There lived a lonely man in the village. He had no wife, no children, no father, no mother.
One day he went to the tundra. Walking along the tundra, I saw in front of me, on a small hill, a huge edible plant. This plant was the size of a seal skin. The hunter wanted to pull this plant out of the ground, but he couldn’t do it the first time. I strained a second time and again I couldn’t. Then he took off his outer clothing, took hold of the plant and pulled with all his might. The plant creaked and crackled, but came out of the ground. And the man is tired. I decided to rest. He lay down on the moss and soon fell asleep. Did you sleep a lot or a little? doesn’t know, but when he woke up, he heard a crow cry:
- Kuk, kuk, kuk, kuk, kuk!
He opened his eyes slightly and saw: crows were sitting near him and talking in human voices. One of them says:
- Let's have lunch. It's not every day that you find such a find!
Another says:
- Let's wait until our smile comes.
At this time, a raven flew in and sat right on the man’s chest. The man opened his eyes and saw a small raven. This was the cute leader of the ravens. First, the raven pecked the man's hands. The man barely endured the pain, almost pulled his hands away, but resisted, and decided to wait to see what would happen next. Then the raven pecked at the man's feet. Again I almost pulled my legs away. After this the little raven said:
“I’ll only eat the eyes, and you eat the rest.” Then the raven jumped up to the man’s head and was just about to peck him in the eye when he quickly grabbed him by the legs and sat down. The rest of the crows all scattered. The man said:
“You wanted to eat my eyes.” This is why I will kill you now.
Raven replied:
– Don’t kill me, I’m a wise raven and I can make you a shaman!
The man said:
– I don’t want to be cunning. Raven said:
- I'll make you rich! The man replied; – I don’t want to be a deceiver! Raven said:
– I’ll give you a wooden dish. Whatever you want, it will bring you! The man said:
- That's the thing. I can help poor hunters. Raven shouted:
- Hey, dish, where are you?
Then a new wooden dish appeared in front of the man. The man asked the raven:
– What should I do with this dish? Raven replied:
- And you say: Dish, dish, I want this and that. And whatever you ask will appear in front of you on this platter. Now let me go.
The man said:
“First I’ll try the dish, and then I’ll let you go.” “He took the dish, raised it up in his palm and said: “Dish, dish, I want walrus meat!”
Suddenly the dish became heavy, the man could not hold it and put it on the ground. In front of him stood a dish filled with walrus meat. After this, the man released the raven, and the dish began to be served to the man. When there was no beast in the sea, the man used his dish and helped poor people get food.
All.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru