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The Russian folk tale about rejuvenating apples and living water will tell children how the tsar sent his sons to the thirtieth kingdom to bring him rejuvenating apples and living water, and in return promised half the kingdom. Children will surely enjoy reading this magical fairy tale.

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In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived and was a king, and he had three sons: the eldest was called Fedor, the second Vasily, and the youngest Ivan.

The king was very old and impoverished in his eyes, but he heard that far away, in the farthest kingdom, there is a garden with rejuvenating apples and a well with living water. If you eat this apple to an old man, he will become younger, and if you wash the eyes of a blind man with this water, he will see.

The tsar gathers a feast for the whole world, calls the princes and boyars to the feast and says to them:

Who, kids, would get out of the chosen ones, get out of the hunters, travel to distant lands, to the distant kingdom, bring rejuvenating apples and living water, a jug of twelve stigmas? I would write half my kingdom to this rider.

Then the larger one began to be buried for the middle one, and the middle one for the smaller one, but there is no answer from the smaller one.

Tsarevich Fedor comes out and says:

It is reluctant for us to give the kingdom to the people. I will go to this path, I will bring you, the king-father, rejuvenating apples and living water, a jug of twelve stigmas.

Fyodor Tsarevich went to the stable yard, chooses for himself an untrodden horse, bridles an unbridled bridle, takes an unlashed whip, puts twelve girths with a girth - not for the sake of beauty, but for the sake of strength ... Fyodor Tsarevich set off on the path. They saw that he was landing, but they did not see in which direction he rolled away ...

He rode close, far, low, high, rode from day to evening - the sun was red until sunset. And it reaches the rosstans, up to three roads. A slab-stone lies on the rosstans, on it the inscription is written:

"You'll go to the right - to save yourself, to lose your horse. If you go to the left - to save your horse, to lose yourself. If you go straight - to be married."

Fyodor Tsarevich reflected: - "Let's go - where to be married."

And he turned to the path where he should be married. He rode, rode, and reached the tower under the golden roof. Then a beautiful girl runs out and says to him:

The king's son, I will take you out of the saddle, come with me to eat bread and salt and sleep and rest.

No, girl, I don’t want bread and salt, and I can’t pass the road with sleep. I need to move forward.

Tsar's son, do not hurry to go, but hurry to do what is dear to you.

Then a beautiful maiden took him out of the saddle and led him into the tower. I fed him, gave him a drink and put him to sleep on the bed.

As soon as Fyodor Tsarevich lay down against the wall, this girl quickly turned the bed, and he flew underground, into a deep hole ...

How long, how short - the tsar again gathers a feast, calls the princes and boyars and says to them:

Here, guys, who would get out of the hunters - bring me rejuvenating apples and living water, a jug about twelve stigmas? I would write half my kingdom to this rider.

Here again, the larger one is buried for the middle one, and the middle one for the smaller one, but there is no answer from the smaller one.

The second son, Vasily Tsarevich, comes out:

Father, I do not want to give the kingdom into the wrong hands. I'll go to the track, bring these things, hand over to you.

Vasily Tsarevich goes to the stable yard, chooses an unridden horse, bridles an unbridled bridle, takes an unlashed whip, puts twelve girths with a girth.

Vasily Tsarevich went. They saw how he sat down, but did not see in which direction he rolled away ... So he reaches the rosstan, where the stone slab lies, and sees:

"You will go to the right to save yourself, to lose your horse. To the left you will go - to save your horse, to lose yourself. If you go straight - to be married."

Thought, thought Vasily Tsarevich and “went on the road where a married man would be. He reached a tower with a golden roof. A beautiful maiden runs out to him and asks him to eat bread and salt and lie down to rest.

Tsar's son, do not hurry to go, but hurry to do what is dear to you ...

Then she took him out of the saddle, took him to the tower, fed him, gave him drink and put him to sleep.

As soon as Vasily Tsarevich lay down against the wall, she again turned the bed, and he flew underground.

And they ask:

Who is flying?

Vasily Tsarevich. And who is sitting?

Fedor Tsarevich.

Here you go bro!

How long, how short - for the third time the tsar gathers a feast, calls the princes and boyars:

Who would get out of the hunters to bring rejuvenating apples and living water, a jug of twelve stigmas? I would write half my kingdom to this rider.

Here again, the larger one is buried for the middle one, the middle one for the smaller one, but there is no answer from the smaller one.

Ivan Tsarevich comes out and says:

Give me, father, blessing, from a violent head to frisky legs, to go to the thirtieth kingdom - to look for you rejuvenating apples and living water, and look for my brothers.

The king gave him a blessing. Ivan Tsarevich went to the stable yard - to choose a horse according to reason. Whichever horse he looks at, he trembles, on which he puts his hand, he falls down ...

Ivan Tsarevich could not choose a horse according to reason. Goes hung his wild head. To meet him grandmother backyard.

Hello, child, Ivan Tsarevich! Why are you walking around sad?

How can I, grandmother, not be sad - I can’t find a horse in my mind.

You should have asked me a long time ago. The good horse is chained in the cellar, on an iron chain. You can take it - you will have a horse in mind.

Ivan Tsarevich comes to the cellar, kicked an iron slab, the slab from the cellar curled up. He jumped up to the good of the horse, the horse stood on his shoulders with his front legs. Ivan Tsarevich is standing - he will not move. The horse tore off the iron chain, jumped out of the cellar and pulled Ivan Tsarevich out. And then Ivan Tsarevich curbed him with an unbridled bridle, saddled him with an unridden saddle, put on twelve girths with a girth - not for the sake of beauty, for the sake of the valiant glory.

Ivan Tsarevich set off on his journey. They saw that he was sitting down, but they didn’t see in which direction he rolled away ... He reached the rosstan and thought:

"To the right to go - to lose my horse, - where can I go without a horse? To go straight - to be married - for the wrong reason I went on the road. To go to the left - to save the horse - this road is the best for me. "

And he turned along the road where to save the horse - to lose himself. Whether he rode long, short, low, high, through green meadows, over stone mountains, he rode day to evening - the sun is red until sunset - and runs into a hut.

There is a hut on a chicken leg, about one window.

The hut turned its back to the forest, to Ivan Tsarevich in front. He went into it, and there sits a Baba Yaga, of old age. The silk tow is tossing, and the threads are shaved through the beds.

Fu, fu, - he says, - the Russian spirit has not been heard, the view has not been seen, but now the Russian spirit itself has come.

And Ivan Tsarevich to her:

Oh, Baba Yaga, bone leg, if you don’t catch a bird, you tease, if you don’t recognize the young man, you blaspheme. You would now jump up and me, a good fellow, a road person, fed, watered and gathered a bed for the night. I would lie down, you would sit down at the head of the bed, you would ask, and I would begin to say - whose and where.

Here the Baba Yaga did it all - she fed Ivan Tsarevich, gave him drink and laid him on the bed. She sat down at the head and began to ask:

Whose road man are you, a good fellow, but where are you from? What land are you? What father, mother's son?

I, grandmother, from such and such a kingdom, from such and such a state, the royal son Ivan Tsarevich. I am going to distant lands, distant lakes, to the thirtieth kingdom for living water and rejuvenating apples.

Well, my dear child, you have a long way to go: living water and rejuvenating apples are with the strong bogatyr girl Sineglazka, she is my own niece. I don't know if you'll get good...

A lot of fellows drove by, but not a lot of politely used to say. Take, child, my horse. My horse will be faster, he will take you to my middle sister, she will teach you.

Ivan Tsarevich gets up early in the morning, washes his face whitely. He thanks Baba Yaga for the night and rode on her horse.

Suddenly he says to the horse:

Stop! Dropped the glove.

And the horse replies:

At what time did you say, I have already galloped two hundred miles ...

Ivan Tsarevich rides whether it is close or far. The day goes by until the night. And he saw ahead of him a hut on a chicken leg, with one window.

Hut, hut, turn your back to the forest, front to me! As I enter you, and exit.

The hut turned its back to the forest, its front to it. Suddenly heard - the horse neighed, and the horse under Ivan Tsarevich responded.

The horses were single. Baba Yaga heard this - even older than that one - and says:

Apparently, my sister came to visit me.

And out on the porch:

Fu-fu, the Russian spirit has never been heard, it has not been seen by sight, but now the Russian spirit itself has come.

And Ivan Tsarevich to her:

Oh, Baba Yaga, bone leg, meet the guest by dress, see off by mind. You would have removed my horse, you would have fed me, a good fellow, a road person, fed me, watered me and put me to bed ...

Baba Yaga did everything right - she removed the horse, and fed and watered Ivan Tsarevich, laid him on the bed and began to ask who he was, where he was from and where he was heading.

I, grandmother, from such and such a kingdom, from such and such a state, the royal son Ivan Tsarevich. I am going for living water and rejuvenating apples to a strong hero, the girl Sineglazka ...

Well, dear child, I don't know if you'll get good.

Wise to you, wise to get to the girl Sineglazka!

And you, grandmother, give your head to my mighty shoulders, direct me to mind-reason.

A lot of fellows drove by, but not a lot of politely used to say. Take, child, my horse, go to my older sister. She'd better teach me what to do.

Here Ivan Tsarevich spent the night with this old woman, gets up early in the morning, washes his face whitely. He thanks Baba Yaga for the night and rode on her horse. And this horse is even stronger than that.

Suddenly Ivan Tsarevich says:

Stop! Dropped the glove.

And the horse replies:

At what time did you say, I have already galloped three hundred miles ...

Not soon the deed is done, soon the fairy tale tells. Ivan Tsarevich rides day to evening - the sun is red until sunset. He runs into the hut on a chicken leg, about one window.

Hut, hut, turn your back to the forest, front to me! I do not live forever, but spend the night for one night.

Suddenly a horse neighed, and under Ivan Tsarevich the horse responded. The baba-yaga comes out onto the porch, of old years, even older than that one. She looked - her sister's horse, and a foreign rider, a fine fellow ...

Here Ivan Tsarevich politely bowed to her and asked to spend the night. Nothing to do! They don’t take lodging with them - lodging for everyone: both on foot and on horseback, and poor and rich.

Baba Yaga did the whole thing - she removed the horse, and fed and watered Ivan Tsarevich and began to ask who he was, where he was from and where he was heading.

I, grandmother, of such and such a kingdom, such and such a state, the royal son Ivan Tsarevich. Your younger sister had it, she sent it to the middle one, and the middle one sent it to you. Give your head to my mighty shoulders, direct me to mind-reason, how can I get living water and rejuvenating apples from the maiden Sineglazka.

So be it, I will help you, Ivan Tsarevich. Maiden Sineglazka, my niece, is a strong and powerful hero. Around her kingdom there is a wall three sazhens high, a sazhen thick, at the gate of the guard - thirty heroes. They won't let you through the gate either. You should go in the middle of the night, ride my good horse. When you reach the wall - beat the horse on the sides with an unlashed whip. The horse jumps over the wall. You tie your horse and go to the garden. You will see an apple tree with rejuvenating apples, and under the apple tree there is a well. Pick three apples, but don't take any more. And scoop up a jug of twelve stigmas from the well of living water. The maiden Sineglazka will be sleeping; He will take you over the wall.

Ivan Tsarevich did not spend the night with this old woman, but sat on her good horse and rode off at night. This horse jumps, jumps over moss-swamps, sweeps rivers, lakes with its tail.

How long, how short, low, high, Ivan Tsarevich reaches the high wall in the middle of the night. At the gate the guard sleeps - thirty mighty heroes. He presses his good horse, beats him with an unlashed whip. The horse got angry and jumped over the wall. Ivan Tsarevich got off his horse, entered the garden and saw - there was an apple tree with silver leaves, golden apples, and a well under the apple tree. Ivan Tsarevich picked three apples, but did not take any more, but scooped up a jug of twelve stigmas from the well of living water. And he wanted to see for himself, the strong, mighty hero, the maiden Sineglazka.

Ivan Tsarevich enters the tower, and there they sleep - on one side six logs - heroic girls and on the other side six, and in the middle the maiden Sineglazka scattered about, sleeping, like a strong river rapids rustle.

Ivan Tsarevich could not stand it, kissed her, kissed her and left ... He sat on a good horse, and the horse said to him in a human voice:

You did not obey, Ivan Tsarevich, you entered the tower to the maiden Sineglazka. Now I can't jump over walls.

Ivan Tsarevich beats the horse with an unlashed whip.

Oh, you, horse, wolf's satiety, grass bag, we don't spend the night here, but lose our heads!

The horse became more angry than ever and jumped over the wall, but touched it with one horseshoe - the strings sang on the wall and the bells rang.

The maiden Sineglazka woke up and saw the theft:

Get up, we have a big theft!

She ordered to saddle her heroic horse and rushed with twelve logs in pursuit of Ivan Tsarevich.

Grandma, didn't the beast roam here?

No, child.

Grandma, did the fellow pass here?

No, child. And you eat milk from the way.

I would eat, grandmother, and milk a cow for a long time.

What are you, child, alive to handle ...

Baba Yaga went to milk a cow - milking, not in a hurry. The maiden Sineglazka ate the milk and again chased after Ivan Tsarevich.

Ivan Tsarevich reaches the middle Baba Yaga, changed his horse and drove again. He is at the door, and the girl Sineglazka is at the door:

Grandma, didn’t the beast skip, didn’t the good fellow drive by?

No, child. And you would eat pancakes out of the way.

Yes, you will bake for a long time.

Baba Yaga baked pancakes - bakes, takes her time. The maiden Sineglazka ate and again chased after Ivan Tsarevich.

No, child. And you would take a steam bath out of the way.

Yes, you will burn for a long time.

What are you, child, alive to handle ...

The Baba Yaga heated the bathhouse, prepared everything. The maiden Sineglazka took a steam bath, rolled over and again drove into the drift. Her horse jumps from hill to hill, sweeping rivers and lakes with her tail. She began to catch up with Ivan Tsarevich.

He sees a chase behind him: twelve bogatyrs with the thirteenth - the girl Sineglazka - get along to run into him, take his head off his shoulders. He began to stop the horse, the girl Sineglazka jumped up and shouted to him:

What are you, a thief, without asking from my well drank and the well did not cover!

Well, let's go three horse jumps, let's try the strength.

Here Ivan Tsarevich and the maiden Sineglazka rode three horse-leaps, took battle clubs, long spears, sharp sabers. And they came together three times, they broke their clubs, they slashed their spears and sabers - they could not knock each other off their horses. There was no need for them to ride good horses, they jumped off their horses and grabbed in a handful.

They fought from morning to evening - the sun is red until sunset. Ivan Tsarevich's frisky leg turned up, he fell on the damp ground. The maiden Sineglazka knelt on his white chest and pulled out a damask dagger - flog his white chest. Ivan Tsarevich and says to her:

Do not ruin me, maiden Sineglazka, better take my white hands, lift me from the damp earth, kiss me on the sugary lips.

Here the maiden Sineglazka raised Ivan Tsarevich from the damp earth and kissed him on the sugary lips. And they pitched their tent in an open field, in a wide expanse, in green meadows. Here they walked for three days and three nights. Here they got engaged and exchanged rings.

The maiden Sineglazka says to him:

I'll go home - and you go home, but don't turn off anywhere ... In three years, wait for me in your kingdom.

They mounted their horses and dispersed... How long, how short, how long things are done, soon the fairy tale tells, - Ivan Tsarevich reaches the rosstans, up to three roads, where the slab is a stone, and thinks:

"That's not good! I'm going home, and my brothers are missing."

And he did not listen to the girl Sineglazka, turned onto the road where a married man would be ... And he runs into a tower under a golden roof. Here, under Ivan Tsarevich, the horse neighed, and the brothers of the horses responded. The horses were one-stage...

Ivan Tsarevich went up onto the porch, banged his ring - the domes on the tower staggered, the windows twisted. A beautiful girl runs out.

Ah, Ivan Tsarevich, I have been waiting for you for a long time! Come with me to eat bread and salt and sleep and rest.

She took him to the tower and began to regale him. Ivan Tsarevich, not so much eats as throws under the table, not so much drinks as pours under the table. The beautiful girl took him to the bedroom:

Lie down, Ivan Tsarevich, sleep, rest.

And Ivan Tsarevich pushed her onto the bed, quickly turned the bed, the girl flew underground, into a deep hole.

Ivan Tsarevich leaned over the pit and shouted:

Who is alive there?

And from the pit they answer:

Fedor Tsarevich and Vasily Tsarevich.

He took them out of the pit - they are black in face, they have already begun to overgrow with earth. Ivan Tsarevich washed the brothers with living water - they became the same again.

They got on their horses and rode off ... How long, how short, they reached the rosstans. Ivan Tsarevich and says to the brothers:

Guard my horse, and I will lie down and rest.

He lay down on the silk grass and fell into a heroic sleep. And Fedor Tsarevich says to Vasily Tsarevich:

We will return without living water, without rejuvenating apples - there will be little honor for us, our father will send us geese to graze.

Vasily Tsarevich answers:

Let's lower Ivan Tsarevich into the abyss, and we'll take these things and give them into the hands of our father.

So they took out rejuvenating apples and a jug of living water from his bosom, and they took him and threw him into the abyss. Ivan Tsarevich flew there for three days and three nights.

Ivan Tsarevich fell on the very seaside, came to his senses and sees - only the sky and water, and under the old oak by the sea the chicks squeak - the weather beats them.

Ivan Tsarevich took off his caftan and covered the chicks, and he himself hid under an oak tree.

The weather has calmed down, the big bird Nagai is flying. She flew in, sat down under the oak and asked the chicks:

My dear children, did the bad weather kill you?

Do not shout, mother, a Russian man saved us, covered us with his caftan.

Bird Nagai asks Ivan Tsarevich:

Why are you here, dear man?

My brothers threw me into the abyss for rejuvenating apples and for living water.

You saved my children, ask me what you want: is it gold, silver, precious stone.

Nothing, Nagai-bird, I do not need: no gold, no silver, no precious stone. Can't I get back to my hometown?

Nagai-bird answers him:

Get me two vats - twelve pounds - of meat.

So Ivan Tsarevich shot geese and swans on the seashore, put it in two vats, put one vat on the Nagai bird on the right shoulder, and the other vat on the left, he sat on her back. Nagai began to feed the bird, it rose and flies into the sky.

She flies, and he gives her and gives ... How long, how short they flew like that, Ivan Tsarevich fed both vats. And the Nagai bird turns around again. He took a knife, cut off a piece from his leg and gave Nagai the bird. She flies, flies and turns again. He cut off the meat from the other leg and served it. It's not far to fly. Nagai-bird turns around again. He cut the meat from his chest and gave it to her.

Then the Nagai-bird informed Ivan Tsarevich to his native side.

You fed me well all the way, but you never ate sweeter than the last piece.

Ivan Tsarevich shows her the wounds. Nagai-bird burped, burped three pieces:

Put it in place.

Ivan Tsarevich put - meat and adhered to the bones.

Now get off me, Ivan Tsarevich, I'll fly home.

Nagai the bird rose up in the air, and Ivan Tsarevich went along the road to his native side.

He came to the capital and finds out that Fedor Tsarevich and Vasily Tsarevich brought living water and rejuvenating apples to their father, and the Tsar was healed: he still became strong in health and sharp-eyed.

Ivan Tsarevich did not go to his father, to his mother, but he gathered drunkards, tavern fouls and let's walk around the taverns.

At that time, distant lands, in the distant kingdom, the strong hero Sineglazka gave birth to two sons. They grow by leaps and bounds. Soon the fairy tale is told, the deed is not soon done - three years have passed. Sineglazka took her sons, gathered an army and went to look for Ivan Tsarevich.

King, give the prince. If you don’t give it back, I’ll trample the whole kingdom, I’ll burn it, I’ll take you in full.

The tsar was frightened and sent the eldest - Fyodor Tsarevich. Fyodor Tsarevich walks through colored cloth, approaches a white-linen tent. Two boys run out.

No, kids, it's your uncle.

What would you like to do with him?

And you, kids, treat him well.

Then these two boys took their canes and let's whip Fyodor Tsarevich below the back. They beat him, he beat him, he barely took his legs off.

And Sineglazka again sends to the king:

Give me the prince...

The tsar was frightened of the forest and sent the middle one - Vasily Tsarevich. He comes to the tent. Two boys run out.

Mother, mother, isn't this our father coming?

No, kids, it's your uncle. Feed him well.

Two boys again, let's scratch the uncle with canes. They beat, they beat, Vasily Tsarevich barely carried his legs.

And Sineglazka sent for the third time to the tsar:

Go, look for the third son, Ivan Tsarevich. If you don’t find it, I’ll trample the whole kingdom, I’ll burn it.

The tsar was even more frightened, sends for Fedor Tsarevich and Vasily Tsarevich, orders them to find their brother, Ivan Tsarevich. Then the brothers fell at their father's feet and confessed everything: they took living water and rejuvenating apples from sleepy Ivan Tsarevich, and threw him into the abyss.

The king heard this and burst into tears. And at that time, Ivan Tsarevich himself goes to Sineglazka, and with him goes the barn of the tavern. They tear the cloth under their feet and throw it to the sides.

He approaches the white linen tent. Two boys run out.

Mother, mother, some drunkard is coming to us with the barn of a tavern!

And Sineglazka to them:

Take him by the white hands, lead him into the tent. This is your own father. He suffered innocently for three years.

Then they took Ivan Tsarevich by the white hands and led him into the tent. Sineglazka washed him and combed his hair, changed his clothes and put him to bed. And she brought a glass of goli from the tavern, and they went home.

The next day Sineglazka and Ivan Tsarevich arrived at the palace. Then a feast began for the whole world - an honest feast and for a wedding. Fedor Tsarevich and Vasily Tsarevich had little honor, they drove them out of the courtyard - to spend the night where there is a night, where there are two, and there is no place to spend the third night ...

Ivan Tsarevich did not stay here, but went with Sineglazka to her maiden kingdom.

Here the fairy tale ends.

In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived and was a king, and he had three sons: the eldest was called Fedor, the second Vasily, and the youngest Ivan.

The tsar gathers a feast for the whole world, calls the princes and boyars to the feast and says to them:
- Who, kids, would get out of the chosen ones, get out of the hunters, travel to faraway lands, to the farthest kingdom, bring rejuvenating apples and living water, a jug of twelve stigmas? I would write half my kingdom to this rider.

Then the larger one began to be buried for the middle one, and the middle one for the smaller one, but there is no answer from the smaller one. Tsarevich Fedor comes out and says:
- It is reluctant to us to give the kingdom to the people. I will go to this path, I will bring you, the king-father, rejuvenating apples and living water, a jug of twelve stigmas.

Fyodor Tsarevich went to the stable yard, chooses an untrodden horse, bridles an unbridled bridle, takes an unlashed whip, puts twelve girths with a girth - not for the sake of beauty, but for the sake of strength ... Fyodor Tsarevich set off on the path. They saw that he was sitting down, but they did not see in which direction he rolled away ...

Fyodor Tsarevich thought: "Let's go, where to be married."

And he turned to the path where he should be married. He rode, rode, and reached the tower under the golden roof. Then a beautiful girl runs out and says to him:
- The king's son, I'll take you out of the saddle, come with me to eat bread and salt and sleep and rest.
- No, girl, I don’t want bread and salt, but I can’t pass the road with sleep. I need to move forward.
- The king's son, do not rush to go, but hurry to do what is dear to you.

Then a beautiful maiden took him out of the saddle and led him into the tower. I fed him, gave him a drink and put him to sleep on the bed.

As soon as Fyodor Tsarevich lay down against the wall, this girl quickly turned the bed, and he flew underground, into a deep hole ...

How long, how short - the tsar again gathers a feast, calls the princes and boyars and says to them:
- Here, guys, who would get out of the hunters - bring me rejuvenating apples and living water, a jug about twelve stigmas? I would write half my kingdom to this rider.

Here again, the larger one is buried for the middle one, and the middle one for the smaller one, but there is no answer from the smaller one.

The second son, Vasily Tsarevich, comes out:
“Father, I don’t want to give the kingdom into the wrong hands. I'll go to the track, bring these things, hand over to you.

Vasily Tsarevich goes to the stable yard, chooses an unridden horse, bridles an unbridled bridle, takes an unlashed whip, puts twelve girths with a girth.

Vasily Tsarevich went. They saw how he sat down, but they didn’t see in which direction he rolled away ... So he reaches the rosstan, where the stone slab lies, and sees:
“You will go to the right - to save yourself, to lose your horse. You will go to the left - to save the horse, to lose yourself. You will go straight - to be married.

Thought, thought Vasily Tsarevich and went on the road, where to be married. I reached the tower with a golden roof. A beautiful girl runs out to him and asks him to eat bread and salt and lie down to rest.
- The king's son, do not rush to go, but hurry to do what is dear to you ...

Then she took him out of the saddle, took him to the tower, fed him, gave him drink and put him to sleep.

As soon as Vasily Tsarevich lay down against the wall, she again turned the bed, and he flew underground.

And they ask:
- Who is flying?
- Vasily Tsarevich. And who is sitting?
- Tsarevich Fedor.
- Here, bro, hit!

How long, how short - for the third time the tsar gathers a feast, calls the princes and boyars:
- Who would get out of the hunters to bring rejuvenating apples and living water jug about twelve stigmas? I would write half my kingdom to this rider.

Here again, the larger one is buried for the middle one, the middle one for the smaller one, but there is no answer from the smaller one. Ivan Tsarevich comes out and says:
- Give me, father, blessing, from a violent head to frisky legs, go to the thirtieth kingdom - look for you rejuvenating apples and living water, and look for my brothers.

The king gave him a blessing. Ivan Tsarevich went to the stable yard - to choose a horse according to reason. Whichever horse he looks at, he trembles, on which he puts his hand - he falls down ...

Ivan Tsarevich could not choose a horse according to reason. Goes, hung his wild head. To meet him grandmother backyard.
- Hello, child Ivan Tsarevich! Why are you walking around sad?
- How can I, grandmother, not be sad - I can’t find a horse in my mind.
- You should have asked me a long time ago. The good horse is chained in the cellar, on an iron chain. You can take it - you will have a horse in mind.

Ivan Tsarevich set off on his journey. They saw that he was sitting down, but they didn’t see in which direction he rolled away ... He reached the rosstan and thought:
“To the right to go - to lose a horse. Where can I go without a horse? To go straight - to be married. Not for that I went on the road. Go left - save the horse. This road is the best for me."

There is a hut on a chicken leg, about one window.

The hut turned its back to the forest, to Ivan Tsarevich in front. He went into it, and there sits a Baba Yaga, of old years, tosses a silk tow, and throws threads through the beds.
- Fu, fu, - he says, - the Russian spirit has not been heard, the view has not been seen, but now the Russian spirit itself has come.

And Ivan Tsarevich to her:
- Oh, you, Baba Yaga - a bone leg, if you don’t catch a bird, you tease, if you don’t recognize the young man, you blaspheme. You would now jump up and me, a good fellow, a road person, fed, watered and gathered a bed for the night. I would lie down, you would sit down at the head of the bed, you would ask, and I would begin to say - whose and where.

Here the Baba Yaga did everything right - she fed Ivan Tsarevich, gave him drink and laid him on the bed; sat down at the head and began to ask:
- Whose are you, road man, good fellow, but where are you from? What land are you? What father, mother's son?
- I, grandmother, from such and such a kingdom, from such and such a state, the royal son Ivan Tsarevich. I am going to distant lands, distant lakes, to the thirtieth kingdom for living water and rejuvenating apples.
- Well, my dear child, how far you have to go: living water and rejuvenating apples - with a strong hero, the girl Sineglazka, she is my own niece. I don't know if you'll get good...

- A lot of fellows drove by, but not a lot of politely used to say. Take, child, my horse. My horse will be faster, he will take you to my middle sister, she will teach you.

Ivan Tsarevich gets up early in the morning, washes his face whitely. He thanks Baba Yaga for the night and rode on her horse. Suddenly he says to the horse:
- Stop! Dropped the glove.

And the horse replies:
- At what time did you say, I have already galloped two hundred miles ...

Ivan Tsarevich rides whether it is close or far. The day goes by until the night. And he saw ahead of him a hut on a chicken leg, with one window.
- Hut, hut, turn your back to the forest, front to me! As I enter you, and exit.

The hut turned its back to the forest, its front to it.

Suddenly heard - the horse neighed, and the horse under Ivan Tsarevich responded.

The horses were one herd.

Baba Yaga heard this - even older than that one - and says:
- Came to me, apparently, my sister to visit.

And out on the porch:
- Fu-fu, the Russian spirit has not been heard, the view has not been seen, and now the Russian spirit itself has come.

And Ivan Tsarevich to her:
- Oh, you, Baba Yaga - a bone leg, meet the guest by dress, see off by mind. You would have removed my horse, you would have fed me, a good fellow, a road person, fed me, watered me and put me to bed ...

Baba Yaga did everything right - she removed the horse, and fed and watered Ivan Tsarevich, put him to bed and began to ask who he was, where he was from and where he was heading.
- I, grandmother, from such and such a kingdom, from such and such a state, the royal son Ivan Tsarevich. I am going for living water and rejuvenating apples to a strong hero, the girl Sineglazka ...
- Well, my dear child, I don't know if you will get good. Wise to you, wise to get to the girl Sineglazka!
- And you, grandmother, give your head to my mighty shoulders, direct me to mind-reason.
- A lot of fellows drove by, but not a lot of politely used to say. Take, child, my horse, go to my older sister. She'd better teach me what to do.

Bot Ivan Tsarevich spent the night with this old woman, gets up early in the morning, washes his face whitely. He thanks Baba Yaga for the night and rode on her horse. And this horse is even stronger than that.

Suddenly Ivan Tsarevich says:
- Stop! Dropped the glove. And the horse replies:
- At what time you said, I have already galloped three hundred miles. Not soon the deed is done, soon the fairy tale tells. Ivan Tsarevich rides day to evening - the sun is red until sunset. He runs into the hut on a chicken leg, about one window.
- Hut, hut, turn your back to the forest, to me in front! I do not live forever, but spend the night for one night.

Here Ivan Tsarevich politely bowed to her and asked to spend the night. Nothing to do! They don’t take lodging with them - lodging for everyone: both on foot and on horseback, and poor and rich.

Baba Yaga did the whole thing - she removed the horse, and fed and watered Ivan Tsarevich and began to ask who he was, where he was from and where he was heading.
- I, grandmother, of such and such a kingdom, such and such a state, the royal son Ivan Tsarevich. Was with your younger sister, she sent to the middle sister, and the middle sister sent to you. Give your head to my mighty shoulders, direct me to mind-reason, how can I get living water and rejuvenating apples from the maiden Sineglazka.
- So be it, I will help you, Ivan Tsarevich. Maiden Sineglazka, my niece, is a strong and powerful hero. Around her kingdom there is a wall three sazhens high, a sazhen thick, at the gate of the guard - thirty heroes. They won't let you through the gate either. You should go in the middle of the night, ride my good horse. You will reach the wall - and beat the horse on the sides with a whipped whip. The horse jumps over the wall. You tie your horse and go to the garden. You will see an apple tree with rejuvenating apples, and under the apple tree there is a well. Pick three apples, but don't take any more. And scoop up a jug of twelve stigmas from the well of living water. The maiden Sineglazka will be sleeping; He will take you over the wall.

Ivan Tsarevich did not spend the night with this old woman, but sat on her good horse and rode off at night. This horse jumps, jumps over moss-swamps, sweeps rivers, lakes with its tail.

Ivan Tsarevich enters the tower, and there they sleep: on one side there are six logs - heroic girls, and on the other side six, and in the middle the girl Sineglazka scattered about, sleeping, like a strong river rapids rustle.

Ivan Tsarevich could not stand it, kissed her, kissed her and left ... He sat on a good horse, and the horse said to him in a human voice:
- You did not obey, Ivan Tsarevich, you entered the tower to the maiden Sineglazka! Now I can't jump over walls.

Ivan Tsarevich beats the horse with an unlashed whip. - Oh, you are a horse, a wolf's satiety, a bag of grass, we are not here to spend the night, but to lose our heads!

The horse became more angry than ever and jumped over the wall, but touched it with one horseshoe - the strings sang on the wall and the bells rang.

The maiden Sineglazka woke up and saw the theft:
- Get up, we have a big theft!

She ordered to saddle her heroic horse and rushed with twelve logs in pursuit of Ivan Tsarevich.

Tsarevich Ivan is driving at full speed, and the maiden Sineglazka is chasing after him. He reaches the elder Baba Yaga, and she already has a horse bred, ready. He - from his horse and onto this one, and again drove forward ... Ivan Tsarevich was out the door, and the maiden Sineglazka was out the door and asked Baba Yaga:
- Grandma, didn't the beast roam here? - No, child.
- Grandma, did the fellow pass here?
- No, child. And you eat milk from the way.
- I would eat, grandmother, but milk a cow for a long time.
- What are you, child, lively cope ...

Baba Yaga went to milk a cow - milking, not in a hurry. The maiden Sineglazka ate the milk and again chased after Ivan Tsarevich.

Ivan Tsarevich reaches the middle Baba Yaga, changed his horse and drove again. He is at the door, and the girl Sineglazka is at the door:
- Grandma, didn’t the beast roam, didn’t the good fellow drive by?
- No, child. And you would eat pancakes out of the way.
- Yes, you will bake for a long time.

Baba Yaga baked pancakes - bakes, takes her time. The maiden Sineglazka ate and again chased after Ivan Tsarevich.

He reaches the youngest Baba Yaga, got off his horse, mounted his heroic horse and drove off again. He is at the door, the girl Sineglazka is at the door and asks the Baba Yaga if a good fellow has passed by.
- No, child. And you would take a steam bath out of the way.
- Yes, you will heat for a long time.
- What are you, child, I'll do it alive ...

And he told her:
- Well, let's part for three horses, let's try the strength.

Here Ivan Tsarevich and the maiden Sineglazka galloped on three horses, took battle clubs, long spears, sharp sabers. And they came together three times, they broke their clubs, they slashed their spears and sabers - they could not knock each other off their horses. There was no need for them to ride good horses, they jumped off their horses and grabbed in a handful.

Ivan Tsarevich and says to her:
- Do not ruin me, maiden Sineglazka, better take my white hands, lift me from the damp earth, kiss me on the sugary lips.

The maiden Sineglazka says to him:
- I'll go home - and you go home, but don't turn off anywhere ... In three years, wait for me in your kingdom.

They got on their horses and parted ... How long, how short, how long is the job done, soon the fairy tale tells, - Ivan Tsarevich reaches the rosstans, up to three roads, where the slab-stone, and thinks:
“That's good! I’m going home, and my brothers are missing.”

And he did not listen to the girl Sineglazka, he turned onto the road where a married man would be ... And he runs into a tower under a golden roof. Here, under Ivan Tsarevich, the horse neighed, and the brothers of the horses responded. The horses were single-staged ...

Ivan Tsarevich went up onto the porch, banged his ring - the domes on the tower staggered, the windows twisted. A beautiful girl runs out.
- Oh, Ivan Tsarevich, I've been waiting for you for a long time! Come with me to eat bread and salt and sleep and rest.

She took him to the tower and began to regale him. Ivan Tsarevich does not eat so much as throws under the table, not so much drinks as pours under the table. The beautiful girl took him to the bedroom.
- Lie down, Ivan Tsarevich, sleep, rest.

And Ivan Tsarevich pushed her onto the bed, quickly turned the bed, the girl flew underground, into a deep hole. Ivan Tsarevich leaned over the pit and shouted:
- Who is alive there? And from the pit they answer:
- Fedor Tsarevich and Vasily Tsarevich.

He took them out of the pit - they are black in face, they have already begun to overgrow with earth. Ivan Tsarevich washed the brothers with living water - they became the same again.

They got on their horses and rode off ... How long, how short, they reached the rosstans. Ivan Tsarevich and says to the brothers:
- Watch my horse, and I will lie down and rest.

He lay down on the silk grass and fell into a heroic sleep. And Fedor Tsarevich says to Vasily Tsarevich:
- We will return without living water, without rejuvenating apples - there will be little honor for us, our father will send us geese to graze ...

Vasily Tsarevich answers:
- Let's lower Ivan Tsarevich into the abyss, and we will take these things and give them into the hands of our father.

So they took out rejuvenating apples and a jug of living water from his bosom, and they took him and threw him into the abyss. Ivan Tsarevich flew there for three days and three nights.

Ivan Tsarevich fell on the very seashore, came to his senses and sees - only the sky and water, and under the old oak by the sea the chicks squeak - the weather beats them.

Ivan Tsarevich took off his caftan and covered the chicks, and he himself hid under an oak tree.

The weather has calmed down, the big bird Nagai is flying.

She flew in, sat down under the oak and asked the chicks:
- My dear children, did the bad weather kill you?
- Do not shout, mother, a Russian man saved us, covered us with his caftan.

Bird Nagai asks Ivan Tsarevich:
Why are you here, dear man?
- My brothers threw me into the abyss for rejuvenating apples and for living water.
- You saved my children, ask me what you want: is it gold, silver, precious stone.
- Nothing, Nagai-bird, I do not need: no gold, no silver, no precious stone. Can't I get back to my hometown?

Nagai-bird answers him:
- Get me two vats - twelve pounds - of meat.

Then the Nagai-bird informed Ivan Tsarevich to his native side.
- Well, you fed me all the way, but you never ate sweeter than the last piece.

Ivan Tsarevich shows her the wounds. Nagai-bird burped, burped three pieces:
- Put it in place.

Ivan Tsarevich put - meat and adhered to the bones.
- Now get off me, Ivan Tsarevich, I'll fly home.

Nagai the bird rose up in the air, and Ivan Tsarevich went along the road to his native side.

Ivan Tsarevich did not go to his father, to his mother, but he gathered drunkards, tavern fouls and let's walk around the taverns.

She came to his kingdom and in an open field, in a wide expanse, on green meadows, she pitched a white-lined tent. She covered the road from the tent with colored cloth. And he sends to the capital to the king to say:
- King, give the prince. If you don’t give it up, I’ll trample the whole kingdom, burn it, I’ll take you in full.

The tsar was frightened and sent the eldest - Fyodor Tsarevich. Fyodor Tsarevich walks through colored cloth, approaches a white-linen tent. Two boys run out.

- No, kids, this is your uncle.
- What would you like to do with him?
- And you, kids, treat him well.

Then these two boys took their canes and let's whip Fyodor Tsarevich below the back. They beat him, he beat him, he barely took his legs off. And Sineglazka again sends to the king:
- Give the prince ...

The tsar was frightened of the forest and sent the middle one - Vasily Tsarevich. He comes to the tent. Two boys run out.
- Mother, mother, isn't this our father coming?
- No, kids, this is your uncle. Feed him well.

Two boys again, let's scratch the uncle with canes. They beat, they beat, Vasily Tsarevich barely carried his legs. Sineglazka sends for the third time to the king:
- Go, look for the third son, Ivan Tsarevich. If you don’t find it, I’ll trample the whole kingdom, I’ll burn it.

He approaches the white linen tent. Two boys run out.
- Mother, mother, some drunkard is coming to us with a barn of a tavern!

And Sineglazka to them:
- Take him by the white hands, lead him into the tent. This is your own father. He suffered innocently for three years.

Ivan Tsarevich did not stay here, but went with Sineglazka to her maiden kingdom.

Here the fairy tale ends.

Tale of rejuvenating apples and living water

In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived and was a king, and he had three sons: the eldest was called Fedor, the second Vasily, and the youngest Ivan.
The king was very old and impoverished in his eyes, but he heard that far away, in the farthest kingdom, there is a garden with rejuvenating apples and a well with living water. If you eat this apple to an old man, he will become younger, and if you wash the eyes of a blind man with this water, he will see. The tsar gathers a feast for the whole world, calls the princes and boyars to the feast and says to them:
- Who, kids, would get out of the chosen ones, get out of the hunters, travel to faraway lands, to the farthest kingdom, bring rejuvenating apples and living water, a jug of twelve stigmas? I would write half my kingdom to this rider.
Then the larger one began to be buried for the middle one, and the middle one for the smaller one, but there is no answer from the smaller one.
Tsarevich Fedor comes out and says:
- It is reluctant to us to give the kingdom to the people. I will go to this path, I will bring you, the king-father, rejuvenating apples and living water, a jug of twelve stigmas.
Fyodor Tsarevich went to the stable yard, chooses a horse that is not ridden, bridles an unbridled bridle, takes an unlashed whip, puts twelve girths with a girth - not for the sake of beauty, but for the sake of strength ... Fyodor Tsarevich set off on the path. They saw that he was landing, but they did not see in which direction he rolled away ...
He rode close, far, low, high, rode day to evening - from the red sun to sunset. And it reaches the rosstans, up to three roads. A slab-stone lies on the rosstans, on it the inscription is written: “You will go to the right - to save yourself, to lose your horse. You will go to the left - to save the horse, to lose yourself. You will go straight - to be married.
Fyodor Tsarevich thought: "Let's go, where to be married." And he turned to the path where he should be married. He rode and rode and reached the tower under the golden roof. Then a beautiful girl runs out and says:
- The king's son, I'll take you out of the saddle, come with me to eat bread and salt and sleep and rest. - No, girl, I don’t want bread and salt, I can’t pass the road with sleep. I need to move forward.
- The king's son, do not rush to go, but hurry to do what is dear to you.
Then a beautiful maiden took him out of the saddle and led him into the tower. I fed him, gave him a drink and put him to sleep on the bed. As soon as Fyodor Tsarevich lay down against the wall, this girl quickly turned the bed, and he flew underground, into a deep hole ...
How long, how short - the tsar again gathers a feast, calls the princes and boyars and says to them:
- Here, guys, who would get out of the hunters - bring me rejuvenating apples and living water, a jug about twelve stigmas? I would write half my kingdom to this rider.
Here again, the larger one is buried for the middle one, and the middle one for the smaller one, but there is no answer from the smaller one. The second son, Vasily Tsarevich, comes out:
“Father, I don’t want to give the kingdom into the wrong hands. I'll go to the track, bring these things, hand over to you.
Vasily Tsarevich goes to the stable yard, chooses an unridden horse, bridles an unbridled bridle, takes an unlashed whip, puts twelve girths with a girth. They saw how he sat down, but did not see in which direction he rolled away ... So he reaches the rosstan, where the slab-stone lies, and sees: “You will go to the right - to save yourself, to lose your horse. You will go to the left - to save the horse, to lose yourself. You will go straight - to be married. Thought and thought Vasily Tsarevich and went on the road, where to be married. I reached the tower with a golden roof. A beautiful girl runs out to him and asks him to eat bread and salt and lie down to rest.
- The king's son, do not rush to go, but rush to do what is dear to you ... Then she took him out of the saddle, led him into the tower, fed and watered him and put him to bed.
As soon as Vasily Tsarevich lay down against the wall, she again turned the bed, and he flew underground.
And they ask:
- Who is flying?
- Vasily Tsarevich. And who is sitting?
- Tsarevich Fedor.
- Here, bro, hit!
How long, how short - for the third time the tsar gathers a feast, calls the princes and boyars:
- Who would get out of the hunters to bring rejuvenating apples and living water, a jug of twelve stigmas? I would write half my kingdom to this rider.
Here again, the larger one is buried for the middle one, the middle one for the smaller one, but there is no answer from the smaller one. Ivan Tsarevich comes out and says:
- Give me, father, blessing, from a violent head to frisky legs, go to the thirtieth kingdom - look for you rejuvenating apples and living water, and look for more of my brothers.
The king gave him a blessing.

In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived and was a king, and he had three sons: the eldest was called Fedor, the second Vasily, and the youngest Ivan.

The king was very old and impoverished in his eyes, but he heard that far away, in the farthest kingdom, there is a garden with rejuvenating apples and a well with living water.