Have you become friends with Kumushka Fox? and Quickknife the Hedgehog. Where the Hedgehog goes, the Fox goes. Where the Fox goes, the Hedgehog goes. We went everywhere together. Once, Fox? said:
- Let's go, Hedgehog, to the vineyard!
- Let's go, Foxy. And the watchman?
- Oh, you! That's all you're afraid of. I'm with you! I know two hundred and twenty tricks. Do you, Hedgehog, know at least one?
- Only three, but they are reliable.
- Well, let's go then! - said Kumushka Fox.
Went. We came to the vineyard. They started picking grapes.
- Wow, and sweet-oh-oh! - said Lisa. - Go, Hedgehog, go, brother! Further sweeter grapes!
- And it’s sweet here, Kumushka!
- Let's go, let's move on! Look how yellow it is there! Wait a minute, I'll try the red one too! And the spirit, the spirit!
— Didn’t Lisa have time to finish? - click! — I fell into a trap.
- Oh, mommies, what a problem! - Kumushka whined. - Please, Hedgehog! You are my brother, you are my sister! Recommend some trick!
- What are you saying, Foxy! Are you expecting cunning from me? You yourself know two hundred and twenty of them. And I'm only three.
- Oh, I knew a lot of them. Hedgehog! Yes, just like the trap slammed shut, it’s all out of your head? flew out. Tell me at least one!
“Okay,” said the Hedgehog. - When the watchman comes, you pretend to be a good girl. Start fawning over him and wagging your tail. He will take you for a tamed one. It won't kill. And then you will run away. Well, goodbye! I'm waiting for you in the forest.
The Hedgehog ran away. The watchman came. I saw Kumushka and said:
- Yeah! I got you. Gossip. But Little Fox wagged her tail. She began to hover around him.
- Probably tamed! - thought the watchman.
Did he take Lisa? to his house, tied to a tree. I went around the vineyard again.
Gossip Fox? she chewed the rope and ran away. The next day, Fox? She said to Hedgehog again:
- Let's go, Hedgehog, for some grapes!
- What about the trap, Kumushka?
“It’s nothing,” said the Fox. - I'm not afraid of anything. Yes, and I remembered the tricks. Two hundred and twenty! Enough for me and for you. So let's go!
- Okay, let's go! - said the Hedgehog.
Went. We came to the vineyard... As soon as we entered, click! - Fox again? I fell into a trap.
- Oh, Hedgehog, what a disaster! Please advise me some trick!
- What advice should I give, Fox? I only have two left. And you have two hundred and twenty.
“I forgot them again, brother.” You are my father, you are my mother! Tell me one more trick!
The Hedgehog took pity. Said:
- When the watchman arrives, pretend to be dead. He will hit you, kick you, and throw you aside. Then get out of here!
The Hedgehog ran away. The watchman came. I saw Lisa and said:
- You're caught again, Foxy! Now I'll teach you a lesson!
He pushed her with his foot - she didn’t move. I hit it and it doesn’t budge.
“She’s dead,” the watchman decided to himself and took the Fox to him? to the village.
Came home. Shouts:
- Come out, wife! I brought you some skin for the casing! Did he leave Lisa? on the block on which wood is cut, and he himself went for a knife to remove the skin. And the wife went out into the yard. He looks here, looks there - there is no skin. The watchman also came out. I started sharpening the knife.
“Are you kidding me, hubby,” says the wife? Where is your skin?
- On the deck!
- I don’t have it.
The watchman looked. No Gossip Fox?!
- Oh, Lisa?! She ran away again! Well, just wait, you’ll fall into my hands!
Hasn't it been long, Lisa? said to the Hedgehog again:
- Let's go, Hedgehog, to the vineyard!
- Eh, Little Fox, you have a mind, don’t you? Have you forgotten the trap?
- So that was when! And I kept the tricks. Enough for me. Enough for you too.
I persuaded the Hedgehog. Let's go get some grapes. They look - the vineyard is dug up with a ditch.
Did the Fox jump? — jumped over. The Hedgehog jumped and splashed! - into the ditch.
- Please, Foxy, help me! - Hedgehog began to ask. - Tell me some trick!
- Eh, Hedgehog, I knew a lot of them, but now that I jumped, it’s all out of my head? jumped out.
“If that’s the case, I’m finished!” - says Hedgehog, - my life has gone! Let's at least say goodbye, sister! Let's kiss on the lips!
Lisa leaned over to him. The hedgehog seemed to want to kiss her, but he grabbed her lips. did the fox twitch? - Snatched the Hedgehog out of the hole. But he holds on and doesn’t let go.
The watchman appeared in the distance. Did Kuma Fox rush? run as fast as you can. And he drags Hedgehog on himself.
I reached the forest. Only there the Hedgehog let her go and said:
- Goodbye, Foxy! I realized what you are like. I don't need your tricks. I only know three, but they are reliable.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru