There lived one little man. And he was such a hard worker in the ax part - that means, a carpenter.
So he was building a house for one owner, and then another came to him and asked:
- Come to me, brother, when you finish here.
And it was necessary to walk to another village five or six miles. So he finished the work, paid and went.
He walked nearly three miles, and the devil came towards him:
- Hello, man!
- Hello, stranger.
- How so unfamiliar? - the devil was surprised. - Well, if he’s a stranger, then let’s get acquainted!
- How are we going to get to know each other? - asks the man.
- Well, let’s sing songs with you.
- Come on! - the man agreed.
So he started singing a song, and the devil began to push him, but everything was not in order. He says to the devil:
“I’ll tell you what: no matter how much we sing, I need to get to my master.” Let's do this better: the one who sings the songs will be lucky on his back!
The devil thought and thought, and then he said:
- I’ll start drinking first, and you take me!
So the peasant sat down, the devil climbed on him, and before he could start the song, he immediately finished it.
- Well, is that all your song? - asks the man.
- All!
- Well, now sit down: I’ll climb on you!
So he climbed onto the devil and began to chant: “0-a-i-e... 0-a-i-e!”
The devil asks:
- Well, is this your whole song?
And the man answers:
- How is everything like this? I haven't even started yet!
The devil got scared, threw off his rider, and ran away. And the man runs after the devil and shouts:
- Hold him, hold him!
He never caught up, because the devil disappeared behind the clouds, and the man went his way.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru