Once a boy was herding pigs by the lake. He herds pigs and twists a rope for a whip. Viet, viet, suddenly sees: the devil is crawling out of the lake. The devil asks him:
-What do you need this rope for?
- And I’ll pull the devil’s snout off with it! - the boy answers. The devil got scared:
-Are you really that strong? - asks. The boy pretended that the devil had angered him:
“Here I’ll show you how strong I am!” Look, I decided to ask! Now I’ll close the lake and bandage your throat!
The devil was seriously frightened. He begs the boy not to do this and calls him a master.
The guy got brave and let’s drive the devil away - do this, do that. Finally he ordered the devil to dance: let him show his strength.
“I’m so strong,” the devil boasted, “I can lift a horse!”
- What a miracle - to raise a horse! - the boy laughs. “And here’s what I’ll do: I’ll grab the horse between my legs and run around the lake.” This is power!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru