An old man lived with his old woman
By the very blue sea;
They lived in a dilapidated dugout
Exactly thirty years and three years.
The old man was catching fish with a net,
The old woman was spinning her yarn.
Once he threw a net into the sea, -
The net came with one mud.
He threw the net another time,
A seine came with sea grass.
The third time he threw the net, -
A net came with one fish,
With a difficult fish - gold.
How the goldfish will pray!
He speaks in a human voice:
“Let me go, old man, into the sea,
Dear, I will give a ransom for myself:
I will pay off with whatever you want. "
The old man was surprised, frightened:
He fished for thirty years and three years
And I never heard a fish speak.
He let go of the gold fish
And he said to her a kind word:
“God is with you, goldfish!
I don't need your ransom;
Step yourself into the blue sea
Walk there for yourself in the open. "
The old man returned to the old woman,
I told her a great miracle.
“I caught a fish today,
Goldfish, not simple;
The fish spoke our way
I asked for blue home in the sea
I paid off at a high price:
I paid off with whatever I wanted.
I dared not take a ransom from her;
So he let her into the blue sea. "
The old woman dismissed the old man:
“You fool, you fool!
You did not know how to take the ransom from the fish!
If only you took a trough from her,
Ours is completely split. "
So he went to the blue sea;
He sees - the sea is playing a little.
A fish swam to him and asked:
"What do you want, elder?"
"Have mercy, lady fish,
My old woman broke me,
Doesn't give the old man peace of mind:
She needs a new trough;
Ours is completely split. "
The goldfish answers:
You will have a new trough. "
The old man returned to the old woman,
The old woman has a new trough.
The old woman scolds even more:
“You fool, you fool!
Begged, you fool, trough!
Is there a lot of self-interest in the trough?
Go back, you fool, you go to the fish;
Bow down to her, beg for a hut. "
So he went to the blue sea,
You will have a new trough. "
The old man returned to the old woman,
He began to click a goldfish,
"What do you want, elder?"
“Have mercy, lady fish!
The old woman scolds even more,
Doesn't give the old man peace of mind:
A grumpy woman asks for the hut. "
The goldfish answers:
“Do not be sad, go with God,
So be it: there will be a hut for you. "
He went to his dugout,
And there is no trace of the dugout;
Before him is a hut with a light,
With a brick, bleached chimney,
With oak, plank collars.
The old woman sits under the window
On what the light stands her husband scolds.
“You fool, straight fool!
I begged you, you fool, a hut!
Come back, bow to the fish:
I don't want to be a black peasant
I want to be a pillar noblewoman. "
The old man went to the blue sea;
(The blue sea is not calm.)
A fish swam to him, asked:
"What do you want, elder?"
The old man replies to her with a bow:
“Have mercy, lady fish!
The old woman is more foolish than ever,
Doesn't give the old man peace of mind:
She doesn't want to be a peasant,
She wants to be a pillar noblewoman. "
The goldfish answers:
"Do not be sad, go with God."
The old man returned to the old woman.
What does he see? High tower.
His old woman stands on the porch
In an expensive sable jacket,
Brocade kitsch on the top,
The pearls cut their neck
Gold rings on my hands
On my feet are red boots.
Before her are diligent servants;
She hits them, drags them by the chuprun.
The old man says to his old woman:
“Hello, lady madam noblewoman!
Tea, now your darling is happy. "
The old woman shouted at him,
She sent him to the stable to serve.
Here's a week, another one goes by
The old woman was even more foolish:
He sends the old man to the fish again.
“Come back, bow to the fish:
I don't want to be a pillar noblewoman
And I want to be a free queen. "
The old man got scared, prayed:
“What are you, woman, overeat henbane?
You don't know how to step or speak,
You will make the whole kingdom laugh. "
The old woman was more angry,
She hit her husband on the cheek.
“How dare you, man, argue with me,
With me, noblewoman of the pillar? -
Go to the sea, they tell you with honor,
If you don't go, they will lead you against your will. "
The old man went to the sea
(The blue sea has turned black.)
He began to click on the goldfish.
A fish swam to him, asked:
"What do you want, elder?"
The old man replies to her with a bow:
“Have mercy, lady fish!
Again my old woman rebelled:
She doesn't want to be a noblewoman,
He wants to be a free queen. "
The goldfish answers:
“Do not be sad, go with God!
Good! the old woman will be the queen! "
The old man returned to the old woman.
Well? before him are the royal chambers.
In the wards he sees his old woman,
She sits at the table as a queen,
Boyars and nobles serve her,
Pour overseas wines to her;
She seizes with printed gingerbread;
A formidable guard stands around her,
They hold hatchets on their shoulders.
As the old man saw, he was frightened!
At the feet he bowed to the old woman,
He said: “Hello, formidable queen!
Well, now your darling is happy. "
The old woman did not look at him,
Only from the eyes she ordered to drive him away.
Boyars and nobles ran up,
The old man was pushed in.
And at the door, the guards ran up,
I almost chopped them with axes.
And the people laughed at him:
“Serves you right, you old ignoramus!
Henceforth you, ignorant, science:
Do not sit in your sleigh! "
Here's a week, another one goes by
The old woman was even more foolish:
He sends courtiers for her husband,
They found the old man, brought him to her.
The old woman says to the old man:
“Go back, bow to the fish.
I don't want to be a free queen
I want to be the mistress of the sea,
To live for me in Okiyane-sea,
To serve me a gold fish
And I would have it on the parcels. "
The old man did not dare to contradict,
I did not dare to say a word across.
Here he goes to the blue sea,
He sees a black storm on the sea:
So angry waves swelled
So they walk, so howl and howl.
He began to click on the goldfish.
A fish swam to him, asked:
"What do you want, elder?"
The old man answers her with a bow:
“Have mercy, lady fish!
What should I do with the damn woman?
She does not want to be a queen,
Wants to be the mistress of the sea;
To live for her in Okiyane-sea,
To serve her yourself
And she would have it on parcels. "
The fish said nothing
Just splashed the water with my tail
And she went into the deep sea.
For a long time by the sea he waited for an answer,
I did not wait, I returned to the old woman -
Look: there is a dugout in front of him again;
His old woman sits on the threshold,
And before her is a broken trough.
Analysis of "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" by Pushkin
"The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" is the simplest and most edifying of all Pushkin's tales. He wrote it in 1833 in Boldino. The poet took one of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm as a basis, but seriously reworked it in the spirit of Russian national traditions.
The main point of the tale of the goldfish is to condemn human greed. Pushkin shows that it is negative quality inherent in all people, regardless of material or social status. In the center of the plot - a poor old man with an old woman who have lived by the sea all their lives. Despite the fact that both worked by the sweat of their brows, they never made any fortune. The old man continues to fish for food, and the old woman sits for "her yarn" all day. Pushkin does not indicate the reason, but the poor old people do not have children, or they left their parents long ago. This further increases their suffering, as they have no one else to hope for.
The old man is often left without a catch, but one day he is lucky. The seine brings a magic goldfish, which in exchange for freedom offers the old man to fulfill his every wish. Even poverty is not capable of destroying feelings of kindness and compassion in an old man. He just lets go of the fish, saying "God is with you."
Quite different feelings are born in the soul of an old woman at the news of her husband's catch. She pounces on him with furious abuse, accusing the old man of stupidity. But she herself, apparently, does not fully believe in the magic promise, since she only asks for a new trough for verification.
After the fulfillment of the desire, the old woman begins to taste. Her appetite flares up, and each time she sends the old man with even greater requests. Moreover, the wretchedness of the thinking of a person becomes noticeable, whose whole life was spent in poverty. She does not have enough intelligence to immediately ask, for example, a lot of money, which would save the old man for a long time from constant appeals to the fish. The old woman is gradually asking for a new home, the nobility, royal power... The highest limit of dreams for her is the desire to become a sea queen.
The old man meekly fulfills every wish of the old woman. He feels his guilt before her for all the years of his bleak life. At the same time, he is ashamed in front of the fish, which does not show dissatisfaction with new requests. Rybka is sorry for the old man, she understands his dependence on the old woman. But the last insane desire brings her patience to the end. She does not punish the old woman who has gone mad with greed, but simply returns everything to the broken trough.
For the old man, this is even the best way out, since he again becomes the master of his house. And the old woman learned a serious lesson. For the rest of her short life, she will remember how, out of greed, she destroyed the power and wealth floating into her hands with her own hands.
Who of us is not familiar with the "Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" since childhood? Someone read it in childhood, someone first met her when they saw a cartoon on the TV screen. The plot of the work is undoubtedly familiar to everyone. But not many know how and when it was written. We will talk about the creation, origins and characters of this work in our article. We will also consider modern alterations of the fairy tale.
Who wrote the story about and when?
The tale was written by the great Russian poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin in the village of Boldino on October 14, 1833. This period in the writer's work is usually called the second Boldinskaya autumn. The work was first published in 1835 on the pages of the magazine "Library for Reading". At the same time, Pushkin created another famous work - "The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Heroes."
History of creation
Even in his early acting A.S. Pushkin began to take an interest in folk art. The fairy tales he heard in the cradle from his beloved nanny remained in his memory for the rest of his life. In addition, later, already in the 20s of the 19th century, the poet studied folklore in the village of Mikhailovskoye. It was then that ideas for future fairy tales began to appear.
However, Pushkin turned directly to folk subjects only in the 30s. He began to try himself in creating fairy tales. One of them was the tale of the goldfish. In this work, the poet tried to show the nationality of Russian literature.
For whom did A. Pushkin write fairy tales?
Pushkin wrote fairy tales at the height of his creativity. And initially they were not intended for children, although they immediately entered the circle of their reading. The tale of the goldfish is not just fun for children with a moral at the end. This is primarily an example of creativity, traditions and beliefs of the Russian people.
Nevertheless, the plot of the tale itself is not an accurate retelling of folk works. In fact, little of Russian folklore is reflected in it. Many researchers argue that most of the poet's tales, including the tale about the goldfish (the text of the work confirms this), was borrowed from German fairy tales collected by the Grimm brothers.
Pushkin chose the plot he liked, remade it at his own discretion and clothed it in poetic form, not caring how authentic the stories would be. However, the poet managed to convey, if not the plot, then the spirit and character of the Russian people.
Images of the main characters
The tale about the goldfish is not rich in characters - there are only three of them, however, this is enough for a fascinating and instructive plot.
The images of the old man and the old woman are diametrically opposed, and their views on life are completely different. They are both poor, but reflect different sides of poverty. So, the old man is always disinterested and ready to help in trouble, because he himself has been in the same situation more than once and knows what grief is. He is kind and calm, even when he is lucky, he does not take advantage of the fish's offer, but simply lets her go free.
The old woman, despite the same social status, is arrogant, cruel and greedy. She pushes the old man around, harasses him, constantly scolds and is always unhappy with everything. For this she will be punished at the end of the tale, left with a broken trough.
However, the old man does not receive any reward, because he is unable to resist the will of the old woman. For his obedience, he did not deserve a better life. Here Pushkin describes one of the main features of the Russian people - patience. It is precisely this that does not allow to live better and more calmly.
The image of the fish is incredibly poetic and saturated folk wisdom... She acts as a higher power, which for the time being is ready to fulfill desires. However, her patience is not unlimited.
The tale of the old man and the goldfish begins with a description of the blue sea, near the shore of which an old man and an old woman have been living in a dugout for 33 years. They live very poorly and the only thing that feeds them is the sea.
One day the old man goes to fish. He casts the net twice, but both times he brings only sea mud. For the third time, the old man is lucky - a goldfish gets caught in his net. She speaks in a human voice and asks to let her go, promising to grant her wish. The old man did not ask the fish for anything, but simply let her go.
Returning home, he told his wife everything. The old woman began to scold him and told him to go back, ask the fish for a new trough. The old man went, bowed to the fish, and the old woman received what she asked.
But this was not enough for her. She demanded a new home. The fish also fulfilled this desire. Then the old woman wanted to become a pillar noblewoman. The old man went to the fish again, and again she fulfilled the wish. The fisherman himself was sent by his evil wife to work in the stable.
But this was not enough. The old woman ordered her husband to go to the sea again and ask him to make her queen. This desire was also fulfilled. But this did not satisfy the old woman's greed. Again she summoned the old man to her place and ordered him to ask the fish to make her the queen of the sea, and she herself served her on parcels.
The fisherman conveyed the words of his wife. But the fish did not answer, it just splashed its tail and swam into depths of the sea... For a long time he stood by the sea, waiting for an answer. But the fish no longer appeared, and the old man returned home. And there an old woman with a broken trough was waiting for him, sitting by an old dugout.
Plot source
As noted above, the tale of the fisherman and the goldfish has its roots not only in Russian, but also in foreign folklore. Thus, the plot of this work is often compared with the tale "The Greedy Old Woman", which was included in the collection of the Brothers Grimm. However, this similarity is very distant. German authors focused all the attention in the tale on the moral conclusion - greed does not lead to good, you need to be able to be content with what you have.
The action also takes place on the seashore, however, instead of a goldfish, the flounder acts as the executor of desires, which later turns out to be also an enchanted prince. Pushkin replaced this image with a goldfish, which symbolizes prosperity and good luck in Russian culture.
The tale of the goldfish in a new way
Today you can find many alterations of this tale in a new way. Changes in time are characteristic of them. That is, from antiquity, the main characters are transferred to modern worldwhere there is also a lot of poverty and injustice. The moment of catching a goldfish remains unchanged, as does the magic heroine herself. But the old woman's desire is changing. Now she needs an Indesit car, new boots, a villa, a Ford. She wants to be blonde with long legs.
In some alterations, the end of the story also changes. A fairy tale may end with a happy family life of an old man and an old woman who are 40 years younger. However, this end is more the exception than the rule. Usually the ending is either close to the original, or tells about the death of an old man or old woman.
conclusions
Thus, the tale of the goldfish still lives on and remains relevant. This is confirmed by many of its alterations. Sounding in a new way gives her new life, however, the problematics laid down by Pushkin, even in alterations, remains unchanged.
All about the same heroes are told by these new options, the same greedy old woman, and the obedient old man, and the fish fulfilling wishes, which speaks of the incredible skill and talent of Pushkin, who managed to write a work that remains relevant after almost two centuries.
Pushkin's Tales: The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish- An old man lived with his old woman
By the very blue sea;
They lived in a dilapidated dugout
Exactly thirty years and three years.
The old man was catching fish with a net,
The old woman was spinning her yarn.
Once he threw a net into the sea -
The net came with one mud.
He threw a seine another time -
A seine came with sea grass.
The third time he threw a net -
A net came with one fish,
With not just a fish - gold.
How the goldfish will pray!
He speaks in a human voice:
"Let go of you, old man, into the sea!
Dear, I will give a ransom for myself:
I will pay off with whatever you want. "
The old man was surprised, frightened:
He fished for thirty years and three years
And I never heard a fish speak.
He let go of the gold fish
And he said to her a kind word:
"God is with you, goldfish!
I don't need your ransom;
Step yourself into the blue sea
Walk there for yourself in the open. "
The old man returned to the old woman,
I told her a great miracle:
"I caught a fish today,
Goldfish, not simple;
The fish spoke our way
I asked for blue home in the sea
I paid off at a high price:
I paid off with whatever I wish
I did not dare to take a ransom from her;
So he let her into the blue sea. "
The old woman dismissed the old man:
"You fool, you fool!
You did not know how to take the ransom from the fish!
If only you took a trough from her,
Ours is completely split. "
Here he went to the blue sea;
He sees - the sea is playing a little.
A fish swam to him and asked;
"What do you want, elder?"
"Have mercy, lady fish,
My old woman broke me,
Doesn't give the old man peace of mind:
She needs a new trough;
Ours is completely split. "
The goldfish answers:
"Do not be sad, go with God.
You will have a new trough. "
The old man returned to the old woman,
The old woman has a new trough.
Even more, the old woman scolds:
"You fool, you fool!
Begged, you fool, trough!
Is there a lot of self-interest in the trough?
Go back, you fool, you go to the fish;
Bow down to her, beg for a hut. "
So he went to the blue sea
(Dark blue sea).
He began to click on the goldfish.
"What do you want, elder?"
"Have mercy, lady fish!
The old woman scolds even more,
Doesn't give the old man peace of mind:
A grumpy woman asks for the hut. "
The goldfish answers:
"Do not be sad, walk with God,
So be it: there will be a hut for you. "
He went to his dugout,
And there is no trace of the dugout;
Before him is a hut with a light,
With a brick, bleached chimney
With oak, plank collars.
The old woman sits under the window
What the light is on her husband scolds:
"You fool, straight fool!
I begged you, you fool, a hut!
Come back, bow to the fish:
I don't want to be a black peasant
I want to be a pillar noblewoman. "
The old man went to the blue sea
(Restless blue sea).
He began to click on the goldfish.
A fish swam to him, asked:
"What do you want, elder?"
The old man replies to her with a bow:
"Have mercy, lady fish!
The old woman is more foolish than ever,
Doesn't give the old man peace of mind:
She doesn't want to be a peasant
She wants to be a pillar noblewoman. "
The goldfish answers:
"Do not be sad, go with God."
The old man returned to the old woman,
What does he see? High tower.
His old woman stands on the porch
In an expensive sable jacket,
Brocade kichka on the top,
The pearls cut their neck
Gold rings on my hands
On my feet are red boots.
Before her are diligent servants;
She beats them, drags them by the chuprun.
The old man says to his old woman:
"Hello, madam noblewoman!
Tea, now your darling is happy. "
The old woman shouted at him,
She sent him to the stable to serve.
Here's a week, another one goes by
The old woman was even more foolish;
Again he sends the old man to the fish:
"Come back, bow to the fish:
I don’t want to be a pillar noblewoman.
And I want to be a free queen. "
The old man got scared, prayed:
"What are you, woman, overeat henbane?
You don't know how to step or speak.
You will make the whole kingdom laugh. "
The old woman was more angry,
She hit her husband on the cheek.
"How dare you, man, argue with me,
With me, noblewoman of the pillar?
Go to the sea, they tell you with honor;
If you don't go, they will lead you against your will. "
The old man went to the sea
(The blue sea has turned black).
He began to click on the goldfish.
A fish swam to him, asked:
"What do you want, elder?"
The old man replies to her with a bow:
"Have mercy, lady fish!
Again my old woman rebelled:
She doesn't want to be a noblewoman,
She wants to be a free queen. "
The goldfish answers:
"Do not be sad, go with God!
Good! the old woman will be the queen! "
The old man returned to the old woman,
Well? before him are the royal chambers,
In the wards he sees his old woman,
She sits at the table as a queen,
Boyars and nobles serve her,
Pour overseas wines to her;
She seizes with printed gingerbread;
A formidable guard stands around her,
They hold hatchets on their shoulders.
As the old man saw, he was frightened!
At the feet he bowed to the old woman,
He said: "Hello, formidable queen!
Well, is your darling happy now? "
The old woman did not look at him,
Only from the eyes she ordered to drive him away.
Boyars and nobles ran up,
The old man was pushed in.
And at the door, the guards ran up,
I almost chopped it with axes,
And the people laughed at him:
"Serves you right, you old ignoramus!
Henceforth you, ignorant, science:
Don't sit in your sleigh! "
Here's a week, another one goes by
The old woman became even more foolish:
He sends the courtiers for her husband.
They found the old man, brought him to her.
The old woman says to the old man:
"Come back, bow to the fish.
I don't want to be a free queen
I want to be the mistress of the sea,
To live for me in the okiyan-sea,
To serve me a gold fish
And I would have it on the parcels. "
The old man did not dare to contradict,
I did not dare to say a word across.
Here he goes to the blue sea,
He sees a black storm on the sea:
So angry waves swelled
So they walk, so howl and howl.
He began to click on the goldfish.
A fish swam to him, asked:
"What do you want, elder?"
The old man answers her with a bow:
"Have mercy, lady fish!
What should I do with the damn woman?
She does not want to be a queen,
Wants to be the mistress of the sea:
To live for her in the okyan-sea,
To serve her yourself
And she would have it on parcels. "
The fish said nothing
Just splashed the water with my tail
And she went into the deep sea.
For a long time by the sea he waited for an answer,
I did not wait, I returned to the old woman
Look: there is a dugout in front of him again;
His old woman sits on the threshold,
And before her is a broken trough.
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An old man lived with his old woman
By the very blue sea;
They lived in a dilapidated dugout
Exactly thirty years and three years.
The old man was catching fish with a net,
The old woman was spinning her yarn.
Once he threw a net into the sea -
The net came with one mud.
He threw a seine another time -
A seine came with sea grass.
The third time he threw a net -
A net came with one fish,
With not just a fish - gold.
How the goldfish will pray!
He speaks in a human voice:
“Let me go, old man, into the sea!
Dear, I will give a ransom for myself:
I will pay off with whatever you want. "
The old man was surprised, frightened:
He fished for thirty years and three years
And I never heard a fish speak.
He let go of the gold fish
And he said to her a kind word:
“God is with you, goldfish!
I don't need your ransom;
Step yourself into the blue sea
Walk there for yourself in the open. "
The old man returned to the old woman,
I told her a great miracle:
“I caught a fish today,
Goldfish, not simple;
The fish spoke our way
I asked for blue home in the sea
I paid off at a high price:
I paid off with whatever I wish
I did not dare to take a ransom from her;
So he let her into the blue sea. "
The old woman dismissed the old man:
“You fool, you fool!
You did not know how to take the ransom from the fish!
If only you took a trough from her,
Ours is completely split. "
Here he went to the blue sea;
He sees - the sea is playing a little.
A fish swam to him and asked;
"What do you want, elder?"
"Have mercy, lady fish,
My old woman broke me,
Doesn't give the old man peace of mind:
She needs a new trough;
Ours is completely split. "
The goldfish answers:
“Do not be sad, go with God.
You will have a new trough. "
The old man returned to the old woman,
The old woman has a new trough.
Even more, the old woman scolds:
“You fool, you fool!
Begged, you fool, trough!
Is there a lot of self-interest in the trough?
Go back, you fool, you go to the fish;
Bow down to her, beg for a hut. "
So he went to the blue sea
(Dark blue sea).
He began to click on the goldfish.
"What do you want, elder?"
“Have mercy, lady fish!
The old woman scolds even more,
Doesn't give the old man peace of mind:
A grumpy woman asks for the hut. "
The goldfish answers:
“Do not be sad, go with God,
So be it: there will be a hut for you. "
He went to his dugout,
And there is no trace of the dugout;
Before him is a hut with a light,
With a brick, bleached chimney
With oak, plank collars.
The old woman sits under the window
What the light is on her husband scolds:
“You fool, straight fool!
I begged you, you fool, a hut!
Come back, bow to the fish:
I don't want to be a black peasant
I want to be a pillar noblewoman. "
The old man went to the blue sea
(Restless blue sea).
He began to click on the goldfish.
A fish swam to him, asked:
"What do you want, elder?"
The old man replies to her with a bow:
“Have mercy, lady fish!
The old woman is more foolish than ever,
Doesn't give the old man peace of mind:
She doesn't want to be a peasant
She wants to be a pillar noblewoman. "
The goldfish answers:
"Do not be sad, go with God."
The old man returned to the old woman,
What does he see? High tower.
His old woman stands on the porch
In an expensive sable jacket,
Brocade kichka on the top,
The pearls cut their neck
Gold rings on my hands
On my feet are red boots.
Before her are diligent servants;
She beats them, drags them by the chuprun.
The old man says to his old woman:
“Hello, madam noblewoman!
Tea, now your darling is happy. "
The old woman shouted at him,
She sent him to the stable to serve.
Here's a week, another one goes by
The old woman was even more foolish;
Again he sends the old man to the fish:
"Come back, bow to the fish:
I don’t want to be a pillar noblewoman.
And I want to be a free queen. "
The old man got scared, prayed:
“What are you, woman, overeat henbane?
You don't know how to step or speak.
You will make the whole kingdom laugh. "
The old woman was more angry,
She hit her husband on the cheek.
“How dare you, man, argue with me,
With me, noblewoman of the pillar?
Go to the sea, they tell you with honor;
If you don't go, they will lead you against your will. "
The old man went to the sea
(The blue sea has turned black).
He began to click on the goldfish.
A fish swam to him, asked:
"What do you want, elder?"
The old man replies to her with a bow:
“Have mercy, lady fish!
Again my old woman rebelled:
She doesn't want to be a noblewoman,
He wants to be a free queen. "
The goldfish answers:
“Do not be sad, go with God!
Good! the old woman will be the queen! "
The old man returned to the old woman,
Well? before him are the royal chambers,
In the wards he sees his old woman,
She sits at the table as a queen,
Boyars and nobles serve her,
Pour overseas wines to her;
She seizes with printed gingerbread;
A formidable guard stands around her,
They hold hatchets on their shoulders.
As the old man saw, he was frightened!
At the feet he bowed to the old woman,
He said: “Hello, formidable queen!
Well, is your darling happy now? "
The old woman did not look at him,
Only from the eyes she ordered to drive him away.
Boyars and nobles ran up,
The old man was pushed in.
And at the door, the guards ran up,
I almost chopped it with axes,
And the people laughed at him:
“Serves you right, you old ignoramus!
Henceforth you, ignorant, science:
Do not sit in your sleigh! "
Here's a week, another one goes by
The old woman became even more foolish:
He sends the courtiers for her husband.
They found the old man, brought him to her.
The old woman says to the old man:
“Go back, bow to the fish.
I don't want to be a free queen
I want to be the mistress of the sea,
To live for me in the okiyan-sea,
To serve me a gold fish
And I would have it on the parcels. "
The old man did not dare to contradict,
I did not dare to say a word across.
Here he goes to the blue sea,
He sees a black storm on the sea:
So angry waves swelled
So they walk, so howl and howl.
He began to click on the goldfish.
A fish swam to him, asked:
"What do you want, elder?"
The old man answers her with a bow:
“Have mercy, lady fish!
What should I do with the damn woman?
She does not want to be a queen,
Wants to be the mistress of the sea:
To live for her in the okyan-sea,
To serve her yourself
And she would have it on parcels. "
The fish said nothing
Just splashed the water with my tail
And she went into the deep sea.
For a long time by the sea he waited for an answer,
I did not wait, I returned to the old woman
Look: there is a dugout in front of him again;
His old woman sits on the threshold,
And before her is a broken trough.