Fairy tale on a miracle-monster overseas, the maiden-beauty
And a grey she-wolf

It is a lot of years ago army Cossack it is cunningly far from Don to give острастку to hordes enemy, that incessantly villages attacked. And here during that time because of the sea, because of ocean the Miracle-monster, terrible, strong, with twenty hands, with ten feet, with seven heads has come to Silent Don. The fish tail in length about verst, and eyes, as fires: burn, sparks from them smoke also fly.

Floats upwards on the river, waves raises, water stirs up, of moustached catfishes swallows. Will meet a launch with fishermen, will strike a tail - only caps fishing remain to float on muddy waves.

Women and children-orphans ashore cry, yes to a grief will not help. And the terrible Miracle-monster floats to itself yes floats, and where will float, there tears human - whirlpools whole.

Silent Don for anger groans also. It has turned black, has foamed, terrible became. Wishes to stop a breast the Miracle-monster, yes very much it is strong, will not master it.

After Miracle-monster its army floats - overseas animals terrible: not that fishes, not that people. Each animal the weapon обвешан. Eyes at them malicious, greedy, as at robbers, and шныряют on the parties: look narrowly, where extraction to seize. The animal of the person will see, will remove onions from a shoulder, will get an arrow from a quiver, will pull a bowstring and directly the arrow flies to heart human.

The Miracle-monster in that place, whence Don the beginning has come takes, has laid down a belly on sand, began to drink water. Day drinks, two drinks, and in Don waters already becomes a little. Don grows turbid, at coast foams, waves about stones beats, rolls, as if cries.

Also have solved then the old men who have remained on Don yes teenagers to go war on the Miracle-monster. They have ground sabres, have pricked up peaks, have sat down on horses and have gone to that place where the Miracle-monster with the army has settled down.

Whether long they went, whether have much passed, only suddenly see - before them the sea was stretched. High waves walk on the sea, seagulls white fly over them, the sea as if becomes angry rustles.

People were surprised: whence here the sea has appeared? Never it was here. And have then understood, that this Miracle-monster drinks water from Don, and here pours out, that they have not passed.

Suddenly left from this exhausting the Miracle-monster army. At each animal in hands onions with arrows, and arrows that poison deadly are poisoned. Children yes old men as hailstones arrows have departed to them were not in time and come round. Fly, as bumblebees, hoot.

People fall, their army thins.

They have departed from coast, have set up the camp, began to think a thought what to do, and have decided the help to ask from people that is far on the north from Don lived, whence and they, Cossacks, have come.

There was among Cossacks a brave soldier by name of Stepan, and there was at it a beauty daughter Светланка. Mother at Светланки has died, and it has gone with the father-old man on war with Miracle-monster to fight. Stepan has called a daughter and has told:

- Far from here, behind three woods, behind two rivers, there lives my big brother, and your native дядька. Sit down on a horse, a daughter, skip to it, tell, that has collected people in a campaign and conducted to us on help. Long and severely it is necessary to us to fight with Miracle-monster for our Silent Don, for all our native land. Also the big force human is necessary.

Has embraced Светланка the father, has kissed him, villages on a horse fast and has rushed off.

Whether it long went, whether has much passed, only suddenly sees: the small small fish lays ashore, air suffices the opened mouth, fights, chokes without water. The sun bakes, as fire, and eyes at a small fish have become muddy, as dim glass.

It became a pity Светланке a small fish. It has jumped off from a horse, took a small fish on hands and has incurred it to the river. Has started up a small fish in water, has looked, as it has wagged a tail, and only wished to go to the horse, lo and behold - and astride its game the animal-fish from the Miracle-monster army sits.

The animal-fish плеткой has waved, has struck a horse and has skipped away away.

Запечалилась the girl. Has sat down ashore and has bitterly begun to cry.

"How I now will reach the дядьки? - Thought Светланка. - he Lives behind three woods, behind two rivers, and while I will reach it, many people will be lost from the Miracle-monster, from arrows of its robbers".

She cried-cried, has then got drunk waters and has gone along coast.

Went-went Светланка, the sun has already disappeared behind hills, became dark, are expensive it is not visible.

At last it has approached to wood. Villages under a tree, has pulled out from a bag a piece of bread and only has started to eat - hears, someone groans plaintively as though to tell something wants.

She has looked back around, sees: the she-wolf lays, blood at it from a foot flows, the mouth from thirst is opened, eyes look on Светланку, as human.

The girl was not frightened. It has approached to a she-wolf, has torn off a piece from the dress, has tied up to it a foot. Has then typed in a spring of pure water, has given to drink a she-wolf and has given it all bread, having thought: "All the same both of us we will not be full one piece, the grey she-wolf наестся" let is better.

Then, tired by long, has laid down Светланка near to a she-wolf and has strong fallen asleep.

Whether it is a lot of, whether she a little slept, only hears, how someone language to it licks a hand. Has opened eyes, and before it the grey she-wolf costs, looks, a head on the back shows, as if speaks: "Sit down, Светланка, sit down".

Villages Svetlanka to a she-wolf on a back, has grasped hands her neck, and they have rushed, as a wind, through woods, through ре ки, through meadows. It goes, goes, suddenly sees: on a wood edge, about an izba, the ancient-ancient old woman sits, a grey hair on a wind flutters, from tear eyes on the earth falls.

Слезла from she-wolf Светланка, has approached to the old woman, has bowed to it and has affably said:

- About what you cry, the grandmother? Whether to help you with what?

The old woman has looked at the girl and has answered:

- Thanks you, внученька. I became old, eyes do not see mine, hands-feet do not obey. I sit here, I can not rise. Three days I do not eat anything, I do not drink. A grief to me...

Has brought Светланка waters to the old woman, has entered into a hut, has tidied up purely, a Russian cabbage soup has welded on, has then fed the old woman and to say goodbye became.

And the old woman also speaks:

- To kind heart - kind affairs. It is conducted to me, that you go to дядьке to the to call him to the aid to your father. Only nobody will be found by you there: people about Miracle-monster invasion have heard, have gone to help your army. And you, внученька, go back. And for your kindness - here to you a gift: open a chest in my room, take there палицу. Палица that not simple, but magic. As you will meet with ворогами, you will lift палицу over a head and you will tell:

Палица, палица, a manumission удалица,
For Russian волюшку, free раздольюшко
Crush the enemy, break the enemy,
Break the enemy, and develop the enemy!. Took Светланка magic палицу, has thanked the old woman, villages on a grey she-wolf and has gone back. It goes put, goes two, it wanted to it водицы to get drunk.

It has approached to the river, has bent, that waters to scoop, and therefrom the small fish has put out a head and speaks a human voice:

- Hi, the maiden, hi, the beauty! I a small fish-sterljadka, have rescued you me recently from death fierce, and now I will pay back you with good: go directly on the east, you will reach dark blue lake, and in it my sister lives. Send to it regards yes ask, on what road to go to green lake, there the grandmother washing lives. To the grandmother bow yes ask for it a shirt-kolchuzhku. And as you will put on a shirt-kolchuzhku, go directly on the Miracle-monster, beat him palitsej-udalitsej. And your shirt-kolchuzhku arrows fast will not punch neither a sabre вострые, nor.

Has told so a small fish-sterljadka, a tail has wagged and has disappeared. Has said goodbye Светланка to a grey she-wolf and has gone to that party, whence the sun ascends.

Whether long went, whether it is far it has left, sees - the lake before it shines, water in it dark blue-dark blue, as the sky. In lake of fish different float, turtles on a bottom creep, and at coast стерлядка lays, a head has put out, on the sun is heated.

Has approached to it Светланка and speaks:

- Hi, стерлядка! There is I through fields and woods, from the Most silent Don, and bear to you bow from your sister. She ordered to bow to you yes to wish to live-live long years.

- Thanks, the maiden, - answer стерлядка. - For a long time I did not see the sister. As you will see it is bow to it from me.

- Whether instead of you where its grandmother lives know? - Has asked Светланка.

- How not to know, - answers стерлядка. - Go directly on the east, you will reach a high oak, and there the ant path directly to green lake conducts. There also there lives the old woman. You will see it is bow to it.

Has thanked Светланка a small fish and has gone again directly on the east.

Went-went, sees - there is an oak high, circle of an oak acorns roll also ants-rabotnichki fuss. Has got accustomed Светланка, and from an ant heap the path goes. Ants-rabotnichki, there, here run somewhere.

Has gone Светланка on an ant path and has come to green lake. Lake deep, water in it green, on water-lily water float, in water gold small fishes as children, play.

Gold small fishes Светланку have seen, were frightened and have dived on a bottom.

And now the old-old small fish-sterljadka has come up. She has looked on Светланку and speaks:

- If with good has come, the maiden, - hi! To kind heart - kind affairs. Tell, the beauty, whence has come, what for has welcomed?

Has bowed to it Светланка and answers:

- Hi, a small fish-sterljadka. I to you have brought bow from your grand daughter from Silent Don yes from other grand daughter from dark blue lake. They ordered to bow to you yes to wish to live-live many years. And still your grand daughter - that, that on Don lives, - ordered to tell, that the dashing misfortune has come: the Miracle-monster with robbers walks across Don, Don groans, people and fishes groan. Is at me palitsa-udalitsa, yes it is a lot of arrows at the Miracle-monster: not to approach to it, not to approach. And the army Cossack in a distant campaign has left, there were houses only old men yes women. Here I also have come to ask you a shirt-kolchuzhku yes for suggestions the wise.

Small fish-sterljadka Светланку has listened and has dived into lake. The girl a small fish Waits-pozhdet - there is no it.

There has passed a lot of time, but water on silent lake here was again excited, has come up old стерлядка. In a mouth it held a shirt-kolchuzhku which on the sun was poured by all colours of a rainbow.

The small fish to coast has swum up, has left on it a shirt-kolchuzhku and, having addressed in the bashful person, has said:

- Here take a magic shirt-kolchuzhku. With it the sorcerer hundred years ago has thrown me and has told: "you one hundred years Will live fish. The Miracle-monster will come in hundred years to Don, a lot of the grief will bring. Kohl will be at that time on Don the maiden that will agree to relieve Silent Don of the Miracle-monster, and most for hundred years a shirt-kolchuzhku to put on and hundred years in Don to float, you will give it this shirt". Here hundred years also passed since then. And the Miracle-monster was declared, the grief has brought. And whether you agree Silent Don from a grief to relieve?

Has looked Светланка at the maiden, and, not fluctuating, has answered:

- How to be not consent? Ours after all it, the father Silent Don... And people how many perishes, and burning how many!. And will charm Don the Miracle-monster, after all and further will go, across all Russia разор will make.

Has put on itself shirt-kolchuzhku Светланка, has said goodbye to the bashful person and return is faster in a way was started up.

Goes, a thought thinks, how somewhat quicker Silent Don from a grief to relieve, a terrible Miracle-monster to destroy, to people pleasure and a manumission волюшку to return.

Goes-goes, looks - the grey she-wolf on road lays, for it waits.

Was delighted Светланка, has rushed to a grey she-wolf, for its neck embraces, шерстку it irons, sentences:

- Hi, a grey she-wolf, hi, the girl-friend my true. I have become bored of you, as on sister native.

And the grey she-wolf too was delighted, caresses to Светланке, looks at it, and eyes are shone by its pleasure.

Villages Svetlanka on a grey she-wolf also has rushed off to Silent Don.

And there at that time severe fight went between Cossacks and Miracle-monster armies. Cossacks Don bravely fight, teenagers yes old men but not to resist it terrible force of the Miracle-monster: on each person on hundred robbers it is necessary.

And nevertheless Cossacks do not recede. Whistle in air of their sabre sharp, heads predatory fly down to the ground. And the Miracle-monster costs aside, of fight observes, grins: it will be fast supposedly the end Silent Доиу.

Yes not for long it was necessary to rejoice to robbers: the maiden-beauty has come tearing along suddenly on a grey she-wolf, golden plaits from a wind flutter, the shirt-kolchuzhka silver on it shines, in hands terrible палица the magic.

Grey she-wolf under it, as a kind horse: at animals spitefully looks, growls.

And Светланка has bowed from the waist to the father, all people military, and has then lifted over a head палицу and has spoken:

Палица, палица, a manumission удалица,

For Russian волюшку, free раздольюшко

Crush the enemy, break the enemy,

Break the enemy and develop the enemy!.

She has told so, has waved палицей and has rushed off directly on the Miracle-monster army.

Will strike палицей to the left - ten goals predatory on the earth fall, will strike to the right - twenty goals slide by the ground.

Fly in Светланку arrows poisoned, cut its sabres sharp, yes the shirt-kolchuzhka is strong: you will not punch it, you will not split.

And the grey she-wolf teeth tears robbers, feet tramples down.

Has thrown in fight the Miracle-monster all spare regiments, and несдобровать Cossacks, but here accepted from the north to the aid an army mighty. Banners flutter, sounds trumpet, a war-call of soldiers are audible.

Miracle-monster regiments have moved back, and it forward has rushed, holding in each hand on a sabre.

Has seen it Светланка, has approached on it, has waved the палицей - two goals of the Miracle-monster as was not.

And Светланка already again палицу over a head has lifted, sentences:

... Break the enemy,

Break the enemy and develop the enemy!.

The Miracle-monster was afraid, to run wanted, yes far from it. Светланка has waved палицей several times, and seven goals of the Miracle-monster on the Don earth here lay, lay, in blood bathe.

And Светланка слезла from a grey she-wolf, has embraced her and has told:

- Thanks you for your service. We will leave you, yes for a short while. Come to Silent Don, do not forget me.

Here father Svetlankin has approached to them, and behind it and all people.

The father has embraced Светланку and has told:

- It is conducted to us, a daughter that you leave from us to Silent Don. Сослужила you the big service to the people, and long it will remember you. And you remember always the people, do not forget about it never: neither in a grief, nor in pleasure.

Has looked Светланка at the father and has answered:

- Good-bye, the father. Do not mourn what to leave to me it is necessary from you. Though I will live hundred years in a shirt-kolchuzhke in the Don water, and heart always I will be with you.

Has told so Светланка and has turned to a small small fish. Its people on hands took, have carried to Silent Don and have lowered in water.

They as the small fish from coast has floated have looked, have stood and slowly the affairs have gone to do.

And the grey she-wolf still long-long laid ashore and looked is sad in water.

... On it the fairy tale comes to an end.

Old people say, that when the enemy to Silent Don came whence-nibud, there was on a grey she-wolf a maiden-beauty in a shirt-kolchuzhke, with magic палицей in hands - and ran then the enemy from Silent Don.

And then Светланка and absolutely remained with people already never to leave from them.