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Then Plavacek continued his journey, and as he went he came to a large and beautiful city where all was sad and silent. Near the gate was an old man who leaned on a stick and walked with difficulty. "May God bless you, good old man." "And you, too, my handsome young traveler. Where are you going?" "To Dède-Vsévède's palace in search of three of his golden hairs."
Next morning the wind whistled round Dède-Vsévède's palace, and instead of an old man, a beautiful child with golden hair awoke on the old woman's lap. It was the glorious sun. He bade her good-bye, and flew out of the eastern window. The old woman turned up the bucket and said to Plavacek, "Look, here are the three golden hairs. You now know the answers to your questions.
For a long weary while I have been waiting for such a messenger as you. I have been ferrying passengers across for these twenty years, and not one of them has done anything to help me. If you will promise to ask Dède-Vsévède when I shall be released from my toil I will row you across." Plavacek promised, and was rowed to the opposite bank.
But the forest through which he had to pass was so large, and the trees so thick, that he missed the path and was overtaken by the darkness before the journey was nearly over. In the midst of his trouble he met an old woman who said, "Where are you going, Plavacek? Where are you going?" "I am the bearer of a letter from the king to the queen, but have missed the path to the palace.
My son is a good lad, but when he comes home he is hungry, and would very probably order you to be roasted for his supper. Now I will turn this empty bucket upside down, and you shall hide underneath it." Plavacek begged the Fate to obtain from Dède-Vsévède the answers to the three questions he had been asked. "I will do so certainly, but you must listen to what he says."
"To the house of Dède-Vsévède in quest of three of his golden hairs." "To the house of Dède-Vsévède? indeed! What a pity you did not come sooner, we have long been expecting such a messenger as you. Come and see me by and bye." When Plavacek presented himself at court the king said to him: "We understand you are on your way to the house of Dède-Vsévède?
"But you expressly bade me have the wedding before your return. Come, read your letter again, here it is," said she. He closely examined the letter; the paper, handwriting, seal all were undoubtedly his. He then called his son-in-law, and questioned him about his journey. Plavacek hid nothing: he told how he had lost his way, and how he had passed the night in a cottage in the forest.
Next morning the wind whistled round Dède-Vsévède's palace, and instead of an old man, a beautiful child with golden hair awoke on the old woman's lap. It was the glorious sun. He bade her good-by, and flew out of the eastern window. The old woman turned up the bucket and said to Plavacek: "Look, here are the three golden hairs. You now know the answers to your questions.
"But you expressly bade me have the wedding before your return. Come, read your letter again, here it is," said she. He closely examined the letter; the paper, handwriting, seal all were undoubtedly his. He then called his son-in-law, and questioned him about his journey. Plavacek hid nothing: he told how he had lost his way, and how he had passed the night in a cottage in the forest.
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