A short tale about a deer. Fairy tale "magic deer"

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Dedicated to little curly haired Olezhka

In one very ordinary forest There lived a not quite ordinary deer. Well, he had everything like other deer - four hooves, two ears, a small tail, short fur. But the horns were not ordinary, but magical.
As our deer rested on the grass, basking in the sun, beautiful flowers bloomed. And these flowers smelled so fragrant that colorful butterflies flew from everywhere.

If a deer jumped and galloped across a forest meadow, then it would appear on its antlers...What would you think? Sweet, juicy, ripe grapes! The birds adored him, and when they saw a galloping deer, they dropped everything they were doing and quickly flew towards him.

At night our hero slept. And this is not surprising, all deer sleep at night, even magical ones. Meanwhile, mushrooms grew on the horns. And not just any mushrooms, but chanterelles. Why exactly the chanterelles are unknown, but they were adored by the squirrels living in this forest. Quietly, so as not to wake the deer, they collected mushrooms, of which there were so many that they were enough even for the whole winter.

This is how we lived forest animals, rejoicing that they have such a wonderful, such a kind and cheerful deer with magic antlers.
But one day in the spring, when the snow melted, young grass appeared, and the sun warmed everything around with all its might, our deer became sad. He was sad for a day, another, a week, and did not understand what was happening. Because of such sadness, the flowers stopped blooming on his horns, there were no berries, and even when he fell asleep, chanterelles did not appear on them. The deer was sad, the forest dwellers were sad. And then on one of these sad days a guest appeared in the forest. No, not a guest, but a guest. It was a young deer who accidentally ran here from a neighboring grove. As soon as our hero saw her, his sadness immediately passed. He felt joyful and cheerful, his heart was beating very quickly, he wanted to dance and even sing songs. And do you know what happened to his horns?
Beautiful flowers bloomed on them, apples and pears grew, sweet berries ripened!

Fawn's Dream

Once upon a time there was a little deer named Sammy. He was a kind and cheerful little deer. Everyone loved him. And Sammy had a dream: one day to become one of Santa Claus's reindeer. All his friends and his family said that it was impossible and that it was better to forget about it. But Sammy believed that someday he and he, along with other reindeer harnessed to the sleigh of the good Santa Claus, would rush him along starry sky with a bag full of gifts for children.

- I want to be like Rudolph! – he often repeated, and his mother shook her head and smiled.

Rudolph was the lead reindeer in Santa's sleigh. He had a big red nose, which through the darkness and fog illuminated the path for Santa Claus's sleigh.

This is how Sammy the deer lived with his dream. He was already accustomed to the fact that no one believed in its implementation, but he himself continued to believe and dream. One day, shortly before Christmas, Sammy started talking about his dream again in the company of other fawns. The oldest fawn, Larry, laughed at him. Sammy felt very sad and left without saying anything. For a long time he wandered around snowy forest until he came to one small clearing. There, in the clearing, Sammy no longer held back his tears. He burst into tears. Tears flowed down his soft fluffy cheeks and fell onto the snow. Sammy thought that maybe, indeed, his dream was not destined to come true. Suddenly the baby heard someone’s pleasant, calm voice:

- Why are you crying, little deer?

Sammy looked up and saw Rudolph the Reindeer himself! The little deer froze in amazement and delight.

-Are you Rudolph?! – he said, not believing his eyes.

“Of course, it’s me,” Rudolf laughed, “So why are you crying?”

Sammy, of course, could not restrain himself and told Rudolph the whole truth.

“You are a very good deer, Sammy,” said Rudolph, “I’m proud of you!” It's great that you don't lose faith. I can assure you that sometimes miracles happen in life and the impossible becomes possible. Moreover, your dream is very possible. Do you know my story?

“No, I don’t know,” Sammy shook his head.

“Then listen,” said Rudolf and began his story, “Since childhood, I have had a big red nose.” So red that it even glowed in the dark. All the deer, young and old, laughed at me. Even my family, my brothers and sisters, wanted nothing to do with me. That's how I grew up, very lonely. One day, Santa Claus's sleigh went astray due to fog. I helped Santa by lighting the way with my red nose. After that, Santa Claus invited me to become the main reindeer in his team and light the way with my nose. Like this. From then on, no one laughed at me anymore.

“I didn’t even know that it was exactly like that,” Sammy said and looked at Rudolph enthusiastically.

“Sammy, I really like you,” Rudolph said. - I want to help you. I can make a small piece of your dream come true. Come here tomorrow at the same time.

Having said this, Rudolph shook his magnificent horns and soared up into the night sky.

The next day, Sammy was there at the appointed time. He was surprised to see that Rudolf was already there and not alone. Next to him stood an elf dressed in a red suit and cap. But that's not all! Santa Claus stood in the clearing.

- Hello, Sammy! - said Rudolph, - There are still a few days left before Christmas. Santa doesn’t need the sleigh, especially since he needed to check if everything was okay with them. So I asked my friend, Glen the Elf, to help me. Come here, let's take a ride through the starry sky!

- So, me and you? Together? Harnessed to a sleigh?! – little deer Sammy couldn’t believe his ears and eyes.

- Of course together! - Rudolf assured him.

- But I can’t fly!

- You can! – Rudolf laughed again.

Elf Glen harnessed Rudolph and Samm to the sleigh, and he sat on the box. Rudolph shook his horns, and magical sparkling dust fell from them. As soon as the magic dust fell on the back and head of the fawn, he felt extraordinary strength and lightness in his body, and realized that he could now fly. The sleigh soared into the sky. At first Sammy couldn't believe his luck, but then he relaxed and just enjoyed the flight. They rolled around the sky for a bit, then made several circles above the forest and descended into a clearing.

- Great walk! - said Rudolph, - The sleigh is fine, Santa will be pleased. Thank you for the company.

- Thank you, Rudolf! You are the best deer in the world! – Sammy answered.

And Rudolph laughed joyfully.

“I’m glad that I helped you not to lose faith in your dream.” You'll grow up and we'll see. “It all depends on you,” he said, “Well, that’s it, I have to go.” The elves will be decorating the sleigh in preparation for the most important night of the year. We all have a lot of work to do.

Deer and sea goby (Chukchi tale)

A deer walked along seashore. Suddenly a fish poked its head out of the water - a sea goby. The bull saw the deer and laughed:
- Well, deer! Well, what a monster! The legs are moving, the fat belly is being carried! Fun!
The deer was offended by such words, picked up the bull with its horns and threw it ashore. A goby here, a goby here, but still nothing.
- Oh oh oh! - shouts. - I'm disappearing! I'm drying up!
Okay, the deer took pity on him, threw the bull into the water, and he himself wanted to move on, but before he could take a step, he heard the bull take over again, mocking him again.
- Hey, little deer! - the bull shouts. - Hey, awkward! Look at you: there is no tail, ribs are growing on your head! You'll want to laugh!
- Oh, so, you're teasing again! - the deer got angry and touched the sea goby with its horns and threw it ashore.
- Oh oh oh! - the bull shouted here. - My mouth is dry! My tail is drying up! Throw me into the water! Throw it quickly! I'm disappearing!
Again the deer took pity on him and pushed him into the water with his horns.
But the bull didn’t calm down. He took a dip once, emerged and teased even more:
- Hey, monster! The legs are like needles, thin. And the head is stupid. That’s why some bushes grew on it!
The deer endured and endured, but his patience ran out - the deer got angry, snatched the bull out of the water with its horns, threw it onto the shore and ran far into the tundra. That's all.

Deer is present in the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen " The Snow Queen". There are many bright, colorful, beautiful illustrations for this fairy tale :)

Fawn's Dream

The Tale of the Deer

Far, far beyond the Arctic Circle, where day and night come once a year, lived a proud Deer, beautiful, with branched antlers, in a fur coat sparkling in the frost. And he had a faithful friend - Zvezda.
Whether the Deer is running, cutting the air with its antlers, or foraging for food under the snow, she is always there as a quiet, silent assistant. She didn't ask for anything in return, she just wanted to be close.
Somehow Deer got tired of Star’s care, and he decided to run away from her. The Deer ran for many days across the tundra, but, turning around, he again saw an even and gentle light illuminating his way.
-Have you gone astray? - Star asked in a whisper.
The Deer did not answer, he just buried his face in the cold snow.
But then one day the Star disappeared from the sky. She disappeared from indifference and cold. And it became dark and boring for the Deer in the world of snow and permafrost. And only then did he understand what the Star meant to him. No light - no life. The deer screamed, stamped its hooves, blew on the cloud that hid the light of the Star, but his girlfriend did not want to appear.
Only the Northern Lights laughed at him. Beautiful soulless rattle.
And then the Deer began to make a snow mountain. For many days and nights, sparing no effort, he collected snow from the entire tundra with his horns. He even scratched his pride - a tree with branches on his head. But he didn’t feel sorry for anything. If only the Star reappeared in the sky and warmed me with its warmth.
And so, when the huge snow mountain, he climbed onto it and jumped, catching the cloud with his horns. The cloud moved, and at that time its Star appeared. But it was no longer that dim light, but the bright sparkling light of a giant luminary.
“Hello, star,” said the Deer, covering his eyes from the bright light.
- Hello, Deer. I know you love fresh moss. Take it,” said the Star in the same kind and gentle voice.
And then the Deer saw that the snowy mountain had melted, and fresh moss had turned green under his feet.
- Hooray! - shouted the Deer, - Summer has come.
“Eat moss,” said the Star, “it is very useful.”
But the Deer did not want to eat. He couldn't get enough of the light that his girlfriend exuded.
“Wow,” thought the Deer, “from some small Star the Sun turned out.”
“I just always want to be with you,” answered the Sun-Star, reading his thoughts, “both in the long polar winter and short summer. The deer stood happy, basking in the warm rays of the sun.
His horns lay nearby, which broke when he pushed the cloud. But he didn’t regret it at all. After all, his girlfriend was with him, his Star, his Sun.

They looked for the judge all day and only found him in the evening. It was an old bear. He went to the village to get honey from the apiary for his young bear. Grumbling slightly, he nevertheless listened patiently to both the wolf and the deer. And after listening, he put his paw in his mouth and thought. But I couldn’t come up with anything.

It's me, the deer. But I did it by accident,” the deer spoke plaintively. - I was very hot. So I lay down to take a nap under the fig tree. I was just dozing off when suddenly something hit me on the nose. Yes, it hurts so much! I ran away. I didn't notice that pumpkin. My legs are entangled in the stem, I’m trying to pull! That's when the stem broke.

Meanwhile, the badshah had driven a deer and felt very thirsty. He circled the mountains on horseback for a long time - he kept looking for a spring somewhere. Finally I reached the foot of a high rock and saw water dripping from its top. The Badshah took a bowl out of his bag and began to collect water drop by drop. And so the cup was filled, and the badshah had already raised it to his mouth, when suddenly the falcon hit it with its wing - and all the water spilled out.

I'm very sorry, but Lan is completely wrong. The horns, which she considers such a glorious weapon, are actually of little use, and they are hard to carry! They are only needed to decorate the head! So it turns out that my head serves as a support for the horns in the same way as the spreading leaves of a palm tree support its trunk. My neck is too short, and there is no strength in it; the enemy will be able to break it with one blow. As soon as I see the Tiger, I am neither alive nor dead. All the fur on me stands on end from fear. And if you pit me against the Tiger, then I will see no mercy. He will easily defeat me and devour me without a trace! The only one who can help you is the Bull.

What are you talking about, Buffalo! The cunning Kanchil is mistaken. I could somehow fight off other animals with my hooves, but I am no longer able to enter into a fight with the Tiger, who has sharp claws and fangs. Can I handle him? Where should I go? As for dexterity, in this you and I are approximately equal. And setting me against the Tiger is like forcing a small child to lay an adult on both shoulder blades. Here's my good advice: ask Deer for help. As I understand it, it is not difficult for him to defeat the Tiger - after all, the Deer has a long neck and branched horns. It will butt once and immediately pierce the Tiger right through! You won't have to butt a second time!

The deer ran, ran, ran - and finally stopped. He was very tired and lay down under a tree in the middle of a field covered tall grass. Suddenly he saw a leech, which, arching its back, was crawling along a blade of grass. From time to time the leech stopped, raised its head as high as it could and turned it in all directions, as if trying to find a road or a place where it could move.

Whether it happened or not, there lived a very rich king in one village. One day the king says to his hunters:

Go hunting and kill the first animal you come across.

The hunters went, they walked, they saw a queen deer in the clearing. They just pointed the guns to kill her on the orders of the king, and they looked - and a boy was sucking her udder. The child saw the gun, threw the udder, grabbed the deer by the neck, hugged it, caressed it. The hunters were surprised.

They took the boy with them, brought him to the king, and told him everything.

And that king had a son, the same age as this boy.

The king baptized them both together, and named the child found in the forest Fawn.

The Fawn grows up with the Tsar's son, they sleep in the same room, and the same nurse feeds them.

Who grows for years, and they for days. They became twelve years old.

The king rejoices that his two sons are growing up.

Once the boys went out into the field with arrows. The king's son shot an arrow, and then an old woman was carrying water in a jug, and the arrow knocked off the handle of the jug.

The old woman turned and said:

I won’t curse you - you are the only son, but let him fall into your heart love for Elena the Beautiful.

The little deer was surprised:

What is she saying?

And from that day on, the king’s son only thinks about this Elena the Beautiful. Love has sunk into his heart and does not give him peace.

What to do? Three weeks have passed. The young man walks around half-dead, his love for someone he has never seen is killing him.

The Little Deer told him:

Let your brother die if he doesn’t bring you that Elena the Beautiful.

He went to the king and said:

Father, tell the blacksmith to forge me iron calamans and an iron bow and arrows. I need to go in search of Elena the Beautiful.

The father agreed. They forged an iron bow and arrows weighing five pounds, and iron calamans for Olenenk, and he and the king’s son set off on the road.

The Fawn said to his adoptive father goodbye:

Don't be afraid, father. Where the Fawn is, you have nothing to fear. Wait for us for two years. We will return, so with glory, but if not, know that we are no longer alive.

They are coming, they are coming. We entered a dense, impenetrable forest. They see a high rock in the forest, on a rock huge house. There is a wonderful garden in front of the house. And in that house all the five-headed and nine-headed devas live.

The king's son said to Olenenok:

I'm tired, brother, let's rest here a little.

“Okay,” says the Deer. The king's son lay down and dozed off. The Deer said:

You lie down, rest, and I will go to the garden and bring you the best fruits.

They are not like brothers, like father and son, this is how the Fawn takes care of his friend.

The Little Deer entered the garden, went up to the best apple tree, and picked the fruits.

A nine-headed deva suddenly jumped out and shouted:

Who are you, how dare you enter my garden? Here, even a bird doesn’t fly in the sky and an ant doesn’t crawl on the ground, so everyone is afraid of me!

I am the Deer! - the young man shouted. The dev backed away. He only growled out of anger. The devas knew that as soon as the deer’s son appeared in the world, that would be the end of them.

The devas got scared, ran away, hid in all directions.

The Fawn killed everyone, only one five-headed deva survived - he hid in the attic.

And the king's son sleeps in the shade.

Fawn cleared the house of devas and went to wake up his brother. And the deva's house remained to them, and all the deva's wealth.

The brothers are walking around the garden, having fun.

And the five-headed deva - Babakhanjomi - sits in the attic, trembling.

He finally made up his mind, crawled out of his corner, went downstairs and said to the Little Deer:

Don't kill me, I'll be your brother. Let all our wealth be yours. The Fawn smiled. Then this five-headed deva asked:

And what kind of need drives you, that you walk around the world, visiting villages and cities? The Deer replied:

We have one thing to do. If we fail, I will destroy you, just like all these devas! - And he told him: - We are looking for Elena the Beautiful, and you must look for her with us.

Babakhanjomi had a house, he put it on his back and carried it wherever needed. Dev said:

So sit down in this house and let’s go look for Elena the Beautiful, but this is not an easy task. There are too many hunters for her.

We sat down and drove off. We drove like this for three months and reached one river.

“I’m tired,” the king’s son says to Olenenok, “let’s rest.”

And Babakhanjomi is even more tired. The brothers left the house, sat down by the river, and rested.

We wanted to drink, we drank water, but it was salty.

The little deer was surprised:

Why is this water salty?

“And this is not water, but tears,” says Babakhanjomi. “There lives a five-headed deva up here, he also loves Elena the Beautiful, but he can’t get her.” He burns from this love, like on fire. And his tears flow like a river.

The Fawn was surprised and said:

So I wouldn’t be a Fawn if I didn’t get her for my brother and marry them!

They went to that deva, and the Little Deer said:

What, Dev, do you love Elena the Beautiful very much?

The dev is crying, shedding tears. The Fawn promised:

Well, we'll show it to you when we take it home.

Several more months have passed. They are on their way, and all their food is gone. They reached a small forest. Everyone still doesn’t know anything about Elena the Beautiful.

The little deer says:

I’ll go, I can see a village in the distance, I’ll ask around, maybe they know where to look for Elena the Beautiful.

Babakhanjomi and his brother stayed in the house. The fawn went.

He sees an old woman in the shack and asks:

Mother, for the love of all mothers, tell me, do you know where to look for Helen the Beautiful and in which castle she lives?

The old lady was surprised. She knows how difficult it is to get to Elena the Beautiful, she is amazed at how simply the young man talks about it.

This is a very difficult matter, son,” said the old woman, “you don’t know, apparently.” King Wind loves her, tracks her down, wants to kidnap her. So they keep this beauty behind nine locks, and she does not see the ray of the sun, they are so afraid that they will kidnap her.

She still told where the castle of Helen the Beautiful was located. There is a large garden there and a high fence around it, and in the very depths of the garden there is a castle, where Elena the Beautiful and her relatives live.

How to get there? - asks the Deer. -My brother wants to take her as his wife.

“Oh, this is a difficult matter,” says the old woman. “She has many suitors; they won’t give her up for your brother.” She sets three tasks for the grooms; if they complete them, they will get married, but if they don’t, they will crush the young man into dust.

The Fawn smiled. What will she have in mind that we can’t do? And he went to where he left his brother and Babakhanjomi.

The dev took his house with the Fawn and the king's son on his back and went.

So we got to the castle.

The Fawn went forward.

And the mother of Elena the Beautiful is a sorceress, and she can both kill and revive a person.

She saw the Fawn, and he was such a fine fellow and so handsome, you could look at him.

Who are you, what kind of person? And what brought you here?

The Deer said:

I came as a friend, not an enemy.

What do you want?

I want to take your Elena the Beautiful as my daughter-in-law.

And Elena has three brothers. All three were hunting in the forest at that time.

“Stay here,” says Elena the Beautiful’s mother. -Wait for the brothers, come to an agreement, everything will work out.

The Fawn is sitting in the garden, waiting for his brothers.

And the king’s son and Babakhanjomi are waiting for him, afraid that King Wind will grapple with the Fawn and destroy him. They decided to go explore.

As it got dark, the brothers of Helen the Beautiful appeared. One carries a whole deer, another a roe deer, the third a whole tree trunk for kindling.

They smelled something alien. Ask the mother:

Who is it here?

He came with good things, children, don’t touch him,” says the mother.

Meanwhile, Babakhanjomi brought the king's son. The king's son is standing, waiting for what will happen.

The brothers sat down to skin a deer. The Fawn came up. While they were skinning one leg, the Fawn skinned the whole deer once and again. The brothers of Helen the Beautiful were surprised.

We sat down to dinner. The Fawn grabs huge pieces of meat. The brothers marvel.

We had dinner and went to bed.

Morning has come, and Elena the Beautiful says:

He will complete three tasks - I will become his wife, but if not, it will not happen.

They took the king's son to the beauty. She speaks to him, but he stands silent and makes no sound. And it was the mother of Elena the Beautiful who spoke to him, stupefied him, the unfortunate man does not understand anything, he stands like a stone.

“Go away,” the beauty chased away the king’s son.

He came out as if drunk. The Fawn ran up and asked:

Well, what was she talking about?

I don’t know, brother, I didn’t understand anything.

The Little Deer got angry. I went again to ask the beauty to receive the groom for the second time.

She agreed, but the groom remained silent the second time, and left her as if in a dream.

The Fawn told Babakhanjomi about everything. They came to an agreement, begged the beauty to call the groom a third time, and again he stood there, petrified, and the old woman spoke to him again. Babakhanjomi came up and took out necessary letters, that they were saving him from a conspiracy, and he threw him into the room where Elena the Beautiful was talking to her groom.

The walls cracked, the king's son woke up. When he sobered up, he saw Elena the Beautiful, ran up, grabbed her hand and shouted:

You are mine, mine!

The Fawn rejoiced, and Elena the Beautiful rejoiced. She knew that her mother was persuading the suitors not to give her away in marriage.

The bride and groom come out and are having fun.

The next morning, the bride and groom are walking in the garden, and the Fawn is nearby, looking at them, not being overjoyed.

King Wind saw the beauty, rushed like a whirlwind, flew at the groom, spun him around, spun him around and threw him to the ground. Then he grabbed the beauty and took her into the sky.

The Fawn saw his brother lifeless, almost died of grief, and forgot about Elena the Beautiful. Just then I remembered that he kind old lady I told you about King Wind, but it’s too late.

The Fawn sits and mourns his brother. "

The mother of Elena the Beautiful came up and said:

Don’t cry, I’ll revive him, but Elena was kidnapped, and I don’t know how to help him.

She brought out a handkerchief, passed it over the young man’s face, he came to life and stood up. He rubs his eyes and says:

How long have I been sleeping?

He looked around - there was no Elena the Beautiful, he began to be killed, to cry: what to do now, what to do? The Fawn went to Babakhanjomi:

King Wind stole our bride, we must recapture her at all costs.

Die Babakhanjomi if he doesn’t help you, says the deva. - Look in my right ear, you will find a saddle there, take it out, and in the left - a bridle and a whip, bridle me, and we will go.

The Fawn left the king's son in the house of Helen the Beautiful, bridled Babakhanjomi, tightened nine girths, and put nine bits in his mouth.

Sit down now, says Babakhanjomi. - Hit me with the whip three times, so as to rip off nine strips of skin, I will fly, just be careful not to be a coward!

The Little Deer said goodbye to the king’s son:

Sit and wait, while we go in search of Elena the Beautiful.

He jumped on the deva and pulled him out with a whip three times, so much so that he actually tore off nine strips of skin. The deva groaned, whistled, hit the ground, rushed up, broke through the clouds and flew. They flew across the sky and flew to one field.

There is an old woman in the field. Little Deer asks her:

Where does King Wind live here? The old woman wailed:

Oh son, what brings you here? If he feels the human spirit, he will destroy us all! How long ago did you dare to appear here? He recently brought a girl, a beauty unseen under the sun, such a whirlwind, such a groan and a whistle - everything was falling apart.

It’s this beauty that I came for,” says the Fawn, “take me to him.”

“Okay,” said the old woman. She herself is trembling, barely breathing from fear.

The Fawn got down from the deva, hid a saddle, a bridle and a whip in his ears, and went with the old woman.

The dev remained, walking around, looking around, taking charge, and he took all the chickens from King Wind.

The old woman brought the Little Deer to the castle of the Wind King and left.

The king went hunting that morning, and Helen the Beautiful was sitting alone in the castle. He sits crying.

The Little Deer came up, kicked the door, knocked it down, and entered.

How did you get here? - says the beauty. - And what about that unfortunate man? - asks about

The brother-in-law and daughter-in-law hugged and kissed. The Fawn told everything and said:

So I came to take you away.

Oh, you can't take me away! Both will be destroyed by the cursed King Wind.

The Fawn went to the old woman and said:

Teach me how to take the beauty away from here, how to destroy the King of the Wind. The old woman said:

Go and tell the beauty: when he leaves, let her decorate one corner of the house with flowers and greet him sadly, as if she misses him.

And so they did. When King Wind went hunting, Elena the Beautiful got up, picked flowers, fussed with them like a child, tidied up and decorated one corner of the house. The king returned in the evening, was surprised and asked:

Why are you fiddling with flowers like a child?

What should I do? - she says. - You're not at home, and I'm having fun. If only you would tell me where your soul is, things wouldn’t be so boring.

Why do you need my soul, beauty?

What do you mean why? I’ll know if I can even caress her while I’m waiting for you. Tell me, because I am your wife. King Wind said:

Okay, I'll say it if so. He took her to the roof and said:

Over there in the clearing, do you see a deer? Three people mow his grass, but he alone eats all the grass, and the mowers cannot keep up with him. There are three boxes in the head of this deer, and in these boxes is my soul.

And no one will kill that deer? - asks the beauty.

But there is no way to kill him if you don’t take my bow and arrows. Each of those three boxes contains a bird. If I kill one bird I will be petrified up to my knees, another I will be petrified up to my waist, and the third I will die. Do you understand now where my soul is?

It's morning. King Wind left on his business, and the beauty took his bow and arrows and gave them to the Little Deer, telling him how to kill the king.

The Little Deer was delighted, took a bow and arrows, went, shot an arrow, killed a deer, ran, cut off its head, and took out the boxes.

As soon as the deer fell, the Wind sensed something unkind. He hurried home.

The Deer tore off the head of the first bird - the King of the Wind lost his legs.

He also tore off the head of the second bird - King Wind grew heavy and barely made it to the threshold. He reaches out and shouts to Elena the Beautiful:

Betrayed me?!

He wants to climb the stairs, but the Fawn has already grabbed the third bird.

Here's to you for your villainy! - he shouted to King Wind and tore off the head of the third bird.

King Wind fell down dead, and the Fawn approached Helen the Beautiful:

Well, let's go.

Go, says Elena the Beautiful, go through nine rooms, in the tenth the horse of the King of the Wind is tied up. This is such a horse, not a horse - a storm, let's sit on it and fly.

The Fawn took that horse and called Babakhanjomi. He took out all the equipment from his ears, sat on the deva himself, and sat Elena the Beautiful on that storm horse. They flew off.

They brought Elena the Beautiful to the groom. We celebrated the wedding.

Everyone thanks Olenenok.

And the Tsar Father cried his eyes out and dressed his entire kingdom in black. He grieves and cries over the death of the fellows. I really don’t expect to see them alive.

The fellows in the bride's family had a feast, Babakhanjomi put his house on his back, and off we went.

They drive past that deva who cried a whole river of tears for Helen the Beautiful.

The little deer says:

What, Dev, do you want to look at Elena the Beautiful?

Eh, my lord Fawn, who will let me look at her?

Look, says the Little Deer. As the deva looked at the beauty, he became blind from her beauty, instantly melted away and gave up his spirit. Let's move on. Spent the night in the palace of those nine-headed

When the Tsar finds out that his son is bringing Elena the Beautiful, he will send him a gun as a gift. The gun will fire and kill him. And whoever overhears us and tells us about it will turn to stone and die.

So be it,” confirmed the other two pigeons.

And the second dove says:

When the king-father finds out that his son is riding, he will go out and bring him a horse, and the son will sit on the horse, fall and die.

So be it,” the pigeons confirmed again and added: “And whoever overhears us and says, will turn to stone and die.”

And the third says:

And also: when they arrive, the gveleshapi will come at night and strangle both - the king’s son and Helen the Beautiful, and whoever overhears us and tells us will turn to stone and die.

They said and flew away.

The Deer hears all this. Silent.

It's morning. Everyone entered the deva's house and drove off.

The king found out that his son was traveling safe and sound and carrying Elena the Beautiful. He sent him a gun, and the Fawn rushed forward, grabbed the gun and threw it far away, not giving it to the groom.

The king’s son was upset: “My father sent me a gun and showed me honor, but the Fawn threw it far away.”

The father sent his horse to his son. He returned the Fawn and the horse.

The king's son was upset, but what should he do?

They arrived, their father met them and greeted them.

We celebrated the wedding.

The Fawn came out and released Babakhanjomi.

Thanks for your service. Go now and live in freedom.

The dev left. And the Little Deer made his way into the young couple’s bedchamber, stood outside the door, and waited. They fell asleep, but the Fawn did not sleep. And how can he sleep? He stands on guard, holds his sword at the ready, because he knows what awaits his friend.

At midnight Gveleshapi appeared. It’s sneaking around, its mouth is already open, it’s about to rush at the young people and strangle them. The Deer swung his sword and killed the gveleshapi. He chopped it into pieces and threw it under the bed.

It's morning.

The young people got up and don’t know what happened at night.

They came to clean the bedchamber and saw pieces of carrion lying under the bed of the young people. The king became furious: who is laughing at us?

They began to judge and punish. They put all the blame on Olenenok. Even on the way, he showed disrespect to the king’s son: he didn’t give him a gun and sent away his horse. He probably laughed at him even now.

Deer says:

I wished only the best for you. Don’t do it so that you can live and be happy, but I die.

No, they are angry with him, demanding to know what it is and where it comes from!

Well,” says the Fawn, “I’ll tell you, but don’t let it be a burden to you that I worked so hard for your happiness, and you are ruining me.” That night, as we were resting in the field,” the Fawn began, “three doves flew in, sat on a branch and began to speak. One said: when they arrive, the Tsar-Father will send a gun to his son, shoot the gun and kill him. Whoever betrays us will be petrified.

The Little Deer said this and turned to stone up to his knees.

Everyone understood and asked him:

Don't say more, don't! “No,” said the Deer, “say it until the end.” And the second dove said: the king-father will send a horse, son will fall from his horse and will be killed... He said and was petrified to the waist. “Don’t talk,” everyone asks, “don’t!” “No,” says the Fawn, “you should have believed me, but now it’s too late.” And the third dove said: at night, when the young people enter the bedchamber, gveleshapi will come and eat them...

The Little Deer said this and became completely petrified. Father and son are crying, killing themselves, and what

am I burning to help?

And Elena the Beautiful walks too heavy. But it just doesn’t make the king’s son happy. “No,” he thinks, “I must return life true friend, no matter what it costs me."

He got up, put on his iron calamans, took an iron staff in his hands and went.

He walks around and asks everyone:

How to revive my petrified friend? He got tired and sat down near a forest to rest a little. Suddenly an old man comes out of the thicket. His son also asked the king how to save his friend. The old man said:

Where are you going? His salvation is at your home. The king's son does not understand what salvation is. And the old man says:

You don’t know that you have a son, a golden-haired boy. This is the salvation of your friend. Kill him in the cradle, boil him, pour that water over his petrified friend - he will come to life.

The king's son returns.

“Well,” he thinks, “there will still be children, but I won’t find a friend or brother.”

He came and saw his son lying in the cradle, like a moon shining. The boy’s golden curls shine just like that.

Told his wife:

Elena the Beautiful, they taught me this way. She also agreed:

Just to revive our Fawn.

We did everything as the old man ordered.

The Fawn moved, opened his eyes, and came to life.

The next morning, Elena the Beautiful approached his cradle - she is a mother, after all, her heart aches for her son, even though she sacrificed him - she sees something moving in the cradle. I opened the curtain, and there was a living child.

Everyone was happy.

They slaughtered a cow and fifteen rams whole on spits and roasted them. They feasted for fourteen days without clearing the table.