A bull was walking through the forest and a ram came across him.
-Where are you going, ram? - asked the bull.
“I’m looking for summer from winter,” says the ram.
- Come with me!
So they went together, and they came across a pig.
-Where are you going, pig? - asked the bull.
“I’m looking for summer from winter,” the pig answers.
- Come with us.
The three of us went further, and a goose met them.
-Where are you going, goose? - asks the bull.
“I’m looking for summer from winter,” answers the goose.
- Well, follow us!
So the goose followed them. They are walking, and a rooster meets them.
-Where are you going, rooster? - asked the bull.
“I’m looking for summer from winter,” answers the rooster.
- Follow us!
Here they are walking along the road and talking to each other:
- Of course, brothers and comrades! The time is approaching cold, where to look for warmth? The bull says:
“Well, let’s build a hut, otherwise we’ll really freeze in winter.” Baran says:
- My fur coat is warm - look what wool! I'll survive the winter anyway.
Pig says:
“But for me, even if it’s frosty, I’m not afraid: I’ll bury myself in the ground and spend the winter without a hut.”
Gus says:
“And I’ll sit in the middle of the spruce tree, cover one wing and dress with the other, no cold will take me; I'll spend the winter anyway.
Rooster says:
- Don’t I have my own wings? And I'll spend the winter!
The bull sees that things are bad, you have to work on it alone.
“Well,” he says, “you do as you wish, and I’ll start building a hut.”
He built himself a hut and lives in it. Now the cold winter has come, frosts have begun to creep in; The ram asks the bull:
- Let me warm up, brother.
- No, ram, your fur coat is warm; you'll survive the winter anyway. I won't let you in!
“And if you don’t let me in, then I’ll run away and knock the log out of your hut; you will be colder.
The bull thought and thought: “Let me let him go, otherwise he’ll probably freeze me too,” and he let the ram go.
So the pig got cold and came to the bull:
- Let me warm up, brother.
- No, I won’t let you in! You will bury yourself in the ground and spend the winter that way.
“If you don’t let me in, I’ll dig up all the pillars and demolish your hut.”
There is nothing to do, we must let it go. He also let in a pig. Then a goose and a rooster came to the bull:
- Let me warm up, brother.
- No, I won’t let you in! You have two wings: you cover one, and dress with the other; That's how you'll spend the winter!
“If you don’t let me in,” says the goose, “I’ll pluck all the moss from your walls, and you’ll be colder.”
- You won’t let me in? - says the rooster. “Then I’ll fly up to the attic and scoop up all the dirt from the ceiling, but it’ll be colder for you.”
What should a bull do? He let both the goose and the rooster live with him.
Here they live in a hut. The rooster warmed up in the warmth and began to sing songs.
The fox heard that the rooster was singing songs, she wanted to eat rooster meat, but how to get it? The fox got up to cunning, went to the bear and the wolf and said:
- Well, dear Kumanki! I found food for everyone: for you, bear, a bull, for you a wolf, a ram, and for myself, a rooster.
- Okay, gossip! - says the bear and the wolf. - We will never forget your services. Let's go have some fun and eat!
The fox led them to the hut. The bear speaks to the wolf.
- Go ahead! And the wolf screams:
- No, you are stronger than me, go ahead!
Okay, here comes the bear; just at the door - the bull bowed his head and pinned him against the wall with its horns. And the ram ran away and hit the bear in the side - and knocked him off his feet. And the pig tears and throws it to pieces. And the goose flew up - it stung his eyes. And the rooster sits on the beam and shouts:
- Give it here, give it here!
The wolf and the fox heard a cry and ran!
So the bear struggled, struggled, broke free, caught up with the wolf and said:
- Well, what was I!.. I have never seen such fear in my life. As soon as I entered the hut, out of nowhere, a woman grabbed me... So she pressed me to the wall! There was an abyss of people: some beat, some tear, some stab people in the eyes with an awl. And another one was sitting on the beam and kept shouting: “Bring it here, bring it here!” Well, if they brought it to him, it would seem that there would be death!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru