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%morozk[w89,jmc]		Stories from Morozko (translated)

THE WINTER HOUSE

	A bull, a ram, a pig, a cat and a rooster decided to live
in the woods.

	In summer, it was fine in the woods, so free.  There was
plenty of grass for the bull and the ram, the cat caught mice.
the rooster gathered berries and pecked for worms, the pig dug
for roots and acorns.  The friends were uncomfortable only when
there was a little rain.

	Finally the summer passed and it became late autumn, and
it began to get cold in the woods.  The bull was the first to
decide to make a winter house.  When he met the ram in the woods
he said:

 - My friend, let's make a winter house.  I'll carry logs from
the woods and cut off poles and you trim them to the right shape.

 - OK, answered the ram, let's do it.

 - The bull and the ram met the pig:

- Come along, Khavronishka, and help us make a winter house.
We'll carry the logs, cut the off poles and trim them, and
you mix up the clay, make the bricks and build the stove.

	The pig also agreed to help.

	Then the bull, the ram and the pig met the cat.

 - Hi, Kotofeyich!  Come along and help us make a winter house.
We will carry the logs, cut off the poles, trim them to shape,
mix the clay, make the bricks and build the stove.  You bring
in the moss and stuff it in the cracks in the walls.

	The cat agreed to do his part of the work.

	Then the bull, the ram, the pig and the cat met the
rooster.

- Hi, Petey!  Come along and help us make a winter house.  We
will carry the logs, cut off the poles, trim them to shape, mix
the clay, make the bricks, build the stove, bring in the moss and
stuff it in the cracks in the walls.  You cover the roof.

	The rooster agreed to do his part of the work.

	The friends picked a dry place, brought logs
from the woods, cut off poles and trimmed them, made
bricks, collected moss and began to build the hut.

	They built the hut, made the stove, stuffed the cracks
in the walls with moss and covered the roof.  Then the collected
their winter supply of food and firewood.

	Winter came and the frost crackled.  It was cold in
the woods, but the friends were warm in their winter house.
The bull and the ram slept on the floor, the pig rooted in
the cellar, the cat sang songs on the stove and the rooster
got himself a perch under the ceiling.

	The friends lived happily.

	But one day seven hungry wolves saw the new winter
house.  The bravest wolf said:

 - I'll go see who lives in this house.  If I don't come
back right away, run and help me.

	The wolf went into the house and immediately ran into
the ram.  The ram bleated in a frightened voice.

 - Baa, baa, baa!

	The rooster saw the wolf, flew down from his perch,
flapped his wings and crowed:

 - Koo-ka-ra-koo-oo!

	The cat jumped down from the stove and miaowed:

 - Miaow-ow!  Miaow-ow!  Miaow-ow!

	The pig climbed out of the cellar and oinked:

 - Oink!  Oink!  Oink!  Who is here for me to eat?

	The wolf barely got away from them.  He ran to
the other wolves shouting, ``Run for your lives''.

	The other wolves heard him and they all ran away.

	They ran for an hour and then another hour.  They
finally stopped to rest.  The old wolf told them:

 - I went into the winter hut, and I saw staring at me a
strange and shaggy being.  From above it crowed, from below
it miaowed.  And from below it shouted, ``Who is here for
me to eat?''  I barely got away.

	The wolves got up and ran some more in a cloud of
snow.
THE FOX AND THE RABBIT

	Once upon a time there was a fox and a rabbit.  The fox
had a house made of ice and the rabbit a house made of bast.

	Spring came, and the fox's house melted, but the rabbit's
house stood just as well as before.

	The fox asked the rabbit if she could spend the night in
the rabbit's house, but as soon as she got in she drove the
rabbit out of his house.  The rabbit walked along crying until
he met a dog.

- Woof, woof, woof.  Why are you crying, little rabbit?

- Why shouldn't I cry?  I had a house made of bast and the fox
a house made of ice.  She asked to spend the night and then
drove me out.

- Don't cry, little rabbit.  I'll help you.

	They came to the house, and the dog barked.

- Woof, woof, woof!  Make off, fox!

	The fox shouted down from the top of the stove.

- When I jump, boy do I spring, and I'll tear you to pieces!

	The dog was frightened and ran away.

	Again the rabbit walked along crying, and then he met a bear.

- Why are you crying, little rabbit?

- Why shouldn't I cry?  I had a house made of bast and the fox
a house made of ice.  She asked to spend the night and then
drove me out.

- Don't cry, little rabbit.  I'll help you.

- No, you won't help.  The dog tried to chase her out, but he
didn't chase her out.  And you won't chase her out either.

- Yes, I will chase her out.

	They came to the house, and the bear growled fiercely.

- Make off, fox!

	The fox shouted down from the top of the stove.

- When I jump, boy do I spring, and I'll tear you to pieces!

	The bear was frightened and ran away.

	Again the rabbit walked along crying, and then he met a bull.

- Why are you crying, little rabbit?

- Why shouldn't I cry?  I had a house made of bast and the fox
a house made of ice.  She asked to spend the night and then
drove me out.

- Don't cry, little rabbit.  I'll help you.

- No, you won't help.
  The dog tried to chase her out, but he
didn't chase her out.
  The bear tried to chase her out, but he
didn't chase her out.
  And you won't chase her out either.

- Yes, I will chase her out.

	They came to the house, and the bull roared loudly.

- Make off, fox!

	The fox shouted down from the top of the stove.

- When I jump, boy do I spring, and I'll tear you to pieces!

	The bull was frightened and ran away.

	The rabbit walked along crying harder than ever, and then
he met a rooster with a scythe.

- Koo-ka-ra-koo!  Why are you crying, little rabbit?

- Why shouldn't I cry?  I had a house made of bast and the fox
a house made of ice.  She asked to spend the night and then
drove me out.

- Let's go.  I'll help you.

- No, rooster, you won't help.
  The dog tried to chase her out, but he
didn't chase her out.
  The bear tried to chase her out, but he
didn't chase her out.
  The bull tried to chase her out, but he
didn't chase her out.
  And you won't chase her out either.

- Yes, I will chase her out.

	They came to the house, and the rooster crowed.

- Koo-ka-ra-koo!  I walk on the land.
I carry a scythe in my hand.
I'm going to scythe a fox.
Be off with you into the rocks.
Get going, fox!

- The fox heard and was frightened and spoke.
- I'm putting on my shoes.

	Again the rooster crowed.

- Koo-ka-ra-koo!  I walk on the land.
I carry a scythe in my hand.
I'm going to scythe a fox.
Be off with you into the rocks.
Get going, fox!

	The fox spoke again.
- I'm getting dressed.

For the third, the rooster crowed.

- Koo-ka-ra-koo!  I walk on the land.
I carry a scythe in my hand.
I'm going to scythe a fox.
Be off with you into the rocks.
Get going, fox!

	The fox was frightened, jumped down from the stove - and ran
off.

	But the rabbit and the rooster lived happily ever after in
the bast house.
THE MAGIC TABLE CLOTH, THE MAGIC RAM AND THE MAGIC SACK

	Once upon a time, there lived an old man and an old
woman.  One day the old man went to the river to catch fish.
Suddenly he noticed a crane tangled in his net.  The old man
was sorry for the crane, and he helped it get free from the
net.  The crane spoke to him in a human voice:

 - Thank you old man.  I will never forget your help.  Come to
my house and I'll give you a fine present.

	And away they went, the old man and the crane.

	They walked and walked and finally came to a swamp, to
the crane's hut.  The crane took out a linen table cloth and
said:

 - Well, old man, here's your present.  Whenever you want to
eat and drink, spread out this table cloth and say: ``Feed me
and give me something to drink, little cloth'', and everything
you need will be there.

	The old man thanked the crane and headed for home.