Read the fairy tale of the sea king and the beautiful Vasilisa. Vasilisa the Wise (Vasilisa the Wise and the Sea King)

Goals:

Equipment

During the classes

I. Organizational moment.

Storyteller

What is this?

(First sentence.)

Work in pairs.

(Children's answers.)

(Reading episodes of a fairy tale.)

(Building a church.)

? ? (3 ? 3), 3 ?

(Children's answers.)

Physical education minute

V. Lesson summary.

(Children's answers.)

Homework:

Goals: consider the characteristic features of a fairy tale, restore in children’s memory the knowledge that ancient man imagined the world as the coexistence of opposites: one’s own - someone else’s, on the basis of which to highlight the features of a fairy tale.

Equipment : illustrations by students, exhibition of books, image of a storyteller.

During the classes

I. Organizational moment.

An owl flew - a cheerful head; So she flew, flew, and then sat down, turned her head, looked around, took off and flew again; she flew and flew and sat down, turned her head, looked around, but her eyes were like bowls, they couldn’t see a single crumb!

This is not a fairy tale, this is a saying, but the fairy tale is ahead!

II. Updating basic knowledge.

Storyteller . “Beyond the forests, behind the mountains, beyond the wide seas...”, “Once upon a time there lived an old man and an old woman...”, “In a certain kingdom, in a certain state...”, “Once upon a time there lived an old man, and he had three sons ", "Once upon a time, when giants walked the earth, people understood the language of animals and birds...”

What is this? (This is the beginning, this is how fairy tales begin.)

Read the beginning of the fairy tale “The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise.” (First sentence.)

Work in pairs.

And then various miracles happen. Now you are “going” to the creative laboratory for creating a fairy tale.

Each pair receives part of the diagram (“thought map”) “Features of a fairy tale.” The result of the work is a collectively completed table.

Where does the fairy tale take place? (Children's answers.)

III. Announcing the topic and purpose of the lesson.

Our creative laboratory receives the task of finding features of an alien world and historical facts of a specific time in our world.

IV. Learning new material.

1. Selective reading and conversation on questions from the textbook.

Read the description of the “alien” underwater world. (Reading episodes of a fairy tale.)

The hero of the fairy tale finds himself in a magical world and immediately receives difficult tasks that cannot be completed with human strength. Read what tasks Tsarevich Ivan had to complete.

Which of the three tasks could not have arisen when people exclusively worshiped Nature and her spirits? (Building a church.)

Analyze the magic of numbers. ( The magic of the wizarding world is maintained by magic numbers. The Sea King has 13 daughters (for the earthly dimension, the number 12 would serve as a designation for the integrity of the family (3 ? 4); where 3 is the designation of the magical world, and 4 is the earthly one; thus, their work would denote complete harmony of the earthly and magical worlds. Since the main number of the magical world is the number 3 (that’s why 3 tasks were offered to Ivan, that’s why they feasted at the wedding for 3 days), then all its derivatives are magic numbers. So, the wasteland is “30 versts” for the Sea King, “300 stacks”, “300 kopecks”. This is a magic number in the designation of the kingdom from which Ivan Tsarevich himself comes from: this is “the distant kingdom, the thirtieth state” 3 ? (3 ? 3), 3 ? 10 - there was an increase in magical power.

Which world is characterized by the motives of the road and the subsequent trials of the hero, as well as the motive of transformations? (The motif of the transformation of a person into an animal or bird is a motif of a fairy tale, here the daughters of the Sea King turn into doves and again into people. The motif of the transformation of heroes: into a shepherd and a lamb, into a duck and a drake; the transformation of the Sea King into a hawk; the mallow into living birds - bears traces of ancient origin, when man believed in his organic connection with the animal world, considered himself descended from totems, considered it possible to return to his former animal, bird or plant quality. In ancient times, man considered many animals and birds, as well as some trees and plants as their totems, that is, their ancestors.)

On the one hand, the tasks of the Sea King are real magical tasks: as always, there are exactly three of them, and not a single person is able to complete them. But, on the other hand, the very content of these tasks reveals their connection with reality. The first two tasks are related to specific agricultural work. Third - build a church.)

In which images are good and in which evil forces embodied? (Children's answers.)

2. Ancient ideas of people about the world.

Read and explain the episode with the talking spits from the point of view of ancient ideas about the world. (The ancient idea of ​​​​the indistinguishability of the part and the whole found expression in the fragment about the saliva. The saliva (part) represents Vasilisa the Wise herself (the whole). Each saliva can speak for Vasilisa once (since it previously lived in the mouth, next to her voice). Remember the superstition associated with spitting three times over the left shoulder “so as not to jinx it”): this is a hastily made sacrifice to magical forces in the form of saliva, that is, pieces of oneself - it is brought precisely from the left side, because the magical world is on the left, it is the one who spits 3 times because this is the number of the magical world; they knock on the tree in order for the victim to be accepted, because the knock spreads along the trunk to the Upper and Lower magical worlds.)

Physical education minute

What event in this fairy tale do you consider to be the main one? Explain.

3. Dividing a fairy tale into parts. Title.

What semantic parts can you identify in this text? Title them. (The following semantic parts can be distinguished: the meeting of the earthly king with the Sea King; the acquaintance and conversation of Ivan Tsarevich with the old woman; the acquaintance and conversation of Ivan Tsarevich with Vasilisa the Wise; Ivan Tsarevich, with the help of Vasilisa the Wise, fulfilling the difficult tasks of the Sea Tsar. different, for example: 1. The deceit of the Sea King. 2. The old woman is a magical assistant. 3. The beautiful Vasilisa the Wise. 4. Vasilisa performs difficult tasks.)

Which part of the text will be easiest to retell and why? (It is easiest to retell the fourth, largest part of the text, because it is very clearly constructed, its composition is based on threefold repetition: Ivan Tsarevich is given a task that is impossible to accomplish with human strength, he cries, complains to Vasilisa, she consoles him, the task is completed overnight, the next morning The Sea Tsar thanks Ivan Tsarevich and gives him the next task - and so on three times in a row.)

V. Lesson summary.

What is the basis for order in a fairy tale? (The order of a fairy tale is based on repetitions. There are no indications of the time of events in a fairy tale; time for the ancients is nature, it is seasonal repetition. These views are reflected in the fairy tale: the order of the genre is based on a system of repetitions.)

Now explain the composition of this episode as characteristic of a fairy tale. (The composition of this episode contains threefold repetition, which is typical for a fairy tale.)

Based on the text of the fairy tale “The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise,” mark the features of a fairy tale. (Double world: the world where the king and queen live is “our” world and the magical underwater world is “alien.”)

Name magic numbers and repetitions. (Children's answers.)

Name the traces of totemistic ideas. (Transformation of girls into doves, marmalades into living birds.)

Read an episode that reflects ancient ideas about the indistinguishability of the part and the whole. (The episode with the talking drools.)

Homework: reread the fairy tale “The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise”, prepare to retell the part you liked; note the signs of history in the text of the fairy tale.

Sections: Literature

Goals: give an idea about A. Afanasyev, expand children’s understanding of a fairy tale based on the text of the fairy tale “The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise”

Equipment: Presentation , a chest with objects from fairy tales, puzzles.

DURING THE CLASSES

I. Organizational moment

I left the globe
I visited many fairy tales.
And today to you, friends,
It was not in vain that I came to visit.
I want to tell the kids
That all these fairy tales are in books.

II. Working with a book exhibition

– Today we have an extraordinary meeting. Meeting with fairy tales. Check out the book exhibition. What unites all fairy tales? (No author)
– Explain why? (Fairy tales appeared a very long time ago, the author is unknown. They were created by the people themselves. One singer or storyteller sang a fairy tale and passed it on to listeners. This is how the fairy tale was passed on “from mouth to mouth.”)
– Look, on the title page of each book there is a note under the title: processed by A.N. Tolstoy, retold by A.N. Tolstoy or K.D. Ushinsky and others. Can we call them authors of fairy tales? (Children's answers) Who are they:

III. Teacher's opening speech

Fairy tales are the oldest genre of oral folk art. They came to us from ancient times. In ancient, ancient times, people could not write or read. Fairy tales are called that way because they are told. They appeared a very long time ago, probably back in those distant times when man learned to speak. To amuse their little children, adults began to invent fairy tales, fun, and jokes for them. As the children grew up, they told them to their children “by word of mouth.” And these children - to their children. Everyone added something of their own to the fairy tales. So fairy tales have come down to us through the centuries. Why were they called Russian folk? But they began to be recorded relatively recently - only 150 years ago.
Today we will talk about these people who wrote down folk tales for posterity.

– What do you want to know about them? (Children's answers)
– Today you met with collectors and publishers of fairy tales, you will meet with folk fairy tales.

IV. Work on the topic

1) Let's take a journey into the mysterious world of Russian folk tales. This kingdom, a beautiful country, stretches far, far away! And whoever has visited it at least once will remain a prisoner forever. The trees are the tallest there. Birds are the most sonorous, miracles are the most terrible. I suggest you go on a journey: see the world, look at people, show yourself. We have a long road ahead of us. We will encounter obstacles along the way, and we will have to overcome them. I knew that you guys are very friendly and brave. During the journey, you will help and help each other out.

Around us here and there
Different fairy tales live on.
There are riddles in the clearing
Guess without a hint
Call it, dare
These fabulous friends!

1. The red maiden is sad.
She doesn't like spring.
It's hard for her in the sun,
The poor thing is shedding tears. (Snow Maiden)

2. In heaven and on earth
A woman rides a broomstick
Scary and evil
Who is she? (Baba Yaga)

3. At Alyonushka's sister's
The birds carried away the brother
High they fly
They look far away. (Swan geese)

4. An arrow flew and fell into a swamp,
And in this swamp someone caught her,
Who, having said goodbye to green skin,
Have you become cute, beautiful, pretty? (Princess Frog)

5. Her grandfather planted her in the field
The whole summer grew.
The whole family pulled her
It was very large. (Turnip)

6. It was mixed with sour cream
Baked in a Russian oven
Met animals in the forest
And he left them quickly. (Kolobok)

7. Once upon a time there were seven guys
Little white goats.
The gray one tricked his way into the house.
The goat then found him,
And she saved all the children. (Wolf)

– All the riddles were guessed and all the heroes were named.

Game "Fairytale chest"

There is a pie in the chest,
apple,
golden egg,
a large wooden spoon and 2 smaller ones,
feather (Finista)
arrow.
Children choose fairy-tale objects and explain in which fairy tale they appear.

Fairy tales:"Masha and the Bear" - pie;
"Hen Ryaba" - golden egg;
“Finist” – clear falcon – feather;
"The Frog Princess" - the arrow of Ivan Tsarevich;
“Little havroshechka” – apple;

2) A message about collectors, storytellers and storytellers.

“Once upon a time there were “bahari storytellers” and cheerful buffoons walking around Rus'. A crowd always gathered around them - who doesn’t want to know about a miracle, a miracle! Even Ivan the Terrible had his own bahari - three blind old men who were constantly on duty at the royal bedside. In different parts of Russia, different fairy tales were told, and even the same one was told in different ways. Many fairy tales are forgotten over the years. But there were people in the world - they not only loved fairy tales, but saved them, wrote them down: a village teacher. Doctor. Student. A competent peasant.
– In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, namely the one in which we live, there lived a man named Alexander Nikolaevich Afanasyev. He was born in the city of Boguchar, Voronezh province, in the family of a district attorney.
His father sought to give his children an education. Sasha's first teachers were two priests, illiterate and rude people. He received his secondary education at the Voronezh gymnasium. And then he studied at Moscow State University. Alexander Nikolaevich Afanasyev is known as a historian, literary historian and theorist.

3) Reading historical information about A. Afanasyev. (Children read.)

– How many years did Afanasiev work on the book? (V. Dal, Russian Geographical Society)
– Afanasyev’s main area of ​​study was folk poetry, mainly fairy tales and legends. The collections he published glorified his name throughout the cultural world and remain a national treasure to this day. Afanasyev came up with the idea of ​​creating a collection of fairy tales back in 1851. He thought: if you ask everyone who can write down fairy tales, and then collect these notes and print them, you will get a big book. This book will be that wonderful storyteller who will not forget.
He gave 600 fairy tales to readers. He called his collection well and simply – “Russian Folk Tales”. Years have passed, people realized what treasures Afanasyev had saved, and now the book has a different name - “Folk Tales of A.N. Afanasyev.” Interestingly, there were only 88 fairy tales for children's reading.

V. Learning new material

1. Collectors of fairy tales. Alexander Afanasyev was elected a member of the Russian Geographical Society, which provided Afanasyev with all the fairy tales in the archive. V. Dahl gave Afanasyev 150 fairy tales. We collected and recorded the tales of K.D. Ushinsky, A.N. Tolstoy.
– Do you think that foreign literature has its own fairy tale collectors? (Children's answers).
– You can consider the experience of C. Perrault, the Brothers Grimm.
– What tales of these storytellers do you know? (Children's answers).

2. We continue the journey. Game "What fairy tale are we from" (Slide show).

3. Game "Puzzles" (put together a picture of a fairy tale and name it).

4. Working with the timeline (p. 70).

– Consider the “timeline”. Why does A. Pushkin stand on a par with the collectors of fairy tales? (Children's guess).

5. Introducing a fairy tale.

Music sounds and the clock strikes.

– The clock announced that it was time to meet the fairy tale. Listen to the story and note the passages that support the idea that folk tales were collected and written down. This tale has common features with other folk tales, but we will talk about this in the next lesson.

IV. Lesson summary

Far away, in the thirtieth state, there lived 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 Tsarevich, but the king does not know about it.

He began to make his way to his state, began to approach his land, and it was a hot, hot day, 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 and thought... What doesn’t he know at home? He seems to know everything, he knows everything,” and he agreed. I tried - no one keeps a beard; got up from the ground, mounted his horse and rode home.

When he arrives home, the queen meets him with the prince, so joyful; and as soon as he found out about his sweet brainchild, he burst into bitter tears. He told the princess 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 Tsarevich 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 Tsarevich?

Stop bothering me, old witch! And without you it’s annoying.

Well, stay with God!

And the old lady walked away.

And Ivan 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 Tsarevich! There will be a holiday on your street; 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 still 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 a head is stuck on each spoke; 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 to come.

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 beautiful girl, 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 looked, they looked, but they 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 you are an 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!

As soon as she said the last word, Tsarevich Ivan appeared. She gave him a gold ring and said:

Ah, Ivan Tsarevich! 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 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 Tsarevich 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 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 them with rye, so that by the morning of sleep it would grow and the jackdaw could hide in it.

It's not a problem, there will be trouble ahead. Go to bed with God; morning is wiser than evening, everything will be ready!

Ivan 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 the rye so that it will ripen by morning.

Ivan Tsarevich woke up at dawn, looked - everything was ready: there were no ditches, no gullies, the field stood as smooth as the palm of the hand, and the rye flaunted 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; By tomorrow, thresh all the wheat for me 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 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; The morning is wiser than the 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.

In the morning the sea king calls Ivan Tsarevich:

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 granary - 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 Tsarevich Ivan 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, that’s not a problem, there will be trouble ahead. Go to bed; The morning is wiser than the 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 here and mold a church of God out of pure wax so that it will be ready by morning.

In the morning, Ivan Tsarevich got up, looked - the church was made of pure wax, and went to the sea king with a chill.

Thank you, Ivan Tsarevich! No matter what servants I had, no one was able to please as much as you. For this, be my heir, protector of the whole 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 less time passed, Ivan Tsarevich yearned for his parents, and he wanted to go to Holy Rus'.

Why are you so sad, Ivan Tsarevich?

Ah, Vasilisa the Wise, I was sad for my father, for my mother, I wanted to go to Holy Rus'.

This trouble has arrived! 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 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! - another saliva answers.

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.

The messengers waited and waited and let's knock again: no response, no response! The door was broken down, but the mansion was empty.

They reported to the king that the young people had run away; He became embittered and sent a great pursuit after them.

And Vasilisa the Wise with Ivan Tsarevich are already far, far away! They ride greyhound horses without stopping, without rest.

Come on, Ivan 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 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 Tsarevich 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 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 Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise have been riding greyhounds a long time ago.

Well, Ivan Tsarevich, fall down to the damp ground and listen, is there any pursuit from the sea king?

Ivan 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, good people, I haven’t seen it; 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 old priest.

Why didn’t you destroy the church and seize the priest? After all, it was them! - the sea king shouted and he himself galloped after Ivan Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise.

And they went far.

Vasilisa the Wise speaks again:

Ivan Tsarevich! Fall down to the damp ground - you won't hear the chase!

Ivan Tsarevich got off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth and said:

I hear people’s rumors and horse tramping more than ever.

It is the king himself who is galloping.

Vasilisa the Wise turned the horses into a lake, Ivan 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 it didn’t work out that way: whatever doesn’t fly apart from above... the drake is about to hit, and the drake dives into the water; The duck is about to hit, and the duck dives into the water! I fought and fought and could not do anything. The king of the sea galloped to his underwater kingdom, and Vasilisa the Wise and Ivan 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 Ivan Tsarevich to Vasilisa the Wise, “I’ll go and report to my father and mother in advance.”

You will forget me, Ivan Tsarevich!

No, I won't forget.

No, Ivan Tsarevich, don’t talk, you’ll forget! Remember me even when two doves begin to fight at the windows!

Ivan Tsarevich came to the palace; his parents saw him, threw themselves on his neck and began to kiss and pardon him; In his joy, Ivan Tsarevich forgot about Vasilisa the Wise.

He lives another day with his father, with his mother, and on the third he plans 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 them away.

It was only then that Ivan Tsarevich remembered about Vasilisa the Wise, sent messengers in all directions to question and search, and found her at the bakery; 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 and get along and make good things.

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Tale of the Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise

Russian folktale

Fairy tale “The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise” summary:

The tale “The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise” is about how the Tsar married the queen and went on a campaign. While the Tsar is traveling through foreign lands, his son Ivan Tsarevich is born at home. Returning, the king wanted to drink from the lake, but the Sea King grabbed him by the beard and threatened to kill him if the king did not give him what he himself did not know about in his house. The king agrees. Only upon arriving home does he realize his mistake.
Ivan Tsarevich grew up quickly, and the king sends him to the shore of the lake to look for a ring, but in fact to the king of the sea.
Ivan Tsarevich is looking for a ring and meets an old woman, whom he at first scolded, but then obeyed, and she taught him what to do.

12 doves flew to the lake, turned into girls and began to swim. Then the thirteenth arrived and became the most beautiful girl of all. Then they fly away, leaving only the youngest, from whom the prince steals her shirt. This is Vasilisa the Wise. She gives the prince a ring and shows the way to the sea kingdom, and she flies away.
Ivan came to the Sea King, and as punishment for his long absence, he ordered him to do three jobs - to level the field, to sow rye so that the rye ripened by morning, to sort out the stacks of wheat, to thresh the wheat so that the stacks were not destroyed, and to build a church from pure wax.

Ivan cried every time, not knowing how to complete the task, but Vasilisa did everything herself.
Ivan Tsarevich marries Vasilisa the Wise. After some time, he confesses to his wife that he wants to go to Holy Rus'. Vasilisa spits in three corners, locks her tower and runs away with her husband to Rus'.
For some time, the salivas were in charge of Vasilisa and the servants did not know about the escape, but in the end, the messengers break down the door, and the mansion is empty. And the Sea King sent his servants in pursuit. Vasilisa deceived the servants twice, first turning into a sheep and a shepherd, then into a church and a priest. Finally, the Sea King himself rushed in pursuit.

Vasilisa turns horses into a lake, her husband into a drake, and she herself turns into a duck. The sea king recognizes them and becomes an eagle, but he fails to kill the drake and the duck, because they dived and thus escaped.
The Sea King returned to his place with nothing.
Ivan arrived home. Vasilisa warns that the prince will forget her. But she punished him that as soon as he saw the two doves, he would remember her.
And sure enough, Ivan Tsarevich forgot Vasilisa, and even decided to marry someone else.
Here Vasilisa baked two doves, waved her hand, and they flew out the window, and let’s knock on the royal tower. The prince, seeing them, remembers Vasilisa, finds her, brings her to her father and mother, and everyone lives together.

This fairy tale teaches courage, honesty, kindness, and develops a sense of beauty.

Tale of the Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise read:

Far away, in the thirtieth state, there lived 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 Tsarevich, but the king does not know about it.

He began to make his way to his state, began to approach his land, and it was a hot, hot day, 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 and thought... What doesn’t he know at home? He seems to know everything, he knows everything,” and he agreed. I tried - no one keeps a beard; got up from the ground, mounted his horse and rode home.

When he arrives home, the queen meets him with the prince, so joyful; and as soon as he found out about his sweet brainchild, he burst into bitter tears. He told the princess 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 grew up 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 Tsarevich 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 Tsarevich?

- Let go, don't bother me, old witch! And without you it’s annoying.

- Well, stay with God!

And the old lady walked away.

And Ivan 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 Tsarevich! There will be a holiday on your street; 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 still 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 a head is stuck on each spoke; 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 to come.

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 beautiful girl, 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 looked, they looked, but they 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, Tsarevich Ivan appeared. She gave him a gold ring and said:

- Ah, Ivan Tsarevich! 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 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 Tsarevich 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 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 them with rye, so that by the morning of sleep 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; morning is wiser than evening, everything will be ready!

Ivan 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 the rye so that it will ripen by morning.

Tsarevich Ivan woke up at dawn, looked - everything was ready: there were no ditches, no gullies, the field stood 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; By tomorrow, thresh all the wheat for me 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 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; The morning is wiser than the 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.

In the morning the sea king calls Ivan Tsarevich:

- 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 granary - 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 Tsarevich Ivan 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; The morning is wiser than the 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 here and mold a church of God out of pure wax so that it will be ready by morning.

In the morning, Ivan Tsarevich got up, looked - the church was made of pure wax, and went to the sea king with a chill.

- Thank you, Ivan Tsarevich! No matter what servants I had, no one was able to please as much as you. For this, be my heir, protector of the whole 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 less time passed, Ivan Tsarevich yearned for his parents, and he wanted to go to Holy Rus'.

- Why are you so sad, Ivan Tsarevich?

- Ah, Vasilisa the Wise, I was sad for my father, for my mother, I wanted to go to Holy Rus'.

- 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 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! - another saliva answers.

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.

The messengers waited and waited and let's knock again: no response, no response! The door was broken down, but the mansion was empty.

They reported to the king that the young people had run away; He became embittered and sent a great pursuit after them.

And Vasilisa the Wise with Ivan Tsarevich are already far, far away! They ride greyhound horses without stopping, without rest.

“Come on, Ivan 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 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 Tsarevich 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 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 Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise have been riding greyhounds a long time ago.

- Well, Ivan Tsarevich, fall down to the damp ground and listen, is there any pursuit from the sea king?

Ivan 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, good people, I haven’t seen it; 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 old priest.

- 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 Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise.

And they went far.

Vasilisa the Wise speaks again:

- Ivan Tsarevich! Fall down to the damp ground - you won't hear the chase!

Ivan Tsarevich got off his horse, put his ear to the damp earth 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 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 it didn’t work out that way: whatever doesn’t fly away from above... the drake is about to hit, and the drake dives into the water; The duck is about to hit, and the duck dives into the water! I fought and fought and could not do anything. The king of the sea galloped to his underwater kingdom, and Vasilisa the Wise and Ivan 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 Ivan Tsarevich to Vasilisa the Wise, “I’ll go and report to my father and mother in advance.”

- You will forget me, Ivan Tsarevich!

- No, I won’t forget.

- No, Ivan Tsarevich, don’t talk, you’ll forget! Remember me even when two doves begin to fight at the windows!

Ivan Tsarevich came to the palace; his parents saw him, threw themselves on his neck and began to kiss and pardon him; In his joy, Ivan Tsarevich forgot about Vasilisa the Wise.

He lives another day with his father, with his mother, and on the third he plans 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 them away.

It was only then that Ivan Tsarevich remembered about Vasilisa the Wise, sent messengers in all directions to question and search, and found her at the bakery; 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 and get along and make good things.

Z and distant lands, in the thirtieth state he lived - there was a king with 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 lady 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; 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 shirt from the last one 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 a head is stuck on each spoke; 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; The morning is wiser than the 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; The morning is wiser than the 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 whole 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.

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.

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 Tsarevich! 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 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 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 look for her and found her at the bakery; 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 and get along and make good things.