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Updated: June 27, 2025
The princess would not believe this, so Siminok said: "The Lord will show the truth. Let the sword hanging on yonder nail scratch whichever of us two is mistaken." Instantly the sword sprang down and cut the princess' finger. Then she believed Siminok, and gave him the hospitality which was his due. The next day he learned that Busujok had gone out hunting and had not yet returned.
Then the youths embraced each other, and Busujok departed; Siminok remained behind, gazing longingly after him till he was out of sight. Siminok then returned to the palace and related all that had happened. The empress was insane with grief. She wrung her hands and wept till it was pitiful to see her. But she did not know what to do, and at last comforted herself a little by gazing at Siminok.
There he met an old woman, whom he asked about his brother. The crone told him that Busujok had become the son of the emperor who reigned in the neighborhood. When Siminok reached this emperor's palace, the princess, as soon as she saw him, thought that he was her husband and came running to meet him.
While he was doing so, Siminok stopped and said: "What is the matter with your head, Brother Busujok?" "What should be the matter? How do I know, Brother Siminok?" "Just see," replied Siminok, "two locks of your hair are tied together." "How is that possible?" said Busujok. This discovery vexed the prince so much that he determined to go out into the wide world.
Siminok dismounted, tied his horse to a tree, made a fire, took out his provisions, and began to eat, occasionally tossing the greyhounds something. "Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I'm so cold," said the Wood Witch, "my teeth are chattering." "Get down and warm yourself by the fire," replied Siminok. "I'm afraid of the dogs," she said. "Don't be frightened, they'll do you no harm."
But Busujok suspected him; he thought that Siminok had won his wife's love, and would not believe him when he told him the simple truth that such an idea had never entered his head. Now that Busujok had once begun to be jealous of his bride, he acted like a lunatic!
So, being overpowered by evil thoughts, he made an agreement with Siminok to bandage the eyes of their horses, mount them, and let them carry their riders wherever they would. This was done. When Busujok heard a groan he stopped his horse, untied the bandage, and looked around him. Siminok was nowhere to be seen. Just think! He had fallen into a spring, been drowned, and never came out again!
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