Kedrovka lives. The nutcracker has three eggs. The fox came and said:
- Kedrovka, give me an egg.
- Why will I give it?
“I need to eat,” says the fox.
- What will I have instead of chicks?
“I’ll eat your eggs anyway,” says the fox. “I’m cutting down the tree you’re sitting on.”
Kedrovka began to cry. After crying, she gave away one egg. The fox left. The next morning the fox came again and said to the nutcracker:
- Give me another egg!
The nutcracker gave an egg again. The fox left. The nutcracker has one egg left. The nutcracker began to cry and cried all day. Then the Garandya bird arrived.
Garandya says to the nutcracker:
- Kedrovka, why are you crying? Kedrovka says:
- How can I not cry, the fox eats my eggs every day.
Garandya says:
- Kedrovka, you are the stupidest. As the fox eats, as he cuts down the tree, he deceives you. If the fox comes again and asks for an egg again, don’t give it. If the fox asks who taught you not to give, say Garandya.
Garandya flew away. The fox came.
“Kedrovka,” he says, “give me some more food.” Kedrovka says:
- I won’t give it.
- Why don’t you give it? Who taught you not to give?
“I taught Garandya,” says the nutcracker.
The fox immediately ran. When she ran, she said:
- Well, just wait, Garandya, I’ll kill you sometime when you’re sleeping.
One day, when Garandya was sleeping, a fox crept up, grabbed Garandya by the neck and began to gnaw.
Then Garandya grabbed the fox, dragged him and threw him on the sea island.
Then the fox began to cry. And when she was crying, a seal looked out of the water and said:
- Lisa, why are you crying?
“No,” he says, “the seal, I’m not crying.” The seal hid. The fox began to cry even more, the seal looked out again:
- Lisa, aren't you really crying?
“No, I’m not crying,” says the fox, I’m only counting my people.
The fox says to the seal:
- How many people do you have? Nerpa says:
- There are many of my people. Lisa says:
- Well, let's count who will have more people.
Nerpa then says:
- Well, who will count first? Lisa says:
“You,” he says, “are a seal, gather your people!” The seal immediately set off and brought its
people.
Lisa said:
“You now place your people tightly one behind the other towards the shore.” Now I will count.
The fox immediately began to count. I started jumping and reading.
- One, two, ten... Then the seal said:
“Lisa, you don’t think well, you’re mistaken.” Lisa says:
- I'm not mistaken. Then the fox said:
- Now I’ll count better.
She started counting again. He's cheating again. The shore was already close. Nerpa said:
“You,” he says, “are probably deceiving again.”
Lisa said:
- I'm not cheating. Now I'll count it for the last time.
The fox began to count again:
- One, two, twenty... Nerpa said again:
“Fox,” he says, “no, you’re probably lying again.”
At that time the fox jumped onto the shore. She ran, looked back and said:
- Nerpa, count your people yourself! At the same time the seal said:
- Well, just wait, fox, you’ll end up being shot at by people.
The fox left. I found a river. I found an old man there. An old man and an old woman are fishing. They have five riding reindeer.
Lisa said:
- Father, why do you live so hard? When do you have time to both catch fish and hang yukola? When do you have time to hang a yukola and go to the deer, because it must be difficult for you?
The old man said:
- What am I going to do, I don’t have children. The old woman, she says, has become weak, so I am the only one trying.
Lisa said:
“I,” he says, “will go to graze your deer, then it will be easier for you.”
The fox began to live in the taiga. She ate one deer. The skin was completely removed. When she took off the skin, she stuffed it with grass. I placed that deer in the forest. Then she ate another deer and stuffed it with grass again. So I killed all the deer. After this, the fox began to think about how to outwit the old man. I came up with an idea. When I came up with the idea, I went to the old man. She came and said to the old man:
“Father, go now and look at your reindeer, they have been so fattened that they are fat.” I traveled far, took your reindeer for good food. Now go take a look.
The old man went to his reindeer, he went alone, the fox stayed at home. When he came to his deer, he began to examine them. The old man is surprised at what the deer look like.
The old man said:
— It’s amazing what these riding reindeer look like! The old man pushed the deer with his foot, and the deer fell. It turns out that it is ordinary grass. All his deer
full of grass, the fox ate them all.
Then the old man went home. Went home crying. When he began to approach his house, he began to shout:
- Old woman, hold the fox by the tail! The old woman then said:
— Fox, what does father say? I can't hear. Lisa then said:
- Feed the fox a good yukola! The old man began to shout again:
- Old woman, hold the fox by the tail! The old woman said:
— Fox, what does father say? I can't hear. Lisa said:
- Feed the fox good berries and nuts. The old woman then said:
— Fox, why do I hear: “Hold the fox by the tail”?
After that, the old woman caught the fox by the tail. Lisa said:
- Mother, you grabbed the shitty place, take it a little lower.
The old woman loosened her hand greatly, the fox jumped and left.
An old man came.
“Why didn’t you hold the fox? I’ve been shouting for a long time now for you to hold the fox by the tail!”
The old woman said:
- I didn’t hear. Then the old man said:
- Well, okay, someday we’ll catch the fox! Late autumn has arrived. The time has come when
snow falls. Snow appeared everywhere around the yurt. The old man thought: “We are left without deer, how will we settle?” The old man made himself a sled. After that, they wandered off and harnessed themselves to the sledge.
And while they were dragging the sledge like this, a fox approached.
Lisa says:
- Oh, what is this? Father, why are you dragging yourself where the deer went, because you had deer? What, is it hard to drag?
Then the old man says to the fox:
- So you deceived me. Lisa says:
- This is a taiga fox, she is a deceiver, and we know that fox. If she asks for anything, we don't give it to her. We have known for a long time that the taiga fox is a
manschitsa. Father, I will help you, I will drag the sledge, and you go light.
The fox pulled the sledge. The old man even laughed when the fox dragged him.
But the fox’s legs started to hurt.
- Oh, father, I broke my legs! The old man says:
- Child, it’s become difficult, you’d better sit on the sled!
The old man pulled again. The fox sat down on the sled and began to think: “How can I steal something now?” The fox found a dried bladder there, it contained dried berries. The fox began to eat those berries.
They go and go... The old man found the river and said to the fox:
— Fox, what is the name of this river? Lisa said:
- Father, this river is called “Initial”. Then we went. Then they found the river again,
the old man says again:
- Fox, I found the river again. Lisa said:
- Father, this one is called “Half”. The old man travels further and finds the river again.
- Fox, I found the river again! Lisa said:
— The name of this one is “Ultimate.” Father, we’ll stop here now.
They stopped and the fox began to walk on crutches. The old man said:
- Fox, look, you'll ruin your legs again.
- Father, it’s already a little better. Then the fox said:
- Father, bring the axe! The old man then said:
- Why?
- I'll go get some wood.
The fox went for firewood... Then the fox threw the old man's ax and ran into the forest.
The old man waited, waited for the fox at home, then said to his old woman:
-What happened to the fox? I'll go look for her.
The old man went to look. I found my ax, which the fox had thrown, and followed the fox's tracks.
The old man came home and said to his old woman:
- No, the fox deceived us again. Well, old woman, sew my pants.
The old woman sewed shaggy pants. Evening came. The old man put on his pants and began to perform shamanism.
- Fox and bear, everyone, come watch, come watch me perform shamanism.
Then the old man began to dance. Wool began to fall off the old man's pants. The old man's bear and fox, who were in the plague, laughed loudly. Then the old man said:
- Old woman, close the door and windows. The old man said:
- Old woman, try to hit the fox with a stick. The old woman hit the fox hard.
Lisa said:
- Mom, don't hit me. I will help you someday.
After this, the fox says to the old man:
- Father, are you still strong? The old man said:
- Why are you asking me about strength?
- How do we kill the bear? The old man then said:
— I have a bow and arrows. Lisa said:
- Father, let's go to the river together. We came to the river, the fox said:
- Father, you sit here, shoot the bear with a bow, shoot, and I’ll go and send the bear.
The fox set off. I found a bear.
- Bear, why don’t you eat enough fish? Bear said:
- Where can I find a lot of fish? Lisa said:
“I’ll lead you, I know where there are a lot of fish.” Then the bear said:
- Do you know what place?
The fox said: “There is a good creek below.”
Bear said:
- No, I'm afraid the old man lives there. That old man is very scary, I’m afraid of him.
Lisa said:
- There is no old man there. I had been carrying his head in my teeth for a long time.
Then the bear said:
- Well, let's go!
The bear went with the fox. Lisa said:
- Bear, you go ahead. Went. The bear is in front, the fox is behind. Lisa says:
- Father, try to hit him with an arrow! The bear then said:
- Fox, why do you say “Try, father”? Lisa says:
- Who are you? You are the father after all. We are approaching a fishing spot.
Bear said:
- Oh, I was wrong.
The old man shot the bear with a bow. Got into the guts. The bear fell. Then the bear said:
“Fox, that’s why I didn’t want to come here.” You see now, you have harmed yourself.
Lisa said:
- You stumbled upon a stick. Let's heal this wound now.
The fox began to treat the bear. The fox pulled out the entire liver of the bear. Bear says:
- Oh!
And the fox says:
- Bear, don’t scream, it’ll be better now. The bear died.
The fox came to the old man and said:
- Old man, the bear was killed. Now we will carry it into the house.
The old man said:
- Okay...
We dragged all the meat home. They began to cook it. The old woman was not at home at that time. She went to visit relatives.
The fox says to the old man:
- Father, tie me up. I will sit in one place, and you feed me meat from a sharp stick;
The old man began to cut the meat into small pieces. When he finished cutting, he began to feed the fox. Lisa said:
“Father, it’s so good to eat.” And now you untie me, now, father, let me tie you up.
The old man said:
- Okay, tie me up.
Tied up the old man. The old man began to sit, and the fox began to eat.
The old man says:
- Fox, give it to me too! Lisa said:
- Old man, I won’t give you anything. You are in the same place where you are sitting and you will die.
The fox began to eat meat and ate all the meat. The old man sat and sat, then said:
- Fox, free me! Lisa said:
“I won’t release you, you’ll die here.” After this, the fox ran away into the taiga.
The old man lives and lives, he has become thin. And while I was sitting like that, I saw a wolf coming. The old man began to ask the wolf:
- Wolf, free me. Wolf says:
“I won’t release you, the fox told me not to release you.”
The wolf ran away, and the old man began to cry. And while he was crying, a bear came. The old man asks the bear:
- Bear, free me! Bear says:
“I won’t release you, the fox told me not to release you.”
The bear left the old man. The old man began to cry again.
I cried for a long time, then fell asleep. Slept, slept, woke up. When I woke up, I saw a mouse running. The mouse asks the old man:
- Why are you crying, father?
“The fox didn’t free me.”
- I will free you.
- How will you free him? The wolf, afraid of the fox, did not free him, and the bear did not free him!
- Let me try! Having tried, the mouse said:
- Father, I will free you, but not soon, I will untie your belts for two days.
The old man then said:
- Try, try to free him somehow! The mouse began to gnaw the old man's belts. Two days
nibbled. On the third day, I chewed through one of the belts. When she finished gnawing, the old man began to walk.
The mouse freed the old man.
After this the old man said:
“I’ll give you a deer for your work.”
The old man caught one deer. He put that mouse on the deer and said:
- Here, mouse, eat!
Then the old man began to think about how he could kill the fox. The old man made a crossbow and went into the taiga. I found fox tracks in the taiga. I placed my crossbow there. Returned home. The next morning I went to look at the crossbow. A fox walks along the road and says to himself: “I’ll go to the old man’s yurt and steal a knife, now the old man is probably already dead.”
And while she was walking, she was caught by an old man’s crossbow and died.
It's over.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru