One day Sak Muyal stole a young girl and disappeared with her to an unknown destination. Her lover tried to save her and combed the forests day and night in search of his girlfriend.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a snake appeared on his way, and she said to him:
- “I know what you are looking for and I want to help you in your search. Take some of my blood, drink it, and I will become your guide.”
The young man did just that. He drank her blood and followed the snake. However, since snakes are somewhat lazy, after a while she fell asleep. Only after the young man pushed it away with a branch did the snake lead him through the forest again. After some time, they found themselves in such a dense forest that it was no longer possible to make their way through it.
The young man was already beginning to despair and get upset, when suddenly an old woman appeared and said to him:
- “Take a lock of hair from my head. Pull them out and you can continue on your way.”
When he pulled the hair out of the old woman’s head, the path opened in front of him and he was able to reach the shore of the forest lake without any problems. There a deer came up to him and said to him:
- “Take this stone and throw it into the water and then you will be able to cross the lake.”
The young man did just that and, suddenly, as in a dream, he was transported to the other shore. Here an eagle flew up to him and said to him:
- “Take this claw from my paw. It will be useful to you. Now, continue on your way.”
He did so and continued on his way. When he passed under Anon's tree, the sap of the tree dripped into his eyes and he became blind. Then a beetle flew up to him and said:
- “Rub your eyes with this lump of earth and then you will be healed.”
He rubbed his eyes with an earthen ball and regained his sight. And then he continued his path again and at the end of this path he found himself in front of a cave. Near this cave he saw an old woman, a deer, an eagle, a beetle and a snake.
The old woman told him:
- “Your search is over. Enter the cave and there you will see the girl you were looking for.”
And then the deer said:
- “Touch her with a stone.”
And then the eagle said:
- “Touch her with your claw.”
And then the beetle said:
- “Rub her eyes with an earthen lump.”
And then the snake said:
- “Spray her with water from your flask.”
And then he did as he was told. As soon as he splashed water on the girl, he suddenly collapsed to the ground, losing consciousness. When he woke up, he saw that in his arms he was holding a young girl who had been stolen by Sak Muyal.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru