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Updated: October 26, 2025
That beautiful vessel is the home of Princess Sudolisu, youngest daughter of old Yaga.
"Ah!" said the little birch tree, "in all the years I've served you, you never tied me up, even with thread; but the kind little girl tied me up with a gay blue ribbon." "Ah!" said the servant, "in all the years I've served you, you have never given me even a rag; but the kind little girl gave me a pretty handkerchief." Baba Yaga gnashed at them with her iron teeth.
"Do not ask questions but rise up and give me food and drink," said the Prince; "for I am both hungry and thirsty." The Baba Yaga arose and served him food and drink. He ate and gave part to the bear and the duck. Then he told the Baba Yaga why he had come there that he was wandering in search of his dear wife, Vasilisa the Fair. The old witch shook her head.
"Catkin dear," says the little girl, "I do want to get out of this, for Baba Yaga is going to eat me with her iron teeth." "Well," says the cat, "I will help you." Just then Baba Yaga came to the window. "Are you weaving, little niece?" she asked. "Are you weaving, my pretty?" "I am weaving, auntie," says the little girl, working away, while the loom went clickety clack, clickety clack.
On entering he found old Yaga fast asleep, with her trough and iron crutches beside her, while above her head hung the magic sword and guzla.
Within a short time they came to a house surrounded by a high oaken paling, at the gate of which they knocked. Old Yaga peeped out through a chink in the fence and cried, "Who are you? What do you want?" "We are twelve brothers come to ask the twelve daughters of Yaga in marriage. If she is willing to be our mother-in-law, let her open the door." The door was opened and Yaga appeared.
In that egg is a needle, and only with that needle can you kill Koshchei the Deathless." The Baba Yaga then led Prince Ivan to the door and pointed out to him where the tree grew, and Prince Ivan hurried on toward it, with his two faithful servants, the bear and the duck. But when he reached the tree he looked at it with despair.
Prince Ivan arose, slipped into the stable, and lay down behind the mangers, while the Baba Yaga was storming away at her mares and shrieking: 'Why did ye come back? 'How could we help coming back? There came flying bees in countless numbers from all parts of the world, and began stinging us on all sides till the blood came! The Baba Yaga went to sleep.
Baba Yaga went away. Says the thin black cat to the little girl: "You have a comb in your hair, and you have a towel. Take them and run for it while Baba Yaga is in the bath-house. When Baba Yaga chases after you, you must listen; and when she is close to you, throw away the towel, and it will turn into a big, wide river. It will take her a little time to get over that.
If you take good care of my mares, I'll give you an heroic steed. But if you don't why, then you mustn't be annoyed at finding your head stuck on top of the last pole up there. Prince Ivan agreed to these terms. The Baba Yaga gave him food and drink, and bade him set about his business.
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