ade for the wedding; and a few days after,
the squire married the fair Princess Tseria; and when they had
returned from church, and were sitting at table, Ivan Tsarevich begged
the head cook to let him go into the banquet-hall and see his master
and his bride seated at the table. So the cook consented, and gave him
a change of dress. When Ivan entered the royal hall he stationed
himself behind the other guests and gazed at his squire and the fair
Tseria. But the Princess espied Ivan, and recognised him instantly;
then she jumped up from the table, took him by the hand, led him to
the Tsar, and said: "This is the true bridegroom and the saviour of
your kingdom, and not yon man who was betrothed to me."

Then the Tsar Panthui asked his daughter what it all meant, and begged
her to explain the mystery. And when the Princess Tseria had related
to him all that had passed, Ivan Tsarevich was placed at the table
beside her, and his squire was shot at the gate for his treacherous
conduct. Ivan married the Princess, and returned with her to his
father's kingdom. Tsar Chodor placed the crown upon his head, and Ivan
mounted the throne, and ruled over the kingdom.

STORY OF PRINCE MALANDRACH AND THE PRINCESS SALIKALLA

In a certain country, in the city of Anderika there lived a Tsar, a
clever man, named Abraham Tuksalamovich, with his wife for thirty
years in peace and happiness, but they had no child. At last Tsar
Abraham Tuksalamovich prayed, with tears, that Heaven would give them
a son; their wish was fulfilled, and they had a brave little boy, whom
they named Malandrach Abrahamovich. The little fellow grew, not by
days but by hours; as buck-wheat dough rises with yeast, so did the
Tsarevich grow and grow. The Tsar had his son taught all kinds of
arts; and when the boy came to mature years, he went to the Tsar and
said: "My lord and father, you have instructed me in various arts, but
there is one which I have not yet learnt."

"My bold and dear son, Malandrach," said the Tsar, "tell me and let me
know what art you desire to learn; I will provide you careful
teachers." And thereupon the Tsarevich answered: "My lord and father,
yesterday I was reading a Swedish book, in which I found that there
are people able to fly in the air with wings. I have now a great
desire to learn this art, and I entreat you to procure me masters who
may teach it me."

The Tsar replied: "My bold child, it is impossible that men should fly