A man was driving at night with pots. |
He rode and rode, his horse got tired and stopped like
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times against the cemetery.
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The man unharnessed his horse and put it on the grass. |
And he himself lay down on one grave,
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only he can't sleep.
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He lay, lay, suddenly the grave began to dissolve under him. |
He sensed this and jumped up
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on your feet.
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Now the grave dissolved, and a dead man came out of there, with a coffin lid,
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in a white shroud.
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He got out and ran to the church. |
He put a lid on the door, and he went into the village.
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The man was a brave man. |
I took the coffin lid and stood near my cart
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wait. |
What will happen.
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A little later the dead man came. |
Grab! |
And there is no cover. |
Became on the trail
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get. |
He got to the man and said:
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"Give me back my lid!" |
I'll tear it to shreds!
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“And what’s the ax for,” the man answers, “I myself will chop you up into small pieces.
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- Give it back, good man!
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"Then I'll give it back when you tell me where you were and what you did."
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- I was in the village, I killed two young guys there.
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- Ah, I'm tired! |
Well, tell me now, how can you revive them?
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The dead man involuntarily said:
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- Cut off the left half of my shroud and take it with you. |
How do you get to that house
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where the guys are tired,
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pour hot coals into the pot and put a piece of shroud there. |
Yes, close the door.
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From that smoke they will immediately come to life.
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The peasant cut off the left floor from the shroud and gave the coffin lid.
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The dead man approached the grave, the grave dissolved, and began to sink into it.
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Suddenly... *crow* ...and he didn't have time to close properly.
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One end of the lid was left outside. |
The man saw it all, noticed everything.
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Harnessed the horse and went to the village.
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He hears crying, screams in one house. |
He enters there, two guys are lying ... dead.
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- Don't cry, I can revive them!
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- Revive, dear! |
We will give you half of our goods, - the relatives say.
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The man did everything right, as the dead man taught him, and the guys came to life. |
Native
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rejoiced, and the peasant was immediately seized and tied with ropes.
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- No, we will introduce you to the authorities, brother. |
When he was able to revive
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so you died.
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- Yes, what are you, Orthodox! |
Fear God, - the peasant yelled, and told everything,
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what happened to him at night.
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The people gathered and threw them into the cemetery, found a grave from which the dead man
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went out.
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They dug up and drove an aspen stake right into his heart so that he would not get up again,
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Yes, I didn’t stain people.
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And the peasant was notably awarded and released home with honor. |