Once upon a time there lived an old man and an old woman, and they had five sheep, a short-eared dog and a short-tailed horse. One day a wolf came and sang under the window:
Grandfather and grandmother live, Five sheep graze, A dog guards the house, A horse neighs in the stable.
The old woman says:
“Listen, old man, how beautifully the wolf sings.” Let's give him one sheep. They gave it away. The wolf carried away the sheep, ate it, and the next morning he came back under the window and sang:
Grandfather and grandmother live, they graze four sheep, a dog guards the house, a horse neighs in the stable.
The old woman says:
“Listen, old man, the wolf sings so beautifully, let’s give him another lamb.” They gave it away. The wolf carried away the sheep, ate it, came back under the window and sang: Grandfather and grandmother live, They graze three sheep, The dog guards the house, The horse neighs in the stable. The old woman says: “Listen, old man, how beautifully the wolf sings, let’s give him another lamb.” They gave it away. The wolf carried away the sheep, ate it, and the next morning he came again and sings under the window: Grandfather and grandmother live, They are grazing two sheep, A dog is guarding the house, A horse is neighing in the stable. The old woman says: “Listen, old man, how beautifully the wolf sings, let’s give him another lamb.” They gave it away. The wolf carried away the sheep, and the next morning he sings again under the window:
Grandfather and grandmother live and graze one sheep, a dog guards the house, a horse neighs in the stable.
The old woman says:
“Listen, old man, how beautifully the wolf sings, let’s give him the last lamb.” They gave it away. The wolf carried away the sheep, ate it, and the next morning pulled it under the window again: The grandmother lives, the grandfather lives, the dog guards the house, the horse neighs in the stable. The old woman says: “Listen, old man, how beautifully the wolf sings, let’s give him the short-eared dog.” They gave it away. The wolf carried away the dog, ate it, and the next morning he sings again under the window: Grandma lives, grandfather lives, A horse neighs in the stable. The old woman says:
“Listen, old man, how beautifully the wolf sings, let’s give him a short-tailed horse.”
They gave it away. The wolf carried off the horse, ate it, came in the morning under the window and sang:
Grandma lives, grandfather lives, Grandma lives, grandfather lives.
The old woman says:
“Listen, old man, how beautifully the wolf sings, apparently I’ll have to give you to him.” The old woman gave the old man to the wolf. The wolf carried him away, ate him and again under the window sings:
Grandma lives alone, Grandma lives alone.
The old woman tells him:
“As you wish, my dear, sing or don’t sing, but I have nothing else.”
Here a wolf jumps through the window into the hut! The old woman is on the stove - the wolf is behind her. An old woman under the stove - a wolf behind her. He caught the old woman and ate her.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru