In ancient times, there lived two young guys in the same village; |
they lived together
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together they went to the women, they revered each other for their own brother. |
They did between
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is such an agreement: whichever of them will marry in advance, he will call his
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comrade
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for a wedding; |
Whether he lives or dies is all the same. |
One year after that
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got sick
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one well done and died; |
and a few months later his friend decided to marry.
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Gathered with all relatives and went for the bride. |
They happened to go past
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cemeteries; |
remembered the groom of his friend, remembered the old agreement and ordered
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stop the horses.
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“I,” he says, “I will go to my comrade to the grave, I will ask him to come to my
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wedding
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take a walk; |
he was my true friend!"
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I went to the grave and began to call:
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"Dear comrade! |
I ask you to come to my wedding."
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Suddenly the grave dissolved, the dead man stood up and said:
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“Thank you, brother, for keeping your promise! |
Come up to me in joy;
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Let's drink a glass of sweet wine with you."
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“I would come in, but the train is standing, people are waiting.”
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The dead man answers:
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“Oh, brother, it won’t take long to drink a glass, you know.”
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The groom went down to the grave; |
the dead man poured him a cup of wine, he drank it - and it passed
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whole
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a hundred years.
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“Drink, dear, another cup!”
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I drank another - two hundred years have passed.
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“Well, buddy, have a drink and go with God for the third time, play your wedding!”
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I drank the third cup - three hundred years have passed. |
The dead man said goodbye to his comrade;
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the coffin was closed, the grave was leveled.
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The groom looks: where there was a cemetery, there she became
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wasteland; |
there is no road, no relatives, no horses, nettles sprouted everywhere, yes
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high grass. |
I ran to the village - and the village is not the same; |
different houses, all people
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unfamiliar. |
I went to the priest - and the priest is not the same; |
told him how and what
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It was. |
The priest began to consult books and found that three hundred years ago
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there was such a case: on the day of the wedding, the groom went to the cemetery and disappeared, and
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his fiancee later married another. |