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There was once a man who had a dog named Sirko. The dog was very, very old, and one day his master drove him out of the house. Sirko went roaming the fields, and he felt very sad and woebegone. "I served my master for so many years and watched over his house, - said he to himself, "and now that I'm old and weak he grudges me even a crust of bread and has driven me out of the house."

He wandered on, thinking these thoughts, when all of a sudden who should come up to him but a Wolf.

"What are you doing, roaming about like that?" asked the Wolf.

"There's nothing else I can do, for my master has driven me out of the house," Sirko replied.

"I can help you if you like," the Wolf said. "If you do as I say, your master will take you back again."

"Please, please help me, my dear friend!" Sirko cried. "I will find a way to repay you for your kindness."

"Well, then, listen to me. Your master and mistress will soon go out to the fields to reap, and the mistress will leave her baby beside a stack of straw to sleep there while she is helping her husband. Now, you must stay close to the baby so I'll know where it is. I'll come running up and carry it off, and you must run after me and try to take it away. Then I'll pretend I'm frightened and let it go."

The time to reap the wheat came, and the master and mistress went to the field. The mistress left her baby beside a straw stack and herself joined her husband and set to work. They were not at it very long when the Wolf ran up. He seized the baby and ran off with it across the field. Sirko ran after him, and his master cried:

"Catch him, Sirko!"

Sirko caught up with the Wolf, snatched the baby away from him, and brought it back to his master. And his master got out some bread and a piece of bacon from a sack and said:

"Here, Sirko, eat your fill! This is to thank you for saving our baby."

Evening came, the master and mistress went home, and they took Sirko with them. They went into the house, and the master said:

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"Make us an extra dish of dumplings, wife, and don't spare the fat!"

The dumplings were soon ready, and the master seated Sirko at the table and sat down beside him.

"Serve the dumplings, wife!" said he. "We're going to have our supper."

The mistress set the dumplings on the table, and the master filled a dish full of them and gave the dish to Sirko. And he blew on them lest Sirko burn himself while he ate.

"This is all the Wolf's doing," said Sirko to himself. "I must repay him for his kindness."

Now, Sirko's master, who had waited till it was the season for eating meat, prepared to marry off his eldest daughter.

Sirko went out into the field, found the Wolf there and said to him: "Come to our vegetable garden toward evening on Sunday. I will take you into the house and repay you for your kindness."

The Wolf waited till Sunday came round and went where Sirko had told him to.

Now, it was on that very day that the wedding was held. Sirko went outside, took the Wolf into the house and hid him under the table. Then he seized a bottle of vodka and a big piece of meat from the table and gave them to the Wolf. The guests wanted to beat Sirko, but the master stopped them.

"Do not touch Sirko!" he said. "He has done me a great service, and I will be kind to him always."

And Sirko took some of the best pieces from the table and gave them to the Wolf. So well did he feast him that the Wolf who had had too much to drink could not stop himself and said:

"I'm going to sing!"

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"Please don't or you"ll get into trouble," Sirko begged. "I'll give you some more vodka if only you promise to keep quiet."

He gave the Wolf another bottle of vodka, and the Wolf drained it dry.

"I'm going to sing no matter what you say!" he cried.

"Don't do it or we'll both pay with our lives for it!" Sirko said.

"I can't help myself, I'm going to sing and that's the end of it!" the Wolf cried again, and he let out a terrific howl from under the table!

The guests jumped up in fright, they rushed hither and thither, and some of them wanted to beat up the Wolf. So then Sirko jumped on top of him and made as though he was about to kill him.

"Don't touch the Wolf or you'll hurt Sirko!" the master said. "And don't you worry, he'll teach him a good lesson!"

Sirko took the Wolf to the field and said:

"You did me a kindness once, and now I have paid you back for it!" They bade each other goodbye and went their separate ways.

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<![CDATA[How the dog found himself a master (Ukrainian Folk Tale)]]> https://en.derevo-kazok.org/page/how-the-dog-found-himself-a-master-ukrainian-folk-tale https://en.derevo-kazok.org/page/how-the-dog-found-himself-a-master-ukrainian-folk-tale Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:00:00 +0300 How the dog found himself a master (ukrainian folk tale) Dogs were once their own masters and lived the way wolves do, in freedom, until a dog was born who was ill pleased with this way of life. He was sick and tired of wandering about by himself looking for food and being frightened of those who were stronger than he.

He thought it over and decided that the best thing for him to do was to become the servant of one who was stronger than anyone on earth, and he set out to find such a master.

He walked and he walked and he met a kinsman of his, a big wolf who was as strong as he was fierce.

"Where are you going, Dog?" the Wolf asked.

"I am looking for someone to take up service with. Would you like to be my master, Wolf?"

"I don't see why not!” the Wolf said, and this agreed upon, the two of them went on together.

They walked and they walked, and all of a sudden the Wolf lifted his nose, sniffed, darted quickly off the path and into the bushes and crept deeper into the forest.

The Dog was much surprised.

"What's come over you, master?" he asked. "What has frightened you so?”

"Can't you see? There's a Bear out there, and he might eat up both you and me.”

Seeing that the Bear was stronger than the Wolf, the Dog decided to take up service with him, and he left the Wolf and asked the Bear to be his master. The Bear agreed to this readily and said:

"Let us go and find a herd of cows. I'll kill a cow and then we can both eat our fill."

They walked on and soon saw a herd of cows, but just as they were about to come up to it they were stopped by a terrible noise. Tne cows were mooing loudly and running in a panic in all directions.

The Bear looked out from behind a tree, and then he too ran hastily deeper into the forest.

"Now, why did I have to come here!" said he to the Dog. "It is the Lion who rules the forest in these parts."

"The Lion? Who's he?"

"Don”t you know? He is the strongest beast on earth!”

"Well, then, I ”ll say goodbye to you, Bear. I want a master who is stronger than anyone on earth!"

And off the Dog went to ask the Lion to be his master.

The Lion agreed to it, and the Dog stayed with him and served him for a long, long time. It was a good life, and he had nothing to complain of, for there was no stronger beast in the forest than the Lion, and no one dared touch the Dog or offend him in any way.

But one day the two of them were walking side by side along a path that ran amid bare cliffs when all of a sudden the Lion stopped. He gave a great roar, struck the ground angrily with his paw with such force that a hole formed there, and began to back away very quietly.

"What is it, master, is anything wrong?" asked the Dog, surprised.

"I smell a man coming this way," the Lion said. "We'd better run for it or we'll be in trouble."

"Oh, well, then I'll say goodbye to you, Lion. I want a master who is stronger than anyone on earth!"

And off the Dog went to join the man and he stayed with him and served him faithfully.

This happened long, long ago, but to this day the dog is man's most loyal servant and knows no other master.

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