Russian mythology: Princess Toad
a long time ago, in an old country, there was a king, he had three sons.
one day, the king called the three princes to his side, and asked them to bring their arrows, and to go to the fields and shoot them out, where the arrows fell, is your marriage.
the three princes came to the field, pulled their bows and fired their arrows out.
the first son's arrows fell in the courtyard of the nobles, the daughters of the nobles picked them up; the second son's arrows fell in the courtyard of the wealthy, and the daughters of the rich picked them up; and the third, prince ivan, fired arrows very far away, even though he did not know where they were.
three followed the field and searched for the arrow.
when he came to a swamp, he saw a toad sitting there holding his arrow, and the prince thought, perhaps it was the will of heaven, so he took it back.
once again, the king called three princes: "i want to see which of your wives does the best needlework; let them sew me a dress before dawn." that night, prince ivan, princess toad jumped on the steps and took off the toad skin, turning into a beautiful, moving woman, vasilisa plemutraya.
she sews a beautiful dress.
in the morning, the king received three children-in-law sewn clothes.
it is the most beautiful dress she has ever made.
after a few days, the king's three daughters-in-law made the best bread.
princess toad has also become the beautiful vasilisa plemutraja, who bakes soft and sweet bread.
naturally, he was praised by the king.
shortly after, the king had a party, he had three sons come with their wives.
prince ivan came home and said to the toad princess, "how can i introduce you to the guests when father has asked me to take you to dinner?" princess toad replied, "don't be sad, your highness.
you go to the party alone, and i'll come later." prince ivan went to dinner alone.
the party started and the guests started eating around the table.
all of a sudden, the sound of “tamp-tamp” was heard outside the palace, and only six white high-heads were seen running towards the palace with a golden gold box.
the carriage stopped under the steps of the palace.
the gold box opened, came out of it a beautiful princess, gently pulled the prince's hand.
prince ivan, too, couldn't believe it was all true.
he looked at her with his confused eyes and asked, "are you princess toad?" "yes, princess vasilisa plemutraya!" prince ivan loved the princess in his heart and, in order to keep her forever, he had to go back and find the toad skin and burn it in the oven.
vasilisa plemutraja returned home to see that the toad is gone, and she was sad and said to the prince: “dear prince, you are too eager to take off this toad in three days, and i will be with you forever.
but now i have to go far away and live a lifetime with the immortal.”Vasilisa Plemutraja was turned into a grey burrow bird.
The prince was heartbroken, and he ran behind, chasing and looking for Vasilisa Ple Mutraja in the direction of the princess's flight.
He walked away, not in a deserted place, and met an old man, who gave him a ball, threw him on the floor, followed him wherever he was, and followed him to Vasilisa Plemutraya.
Prince Ivan Sheared the Old Man and followed the little wireball.
Little ball rolls in front, he follows.
On the way, he saved a bear, a duck, a slash-eyed rabbit and a dog fish, and finally, a small line was rolled into a forest, where there was a small, moving wooden room。