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There once lived a man and his wife who had a Goat and a Ram. The Goat and the Ram were great friends and were never out of each other's sight for long. The Goat would go to the vegetable garden to eat some cabbage, and the Ram would follow him; the Goat would go to the orchard, and there was the Ram at his heels!

"Let's drive out the Goat and the Ram, wife," said the man. "They will eat us out of house and home if we don”t." And, turning to the two friends, he shouted: "Out you go now, Goat and Ram, and never let me see you here again!"

The Goat and the Ram made themselves a sack, put their belongings in it and set out on their way.

They walked and they walked, they came to a field, and there, in the middle of it, lay a wolf's head!

Now, the Ram was strong but not very brave, and the Goat was brave but not very strong.

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"Take the wolf's head, Ram, for you are strong," said the Goat.

"No, Goat, you take it, for you are brave," said the Ram.

So they both took hold of the wolf's head together, thrust it into the sack and went their way further.

They walked and they walked, and by and by they saw a campfire burning ahead.

"Let us go to where that fire is," said the Goat. "We can spend the night beside it and be safe from the wolves."

They came up to the fire, and lo! – seated around it cooking porridge were three Wolves.

"Hello, friends!" said the Goat and the Ram.

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"Hello!" the Wolves replied. "Our porridge isn't ready yet, so. We can begin on you while it's cooking."

Now, this frightened even the Goat, and as for the Ram, he had been shaking in his shoes ever since he had first laid eyes on the Wolves.

"Come, Brother Ram, take the wolf's head out of the sack!" said the Goat, deciding on a plan of action.

The Ram did as he was told.

"Not that one, the bigger one!" said the Goat.

The Ram put the wolf's head back into the sack and then brought it out again.

"No! Take out the biggest one!” the Goat said.

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The Wolves sat there, and they were every bit as frightened now as the Goat and the Ram and only wanted to make their escape.

"Those two are not to be joked with," they said. "Look at them taking one wolf's head after another out of the sack!"

They thought it over, and one of them said:

"It's a pleasant little gathering we have here, and the porridge is cooking nicely, all it needs is more water. I think I'll go and fetch some." And adding under his breath, "A plague on the lot of you!" he took to his heels.

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The second Wolf sat there and he wanted nothing but to do as the first Wolf had done.

"Look at that rascal! It's as though the earth had swallowed him! He's never brought the water for the porridge," he said. "I think I'll take a switch and drive him back here!"

And with that he took to his heels.

The third Wolf sat there and waited for them to come back and then he said:

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"I think I'll go and bring those two back!"

And away he ran and was very glad to have made his escape.

"Quick, Brother Ram, there's no time to be lost. Let us eat the porridge and rim for our lives!” the Goat cried.

In the meantime, the three Wolves, who were together again, began to think over what they had done, and one of them said:

"Whatever have we to fear from the Goat and the Ram, brothers?

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Let us go back and eat them up!"

They came back to the selfsame place, but the Goat and the Ram were not there. They had finished the porridge and had just had time to climb an oak tree.

The Wolves began to think what to do, they walked off a little way and looked about them, and lo! – there were the Goat and the Ram up in a tree. The Goat, who was the braver of the two, had climbed to the very top, and the Ram, who was not so brave, was much nearer the ground.

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"Look here, Shaggy," said the two younger Wolves to the third Wolf who was older and shaggier than they. "Lie down and read the stars and tell us how we are to catch those two!"

The older Wolf lay down on the ground and began reading the stars.

And the Ram saw him and shook so in fear that he toppled down from the tree and fell on top of him! And as for the Goat, he did not stop to think, but, being very brave indeed, called out loudly:

"Hand me that fortuneteller!"

At this the Wolves made off at a run, and so fast did they go that the dust rose in clouds behind them.

And the Goat and the Ram, who had not a care in the world now, built themselves a hut and have been living there ever since.

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<![CDATA[Why the Stork eats Frogs and the Wolf hunts Sheep (Ukrainian Folk Tale)]]> https://en.derevo-kazok.org/page/why-the-stork-eats-frogs-and-the-wolf-hunts-sheep-ukrainian-folk-tale https://en.derevo-kazok.org/page/why-the-stork-eats-frogs-and-the-wolf-hunts-sheep-ukrainian-folk-tale Thu, 17 Jun 2021 03:00:00 +0300 Why the Stork eats Frogs and the Wolf hunts Sheep (ukrainian folk tale) Once upon a time there lived a Wolf and a Stork. The Wolf did not kill sheep, and the Stork did not eat frogs.

One spring the two of them met and agreed to go into business together. So they built a tavern where they sold liquor and wine, and they kept the money they earned in the cashbox.

Autumn came, and the Stork said:

"Look here, Wolf, I plan to fly away to warmer parts. So let us divide our earnings: you take one half and I'll take the other."

"Very well, my friend," the Wolf said. "I'd never be so unfair as to try to keep what isn't mine. Only how are we going to divide the money when we only have one half of it! You know very well that many of our customers have been drinking on credit and haven't paid us yet."

"Well, why not let me have what there is?" said the Stork, who was anything if not sly. "You”ll collect the money owed us later and you can keep it. And you'll have the tavern besides, for I ”m leaving you my half of it."

"Agreed!" said the Wolf.

He gave the Stork all the money there was in the cashbox, and the

Stork put it in a bag, hanged the bag round his neck and flew away.

He flew and he flew, and it was noon when he saw, stretching below, a small lake with a great many frogs in it. He came down at once, for he was thirsty and wanted a drink, but just as he craned his neck to get at the water, his bag of money slipped off and dropped with a plop into it!

The Stork searched for the coins in the silt and sand on the bottom, he searched for a long time, but he could not find them. So then he flew at the frogs, and, thinking that it was they who had taken his coins, began pecking at them angrily and swallowing them. And that is what all storks keep doing to this day.

In the meantime the Wolf had been busy going around to his customers and trying to get them to pay what they owed him. But they all said that they had come up against hard times and could not pay. And they stopped coming to the tavern altogether, for, said they, drinking was bad for them.

The Wolf went bankrupt, closed down the tavern and set out for the forest.

On and on he walked, and he was beginning to feel very hungry when he saw a sheep nibbling grass on the forest edge.

"Why, that's Semyon Holka's sheep!" said he to himself. "And Semyon never paid me for the wine he drank, so I think I ”ll eat his sheep and that will make us quits.”

So he ate up Semyon's sheep, and then Petro's, and then those of all the people who had refused to pay him.

After a time, forgetting who it was that owed him money and who did not, he would kill and eat every sheep he came across. And that is what all wolves do to this day.

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<![CDATA[The Ox, the Ram and the Cock (Ukrainian Folk Tale)]]> https://en.derevo-kazok.org/page/the-ox-the-ram-and-the-cock-ukrainian-folk-tale https://en.derevo-kazok.org/page/the-ox-the-ram-and-the-cock-ukrainian-folk-tale Tue, 11 May 2021 03:00:00 +0300 The Ox, the Ram and the Cock (ukrainian folk tale) There was once an Ox who feared no one, for he was stronger than anyone he ever came across however much they might boast of their strength. His master pastured him in green fields and meadows in summer, but he refused to stay with him and ran away.

Autumn came, it grew colder, and the grass withered and turned dry.

At night, the Ox shivered from the cold and he dreaded to so much as think of winter. Hearing that with its coming the birds fly to warmer parts, he decided to do as they did. He got ready and set out on his way.

It was morning when he left the valley where he had grazed all summer long, and, oh, how sorry he was to be leaving it! It was such a beautiful valley, and it had provided him with such good food! But there was nothing to be done, and the Ox walked on.

He had only just come out onto a wide road when he met a Ram coming toward him.

"Where are you going?" asked the Ram.

"To warmer parts to pass the winter in."

"I'm coming with you!"

The Ram joined the Ox, and the two of them went on together.

They walked and they walked and they met a Cock.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo! Where are you going?" asked the Cock.

"To warmer parts to pass the winter in."

"I'm coming with you!"

So now there were three of them, and they went on together. Evening came, they were tired and sat down for a rest when all of a sudden they heard a loud honking overhead.

"Geese! Geese!" the Cock cried. He wanted to fly after them, but could fly neither so high nor so far. He flapped his wings, crowed and came down again.

"A plague upon it all! To get tired out and all for nothing!” he grumbled.

In the meantime the Geese had dropped down on a hilltop where they meant to spend the night, and the leader of the flock, an old Gander, came up to the Ox and his two friends and greeted them with a bow.

"May I ask where you gentlemen are going?" he asked.

"To warmer parts to spend the winter there,” the Ox replied.

"Ha-ha-ha!" laughed the Gander. "You”ll never get there.”

"Why do you say that, friend?" the Cock asked.

"Because the good Lord made you for other things. With legs like yours, Ox and Ram, and wings like yours, Cock, it would take you a lifetime or more to get so far.”

And with that the Gander walked away.

The three travellers began to think what to do, they thought for a long time, but could think of nothing. So they went to see the old Gander and ask his advice.

"You had better go back to where you came from,” said the Gander. "Find your masters and get them to take you back. And ask their pardon if you don't want to be driven out.”

The three friends thought this over.

"We did not leave our masters only to be made to wear a yoke again!" said they.

And away they went. They built themselves a hut and they lived there together for many a year with not a care in the world.

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