Securing a loan with collateral is considered beneficial for both parties to the transaction.
For the lender
The bank receives a significant guarantee in the event of client insolvency. To return his funds, the creditor has the right to sell the provided collateral. From the proceeds, he takes the money due to him, and returns the rest to the client.
For the borrower
For the borrower there are both positive and negative aspects transactions involving property collateral. The advantages include:
- obtaining the maximum possible loan amount;
- obtaining a loan for a long period of time;
- providing money at a reduced interest rate.
At the same time, the client must remember that if it is impossible to repay the borrowed funds, he will lose his car. Sovcombank usually provides loans secured by a car for a long period. During this time, various unforeseen circumstances may occur. Therefore, before pledging a vehicle, you should weigh your financial capabilities.
It is because of this that collateral for an apartment does not always look tempting, but providing your vehicle as additional collateral for a bank loan is a more thoughtful and less risky proposition.
Sovcombank carries out its financial activities for more than 25 years in Russia and is a large banking institution, which increases its reliability in the eyes of potential clients. It offers individuals a wide variety of loan products, including among consumer loans a loan secured by personal transport. This loan has its own characteristics.
Maximum amount
Sovcombank issues a maximum amount of 1 million rubles to the client against the security of his car. Money is provided only in Russian currency.
Loan term
Sovcombank provides a loan secured by a car for no more than 5 years. In this case, the client has the right to use early repayment loan without applying any penalties to it.
Interest rate
If borrowed funds for the purposes specified in the agreement exceed 80%, then the rate offered is 16.9%. If the size of the loan received for a specific purpose is less than 80%, then the rate increases and is 21.9%.
If a citizen has in the bank salary card, then the loan rate can be reduced by 5 points.
When concluding the proposed insolvency insurance agreement, the borrower can receive a loan with interest rate from 4.86%. With the smallest loan amount taken by the client and the minimum term for concluding the agreement, the bank will offer a lower annual interest rate.
The following is paid sum insured once a year and is a salvation in case of financial difficulties for the client.
Requirements for the borrower
Loans are provided for individuals on the following favorable terms.
- Age. The bank client applying for the loan must be over 20 years old and under 85 at the time of repayment of the last loan installment.
- Citizenship. The potential borrower must be a citizen of Russia.
- Employment. At the time of concluding the loan agreement, the client must be employed. Moreover, the experience is last place work must be more than 4 months.
- Registration. Apply for a loan individual will only be possible if you are registered at the location of the bank's office branch. The distance from your place of residence to the nearest office should not exceed 70 km.
- Telephone. An important requirement is to have a landline telephone number. He can be both at home and at work.
Auto vehicle collateral provided to the bank must satisfy certain conditions.
- No more than 19 years must have passed since the car was released on the date of conclusion of the contract.
- The car must be running and in good condition.
- The pledged vehicle must be free from other collateral obligations. The car cannot have a double lien.
- At the time of signing the contract, the car must not be a participant in the car loan program.
Required documents
Before concluding an agreement with the bank, the client collects the documents required for this transaction. Moreover, you will need both papers related directly to the borrower and documentation for the pledged vehicle.
For an individual
The borrower must provide a list of the following documents regarding himself:
- Russian passport and its copy;
- SNILS or driver's license (at the client's choice);
- income certificate filled out according to the form of the banking institution. It indicates the amount of earnings for at least the last 4 months, taking into account all deductions, that is, income in “pure” form. The document must be endorsed by the head of the enterprise, and the organization’s seal is affixed to it.
- notarized consent of the spouse. If he is registered as a guarantor, then it is additionally necessary to conclude an agreement that stipulates all the obligations of the person giving the guarantee regarding the loan received.
For a legal entity
To provide a loan to a legal entity, a significantly larger number of documents will be required. Conventionally, they can be divided into 3 groups.
- Constituent. These include the Charter, documents of appointment general director, chief accountant.
- Financial. This package of documents includes papers on registration in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, certificates on the status of the current account.
- General. Documents about activities legal entity, its partners, the main types of contracts.
Property documents
The following documents will be required for the vehicle:
- vehicle passport;
- certificate of its registration;
- OSAGO insurance policy.
You can apply for a loan secured by a vehicle in several stages.
- Before concluding an agreement, you should determine the purpose of obtaining borrowed funds and weigh your financial capabilities.
- Submitting an application for a loan. This can be done at the Sovcombank office or on the official website online (https://sovcombank.ru/apply/auto/).
- Collection of documents for the client and the car.
- After receiving the bank’s consent to apply for a loan, you must come to the nearest branch with all the papers.
- Concluding a loan agreement and signing a mortgage on a car. Registration of these documents in Rosreestr.
- Transfer of money by the bank to the account specified by the client.
Debt repayment methods
After receiving a loan no less than important issue its timely repayment is considered, so it is important to clarify the possible methods.
- You can deposit the loan amount at any Sovcombank office through an operator or through a terminal or ATM of this banking institution.
- If available from the client personal account Sovcombank, he will be able to repay his loan obligations comfortably, without leaving his home.
- At any branch of Russian Post, the client can make a money transfer by indicating the bank account details.
- You can also deposit the debt amount through ATMs of other banks. Please note that in this case a commission will be charged.
Once upon a time a mouse and a sparrow were friends. For exactly thirty years we have been friends: whoever finds anything will get it in half.
Yes, something happened - a sparrow found a poppy seed.
“What’s there to divide?” he thinks. “You take one bite and there’s nothing.”
He took it and ate the whole grain.
The mouse found out about this and did not want to be friends with the sparrow anymore.
Come on,” he shouts, “come on, sparrow thief, fight, not to the stomach, but to the death!” You collect all the birds, and I will collect all the animals. Not a day had passed, and an army of animals had already gathered in the clearing. The army of birds also gathered. A great battle began, and many fell on both sides.
How strong are the beast people! Whomever he claws, look, and the spirit is gone! Yes, the birds don’t give in painfully, they hit everything from above. Another animal would have struck and crushed the bird - and now it would take flight. Look at her, and that’s all!
An eagle was wounded in that battle. He wanted to rise up, but he didn’t have enough strength. All he could do was fly up a tall pine tree. He took off and sat on the top.
The battle is over. The animals scattered into their dens and holes. The birds scattered to their nests. And he sits on a pine tree, beaten, wounded, and thinks about how to regain his former strength.
And at that time a hunter walked past. Day after day he walked through the forest, but nothing came out. Ehma, he thinks, “it looks like I should be tossing home empty-handed today.” Lo and behold, an eagle is sitting on a tree. The hunter began to approach it and point his gun at it. “Whatever there is, it’s still prey,” he thinks. He just took aim. , the eagle says to him in a human voice:
Don't hit me kind person! If you kill, there will be little profit. It’s better to take me alive and feed me for three years, three months and three days. And when I get strong and grow wings, I’ll pay you back with kindness.
“What kind of good can you expect from an eagle?” - the hunter thinks, and took aim another time.
And the wounded eagle asks again:
Don't hit me, good man! At some time I will be useful to you.
The hunter doesn’t believe it and raises his gun for the third time. For the third time the eagle asks him:
Don't hit me good fellow, but take it to yourself, come out and heal! I have not done you any harm, but for good I will repay you with good.
The hunter took pity, took the eagle and carried it home.
Well, good man,” the eagle says to him on the way, “you walked day and day, but nothing came out.” Now take your sharp knife and go to the clearing. We had a great battle there with all kinds of animals, and we killed many of those animals. There will be a lot of profit for you too.
The hunter went into the clearing, and there the animal was apparently killed. There are countless martens and foxes. He sharpened a knife on a block, removed animal skins, took them to the city and sold them at a high price. With that money I bought bread in reserve and filled three bins with the top - enough for three years.
One year passes - one bin is empty. The eagle tells the hunter to take him to the very place where the tall pine tree stands.
The hunter saddled his horse and brought the eagle to that place.
The eagle soared behind the clouds and hit the tree with its chest - the tree split in two.
Well, hunter,” says the eagle, “I have not yet gathered my former strength. Feed me another year.
Day and night - a day away. Another year has passed, another bin is empty. Again the hunter brought the eagle into the forest, to a tall pine tree. The eagle soared behind the dark clouds, flew from above and hit the tree with its chest. The tree split into four parts.
Apparently, you, good fellow, will have to feed me for another year. I did not gather my strength as before.
Three years, three months and three days have passed. All the bins became empty. The eagle says to the hunter:
Take me again to that same place, to the tall pine tree.
The hunter obeyed and brought the eagle to a tall pine tree.
The eagle soared higher than before, struck the largest tree from above with a strong whirlwind, and smashed it into splinters from top to root. So the whole forest around began to shake.
Thank you, good fellow! Now my former strength has returned to me. Give up your horse and sit on my wings. I will carry you to my side and pay you for all the good.
The hunter sat on the eagle's wings. The eagle flew to the blue sea and rose high, high.
Look, he says, at the blue sea: is it big?
About a wheel,” the hunter answers.
The eagle shook its wings and threw the hunter down. He let him feel mortal fear and picked him up, preventing him from reaching the water. He picked it up and rose even higher with him:
Now look at the blue sea: is it big?
WITH chicken egg, - the hunter answers.
The eagle shook its wings and threw the hunter down again. He picked it up just above the water and rose up even higher than before:
Well, now look at the blue sea: is it big?
With a poppy seed.
The third time the eagle shook its wings and threw the hunter from the sky, but again did not allow him to reach the water, picked him up on his wings and asked:
What, good fellow, have you learned what mortal fear is?
“I found out,” says the hunter. - I thought my end had come.
That’s what I thought when you pointed the gun at me. Well, now you and I have paid for the evil. Let's consider it good.
They flew to the shore. They flew and flew, whether they were close or far away, they saw: in the middle of the field a copper pillar stood, like the heat was burning. The eagle went down.
“Come on, hunter,” he says, “read what’s written on the post.”
The hunter read: “Behind this pillar there is a copper city - twenty-five miles in length and breadth.”
Go to the copper city, says the eagle. - My older sister lives here. Bow to her and ask her for a copper casket with copper keys. And don’t take anything else - neither gold, nor silver, nor semi-precious stones.
The hunter went to the copper city to Queen Medyanitsa, Eagle's sister.
Hello, madam! Your brother sends his regards to you.
But how do you know my brother?
So and so... I fed him, sick and wounded, for three whole years, three months and three days.
Thank you, kind man. Here's your gold, silver, and semi-precious stone. Take as much as you like.
The hunter does not take anything, he only asks the queen for a copper casket with copper keys.
No, my dear! You're putting the wrong boot on the wrong foot. My little box is expensive.
But it’s expensive, so I don’t need anything.
The hunter bowed, went out of the city gates and told the eagle everything as it was.
The eagle got angry, picked up the hunter and flew on. It flies and makes noise in the sky.
Well, look, good fellow, what’s behind and what’s going on ahead?
The hunter looked and said:
The copper city is burning, and the flowers are blooming in the silver one.
The eagle landed in the middle of the field near the silver pillar. He tells the hunter to read the inscription. The hunter read: “Behind this pillar stands a silver city - fifty miles in length and breadth.”
“My middle sister lives here,” says the eagle. - Ask her for a silver casket with silver keys. The hunter went to the city straight to the queen, Orlov’s sister. He told her how her brother, sick and wounded, lived with him for three years, three months and three days, how he cared for him, gave him water, fed him, and brought him into strength. And he asked for a silver casket and silver keys for everything.
No,” says the queen, “you grab the wrong piece: it’s not even an hour - you’ll choke.” Take as much gold, silver, and semi-precious stones as you want, but my little casket is worth a lot.
The hunter left the silver city and told the eagle everything as it was.
The eagle got angry, picked up the hunter on his wide wings and flew away with him.
Flying across the sky again:
Come on, good fellow, what’s behind and what’s ahead?
Behind the fire is burning, flowers are blooming in front.
Then the silver city is burning, and the flowers are blooming in the golden city.
The eagle landed in the middle of the field, near the golden pillar. He tells the hunter to read the inscription.
The hunter read: “Behind this pillar stands a golden city - a hundred miles in width and length.”
Go there, says the eagle. - My little sister lives in this city. Ask her for a golden casket with golden keys.
The hunter went straight to the queen, Orlov's sister. He told me what he knew and asked for a golden casket with golden keys.
The queen listened to him, thought, and shook her head.
My little chest is dear,” he says, “but my brother is dearer.”
She went and brought the hunter a golden casket with golden keys.
The hunter took the expensive gift, bowed to the queen and went outside the city gates.
The eagle saw that his friend was not coming empty-handed, and said:
Well, brother, now go home and make sure you don’t open the chest until you reach your yard.
He said and flew away.
The hunter went home. Whether long or short, he approached the blue sea. He wanted to rest. He sat down on the bank, on the yellow sand, and placed the little chest next to him. I looked and looked - I couldn’t stand it and unlocked it. As soon as he opened it, out of nowhere, a golden palace, all decorated, spread out in front of him. “Many servants appeared: “What do you want? What do you need?" The hunter ate, drank, and fell asleep.
So the morning has come. The hunter must move on. No such luck! How to assemble the palace into a casket as before? He thought and thought, but came up with nothing. He sits on the shore, grieving. Suddenly he sees a man rising out of the water: a beard - to the waist, hair - to the toes. He stood on the water and said:
What are you grieving about, good fellow?
You better not grieve! - the hunter answers. - How do I collect big palace in a small casket?
Perhaps I will help your grief, I will collect the palace for you in a small casket, only with an agreement: give me what you don’t know at home.
The hunter became thoughtful: “Why don’t I know at home? It seems like I know everything.” I took it and agreed.
Collect, - he says, - do mercy. I'll give you what I don't know at home.
As soon as he said a word, the golden palace was no longer there. The hunter stands alone on the shore, and next to him is a golden casket with golden keys.
He picked up his little chest and set off on the road.
Whether long or short, he returned to native land. He enters the hut, and his wife brings him a baby that was born without him.
“So,” the hunter thinks, “what I didn’t know at home!” And he became deeply depressed and sad.
“You are my light,” my wife says, “tell me, what are you shedding bitter tears about?”
“For joy,” he answers.
I was afraid to tell her the truth, that sooner or later, I would have to give my son to God knows who. After that, he went out into the courtyard, opened his golden casket - a large palace, cunningly decorated, spread out in front of him. Many servants appeared. Gardens bloomed, ponds overflowed. Birds sing in the gardens, fish splash in the ponds. And he began to live and live with his wife and son, making good money.
A dozen years have passed, and more than that. The hunter's son is growing like dough on dough rises - not by days, but by hours. And he grew up big: smart, handsome, well done.
One day my father went for a walk in the garden. He walked and walked and came out to the river.
At that very time, the same man rose from the water: his beard was waist-length, his hair was down to his toes. He stood on the water and said:
So what, promise soon and forget soon? Remember, you owe me.
The hunter returned home darker than a cloud and said to his wife:
No matter how much we keep our Ivanushka with us, we must give him away. The matter is inevitable. He took his son, took him outside the outskirts and left him alone.
Ivanushka looked around, saw a path and followed it - maybe it would lead somewhere. And the path led him into a dense forest. It’s empty all around, there’s no human soul to be seen. There is only one little hut, standing on a chicken leg, with one window, and a steep porch. It stands and turns by itself.
Hut, hut,” says Ivan, “stand with your back to the forest, and stand in front of me.”
The hut obeyed and turned, as it was said, to the forest with its back and to it in front.
Ivanushka climbed onto the steep porch and opened the creaky door. He sees: Baba Yaga, a bone leg, sitting in a hut. She sits in a mortar, wearing a hare's sheepskin coat. She looked at Ivanushka and said:
Hello, good fellow. Where are you coming from, where are you going? Are you trying to do something or are you trying to get away with it?
Eh, grandma! Give him something to drink, feed him and then ask questions.
She gave him something to drink, fed, and Ivanushka told her about everything without hiding.
Your business is bad, good fellow, says Baba Yaga. - Your father gave you to the water king. And the king of the water is deeply angry that you have not shown up to him for a long time. It’s good that you came to see me on the way, otherwise you wouldn’t even be alive. So be it - listen, I’ll teach you. Go ahead along the same path that led you to me, through forests, through ravines, through steep mountains. At the end you will reach two gates. On the right is the gate and on the left is the gate. Don't go to those that are bolted, go to those that are locked. Knock three times and the gate will open on its own. Behind the gate is a vine garden, and in the garden there is an emerald pond, and twelve sisters are bathing in the pond. They turned into gray ducks, diving, splashing, and their dresses lay on the shore. Eleven together, and the twelfth - separately, on the sidelines. Take this dress and hide. The sisters will come out of the water, get dressed, and go away. Eleven will go, and the twelfth will begin to cry and look for her clothes. He won’t find it and will say: “Answer me! Whoever took my dress, to him I will be a submissive daughter!” And you keep quiet. She will say again: “Whoever took my dress, I will be his affectionate sister!” Keep quiet. Then she will say: “Whoever took my dress, I will be his faithful wife!” When you hear these words, respond and give her the dress. I won’t tell you what will happen next. Find out for yourself and tell me...
Ivan bowed to Baba Yaga, said goodbye to her and walked along the path. Whether long or short, with a bucket, depending on the weather, I reached the two gates. The gate opened in front of him, and he saw a grape garden, and in the garden there was an emerald pond, and gray ducks were swimming in the pond. According to what is said, as if written!
Ivanushka crept up and took away the dress that was lying on the side. He took it away and hid behind a tree.
The ducks came out of the water and turned into girls - one more beautiful than the other. And the youngest, the twelfth, is the best of all, the prettiest of all. The eleven sisters got dressed and left. And the youngest remained on the shore, looking for her dress, crying - she couldn’t find it. This is what she says:
Tell me, answer who took my dress! I will be your obedient daughter!
Ivan does not respond.
I will be your affectionate sister!
Ivan is silent.
I will be your faithful wife!
Then Ivan came out from behind the tree:
Take your dress, pretty girl.
She took the dress and gave Ivanushka a gold engagement ring.
Well, tell me now, good fellow, what is your name and where are you going?
My parents called me Ivan, but I am on my way to the king of the sea - the master of the water.
That's who you are! Why didn't you come for so long? My father, the master of the water, is deeply angry with you. Well, follow this road - it will lead you to the underwater kingdom. You will find me there too. I am the daughter of the underwater king - Vasilisa the Wise.
She turned into a duck again and flew away from Ivan. And Ivan went to the underwater kingdom.
He comes and looks: and there the light is the same as ours; and there are fields and meadows and green groves, and the sun is warm, and the moon is shining. They called him to the sea king. The sea king shouted:
Why haven't you been here for so long? Not for your fault, but for your father’s sin, here is a small service for you: I have a wasteland for thirty miles along and across, only ditches, gullies and sharp stones. So that by tomorrow it would be there, smooth as the palm of your hand, and the rye would be sown and grow overnight so tall and thick that a jackdaw could bury itself. If you do it, I’ll reward you, if you don’t do it, it’s your head off your shoulders!
Ivanushka was spinning, walking away from the Tsar sadly, hanging his head below his shoulders.
Vasilisa the Wise saw him from the tower and asked:
What are you fussing about, Ivanushka?
Ivan answers her:
How not to spin! Your father ordered me to level the ditches, gullies and sharp stones in one night, and sow the wasteland with rye, and so that by morning that rye would grow and a jackdaw could hide in it.
This is not a problem yet - there will be trouble ahead! Go to bed. The morning is wiser than the evening.
Ivan obeyed and went to bed. And Vasilisa the Wise came out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
Hey you, my faithful servants! Level deep ditches, remove sharp stones, sow the field with choice rye so that it will ripen by morning!
Ivanushka woke up at dawn, looked - everything was ready. There are no ditches or gullies. The field is as smooth as the palm of your hand, and the rye is swaying on it, so thick and tall that a jackdaw will bury itself.
I went to the sea king with a report.
Well, thank you,” says the sea king. - You managed to do me a service. Here's another job for you: I have three hundred stacks, each stack contains three hundred kopecks, all white wheat. By tomorrow, thresh all the wheat for me, down to a single grain. And don’t break the stacks and don’t break the sheaves. If you don’t do it, head off your shoulders!
Ivan began to spin even more than ever. He walks through the yard looking sad, hanging his head below his shoulders.
Ivan told her about his new trouble.
This is not a problem yet - there will be trouble ahead. Go to bed. The morning is wiser than the evening.
Ivan lay down. And Vasilisa the Wise came out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
Hey you, creeping ants! No matter how many of you there are in this world, all of you crawl here and pick out the grain from your father’s stacks, clean and pure, down to a single grain.
In the morning the sea king calls Ivan to him:
Did you serve, son?
Concelebrated, Tsar-Sovereign.
Let's go have a look.
We came to the threshing floor - all the stacks were untouched. They came to the granaries - all the bins were full of grain.
Well, thank you, brother,” says the sea king. - You have served me another service as well. Here is the third for you - this will be the last: build me a church from pure wax overnight, so that it will be ready by the morning dawn. If you do, choose any of my daughters, you will go to this church to get married. If you don't do it, head off!
Again Ivan walks through the yard and washes himself with tears.
What are you grieving about, Ivanushka? - Vasilisa the Wise asks him.
How not to grieve! Your father ordered me to build a church from pure wax in one night.
Well, this is not a problem yet - there will be trouble ahead. Go to bed. The morning is wiser than the evening.
Ivan obeyed, went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise went out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
Hey you, hard-working bees! No matter how many of you there are in this world, fly here! Make me a high church out of pure wax, so that it will be ready by dawn, so that by noon I can go to that church to get married.
In the morning the sea king got up and looked out the window - the church was made of pure wax, and it was glowing in the sun.
Well, thank you, good fellow! Whatever servants I had, no one was able to please you better. I have twelve daughters - choose any one for your bride. Guess before three times the same girl, she will be your faithful wife. If you don't guess, head off your shoulders!
“Well, this is not a difficult matter,” thinks Ivanushka. Coming from the king, he himself grins.
Vasilisa the Wise saw him, asked him about everything and said:
You are too simple, Ivanushka! The task you have been given is not an easy one. Father will turn us into mares and force you to choose a bride. Look and notice: one of the sparkles on my bridle will fade. Then he will release us like pigeons. The sisters will quietly peck at the buckwheat, and I will flap my wing. For the third time he will bring us out as maidens - one in the same in beauty and style, and hair and voice. I'll wave my handkerchief on purpose. That's how you recognize me.
As it is said, the king of the sea brought out twelve mares - one in one - and put them in a row.
Choose any one!
Ivan looked keenly and saw that the sparkle on one bridle had faded. He grabbed that bridle and said:
Here is my bride!
You're taking a stupid one! You can choose better.
It’s okay, this one is good for me too.
Choose another time.
The king released twelve doves - feather to feather - and poured buckwheat into them.
Ivan noticed that one dove was shaking its wing and grabbed it by the wing:
Here is my bride!
If you grab the wrong piece, you will soon choke. Choose for the third time!
The king brought out twelve maidens - one with the same beauty and stature, hair and voice. There was no way to know, but one of them waved her handkerchief. Ivan grabbed her hand:
Here is my bride!
Well, brother,” says the sea king, “I am cunning, and you are even cunning than me,” and he gave Vasilisa the Wise in marriage.
No more or less time passed - Ivan yearned for his parents, he wanted to go to Holy Rus'.
Why aren’t you happy, dear husband? - asks Vasilisa the Wise.
Oh, my beloved wife, I saw in a dream my father and mother, my dear house, a large garden, and children running around the garden. Maybe my brothers and sisters are dear, but I have never seen them in reality.
Vasilisa the Wise lowered her head:
That's when trouble came! If we leave, there will be a great chase after us. The king of the sea will be very angry and will betray us to a cruel death. There’s nothing to do, you have to manage.
She made three dolls, planted them in the corners of the room, and locked the door tightly. And he and Ivanushka ran to Holy Rus'.
So in the morning, early in the morning, messengers from the sea king come to raise the young people and invite them to the palace to the king.
Knocking on doors:
Wake up, wake up! Father is calling you.
It’s too early, we didn’t get enough sleep,” one doll answers.
An hour passed, another passed - again the messenger knocks on the door:
It's not time to sleep, it's time to get up!
Wait. “Let’s get up and get dressed,” the other doll answers.
The messengers come for the third time: the king of the sea is angry, why are they cooling off for so long.
We’ll be there now,” says the third doll.
We waited, the messengers waited, and let’s knock again. No feedback, no response.
They broke down the door. They look, and the mansion is empty, only the dolls are sitting in the corners. They reported this to the sea king. He became angry and sent a great pursuit in all directions.
And Vasilisa the Wise and Ivanushka are already far, far away. They ride greyhound horses without stopping, without rest.
Come on, dear husband, fall down to the damp ground and listen: is there any pursuit from the sea king?
Ivan jumped off his horse, put his ear to the ground and said:
I hear people's rumors and horse tramping.
They're after us! - says Vasilisa the Wise and turned the horses into a green meadow, Ivan into an old shepherd, and she herself became a curly-haired lamb.
The chase comes:
Hey, old man, didn’t a good fellow gallop here with a red maiden?
No, they are good people,” he answers. - I have been grazing in this place for forty years - not a single bird has flown past, not a single animal has prowled past.
The chase turned back:
Tsar-Sovereign, we didn’t run into anyone on the way. We only saw a shepherd tending a sheep.
The king of the sea became angry and shouted in a loud voice:
Oh, you slow-witted ones! Download after. Bring me a sheep, and the shepherd will come himself.
The royal pursuit galloped. And Ivan and Vasilisa the Wise also do not hesitate - they hurry their horses. Half the road lies behind, half the road lies ahead. Vasilisa the Wise says:
Well, dear husband, fall to the ground and listen: is there any pursuit from the king of the sea?
Ivan got off his horse, put his ear to the ground and said:
I hear horse tramping and people's rumors.
They're after us! - says Vasilisa the Wise.
She herself became a chapel, turned horses into trees, and Ivanushka into an old priest. Here comes the chase:
Hey, father, didn’t a shepherd pass by with a lamb?
No, people are good. I have been serving in this chapel for forty years - not a single bird has flown past, not a single animal has prowled.
The chase turned back:
Tsar-Sovereign, we did not find the shepherd with the sheep! Only on the way did they see that the chapel and the priest were old.
The sea king was even more angry than before:
Oh, you fools! You should tear down the chapel and bring it here, and the priest would come himself.
He got ready, jumped on his horse and galloped after Ivan and Vasilisa the Wise.
And they have already gone far. Almost the whole road lies behind you. Here again Vasilisa the Wise speaks:
Dear husband, fall to the ground: can you hear the chase?
Ivan got off his horse, put his ear to the damp ground and said:
The earth trembles from the trampling of horses.
This is the king of the sea himself galloping! - says Vasilisa, the Wise. And it became a river. She turned the horses into river grass, and Ivan into perch.
The sea king galloped up. I looked and immediately found out what kind of river flowed, what kind of perch was splashing in the water.
He grinned and said:
If so, then be a river for exactly three years. Dry out in the summer, freeze in the winter, overflow in the spring!
He turned his horse and galloped back to his underwater kingdom. The river began to cry and gurgle:
My beloved husband, we need to separate! Go home, and make sure you don’t let anyone kiss you except your father and mother. And if someone kisses you, you will forget me.
Ivan came home, but he was not happy at home. He kissed his father, his mother, and no one else: neither his brother, nor his sister, nor his godfather, nor his godmother. He lives and doesn’t look at anyone.
So a year has passed, and two, and the third is coming to an end.
One day Ivanushka went to bed and forgot to lock the door. His younger sister came into the upper room, saw that he was sleeping, leaned over and kissed him.
Ivan woke up and didn’t remember anything. I forgot everything. I also forgot Vasilisa the Wise, as if she had never even been in my thoughts. And a month later they betrothed Ivan and began preparing the wedding.
That's how they started baking pies, one girl went into the water, bent down to the river to scoop up water, and just died. A beautiful girl looks at her from below - eye to eye.
The girl ran home and told someone she met about such a miracle. We all went to the river, but found no one. And the river disappeared - it either went into the ground or dried up.
And when they returned home, they saw: a beautiful girl standing on the threshold.
“I,” he says, “came to help you.” I will bake wedding pies.
She kneaded the dough thoroughly, made two doves and put them in the oven:
Guess, mistress, what will happen to these doves?
What will happen? We'll eat them and that's it.
No, I didn't guess.
The girl opened the oven, and a dove and a dove flew out. They sat on the window and cooed. The dove says to the dove:
Well, have you forgotten how I was a sheep, and you a shepherd?
Forgot, forgot.
Well, have you forgotten how I was a chapel girl, and you a priest?
Forgot, forgot.
Well, have you forgotten how I was a river, and you were a perch?
Forgot, forgot.
Your memory is short, my dear! You have forgotten me, like Ivanushka to Vasilisa the Wise.
Ivanushka heard these words and remembered everything. He took Vasilisa the Wise by the white hands and said to his father and mother:
Here is my faithful wife. And I don’t need another one.
Well, if you have a wife, then advice and love to you!
The new bride was given gifts and sent home.
And Ivanushka and Vasilisa the Wise began to live and live well, make good things, and be dashing.
Far away, in a thirtieth state, he lived - there was a king and a queen; they had no children. The king traveled through foreign lands, to distant sides, and did not go home for a long time; At that time the queen gave birth to him a son, Ivan the prince, but the king does not know about it.
He began to make his way to his state, began to approach his land, and the day was hot, hot, the sun was so hot! And a great thirst came upon him; no matter what he could give, just to drink water! He looked around and saw not far away big lake; rode up to the lake, got off his horse, lay down on the ground and let’s swallow the cold water. He drinks and does not smell trouble; and the king of the sea grabbed him by the beard.
- Let me go! - the king asks.
- I won’t let you in, don’t you dare drink without my knowledge!
- Take whatever ransom you want - just let him go!
- Give me something you don’t know at home.
The king thought and thought... What doesn’t he know at home? He seems to know everything, he knows everything,” and he agreed. I tried a beard - no one holds it; got up from the ground, mounted his horse and rode home.
When he comes home, the queen meets him with the prince, so joyful, and when he found out about his sweet brainchild, he burst into bitter tears. He told the queen how and what had happened to him, they cried together, but there was nothing to do, tears couldn’t fix the matter.
They began to live as before; and the prince grows and grows, like dough on sourdough, by leaps and bounds, and he has grown big.
“No matter how much you keep it with you,” the king thinks, “you have to give it away: the matter is inevitable!” He took Ivan the prince by the hand and led him straight to the lake.
“Look here,” he says, “for my ring; I accidentally dropped it yesterday.
He left the prince alone and turned home. The prince began to look for the ring, walked along the shore, and an old woman came across him.
-Where are you going, Ivan the Tsarevich?
- Get rid of me, don't bother me, old witch! And without you it’s annoying.
- Well, stay with God!
And the old woman walked away.
...And Ivan the Tsarevich thought about it: “Why did I scold the old woman? Let me turn her back; old people are cunning and shrewd! Perhaps they will say something good.” And he began to turn the old woman over:
- Turn back, grandma, forgive my stupid word! After all, I said out of annoyance: my father made me look for the ring, I go and look, but the ring is gone!
- You are not here for the ring: your father gave you to the king of the sea; the king of the sea will come out and take you with him to the underwater kingdom.
The prince cried bitterly.
- Don’t worry, Ivan the Tsarevich! There will be a holiday on your street too; just listen to me, old woman. Hide behind that currant bush over there and hide quietly. Twelve doves will fly here - all red maidens, and after them the thirteenth; they will swim in the lake; and in the meantime, take the last one’s shirt and don’t give it back until she gives you her ring. If you fail to do this, you are lost forever; The sea king has a high palisade around the entire palace, for as much as ten miles, and on each spoke there is a head stuck; only one is empty, don't get caught in it!
Ivan Tsarevich thanked the old woman, hid behind a currant bush and waited for the time.
Suddenly twelve doves fly in; hit the damp ground and turned into red maidens, every single one of them indescribable beauty: neither thought of, nor guessed, nor written with a pen! They threw off their dresses and went into the lake: they play, splash, laugh, sing songs.
Following them, the thirteenth dove flew in; she hit the damp ground, turned into a red maiden, threw off her shirt from her white body and went for a swim; and she was the prettiest of all, the most beautiful of all!
For a long time Ivan Tsarevich could not take his eyes off her; he looked at her for a long time and remembered what the old woman had told him; he crept up quietly and took away the shirt.
A red maiden came out of the water, grabbed her - there was no shirt, someone took it away; everyone rushed to look; They searched and searched and couldn't see it anywhere.
- Don’t look, dear sisters! Fly home; It’s my own fault - I overlooked it, and I’ll answer myself. The red maiden sisters hit the damp ground, became doves, flapped their wings and flew away. Only one girl remained, looked around and said:
- Whoever it is who has my shirt, come out here; if old man- you will be my dear father, if you are middle-aged, you will be a beloved brother, if you are my equal, you will be a dear friend!
I just said last word, Ivan Tsarevich appeared. She gave him a gold ring and said:
- Ah, Ivan the Tsarevich! Why haven't you come for a long time? Sea king is angry with you. This is the road that leads to the underwater kingdom; walk on it boldly! You will find me there too; after all, I am the daughter of the sea king, Vasilisa the Wise.
Vasilisa the Wise turned into a dove and flew away from the prince.
And Ivan the Tsarevich went to the underwater kingdom; he sees - and there the light is the same as ours; and there the fields, and meadows, and groves are green, and the sun is warm.
He comes to the sea king. The sea king shouted at him:
- Why haven’t you been here for so long? For your guilt, here is a service for you: I have a wasteland for thirty miles, both in length and across - only ditches, gullies and sharp stones! So that by tomorrow it would be as smooth as the palm of your hand, and the rye would be sown, and by early morning it would grow so tall that a jackdaw could bury itself in it. If you don’t do this, off your head!
Ivan, the prince, is coming from the sea king, and he is shedding tears. Tall Vasilisa the Wise saw him through the window from her mansion and asked:
- Hello, Ivan the Tsarevich! Why are you shedding tears?
- How can I not cry? - the prince answers. - The king of the sea forced me to level ditches, gullies and sharp stones in one night and sow rye so that by morning it would grow and a jackdaw could hide in it.
- It’s not a problem, there will be trouble ahead. Go to bed with God, the morning is wiser than the evening, everything will be ready!
Ivan the Tsarevich went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise came out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
- Hey you, my faithful servants! Rake deep ditches, remove sharp stones, sow with rye so that it will ripen by morning.
Tsarevich Ivan woke up at dawn, looked - everything was ready: there were no ditches, no gullies, there was a field as smooth as the palm of his hand, and there was rye on it - so high that the jackdaw would be buried.
I went to the sea king with a report.
“Thank you,” says the sea king, “for being able to serve.” Here's another job for you: I have three hundred stacks, each stack contains three hundred kopecks - all white wheat; Thresh all the wheat for me by tomorrow, cleanly, down to a single grain, and don’t break the stacks and don’t break the sheaves. If you don’t do it, off your head!
- I’m listening, Your Majesty! - said Ivan the Tsarevich; he walks around the yard again and sheds tears.
- Why are you crying bitterly? - Vasilisa the Wise asks him.
- How can I not cry? The king of the sea ordered me to thresh all the stacks in one night, not to drop the grain, and not to break the stacks and not to break the sheaves.
- It’s not a problem, there will be trouble ahead! Go to bed with God; morning is wiser than evening.
The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise came out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
- Hey, you creeping ants! No matter how many of you there are in this world, all of you crawl here and pick out the grain from your father’s stacks cleanly and cleanly.
In the morning the sea king calls Ivan the prince:
- Did you serve?
- Served, Your Majesty!
- Let's go have a look.
They came to the threshing floor - all the stacks were untouched, they came to the granaries - all the bins were full of grain.
- Thank you, brother! - said the sea king.
- Make me another church from pure wax so that it will be ready by dawn; this will be your last service.
Again, Ivan the Tsarevich walks through the yard and washes himself with tears.
- Why are you crying bitterly? - Vasilisa the Wise asks him from the high tower.
- How can I not cry, good fellow? The king of the sea ordered to make a church from pure wax in one night.
- Well, it’s not a problem yet, there will be trouble ahead. Go to bed; morning is wiser than evening.
The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise came out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
- Hey you, hard-working bees! No matter how many of you there are in this world, you all fly in herds and mold the church of God out of pure wax, so that by morning “it will be ready.
In the morning, Tsarevich Ivan got up, looked - there was a church made of pure wax, and went to the sea king with a report.
- Thank you, Ivan the Tsarevich! Whatever servants I had, no one was able to please as much as you. Therefore, be my heir, the preserver of the entire kingdom, choose any of my thirteen daughters as your wife.
Ivan Tsarevich chose Vasilisa the Wise; They were immediately married and feasted in joy for three whole days.
No more time passed, Ivan the Tsarevich yearned for his parents, and he wanted to go to Holy Rus'.
- Why is Ivan the Tsarevich so sad?
- Ah, Vasilisa the Wise, I was sad for my father, for my mother, I wanted to go to Holy Rus'.
- Now this trouble has come! If we leave, there will be a great pursuit after us; the king of the sea will be angry and put us to death. We have to manage!
Vasilisa the Wise spat in three corners, locked the doors to her mansion and ran with Ivan the Tsarevich to Holy Rus'.
The next day, early, messengers from the king of the sea arrive to raise the young people and invite them to the palace to the king. Knocking on doors:
- Wake up, wake up! Father is calling you.
- It’s still early, we didn’t get enough sleep: come back later! - one saliva answers.
So the messengers left, waited an hour or two and knocked again:
- It's not time to sleep, it's time to get up!
- Wait a little: let’s get up and get dressed! - answers the second saliva.
For the third time the messengers arrive:
- The king of the sea is angry, why are they cooling off for so long?
- We'll be there now! - answers the third saliva.
We waited, the messengers waited, and let’s knock again: no response, no response! The doors were broken down, but the mansion was empty.
They reported giving, the young people ran away for tea; He became embittered and sent a great pursuit after them.
And Vasilisa the Wise with Ivan the Tsarevich are already far away! They ride greyhound horses without stopping, without rest.
Well, Ivav the prince, fall down to the damp earth and listen, is there any pursuit from the sea king?
Ivan Tsarevich jumped off his horse, pressed his ear to the damp ground and said:
- I hear people’s rumors and horse tramping!
- They're after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise and immediately turned the horses into a green meadow, Ivan the prince - into an old shepherd, and she herself became a peaceful lamb.
The chase comes:
- Hey, old man! Didn't you see that a good fellow galloped here with a red maiden?
“No, good people, I haven’t seen it,” answers Ivan the Tsarevich, “I’ve been grazing in this place for forty years, not a single bird has flown past, not a single animal has prowled past!”
The chase turned back:
- Your Royal Majesty! We didn’t run into anyone on the way, we only saw a shepherd tending a sheep.
- What did you miss? After all, it was them! - the sea king shouted and sent a new pursuit.
And Ivan, the prince and Vasilisa the Wise, have been riding greyhounds for a long time.
- Well, Ivan the Tsarevich, fall down to the damp ground and listen, is there any pursuit from the sea king?
Ivan the Tsarevich got off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:
- I hear people’s rumors and horse tramping.
- They're after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise; she herself became a church, turned Tsarevich Ivan into an old priest, and horses into trees.
The chase comes:
- Hey, father! Didn't you see a shepherd pass here with a lamb?
- No, people: kind, I haven’t seen you; I have been working in this church for forty years - not a single bird has flown past, not a single animal has prowled past.
The chase turned back:
- Your Royal Majesty! Nowhere were they found a shepherd with a lamb; Only on the way did they see the church and the priest - an old man.
- Why didn’t you destroy the church and capture the priest? After all, it was them! - the sea king shouted and he himself galloped after Ivan the Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise.
And they went far.
Vasilisa the Wise speaks again:
- Ivan is a prince! Fall down to the damp ground - will you hear the chase?
Prince Ivan got off his horse, put his ear to the damp ground and said:
- I hear people’s rumors and the horse’s tramp more than ever.
- It is the king himself who is galloping.
Vasilisa the Wise turned the horses into a lake, Ivan the Tsarevich into a drake, and she herself became a duck.
The king of the sea galloped to the lake and immediately guessed who the duck and the drake were; hit the damp ground and turned into an eagle. The eagle wants to kill them to death, but that’s not the case: whatever doesn’t fly apart from above... the drake is about to strike, and the drake dives into the water; just about to hit the duck, and the duck dives into the water! I fought and fought, but I couldn’t do anything. The king of the sea galloped to his underwater kingdom, and Vasilisa the Wise and Ivan the Tsarevich waited good time and went to Holy Rus'.
Whether it was long or short, they arrived in the thirtieth kingdom.
“Wait for me in this little forest,” says Tsarevich Ivan to Vasilisa the Wise, “I’ll go and report to my father and mother in advance.”
- You will forget me, Ivan the Tsarevich!
- No, I won’t forget.
- No, Ivan the Tsarevich, don’t talk, you’ll forget! Remember me even when two doves begin to fight at the windows!
Ivan the Tsarevich came to the palace; his parents saw him, threw themselves on his neck and began to kiss him and have mercy on him; In his joy, Ivan the Tsarevich forgot about Vasilisa the Wise.
He lived another day with his father and mother, and on the third he decided to woo some princess.
Vasilisa the Wise went to the city and hired herself as a worker at a malt mill. They began to prepare the bread; she took two pieces of dough, made a pair of doves and put them in the oven.
- Guess, mistress, what will happen from these doves?
- What will happen? Let's eat them - that's all!
- No, I didn’t guess!
Vasilisa the Wise opened the stove, opened the window - and at that very moment the pigeons started up, flew straight into the palace and began to beat on the windows; No matter how hard the royal servants tried, they could not drive him away.
It was only then that Tsarevich Ivan remembered about Vasilisa the Wise, sent messengers everywhere to question and search, and found her at the bread mill; He took the white people by the hands, kissed them on the sugary lips, brought them to their father, to their mother, and they all began to live together, live well, and make good things. Here we go
In a certain kingdom there lived a merchant. He lived in marriage for twelve years and had only one daughter, Vasilisa the Beautiful. When her mother died, the girl was eight years old. Dying, the merchant's wife called her daughter to her, took out the doll from under the blanket, gave it to her and said:
Listen, Vasilisa! Remember and fulfill my last words. I’m dying and, together with my parent’s blessing, I’m leaving you this doll. Always keep her with you and don’t show her to anyone, and when some misfortune befalls you, give her something to eat and ask her for advice. She will eat and tell you how to help the misfortune.
The mother kissed her daughter and died.
After the death of his wife, the merchant grieved, and then began to think about how to get married again. He liked one widow. She was already old, had two daughters of her own, almost the same age as Vasilisa - therefore, she was both a housewife and an experienced mother. The merchant married a widow, but was deceived by her. Vasilisa was the first beauty in the whole village; so her stepmother and sisters were jealous of her beauty, tormented her with all kinds of work, so that she would lose weight from work, and turn black from the wind and sun!
Vasilisa endured everything without complaint and became prettier every day, but meanwhile the stepmother and her daughters grew thin and ugly from anger. How was this done? Vasilisa was helped by her doll. Without her, how would a girl cope with all her work! But sometimes Vasilisa herself wouldn’t eat, but would leave the doll’s most delicious morsel, and in the evening, after everyone had settled down, she would lock herself in the closet where she lived and treat her, saying:
Here, doll, eat, listen to my grief! I live in my father’s house, I don’t see any joy; the evil stepmother is driving me out of the world. Will you teach me how to be and live and what to do?
The doll eats, then gives advice, and consoles in grief, and the next morning she does all the work for Vasilisa, she just rests in the cold and picks flowers, and she already has the ridges weeded, and the cabbage is watered, and the water is applied, and the stove drowned. It was good for her to live with the doll. Several years have passed. Vasilisa grew up and became a bride. All the suitors in the city are wooing Vasilisa, no one even looks at her stepmother’s daughters. The stepmother gets angrier than ever and answers all the suitors:
I won’t give the younger one away before the older ones! - And while seeing off the suitors, he takes out his anger on Vasilisa with beatings.
One day, a merchant needed to leave home for a long time on trade business. The stepmother moved to live in another house, and near this house there was a dense forest. In that forest in a clearing there was a hut, Baba Yaga lived in it, she ate people like chickens. The merchant's wife continually sent her hated Vasilisa into the forest for something, but she always returned home safely: the doll showed her the way.
Autumn has arrived. The stepmother gave all three girls evening work: one to weave lace, the other to knit stockings, and Vasilisa to spin. She put out the fire in the whole house, left only one candle where the girls were working, and went to bed herself. Here's what's burned on the candle; one of the stepmother’s daughters took the tongs to straighten the lamp, but instead, on her mother’s orders, as if by accident, she put out the candle.
What should we do now? - the girls say. “There is no fire in the whole house, and our work is not finished.” We must run to Baba Yaga for fire!
The pins make me feel bright! - said the one who wove lace. - I won't go.
“And I won’t go,” said the one who was knitting the stocking. - I feel light from the knitting needles!
“You have to go get the fire,” they both shouted. - Go to Baba Yaga! - And they pushed Vasilisa out of the room.
Vasilisa went to her closet, placed the prepared dinner in front of the doll and said:
Here, little doll, eat and listen to my grief: they are sending me to Baba Yaga for fire.
The doll ate, and her eyes sparkled like two candles.
Don't be afraid, Vasilisa! - she said. - Go wherever they send you, just keep me with you at all times. With me, nothing will happen to you at Baba Yaga's.
Vasilisa got ready, put her doll in her pocket and, crossing herself, went into the dense forest. He walks and trembles. Suddenly a horseman gallops past her: he is white, dressed in white, the horse under him is white, and the harness on the horse is white - it began to dawn in the yard. She goes further, as another horseman gallops: he himself is red, dressed in red and on a red horse - the sun began to rise.
Vasilisa walked all night and all day, only by the next evening she came out into the clearing where Baba Yaga’s hut stood. A fence around the hut is made of human bones; human skulls with eyes stick out on the fence; instead of doors at the gate there are human legs, instead of locks there are hands, instead of a lock there is a mouth with sharp teeth. Vasilisa stood rooted to the spot. Suddenly the rider rides again: he is black, dressed all in black and on a black horse; galloped up to Baba Yaga's gate and disappeared, as if he had fallen through the ground - night came. Then the eyes of all the skulls on the fence began to glow, and the clearing became as light as day.
Soon a terrible noise was heard in the forest: Baba Yaga came out of the forest - riding in a mortar, driving with a pestle, covering the trail with a broom. She drove up to the gate, stopped and shouted:
Fu, fu! Smells like the Russian spirit! Who's here?
Vasilisa approached the old woman with fear and, bowing low, said:
It's me, grandma! My stepmother's daughters sent me to you for fire.
“I know them,” said Baba Yaga, “you live and work with me, then I’ll give you fire, and if not, I’ll eat you!” - Then she turned to the gate and shouted:
Hey, my locks are strong, open up, my gates are wide, open up!
The gates opened, Baba Yaga rode in, Vasilisa followed her in, and then everything was locked again.
Entering the upper room, Baba Yaga says to Vasilisa:
Bring me what’s in the oven here: I’m hungry.
Vasilisa lit a torch from those skulls that were on the fence, and began to serve the yaga food, and the food was prepared for about ten people; she brought kvass, honey, beer and wine from the cellar. The old woman ate everything, drank everything, leaving Vasilisa only a little bacon, a crust of bread and a piece of pig meat. Baba Yaga began to go to bed and said:
When I leave tomorrow, look - clean the yard, sweep the hut, cook dinner, prepare the laundry, and go to the granary, take a quarter of the wheat and clear it of the nigella. Make sure everything is done, or I’ll eat you!
Then Baba Yaga began to snore, and Vasilisa put the old woman’s scraps in front of the doll and said:
- Here, doll, eat, listen to my grief! Baba Yaga gave me a difficult job and threatens to eat me if I don’t do everything; help me!
The doll answered her:
Don't be afraid, Vasilisa the Beautiful! Have dinner, pray and go to bed; morning is wiser than evening!
Vasilisa woke up early, and Baba Yaga was already up. I looked out the window: the eyes of the skulls were dimming, then a white horseman flashed by - and it was completely dawn. Baba Yaga went out into the yard, whistled - a mortar with a pestle and a broom appeared in front of her. The red horseman flashed by - the sun rose. Baba Yaga sat down in the mortar and left the yard. Vasilisa was left alone, looked around Baba Yaga’s house, marveled at the abundance and stopped in thought: what work should she take on first. He looked, and all the work was already done - the doll was choosing the last nigella grains from the wheat.
Oh you, my deliverer! - Vasilisa said to the doll. - You saved me from trouble.
All you have to do is cook dinner,” the doll answers, getting into Vasilisa’s pocket. - Cook and relax to your health!
By evening, Vasilisa has prepared the table and is waiting for Baba Yaga. It began to get dark, a black horseman flashed behind the gate - and it became completely dark, only the eyes of the skulls glowed. The trees crackled, the leaves crunched - Baba Yaga is coming. Vasilisa met her.
Is everything done? - asks the yaga.
Please see for yourself, grandma! - said Vasilisa.
Baba Yaga looked at everything, was annoyed that there was nothing to be angry about, and said:
OK then! - Then she shouted: - My faithful servants, dear friends, grind my wheat!
Three pairs of hands appeared, grabbed the wheat and carried it away. Baba Yaga ate her fill, began to go to bed, and again gave orders to Vasilisa:
Tomorrow you do the same as today, and besides that, take poppy seeds from the bin and clear them from the earth, grain by grain, you see, someone out of malice mixed the earth into it!
The old woman began to snore, and Vasilisa began to feed her doll. The doll ate and said to her as yesterday:
Pray to God and go to bed: the morning is wiser than the evening!
The next morning, Baba Yaga again left the yard in a mortar, and Vasilisa and the doll immediately completed all the work. The old woman returned, looked at everything and shouted:
My faithful servants, dear friends, squeeze the oil out of the poppy seed!
Three pairs of hands appeared, grabbed the poppy and took it away. Baba Yaga sat down to dinner; Oya eats, and Vasilisa stands silently.
Why don't you say anything to me? - said Baba Yaga. - Are you standing there dumb?
“I didn’t dare,” Vasilisa answered, “but if you allow me, I would like to ask you something.”
Ask, but not every question leads to good: you will know a lot, you will soon grow old!
I want to ask you, grandmother, only about what I saw: when I was walking towards you, a rider on a white horse, white himself and in white clothes, overtook me: who is he?
“This is my clear day,” answered Baba Yaga.
Then another rider on a red horse overtook me, he was red and dressed all in red, who is this?
This is my red sun! - answered Baba Yaga.
And what does the black horseman mean who overtook me at your very gate, grandmother?
- This is my dark night - all my servants are faithful!
Vasilisa remembered the three pairs of hands, but remained silent.
Why aren't you asking yet? - said Baba Yaga.
I’ll have enough of this too, you yourself, grandmother, said that you will learn a lot - you will grow old.
It’s good,” said Baba Yaga, “that you only ask about what you saw outside the yard, and not in the yard!” I don’t like to have my dirty laundry washed out in public, and I eat people who are too curious! Now I ask you: how do you manage to do the work that I ask you?
My mother’s blessing helps me,” Vasilisa answered.
So that's it! Get away from me, blessed daughter!
She pushed Vasilisa out of the gate, took one skull with burning eyes from the fence and, sticking it on a stick, gave it to her:
Here's a fire for your stepmother's daughters, take it, that's what they sent you here for.
Vasilisa started running in the light of the skull and by the evening of the next day she reached her house. Approaching the gate, she wanted to throw the skull: “That’s right, at home,” she thinks, “they don’t need fire anymore.” But suddenly I heard a dull voice from the skull:
Don't leave me, take me to my stepmother!
She looked at her stepmother’s house and, not seeing a light in any window, decided to go there with the skull. For the first time they greeted her kindly and told her that since she left, they had no fire in the house: they could not make it themselves, and the fire they brought from the neighbors went out as soon as they entered the room with it.
Perhaps your fire will hold on! - said the stepmother. They brought the skull into the room, and the eyes from the skull just looked at the stepmother and her daughters, and they burned! They were hiding, but no matter where they rush, eyes are always following them. By morning they were completely burned into charcoal, only Vasilisa was left untouched.
In the morning, Vasilisa buried the skull in the ground, locked the house, went into the city and asked to live with an old woman. He lives for himself and waits for his father. Here's what he says to an old lady:
I'm bored of sitting idle, grandma! Go and buy the best flax; At least I'll spin.
The old lady bought some good flax. Vasilisa sat down to work, her work is burning, and the yarn comes out smooth and thin, like a hair. There's already a lot of yarn, it's time
and start weaving, but they won’t find such reeds that will be suitable for Vasilisa’s yarn. She began to ask for her doll, and she said:
Bring me some old reed, an old shuttle, and some horse mane, I’ll make it all for you.
Vasilisa got everything she needed and went to bed, and the doll made a glorious figure overnight. By the end of winter, the fabric was woven, and it was so thin that it could be threaded through a needle instead of a thread. In the spring the canvas was whitened, and Vasilisa said to the old woman:
- Sell this painting, grandma, and take the money for yourself.
The old woman looked at the goods and gasped:
No, child! There is no one but the king to wear such a linen, so I will take it to the palace.
The old woman went to the royal chambers. The king saw and asked:
What do you want, old lady?
“Your Royal Majesty,” the old woman answers, “I brought a strange product.” I don’t want to show it to anyone but you.
The king ordered the old woman to be let in, and when he saw the painting, he was astonished.
What do you want for him? - asked the king.
There is no price for him, Father Tsar! I brought it to you as a gift.
The king thanked him and sent the old woman away with gifts.
They cut shirts for the king from that linen, but nowhere could they find a seamstress who would undertake to sew them. The king called the old woman and said:
- You knew how to strain and weave such a fabric, you know how to sew shirts from it.
“It was not I, sir, who spun and wove the linen,” said the old woman, “this is the work of my adopted son, the girl.”
Well, let her sew it!
The old woman returned home and told Vasilisa about everything.
“I knew,” Vasilisa tells her, “that this work of my hands would not escape.”
She locked herself in her room, got to work, and soon a dozen shirts were ready. The old woman took the shirts to the king, and Vasilisa washed herself, combed her hair, got dressed and sat down under the window. He sits and waits for what will happen. He sees: the king’s servant is coming to the old woman’s courtyard. He entered the upper room and said:
The Tsar-Sovereign wants to see the skilled woman who sewed his shirts and reward her from his royal hands.
Vasilisa went and appeared before the king's eyes. When the Tsar saw Vasilisa the Beautiful, he fell in love with her without memory.
No,” he says, “my beauty!” I will not part with you, you will be my wife.
The king took Vasilisa by the white hands, sat her down next to him, and there they celebrated the wedding. Vasilisa’s father soon returned, rejoiced and stayed with his daughter. Vasilisa took the old lady in with her, and always carried the doll - a gift from her mother - in her pocket.
Far distant lands, in the thirtieth state, he lived - there was a king and a queen; they had no children. The king traveled through foreign lands, to distant sides, and did not go home for a long time; At that time, the queen gave birth to a son, Ivan, a prince, but the king doesn’t even know about it.
He began to make his way to his state, began to approach his land, and the day was hot, hot, the sun was so hot! And a great thirst came upon him; whatever you give, just to drink some water! He looked around and saw a large lake not far away; rode up to the lake, got off his horse, lay down on the ground and let’s swallow the cold water. He drinks and does not smell trouble; and the king of the sea grabbed him by the beard.
- Let me go! - the king asks.
“I won’t let you in, don’t you dare drink without my knowledge!”
- Take whatever ransom you want - just let him go!
- Give me something you don’t know at home.
The king thought - thought... What doesn’t he know at home? He seems to know everything, he knows everything,” and he agreed. I tried a beard - no one holds it; got up from the ground, mounted his horse and rode home.
When he comes home, the queen meets him with the prince, so joyful, and when he found out about his sweet brainchild, he burst into bitter tears. He told the queen how and what had happened to him, they cried together, but there was nothing to do, tears couldn’t fix the matter.
They began to live as before; and the prince grows and grows, like dough on sourdough, by leaps and bounds, and he has grown big.
“No matter how much you keep it with you,” the king thinks, “but you have to give it away: the matter is inevitable!” He took Ivan the prince by the hand and led him straight to the lake.
“Look here,” he says, “for my ring; I accidentally dropped it yesterday.
He left the prince alone and turned home. The prince began to look for the ring, walked along the shore, and an old woman came across him.
-Where are you going, Ivan the Tsarevich?
- Let go, don't bother me, old witch! And without you it’s annoying.
- Well, stay with God!
And the old woman walked away.
...And Ivan the Tsarevich thought about it: “Why did I curse the old woman? Let me turn it over; old people are cunning and shrewd! Maybe he’ll say something good.” And he began to turn the old woman over:
- Turn back, grandma, forgive my stupid word! After all, I said out of annoyance: my father made me look for the ring, I go and look, but the ring is gone!
“You are not here for the ring: your father gave you to the king of the sea; the king of the sea will come out and take you with him to the underwater kingdom.
The prince cried bitterly.
- Don’t worry, Ivan the Tsarevich! There will be a holiday on your street too; just listen to me, old woman. Hide behind that currant bush over there and hide quietly. Twelve doves will fly here - all red maidens, and after them the thirteenth; they will swim in the lake; and in the meantime, take the last one’s shirt and don’t give it back until she gives you her ring. If you fail to do this, you are lost forever; The sea king has a high palisade around the entire palace, for as much as ten miles, and on each spoke there is a head stuck; only one is empty, don't get caught in it!
Ivan Tsarevich thanked the old woman, hid behind a currant bush and waited for the time.
Suddenly twelve doves fly in; hit the damp ground and turned into red maidens, every single one of them indescribable beauty: neither thought of, nor guessed, nor written with a pen! They threw off their dresses and went into the lake: they play, splash, laugh, sing songs.
Following them, the thirteenth dove flew in; she hit the damp ground, turned into a red maiden, threw off her shirt from her white body and went for a swim; and she was the prettiest of all, the most beautiful of all!
For a long time Ivan the Tsarevich could not take his eyes off her; he looked at her for a long time and remembered what the old woman had told him; he crept up quietly and took away the shirt.
A red maiden came out of the water, grabbed her - there was no shirt, someone took it away; everyone rushed to look; They searched and searched and couldn’t see it anywhere.
- Don’t look, dear sisters! Fly home; It’s my own fault - I didn’t look enough, and I’ll answer myself. The red maiden sisters hit the damp ground, became doves, flapped their wings and flew away. Only one girl remained, looked around and said:
“Whoever it is who has my shirt, come out here; If you’re an old man, you’ll be my dear father; if you’re middle-aged, you’ll be a beloved brother; if you’re my equal, you’ll be a dear friend!
As soon as she said the last word, Ivan, the prince, appeared. She gave him a gold ring and said:
- Ah, Ivan the prince! Why haven't you come for a long time? The king of the sea is angry with you. This is the road that leads to the underwater kingdom; walk on it boldly! You will find me there too; after all, I am the daughter of the sea king, Vasilisa the Wise.
Vasilisa the Wise turned into a dove and flew away from the prince.
And Ivan the Tsarevich went to the underwater kingdom; he sees - and there the light is the same as ours; and there the fields, and meadows, and groves are green, and the sun is warm.
He comes to the sea king. The sea king shouted at him:
- Why haven’t you been here for so long? For your guilt, here is a service for you: I have a wasteland for thirty miles, both in length and across - only ditches, gullies and sharp stones! So that by tomorrow it would be as smooth as the palm of your hand, and the rye would be sown, and by early morning it would grow so tall that a jackdaw could bury itself in it. If you don’t do this, off your head!
Ivan, the prince, comes from the sea king, and he is shedding tears. Tall Vasilisa the Wise saw him through the window from her mansion and asked:
- Hello, Ivan the Tsarevich! Why are you shedding tears?
- How can I not cry? - the prince answers. “The king of the sea forced me to level ditches, gullies and sharp stones in one night and sow rye so that by morning it would grow and a jackdaw could hide in it.”
- It’s not a problem, there will be trouble ahead. Go to bed with God, the morning is wiser than the evening, everything will be ready!
Ivan the Tsarevich went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise came out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
- Hey you, my faithful servants! Level the deep ditches, remove the sharp stones, sow them with rye so that it will ripen by morning.
Tsarevich Ivan woke up at dawn, looked - everything was ready: there were no ditches, no gullies, there was a field as smooth as the palm of his hand, and there was rye on it - so high that the jackdaw would be buried.
I went to the sea king with a report.
“Thank you,” says the sea king, “for being able to serve.” Here's another job for you: I have three hundred stacks, each stack contains three hundred kopecks - all white wheat; Thresh all the wheat for me by tomorrow, cleanly, down to a single grain, and don’t break the stacks and don’t break the sheaves. If you don’t do it, off your head!
- I’m listening, Your Majesty! - said Ivan the Tsarevich; he walks around the yard again and sheds tears.
- Why are you crying bitterly? - Vasilisa the Wise asks him.
- How can I not cry? The king of the sea ordered me to thresh all the stacks in one night, not to drop the grain, and not to break the stacks and not to break the sheaves.
- It’s not a problem, there will be trouble ahead! Go to bed with God; morning is wiser than evening.
The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise came out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
- Hey, you creeping ants! No matter how many of you there are in this world, all of you crawl here and pick out the grain from your father’s stacks cleanly and cleanly.
In the morning the sea king calls Ivan the prince:
- Did you serve?
- Served, Your Majesty!
- Let's go have a look.
They came to the threshing floor - all the stacks were untouched, they came to the granaries - all the bins were full of grain.
- Thank you, brother! - said the sea king.
“Make me another church from pure wax so that it will be ready by dawn; this will be your last service.
Again Ivan the Tsarevich walks through the yard and washes himself with tears.
- Why are you crying bitterly? - Vasilisa the Wise asks him from the high tower.
- How can I not cry, good fellow? The king of the sea ordered to make a church from pure wax in one night.
- Well, it’s not a problem yet, there will be trouble ahead. Go to bed; morning is wiser than evening.
The prince went to bed, and Vasilisa the Wise came out onto the porch and shouted in a loud voice:
- Hey you, hard-working bees! No matter how many of you there are in this world, all of you fly in herds and mold the church of God out of pure wax, so that it will be ready by morning.
In the morning, Ivan the prince got up, looked at the church made of pure wax, and went to the sea king with a report.
- Thank you, Ivan the Tsarevich! Whatever servants I had, no one was able to please as much as you. Therefore, be my heir, the preserver of the entire kingdom, choose any of my thirteen daughters as your wife.
Ivan the Tsarevich chose Vasilisa the Wise; They were immediately married and feasted in joy for three whole days.
No less time passed, Ivan the Tsarevich yearned for his parents, and he wanted to go to Holy Rus'.
- Why are you so sad, Ivan the Tsarevich?
- Oh, Vasilisa the Wise, I was sad for my father, for my mother, I wanted to go to Holy Rus'.
- Now this trouble has come! If we leave, there will be a great pursuit after us; the king of the sea will be angry and put us to death. We have to manage!
Vasilisa the Wise spat in three corners, locked the doors to her mansion and ran with Ivan the Tsarevich to Holy Rus'.
The next day, early, messengers from the king of the sea arrive to raise the young people and invite them to the palace to the king. Knocking on doors:
- Wake up, wake up! Father is calling you.
- It’s still early, we didn’t get enough sleep: come back later! - one saliva answers.
So the messengers left, waited an hour or two, and knocked again:
“It’s not time to sleep, it’s time to get up!”
- Wait a little: let’s get up and get dressed! - answers the second saliva.
For the third time the messengers arrive:
- The king of the sea is angry, why are they cooling off for so long?
- We'll be there now! - answers the third saliva.
They waited, the messengers waited, and then let’s knock again: no response, no response! The doors were broken down, but the mansion was empty.
They reported giving, the young people ran away for tea; He became embittered and sent a great pursuit after them.
And Vasilisa the Wise with Ivan the Tsarevich are already far away! They ride greyhound horses without stopping, without rest.
Come on, Ivan the Tsarevich, fall down to the damp ground and listen, is there any pursuit from the sea king?
Ivan Tsarevich jumped off his horse, pressed his ear to the damp earth and said:
- I hear people’s rumors and horse tramping!
- They're after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise and immediately turned the horses into a green meadow, Ivan the prince into an old shepherd, and she herself became a peaceful lamb.
The chase comes:
- Hey, old man! Have you seen a good fellow galloping here with a red maiden?
“No, good people, I haven’t seen it,” answers Ivan the Tsarevich, “I’ve been grazing in this place for forty years, not a single bird has flown past, not a single animal has prowled past!”
The chase turned back:
- Your Royal Majesty! We didn’t run into anyone on the way, we only saw a shepherd tending a sheep.
- What was missing? After all, it was them! - the sea king shouted and sent a new pursuit.
And Ivan the Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise have been riding greyhounds for a long time.
- Well, Ivan the Tsarevich, fall down to the damp ground and listen, is there any pursuit from the sea king?
Ivan the Tsarevich got off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:
- I hear people’s rumors and horse tramping.
- They're after us! - said Vasilisa the Wise; she herself became a church, turned Ivan the prince into an old priest, and turned horses into trees.
The chase comes:
- Hey, father! Didn't you see a shepherd pass here with a lamb?
- No, people: kind, I haven’t seen you; I have been working in this church for forty years - not a single bird has flown past, not a single animal has prowled past.
The chase turned back:
- Your Royal Majesty! Nowhere were they found a shepherd with a lamb; Only on the way did they see the church and the priest—an old man.
- Why didn’t you destroy the church and capture the priest? After all, it was them! - the sea king shouted and he himself galloped after Ivan the Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise.
And they went far.
Vasilisa the Wise speaks again:
- Ivan is a prince! Fall down to the damp ground - won't you hear the chase?
Prince Ivan got off his horse, put his ear to the damp ground and said:
“I hear people’s rumors and the horse’s tramp more than ever.”
“It’s the king himself who’s galloping.”
Vasilisa the Wise turned the horses into a lake, Ivan the prince into a drake, and she herself became a duck.
The king of the sea galloped to the lake and immediately guessed who the duck and the drake were; hit the damp ground and turned into an eagle. The eagle wants to kill them to death, but that’s not the case - it was: what doesn’t fly apart from above... now - now the drake will strike, and the drake will dive into the water; now - now he will hit the duck, and the duck will dive into the water! I fought and fought, but I couldn’t do anything. The king of the sea galloped to his underwater kingdom, and Vasilisa the Wise and Ivan the Tsarevich waited for a good time and went to Holy Rus'.
Whether it was long or short, they arrived in the thirtieth kingdom.
“Wait for me in this little forest,” says Prince Ivan to Vasilisa the Wise, “I’ll go and report to my father and mother.”
- You will forget me, Ivan the Tsarevich!
- No, I won’t forget.
- No, Ivan the Tsarevich, don’t talk, you’ll forget! Remember me even when two doves begin to fight at the windows!
Ivan the prince came to the palace; his parents saw him, threw themselves on his neck and began to kiss him and show mercy to him; In his joy, Ivan the Tsarevich forgot about Vasilisa the Wise.
He lived another day with his father and mother, and on the third he decided to woo some princess.
Vasilisa the Wise went to the city and hired herself as a worker at a malt mill. They began to prepare the bread; she took two pieces of dough, made a pair of doves and put them in the oven.
- Guess, mistress, what will happen from these doves?
- What will happen? Let's eat them - that's all!
- No, I didn’t guess!
Vasilisa the Wise opened the stove, opened the window - and at that very moment the pigeons started up, flew straight into the palace and began to beat on the windows; No matter how hard the royal servants tried, they could not drive him away.
Only then Ivan the Tsarevich remembered about Vasilisa the Wise, sent messengers in all directions to question and search, and found her at the bread mill; He took the white people by the hands, kissed them on the sugary lips, brought them to their father, to their mother, and they all began to live together, live well, and make good things.