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Updated: May 4, 2025
But Prince Ivan wept full sore, and he arrayed himself and set out a-wandering, saying to himself, 'Whatever happens, I will go and look for Marya Morevna! One day passed, another day passed; at the dawn of the third day he saw a wondrous palace, and by the side of the palace stood an oak, and on the oak sat a falcon bright.
'It is possible to sow barley, to wait till it grows up, to reap it and thresh it, to brew beer, to drink ourselves drunk on it, to sleep our fill, and then to set off in pursuit and yet to be in time. Koshchei galloped off, caught up Prince Ivan: 'Didn't I tell you that you should not see Marya Morevna any more than your own ears? And he took her away and carried her off home with him.
Prince Ivan was left there alone. He wept and wept; then he went back again after Marya Morevna. Koshchei happened to be away from home at that moment. 'Let us fly, Marya Morevna! 'Ah, Prince Ivan! he is sure to catch us and hew you in pieces. 'Let him hew away! I cannot live without you. So they got ready and fled.
Koshchei the Deathless was returning home when his good steed stumbled beneath him. 'Why stumblest thou? Scentest thou any ill? 'Prince Ivan has come and has carried off Marya Morevna. Koshchei galloped off, caught Prince Ivan, chopped him into little pieces, put them into a barrel, smeared it with pitch and bound it with iron hoops, and flung it into the blue sea.
The Prince spent three days with them; then he said: 'I cannot abide with you; I must go in search of my wife, the fair Princess Marya Morevna. 'Hard will it be for you to find her, answered the Falcon. 'At all events leave with us your silver spoon. We will look at it and remember you. So Prince Ivan left his silver spoon at the Falcon's, and went on his way again.
Now Koshchei was out hunting. Towards evening he was returning home, when his good steed stumbled beneath him. 'Why stumblest thou, sorry jade? Scentest thou some ill? The steed replied: 'Prince Ivan has come and carried off Marya Morevna. 'Is it possible to catch them?
'You'd have gone on sleeping a good deal longer if it hadn't been for us, replied his brothers-in-law. 'Now come and pay us a visit. 'Not so, brothers; I shall go and look for Marya Morevna. And when he had found her, he said to her: 'Find out from Koshchei the Deathless whence he got so good a steed. So Marya Morevna chose a favourable moment, and began asking Koshchei about it.
'But how did you get across the fiery river? 'Why, I've a handkerchief of this kind when I wave it thrice on the right hand, there springs up a very lofty bridge, and the fire cannot reach it. Marya Morevna listened to all this, and repeated it to Prince Ivan, and she carried off the handkerchief and gave it to him.
She caught sight of her love, flung her arms around his neck, burst into tears, and exclaimed: 'Oh, Prince Ivan! why did you disobey me and go looking into the closet and letting out Koshchei the Deathless? 'Forgive me, Marya Morevna! Remember not the past; much better fly with me while Koshchei the Deathless is out of sight. Perhaps he won't catch us. So they got ready and fled.
She dashed up to the fiery river, gave a glance, and said, 'A capital bridge! She drove on to the bridge, but had only got half-way when the bridge broke in two, and the Baba Yaga went flop into the river. There truly did she meet with a cruel death! Prince Ivan fattened up the colt in the green meadows, and it turned into a wondrous steed. Then he rode to where Marya Morevna was.
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