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"My name, your Excellency, is Lisabeta Ivanovna." "I will come with you, Lisabeta," says the cat. And they went together to the fox's earth. Very snug, very neat it was inside; and the cat curled himself up in the best place, while Lisabeta Ivanovna, the pretty young fox, made ready a tasty dish of game.
"What!" says the fox, "you have not heard that the great Cat Ivanovitch, who has only one ear, has been sent from the far Siberian forests to be Head-forester over all of us? Well, I am now the Head-forester's wife." "No, I had not heard, Lisabeta Ivanovna. And when can I pay my respects to his Excellency?" "Not now, not now," says the fox.
I would try to be a good wife to you." "Very well, Lisabeta," says the cat; "I will marry you." The fox went to her store and took out all the dainties that she had, and made a wedding feast to celebrate her marriage to the great Cat Ivanovitch, who had only one ear, and had come from the far Siberian forests to be Head-forester. They ate up everything there was in the place.
"Thank you, thank you, Lisabeta Ivanovna," says the wolf, and off he goes to look for a sheep. The pretty young fox went idly on, taking the air, for she knew that the wolf would save her the trouble of looking for food. Presently she met the bear. "Good-day to you, Lisabeta Ivanovna," says the bear; "as pretty as ever, I see you are."
"Good-day, brother Michael Ivanovitch," says the wolf. "Good-day, brother Levon Ivanovitch," says the bear. "Have you seen the fox, Lisabeta Ivanovna, with her husband, the Head-forester?" "No, brother," says the wolf. "For a long time I have been waiting to see them." "Go on and call out to them," says the bear. "No, Michael Ivanovitch," says the wolf, "I will not go.
"Bandy-legged one," says the fox; "fool, don't come worrying me. Formerly I was a young, unmarried fox; now I am a wedded wife." "I beg your pardon," says the bear, "whom have you married, Lisabeta Ivanovna?" "The great Cat Ivanovitch has been sent from the far Siberian forests to be Head-forester over us all. And Cat Ivanovitch is now my husband," says the fox.
"What had become of you, gossip?" says he. "I've been to all the best earths and not found you at all." "Let be, fool," says the fox very shortly. "Don't talk to me like that. What are you jesting about? Formerly I was a young, unmarried fox; now I am a wedded wife." "Whom have you married, Lisabeta Ivanovna?"
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