The Firebird (5)

The Firebird (5)

At last, one day he arrived at a huge grassland.

There was a stone on which a strange message.

It read:
The one who continues straight shead will be hungry and cold;
the one who turnes right will stay sane and safe, but horse will be killed; the one who turns left will be killed, but his horse will stay alive.

Ivan turns right.
" As long as I stay sane and safe. I can easily replace my horse, " he thought.

He rode for a whole day and then the following day.

On the third day, he he met a large grey wolf.

The beast said, "You have made it as far as here, Price Ivan !　However, you read on the stone that your horse must die; this time has come. "

Having said this, the wolf killed and ate the horse, then he disappeared.

Ivan was very upset at the loss of his horse.

He wept for a while, then continued his journey on foot.
He walked the whole day and then, overcome with fatigue, he sat down to rest.

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