Once upon a time, there lived a man. He had a daughter, son and stepdaughter. The stepdaughter was not loved in the house, they offended her and forced her to work hard, and then they decided to take her to the forest and throw her to the wolves. So the brother says to his stepdaughter:
- Let's go with me to the forest. You will pick berries, and I will chop wood.
The stepdaughter grabbed a bucket, put a ball of thread in the bucket and went with her named brother into the forest.
They arrived in the forest and stopped in a clearing. Brother said:
- Go pick berries and don’t come back until I finish chopping wood. Return to the clearing only when the sound of the ax stops.
The girl took a bucket and went to pick berries. As soon as she was out of sight, the sworn brother tied a large mallet to a tree and left.
A girl walks through the forest, picks berries, sometimes stops, listens to her sworn brother knocking an ax in the distance, and moves on. She doesn’t even realize that it’s not her brother who’s knocking with the axe, but the mallet that’s swaying in the wind and hitting the tree: knock-knock! Knock Knock!
“My brother is still chopping wood,” the girl thinks and calmly picks berries.
She filled the bucket full. Evening had already come, and the beater stopped knocking.
The girl listened - quietly all around.
“Apparently, my brother has finished work. It’s time for me to return,” the girl thought and returned to the clearing.
She looks: there is no one in the clearing, only fresh wood chips are turning white.
The girl began to cry and walked along the forest path, wherever her eyes looked.
She walked and walked. The forest is over. The girl went out into the field. Suddenly the ball she was holding in her hands fell out and rolled quickly. The girl went to look for the ball. He goes and says:
-My little ball rolled away, did anyone see it?
So the girl reached the shepherd, who was tending a herd of horses.
- My little ball rolled away, haven’t you seen it? - the girl asked the shepherd.
“I saw,” answered the shepherd, “Work for me for one day: I will give you a horse, on which you will go to look for your little ball.” The girl agreed. She looked after the herd all day, and in the evening the shepherd gave her a horse and showed her the way.
The girl rode on a horse through the forests, through the mountains and saw a shepherd tending a herd of cows. The girl worked for him all day, received a cow for her work and moved on. Then she met a flock of sheep, helped the shepherds, and received a sheep for this. After that, she came across a herd of goats on the way. The girl helped the shepherd and received a goat from him.
A girl is driving cattle, and the day is already approaching evening. The girl became scared. Where to hide for the night? Luckily, she saw a light not far away and was delighted: “Finally, I got to my home!”
The girl drove the horse and soon reached a small hut. And in this hut lived a witch. The girl entered the hut and saw an old woman sitting there. She greeted her and asked:
- My little ball rolled away, haven’t you seen it?
- You, girl, came from afar. First, rest and help me, and then ask about the ball,” the ubyr said.
The girl stayed with the old Ubyr woman. In the morning she heated the bathhouse and called the old woman:
- Grandma, the bathhouse is ready, go wash.
- Thank you, daughter! But I won’t get to the bathhouse without your help. “You take my hand, push me from behind with your knee, then I will move,” the ubyr tells her.
- No, grandma, you can’t do that. You are already old, is it really possible to push you? “I’d better carry you in my arms,” said the girl. She picked up the old Ubyr woman in her arms and brought her to the bathhouse.
“Daughter,” says the old woman, “take me by the hair and throw me on the shelf.”
“No, grandma, you can’t do that,” the girl answered, she picked up the old woman and sat her on the shelf.
And the old ubyr woman says to her:
- Daughter, steam my back, but more firmly, not with a steamed broom, but with his handle.
“No, grandma, it will hurt you,” the girl answered.
She soared the old Ubyr woman with a soft broom, and then carried her home in her arms and laid her on a feather bed.
- My head is itching, daughter. “Comb my hair,” said the old ubyr woman.
The girl began to comb the Ubyr’s hair with a small comb, and she gasped - the old woman’s hair was full of pearls and gems, gold and silver! The girl did not say anything to the old woman, but combed her hair and braided it.
- And now, daughter? Amuse me, old one, dance in front of me,” said the old ubyr woman.
The girl did not refuse - she began to dance before the evening.
As soon as she finished dancing, the old woman had a new order ready:
- Go, daughter, to the kitchen and see if the dough in the kneader has risen.
The girl went to the kitchen, looked into the bowl, and the bowl was full to the brim with pearls and gems, gold and silver.
- Well, daughter, how did the dough turn out? - the ubyr asked as soon as the girl returned from the kitchen.
“It’s fine, grandma,” the girl answered.
- That's good! Now do mine last request“Dance again,” says the ubyr.
The girl didn’t say a word to the old woman, she danced in front of her again as best she could.
The old Ubyr woman liked the girl.
“Now, daughter, you can go home,” she says.
“I would be glad, grandma, but I don’t know the road,” the girl answered.
- Well, it’s easy to help such grief, I’ll show you the way. When you leave my hut, go straight, don’t turn anywhere. Take this green chest with you. Just don't open it until you get home.
The girl took the chest, sat astride the horse, and drove the goat, cow and sheep in front of her. At parting, she thanked the old woman and set off.
The girl travels day and night, and at dawn she begins to approach her native village.
And when she drove up to the house itself, dogs barked in the yard:

- Apparently our dogs are mad! - the brother exclaimed, ran out into the yard, and began to disperse the dogs with a stick.
The dogs ran in different directions, but they didn’t stop yapping:
- They wanted to destroy the girl, but she will live richly! Bow-wow!
And the brother and sister see that their stepdaughter has arrived at the gate. She got off her horse, entered the house, opened the chest, and everyone saw that it was full of gold, silver, pearls and all sorts of precious stones.
The brother and sister became jealous. And they decided to get rich too. They asked the stepdaughter about everything.
So the sister took the ball and went with her brother into the forest. In the forest, the brother began to chop wood, and the girl began to pick berries. As soon as the girl was out of sight, the brother tied a mallet to a tree and left. The girl returned to the clearing, but her brother was no longer there. The girl walked through the forest. Soon she reached a shepherd who was tending a herd of horses.
- My ball rolled away, didn’t you see it? - the girl asked the shepherd.
“I saw it,” answered the shepherd. - Work for me for a day, I’ll give you a horse, and you’ll ride on it to look for your ball.
“I don’t need your horse,” the girl answered and moved on.
She reached a herd of cows, then a flock of sheep, then a herd of goats, and didn’t want to work anywhere. And after some time she reached the hut of the old Ubyr woman. She entered the hut and said:
- My ball rolled away, didn’t you see it?
“I saw it,” the old woman answers, “just go and heat my bath first.”
The girl heated the bathhouse, returned to the old woman, and she said:
- Let's go, daughter, to the bathhouse. You lead me by the hand, push me from behind with your knee.
- Fine.
The girl took the old woman by the hands and started pushing her from behind with her knee. So she took me to the bathhouse.
In the bathhouse, the old woman asks the girl:
- Steam my back, daughter, not with a soft broom, but with his hand.
The girl began to pound the old woman’s back with the handle of a broom.
They returned home, the old woman said:
- Now comb my hair.
The girl began to comb the old woman’s hair and saw that her head was strewn with gold, silver and precious stones. The girl’s eyes lit up, and she began hastily stuffing her pockets with jewelry, even hiding something in her bosom.
“Now, daughter, dance,” the old woman asks.
The girl began to dance, and gold and gems. The old Ubyr woman saw it, didn’t say a word, just sent her to the kitchen to see if the dough in the kneading bowl had risen.
A girl came into the kitchen, looked into the bowl, and the bowl was full to the very brim of gold, silver, and gems. The girl could not resist, she again filled her pockets with gold and silver, and at the same time thought: “Now I know how rich my sister got!”
When she returned, the old Ubyr woman again made her dance, and again gold and silver fell from the girl’s pockets.
After this, the old Ubyr woman said:
- Now, daughter, go home and take this black chest with you. When you get home, you open it.
The girl was delighted, picked up the chest, in a hurry did not even thank the old woman and ran home. He's in a hurry and doesn't stop anywhere.
On the third day it appeared home village. When she began to approach the house, the dogs in the yard began to bark:

My brother heard it, ran out into the yard, started chasing the dogs, and the dogs kept yapping:
- The girl wanted to be rich, but she didn’t have long to live! Bow-wow!
The girl ran home, didn’t say hello to anyone, and rushed to open the chest. As soon as she opened the lid, snakes crawled out of the chest and began to sting her.

A long time ago, a huge kingdom stretched out on the seashore. The rumor about his wealth spread throughout the world, and everyone in this kingdom lived happily. Only the king was not happy: all his sons, as soon as they were born, died. The king was getting old, but he still had no heir.

But one fine day, to the great joy of the king, the queen gave birth to a son. True, this joy soon gave way to anxiety.

“How to protect my only son from evil fate?” - the king thought, and this thought did not give him peace.

To ward off evil spirits from his son, the king decided to keep his name a secret until he became an adult.

“Let the boy’s name be known only to his uncle and me.”

Time passed, the baby grew and finally turned into a handsome and strong young man. And the king decided to marry him to a girl who could guess his name. Let the very spirit that protects the young man suggest his name to the one he considers worthy of the king’s son.

Many dreamed of marrying their daughter to the king's son; fathers bought the most for their daughters beautiful clothes, mothers fussed over the girls all day long, creating intricate hairstyles for them. The richest stocked up with reliable amulets from the sorcerers.

The girls, one after another, left their parents' shelter and, with rich gifts, flocked to the royal palace. The king's will reached the remote village where a girl named Akosiua lived. Akosiua was an orphan - her mother died long ago, and her father, a fisherman, died at sea, and now Akosiua grew up with her stepmother.

Her stepmother hated her only because Akosiua was more beautiful than any of her stepmother's three daughters. She had no equal in beauty in the entire region. And the stepmother dreamed of marrying one of her daughters to the king’s son. She bought them all the most beautiful things, and they began to gather for the palace.

And the stepmother ordered her stepdaughter:

- Sort through the corn and millet, sweep in the house and in the yard, wash and clean everything, and then go wherever you want, even go to the palace - people will laugh at you.

Akosiua sighed bitterly, but there was nothing to do. She saw that Abra, Aua and Ama had already dressed up and were setting off, and ran up to them:

- My dear sisters! Don't be mad at me! I don’t know the way to the palace, and I won’t have anyone to ask. Help me! When you reach a fork, place a green acacia branch on the road to the palace, and throw a dry palm branch on the other road that leads to the dark forest.

The sisters promised to do everything as she asked, but when they reached the fork in the two roads, the most evil and ugliest of the sisters, who hated the orphan more than her stepmother, said:

- Why are we going to help the arrogant one? She thinks that she is the most beautiful in the world! Let's put a dried branch on the road to the palace, and we'll throw a green branch on the road to the dark forest. What should we be afraid of! Even if she gets out of the forest alive and unharmed, we’ll say that the branches were mixed up. After all, she doesn’t really know how to explain what she wants!

That's what the sisters did. Meanwhile, poor Akosiua worked tirelessly. She did everything that her stepmother ordered, and then decided to bake some cakes to treat the king. Akosiua ground the corn kernels well, made delicious cakes from the flour, wrapped them in fresh banana leaves and put them in her old, cracked bowl.

The girl washed herself, put on her shabby clothes and hit the road. As soon as I approached the fork in the road, a whirlwind came. He picked up both branches from the ground, spun them and threw the dried palm branch onto the road to the forest, and dropped the flowering acacia branch onto the road to the palace. Akosiua followed it further.

She walked and walked and looked at the old man standing. He called the girl:

“My child, do you have anything to eat?” My strength is fading.

Previously, the old man met the evil sisters, but they didn’t give him anything, they just scolded him and went their way. And the stepdaughter had a kind heart. She thought: “Why does the king need my pitiful corn cakes? He is already full of the most delicious dishes. And the poor old man might die if I don’t share with him.”

Akosiua smiled welcomingly:

“Grandfather, that’s all I have!” Eat to your health! - And she handed the old man her simple supplies.

The old man ate, thanked the girl for the treat, and then said:

“My child, for your kindness I will reveal to you the name of the prince.” His name is Ketouoglo the Strong.

Akosiua was surprised:

- How, grandfather, do you know something that no one else in the world knows?

But before she had time to finish speaking, there was no trace of the old man. It was then that Akosiua realized that she had met the spirit himself, the prince’s patron. With a light heart, Akosiua walked further and did not stop until she reached the palace. In the square in front of the palace she saw a huge crowd.

Young girls, one more beautiful than the other, took turns approaching the young prince’s uncle and calling the name of the king’s son. And nearby the musician beat the drum with all his might so that none of the girls could hear the answers of their rivals. The girls called so many names! But it was all in vain! No one was able to guess the prince’s secret name.

It was Akosiu's turn. It was then that one of the beauties began to make fun of her:

- Pathetic simpleton! Do you really hope to guess the name of the prince? After all, the spirit did not want to reveal it even to us, so rich and beautiful.

The poor stepdaughter’s ugly sisters immediately raised a cry:

- Drive this dirty little thing away! How dare she come near us! Look, you decided to disgrace us!

But the prince’s uncle shouted sternly at the evil sisters and made a sign for the girl to approach:

- Well, try and guess the name of my nephew.

Akosiua replied:

— The prince was named Ketouoglo the Strong in order to protect him from evil spirits.

And my uncle exclaimed:

- Here is the chosen one of the guardian spirit! She will become the wife of the king's son! So the poor stepdaughter married the young prince, and the stepmother’s daughters returned home with nothing.

In times long past there was one evil, despicable woman. She had two girls living with her: one was her own daughter, the other was her stepdaughter. The stepdaughter's name was Gulbika. The stepmother forced Gulbika to work day and night: spinning threads, pulling wool, washing clothes. No matter how much Gulbika worked, she could not please her stepmother. One day she didn’t like the threads that Gulbika spun. The stepmother got angry and threw the ball away. Gulbika cried bitterly and began to look for the ball. She searched for a long time, but he was nowhere to be found, and she went to look for him on the road.
She asked everyone she met:

“There was some kind of ball rolling in that direction - it was probably yours,” the people answered her.
The girl went further, and then she met a shepherd who was grazing cows.
“My little round ball has rolled away, haven’t you seen it?” she asked the shepherd.
- I saw it, daughter. Recently I rolled over there - it was probably yours,” answered the shepherd.
Gulbika went further and met a shepherd who was tending horses.
She asked him. He gave the same answer as the previous ones.
Weeping bitterly and wailing, she walked further than Gulbika.
- My little round ball, where have you gone? Will I find you soon? If I don't find it, how can I
will I return home? My stepmother will scold and beat me.
Gulbika walked and walked, but there was still no sign of the ball. She walked along the steppe, then along the river bank. I went through terrible ravines and forests.
Finally evening came. It became dark. There was no one around. Only the terrible howl of animals was heard in the forest.
Suddenly Gulbika saw a light ahead. It flickered slightly in the distance. While she was walking towards this light, the girl also had to go through deep ravines and dense thickets. She approached the light and saw a small hut. I looked out the window, and there was an old woman sitting there spinning wool. The girl timidly entered the hut.
“Hello, grandmother!” she greeted the old woman.
- Hello, daughter! Why did you come here?” asked the old woman.
“Grandmother, a little round ball has rolled off my head.” I went looking for him and ended up here. “If I don’t find the ball, my stepmother won’t let me into the house,” the girl answered.
“Okay, daughter, don’t worry in vain,” the old woman consoled her. “Stay with me for a few days, and then go home.”
“What am I going to do with you?” the girl asked.
“You will look after me, an old man, and cook dinner for me,” answered the old woman.
“Okay, grandma,” the girl agreed and stayed with the old woman.
The next morning the old woman told her:
- Daughter, there is millet in the barn. You beat it into flour and make pancakes the next day.
“How to start it, grandma?” asked the girl.
- Whatever you do, fine. “Pour water, add flour and shake,” said the old woman.
The girl pounded the millet finely and started making it, the dough was very good.
“Grandma, how to bake pancakes?” the girl asked.
“As you bake, so be it: let them burn and warp, let them warp and burn,” answered the old woman.
Gulbika baked fluffy pancakes, spread them with butter and treated them to the old woman.
The next day the old woman said to the girl: “Daughter, I want to wash myself, I need to heat the bathhouse.”
“How to heat it, grandma?” asked the girl.
“As you heat it, that’s fine: put some wood in the stove and set it on fire,” answered the old woman.
The girl heated the bathhouse thoroughly and closed the pipe in time.
“Grandma, the bathhouse is ready, how can I get you there?” the girl asked.
“Hold him by the hand and push him in the neck,” answered the old woman.
The girl carefully lifted the old woman from her seat, took her by the arm, and quietly and carefully led her to the bathhouse.
“How can I soar you, grandma?” asked the gingerbread.
“Punch me until you stab me with the handle of a broom,” answered the old woman.
Gulbika steamed her not with the handle of a broom, but with its fragrant leaves, washed her thoroughly and took her to the hut.
“Well, daughter, give me some tea sometime, and then you can go home,” said the old woman.
Gulbika fed her to her fill and gave her sweet tea.
“Well, grandma, I’ll go home now,” the girl said after that.
- Okay, daughter, go, just go up to the attic first. There is one green chest there. “Take it for yourself and don’t open it until you enter your house,” said the old woman.
The girl said goodbye to her, took the chest and, rejoicing at the gift, went home. When she began to approach the yard, their little dog ran out of the gateway and yelped:

Gulbika was surprised by the dog’s words and shouted:
“Go away, don’t say that!” and she caressed her.
The little dog did not listen and continued to bark:
- Yip, yap, yap, auntie went to die, but she comes back alive and rich!
The stepmother heard the dog yelping and saw that her stepdaughter had returned home. She almost burst from envy and anger.
Gulbika entered the house, opened the chest and couldn’t believe her eyes: it was all full of gold and silver.
The stepmother saw this and decided: “Let my daughter get rich just like Gulbika.”
The mother took her own daughter's ball and threw it out the door. The ball rolled away. Her daughter began to look for her ball, but did not find it. Then she, although she was afraid, went out into the field and walked along the road. She, like her stepdaughter, came across shepherds, and she asked each one:
- My little ball rolled away, haven’t you seen it?
They answered her:
- We saw, we saw, he was rolling in that direction. The girl walked and walked and reached the same old woman. AND
the girl also stayed with her. One day the old woman said to her:
- Daughter, you should bake me pancakes.
“How can you bake them, grandma?” the girl asked.
“As you bake, so be it: let them burn and warp, let them warp and burn,” said the old woman.
The girl baked it just like that. The pancakes were all burnt and warped.
The next day the old woman asked:
- Daughter, I want to wash myself, I need to heat the bathhouse.
“How to heat it?” asked the girl.
“As soon as you heat it, it’s fine: put straw in the stove until it’s set on fire, and when it’s all burned, add more,” said the old woman.
The girl flooded the bathhouse with straw, not firewood. Without waiting for the smoke and fumes to go away, she closed it.
Then he entered the hut to take the old woman to the bathhouse, and said:
- Grandma, the bathhouse is ready, how can I take you there?
“Okay, take me by the hand and push me in the neck,” said the old woman.
The girl did just that.
“Grandma, how can I steam you?” she asked in the bathhouse.
- As soon as you take a steam bath, that’s fine. “Take it and beat my back with the handle of the broom,” said the old woman.
The girl did just that. Then she both led the old woman to the bathhouse and led the old woman home: she held her hand and pushed her on the neck.
When they returned home, the old woman said:
“Daughter, I wanted to drink after the bath.” Give me some tea and then go home.
The girl somehow gave the old woman some tea. After this she said:
- Grandma, isn’t it time for me to go home?
- Go, daughter, but not empty-handed. There is one yellow chest in the attic, take it for yourself. “Just don’t open it until you enter hell,” said the old woman.
The girl took the yellow chest and went home. When she began to approach the yard, the little dog saw her, ran out of the gateway and yelped:
- Yip, yap, yap, aunty went to get rich, but she comes with nothing!
The stepmother heard the dog yapping, became very angry with it and even beat it.
The girl entered the house, broke the lock on her chest and opened it.
And what did they see? It was all full of snakes and frogs. The snakes crawled out of the chest with a hiss and began to sting them. The stepmother began to scream, but no one came to help. The little dog not only did not forget the insult for the beatings she received, but also gloated and cursed;
- You beat me, you offended Gulbika, so let the snakes sting you!
She began to protect only Gulbika, who took pity and caressed her when her stepmother beat her.
The little dog grabbed all the snakes that crawled towards her stepdaughter and tore them into pieces.
Her stepmother and her daughter died from snake venom, but Gulbika and her little dog remained alive and forgot about their stepmother forever.

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A long time ago, a huge kingdom stretched out on the seashore. The rumor about his wealth spread throughout the world, and everyone in this kingdom lived happily. Only the king was not happy: all his sons, as soon as they were born, died. The king was getting old, but he still had no heir.
But one fine day, to the great joy of the king, the queen gave birth to a son. True, this joy soon gave way to anxiety.
“How to protect my only son from evil fate?” - the king thought, and this thought did not give him peace.
To ward off evil spirits from his son, the king decided to keep his name a secret until he became an adult.
- Let the boy's name be known only to his uncle and me*.
Time passed, the baby grew and finally turned into a handsome and strong young man. And the king decided to marry him to a girl who could guess his name. Let the very spirit that protects the young man suggest his name to the one he considers worthy of the king’s son!
Many dreamed of marrying their daughter to the king's son; fathers bought the most beautiful clothes for their daughters, mothers fussed over the girls all day long, creating intricate hairstyles for them. The richest stocked up on reliable amulets from sorcerers.
The girls, one after another, left their parents' shelter and, with rich gifts, flocked to the royal palace.
The will of the king reached a remote village where a girl named Akosiua lived. Akosiua was an orphan - her mother died long ago, and her father, a fisherman, died at sea, and now Akosiua grew up with her stepmother.
Her stepmother hated her only because Akosiua was more beautiful than any of her stepmother's three daughters. She had no equal in beauty in the entire region.
And the stepmother dreamed of marrying one of her daughters to the king’s son. She bought them all the most beautiful things, and they began to gather for the palace.
And the stepmother ordered her stepdaughter:
- Sort through the corn and millet, sweep in the house and in the yard, wash and clean everything, and then go wherever you want, even go to the palace - people will laugh at you.
Akosiua sighed bitterly, but there was nothing to do. She saw that Abra, Yahua and Ama had already dressed up and were setting off, and ran up to them:
- My dear sisters! Don't be mad at me! I don’t know the way to the palace, and I won’t have anyone to ask. Help me! When you reach a fork, place a green acacia branch on the road to the palace, and throw a dry palm branch on the other road that leads to the dark forest.
The sisters promised to do everything as she asked, but when they reached the fork in the two roads, the most evil and ugliest of the sisters, who hated the orphan more than her stepmother, said:
- Why are we going to help the arrogant one? She thinks that she is the most beautiful in the world! Let's put a dried branch on the road to the palace, and we'll throw a green branch on the road to the dark forest. What should we be afraid of! Even if she gets out of the forest alive and unharmed, we’ll say that the branches were mixed up. After all, she doesn’t really know how to explain what she wants!
That's what the sisters did.
Meanwhile, poor Akosiua worked tirelessly. She did everything that her stepmother ordered, and then decided to bake corn cakes to treat the king. Akosiua ground the corn kernels well, made delicious cakes from the flour, wrapped them in fresh banana leaves and put them in her old, cracked bowl.
The girl washed herself, put on her shabby clothes and hit the road. As soon as I approached the fork in the road, a whirlwind came! He picked up both branches from the ground, spun them and threw the dried palm branch onto the road to the forest, and dropped the flowering acacia branch onto the road to the palace. Akosiua followed it further.

She walked and walked and looked at the old man standing. He called the girl:
“My child, do you have anything to eat?” My strength is fading.
I met the old man and the evil sisters, yes those. They didn’t give him anything, they just scolded him and went on their way. And the stepdaughter had a kind heart. She thought: “Why does the king need my pitiful corn cakes? He is already full of the most delicious dishes. And the poor old man may die if I don’t share with him.”
Akosiua smiled welcomingly:
“Grandfather, that’s all I have!” Eat to your health! - And she handed the old man her simple supplies.
The old man ate, thanked the girl for the treat, and then said:
“My child, for your kindness I will reveal to you the name of the prince.” His name is Ketouoglo the Strong.
Akosiua was surprised:
- How, grandfather, do you know something that no one else in the world knows?
But before she had time to finish speaking, there was no trace of the old man. It was then that Akosiua realized that she had met the spirit himself, the prince’s patron.
With a light heart, Akosiua walked further and did not stop until she reached the palace. In the square in front of the palace, she saw a huge crowd.
Young girls, one more beautiful than the other, took turns approaching the young prince’s uncle and calling the name of the king’s son. And nearby the musician beat the drum with all his might so that none of the girls could hear the answers of their rivals. The girls called so many names! It was all in vain. No one was able to guess the prince’s secret name.
It was Akosiu's turn. It was then that one of the beauties began to make fun of her:
- Pathetic simpleton! Are you really... Do you really hope to guess the name of the prince? After all, the spirit did not want to reveal it even to us, so rich and beautiful!
The poor stepdaughter’s ugly sisters immediately raised a cry:
- Drive this dirty little thing away! How dare she come near us! Look, you decided to disgrace us!
But the prince’s uncle shouted sternly at the evil sisters and made a sign for the girl to approach:
- Well, try and guess the name of my nephew. Akosiua replied:
— The prince was named Ketouoglo the Strong to protect him from evil spirits.
And my uncle exclaimed:
- Here is the chosen one of the guardian spirit! She will become the wife of the king's son!
So the poor stepdaughter married the young prince, and the stepmother’s daughters returned home with nothing.

A man became a widower and married a second time to a woman with a daughter. The evil stepmother sent her husband and stepdaughter into the forest so that she could stay there forever. But the girl was kind and took pity on the forest animals. She received gifts from the bear for her kind heart and returned home. Then the stepmother sent her own daughter to the forest, but she was angry and greedy - she never returned from the forest.

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There lived an old man with an old woman and he had a daughter, but the old woman died and a widower with a daughter married a widow - also with a daughter, and they had two stepdaughters. The stepmother was hateful; does not give the old man rest:

Take your daughter to the forest, to the dugout! There she will be more tense.

What to do? The man listened to the woman, took his daughter to the dugout, gave her a flint stone, flint, and a bag of cereal and said:

Here's a little light for you; Don’t turn off the light, cook the porridge, and don’t yawn, just sit and spin your hair.

Night has come. The beautiful maiden lit the stove and made porridge; out of nowhere a mouse comes and says:

Girl, girl, give me a spoonful of porridge.

Oh my little mouse! Talk about my boredom; I will give you more than one spoon, but I will feed you to the full. The mouse ate its fill and left. At night a bear broke in:

Come on, girl,” she says, “put out the lights, let’s play blind man’s buff.” The mouse climbed onto the old man’s daughter’s shoulder and whispered in her ear:

Don't be afraid, girl! Say: “Come on!” - Put out the fire yourself and crawl under the stove, and I’ll start running and ringing the bell.

And so it happened. A bear chases a mouse but doesn’t catch it; began to roar and throw logs; threw, threw, but didn’t hit, got tired and said:

You are a master at playing blind man's buff, girl! For that, I will send you a herd of horses and a cart of goods in the morning.

The next morning the woman says:

Go, old man, check on your daughter - what did she do that night? The old man has left, and the woman sits and waits: one day he will bring his daughter’s bones!

And the dog:

Bang, bang, bang! The daughter is riding with the old man, driving a herd of horses, carrying a cart of silver.

You're lying, you disgusting little dog! It's the bones rattling in the back. The gates creaked, the horses ran into the yard, and the daughter and father were sitting on the cart: the cart was full of silver! The woman’s eyes are burning with greed.

What importance! - shouts. - Take my daughter to the forest; my daughter will drive two herds of horses and bring two carts of silver.

The man and the woman's daughter took her to the dugout and also gave her flint, steel and a bag of cereals. In the evening she made porridge. A mouse came out and asked Natasha for porridge. And Natasha shouts:

Wow, what a one! - and threw a spoon at her. The mouse ran away; and Natasha ate some porridge, ate a full pot, turned off the lights and took a nap in the corner.

Midnight came - the bear broke in and said:

Hey, where are you, girl? Let's play blind man's buff. The girl is silent, only chattering her teeth in fear.

Oh, there you are! Run to the bell, and I will catch it. She took the bell, her hand trembled, the bell rang endlessly, and the mouse responded:

The evil girl will never live!

The next morning the woman sends the old man into the forest:

Go! My daughter will bring two carts and drive two herds. The man left, and the woman was waiting outside the gate. Here's the dog:

Bang, bang, bang! The owner's daughter is driving, rattling bones in the back, and the old man is sitting on an empty cart.

You're lying, you vile little dog! My daughter drives herds and carries carts.

Lo and behold, the old man at the gate is handing the body to his wife; the woman opened the box, looked at the bones and howled, and became so angry that she died of grief and anger the next day; and the old man and his daughter lived out their lives well and welcomed their noble son-in-law into their house.