Alyonushka
Once upon a time, in a land far, far
away, a brother and sister walked together down a long road. The sister's name
was Alyonushka, and her brother was called Ivanushka. The two had been walking
a long time when they came to a cow's hoof filled with water. "May I drink
form it sister?" Little Ivanushka asked. "No, or you will turn into a
calf." Alyonushka answered. Little Ivanushka was very thirsty, but obeyed
his sister. He obeyed her again when they came to a horse's hoof filled with
water. Alyonushka told him that if he drank from it, he would turn into a foal.
The brother and sister walked along
further, and Ivanushka became increasingly thirsty. Then they came upon a
goat's hoof filled with water. "May I drink from it?" Ivanushka
asked. Alyonushka once again was firm, "No, if you do you will turn into a
kid." But this time the boy disobeyed his sister, and on his first sip
turned into a little goat.
Alyonushka sat on the rode crying
when a merchant drove by and inquired about her trouble. Alyonushka explained
the situation to him, and he said that if she married him they could live
happily with the goat. Alyonushka agreed, and so they lived happily this way
for some time.
Then one day an evil witch tricked
Alyonushka into going down to the river, where she tied a stone around her neck
and threw her in. The witch then took on Alyonuska's form and lived as her for
awhile. Only poor Ivanushka new the truth about his sister. Little did he know
that the witch had plans for him too. When the wicked woman overheard him one
day talking to his sister in the lake, she decided to ask the merchant to kill
the little goat.
It was hard for the merchant to
agree to kill Ivanushka, as he loved the goat like a person. But, begin
deceived by the witch, he felt his wife's wishes to be the most important.
Ivanushka asked the merchant if he could go to the river for one last drink
before he died, and the merchant agreed. There at the river's edge the goat
cried out to his sister, and she answered him that she couldn't help him with a
stone tied around her neck. Neither the brother nor sister realized that this
time a peasant had overheard their conversation, and was on his way to stop the
merchant form killing Ivanushka.
Upon hearing the peasant's story,
the merchant ran to the river, found Alyonushka, and took the stone from around
her neck. The witch was then tied to a horse, which was turned loose in an
opened field. The little goat was so happy that he turned three summersaults,
and was changed back into a boy.
They lived happily ever after.
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