Fairy tale. By pike command, by my will

By pike command

There lived an old man. He had three sons: two smart, the third - the fool Emelya.
Those brothers work, but Emelya lies on the stove all day, not wanting to know anything.
Once the brothers went to the market, and the women, daughters-in-law, let's send him:
- Go, Emelya, for water. And he told them from the stove:
- Reluctance...
- Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will return from the market, they will not bring you gifts.
- OK.
Emel got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, took buckets and an ax and went to the river.
He cut through the ice, scooped up buckets and put them down, and he himself looks into the hole. And I saw Emelya in the hole in the pike. He contrived and grabbed the pike in his hand:
- Here the ear will be sweet!
Suddenly the pike says to him in a human voice:
- Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll be useful to you. And Emelya laughs:
- What will you use me for? No, I’ll carry you home, I’ll tell my daughters-in-law to cook the fish soup. The ear will be sweet.
The pike pleaded again:
- Emelya, Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll do whatever you want.
- Okay, just show first that you are not deceiving me, then I will let you go.
Pike asks him:
- Emelya, Emelya, tell me - what do you want now?
- I want the buckets to go home on their own and the water would not spill ...
The pike tells him:
- Remember my words: when you want something - just say: “According to pike command at my will."
Emelya says:
- At the command of the pike, at my will - go, buckets, go home yourself ...
He just said - the buckets themselves went uphill. Emelya let the pike into the hole, and he went for the buckets.
Buckets go through the village, people marvel, and Emelya walks behind, chuckles ... The buckets went into the hut and themselves stood on the bench, and Emelya climbed onto the stove. How much time has passed, how little time - the daughters-in-law say to him:
- Emelya, why are you lying? I would go and chop wood.
- Reluctance...

If you don’t chop wood, the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you gifts.
Emelya is reluctant to get off the stove. He remembered the pike and slowly says:
- At the command of the pike, at my desire - go, an ax, chop wood, and firewood - go into the hut yourself and put it in the oven ...
The ax jumped out from under the bench - and into the yard, and let's chop firewood, and the firewood itself goes into the hut and climbs into the oven.
How much, how little time has passed - the daughters-in-law again say:
- Emelya, we have no more firewood. Go to the forest, chop. And he told them from the stove:
- What are you up to?
- How are we doing? .. Is it our business to go to the forest for firewood?
- I don't feel like...
- Well, there will be no gifts for you.
Nothing to do. Emel's tears from the stove, put on shoes, got dressed. I took a rope and an ax, went out into the yard and sat in a sleigh:
- Dads, open the gate! His bridesmaids say to him:
- What are you, fool, got into the sleigh, and the horse is not harnessed?
- I don't need a horse.
The daughters-in-law opened the gates, and Emelya said quietly:
- At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, into the forest ...
The sledge itself went to the gate, and so quickly - it was impossible to catch up on a horse. And I had to go to the forest through the city, and then he crushed a lot of people, suppressed them. The people are shouting: “Hold him! Catch him! And he knows the sleigh drives. Came to the forest
- At the command of the pike, at my will - an ax, chop dry firewood, and you, firewood, yourself fall into the sleigh, knit yourself ...
The ax began to chop, chop dry wood, and the firewood themselves fell into the sleigh and knitted with a rope. Then Emelya ordered the ax to knock out a club for himself - such that he could hardly lift it. Sat on the cart:
- At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, go home ...
The sleigh raced home. Again Emelya is passing through the city where just now he crushed, crushed a lot of people, and there they are already waiting for him. They grabbed Emelya and dragged her from the cart, scolded and beat her.
He sees that things are bad, and slowly:
- At the command of the pike, at my will - come on, club, break off their sides ...
The club jumped out - and let's beat. The people rushed away, and Emelya came home and climbed onto the stove.

There lived an old man. He had three sons: two smart, the third - the fool Emelya.

Those brothers work, but Emelya lies on the stove all day, not wanting to know anything.

Once the brothers went to the market, and the women, daughters-in-law, let's send him:

Go, Emelya, for water.

And he told them from the stove:

Reluctance...

Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you presents.

OK.

Emel got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, took buckets and an ax and went to the river.

He cut through the ice, scooped up buckets and put them down, and he himself looks into the hole. And I saw Emelya in the hole in the pike. He contrived and grabbed the pike in his hand:

Here the ear will be sweet!

Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll be useful to you.

And Emelya laughs:

What will you be useful to me for? .. No, I’ll carry you home, I’ll order my daughters-in-law to cook the fish soup. The ear will be sweet.

The pike pleaded again:

Emelya, Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll do whatever you want.

Okay, just show first that you are not deceiving me, then I will let you go.

Pike asks him:

Emelya, Emelya, tell me - what do you want now?

I want the buckets to go home on their own and the water would not spill ...

The pike tells him:

Remember my words: when you want something - just say:

"According to the command of the pike, according to my desire."

Emelya says:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, buckets, go home yourself ...

He just said - the buckets themselves went uphill. Emelya let the pike into the hole, and he went for the buckets.

Buckets go through the village, people marvel, and Emelya walks behind, chuckles ... The buckets went into the hut and themselves stood on the bench, and Emelya climbed onto the stove.

How much time has passed, how little time - the daughters-in-law say to him:

Emelya, why are you lying? I would go and chop wood.

Reluctance...

If you don’t chop wood, the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you gifts.

Emelya is reluctant to get off the stove. He remembered the pike and slowly says:

At the command of the pike, at my desire - go, an ax, chop wood, and firewood - go into the hut yourself and put it in the oven ...

The ax jumped out from under the bench - and into the yard, and let's chop firewood, and the firewood itself goes into the hut and climbs into the oven.

How much, how little time has passed - the daughters-in-law again say:

Emelya, we have no more firewood. Go to the forest, chop.

And he told them from the stove:

What are you up to?

How - what are we doing? .. Is it our business to go to the forest for firewood?

I'm reluctant...

Well, there will be no gifts for you.

Nothing to do. Emel's tears from the stove, put on shoes, got dressed. I took a rope and an ax, went out into the yard and sat in a sleigh:

Dads, open the gate!

His bridesmaids say to him:

Why, you fool, got into the sleigh, but didn’t harness the horse?

I don't need a horse.

The daughters-in-law opened the gates, and Emelya said quietly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, into the forest ...

The sledge itself went to the gate, and so quickly - it was impossible to catch up on a horse.

And I had to go to the forest through the city, and then he crushed a lot of people, suppressed them. The people shout: "Hold him! Catch him!" And he, you know, drives the sleigh. Came to the forest

At the command of the pike, at my desire - an ax, chop dry firewood, and you, firewood, yourself fall into the sleigh, knit yourself ...

The ax began to chop, chop dry firewood, and the firewood itself fell into the sleigh and knitted with a rope. Then Emelya ordered the ax to knock out a club for himself - such that he could hardly lift it. Sat on the cart:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, home ...

The sleigh raced home. Again Emelya is passing through the city where just now he crushed, crushed a lot of people, and there they are already waiting for him. They grabbed Emelya and dragged her from the cart, scolded and beat her.

He sees that things are bad, and slowly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - come on, club, break off their sides ...

The club jumped out - and let's beat. The people rushed away, and Emelya came home and climbed onto the stove.

How long, how short - the tsar heard about Emelin's tricks and sends an officer after him - to find him and bring him to the palace.

An officer arrives in that village, enters the hut where Emelya lives, and asks:

Are you a fool Emelya?

And he is from the stove:

And what do you need?

Get dressed quickly, I'll take you to the king.

And I don't feel like...

The officer got angry and hit him on the cheek. And Emelya says quietly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - a club, break off his sides ...

The club jumped out - and let's beat the officer, he took his legs by force.

The tsar was surprised that his officer could not cope with Emelya, and sends his greatest nobleman:

Bring the fool Emelya to me in the palace, otherwise I will take off my head from my shoulders.

He bought the biggest nobleman raisins, prunes, gingerbread, came to that village, entered that hut and began to ask his daughters-in-law what Emelya loved.

Our Emelya loves to be kindly asked and promised a red caftan - then he will do whatever you ask.

The greatest nobleman gave Emela raisins, prunes, gingerbread and said:

Emelya, Emelya, why are you lying on the stove? Let's go to the king.

I'm warm here too...

Emelya, Emelya, the tsar will give you good food and drink - please, let's go.

And I don't feel like...

Emelya, Emelya, the tsar will give you a red caftan, a hat and boots.

Emelya thought and thought:

Well, okay, you go ahead, and I'll follow you.

The nobleman left, and Emelya lay still and said:

At the command of the pike, according to my desire - come on, bake, go to the king ...

Here in the hut the corners cracked, the roof shook, the wall flew out, and the furnace itself went along the street, along the road, straight to the king.

The king looks out the window, marvels:

What is this miracle?

The greatest nobleman answers him:

And this is Emelya on the stove going to you.

The king came out onto the porch:

Something, Emelya, there are a lot of complaints about you! You crushed a lot of people.

And why did they climb under the sled?

At this time, the tsar's daughter, Princess Marya, was looking at him through the window. Emelya saw her at the window and said quietly:

By pike command. according to my desire - let the tsar's daughter fall in love with me ...

And he also said:

Go, bake, go home...

The stove turned and went home, went into the hut and stood on former place. Emelya is lying down again.

And the king in the palace screams and tears. Princess Marya misses Emelya, cannot live without him, asks her father to marry her to Emelya. Then the tsar got into trouble, agonized and said again to the greatest nobleman:

Go, bring Emelya to me, alive or dead, or I'll take my head off my shoulders.

The great nobleman bought sweet wines and various snacks, went to that village, entered that hut and began to regale Emelya.

Emelya got drunk, ate, got tipsy and went to bed. And the nobleman put him in a wagon and took him to the king.

The king immediately ordered a large barrel with iron hoops to be rolled up. They put Emelya and Maryutsarevna in it, pitched it and threw the barrel into the sea.

How long, how short - Emelya woke up, he sees - it's dark, crowded:

Where am I?

And they answer him:

Boring and sickening, Emelyushka! They pitched us into a barrel, threw us into the blue sea.

And who are you?

I am Princess Mary.

Emelya says:

At the behest of the pike, at my will - violent winds, roll the barrel onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand ...

The winds blew violently. The sea was agitated, the barrel was thrown onto a dry shore, on yellow sand. Emelya and Marya the princess came out of it.

Emelyushka, where are we going to live? Build any kind of hut.

And I don't feel like...

Then she began to ask him even more, and he said:

At the command of the pike, at my will - line up, stone palace with a golden roof ...

As soon as he said, a stone palace with a golden roof appeared. Around - a green garden: flowers bloom and birds sing. Marya Tsarevna and Emelya entered the palace and sat down by the little window.

Emelyushka, can't you become handsome?

Here Emelya thought for a while:

By pike command, by my desire - to become me good fellow, written handsome ...

And Emelya became such that neither in a fairy tale can be said, nor described with a pen.

And at that time the king went hunting and sees - there is a palace where there was nothing before.

What kind of ignoramus has set up a palace on my land without my permission?

And he sent to find out, to ask: "Who are they?" The ambassadors ran, stood under the window, asking questions.

Emelya answers them:

Ask the king to visit me, I will tell him myself.

The king came to visit him. Emelya meets him, leads him to the palace, puts him at the table. They start drinking. The king eats, drinks and is not surprised:

Who are you, good fellow?

Do you remember the fool Emelya - how he came to you on the stove, and you ordered him and your daughter to be pitched into a barrel, thrown into the sea? I am the same Emelya. If I want, I will burn and destroy your entire kingdom.

The king was very frightened, began to ask for forgiveness:

Marry my daughter, Emelyushka, take my kingdom, but don't ruin me!

Here they arranged a feast for the whole world. Emelya married Princess Marya and began to rule the kingdom.

Here the fairy tale ends, and whoever listened - well done.

In one village there lived an old man. He had three sons: two smart, the third - the fool Emelya.

The older brothers work, but Emelya lies on the stove all day and does nothing.

One day the brothers left for the market, and the women, daughters-in-law, let's send him:

Go, Emelya, for water. And he told them from the stove:

Reluctance…

Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you presents.

OK.

Emel got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, took buckets and an ax and went to the river.

He cut through the ice, scooped up buckets and put them down, and he himself looks into the hole. And I saw Emelya in the hole in the pike. He contrived and grabbed the pike in his hand:

Here the ear will be sweet!

Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll be useful to you.

And Emelya laughs:

What will you use me for? No, I’ll carry you home, I’ll tell my daughters-in-law to cook the fish soup. The ear will be sweet. The pike pleaded again:

Emelya, Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll do whatever you want.

Okay, just show first that you are not deceiving me, then I will let you go.

Pike asks him:

Emelya, Emelya, tell me - what do you want now?

I want the buckets to go home on their own and the water would not spill ...

The pike tells him:

Remember my words: when you want something - just say: "By the command of the pike, according to my desire."

Emelya says:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, buckets, go home yourself ...

He just said - the buckets themselves went uphill. Emelya let the pike into the hole, and he went for the buckets. Buckets go through the village, the people marvel, and Emelya walks behind, chuckles ...

The buckets went into the hut and themselves stood on the bench, and Emelya climbed onto the stove.

How much time has passed, how little time - the daughters-in-law say to him:

Emelya, why are you lying? I would go and chop wood.

Reluctance…

If you don’t chop wood, the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you gifts.

Emelya is reluctant to get off the stove. He remembered the pike and slowly says:

At the command of the pike, at my desire - go, an ax, chop wood, and firewood - go into the hut yourself and put it in the oven ...

The ax jumped out from under the bench - and into the yard, and let's chop firewood, and the firewood itself goes into the hut and climbs into the oven. How much, how little time has passed - the daughters-in-law again say:

Emelya, we have no more firewood. Go to the forest, chop.

And he told them from the stove:

What are you up to?

What are we doing?.. Is it really our job to go to the forest for firewood?

I don't feel like...

Well, there will be no gifts for you.

Nothing to do. Emel's tears from the stove, put on shoes, got dressed. I took a rope and an ax, went out into the yard and got into a sleigh:

Dads, open the gate!

His bridesmaids say to him:

Why, you fool, got into the sleigh, but didn’t harness the horse?

I don't need a horse.

The daughters-in-law opened the gates, and Emelya said quietly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, into the forest yourself ...

The sledge itself went to the gate, and so quickly - it was impossible to catch up on a horse.

And I had to go to the forest through the city, and then he crushed a lot of people, suppressed them. The people are shouting: “Hold him! Catch him! ”, And he knows the sleigh drives. Came to the forest

At the command of the pike, at my desire - an ax, chop dry firewood, and you, firewood, yourself fall into the sleigh, knit yourself ...

The ax began to chop, chop dry wood, and the firewood itself fell into the sleigh and knitted with a rope. Then Emelya ordered the ax to knock out a club for himself - such that he could hardly lift it. Sat on the cart:

At the command of the pike, at my will - go, sleigh, home ...

He sees that things are bad, and slowly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - come on, club, break off their sides.

The club jumped out - let's beat. The people rushed away, and Emelya came home and climbed onto the stove. How long, how short - the tsar heard about Emelin's tricks and sends an officer for him: to find him and bring him to the palace.

An officer arrives in that village, enters the hut where Emelya lives, and asks:

Are you a fool Emelya?

And he is from the stove:

And what do you need?

Get dressed quickly, I'll take you to the king.

And I don't feel like...

The officer got angry and hit him on the cheek.

And Emelya says quietly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - a baton, break off his sides ...

The club jumped out - and let's beat the officer, he took his legs by force. The tsar was surprised that his officer could not cope with Emelya, and sends the greatest nobleman himself:

Bring the fool Emelya to me in the palace, otherwise I will take off my head from my shoulders. He bought the biggest nobleman raisins, prunes, gingerbread, came to that village, entered that hut and began to ask his daughters-in-law what Emelya loved.

Our Emelya loves to be kindly asked and promised a red caftan - then he will do whatever you ask.

The greatest nobleman gave Emela raisins, prunes, gingerbread and said:

Emelya, Emelya, why are you lying on the stove? Let's go to the king.

I'm warm here...

Emelya, Emelya, the tsar will give you good food and drink - please, let's go.

And I don't feel like...

Emelya, Emelya, the tsar will give you a red caftan, a hat and boots.

Emelya thought and thought:

Okay, go ahead, and I'll follow you.

The nobleman left, and Emelya lay still and said:

At the command of the pike, at my desire - come on, bake, go to the king ...

Here in the hut the corners cracked, the roof shook, the wall flew out, and the furnace itself went along the street, along the road, straight to the king.

The king looks out the window, marvels:

What is this miracle?

The greatest nobleman answers him:

And this is Emelya on the stove going to you.

The king came out onto the porch:

Something, Emelya, there are a lot of complaints about you! You crushed a lot of people.

And why did they climb under the sled?

At this time, the tsar's daughter, Princess Marya, was looking at him through the window. Emelya saw her at the window and said quietly:

At the command of the pike, at my will - let the tsar's daughter fall in love with me ...

And he also said:

Go, bake, go home...

The stove turned and went home, went into the hut and stood in its original place. Emelya is lying down again.

Go, bring Emelya to me, dead or alive, or I'll take my head off my shoulders.

The great nobleman bought sweet wines and various snacks, went to that village, entered that hut and began to regale Emelya.

Emelya got drunk, ate, got tipsy and went to bed. And the nobleman put him in a wagon and took him to the king. The king immediately ordered a large barrel with iron hoops to be rolled up. They put Emelya and Marya Tsarevna in it, pitched it and threw the barrel into the sea. How long, how short - Emelya woke up; sees - dark, crowded.

Where am I?

And they answer him:

Boring and sickening, Emelyushka! They pitched us into a barrel, threw us into the blue sea.

And who are you?

I am Princess Mary.

Emelya says:

At the behest of the pike, at my will - violent winds, roll the barrel onto the dry shore, onto the yellow sand ...

The winds blew violently. The sea was agitated, the barrel was thrown onto a dry shore, on yellow sand. Emelya and Marya the princess came out of it.

Emelyushka, where are we going to live? Build any kind of hut.

But I don’t feel like it ... Then she began to ask him even more, and he says:

At the command of the pike, at my will, build a stone palace with a golden roof ... As soon as he said, a stone palace with a golden roof appeared. Around - a green garden: flowers bloom and birds sing.

Marya Tsarevna and Emelya entered the palace and sat down by the little window.

Emelyushka, can't you become handsome?

Here Emelya thought for a while:

At the command of the pike, at my desire - to become a good young man, a written handsome man ... And Emelya became such that neither in a fairy tale can be said nor described with a pen.

And at that time the king went hunting and sees - there is a palace where there was nothing before.

What kind of ignoramus has built a palace on my land without my permission?

And he sent to find out, to ask: “Who are they?”

The ambassadors ran, stood under the window, asking questions. Emelya answers them:

Ask the king to visit me, I will tell him myself. The king came to visit him. Emelya meets him, leads him to the palace, puts him at the table. They start drinking. The king eats, drinks and is not surprised:

Who are you, good fellow?

The king was very frightened, began to ask for forgiveness:

Marry my daughter, Emelyushka, take my kingdom, but don't ruin me!

They made a feast for the whole world. Emelya married Princess Marya and began to rule the kingdom.

Here the fairy tale ends.

There lived an old man. He had three sons: two smart, the third - the fool Emelya. Those brothers work, but Emelya lies on the stove all day, not wanting to know anything. Once the brothers went to the market, and the women, daughters-in-law, let's send him:
- Go, Emelya, for water.
And he told them from the stove:
- Reluctance...
- Go, Emelya, otherwise the brothers will return from the market, they will not bring you gifts.
- OK.
Emel got down from the stove, put on his shoes, got dressed, took buckets and an ax and went to the river.
He cut through the ice, scooped up buckets and put them down, and he himself looks into the hole. And I saw Emelya in the hole in the pike.
He contrived and grabbed the pike in his hand:
- Here the ear will be sweet!
Suddenly the pike says to him in a human voice:
- Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll be useful to you.
And Emelya laughs:
- What will you use me for? No, I’ll carry you home, I’ll tell my daughters-in-law to cook the fish soup. The ear will be sweet.
The pike pleaded again:
- Emelya, Emelya, let me go into the water, I'll do whatever you want.
- Okay, just show first that you are not deceiving me, then I will let you go.
Pike asks him:
- Emelya, Emelya, tell me - what do you want now?
- I want the buckets to go home on their own and the water would not spill ...
The pike tells him:
- Remember my words: when you want something - just say:

According to my desire.
Emelya says:

According to my wish -
go, buckets, go home yourself ...
He just said - the buckets themselves went uphill. Emelya let the pike into the hole, and he went for the buckets.
Buckets go through the village, people marvel, and Emelya walks behind, chuckling ... The buckets went into the hut and themselves stood on the bench, and Emelya climbed onto the stove.
How much time has passed, how little time has passed - the daughters-in-law say to him:
- Emelya, why are you lying? I would go and chop wood.
- Reluctance...
- You won’t chop wood, the brothers will return from the market, they won’t bring you gifts.
Emelya is reluctant to get off the stove. He remembered the pike and slowly says:

According to my wish -
go, axe, chop wood, and firewood - go into the hut yourself and put it in the oven ...
The ax jumped out from under the bench - and into the yard, and let's chop firewood, and the firewood itself goes into the hut and climbs into the stove.
How much, how little time has passed - the daughters-in-law again say:
- Emelya, we have no more firewood. Go to the forest, chop.
And he told them from the stove:
- What are you up to?
- How are we doing? .. Is it our business to go to the forest for firewood?
- I don't feel like...
- Well, there will be no gifts for you.
Nothing to do. Emel's tears from the stove, put on shoes, got dressed. I took a rope and an ax, went out into the yard and got into a sleigh:
- Dads, open the gate!
His bridesmaids say to him:
- What are you, fool, got into the sleigh, and the horse is not harnessed?
- I don't need a horse.
The daughters-in-law opened the gates, and Emelya said quietly:

According to my wish -
go, sleigh, into the forest ...

The sleigh drove through the gates on its own, so fast that it was impossible to catch up on a horse.

At the command of a pike - a Russian folk tale about a lazy fool Emelya and a magic pike, which revealed to him the secret of fulfilling all desires ... (Recorded in the village of Shadrino, Gorky region from I.F. Kovalev)

By pike command to read

Three brothers lived in one small village: Semyon, Vasily and the third - Emelya the Fool. The older brothers were married and engaged in trade, and Emelya the Fool was still lying on the stove, raking soot and sleeping for several days in a deep sleep.

And then one day the brothers decided to go to the capital city to buy goods. They woke Emelya, dragged him off the stove and told him: “We, Emelya, are leaving for the capital city for various goods, and you live well with your daughters-in-law, obey them if they ask you to help them in anything. If you listen to them, then for this we will bring you a red caftan, a red cap and a red sash from the city. And besides, there are many more guests.” And Emelya most of all liked red clothes; he was delighted with such outfits and clapped his hands with joy: “Everything, brothers, will be done for your wives, if you only buy such outfits!” He himself again climbed onto the stove and immediately fell into a deep sleep. And the brothers said goodbye to their wives and went to the capital city.

Here Emelya sleeps for a day, others sleep, and on the third day his daughter-in-law wakes him up: “Get up, Emelya, from the stove, you must have had enough sleep, because you have been sleeping for three days. Go to the river for water!” And he answers them: “Do not pester me, I really want to sleep. And you yourself are not ladies, go for water! - “You gave your word to the brothers that you would obey us! And you refuse. In this case, we will write to the brothers so that they do not buy you either a red caftan, or a red hat, or a red sash, or gifts.

Then Emelya quickly jumps off the stove, puts on props and a thin caftan, all smeared with soot (and he never wore a hat), took buckets and went to the river.

And so, when he took water into the hole and was about to go, he saw how suddenly a pike appeared from the hole. He thought: “My daughters-in-law will bake a good cake for me!” He put down the buckets and grabbed the pike; but the pike suddenly spoke human voice. Even though Emelya was a fool, he knew that a fish does not speak with a human voice, and he was very frightened. And the pike said to him: “Let me go into the water to freedom! I will be useful to you in time, I will fulfill all your orders. You just say: "By the pike command, but by my request" - and everything will be for you.

And Emelya let her go. He let go and thinks: “Maybe she deceived me?” He went up to the buckets and shouted in a loud voice: “At the command of the pike, and at my request, buckets, go up the mountain yourself, but don’t spill a single drop of water!” And he did not have time to finish his last word, as the buckets went.

The people saw and were surprised at such a miracle: “How long we have lived in the world, not only did we see, we didn’t even have to hear that the buckets went by themselves, but this fool Emelya walks by himself, and he walks behind and chuckles!”

When the buckets arrived at the house, the daughters-in-law were surprised at such a miracle, and he quickly climbed onto the stove and fell into a heroic sleep.
Quite a lot of time passed, they ran out of chopped firewood, and the daughters-in-law decided to bake pancakes. They wake up Emelya: “Emelya, and Emelya!” And he replies: “Don’t pester me ... I want to sleep!” - “Go chop wood and bring it to the hut. We want to bake pancakes and we will feed you the most oily ones. - “And you yourself are not ladies - go, prick and bring it!” - “And if we only chop firewood, apply it ourselves, then we won’t give you a single pancake!”

But Emelya was very fond of pancakes. He took the ax and went into the yard. I pricked, pricked, and I thought: “What am I pricking, fool, let the pike prick.” And he said to himself in a quiet voice: “At the pike’s command, and at my request, an ax, if firewood, and firewood, fly yourself to the hut.” And at one moment the ax chopped the entire supply of firewood; Suddenly the door opened and a huge bundle of firewood flew into the hut. The daughters-in-law gasped: “What happened to Emelya, he directly works some kind of miracles!” And he entered the hut and climbed onto the stove. The daughters-in-law melted the stove, baked pancakes, sat down at the table and ate. And they woke him up, woke him up, and did not wake him up.

After some time, their entire supply of firewood ran out, they need to go to the forest. They started waking him up again: “Emelya, get up, wake up - you probably had enough sleep! Even if you washed your terrible muzzle - look how dirty you are! “Wash yourself if you need to! And I’m already feeling good ... "-" Go to the forest for firewood, we have no firewood! - “Go yourself - not ladies. He brought you firewood, but they didn’t feed me pancakes!” - “We woke you up, woke you up, and you don’t even give a voice! We are not to blame, but you are to blame. Why didn't you get off?" - “I’m warm on the stove ... And you would take and put at least three blinks for me. When I woke up, I would have eaten them." - “You tell us everything, you don’t listen to us! We must write to the brothers so that they do not buy you any red outfits and gifts!

Then Emelya got frightened, puts on his thin coat, takes an ax, goes out into the yard, wraps up the sleigh and picks up a club. And the daughters-in-law came out to watch: “Why don’t you harness the horse? How can you ride without a horse? - “Why torture the poor horse! I'll go without a horse." - “You could at least put a hat on your head or tied something! And then it’s cold, you’ll get frostbite on your ears. ” - “If my ears get cold, then I will block them with my hair!” And he himself said in a low voice: “At the pike’s command, and at my request, go yourself, sleigh, into the forest and fly faster than any bird.” And before Emelya had time to finish his last words, the gates flung open and the sleigh faster than a bird flew towards the forest. And Emelya sits, raising his cudgel up, and, whatever the voices, sings stupid songs. And his hair stands on end.

The forest was outside the city. And now he has to pass through the city. And the city public does not have time to run away from the road: they were interested - some fellow was riding without a horse, in only a sleigh! Whoever grabbed his sleigh, he beat him with a club - on what he hits. So he rode the city and crushed many people and beat many with his club. He arrived in the forest and shouted in a loud voice: “At the pike’s command, at my request, an ax, chop the wood yourself, and firewood, fly into the sleigh yourself!”

And as soon as he had time to finish his speech, he already had a full load of firewood, and tied it tightly. Then he got into the cart and rode again through this city. And the streets were filled with people. And everyone talks about the young man who rode in the same sleigh without a horse. On the way back, when Emelya passed with a load of firewood, he crushed the people even more and beat them with a club even more than the first time.

He came home, climbed onto the stove, and the daughters-in-law gasped: “What happened to Emelya, he just works some kind of miracles: he walks buckets by himself, and firewood themselves fly into the hut, and sleighs without a horse ride! We don't get along well with him. He probably crushed a lot of people in the city, and they will put us with him in a dungeon!

And they decided not to send him anywhere else. And Emelya sleeps quietly on the stove, but when he wakes up, he rakes the soot in the chimney and falls asleep again.

There was a rumor about Emel to the tsar that there was such a person whose sledges themselves drove and that he suppressed a lot of people in the city. The king calls on a faithful servant and orders him: “Go and find me this young man and bring me personally!”

The royal servant goes on a search in different cities, and villages, and villages, and everywhere and everywhere he receives the same answer: “We heard about such a young man, but we don’t know where he lives.” Finally, he ends up in the city where Emelya crushed a lot of people. And this city is seven versts from Emelin's village, and just one person from Emelin's village got into the conversation and told him that such a fine fellow lives in his village - this is Emelya the Fool. Then the tsar's servant comes to Emelin's village, goes to the village headman and says to him: "Let's go and take this young man who crushed so many people."
When the royal servant and the headman came to Emelya’s house, the daughters-in-law were very frightened: “We are lost! This fool not only ruined himself, but also us. And the royal servant asks the daughters-in-law: “Where is Emelya with you?” - "He's sleeping on the stove." Then the tsar’s servant shouted at Emelya in a loud voice: “Emelya, get off the stove!” - "What is this for? I'm warm on the stove. Don't bother me, I want to sleep!"

And he fell into a deep sleep again. But the royal servant, together with the headman, wanted to drag him from the furnace by force. When Emelya felt that he was being dragged from the stove, he shouted at the top of his evil throat in a loud voice: “By the command of the pike, and by Emelya’s request, appear, club, and treat the royal servant and our headman well!”

And suddenly a club appeared - how it began to beat mercilessly both the headman and the royal servant! They barely made it out of the hut alive. The royal servant sees that there is no way to take Emel, went to the king and told him everything in detail: “Look, your royal majesty, how my whole body is beaten.” And he lifted his shirt, and his body was like cast-iron, black, all in abrasions. Then the king calls another servant and says: “I found one, and you go and bring it. And if you don’t bring it, then I’ll take off your head, and if you bring it, I’ll generously reward you!”

Another royal servant asked the first where Emelya lives. He told him everything. He hired a trio of horses and rode to Emelya. When he arrived in Emelin's village, he turned to the elder: "Tell me where Emelya lives, and help me take him." The headman is afraid of angering even the tsar's servant - it is impossible, he will punish him, but he is even more afraid of Emelya's beatings. He told him everything in detail and said that Emelya could not be taken by force. Then the king's servant says, "So how can we get him?" The headman says: "He is very fond of gifts: sweets and gingerbread."

The tsar’s servant picked up the gifts, came to Emelya’s house and began to wake him up: “Emelya, get off the stove, the tsar has sent you many gifts.” When Emelya heard this, he was delighted and said: “Come on, I’ll eat them on the stove - why should I get off? And then I'll rest." And the royal servant said to him: “You will eat the goodies, but will you go to visit the king? He told you to visit." - “Why not go? I love to ride." And the daughters-in-law said to the royal servant: “It’s better to give him on the stove what you intend to give. And if he promised to come to the king, he will not deceive, he will come.”

And so they gave him gifts, he ate them. The king's servant says: "Well, I've had enough of the goodies, now let's go to the king." Emelya answered him: “You go, royal servant ... I will catch up with you: I won’t deceive you, I’ll come,” he lay down and snored all over the hut.

And the royal servant once again asked the daughters-in-law, is it true that if he promises something, then he does it afterwards? Those, of course, confirmed that indeed he never cheats. The royal servant has left, and Emelya is sleeping peacefully on the stove. And he wakes up - he clicks the seeds, then he falls asleep again.

And now quite a lot of time has passed, and Emelya does not even think of going to the king. Then the daughters-in-law began to wake up Emelya and scold: “You, Emelya, get up, it’s enough for you to sleep!” He answers them: “Don’t pester me, I really want to sleep!” “But you promised to go to the king! You ate the hotels, but you yourself sleep and do not go. - “Well, I’ll go now ... Give me my caftan, otherwise I’ll probably get cold.” - “And you will take it yourself, because you will not go to the stove! Get off the stove and take it." - “No, I’ll get cold on the sleigh; I will lie down on the stove, and on top of the caftan!

But his daughters-in-law say to him: “What are you, a fool, thinking and doing? Where have you heard of people riding stoves!” - “Then the people, and then me! I will go".

And he jumped off the stove, took out his coat from under the bench, climbed back onto the stove, covered himself and said in a loud voice: “At the pike’s command, and at my request, bake, go straight to the king’s palace!”

And the stove crackled and suddenly flew out into the wild. And faster than any bird rushed to the king. And he sings songs at the top of his lungs and lies down. Then he fell asleep.

And as soon as the tsar’s servant entered the tsar’s court, Emelya the Fool flies in on his stove. The servant saw that he had arrived and ran to report to the king. Such an arrival interested not only the king, but also his entire retinue and his entire family. Everyone went out to look at Emelya, and he was sitting on the stove with his mouth open. And the king's daughter came out. When Emelya saw such a beauty, he liked her very much, and he said to himself in a low voice: pike command, at my request, fall in love, beauty, with me. And the king orders him to get off the stove; Emelya replies: “Why is this? I’m warm even on the stove, I can see you all from the stove ... Tell me what you need! The king then said to him in a stern voice: “Why did you crush a lot of people when you rode in a sleigh?” - “Why don't they turn? And you would stand with your mouth open, and you would be crushed!”

The king was very angry at these words and ordered Emel to be dragged off the stove. And Emelya, when he saw the royal guards, said in a loud voice: “At the command of the pike, at my request, bake, fly back to your place!” And he did not have time to finish the last words, as the furnace flew out of the royal palace with the speed of lightning. And the gates opened...

He came home, his daughters-in-law asked him: “Well, have you been to the king?” - “Of course it was. I didn’t go to the forest!” - “You, Emelya, work some miracles with us! Why do you have everything moving: and the sleigh drives itself, and the furnace itself flies? Why don't people have it?" “No, and it won't. And everyone listens to me!

And fell into a deep sleep. Meanwhile, the princess began to yearn for Emelya so much that without him the light of God became not dear to her. And she began to ask her father and mother to call on this young man and gave her in marriage to him. The king was surprised at such a strange request of his daughter and became very angry with her. But she says: “I can no longer live in this world, some kind of strong longing attacked me - let me marry him!”

The king sees that his daughter does not succumb to persuasion, does not listen to her father and mother, he decided to call on this fool Emelya. And he sends a third servant: “Go and bring him to me, but not on the stove!” And then the royal servant arrives in the village of Emelin. Since they told him that Emelya loves gifts, he scored a lot of different gifts. Upon arrival, he woke up Emelya and said: “Get down, Emelya, from the stove and eat goodies.” And he says to him: “Come on, I’ll eat some goodies on the stove!” - “You probably have bedsores on your sides - you are still lying on the stove! I want you to sit next to me, and I will treat you like a gentleman.

Then Emelya gets down from the stove and puts on his caftan. He was very afraid of a cold. And the caftan - there had just been the name "caftan" - there was a patch on the patch, it was all torn. And so the royal servant begins to treat him. And Emelya soon ate his goodies and fell asleep at the table on the bench. Then the royal servant ordered Emel to put his carriage in his carriage and so, sleepy, brought him to the palace. When the tsar found out that Emelya had arrived, he ordered to roll out a forty-pail barrel and put the princess and Emelya the Fool in this barrel. When planted, the barrel was pitched and lowered into the sea. And Emelya sleeps soundly in the barrel. On the third day I began to wake him up beautiful princess: “Emelya, and Emelya! Get up, wake up!" - "Do not bother me. I want to sleep!"

She wept bitterly because he did not pay any attention to her. When he saw her bitter tears, he took pity on her and asked: “What are you crying about?” “How can I not cry? After all, we are thrown into the sea and sitting in a barrel. Then Emelya said: “At the command of the pike, and at my request, the barrel, fly ashore and crumble into small pieces!”

And they were instantly thrown ashore by a wave of the sea, and the barrel crumbled; and this island was so beautiful that the beautiful princess walked on it and could not stop admiring its beauty until late at night.

When she came to the place where she left Emelya, she sees: he, having covered himself with a caftan, is sleeping in a sound sleep. She began to wake him up: “Emelya, and Emelya! Get up, wake up!" - "Do not bother me! I want to sleep". “And I want to sleep. yes under open sky you will get cold at night ... "-" I covered myself with a caftan. - "What about me?" “What do I care?”

Then the princess wept very bitterly because he did not pay any attention to her, and she loved him with all her heart. When he saw that the princess was crying, he asked her: “What do you want?” - “Yes, at least we should make some kind of hut, otherwise it will get wet with rain.” Then he shouted in a loud voice: “At the command of the pike, and at my request, appear such a palace as there is no other in the whole world!”

And just barely finished last words how marble appeared on this beautiful island and very beautiful palace- such as there is not and never was in any metropolitan city! The princess takes Emelya by the arms and approaches this palace. And the courtiers meet them, and wide open the gates and doors to them, and bow to the ground to the damp earth ...

When they entered this palace, Emelya rushed to sleep on the first bed that came across, not even taking off his torn caftan. Meanwhile, the princess went to inspect this magnificent palace and admire its luxury. When she came to the place where she left Emelya, she suddenly saw that he was crying bitterly. He asks him: “Why are you crying so bitterly, dear Emelya?” - “How can I not roar and cry? I can’t find a stove, I don’t have anything to lie on!” - “Is it bad for you to lie on a downy feather bed or on a precious sofa?” - “I'm the best on the stove! And besides, I have nothing to amuse myself with: I don’t see soot anywhere either ... "

She calmed him, he fell asleep again, and she again left him. And when she walked around the palace, she comes to Emelya and is surprised: Emelya stands in front of the mirror and swears: “I am very ugly and not good! What a terrible face I have!” And the princess answers him: “Although you are not good and unattractive, you are very dear to my heart, and I love you!” Then he said: “By the command of the pike, and by my request, I must become the most handsome fellow!”

And then suddenly, before the eyes of the princess, Emelya changed and turned into such a handsome hero, which cannot be said in a fairy tale, nor described with a pen! And with a smart mind ... Only then did he fall in love with the princess and began to treat her like his wife.

Not much time later, they suddenly hear cannon shots at sea. Then Emelya and the beautiful princess leave their palace, and the princess recognizes her father's ship. She says to Emelya: “Go meet the guests, but I won’t go!”

When Emelya approached the pier, the king with his retinue was already going ashore. And the king marvels at this newly built palace with magnificent green gardens and asks Emelya: “To what kingdom does this precious palace belong?” Emelya said: "This is for you." And asks him to visit him to try bread and salt.

The tsar entered the palace, sat down at the table, and he asked Emelya: “Where is your wife? Or are you single? - "No, I'm married, now I'll bring you a wife."

Emelya went for his wife, they approached the king, and the king was very surprised and scared, he didn’t know what to do! He asks: “Is it really you, my dear daughter?” “Yes, I am, dearest parent! You threw me and my husband in a tarred barrel into the sea, and we sailed to this island, and my Emelyan Ivanovich arranged it all himself, as you can see with your own eyes. - "How so? After all, he was a fool and did not even look like a man, but rather like some kind of monster! - "He is the same, only now he has been reborn and changed." Then the king asks forgiveness from them - both from his daughter and from his beloved son-in-law Emelyan Ivanovich; they forgave him.

Having stayed with his son-in-law with his daughter, the tsar invites them to visit him in order to marry them and invite all relatives and friends to the wedding, to which Emelya agreed.

When the tsar began to send out messengers so that everyone would come to this great feast, then Emelya also said to her beautiful princess: “I also have relatives, let me personally go for them. And you stay in the palace for now.” The tsar and the beautiful young princess, although reluctantly, nevertheless let him go, gave him three of the best horses harnessed to a gilded carriage, and with a coachman, and he rushed off to his village. When he began to drive up to his native places, passing through a dark forest, he suddenly hears a hooting in the direction. He orders the coachman to stop the horses and tells him: “These are some people who got lost in this dark forest!”

And he begins to answer their voice himself. And now he sees two of his brothers coming up to him. Emelya asks them: “Why are you walking, good people, here and so loudly shout? Perhaps you are lost?" - “No, we are looking for our own brother. He's gone from us!" “How did he disappear from you?” “And they took him to the king. And we think that he ran away from him and probably got lost in this dark forest, because he was a fool "-" So why are you looking for a fool? “How can we not look for him? After all, he us brother and we pity him more than ourselves, because he is a miserable, stupid man!”

And the brothers had tears in their eyes. Then Emelya says to them: “This is me - your brother Emelya!” They do not agree with him in any way: “Please don’t laugh and don’t deceive us! We're so tired."

He began to assure them, told how everything happened to him, and remembered everything he knew about his village. And besides, he took off his clothes and said: “You know that I have a large mole on my right side, and now I have it on my side.”

Then the brothers believed; he put them into a gilded carriage, and they rode on. After passing through the forest, we reached the village. Emelya hires another troika of horses and sends the brothers on it to the tsar: "And I will go for my daughters-in-law, your wives."
When Emelya arrived in his village and entered native home, then the daughter-in-law was very frightened. And he says to them: "Get ready for the king!" They could hardly stand on their feet and wept bitterly: “Our fool Emelya must have done something wrong, and the tsar will probably put us in prison ...” And he orders: “Equip yourself as soon as possible and do not take anything with you!” And he seated them beside him in a gilded carriage.

And so they come to the royal palace, where the king, and the beautiful princess, and the royal retinue, and their husbands go to meet them. Husbands say: “Why are you very sad? After all, this is our brother Emelyan Ivanovich with you! They talk and smile cheerfully at their wives. Only then did they calm down, threw themselves at the feet of Emelyan Ivanovich and began to ask forgiveness for their bad treatment of him earlier.