--- title: Opening, part 30 — Russian Folk-Tales · full text with trees · page 2 description: Opening, part 30, «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: “Good-day, Tsarévich,” said Bába Yagá: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/) / Opening, part 30 # Opening, part 30 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/) **2** Vasilísa the Wise learned of this, chose her opportunity, and said to the Tsarévich, “The first time I will wave my dress, the second time I will smooth my dress, and the third time there shall be a fly buzzing round my head.”[73](../../73/ "tree and pragmatics") Thus he was able to guess Vasilísa all three times.[74](../../74/ "tree and pragmatics") And they were betrothed, and there was a merry feast for three days.[75](../../75/ "tree and pragmatics") Time went by, may-be little, may-be much.[76](../../76/ "tree and pragmatics") Iván Tsarévich grew anxious to see his father and mother, and he wished to go back to Holy Russia.[77](../../77/ "tree and pragmatics") “Why are you so grieved, Iván Tsarévich?”[78](../../78/ "tree and pragmatics") “O Vasilísa the Wise, I am afflicted for my father and my mother, and desire to behold Holy Russia.”[79](../../79/ "tree and pragmatics") “If we go away there will be a mighty chase after us.[80](../../80/ "tree and pragmatics") The Sea Tsar will be wroth, and will give us over to death.[81](../../81/ "tree and pragmatics") We must be cunning.”[82](../../82/ "tree and pragmatics") So Vasilísa spat in three corners, and the doors of her room opened, and she, with Iván Tsarévich, ran into Sacred Russia.[83](../../83/ "tree and pragmatics") On the second day, very early, an embassy came from the Sea Tsar to catch the young couple and to summon them into the palace, and they knocked on the door: “Wake up, get up from your sleep; your father is calling you.”[84](../../84/ "tree and pragmatics") “It is yet early: we have not yet had our sleep; come later on,” one pool answered.[85](../../85/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the ambassadors retired, and they waited one hour and another hour, and they knocked again: “This is not the time and season to sleep; this is the time and season to get up.”[86](../../86/ "tree and pragmatics") “Have a little patience, we will get up; we are dressing,” the second pool answered.[87](../../87/ "tree and pragmatics") And the third time the envoys came, saying that the Sea Tsar was angry: “Why are you so long making ready?”[88](../../88/ "tree and pragmatics") “We will be down soon,” answered the third pool.[89](../../89/ "tree and pragmatics") So the messengers waited and waited, and then again knocked.[90](../../90/ "tree and pragmatics") Then there was no answer and no reply, so they broke in the door, and all was empty.[91](../../91/ "tree and pragmatics") Then they went and sent word to the Sea Tsar that the young folk had run away.[92](../../92/ "tree and pragmatics") He was very angry, and he set a mighty hunt after them.[93](../../93/ "tree and pragmatics") But Vasilísa the Wise, with Iván Tsarévich, was already very far ahead: they were leaping on swift horses without staying, without taking breath.[94](../../94/ "tree and pragmatics") “Now, Iván Tsarévich, bend your head down to the grey earth and listen.[95](../../95/ "tree and pragmatics") Is there no noise of a hunt from the Sea Tsar?”[96](../../96/ "tree and pragmatics") Iván Tsarévich leapt down from his horse, put his ear to the ground, and said, “I hear the talk of people, and the tramp of horses.”[97](../../97/ "tree and pragmatics") “This is the hunt after us,” said Vasilísa the Wise.[98](../../98/ "tree and pragmatics") And she at once turned the horses into a green meadow, Iván Tsarévich into an old shepherd, and herself into a brooding lamb.[99](../../99/ "tree and pragmatics") The hunt passed by.[100](../../100/ "tree and pragmatics") “Ho, old man, have you seen a doughty youth with a fair maiden galloping by?”[101](../../101/ "tree and pragmatics") “No, good folk, I have not seen them,” said Iván Tsarévich.[102](../../102/ "tree and pragmatics") “It is forty years I have been pasturing on these fields; not one bird has ever flown by, not one wild beast has ever rambled by.”[103](../../103/ "tree and pragmatics") So they returned home.[104](../../104/ "tree and pragmatics") “Your Imperial Majesty, we saw no one on the road; we only saw a shepherd feeding a little sheep.”[105](../../105/ "tree and pragmatics") “Why did you not take it?[106](../../106/ "tree and pragmatics") That was themselves!” said the Sea Tsar.[107](../../107/ "tree and pragmatics") And he sent out a second hunt.[108](../../108/ "tree and pragmatics") But Iván Tsarévich and Vasilísa the Wise were leaping far off on their swift steeds.[109](../../109/ "tree and pragmatics") “Now, Iván Tsarévich, put your head to the grey earth and listen whether there is no hunt from the Sea Tsar.”[110](../../110/ "tree and pragmatics") Iván Tsarévich leapt off his horse, put his ear to the grey earth and said, “I hear the talk of people and the hoppety-hop of horses.”[111](../../111/ "tree and pragmatics") “This is the chase, that is the steeds,” said Vasilísa the Wise; and she turned herself into a church, and Iván Tsarévich into an elderly pope and the horses into trees.[112](../../112/ "tree and pragmatics") So the hunt went by.[113](../../113/ "tree and pragmatics") “Ho, \_bátyushka\_, have you seen a shepherd with a little lamb passing by?”[114](../../114/ "tree and pragmatics") “No, good people, I have not.[115](../../115/ "tree and pragmatics") I have been working for forty years in this church; not one bird has flown by, not one beast has rambled by.”[116](../../116/ "tree and pragmatics") So the hunt went back and reached home.[117](../../117/ "tree and pragmatics") “Your Imperial Majesty, we could not find the shepherd with the little lamb: the only thing we saw on the road was a church and an old man as pope.”[118](../../118/ "tree and pragmatics") “Why did you not break down the church and capture the pope?[119](../../119/ "tree and pragmatics") That was themselves!” the Sea Tsar exclaimed, and he himself leapt out to hunt after Iván Tsarévich and Vasilísa the Wise.[120](../../120/ "tree and pragmatics") So they went far, and again Vasilísa the Wise said, “Iván Tsarévich, put your ear to the ground; can you hear any hunt?”[121](../../121/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the Tsarévich leapt down, put his ear to the grey earth, and said, “I hear the talk of people and the thunder of horses’ hooves faster than before.”[122](../../122/ "tree and pragmatics") “This is the Sea Tsar himself who is galloping.”[123](../../123/ "tree and pragmatics") So Vasilísa the Wise turned the horses into a mere, Iván Tsarévich into a drake, and herself into a duck.[124](../../124/ "tree and pragmatics") The Sea Tsar came up to the lake and he instantly guessed who were the duck and the drake, so he struck the grey earth and turned into an eagle.[125](../../125/ "tree and pragmatics") The eagle wanted to smite them to death, and it might well have been; but, as soon as ever he struck at the drake, it dived into the water, and whenever he struck at the duck the duck dived into the water, and whatever he might do was all in vain.[126](../../126/ "tree and pragmatics") So the Sea Tsar galloped back to his own kingdom under the seas, and Vasilísa the Wise with Iván Tsarévich waited a while and then returned to Sacred Russia.[127](../../127/ "tree and pragmatics") It may-be long, it may-be short, at last they came into the thrice-ninth realm.[128](../../128/ "tree and pragmatics") When they arrived home his father and mother were overjoyed to see Iván Tsarévich, for they had given him up as lost.[129](../../129/ "tree and pragmatics") And they made a great feast and celebrated the marriage.[130](../../130/ "tree and pragmatics") I was there, I drank mead and wine: it flowed up to my beard, but it never entered my mouth.[131](../../131/ "tree and pragmatics") THE ANIMALS’ WINTER QUARTERS[132](../../132/ "tree and pragmatics") Once an Ox was wandering in the wood, and a Ram met him.[133](../../133/ "tree and pragmatics") “Where are you going, Ram?” asked the Ox.[134](../../134/ "tree and pragmatics") “I am seeking summer in winter,” answered the Ram.[135](../../135/ "tree and pragmatics") “Come with me.”[136](../../136/ "tree and pragmatics") So they went together.[137](../../137/ "tree and pragmatics") And they met a Pig.[138](../../138/ "tree and pragmatics") “Where are you going, Pig?” asked the Ox.[139](../../139/ "tree and pragmatics") “I am seeking summer in winter.”[140](../../140/ "tree and pragmatics") “Come with us.”[141](../../141/ "tree and pragmatics") So they all went together.[142](../../142/ "tree and pragmatics") And they then met a Goose.[143](../../143/ "tree and pragmatics") “Where are you going, Goose?” said the Bull.[144](../../144/ "tree and pragmatics") “I am seeking summer in winter,” said the Goose.[145](../../145/ "tree and pragmatics") “Well, come with us.”[146](../../146/ "tree and pragmatics") So the Goose came with them.[147](../../147/ "tree and pragmatics") So they went on, and they met a Cock.[148](../../148/ "tree and pragmatics") “Where are you going, Cock?” asked the Bull.[149](../../149/ "tree and pragmatics") “I am seeking summer in winter.”[150](../../150/ "tree and pragmatics") “Then come with us,” said the Bull again.[151](../../151/ "tree and pragmatics") So they went on their road and way, and began speaking amongst each other.[152](../../152/ "tree and pragmatics") “What shall we do, brothers and comrades? the cold time is approaching: how shall we have warmth?”[153](../../153/ "tree and pragmatics") So the Ox said, “We will build an \_izbá\_,\[42\] and we shall not freeze during the winter.”[154](../../154/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the Ram said: “My \_shúba\_ is very warm; I will pass the winter in this fashion.”[155](../../155/ "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/) **2** - ← previous: [page 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/) - next →: [Opening, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/) - ↑ back to [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/)