ly: 'The devil take him!'"

When Goria the shoemaker heard this, he ordered the pond in the
garden to be emptied and cleaned, and that whatever was found in it
should be brought to him. And when the pond was drained, the ring was
found at the bottom by a boy, who brought it to Goria the shoemaker.
Then Goria ordered the water to be let into the pond, and a boat to be
built. As soon as all was ready, he seated himself, with his wife and
servant, Prituitshkin, in the boat, and sailed out into the middle of
the pond. But on a sudden Prituitshkin jumped into the water, and
Dogada exclaimed: "Ah! see, the servant Prituitshkin is drowned!" Then
said Goria: "The devil take him! I want him no longer."

Prince Dardavan, the real affianced husband of Dogada, was sent out to
battle, and there lost his life. Goria the shoemaker ever after went
by his name, and lived many years with Dogada in great happiness,
forgetting his former unhappy fate.

EMELYAN, THE FOOL

In a certain village lived at one time a peasant, who had three sons,
two of whom were clever, but the third was a fool, and his name was
Emelyan. And when the peasant had lived a long time, and was grown
very old, he called his three sons to him, and said to them: "My dear
children, I feel that I have not much longer to live; so I give you
the house and cattle, which you will divide among you, share and share
alike. I have also given you each a hundred roubles." Soon after, the
old man died, and the sons, when they had buried him, lived on happy
and contented.

Some time afterwards Emelyan's brothers took a fancy to go to the city
and trade with the hundred roubles their father had left them. So they
said to Emelyan: "Hark ye, fool! we are going to the city, and will
take your hundred roubles with us; and, if we prosper in trade, we
will buy you a red coat, red boots, and a red cap. But do you stay
here at home; and when our wives, your sisters-in-law, desire you to
do anything, do as they bid you." The fool, who had a great longing
for a red coat and cap, and red boots, answered that he would do
whatever his sisters-in-law bade him. So his brothers went off to the
city, and the fool stayed at home with his two sisters.

One day, when the winter was come, and the cold was great, his
sisters-in-law told him to go out and fetch water; but the fool
remained lying on the stove, and said: "Ay, indeed, and who then are
you?" The sisters began to scold him, and sa