Fairy tale petrified kingdom summary. The petrified kingdom is a Russian folk tale. Russian folk tale "The Petrified Kingdom

In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a soldier; he served for a long time and flawlessly, he knew the service well, he came to reviews, to exercises clean and in order. He began to serve the last year - as a misfortune, his bosses disliked him, not only big, but also small: every now and then under the sticks take the rap.

It became hard for the soldier, and he decided to run away; a knapsack over his shoulder, a gun on his shoulder, and began to say goodbye to his comrades, and they asked him:
- Where are you going? Al battalion requires?
- Do not ask, brothers! Pull up the satchel tighter and do not remember dashingly!

And he went, good fellow, wherever his eyes look.

How much, how little he walked - he ended up in a different state, saw a sentry and asks:
- Is it possible to stop and rest somewhere? The sentry told the corporal, the corporal to the officer, the officer to the general, the general reported to the king himself.
The king ordered to call the servant in front of his bright eyes.

Here a soldier appeared - properly, in uniform, made a gun on guard and stood in his tracks. The king tells him:
- Tell me honestly, from where and where are you going?
- Your Royal Majesty, do not order to execute, order to say a word.

He confessed everything to the king in good conscience and began to ask for the service.
- Well, - said the king, - hire me to guard the garden. Now my garden is unfavorable - someone is breaking my favorite trees - so you try, save it, and I will give you a considerable payment for your work. The soldier agreed and began to keep guard in the garden.

He serves a year and two - everything is in order with him; so the third year was running out, one day he went to look around the garden and saw: half of the best trees were broken.
"My God! - thinks. - What a misfortune happened! As the king notices, he now orders me to be seized and hanged.”

He took a gun in his hands, leaned against a tree and thought hard, hard.
Suddenly there was a crackling and noise; the good fellow woke up, looking - a huge one flew into the garden, scary bird and cut down trees! The soldier shot at her with a gun, did not kill her, but only wounded her in the right wing; three feathers fell out of that wing, and the bird itself fled on the ground. mishaps .. The bird's legs are fast, it quickly ran to the failure and disappeared from sight.
The soldier was not afraid and after her rushed into that hole: he fell into a deep, deep abyss, knocked off all his livers and lay unconscious for a whole day.

After he came to his senses, he stood up and looked around. What? - and under the ground the same light.
“So,” he thinks, “there are people here too!”
- Walked, walked - in front of him Big city, at the gate of the guardhouse, with her sentry; began to ask him - the sentry is silent, does not move; I took him by the hand - and he is completely stone!

A soldier entered the guardhouse. There are a lot of people - and they stand and sit, - only all are petrified; started wandering the streets - everywhere the same thing: there is not a single living human soul, everything is like a stone! Here is the palace - painted, carved. March there, he looks - the rooms are rich, there are all sorts of snacks and drinks on the tables, and the surroundings are quiet and empty.

The soldier ate, drank, sat down to rest, and it seemed to him that someone had driven up to the porch; he grabbed his gun and stood at the door.
A beautiful princess with her mothers and nannies enters the ward. The soldier saluted her, and she bowed affectionately to him.
- Hello, servant! Tell me, - he says, - how did you get here?

The soldier began to speak:
- I hired myself to guard the royal garden, and got into the habit of big bird fly and break trees. So I lay in wait for her, fired a gun and knocked out three feathers from her wing; rushed after her and ended up here.
- This bird is my sister; she does a lot of all sorts of evil and sent misfortune to my kingdom - she petrified all my people. Listen: here's a book for you, stand right here and read it from the evening until the roosters crow. No matter what passions seem to you, you know your own - read the book and hold it tight so that you don’t tear it out, otherwise you won’t live! If you stay idle for three nights, I will marry you.
- Okay! - answered the soldier.
As soon as it got dark, he took a book and began to read.

Suddenly there was a knock, a thunder - a whole army appeared in the palace, his former bosses approached the soldier and scolded him and threatened him with death for escaping; and the guns are being loaded, they are aiming. But the soldier does not look at that, does not let go of the book, know that he reads it to himself.
Roosters crowing! - and all at once vanished!

On the next night it was worse, and on the third even worse: the executioners came running with saws, axes, hammers, they want to crush his bones, pull his veins, burn him on the fire, but they themselves only think how to snatch the book from their hands. There were such passions that the soldier could hardly stand it.
The roosters sang - the obsession is gone!

At that very hour, the whole kingdom came to life, the people began to bustle along the streets and in the houses, the princess appeared in the palace with the generals, with her retinue, and everyone became
thank the soldier and call him his sovereign.

The next day he married a beautiful princess and lived with her in love and joy.

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PETSILIZED KINGDOM

About a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a soldier; he served for a long time and flawlessly, he knew the service well, he came to reviews, to exercises clean and in good order. He began to serve the last year - as a misfortune, his bosses disliked him, not only big, but also small: every now and then under the sticks take the rap. It became hard for the soldier, and he decided to run away; a knapsack over his shoulder, a gun on his shoulder, and began to say goodbye to his comrades, and they asked him:

- Where are you going? Al battalion requires?

Don't ask, brothers! Pull up the satchel tighter and do not remember dashingly!

And he went, good fellow, wherever his eyes look. How much, how little he walked - he ended up in a different state, saw a sentry and asks:

Is there somewhere to stop and rest?

The sentry told the corporal, the corporal to the officer, the officer to the general, the general reported to the king himself. The king ordered to call the servant in front of his bright eyes.

Here a soldier appeared - properly, in uniform, made a gun on guard and stood in his tracks. The king tells him:

“Tell me honestly, where are you from and where are you going?”

- Your Royal Majesty, do not order the execution, order the word to be spoken.

He confessed everything to the king in good conscience and began to ask for the service.

“Very well,” said the king, “hire me to guard the garden. Now my garden is unfavorable - someone is breaking my favorite trees - so you try, save it, and I will give you a considerable payment for your work. The soldier agreed and began to keep guard in the garden. He serves a year and two - everything is in order with him; so the third year was running out, one day he went to look around the garden and saw: half of the best trees were broken.

"My God! - thinks to himself. - What a misfortune happened! As the king notices, he now orders me to be seized and hanged.

He took a gun in his hands, leaned against a tree and thought hard, hard.

Suddenly there was a crackling and noise; the good fellow woke up, lo and behold - a huge, terrible bird flew into the garden and, well, cut down trees! The soldier shot at her with a gun, did not kill her, but only wounded her in the right wing; three feathers fell out of that wing, and the bird itself fled on the ground. The soldier is behind her. The bird's legs are fast, it quickly ran to the failure and disappeared from sight.

The soldier was not afraid and after her rushed into that hole: he fell into a deep, deep abyss, knocked off all his livers and lay unconscious for a whole day. After he came to his senses, he stood up and looked around. What? - and under the ground the same light.

“So,” he thinks, “there are people here too!” He walked, walked - in front of him was a big city, at the gate there was a guardhouse, with a sentry; the sentry began to ask him, he was silent, did not move; I took him by the hand - and he is completely stone!

A soldier entered the guardhouse. There are a lot of people - and they stand and sit - only all are petrified; started wandering the streets - everywhere the same thing: there is not a single living human soul, everything is like stones! Here is the palace painted, carved. March there, he looks - the rooms are rich, there are all sorts of snacks and drinks on the tables, and the surroundings are quiet and empty.

The soldier ate, drank, sat down to rest, and it seemed to him that someone had driven up to the porch; he grabbed his gun and stood at the door.

A beautiful princess with her mothers and nannies enters the ward. The soldier saluted her, and she bowed affectionately to him.

- Hello, officer! Tell me, - he says, - by what fate did you get here?

The soldier began to speak:

“I hired myself to guard the royal garden, and a big bird got into the habit of flying there and breaking trees. So I lay in wait for her, fired a gun and knocked out three feathers from her wing; rushed after her and ended up here.

- This bird is my sister; she does a lot of all sorts of evil and sent misfortune to my kingdom - she petrified all my people. Listen: here's a book for you, stand right here and read it from the evening until the roosters crow. Whatever passions may seem to you, you know your own - read the book and hold it tight so that you don’t tear it out, otherwise you won’t live! If you stay idle for three nights, I will marry you.

- Okay! answered the soldier. As soon as it got dark, he took a book and began to read. Suddenly there was a knock, a thunder - a whole army appeared in the palace, his former bosses approached the soldier and scolded him and threatened him with death for escaping; and the guns are being loaded, they are aiming. But the soldier does not look at that, does not let go of the book, know that he reads it to himself.

The roosters crowed - and everything disappeared at once! On the next night it was worse, and on the third even worse: the executioners came running with saws, axes, hammers, they want to crush his bones, pull his veins, burn him on the fire, but they themselves only think how to snatch the book from their hands. There were such passions that the soldier could hardly stand it.

The roosters crowed - and the obsession was gone! At that very hour, the whole kingdom came to life, the people bustled around the streets and in the houses, the princess appeared in the palace with the generals, with her retinue, and everyone began to thank the soldier and call him their sovereign.

The next day he married a beautiful princess and lived with her in love and joy.

273

AT in a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a soldier; he served for a long time and blamelessly, he knew the royal service well, he came clean and serviceable to reviews, to teachings. He began to serve for the last year - as a misfortune, his bosses disliked him, not only big, but also small: now and then take the rap under the sticks! It is hard for a soldier, and he decided to run away; satchel over his shoulder, a gun on his shoulder and began to say goodbye to his comrades, and they ask him:

Where are you going? Al battalion requires?

Don't ask brothers! Pull up the satchel tighter and do not remember dashingly!

And he went, good fellow, wherever his eyes look.

‎ How many, how few walked - he made his way to another state, saw a sentry and asks:

Is it possible to take a vacation somewhere?

The sentry told the corporal, the corporal to the officer, the officer to the general, the general reported about him to the king himself. The king ordered that the servant be called before his bright eyes. Here a soldier appeared, as it should be - in uniform, made a gun on guard and stood in his tracks. The king tells him:

Tell me honestly, where are you from and where are you going?

Your royal majesty, do not order the execution, order the word to be spoken.

He confessed everything to the king in good conscience and began to ask for the service.

Well, said the king, hire me to guard the garden; Now my garden is unfavorable - someone is breaking my favorite trees, so you try - save it, and I will give you a considerable payment for your work.

The soldier agreed and began to keep guard in the garden.

‎ He serves for a year and two - everything is in order with him; so the third year is running out, one day he went to look around the garden and sees that half of the best trees are broken. "My God! - thinks to himself. - What a misfortune happened! As the king notices, he now orders me to be seized and hanged. He took a gun in his hands, leaned against a tree and thought hard, hard. Suddenly there was a crackling and noise, the good fellow woke up, looking - a huge, terrible bird flew into the garden and felled trees. The soldier shot her with a rifle, did not kill her, but only wounded her in the right wing; three feathers fell out of that wing, and the bird itself took off running. Soldier behind her; the bird's legs are fast, it quickly ran to the failure and disappeared from sight.

The soldier was not afraid and after her rushed into that failure: he fell into a deep, deep abyss, knocked off all his livers and lay unconscious for a whole day. Then he came to his senses, stood up, looked around - what? - and under the ground the same light. “So,” he thinks, “there are people here too!” He walked and walked, in front of him was a big city, at the gate there was a guardhouse, with a sentry; began to ask him - the sentry is silent, does not move; I took him by the hand - and he is completely stone! A soldier went up to the guardhouse - there are a lot of people, and they stand and sit, only all are petrified; started wandering the streets - everywhere the same thing: there is not a single living human soul, everything is like a stone! Here is the palace, painted, carved, march there, looking - the rooms are rich, there are all sorts of snacks and drinks on the tables, and the surroundings are quiet and empty.

The soldier ate, drank, sat down to rest, and he heard it - as if someone drove up to the porch; he grabbed his gun and stood at the door. A beautiful princess with mothers and nannies enters the ward; the soldier saluted her, and she bowed affectionately to him.

Hello servant! Tell me, - he says, - how did you get here?

The soldier began to speak:

I hired myself to guard the royal garden, and a big bird got into the habit of flying there and breaking trees; so I lay in wait for her, fired a gun and knocked out three feathers from her wing; rushed after her and ended up here.

This bird is my sister: it does a lot of all sorts of evil and sent misfortune to my kingdom - it petrified all my people. Listen: here's a book for you, stand right here and read it from the evening until the roosters crow. Whatever passions may seem to you, you know your own - read the book and hold it tight so that it is not torn out; you won't be alive! If you stay idle for three nights, I will marry you.

Okay! - answered the soldier.

As soon as it got dark, he took a book and began to read. Suddenly there was a knock, a thunder - a whole army appeared in the palace, his former bosses approached the soldier and scolded him and threatened him with death for escaping; now the guns are being loaded, they are aiming ... But the soldier does not look at it, does not let go of the book, you know, he reads to himself. The roosters crowed - and everything perished at once! On the next night it was worse, and on the third even worse: the executioners came running with saws, axes, hammers, they want to crush his bones, pull his veins, burn him on the fire, but they themselves only think how to snatch the book from their hands. There were such passions that the soldier could hardly stand it. The roosters crowed - and the demonic obsession was gone! At that very hour, the whole kingdom came to life, the people bustled through the streets and in the houses, the princess appeared in the palace with the generals, with her retinue, and everyone began to thank the soldier and call him their sovereign. The next day he married a beautiful princess and lived with her in love and joy.

274

F il-was an old man; The old man had a son glorious son; thought of what to go on the road, said goodbye, blessed and went. Whether it was a long walk, a short one, soon the fairy tale is told, the deed is not done soon; comes to one kingdom, sees - stones are all around! And cattle and people - where someone was, standing or sitting, who was going where, everything was petrified there: another chopped firewood, raised his hand with an ax, and remained so! The enemy played a joke on them! This guy walked around the city - he did not find a single person alive; entered the royal chamber and thinks: I'll wait, will there be someone? Suddenly the tsar's daughter comes running, she saw this man, bowed, asked him: where did he come from, where did he go and why, and said:

If only a strong man was needed, so that he would pray in the palace for three nights; Then people would all become people again!

‎ He agreed; they agreed that after (if God orders the king and people to return as before) she would marry him, and they put notes on that volume. She gave him three sheaves of wax candles - one sheaf for each night, she herself left. The night has come; the peasant's son began to pray. At midnight, a lot of devils suddenly came running; who teases him, who says - it is necessary to stab him, who let fire under him, who - water, something that was not there! Scary! And he stands and prays. The rooster sang - and the devils were gone. He burned a bunch of candles at night, and went to bed in the morning. The king's daughter comes and asks:

What, are you alive?

Alive, thank God.

Well, what was it like for you?

Scary, but nothing, God is merciful!

Look, this night will be even scarier!

She spoke and left.

And sure enough, the next night they scared the devil even more; the peasant's son prayed. On the third night and more; he again prayed, spent all the candles. And after the third night, the king's daughter ordered him to climb into the oven and write a manuscript, as he saved the kingdom.

And then, - he says, - my father will perk up, get angry, run in - trouble for you!

He did just that. Morning came - all of a sudden all the people perked up, they began to walk, run, began to move, only a knock was standing! The king also came to life, ran, got angry.

Who dared, - he says, - to joke about my kingdom? - and saw a manuscript by the stove, read it.

Daughter arrived; she approved the manuscript, told her father that it was exactly like that. The king liked it; wedding immediately: the peasant's son married the king's daughter. After his death, his father-in-law blessed his whole kingdom to his dear son-in-law. The peasant son was watching everything from under the big ones, and then he himself became the king, and now he reigns - so kind for his subjects, especially for soldiers!

In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a soldier; he served for a long time and flawlessly, he knew the service well, he came to reviews, to exercises clean and in order. He began to serve the last year - as a misfortune, his bosses disliked him, not only big, but also small: every now and then under the sticks take the rap.

It became hard for the soldier, and he decided to run away; a knapsack over his shoulder, a gun on his shoulder, and began to say goodbye to his comrades, and they asked him:

Where are you going? Al battalion requires?

Don't ask brothers! Pull up the satchel tighter and do not remember dashingly!

And he went, good fellow, wherever his eyes look.

How much, how little he walked - he ended up in a different state, saw a sentry and asks:

Is there a place to stop and rest? The sentry told the corporal, the corporal to the officer, the officer to the general, the general reported to the king himself.

The king ordered to call the servant in front of his bright eyes.

Here a soldier appeared - properly, in uniform, made a gun on guard and stood in his tracks. The king tells him:

Tell me honestly, where are you from and where are you going?

Your royal majesty, do not order the execution, order the word to be spoken.

He confessed everything to the king in good conscience and began to ask for the service.

Well, said the king, hire me to guard the garden. Now my garden is unfavorable - someone is breaking my favorite trees - so you try, save it, and I will give you a considerable payment for your work. The soldier agreed and began to keep guard in the garden.

He serves a year and two - everything is in order with him; so the third year was running out, one day he went to look around the garden and saw: half of the best trees were broken.

"My God! - thinks. - What a misfortune happened! As the king notices, he now orders me to be seized and hanged.”

He took a gun in his hands, leaned against a tree and thought hard, hard.

Suddenly there was a crackling and noise; the good fellow woke up, lo and behold, a huge, terrible bird flew into the garden and, well, cut down trees! The soldier shot at her with a gun, did not kill her, but only wounded her in the right wing; three feathers fell out of that wing, and the bird itself fled on the ground. The soldier is behind her. The bird's legs are fast, it quickly ran to the failure and disappeared from sight.

The soldier was not afraid and after her rushed into that hole: he fell into a deep, deep abyss, knocked off all his livers and lay unconscious for a whole day.

After he came to his senses, he stood up and looked around. What? - and under the ground the same light.

“So,” he thinks, “there are people here too!”

He walked, walked - in front of him was a big city, at the gate there was a guardhouse, with a sentry; began to ask him - the sentry is silent, does not move; I took him by the hand - and he is completely stone!

A soldier entered the guardhouse. There are a lot of people - and they stand and sit, - only all are petrified; started wandering the streets - everywhere the same thing: there is not a single living human soul, everything is like a stone! Here is the palace - painted, carved. March there, he looks - the rooms are rich, there are all sorts of snacks and drinks on the tables, and the surroundings are quiet and empty.

The soldier ate, drank, sat down to rest, and it seemed to him that someone had driven up to the porch; he grabbed his gun and stood at the door.

A beautiful princess with her mothers and nannies enters the ward. The soldier saluted her, and she bowed affectionately to him.

Hello servant! Tell me, - he says, - how did you get here?

The soldier began to speak:

I hired myself to guard the royal garden, and a big bird got into the habit of flying there and breaking trees. So I lay in wait for her, fired a gun and knocked out three feathers from her wing; rushed after her and ended up here.

This bird is my sister; she does a lot of all sorts of evil and sent misfortune to my kingdom - she petrified all my people. Listen: here's a book for you, stand right here and read it from the evening until the roosters crow. No matter what passions seem to you, you know your own - read the book and hold it tight so that you don’t tear it out, otherwise you won’t live! If you stay idle for three nights, I will marry you.

Okay! - answered the soldier.

Suddenly there was a knock, a thunder - a whole army appeared in the palace, his former bosses approached the soldier and scolded him and threatened him with death for escaping; and the guns are being loaded, they are aiming. But the soldier does not look at that, does not let go of the book, know that he reads it to himself.

Roosters crowing! - and all at once vanished!

On the next night it was worse, and on the third even worse: the executioners came running with saws, axes, hammers, they want to crush his bones, pull his veins, burn him on the fire, but they themselves only think how to snatch the book from their hands. There were such passions that the soldier could hardly stand it.

The roosters sang - the obsession is gone!

At that very hour, the whole kingdom came to life, the people bustled around the streets and in the houses, the princess appeared in the palace with the generals, with her retinue, and everyone began to thank the soldier and call him their sovereign.

The next day he married a beautiful princess and lived with her in love and joy.

A soldier served in a far, far away kingdom. He served faithfully to his sovereign for a quarter of a century. As the tsar planned to let the soldier go home, he granted him a horse, on which the soldier served his entire service, with full equipment. The soldier got ready for the road and went home. Whether he rode for a long time, or for a short time, but all the money came out of him.

There was nothing to eat, nothing to feed the horse. “It’s a bad thing ...,” the soldier thought, and decided to get hired in the nearest city, at least for a temporary one, if only to earn money and get home.

Here he looks, and in the middle of the field the palace stands, tall, carved, rich. “Give me,” he thinks, “I’ll try my luck here: maybe they’ll get a job.” He put his horse in the stable, gave him oats, and went into the palace himself.
In the palace, the hall is large, a hundred candles are burning, the table is breaking under various dishes, but no one is there. The soldier waited a little, but how hungry he was, he could not stand it: he sat down, ate, drank, and he felt so good!
Then, out of nowhere, a shaggy bear comes out and says in a human voice:
- Hello, good fellow, do not be afraid of me! An evil sorcerer bewitched me into a shaggy bear, and if you stand for three nights and are not afraid, then the evil witchcraft will subside - I will turn again into a beautiful princess and take you as a husband.

The soldier agreed and stayed in the palace to while away the first night. Only soon his wild longing began to eat.

Before that, everything was disgusting, so I wanted to go home - to breathe, and then there was no strength. He began to dream about how he would return to his native home, and so the first night passed.
On the second and third nights, the soldier was overcome with more grief than before: he no longer knew how to get out of the palace, he was drawn to home so much. If it were not for the dreams of a home, the soldier would not have survived for three nights.
In the morning, a beautiful princess comes to the palace with maids and orders the soldier to prepare for the wedding, to call the people to the feast. The wedding was played cheerfully, and the soldier and the princess lived happily and richly.
A few years later, the soldier wanted to visit home. The princess dissuaded him this way and that, but he did not. The princess had to let her husband go on his way.
She gave him a magic bag with black seeds and said:
- As you go along the road, so throw these grains along the side of the road. A grove will rise by the road, trees hung with outlandish fruits. And prophetic birds will sit on the trees and sing magical songs.

The soldier said goodbye to the princess, got on his horse and went home. He rides for a day or two, but he does not forget to throw grains. So along the way, groves grew with trees, hung with outlandish fruits. And on the trees the birds sing prophetic magical songs.

A soldier is watching, and some people are sitting in the clearing and playing cards. A cauldron stands nearby, porridge boils in it, but the fire does not burn. The soldier marveled and straight up to them:
- What kind of curiosity do you have, this cauldron? Let's change. You are my cauldron, and I am your magic seed. As soon as you throw it into the ground, a tree of indescribable beauty will grow, with outlandish fruits on it, and birds will sing prophetic magical songs.

And those people were not simple, but demons and devils in disguise. They saw the magic grains of a soldier and quickly realized that this was the one who freed the princess from their evil witchcraft.
The demons decided to punish the soldier. They gave him sleepy mead to drink. The soldier took a sip of the magic potion and fell into a dead sleep. And the demons immediately disappeared.

So week after week passes, the soldier is still sleeping. Once the princess went out into the garden for a walk. Looks, all the trees in the garden withered. The princess was alarmed, went to look for her husband.
He goes along the road, and the road runs through the grove. The trees are all dry, the prophetic birds are sleeping. She reached the clearing, she sees - her husband is lying, sleeping like a dead sleep. The princess began to wake him up - she does not wake up.
The princess was angry and said:
- Hey, violent winds, fly here, take my hubby and carry it to distant lands!
Then, out of nowhere, the winds swooped in, the soldier was picked up, and he disappeared. The princess changed her mind and in tears, but it’s too late, you won’t return her husband. She began to live alone in her castle.

And meanwhile the soldier was in distant kingdom, in the thirtieth state.
He woke up three months later and went aimlessly. Looks, demons are fighting on the lawn.

The soldier asks:
- Hey, demons-imps, why are you starting a fight here?
And the demons answer him:
- Inheritance, soldier, we can not share. After the death of our father, three magical things remained: walking boots, a flying carpet and an invisibility cap.
- Oh, you fools, let me help you! I will throw three stones into the forest. Whoever finds the first stone will get a flying carpet, whoever comes second will get walking boots, and the last one will receive an invisibility cap.
The soldier threw stones far into the forest, demons and ran to look for them. And the soldier quickly took the wonders, sat on the magic carpet and flew off to look for his princess.

How long, short flies, he sees - there is a hut in the forest. He landed right at the hut, comes in, and there Baba Yaga is sitting. The soldier began to ask her about his kingdom and about the princess, but only she had not heard of anything, she did not know. Baba Yaga sent him over three seas, over three mountains to her middle sister.
A soldier flew towards her. The middle sister thought and thought, then she says:
- I do not know anything about your kingdom and your princess, you better fly to our older sister beyond the nine seas, over the nine mountains. If she doesn't know, no one will show you the way.

A soldier flew to the elder Baba Yaga. She fed him, gave him drink and put him to bed, and she herself summoned all the winds that were in the world, and began to ask them about the kingdom and the princess. But none of the winds could say anything.

Then they suddenly remembered that the south wind had not arrived, there was only one hope for it. And so it happened. The south wind was blowing far, far away, and therefore I was late for Baba Yaga. And when he arrived, he began to tell that he saw a kingdom-state, and in it a lonely princess. Various kings and nobles woo her, and she is still waiting for her husband, waiting.
Baba Yaga woke up a soldier and said:
- The south wind knows where to look for your kingdom, it will show you the way.
The soldier sat on the magic carpet and carried it to the princess. Less than a day later, the soldier ended up in the palace of the princess. He put on a cap of invisibility and began to pace around the palace. And in the palace, princes, royals, nobles - they want to marry the princess.
And as soon as the soldier returned to the kingdom, the outlandish trees came to life, blossomed, the birds began to sing prophetic magical songs. The princess heard this singing, looked out the window, and the trees were in bloom. The princess realized that her husband had returned, went out to the suitors and said:
- Today it happened that my husband came to the palace, so go home, I won’t choose anyone from you.
The unlucky suitors departed for their kingdoms, and the soldier took off his invisibility cap and appeared to the princess.
They began to live and live, not to know grief.