Fairy tale on the Silver deer

There lived once one very well-aimed marksman. Its arrows always hit the mark. From hunting it never came back with empty hands. But the marksman was the slave and everything, that extracted on hunting, gave to the owner, and that is to the tsar.

Once the herald has notified, that the tsar marries the daughter, and and воеводам it is ordered to all boyars to be in a palace. Began to gather in a palace and the owner of the marksman and has ordered to the hunter to shoot for one day nine carts of game to bring to their tsar.

Difficult business the owner has charged an arrow, but there was nothing to do; took the young man onions and arrows and together with загонщиками has gone to wood. It all the day long hunted and has shot nine carts of game. By the evening he has already solved was to come back home, as suddenly dogs have driven to it a deer. The hunter has looked at a deer and the star was gave — a deer not simple, but silver! It has aimed at it, has pulled a bowstring, but the deer has suddenly started talking:

— Do not kill me, the young man, for kindly kind you I will pay back.

The hunter has heard these words, was surprised and has asked:

— What good the deer, let even can make to me the silver? Well approach to me, I will not touch you.

— Throw onions then I will approach! — the deer has answered.

The young man has thrown onions. The deer has approached to it and has asked:

— You want, I will make you the son-in-law of the tsar?

— You will make me the son-in-law of the tsar? — The young man was surprised.

— Only order! — the deer has answered.

— Well, make me the son-in-law of the tsar!

— Now go spend the owner, and then return on the same place, whistle for three times in beechen sheet, and I will come running.

The young man and has made. Spent the owner, has returned to wood and has whistled for three times in beechen sheet. The deer has come running and has asked:

— You wish to go on competitions with which the tsar arranges?

The young man was surprised:

— How I will go there, after all I not the boyar, not воевода? How I can go in such clothes? And there is no at me either a horse, or a weapon.

— Do not worry about it. I will become your horse Put a hand under that stone and pull out therefrom two snakes. They will hiss, but you be not afraid. One of them will replace to you a bit, and other lash.

The young man has made how the deer ordered to it. The dragon has pulled out, and only has enclosed one of them in a mouth to a deer as that has turned to a wonderful white horse.

— And now cut off a stick and соскреби a moss from a stone under which you have found a dragon! — the horse has told.

The young man has again made how the horse ordered to it. The stick has immediately turned to a sharp sabre, and under a moss it has found шитую gold clothes. The hunter has changed clothes, took a sabre, an onions and arrows, has jumped on a horse and has gone to a palace.

When it has ridden in capital, the herald just declared, that the tsar will give out the daughter for the one who will overtake all equestrians, will hit hurriedly a fly and рассечет a sabre a stone.

Competitions have begun. Together with other contenders the hunter has jumped also. For halfway it has overtaken all — its horse rushed faster a wind and has come the first. Then began to shoot at a flying fly. Nobody managed to get to it, only the hunter has got. The turn рассечь a stone has then approached. Nobody has dared to make it. The horse has whispered to the hunter that it has tried the forces. The hunter has swung also time cut with a sabre a stone half-and-half.

Then the tsar has married the daughter to it. Have celebrated wedding, and the horse has told to the hunter:

— I leave back in wood. Here to you my hair. When I will be necessary to you, bring it to fire, and I will come running!

— Live to itself on an ox, a deer! — the hunter has answered. — now I the son-in-law of the tsar, and me am necessary nothing! — Also did not take a hair.

Whether it is a lot of, whether not enough time has passed, and the former owner of the hunter began to search the slave. Everywhere for it searched, but and has not found. Has gone then it to wood to the sorcerer and has asked it where the marksman has got to. The sorcerer has told fortunes on beans and has told to the boyar, that the slave became the son-in-law of the tsar.

As the owner has heard it, has terribly become angry and this very day its son-in-law not a nobleman, and the slave has informed the tsar, that.

The tsar was angry, has called the daughter and all to it has told.

— I was convinced for a long time of it, the father, — the daughter has answered. — at night he often raves, and I have understood, that you have married me to the simple peasant.

— Here your present husband, the daughter! The tsar-has exclaimed and has shown on the boyar. — and that deceiver it is necessary to punish. Tell, the daughter, what with it to make?

— Give we will throw it in the sea, let it will be eaten by fishes!

The tsar has agreed and has ordered to policemen:

— Seize it, adhere to it on a neck the big stone and throw in the sea!

And to the boyar has told:

— You will become my son-in-law. I give you half of kingdom, fine onions and a wonderful sabre of this deceiver.

Policemen have seized the hunter and have led it to the sea. They have adhered to it on a neck a stone and have thrown in water. The young man has gone to a bottom. Here to it huge fish has swum up, has swallowed it, and it has come to be at it in a stomach. Then fish has floated to coast, has opened a mouth, and the young man left on coast. Near coast wood began, and the young man has started wandering to it. He has gorged on wild berries and has laid down to have a rest. And when has woken up, has seen over itself a silver deer. The hunter has become angry, has seized the first stick under a hand and has threatened on it.

— Постой, постой! — the deer has shouted. — I have come to rescue you!

— Away from here! It because of you I have got to a trouble!

— You are guilty, — the deer has answered. — if took a hair, I would learn at once, that you have got to a trouble. It is good, that I have appeared in time in time!

Is not you has rescued me, and the big fish!

— Yes, but I was this fish. As has learnt, that you wish to throw in the sea, I have run at once to you to the aid, but have not appeared in time in time. Then I have turned back fish and have pulled out you on coast.

— Thanks you, the deer, — has told the young man. — forgive me for unfair words. Also help me to get out from here.

— I cannot help you more. There is no at me such force. But I will give you a floret with three petals. It will help you. When the first trouble will come, eat a green petal. When the second trouble will come, eat a dark blue petal. And when you will come in capital, eat a scarlet petal. Also remember, that your happiness in the first tooth which will drop out, in the first chip which will fly away aside, and in the beautiful girl.

Having told it, the deer has stamped a foot and has disappeared. And the hunter has gone to a way. There was it, went on wood, and to it the end to edge is not present. Suddenly huge monsters have jumped out of a thicket and have rushed on it. The hunter has quickly eaten a green petal and has immediately turned to a lizard. He has whisked in a grass and has escaped. Monsters remained far behind, and before it the sea has opened. It has gone along coast and has soon come to be on a former place. The hunter that is on island has understood and not to be forwarded to it through the sea. Then he has eaten a dark blue petal, and at the very same time over the sea there was a rainbow. The hunter on a rainbow as on the bridge, passed the sea has gone and has gone to capital. Before to enter into a city, he has eaten last, scarlet petal, and has immediately turned to a wonderful brown horse. He began to frolic on a glade, and has then run in in a court yard of poor old men. The grandma of a horse has seen, has rushed to collars, has slammed them and has called the grandfather. The grandfather has come, has looked at a horse, has shaken a head and has told:

— This horse not for us! We Will sell to its tsar.

— Well, — the grandma has agreed.

With a horse the old man has gone to capital. There at once it was surrounded with crowd of gapers — to everyone was wished to look at a wonderful horse. The tsar about a game has heard also, left on a balcony to look at it, but has seen nothing. It has sent then son-in-law to look at a racer. As the son-in-law of a horse has seen, at once has given to the old man a full purse of gold for it. Has then jumped on a horse to be passed on it, but the horse has reared and has dumped the goer. The son-in-law has fallen to the earth and hardly was has not broken to death. He has terribly become angry and ordered to kill a horse. At this time on capital there passed the young beautiful servant. She has seen a horse, has caressed it and has begun to cry:

— Such beautiful horse, and should perish for the sake of whim of the imperial son-in-law. If is not able to keep in a saddle, would not sit down.

Here the horse has whispered to the girl:

— If it is a pity to you me when me will kill, take my forward tooth and dig it in a garden at a palace.

The servant has agreed to comply with its request. When executioners have killed a horse, at it the forward tooth has dropped out. The girl has lifted it, has carried in a garden and has dug before an imperial palace. By the evening on that place the wonderful tree has grown. When its foliage rustled, the song sounded. In the morning at an unusual tree the big crowd has gathered — all would like to look at it. The son-in-law of the tsar has come also. But only it has come nearer to a tree as the song has ceased also branches have acquired prickles. Захлестали branches of the son-in-law also have torn up to pieces it in blood.

The son-in-law of the tsar has become angry and has ordered to cut down a tree. The servant has heard it and has exclaimed:

— Such beautiful tree, and will cut down it for the sake of whim of the son-in-law!

Here the tree has rustled:

— If you wish me to rescue, pick up the first chip which will fly away aside when me begin to cut, and throw it in lake!

The girl and has made. Only she has thrown a chip as the chip has turned to a gold duck in lake. The son-in-law of the tsar has seen a duck, has seized onions and has shot at it, but the arrow has flown by by because the duck has departured to opposite coast. In second time the son-in-law has shot, but again has not got to a duck. Only when it has shot at third time, the duck has toppled over in water. Then the son-in-law has undressed and has rushed to lake to pick up it. It only has entered into water as the duck who only pretended to be killed, has risen in air and has departed to clothes which was left by the son-in-law. There it has hit about the earth and has turned to the person. The person has put on, took onions, an arrow and a sabre and has gone to a city.

The imperial son-in-law towards coast has looked, has seen the former slave, has got a fright and with fear has sunk.

And the hunter has gone to a palace. Gate have appeared on a lock, and from towers the guards began to shoot at it. It then has seized the onions and has interrupted all guards. Has then cracked iron gate and has entered into a palace. Its imperial daughter has seen, has rushed to it and began to ask about mercy, deceiving, that loves it.

The hunter has asked it:

— And what for you have ordered to throw me in the sea?

— I was mistaken then. But after all you remained is live.

— Well, — the hunter has answered, — now I will order to throw you together with your father in the sea. And there it will be visible — can, and you will manage to survive!

Also has ordered to throw the tsar and his daughter in the sea. The tsar and its malicious daughter have sunk, and the hunter became the tsar and married the servant. It long corrected the country and has made a lot of good to good people.