In one distant country there lived a peasant and his wife, they had three sons.
One day, evil people attacked this country and began to kill peasants and burn villages. Two sons of a peasant left to defend their native land from evil people.
Here comes the youngest, named Vasily, and says to his parents:
“I’m going on the road to defend our side.” The mother of her son Vasily saw him off and gave him a ring:
— Try not to soak this ring in water. If you get wet, you will feel bad. Always take off this ring when in the river.
Vasily's father gave his son a white horse, a cloak and a saber. Vasily gathered his friends and went to meet the enemy. Vasily fought for many years. He defeated many troops, all his comrades called Vasily: “Our Chapai.”
One day, enemies surrounded Chapai's army. It was close to the mouth of the Ural River. Chapai rushed to the river, but forgot to take off the ring. The ring fell into the water, and Chapai began to drown. The best warrior Chapai drowned in the Ural River.
But the people do not believe that Chapai drowned. They say that a person often appears in the place where he drowned. This is Chapai. He sits in a burka on a horse and convenes the people to fight for truth on earth.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru