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The fairy tale is called "The Black Bull Nororay"
Many centuries ago, one kingdom was ruled by a poor widow, and her only wealth was three daughters.
Beauties ... Only now she had nothing to feed them.
And in the end the older royal daughter was tired of such a life and decided to go where her eyes look.
Happiness to seek! Upon learning of this, her mother unquestioningly agreed.
It's better to plow in someone else's land than die at home from hunger, "she reasoned.
But before releasing her beloved daughter on a long journey, the queen took her to the old housekeeper who lived near the castle.
Judging by rumors, she knew how to predict the future and even conjure!
The bird-keeper loved the queen and her beautiful daughters and was glad to give them kind advice.
And now, when the queen asked about which side of the world would be the happiest for her daughter, the old woman replied:
You need not go far, my dear, only reach the back door of my house and see what's behind it.
The princess ran down the passage to the back door of the old woman's house, and what did she see? A gorgeous carriage, harnessed by six ruffled horses, rolled along the road.
The girl became alarmed and ran back to the bird house to tell about everything she saw.
It is very good! - the old woman smiled affectionately at her. - So you saw your happiness! This carriage came for you.
That's exactly what happened.
The carriage stopped at the gate, and the middle sister already ran to the housekeeper to call the eldest, but she was ahead of her.
Not remembering themselves with joy, the elder princess hurried home and said goodbye to her mother and sisters.
Then she got into the carriage, and the horses rushed her into the distance. It is said that this carriage went to the palace of a powerful and wealthy prince, and he married the elder princess.
A few weeks later, the average princess decided, following the example of her sister, to go to the housekeeper and ask which way to go to her happiness to look for.
And, of course, she hoped in her heart that with her would happen the same thing that happened to her older sister.
And so it happened.
The princess looked out and saw that the coach was approaching them. Harnessed by six white horses.
And immediately informed the poultryman about this.
The old woman smiled again and advised the girl to hurry home, so as not to lose her happiness. And the princess did not miss.
The younger princess also wanted to try her luck. Cheerful, full of hope, she ran to the witch the same evening.
The old woman told the younger princess to go to the back door, and she went. The girl obeyed. However, she did not see any coach.
Nobody was driving on the road.
Well, then, your happiness will come to you not today, wait until tomorrow.
The whole night the princess could not sleep with excitement. The next day she went again to the housekeeper. She believed that today everything will be resolved!
But this time hopes did not come true. As she peered into the distance, no carriage appeared.
But on the third day ... What did she see on the third day? On the way, furiously jerking his head, a huge black bull rushed with a roar.
Oh, dear, who would have thought that your happiness would be the Black Bull of Norroway!
The poor princess heard this and turned pale. After all, she went to look for her happiness, but did not expect that it would be so terrible.
How can this bull be my happiness! She cried in horror. "I can not leave the bull!"
I'll have to, "the birdwoman said calmly. "You looked out the door of my house to find your happiness." Hence, since your happiness has come, you will have to take it.
The princess ran to her mother in tears. She kept saying that she did not want to leave the house anywhere.
But the Queen Mother told her the same as the birdwoman said.
Here's the princess on the bull, it seems ... Black, big!
Terrible!
And so, when a huge black bull approached the gate of the castle, the princess had to sit on his back.
While she was sitting, he stood still, and as soon as he sat down, he immediately started to gallop. The poor princess clung tightly to his horns, and she herself cried and trembled with fear.
For a long, long time this exhausting journey lasted. The bull ran and ran, and the unfortunate girl finally weakened completely from fear and hunger, so that she could hardly keep on his back.
But when her arms were completely weakened, the bull stopped and suddenly turned its huge head slightly to her and said in an amazingly affectionate and friendly human voice:
Eat what I have in my right ear, and drink what's in my left ear. It will back you up.
The princess put her trembling hand in the right ear of the bull and took out a hunk of bread with meat. She ate bread with meat, and she felt better.
Then she put her hand in the left ear of the bull and pulled out a small bottle of wine. I drank wine, and the forces miraculously returned to her.
The bull ran very long. The princess was already thinking that the End of the World would soon be there. She had already lost hope that he would stop.
As soon as it was dark, suddenly the bull stopped at a beautiful castle.
Here we will spend the night. This is the home of one of my brothers.
The princess was very surprised, but did not answer - she was too tired. And the bull ran through the courtyard of the castle and horned the front door.
The door was immediately opened by the servant in a luxurious livery. He very respectfully welcomed the bull and helped the princess to dismount.
Then he took her to the richly decorated hall, where she was met by the owner of the castle and his wife and their guests.
The owner of the castle and his wife took the princess very cordially. She was fed her dinner and was led to a richly decorated bedroom, where all the walls were hung with mirrors in golden frames.
And the Black Bull of Norroway went to sleep on the lawn in the park, which stretched around the castle.
The next morning, when the Black Bull Norroway ran to the front door, the owner of the castle and his wife gave the princess a large beautiful apple and said:
Put it in your pocket and keep it carefully. Do not touch this apple until you get into a big trouble - one that is worse and can not be. And then break the apple, and it will get you out of trouble.
The princess put the apple in her pocket, then she was put on the back to the bull, and he again started off.
They spent the whole day on the road, and in the evening another castle appeared, even higher and richer than the first one.
Then we will spend the night, "the Black Bull of Norroway said to the princess. - Here lives my other brother.
The owner of this castle and his wife also greeted the princess affably and in every possible way tried to please her.
This night the princess spent in a luxurious room, where the walls were entirely covered with silk fabrics.
In the morning they gave her a huge pear in good-bye, and they said that it should only break it
then, when he gets into a big trouble, something that is worse and can not be. And as soon as she breaks the pear, she will help her out of trouble.
The third day was the same as the second. The Black Bull of Norroway ran with many miles, with the princess on its back, and when the sun went down, a castle appeared, even more luxurious than the first two.
This castle was owned by the younger brother of the Black Bull, and here the princess spent the night. And the bull again went to the park all night.
This time the princess got a wonderful big plum before the departure with the order to break it, only if the princess gets into a big trouble, something that is worse and can not be.
However, the fourth day was different from the first three. In the evening, the princess did not see any lock. By the time the shadows on the ground began to lengthen, the bull entered a dark deep gorge, so dark, so terrible, that the poor princess's heart fell into disrepute.
Before entering it, the Black Bull stopped and said: "Here you have to dismount, my lady." In this gorge I will fight not for life, but for death. I'll fight alone. The dark gloomy gorge that lies before us is the lair of the Spirit of Darkness.
He does a lot of evil in our world. I want to fight with him and defeat him and hope that I can. And you sit on this stone and do not move with your hand, nor your foot, nor your tongue until I return.
If only a little stir, you will fall under the power of the Evil Spirit that dwells in this gorge.
But how will I know what happened to you if I can not speak or move? The princess asked in alarm.
During these four days she had already become accustomed to the huge Black Bull.
You will know this when you look around, "answered the Black Bull. - If everything around you turns blue, know that I defeated the Evil Spirit. If everything turns red, know that the Evil Spirit has overcome me.
And then the Black Bull of Norroway withdrew from it and soon disappeared in the dark depths of the gorge.
And the princess sat down on a rock and sat motionless - she tried not to move her finger, before that she was afraid, as though she could not overtake her unknown misfortune.
So she stayed with a good hour. And suddenly everything around her began to change color - at first it turned gray, then azure, as if the sky itself had descended to the ground!
"The Black Bull won! What a fine fellow! "- thought the princess and joyfully moved comfortable and crossed her legs. But here's grief! Immediately, evil spells fell upon her, and she became invisible to Prince Norroway.
After all, the Black Bull was actually a man. His name was Black Knight, Prince of Norroway. Once he was bewitched and turned into a black bull.
And now he defeated the Evil Spirit, again became a man and already fled across the gorge to the princess to appear to her in real form. He loved her and wanted to marry her.
But he did not see the princess. For a long time he looked for her, but he could not find it. And she, too, did not see him, as he did not see her.
And so she sat and sat and at last became so tired and before she became terrified and lonely, that she burst into tears and cried until she fell asleep.
And when I woke up in the morning, I realized that no matter how much you sit on a rock, there will not be any sense. And then she got up and went wherever her eyes looked.
Here sits our princess and is sad ...
And she kept walking and walking through the forests and fields, hoping to find a black bull, until the road rested on a huge glass mountain.
The princess tried many times to climb this mountain, but she could not. The mountain was so slippery that it cost the wayfarer to scramble a few feet, as she immediately slid down.
Then she decided to go around the mountain in the hope of finding a path to the top. But the mountain was so big, and the princess was so tired that she lost all hope and became completely dejected.
She was spitting, barely moving her legs and shedding tears, and was already afraid that she would soon be completely out of her strength. And then she will just lie down and die.
But around noon she came to a house. A smithy was near him, and the old man worked at the anvil.
The princess came in and asked him if there was a path to the top of the glass mountain. The smith put down his hammer, looked at it and shook his head.
No, girl, "he said," there's no road through the glass mountain. True, you can get around it, but it's not easy - you'll have to step back hundreds of miles.
Yes, if anyone tries to get around this mountain, he will still lose his way. You can climb to the top of the mountain, but only in iron shoes.
And where to get the iron shoes? Asked the princess. "Would you not be able to tie me like that, kind man?" I will willingly pay for them. But then she suddenly remembered that she had no money.
These shoes are not sold for silver, - the old man answered. - You can get them as a reward for your work. I'm the only one who can shoe such shoes, and I also smoke for those who agree to serve me. And how long will I have to serve, so that you shackle my iron shoes? Asked the princess.
Seven years old, "the old man answered the blacksmith. - After all, these shoes are not simple, but magic ones. And "seven" is also a magical number.
There is nothing to do, the princess had to hire an old blacksmith for the old man. For seven long years she served him - cooked, sewed, darned, washed, cleaned the house. When the term of her service was over, the old man smashed her iron shoes.
The princess put them on and rose to the glass mountain. And it was so easy for her to climb, as if the mountain was overgrown with fresh grass.
Here the princess reached the top of the mountain, then descended into the valley and went to the first house. In it lived an old woman washerwoman with her only daughter.
The princess went to her door, knocked and asked to spend the night.
The washerwoman, an ugly old woman with a cunning evil face, said she would let her sleep, but only if she could wash the white cloak of the Black Knight of Norroway.
In it, the Black Knight fought not for life, but for death, and the cloak is covered with blood stains.
Yesterday I spent the whole day trying to wash this cloak, "the old woman said," but it's no use. In the evening, he took it out of the trough, and the stains as they were, remained.
Maybe you, the girl, will manage to wash it. I really want to please the Black Knight of Norroway, because he is a rich and powerful ruler.
And what, the Black Bull of Norroway is it not his bull? Asked the princess. The old woman looked suspiciously at her.
The Black Bull is the Black Knight himself, "she replied. - once the Black Knight was bewitched - turned into the Black Bull.
And in order to be human again, he had to challenge and defeat the mighty Evil Spirit that he lived in a dark gorge
Well, he fought with the Evil Spirit, defeated him and again became a man. It's only the rumor that it is sometimes discovered by him - everything says about some girl.
As if he wanted to take her as his wife, but he lost it. But who she is, nobody knows. However, you do not need it, you are a stranger here, "the washerwoman added, as if regretting that she had said too much
I have time to chat with you! You want to try to wash your cloak, stay the night, and no - go your way.
The princess, of course, said that she would try to wash her raincoat. And before she could put the cloak in the water, as all the spots on it disappeared, as if by magic, and he became pure and white, like a new one.
The old washer was overjoyed, but then she was doubtful. It seemed to her that there was some mysterious connection between the Black Knight and this girl.
After all, she herself, the washerwoman, and her daughter, no matter how hard they tried, no matter how exhausted they were, they could not wash the cloak. And this girl washed it immediately.
And so she decided to tell the knight that her daughter had washed her raincoat when he came for his cloak. And the old woman advised the princess to go to bed as soon as possible in order to have a good rest.
The princess listened and was already fast asleep in the closet when the Black Knight of Norroway came to the laundress behind his white cloak.
I must say that for the last seven years, since he fought in the gorge with the Spirit of Evil, he asked many women to wash his cloak. But none could not wash it.
In the meantime, one thing told him that the one who washed this cloak would become his wife.
whoever she was - a beauty or ugly creature, an old woman or a young girl. And this wife will be his loving and faithful assistant.
And then the Black Knight came to the laundress and got his cloak back, white as the first snow. When he was told that the washerwoman's daughter was washing his cloak, he decided to marry her on the very next day.
The next morning the princess woke up and found out that the Black Knight came here while she was sleeping, got a cloak and today she is married to the daughter of a laundress.
Here the poor princess was almost filled with grief. But suddenly I remembered about the apple that I received seven long years ago and all this time I was carrying with me.
"Worse than the disaster that I fell into now, it can not be," she thought. I took an apple and broke it. And what was in it? Such precious gems as she had never seen in her life.
Then the princess immediately figured out what to do, - took out precious stones from the apple, poured them into her handkerchief and carried it to the laundress.
Look! - she said. "I'm richer than you thought." If you want, all these stones will be yours.
And what for this it is necessary to make? The old woman asked. She had never seen such precious stones, and her eyes burned.
Just postpone the wedding of your daughter for one day, "the princess replied," and let me sit in the bedroom of the Black Knight this night while he sleeps. " I have long wanted to see him.
The washer agreed, but she still decided to give the Black Knight a sleepy potion, so that he would not wake up and see a girl for the night.
In the evening the princess entered the bedroom of the Black Knight, when he was already asleep. She sat all night long at his bed and all the night she sang a song in the hope that he would wake up and hear her.
She sang: For seven long years I served for you, On a glass mountain rose for you And your white cloak washed for you, Why do not you wake up, do not look at me?
She sang this song again and again, and her heart broke, but he did not hear anything and did not even move, because he drank the sleepy potion of the old washerwoman.
The next day the princess broke the pear in the hope that she would help her better than the apple helped.
But in the pear she again found only gems, however, even larger than those that were in the apple. Nothing to do. She also had to carry these gems to the old washerwoman.
"Postpone the wedding for another day," the princess asked the old woman, "and let me sit this night in the bedroom of the Black Knight."
The laundress agreed. "I'll get rich fast," she thought, and locked the gems in the trunk.
But everything was in vain! "The knight lay motionless, like a stone, and did not hear anything. The princess sat all night at the bed of the Black Knight and, with tenderness looking at him, sang:
Seven long years I served for you, On a glass mountain rose for you And your white cloak washed for you, Why do not you wake up, do not look at me?
The next morning, the princess had almost lost hope. "У меня осталась только слива, и уж если она не поможет, так ничто мне не поможет", - думала она.
With trembling fingers, she broke the sink and found in it gems that were even rarer and more precious than those in the apple and pear.
- Take it! - she said. "Just postpone the wedding for another day and let me sit in the prince's bedroom another night."
The princess poured gems on her knees. The washerwoman, though very surprised, agreed again.
And the Black Knight was already tired of waiting for the wedding, and that day he went hunting with his servants.
On the way, the servants began to talk among themselves about what had struck them so much in the past two nights. Finally one old hunter drove up to the Black Knight and said:
"My lord, we would very much like to know who this whole night is singing so wonderfully in your bedroom?"
- Who sings? repeated Prince Norroway. - No one sings! In my bedroom it's quiet, like in a grave, and I myself, since I've settled in this house, sleep like a dead man and even in a dream I do not see anything.
The old hunter shook his head. This evening, my lord, "he said," do not drink that drink that the laundress serves. " Then you will hear what others have heard.
At another time, the Black Knight would have laughed at such nonsense. But on that day the old man's words sunk into his soul, and he obeyed the advice.
And then came the evening. The old washerwoman again mixed something in a cup of ale and brought a sleepy potion to the Black Knight.
But he only sipped a little and said that drinking is not sweet enough. The old woman went to the kitchen for honey to sweeten the ale.
And the Black Knight at this time quickly got out of bed and poured the drink into the window. When the old woman returned, he said that he had already drunk the whole cup.
And that night he did not fall asleep. He heard the princess come into the bedroom and how she sang her plaintive song in a gentle voice:
Seven long years I served for you, On a glass mountain rose for you And your white cloak washed for you, Why do not you wake up, do not look at me?
And when he heard this song, he remembered everything. He jumped up, hugged and kissed the princess and asked her to tell about everything that had happened to her since they broke up.
The princess told how she easily managed to wash off her cloak, then the prince was so angry with the old washerwoman and her deceitful daughter that she drove them out of her possessions. Then he married the princess, and they lived happily all their lives.
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