There was one pig, she had five piglets: Golodun, Kholodun, Teplun, Opozdun and Krepysh. The pig was very smart, and the piglets were not stupid either. The pig walks in the field, digs the ground, looks for beets and carrots. And if he finds fresh grass, he chews it like a cow. She comes across a potato field, immediately begins to look for the remains of potatoes and eats them with joy, she herself says: “What a kind person, he knows how much I love potatoes and earthen apples, and that’s why, apparently, he leaves so much delicious food in the ground.”
And our pig did not disdain rotten, wormy fruits, and the corn and grain fields were a paradise for her. Her udder is full of milk, and her piglets are full and happy that the cucumbers are round. And all five are very smart and obedient.
One day this pig is digging earth in a field. The pig dug and dug and reached the mouse hole. He looks, the whole hole is filled with ears of large mature grain. He pulls out the grains one by one, gobbles up the delicious grain, and savors it. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a wolf stood over the pig - his eyes were burning, his teeth were creaking. - Hello, pig! - the wolf howled. The poor thing’s fur stood on end. “What are you doing, pig, why are you digging the ground, what are you looking for?” - asks the wolf. - God bless you, sir! - the pig, barely alive from fear, stammered. - What should I do? I found a mouse hole covered in ears of corn, apparently the mouse had saved it for the winter. Would you like me to treat you too? I’ll choose a good ripe ear, maybe you’ll eat it? - What?! - the wolf roared. “Do you want the needles to get stuck in my throat and choke me?!” I'll ask you, I'll show you! Who allowed you to rob the unfortunate little mouse?! She, poor thing, who knows with what difficulty she saved herself some ears of corn for the winter, and you climbed in with her and are destroying everything! She will die of hunger, and you will burst with fat and fatten your piglets! For this I will eat you now, you such a robber! Repent of your sins!
The pig realized that her business was bad, but it’s not without reason that they say: dexterity is stronger than strength - if only you can be found! “What to do, how to escape from this bloodsucker?!” - the poor thing thinks. - Great sir! - the pig spoke. “Your will, do whatever you want, just let me tell you one word.” “Speak quickly, don’t detain me,” the wolf roars. “I’m very old, I still remember you, as a tiny wolf cub, and I remember your father, God bless his soul... I don’t know how old I am, and my bones have turned to stone, and my skin has all hardened, and my piglets have sucked all my fat along with the milk.” What is the taste in me? Come to me, I have five piglets: Golodun, Kholodun, Teplun, Opozdun and Krepysh. Everyone is so fat - just lard. Please take anyone, and then even eat me, if only you find a taste in me after their tender and fatty meat.
The wolf thought, “Five young, tender piglets are always better than an old pig,” and said: “Okay, go home, I’ll come in the evening.” Just know that if you deceive me, it will be bad for you! “God grant you a long life,” says the pig. “Come on in the evening, we’ll all be waiting in the pigsty.” The wolf went on his way, rejoicing at what a delicious dinner he would have in the evening. The pig also ran. He runs and thinks: “No matter how the wolf came to his senses, he would not understand that today’s egg is better than tomorrow’s chicken. He’ll come back and gut me all out.”
The pig came to her piglets, told them what had happened to her, and taught them what to do and what to say when the wolf came. Then she closed the doors tightly, put her piglets down, and lay down by the door. The pig is lying, not sleeping, waiting for the wolf. As it got dark, the wolf appeared, came, knocking on the door of the pigsty. “Who’s there?” - asks the pig as if nothing had happened. “What a time for guests, everyone has gone home a long time ago!” “It’s me, open the doors, you pig,” howled the wolf. “You yourself are a pig, get out of here!” the pig shouted. The Wolf saw that things were bad, and began to call Golodun: “Hungry Man, open the door!” And Golodun: “I’m still hungry, I’m suckling, I have no time for you!” “Holodun, open the door!” - the wolf shouts to Kholodun. - It’s cold, why do I care! - says Kholodun. “Teplun, open the door!” - the wolf shouts. “I have nothing to do,” says Teplun, “I just lay down in the warmth, now I’ll get up and get cold because of you.” “You’re late, open the door!” the wolf shouts. “You’re late, you bloodsucker, you can’t wait until we open the door,” squeaked Late. The wolf got angry, doesn’t know what to do. Still, I decided to call Krepysh. “Hey, Krepysh, open the door!” “The door is tightly locked, it won’t open,” says Krepysh. - Wherever you came from, go back there! Look for fools - open doors for you! Get out of here!
The wolf went completely mad: “Wait, I’ll ask you!” “I’ll swallow them all at once,” he shouts, “just open the door!” Who will open the door for him?
The wolf stood there for a long time near the pigpen, thinking that someone is about to open it. I tried to break the doors, but they were really very strong. There was nothing to do - the wolf trudged into his hole with an empty stomach. This is how the pig escaped from the wolf's teeth.
Pestilence is there, feast is here, Elimination is there, torment is here.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru