One poor peasant had nothing but two bulls. Once, when they were being led along the slope of a mountain, higher up the base, during icy conditions, they slipped and were killed to death.
- Hey, ice, how strong you are! - said the peasant, - If I were strong, - answered the ice, - I would not melt from the sun!
- Hey, sun, how strong you are! - said the peasant, turning to the sun.
- If I were strong, the cloud would not cover me!
- Hey, cloud, how strong you are!
– If I were strong, it wouldn’t rain! - Hey, rain, how strong you are!
“If I were strong, the grass wouldn’t grow!”
- Hey, grass, how strong you are!
- If I were strong, the sheep would not graze!
- Hey, sheep, how strong you are!
“If I were strong, the old nobleman wouldn’t have eaten my half-head!”
- Hey, old nobleman, how green you are!
- If I were strong, the mouse would not gnaw my goods!
- Hey, mouse, how strong you are!
– If I were strong, the cat wouldn’t eat me!
- Hey, cat, how strong you are!
“Of course, I’m strong: I eat sour cream from seven buckets of seven neighbors and then bask, sitting on the princess’s lap!”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru