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Updated: June 2, 2025
Michal asked her whether she was not afraid to live in so lonely a place with so many robbers about. "Oh! Janko will do us no harm," said the young hostess, smiling; and Michal was still such a child that she gave no heed to the woman's sparkling eyes and smiling lips. The hostess then began to tell her how powerful the robbers were.
The Fox soon caught up with the real Golden Horse and with Janko and the Golden Maiden who were holding in their arms the Golden Cradle and the Golden Apple-Tree. "It will never do to give up the Golden Apple-Tree," the Fox said, "for it, too, rightly belongs to the Golden Maiden. I'll have to see again if I can help you."
"So in order to give me the pleasure of having father near me at my farewell feast, Móritz and Jenö and Imre and Jankó are going to fasten long poles to his chair and carry him to the schoolroom and back. Isn't it good of them? And I think they mean to do the same thing to-morrow and carry him to church. We are going to put his bunda round his shoulders. He has not worn his bunda for two years. .
"Well, you see," Janko answered simply, "the Grape-Vine really belongs to my father. It was stolen from him years ago and ever since then his left eye has wept over the loss of it. Give me the Vine, O king, for if you don't I shall have to come back and try again to steal it for it belongs to my father and I have sworn to get it!"
Unfortunately Janko had not told him what reprobates the two older sons were, and the older brothers themselves had given their father to understand that it was really they who had found the Magic Grape-Vine and rescued the Golden Maiden. You see instead of being grateful to Janko for having saved their necks from the angry farmers, they hated him worse than ever.
As they neared the garden of the king of the Golden Apple-Tree the Fox said: "It would be a pity to give away the Golden Horse. Rightly it belongs to the Golden Maiden and was taken from her by her wicked mother." "Don't give my Golden Horse away!" the Golden Maiden begged. "But how else can I get the Golden Apple-Tree?" Janko asked. "Perhaps I can help you," the Little Fox said.
So Janko lived happy and prosperous. And it all came about through his having a good honest heart. The Story of the Golden Apples, the Wicked Dragon, and the Magic Horse Have you ever heard the story of the Peafowl who became a Queen and of the Tsar's Youngest Son who married her? Well, here it is: There was once a Tsar who took great delight in his garden.
The Little Fox was waiting for him and Janko had the shame of confessing that he had forgotten the warning about the golden spade and had been caught. "But the king says he will give me the Grape-Vine provided I get for him the Golden Apple-Tree that bears buds, blossoms, and golden fruit every twenty-four hours." "Well, brother," the Little Fox said, "you were good to me, so I'll help you again.
You are my benefactor, Janko, for you shared your bread and cheese with me the first time we met, and now I have been able to bring you back to life." As she spoke she changed into a lovely maiden. "Good-by, Janko," she said. "Go home now and tell your father how your evil brothers have treated you.
"And he found Janko stretched out at full length in the meadow, and fast asleep. The kopanitschar caught him round the neck between the prongs of the fork, and pinned him fast to the ground. The terrible robber was caught and quite harmless.
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