Russian folk legends: youth, life forever

a long time ago, there was a king, he had a queen.

their children cried and cried without landing, and no saint could calm him down.

the relatives wished that as long as he did not cry, he would give whatever he wanted.

but it doesn't matter what they say.

"kids, as long as you calm down," the king said, "i will give you eternal youth and life." listen to my father, the baby doesn't cry.

as the age grows, the prince becomes smarter and braver.

knowing that the father could not keep his word, he decided to travel the world in search of eternal youth and life.

the prince of america, in his knight's coat, with his sword, with all his weapons and a truck full of food and gold, rode on a horse of his choice and set out like lightning.

passing the border, the prince strangled the horse, divided all his possessions among his soldiers, and said goodbye to them, and sent them all home, leaving nothing but food that the horse could carry on.

walked long enough and came to a meadow of flowers.

there is a palace not far from here, and that is where “youth is always, life is forever”.

the palaces are surrounded by a huge, dense forest, which is the world's most fierce beasts, in groups, guarding the forest day and night.

you can't kill them all, or cross this forest.

but we can try and fly over the forest and the prince takes two days off and gets ready again.

the horse took a breath and said, "you have to tighten your belt as much as you can, hold on to my hips and legs to my stomach.

so i can fly free." after that, the horse opened two wide wings, carrying the prince, flew up to the sky, and in a few moments it was close to the forest.

the horse went down to the ground and said, “major, it's time for the beasts to eat, they all gather near the palace, and we must fly right over their heads.” "well, try it." the prince of america replied.

they're flying.

the prince saw the palace glowing in the sun, and the eyes were dazzling.

as they crossed the forest and were about to land in front of the palace's stone steps, the horse's hoof hit a tree's roof, made noises, and in the middle of the day, the beast shouted, and the whole forest was in turmoil and the horse quickly landed.

he saw the three sisters here.

the sisters felt lonely and begged the prince to stay and live with them.

the prince felt that it was in his heart and did not wait for their second request to be granted.

the prince soon got used to life here and got along well with the girls.

the prince told them everything they had been through.

shortly afterwards, he married his youngest sister.

the sun and the moon traveled, but the prince did not notice the passing of time, because he was still as young as he had just arrived.

he wandered in the forest without fear, and was dazzled in happiness.

princes often go out hunting.

one day, he pursued a rabbit, firing two arrows and not shooting.

he was angry, chasing and shooting a third arrow.

this time it hit, but, ah! unlucky princes went into tears。The prince picked up the rabbit and went home.

All of a sudden, a strong desire to see his parents grabbed his heart.

He did not dare to tell the girls what had happened, but his sad and sad look told them what had happened.

"Honey, don't leave us!" They begged him, "Your parents died hundreds of years ago.

You go.

We're afraid you'll never come back.

Stay with us.

Otherwise, you'll ruin yourself." The girls and the horses have repeatedly begged, but they have not been able to overcome his strong desire.

The prince was ready to travel, kiss the girls goodbye and leave.

The girls are crying and their hearts are breaking。