpener, sharpener, to sharpen the knife, knife, to cut a twig, a twig, to teach the cattle Manahar, who ate all my raspberries, all to one.
“You won’t see a cat,” says the cat, “until you get some milk to give me a drink.”
Munahar went to the cow.
- May God help you! - said the cow.
– May God and the Virgin Mary help you!
-Where are you going?
- I’m going for a cow, a cow, to give milk, milk, to give the cat a drink, a cat, to scrape up butter, butter, to butter the dog, dog, to catch a deer, deer, to swim across the water, water, to moisten the sharpener, sharpener, to sharpen the knife, knife, to cut a twig, a twig to teach Manahar's cattle a lesson, who ate all my raspberries, every single one.
“You won’t see any milk,” says the cow, “until you bring me an armful of hay from those mowers over there.”
Munahar went to the mowers.
- May God help you! - said the mowers.
– May God and the Virgin Mary help you!
-Where are you going?
- I’m coming to you for an armful of hay, hay, to take to the cow, to the cow, to give milk, milk, to give the cat, cat, to drink, to scrape up butter, butter, to butter the dog, dog, to catch a deer, deer, to swim across the water, water, to moisten the sharpener, sharpener, to sharpen the knife, a knife to cut a twig, a twig to teach Manahar's cattle a lesson, who ate all my raspberries, every single one.
“You won’t see armfuls of hay,” say the mowers, “until you get a cake pan for us from the miller.”
Munahar went to the miller.
- May God help you! - said the miller.
– May God and the Virgin Mary help you!
-Where are you going?
- I’m going to get cake pans, to give them to the mowers, mowers, to give me an armful of hay, hay, to take to the cow, to the cow, to give me milk, milk, to give the cat, cat, to drink, to scrape up butter, butter, to butter the dog, dog, to catch a deer, deer, to swim across the water, water, to moisten the sharpener, sharpener, to sharpen the knife, knife, to cut the twig, twig, to teach the cattle a lesson to Manahar, who ate all my raspberries, every single one.
“You won’t see the cake pans,” says the miller, “until you bring me water in a sieve from that river over there.”
Munahar took the sieve and went to the river. He bent down and scooped up water with a sieve, but before he could lift it, all the water flowed out. I scooped it up again, and again all the water flowed out.
He wouldn’t have been able to draw enough to this day if it weren’t for the raven flying over his head.
- Dirt! Dirt! – the raven shouted to him.
“Oh, by golly, that’s good advice,” Munahar agreed.
I took red clay from the bank and covered the bottom of the sieve - not a single hole remained. Now the sieve did not let out any water, and Munahar took the miller a full sieve of water, and the miller gave him cake pans, and he took the cake pans to the mowers, and the mowers gave him an armful of hay, and he took an armful of hay to the cow, and the cow gave him milk, and he took the milk to the cat, and the cat scraped up the butter, and the butter buttered the dog, and the dog began to hunt for the deer, and the deer swam on the water, and the water wetted the sharpener, and the sharpener sharpened the knife, and the knife cut off a twig, a twig, to teach a lesson... But Manahara disappeared without a trace, rest assured!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru