Open the book, and you will find yourselves in a world of magic. None of your old friends will be there-neither Jack the Giant Kill­ er, nor Little Red Riding Hood, nor Cinderella or any of the others. Instead, together with Ivan the Peasant’s Son you will cross swords with Chudo-Yudo, the fire-breathing monster; follow Pokati-Goro- shek the Rolling Pea into the underground kingdom and return from there on the back of an eagle; marvel at the cleverness of Zarniyar who outwitted the sly and cruel Shah; be filled with ad­ miration at Boroldoi-Mergen, the brave hunter of the Altai Moun­ tains who risked the life of his own son in order to save his peo­ ple; delight in the resourcefulness of a simple weaver who sur­ passed in wisdom the wisest councillors of the tsar.
And I know that when you have met them, these and other heroes in this book, you will grow to love them, and they will become your good and faithful friends.

Translated from the Russian by Irina Zheleznova
Illustrated by V. Minayev
Designed by D. Bisty

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CONTENTS

FROM THE TRANSLATOR 7

THE FROG TSAREVNA. A Russian Fairy-Tale 9

AXE PORRIDGE. A Russian Fairy-Tale 19

CHESTNUT-GREY. A Russian Fairy-Tale 21

IVAN THE PEASANT’S SON AND THE THREE 43

POKATI-GOROSHEK. A Ukrainian Fairy-Tale 48

GOOD AND EVIL. A Ukrainian Fairy-Tale 65

THE WOLF, THE DOG AND THE CAT. A Ukrainian Fairy-Tale .75

HOW A MUZHIK DINED WITH THE HAUGHTY LORD. A Ukrainian Fairy-Tale 80

THE MAGIC FIDDLE. A Byelorussian Fairy-Tale 84

WHY THE BADGER AND THE FOX LIVE IN HOLES. A Byelorussian Fairy-Tale 89

HOW VASIL VANQUISHED THE DRAGON. A Byelorussian Fairy-Tale 95

PILIPKA. A Byelorussian Fairy-Tale 100

OLD FROST AND YOUNG FROST. A Lithuanian Fairy-Tale 106

HOW A LORD WAS TURNED INTO A HORSE. A Latvian Fairy-Tale .111

TO EACH HIS DESERTS. An Estonian Fairy-Tale .116

HIYSI’S MILLSTONE. A Karelian Fairy-Tale 121

HOW THREE BROTHERS FOUND THEIR FATHER’S TREASURE. A Moldavian Fairy-Tale 128

BASIL FET-FRUMOS AND ILANA COSINZANA, SISTER OF THE SUN. A Moldavian Fairy-Tale 132

THE STORY OF ZARNIYAR WHO HAD ALL HER WITS ABOUT HER. An Azerbaijan Fairy-Tale 153

SHEIDULLAH THE LOAFER. An Azerbaijan Fairy-Tale .159

ANAIT. An Armenian Fairy-Tale .164

THE TSAR AND THE WEAVER. An Armenian Fairy-Tale .181

DEER-CHILD AND YELENA THE BEAUTIFUL. A Georgian Fairy-Tale .186

THE LION AND THE HARE. A Georgian Fairy-Tale 206

A LESSON IN WISDOM. A Georgian Fairy-Tale 209

ALTYN-SAKA THE GOLDEN KNUCKLEBONE. A Bashkir Fairy-Tale .211

TSARKIN KHAN AND THE ARCHER. A Kalmyk Fairy-Tale 223

A MOUNTAIN OF GEMS. A Turkmen Fairy-Tale .257

THE CLEVER BROTHERS. An Uzbek Fairy-Tale .263

THE GREEDY KAZI. A Tajik Fairy-Tale .270

BOROLDOI-MERGEN AND HIS BRAVE SON. A Fairy-Tale from the Altai .278

WHICH IS THE BIGGEST? A Kirghiz Fairy-Tale .284

ALDAR-KOSE AND SHIGAI-BAI. A Kazakh Fairy-Tale 290

THE FERN GIRL. A Yakut Fairy-Tale .300

THE GOLDEN CUP. A Buryat Fairy-Tale 310

KOTURA, LORD OF THE WINDS. A Nenets Fairy-Tale 317

THE GIRL AND THE MOON MAN. A Chukchi Fairy-Tale 329