Read the tales of Baba Yaga Bone. Russian folk tale "Baba Yaga"

A fairy tale for preschool children about how Baba Yaga became kind

Narrator. Alyonushka once went into the forest to pick mushrooms, but got lost. I called my girlfriends, but no one. She was walking through the forest, walking, and suddenly she saw a hut. She came up and knocked - no one answered, she went inside.

Alyonushka. Oh, how dark it is here! How dusty! While the owner is away, let me clean up here a little.
I'll take the broom
I'll sweep the floors clean.
I'll clean up the dishes
I'll wipe all the plates.

Baba Yaga. Whose spirit does this smell of here? Who are you and what are you doing here?

Alyonushka. Don't be angry, grandma. I was picking mushrooms with my friends, I fell behind my friends, and got lost. I saw a hut and entered. I decided to tidy up a little.

Baba Yaga. Thank you for “grandmother”, no one has ever called Baba Yaga that!

Alyonushka. So are you Baba Yaga?

Baba Yaga. The most real thing! So you know how to clean up?

Alyonushka. I can clean up, cook porridge, and wash dishes!

Baba Yaga. I need an au pair like that! I’ll leave you with me, you’ll do all the housework for me! And for this I... won’t eat you!

Alyonushka. How so! I need to go home!

Baba Yaga. No! As I decided, so it will be! Come on, sort out the grain and make some porridge.

Alyonushka. Yes, here the grains take two days to sort!

Baba Yaga. That’s good, that means you’ll do all the housework for me for two days!

Alyonushka. And then will you let me go home?

Baba Yaga. If you do everything, I’ll think about it. In the meantime, I'll go about my business! And you work!

Baba Yaga leaves.

Alyonushka. Oh, my grief, my grief, how can I return home? How to escape from Baba Yaga?

The mouse runs out.

Mouse. What are you crying about, girl, what are you shedding tears about?

Alyonushka. How can I not cry, little mouse! By chance I ended up with Baba Yaga, but now she doesn’t want to let me go home. She said she would keep me for two days while I did all the housework and cooked porridge for her. And then he will think. There’s still a whole mountain of grain left – how can I sort it all out?

Mouse. Grain is not a problem! I’ll help you, I’ll call my assistants, we’ll do everything in no time!

The mouse calls her friends. The mice come running and sort through the grain.

Alyonushka. Thank you, mice, for helping me out! I’ll make some porridge soon and thank you all!

Alyonushka cooks porridge, sweeps, the mouse helps her. He treats the mice to porridge. Baba Yaga returns.

Baba Yaga. Fuf-muf, how delicious it smells! Have you already cooked the porridge? And cleaned the house?

Alyonushka. Yes, grandma. Will you let me go home now?

Baba Yaga. Now I’ll eat, then I’ll sleep, and then I’ll think!

Baba Yaga eats porridge and praises.

Baba Yaga. Oh, I'm tired today! I'll go and lie down and sleep for an hour or two.

Baba Yaga leaves.

Mouse. Alyonushka, let me help you escape from Baba Yaga.

Alyonushka. Yes, how can you, mouse, help me? If I creak the door, Baba Yaga will immediately wake up.

Mouse. But we won’t go through the door. We'll dive into the underground with you! Come on, help me, move the chest!

Alyonushka moves the chest away.

Mouse. Now open the lid to the underground and crawl after me!

Alyonushka and the mouse find themselves in the forest.

Mouse. I’ll give you a magic ball - I stole it from Baba Yaga. Throw it on the ground, wherever it rolls, go there. You'll come straight to your own home!

Alyonushka. Thank you, mouse, I will remember you forever!

Mouse. Goodbye, Alyonushka! Don't get lost in the forest again!

In Baba Yaga's hut. Baba Yaga wakes up.

Baba Yaga. Oh, what a sweet nap I had. Alyonushka, warm some tea for me! Hey! Where are you? What a wretch, she ran away! Escaped from Baba Yaga!

Mouse. At least someone will run away from you!

Baba Yaga. Why is this your gray face?

Mouse. But because you don’t say a word of kindness or ask - you just act rudely and threaten, mistress!

Baba Yaga. So this is how I live: I live alone, I don’t communicate with anyone except the forest evil spirits. No one will say a kind word!

Mouse. And you start a garden, start a vegetable garden, grow flowers, cucumbers, tomatoes. You look, you’re having more fun, and the forest animals will be drawn to you...

Baba Yaga. A garden, a vegetable garden... Maybe it really is... There are different flowers there, dill, onion...

Narrator. So Baba Yaga began to grow a vegetable garden. She planted trees, flowers, and all sorts of vegetables. Birds began to fly to her, hares, moose, and squirrels came running. Baba Yaga grew older and became completely different. And her life became completely different! And how could it be otherwise: when you treat others with kindness, kindness will be returned to you!

The Russian people have created amazing works, the roots of which go back centuries, and the heroes are chthonic creatures. All children are familiar with scary fairy tales about Baba Yaga and the hut on chicken legs, Koshchei the immortal and the Serpent Gorynych. She plays the role of a good or evil old woman, who is a kind of test for the hero. The image is so strong that even now modern stories appear about her.

Parents like to read stories about Baba Yaga to their children at bedtime and show pictures because he is an incredibly colorful character. By her example, she warns the child about what not to do or how to be smart. For kids and adults, here is a free online collection of works about this hero.

Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman; they had no children. No matter what they did, no matter how they prayed to God, the old woman still did not give birth. Once an old man went into the forest to pick mushrooms; An old grandfather comes his way. “I know,” he says, “what’s on your mind; you keep thinking about children. Go around the village, collect an egg from each yard and plant a chick on those eggs; what will happen, you yourself...

Once upon a time there lived a husband and wife, and they had a daughter. The wife fell ill and died. The man grieved and grieved and married someone else. The evil woman disliked the girl, beat her, scolded her, and only thought about how to completely destroy her. One day the father left somewhere, and the stepmother said to the girl: - Go to my sister, your aunt, ask her for a needle and thread - you...

There lived a cat, a sparrow and a third one. The cat and the sparrow went to chop wood and said to the farmer: “Be a housekeeper and look: if Baba Yaga comes and starts counting spoons, don’t say anything, keep quiet!” “Okay,” answered the fireman. The cat and the sparrow left, and the fireman sat down on the stove behind the chimney. Suddenly Baba Yaga appears, takes the spoons and counts: “This is the cat’s spoon, this is...

In a certain village there lived an old man and an old woman; they had no children. One day the old man went to the forest to get firewood; it was winter. The old man chopped as much wood as was needed, and also cut down some more. I came home, left the firewood in the yard, and brought the loot into the hut and put it in the oven. On the third day, something made a noise in the oven, and then shouted: “Daddy!” Mother! Take out...

In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a formidable king - glorious in all lands, terrible to all kings and princes. The king decided to get married and gave the following decree to all cities and villages: - Whoever finds him a bride redder than the sun, clearer than the moon and whiter than the snow, he will reward him with untold wealth. Glory went about this throughout the whole kingdom; from small to...

In a certain kingdom, a hero was born. Baba Yaga gave birth to him, gave him drink, fed him, groomed him, and when he grew up about a mile away from Kolomna, she herself retired into the desert, and let him go on all four sides: “Go, Bogatyr, accomplish feats!” Of course, first of all, Bogatyr hit the forest; he sees one oak tree standing - he uprooted it; sees another standing -...

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 parents...

There lived an old man and an old woman; they had a daughter and a little son. - Daughter, daughter! - said the mother. - We’ll go to work, bring you a bun, sew a dress, buy a scarf; be smart, take care of your brother, don’t leave the yard. The elders left, and the daughter forgot what she was ordered to do; I sat my brother down on the grass under the window, and she ran outside and started playing...

In a certain kingdom he served as a soldier in the horse guard for the king, served for twenty-five years with faith and truth; For his faithful service, the king ordered to release him into clean retirement and give him as a reward the very horse that he rode in the regiment, with a saddle and all the harness. The soldier said goodbye to his comrades and went home; one day goes by, and another, and...

Trouble Once upon a time there lived a Little Baba Yaga - that is, a witch - and she was only one hundred and twenty-seven years old. For the real Baba Yaga, this is, of course, not an age! We can say that this Baba Yaga was still a girl. She lived in a tiny hut, standing alone in the forest. The roof of the hut was warped by the wind, the chimney was twisted, the shutters rattled in response to different voices. But Little Baba Yaga did not want a better home for herself...

Once upon a time there lived an old woman, she had no children. One day she went to collect wood chips and found a pine log; She came back, flooded the hut, and put the block of wood on the stove and said to herself: “Let it dry, it’s good for a torch!” And the old woman’s hut was black; Soon the wood chips flared up and smoke began to spread throughout the hut. Suddenly the old woman heard a block of wood on the stove...

In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a king, and he had three sons: the eldest was called Fedor, the second Vasily, and the youngest Ivan. The king was very old and his eyes were poor, but he heard that far away, in the thirtieth kingdom, there is a garden with rejuvenating apples and a well with living water. If you eat this apple for an old man, he will become younger, and with water...

There lived a happy family in one village. They lived well, amicably, and their daughter Dashenka was growing up.

But suddenly trouble came to their house - the hostess caught a cold in the winter, fell ill and died. Her husband grieved and grieved and married another woman. At first she seemed both hard-working and kind, but she didn’t like her stepdaughter - she forced her to work a lot, constantly scolded her, and then she decided to completely destroy her. She thought and thought about how to do this, and she remembered that Baba Yaga was her distant relative, and they agreed to carry out their evil deed.

One day my father went to the meadows early in the morning to mow hay, and the stepmother said to Dasha:

Go to my aunt, who lives in the forest, and ask her for a needle and thread, I lost mine. I want to sew you a sundress.

Dasha was delighted and quickly got ready for the trip.

But the road was not close and passed through another village where Dashenka’s godmother lived, so she ran into her house to drink some water.

The godmother was delighted at the girl’s arrival, and she told her where she was in a hurry and why.

“Oh,” the godmother says to her, “your stepmother sent you to certain death, because this tete in the forest is Baba Yaga. I will try to help you, save you from death. And she taught me what to do. - Here’s some chicken meat for you, don’t eat it yourself, but save it for Baba Yaga’s cat, he’ll help you escape from her. Here's a piece of bread for you, but you don't eat it either, you give it to the dogs that are guarding the house. And this is oil, you can lubricate the gates with it so that they open for you and don’t creak. I’ll also give you a ribbon, it might come in handy, and a handkerchief - you can give it to the master’s maid.

Dasha thanked her godmother for the parting words and ran into the forest. It goes on and on, but the forest gets darker and the trees get denser and there is no one to ask if it’s going right. Suddenly he sees a raven sitting on an oak tree.

Am I going the right way? Dasha asks him.

“That’s right, that’s right,” the raven answers. No one has come to us for a long time, the hostess will be very glad to see you.

Finally, the forest parted in front of the girl, and she saw a high fence, and behind it - a hut on chicken legs, on ram horns.

Dasha came up and saw an old woman sitting on a bench, warming herself. She said hello and said that her stepmother had sent her for a needle and thread to sew a sundress. Baba Yaga understood her stepmother’s trick:

I'll give you a needle and thread. Yes, you’ve been walking for a long time, you’re tired, apparently, take a rest for now, you can weave some canvas for yourself. And I’ll tell the maid to light the stove and boil the samovar, and we’ll have dinner.

Dasha went to the hut to weave canvas, and Baba Yaga called the maid:

You heat the bathhouse and wash the girl better, and I’ll sleep, rest, and eat her for dinner.

And Dasha sits in the hut and hears these words. And when Baba Yaga went to bed, the girl ran up to the maid, gave her a handkerchief, and asked:

Save me, darling, don’t let evil happen!

“Okay,” she says, “I’ll bring firewood, but first I’ll water it with water, and only then I’ll try to light it, and it’ll take me a while.”

Dasha sat down to weave again. And then a cat came running from the street. Dasha gave him a delicious chicken leg and asked him to teach her how to escape from Baba Yaga now.

The cat showed the girl to the table where a towel and a comb lay.

Take these things and run away from here as quickly as possible while Baba Yaga is sleeping. And when you hear that she is chasing you and is already close, throw a comb on the ground - a dense forest will grow. While Baba Yaga is pushing through it, you will run far. But, if you still don’t make it home, and Baba Yaga is catching up with you again, throw a towel on the ground - the river will overflow. While Baba Yaga is crossing it, you will be at home.

Dasha thanked the cat, took a comb and a towel and wanted to slowly sneak out of the hut. But the dogs won’t let her in, they want to bite her. Dasha threw bread to the dogs, they didn’t even have time to bark, they released the fugitive.

The girl ran up to the gate, smeared oil on its hinges, they opened silently and let the girl through.

A birch tree grows outside the gate, the faithful guardian of the witch, making noise, not letting Dasha through, wanting to quilt her eyes. The girl stroked the birch tree and tied its branches with a ribbon so that they would not bend to the ground or break in the wind. The grateful birch tree also let Dasha through.

The fugitive rushes through the forest as fast as she can.

And Baba Yaga woke up, stretched, and, lo and behold, there was no girl, only the cat was sitting on the bench.

Oh, you old parasite, why did you let the girl out without scratching her?

And the cat answered her:

I served you for so many years, you only threw me bones for lunch, and the girl gave me a meat chicken leg.

Baba Yaga ran out into the yard and let the dogs reprimand:

Oh, you liars, why didn’t you bite and tear the girl apart?

And her dogs:

We have been serving you for many years, but we have seen nothing from you except dried bones, and the girl gave us some bread.

Baba Yaga rushed to the gate.

And you, rotten gates, why did you open, why didn’t you detain the fugitive?

And her gate:

We have been standing here for so many years, we have been creaking for so many days, and you have never taken care of us, and the girl has lubricated us with butter.

Then Baba Yaga angrily attacked the birch tree - why didn’t she detain the girl, why didn’t she whip out her eyes and entangle her with the branches.

And the birch tree found something to say to its owner:

My branches have grown so much over the years that they bend to the ground, break from the wind, and you never even tied them up with a thread, and the girl did not spare me a ribbon.

Baba Yaga called her servant:

Oh, you slacker, why haven’t you lit the stove yet, haven’t washed the girl, and haven’t woken me up.

And the worker also tells her:

I’ve been working for you for many years, but I haven’t heard a kind word, but the girl spoke to me kindly and gave me a handkerchief.

Baba Yaga shouted at everyone, swung a broom at the cat, kicked the dogs with her shoe, angrily pushed the gate, broke a branch from a birch tree, sat down in the mortar and rushed to catch up with Dasha.

And Dasha runs through the forest, trying to get home in time, where her father will not let her be offended.

Dasha stopped, listened, and heard - the earth was shaking, birds were flying away, animals were scattering in different directions - it was Baba Yaga rushing in a mortar and she was about to catch up with the girl.

Dasha threw the comb on the ground - a tall, tall and impassable forest grew behind her. Baba Yaga rushed in, but she couldn’t get through the thick thicket; she had to gnaw trees to make a path for herself.

Baba Yaga came to the river, but she couldn’t get across the river, she herself couldn’t swim, and her stupa was already old and full of holes. She grabbed a hare running past and ordered him to find a herd of bulls nearby and drive them here so that they could drink water from the river.

The herd came, the bulls began to drink water, but the water did not decrease.

Out of anger and powerlessness, Baba Yaga rushed to the water's edge and began to drink the water herself. Saw-saw, saw-saw and - BURST!

At this time, Dasha ran home. And then the father returned home from mowing and asked where his daughter was. The wife tells him:

I sent her to my aunt in the forest for a needle and thread, I want to sew her a sundress, but apparently she got lost.

The father became worried and began to get ready for the forest. And then my daughter runs in, out of breath, flushed, with scratches all over her face and hands. She told everything to her father. He got angry and kicked the evil, treacherous woman out of the house.

And Dasha soon grew up and began to run the house herself and cook delicious pies. And so they lived together, happily.

artist S. Danilenko

All the best! See you again!

In the fairy-tale world there are a large number of colorful and very recognizable characters. For example, one of the most ancient characters. Fairy tales with Baba Yaga belong to folklore, where the heroine herself acts as an evil spirit. In them she does both dirty tricks and good deeds. In this article we will look at various fairy tales with Baba Yaga (we will list the names of the most famous ones) and talk about the character himself.

Fairy-tale character Baba Yaga

Let's take a closer look at what kind of character this is, Baba Yaga. In Slavic mythology, this is an old woman who can cast magic, do dirty tricks, and very rarely do good. Baba Yaga lives in a dark forest, in a hut on chicken legs. There will definitely be a high fence around the hut, on which you can find human bones and skulls. Baba Yaga also flies in a mortar, helping herself with a broom.

Fairy tales with Baba Yaga show this character from three sides:

• the one who can present a gift to a good fellow (a fairytale horse or the necessary magic item);
• the one who kidnaps children and roasts them in her oven;
• the one they go to fight with.

Those experts who figured out where this image came from put forward several different hypotheses. Some believed that Baba Yaga represented a deceased ancestor. Others suggested that this image came into the fairy tale from a way of life when the head of the clan had the right to teach, as a strong head of the clan and a knowledgeable person.

In any case, Baba Yaga represents a powerful and wise older woman, which can either help a traveler on the road or become a big challenge that needs to be solved. Below we will look at the most famous fairy tales with this character.

Tales about Baba Yaga, in which she does bad things

There are a number of fairy tales in which Baba Yaga does bad things (kidnaps children, holds a beautiful maiden captive, etc.). Such Russian fairy tales with Baba Yaga are usually read to very young children. In them it represents a factor of edification. It is after such tales that parents teach their children. Let's look at some of them.

• "Baba Yaga bone leg." This fairy tale tells about an obedient daughter who, at the behest of her stepmother, goes to the forest to Baba Yaga. On her way, she overcomes various obstacles to get out of evil captivity. The fairy tale talks about obedience and kindness.
• "Baba Yaga and Zamoryshek" This fairy tale tells about siblings, one of whom was the smartest. Fate brought them to Baba Yaga, and thanks to their ingenuity and resourcefulness, the brothers were able to get rid of trouble.
• "Swan geese". In this fairy tale, Baba Yaga is a negative character who orders her geese to steal children.
• "Marya Morevna" A strong warrior, Marya, holds him captive, and after some time, Tsarevich Ivan unknowingly releases him. To save his beloved, he needed Baba Yaga's horse.

Fairy tales in which Baba Yaga helps a young man or girl

There are also fairy tales in which Baba Yaga appears as a wise and lonely woman who gives instructions to a lost young man. At the same time, she can give him a magic object, which will then lead him where he needs to go or help him in difficult times. Consider these tales with Baba Yaga:

• "Vasilisa the Beautiful" This is a Russian folk tale that tells the story of a poor girl forced to follow the orders of her stepmother. When her stepmother's daughter sent her to Baba Yaga for fire, she went. Having fulfilled all the old woman’s orders, Vasilisa received what she came for.
• "Feather of Finist Yasna Falcon." In this fairy tale, the character of Baba Yaga is shown from the good side. The main character is an enchanted young man, whom his beloved goes to save. On her way, she meets three Grannies Hedgehogs, who give her one magic item each. With their help, she frees her beloved Finist.
• “Go there, I don’t know where, bring something, I don’t know what.” An amazing and magical story, where Baba Yaga appears in a completely different image - a kind assistant to a young man on his way.

Folk tales about Baba Yaga

You can also find fairy tales with Baba Yaga among other peoples, only there they call her a little differently. For example, in Serbian folklore she is called Baba Roga, in Montenegro - Baba Ruga. Let's look at the fairy tales in which she appears.

• "Pilipka-son." This is a Belarusian fairy tale about a very smart boy who confronts Baba Yaga and her daughter.
• (Ukrainian fairy tale).
• "Khortki" (Belarusian fairy tale).

As you can see, folk tales with Baba Yaga are very common all over the world. Some fairy tales are very similar to each other, the obligatory difference is the name of Baba Yaga, as well as some details of the plot. In addition, this image is not only a horror story for children, but also shows some aspects from the life of our ancestors.

Baba Yaga in cinema and animation

This character can also be found in movies and cartoons. They are, of course, based on Russian folk tales with Baba Yaga. Some of the most famous ones will be listed below. So, fairy tales with Baba Yaga (titles):

• "Morozko" (cinema);
• (movie);
• "Vasilisa the Beautiful" (film);
• "New Year's Adventures of Masha and Viti" (film);
• "Geese-swans" (cartoon);
• "The Frog Princess" (cartoon);
• "Vasilisa the Beautiful" (cartoon);
• "Flying Ship" (cartoon);
• "The Adventures of a Brownie" (cartoon).

Of course, this is not the entire list of cartoons and films whose plots are based on fairy tales or the very image of Baba Yaga. It is so colorful that it occurs very often.

Conclusion

So, we looked at fairy tales with the participation of Baba Yaga. As you can see, they are quite diverse. When reading these fairy tales to children, you should explain what kind of image this is and what its instructiveness is. You can even talk about versions of its origin. Your child might like it.

Once upon a time there lived a husband and wife, and they had a daughter. The wife fell ill and died. The man grieved and grieved and married someone else.
The evil woman disliked the girl, beat her, scolded her, and only thought about how to completely destroy her. One day the father left somewhere, and the stepmother said to the girl:
- Go to my sister, your aunt, ask her for a needle and thread - to sew you a shirt.
And this aunt was Baba Yaga, the bone leg. The girl didn’t dare refuse, she went and first went to see her own aunt.
- Hello, auntie!
- Hello, darling! Why did you come?
- My stepmother sent me to her sister to ask for a needle and thread - she wants to sew me a shirt.
“It’s good, niece, that you came to see me first,” says the aunt. Here's a ribbon, butter, some bread and a piece of meat. If a birch tree hits you in the eye, tie it with a ribbon; the gates will creak and slam, holding you back - you pour oil under their heels; the dogs will tear you up - throw them some bread; If the cat tears your eyes out, give him some meat.
The girl thanked her aunt and left. She walked and walked and came to the forest. There is a hut in the forest behind a high tine on chicken legs, on ram horns, and in the hut sits a Baba Yaga, with a bone leg weaving canvas.
- Hello, auntie!
- Hello, niece! - says Baba Yaga. - What do you need?
“My stepmother sent me to ask you for a needle and thread to sew me a shirt.”
- Okay, niece, I’ll give you a needle and a thread, and you sit down while you work!
So the girl sat down by the window and began to weave. And Baba Yaga came out of the hut and said to her worker:
“I’ll go to bed now, and you go, heat the bathhouse and wash your niece.” Look, wash it thoroughly: when I wake up, I’ll eat it!
The girl heard these words - she sits neither alive nor dead. As Baba Yaga left, she began to ask the worker:
- My dear, you don’t so much set fire to the wood in the stove as fill it with water, and carry the water in a sieve! And she gave her a handkerchief.
The worker was heating the bathhouse, and Baba Yaga woke up, went to the window and asked:
- Are you weaving, niece, are you weaving, dear?
- Weave, auntie, weave, dear!
Baba Yaga went to bed again, and the girl gave the cat some meat and asked:
- Brother cat, teach me how to escape from here. Cat says:
- There is a towel and a comb on the table, take them and run quickly: otherwise Baba Yaga will eat them! Baba Yaga will chase you - put your ear to the ground. When you hear that she is close, throw a comb and a dense, dense forest will grow. While she is making her way through the forest, you will run far away. And if you hear the chase again, throw in the towel: a wide and deep river will overflow.
- Thank you, brother cat! - says the girl.
She thanked the cat, took a towel and comb and ran.
The dogs rushed at her, wanted to tear her, bite her, - she gave them bread. The dogs missed her. The gate creaked and wanted to slam shut - and the girl poured oil under their heels. They missed it.
The birch tree made a noise and wanted to quilt its eyes, but the girl tied it up with a ribbon. The birch tree let her through. The girl ran out and ran as fast as she could. He runs and doesn't look back.
Meanwhile, the cat sat down by the window and began to weave. It doesn't so much weave as it confuses!
Baba Yaga woke up and asked:
-Are you weaving, niece, are you weaving, dear?
And the cat answered her:
- Weave, auntie, weave, dear.
Baba Yaga rushed into the hut and saw that the girl was gone, and the cat was sitting, weaving.
Baba Yaga began to beat and scold the cat:
- Oh, you old rogue! Oh, you villain! Why did you let the girl out? Why didn't he rip her eyes out? Why didn't you scratch your face?..
And the cat answered her:
“I’ve been serving you for so many years, you didn’t throw me a gnawed bone, but she gave me the meat!”
Baba Yaga ran out of the hut and attacked the dogs:
- Why didn’t they tear the girl, why didn’t they bite her?.. The dogs say to her:
“We’ve been serving you for so many years, you didn’t throw us a burnt crust, but she gave us some bread!” Baba Yaga ran to the gate:
- Why didn’t they creak, why didn’t they clap? Why was the girl released from the yard?..
Gate says:
“We’ve been serving you for so many years, you didn’t even pour water under our heels, but she didn’t spare us the butter!”
Baba Yaga jumped up to the birch tree:
- Why didn’t you quilt the girl’s eyes?
Birch answers her:
“I’ve been serving you for so many years, you didn’t tie a thread around me, but she gave me a ribbon!”
Baba Yaga began to scold the worker:
- Why didn’t you, so-and-so, wake me up or call me? Why did she release her?
The worker says:
“I’ve been serving you for so many years, I’ve never heard a kind word from you, but she gave me a handkerchief and spoke kindly and kindly to me!”
Baba Yaga shouted, made some noise, then sat down in the mortar and rushed off in pursuit. He chases with a pestle, covers the trail with a broom...
And the girl ran and ran, stopped, put her ear to the ground and heard: the earth was trembling, shaking - Baba Yaga was chasing, and it was very close...
The girl took out a comb and threw it over her right shoulder. A forest has grown here, dense and tall: the roots of the trees go three fathoms underground, the tops are supported by clouds.
Baba Yaga rushed in and began to gnaw and destroy the forest. She gnaws and breaks, and the girl runs on. How much time has passed, the girl put her ear to the ground and hears: the earth is trembling, shaking - Baba Yaga is chasing, and very close.
The girl took the towel and threw it over her right shoulder. At that same moment the river overflowed - wide, very wide, deep, very deep!
Baba Yaga jumped up to the river and gnashed her teeth with anger - she couldn’t get across the river. She returned home, gathered her bulls and drove them to the river:
- Drink, my bulls! Drink the whole river to the bottom!
The bulls began to drink, but the water in the river did not decrease. Baba Yaga got angry, lay down on the shore, and began to drink water herself. She drank, drank, drank, drank, until she burst.
Meanwhile, the girl just keeps running and running. In the evening the father returned home and asked his wife:
-Where is my daughter?
Baba says:
- She went to her aunt to ask for a needle and thread, but for some reason she was delayed.
The father became worried, he wanted to go look for his daughter, but the daughter ran home, out of breath, and couldn’t catch her breath.
- Where have you been, daughter? - asks the father.
- Oh, father! - the girl answers. - My stepmother sent me to her sister, and her sister is Baba Yaga, the bone leg. She wanted to eat me. I ran away from her by force!
When the father found out all this, he became angry with the evil woman and drove her out of the house with a dirty broom. And he began to live together with his daughter, amicably and well.