One day a certain man woke up in the morning, went out into the yard and saw that there were footprints from his house in the freshly fallen snow, but the tracks did not lead into the yard. He thought and began to wonder: what could it be? Deciding to find out, he followed the trail, which led him to the cave. He shouted at her:
- Without leaving traces to my house, but leaving them, leaving my house, someone left. Who is he?
A voice answered him:
“It’s me, Grace, who got angry with you and left your house.” You worked in vain and came for me.
Then the man began to beg her to return, saying that he was a very destitute person and would be lost without Grace. Grace replied:
“Because you worked hard and came for me, I will give you something else that you or your family want, but don’t ask me to return to you.”
The man thought and said:
- I don't have much sense. If you allow, I will consult at home.
Grace agreed. He returned home and told everything. They began to advise him to ask some for gold, some for grain. The younger daughter-in-law said:
- Ask our family for consent (Bart): where there is no consent, nothing will happen.
He listened to her and went to the cave, where he asked Grace for consent to his family. And then Grace said:
- You tricked me. I give you my consent, and where there is consent, I must be there, so I am returning to you.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru