An old man lived with an old woman. The old man put up the cat, returned home and spent the night. The next morning he went to the cat, he came to the cat, the cat scooped it out - the old man got one pike. The old man took the pike, headed home, and came home to the old woman. The old woman cleaned the pike, the old man and the old woman ate the pike; only the head remained. The old people spent the night.
In the morning the old man went to see the cat, and during his absence the old woman ate a pike's head. The old man went to the cat and got nothing at all. The old man returned and asked the old woman:
- Where is the pike head?
The old woman answers:
- I ate it.
The old man and the old woman began to fight and quarreled over a pike's head. The old woman pushed the old man away, took the sledge, put on her boots and left.
How long or how long has she walked, she looks ahead - the dugout is standing.
The old woman approached this dugout, took off her caps and went into the dugout - there was no one in the dugout. The old woman looked up - meat and internal lard were hanging above. The old woman lit a fire, cooked food, ate, and then went outside, prepared firewood, brought the firewood into the dugout, took an ax herself, and hid under the firewood.
A little later a man came from the street:
“Let the skis come off your feet, let the skis hang up,” he said, “let the door open.”
The door opened and he rolled into the dugout.
- Let the fire burn!
The fire started.
- Let the boiler come! Let the cauldron be filled with snow, let the cauldron hang over the fire, let the snow melt in the cauldron!
The snow in the cauldron has melted.
- Let the cauldron be filled with meat.
The meat fell into the cauldron.
- Let the cauldron boil, let the cauldron be removed from the fire, let the cauldron be removed from the tagan!
The boiler was removed.
- Let the trough come up, let the meat in the trough be scooped out of the cauldron, let the meat disappear from the trough!
The meat from the trough disappeared.
- If I lie down in my place, they will eat me, if I lie down on the other side of the plague, they will eat me, if I lie down in the front, they will eat me, if I lie down near the door, they will eat me, if I lie down in the dog’s place, they will eat me!
He rolled into the corner near the door where the firewood was. He lay down and fell asleep. The old woman jumped out, hacked and hacked with an ax, and chopped him all into small pieces. Then the old woman put the meat on the sledge, put the internal fat, put on the boots, and went home to the old man. How long or how long did the old woman walk until she returned home? There's a little bit of smoke coming from the dugout, a little bit. The old woman climbed onto the dugout and looked down through the canopy - the old man had become as thin as a firebrand; the fire in the fire went out. The old woman spat. The old man began to cry. Cries and says:
- The old woman left me, the fire went out!
The old woman went downstairs, opened the door, went home, and began to scold the old man:
- You are about to die!
The old woman came out, brought meat and lard, and put it in the cauldron. When the meat was cooked, the old woman scooped it out at the trough. The old man and the old woman began to eat, ate, and were full. Then the old man and the old woman dragged the meat the old woman brought home and now live on this meat.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru